FRIDAY FEATURE Dec 19th

click the friday feature title to link to her shop

I would like to send out a huge congrats to Jaci on her first two sales WoW! Great job Jaci keep up the great work. Those bird feeder catchers are great idea

Every Friday I will feature a new Etsy artist. To qualify to be featured as my Friday feature this artist must have an Etsy account that is less then a month old and no sales. I want to help these artist reach their first sale. I remember how hard it was to get noticed and get my first sale and how exciting it was to get that first sale.

My first featured artist is Jacistuff








If your a new shop all you have to do to get your shop in the running... all I ask is you leave a comment on the Friday feature post and link to your shop and I will take a look at it and maybe you will be featured

tune in to my twitter channel and see if your featured

OK I have been thinking all day about my blogI like the idea I posted earlier and many of you liked that too. I am going to expand on it. I am going to have a Friday feature, featuring a new Etsy shop. I know how frustrating it is to get noticed. I would like to help out the new shops. And for Saturday I am going to have a Saturday shopping spree featuring shops with sales and deals and free shipping

Top 10 Tuesday

Starting tomorrow at noon, When most people are on their lunch brakes shopping, I will be posting 10 of my most favorite etsy items. You can get the full list here on my blog or tune into my twitter channel http://twitter.com/quiltn to get the list
tune in every tuesday to see if you made the list

Top 10 Tuesday

welcome to my top 10 Tuesday picks. Each Tuesday during the lunch hours of Noon - 1pm I will be featuring 10 great Etsy artists. You can tune into my twitter station and see if you make the list each Tuesday.

OH MY STARS!

10. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8849892 patriotic picture

9. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17741451 scrappy tidbits 1930 prints

8. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15174365 blue cathedral pillow cover

7. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14995907 starburst quilt (queen size)

6. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17233408 American flag lap quilt

5. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=10745615 super star quilt

4. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18615924 batik star

3. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14881288 applique throw (on sale)

2. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7830761 Christmas coasters (SOLD)

and my number one pick is...

1. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9960798 baby scripture

BASIC 4 PATCH SQUARE

This will make a 6" finished square




Preparing the pieces & sewing block
cut four different prints (3 1/2" x 3 1/2" square)




using a 1/4" seam allowance sew two blocks together. The rights sides should be facing each other.



Press the seam allowance to one side and do the same to the next two blocks.



Now pair the two halves together and press the finished block

HAPPY QUILTING

THIS IS MY DREAM

I had this dream last night that I could use my blog to unite my new Etsy friends and fill my dream I have had for awhile. I live in the woods of New Hampshire and the Wal-Mart (the only place near by that I can get supplies for quilting) is doing away with the fabric department. I have wanted to have a quilt shop for a few years now. But I don't have the funds right now to have my own full shop. So I was thinking that this is a great way to help some of my Etsy friends too. My friends that have fabric shops and quilting supplies can post thier shops here on my blog. I want to have a quilt block a month and a quilt a year little mini lessons on quilting.

My first Block for Sept: The basic Four Patch

MY CURRANT PROJECT!

I just wanted to show everyone my project that I am working on right now. It is a manly quilt. Made from all of "his things" I used old ties, jeans, pants and old bandannas. It is very masculine. And, I love the texture of it. Can't wait 'til it is done.