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Here's Barbara in her beautiful home. Don't you love the quilt on the stairway? It's a one-of-a-kind quilt that Barbara made, not one of her patterns. I LOVE it!

And the breath-taking view from Barbara's balcony...

Don't forget to visit Barbara's website at Quilt Soup. Barbara has a monthly newsletter that she sends out, filled with information and a recipe.

If you’re interested in winning one of two of Barbara’s patterns,

Garden Party, -or-

Strawberry Smoothie

send me an email to enter the drawing. I will choose the two winners on September 7th, so email early!

Here's the Survey -- just copy and paste it into an email and send it to me. I want to hear from you!

Do you subscribe to the newsletter?
On a scale of 1 – 10 (10 being Very Much, 5 being Enjoy It, 1 being Haven’t Missed It), how much value is the newsletter to you?
Which topics do you enjoy:
• From the Recipe Box
• Tip of the Iceberg
• What’s New
• Quote
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How could the newsletter improve?

Do you subscribe to the Quilting Stash podcast? Do you download it off of the website or iTunes?
One a scale of 1 – 10 (10 being Very Much, 5 being Enjoy It, 1 being Haven’t Missed It), how much value is the podcast to you?
Which topics do you enjoy:
• Reviews of products, shows, etc?
• Interviews
• How-to’s
• Where to find cool quilt shops in different locations
• What’s cool on the internet
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Which topics you don’t enjoy:
• Reviews of products, shows, etc?
• Interviews
• How-to’s
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How can I improve the show?
What would you like to hear about, that I’m not already talking about?
Do you have any suggestions for topics?

Happy (rest of your) Summer, Quilting! And here's my favorite summer read: Yeah, you thought I was gonna say the Twilight series, right? Well, yeah, those too ; ) Garden Spells was shorter...

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Renae won the Best of show quilt "Beauty From Within" at MQS Machine Quilting Showcase in Kansas City. Visit the link to see the gallery of all of the quilts in the show.

Renae’s website Renae Quilts

I thought you might like to see Renae's working thread stash. Isn't it gorgeous!

Renae IS amazing at her machine!

Renae’s Amazing Ways to use Circles and Rays for Drafting and Piecing DVD

If you’re interested in the chance to win Renae's DVD, send me an email at annie@simplearts.com

I'll choose the winner on August 31st.

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Best of Show quilt by Patricia Hobbs

Listener Donna Nelson, who is also a friend of Patricia!

We're looking for the 3-year-old with the pregnant mommy that loved the Rockets n Robots quilt. Please contact us so we can send you a free pattern for your little guy!

Meeting listeners:

Cindy Richards – a miniature quilt maker whose family was in Nauvoo for a reunion. I got to meet many members of the Richards family, including sister-in-law Judy, who is also a quilter.

Joan Gunter and her daughter, Janeen (who is not "Laurel", as previously noted -- sorry Janeen!!)

Sheri Wood of White Robin Designs creator of Nautilus feather tools

Tara Lynn Darr's booth Sew Unique Creations

Here are some other fabulous quilts from the show:

Jean Stewart Jackson, Linda Stewart Potter and Cynthia Stewart DeYoung - made this quilt especially for the Nauvoo Quilt Show are from Utah, and are listeners!

Denise Felt's very special Fairy Dress made for her granddaughter.

Antique quilt from the Cultural Hall Collection.

Repair on the quilt, which details tulle stitched down to preserve the overall quilt.

Nauvoo images quilt

This gorgeous quilt is appliqued

First Vision quilt by Sue Gilgen

Here is the picture of the girls enjoying the longarm -- can't you see a future quilter here?

Weber’s Grill a MUST if you're ever in the area. See why?

Happy boys!

They use Weber kettles to grill your food - how cool, huh?

Oh so yummy! (They have dishes for vegetarians too - grilled and yummy.)

Hotel Nauvoo buffet

Nauvoo – historical sites, pageant, etc.

I visited Now I can color it in on my state's visited map!

A TIP from Annie: Don’t get waxed at Walmart. Sorry, I won't share the pictures. Just look real close at the ones above...

I share tips on:
*Organizing a quilt show
*What I look for as a Quilt show Judge
and I'll expand those topics in future Podcasts.

Winners of Valerie’s quilt pattern drawings:
Barb Pindel
Ann Chitkara
Melanie Rupp
Lauretta Reyes
Heather Bogucki
Carol Doyle
Kathy Laposata

Next show – Utah Quilters pt. 2, featuring Renae Haddadin

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Monkey Business pattern, available in the SimpleArts Store

Update with Jenny Wilding Cardon, of Kaysville, UT

Jenny’s blog: WildcardQuilts

Meet Valerie Burton, quilt designer and cancer survivor

No! That's just Valerie's way-cool earring, here's Valerie, and me:

And here's Hitty:

Cookies-Creations, Valerie's website

Valerie has graciously offered her patterns as a giveaway for interested listeners! Send me an email at annie@simplearts.com.
I will draw the names of 7 lucky winners to receive one of Valerie’s patterns on July 25th.

OH! And listen for naming Ryan and Karen’s newlywed podcast… and the lucky winner of the West of Baltimore pattern set is Marty of Dogwood Quilting and the official name is...drum roll, please... "Honey And Headphones".

Links to Ryan's blog, Robot Headphones and Karen's blog, One Plain Jane

Happy Summer and happy quilting!

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...with my son, Ryan

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as we talk about the five W's of Podcasting.

Ryan and his wife, Karen, are going to start a podcast about being newlyweds. They would like your help with naming their podcast. Should it be "Rings and Things", "Honey and Headphones:, or ... why don't you suggest a catchy title? If you'd like to join in the fun, leave a voicemail with your vote or suggestion on my voicemail at 408-849-4882.
The lucky winner will receive a full set of West of Baltimore patterns, autographed by me ; )

To read the article "Why YOU should be doing a Podcast" from the July/August2007 issue of "Quilters Home Magazine", visit Quilter's Home Past Issues.

Happy quilting... and podcasting!

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It's a lazy day in California. No phones ringing, no shipping to do today, and getting ready for my trip to Nauvoo, IL next week.

We're writing the newsletter for July today -- yep, that slipped by us ; ) but we ARE working on it. We'll have an article by Kirsten and a brand-new recipe courtesy of WebGuy.
Now, if you're still having problems receiving the newsletter, there IS a fix and instructions on the right-hand column of the homepage. Just scroll down a little bit.
Most of the receiving problems are still coming from COMCAST email recipients and are being automatically blocked as SPAM. I'm no longer using COMCAST for this reason, but if you are, you will still have a problem getting the newsletter or email replies from me, unless you use the fix that WebGuy researched for you.
Those who are using EARTHLINK for email are also having problems. You need to allow email from me in order to see it.
I love the technology but sometimes it can be SUCH a hassle!

In honor of the 4th of July, I'm sending you a little display of fireworks and hope that you have a great day, celebrating the independence of America...

and Happy Quilting!

Annie

©2008 Annie Smith All Rights Reserved

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Hi to the Sierra Quilt Guild of Tuolumne County members! Ooops -- I'm sorry to have said "Tuolumne Guild"!

Here are Emily and Rich Hinkel.

Emily is a QS listener and friend. They own the Fireside Pizza Company (sorry -- I messed that name up too -- it's not "Firestone") at Squaw Valley, CA. The Firestone is Zagat rated.

Agendas for the week...
Monday: meeting for lunch at Archibald's (mmmmm good, by the way!)

Pictured from left to right: Nique Love, Annie, Karen Anderson, Lauri Drean, Valerie Burton and Kim Merrill.

Pine Needles at Gardner Village located at West Jordan, Utah.
Quilt Haven
Nielsen's Frozen Custard (where it's sometimes more important to have a treat and talk than shop for fabric -- could that really be?!)

Tuesday:
Utah Quilter's Picnic at Liberty Park -- just look at the fun we had!

left to right: Renae Haddadin, Julie Popa's mom (and Diana McClun's cousin -- for real!), Jaclyn Popa, Charlotte Warr Andersen, Karen Anderson, Julie's son, Jenny Wilding Cardon with Jack, Julie's daughter, Carol Adams, Julie Popa, Emily Bailey, Connie Cawley, Valerie Burton, me, and Stacy Anderson with baby.

Here's a little gallery of quilts shared by our friends:

Renae's website is RenaeQuilts

This is a small sample of Charlotte's incredible hand applique, but did you know that she makes other beautiful quilts like this?

Charlotte's website is Charlotte Warr Andersen

Julie's website is Sunflower Hill Designs

Jenny, with help from son, Jack, showing the magazine that has another of her quilts in it -- lucky girl!

and this is the cover girl "Fuzz Ball"
Jenny's blog is WildCard quilts

Carol and Connie's pattern company is Two Peas in a Pod. Their patterns are sold at Pine Needles, Material Girls, and Quilter's Haven to name a few. The shops' online websites offer their patterns for sale.

Emily Bailey's pattern company is Aunt Em.

Valerie Burton's website is Cookie's Creations

Paul and Stacy Anderson's shop, Threads of Time can be found at 158 W. Parish Lane
Centerville, Utah 84014 and Paul's quilt designs are "Uncle Paul's"

Wednesday:
Utah Valley Quilt Guild lecture

and a trip to Quilts, Quilts, Quilts, Etc. -- Sandy, Utah's magnificent quilt shop can be found at
11 East Main
Sandy, Utah 84070
801-255-2666

Thursday:
a visit with Brad, Nauvoo Quilt Festival – send your quilts! – come and visit!

interview with Renae -- here's a sneak peek photo:

Friday:
workshop at Material Girls in South Jordan. Here is a little peek into the Exploring Fabric Choices workshop:

Playing with fabric swatches and the first of a series of paste-ups.

Quilting Stash listeners: Elena, Kim, Valerie, Theresa, Cindy and JoAnn came to take the class. It's SO fun to meet listeners!!!

Elena's "ugly" fabric block is anything but ugly. What a nice surprise!

Chooding ten fabrics for a new Exploring Fabric Choices quilt at Material Girls.

dinner with Barbara Jones at the Sego Lily Cafe in Bountiful.

Saturday:
picking up Robin, Family History center, a quick trip into Broadbent's – the oldest family-owned department store in the USA -- that is mostly a quilt shop.

SLC with Shailee, Robin's new friend from EFY. Here's a picture of them cooling their heels at Haagen Das at the Gateway...

All in all, it was a great trip because I found these cool things:

New Fabrics
Lori Holt’s patterns
New shops that I hadn’t visited yet

Riley’s – my vote the best chocolate peanut butter milkshake I have ever had Riley's Sandwich & Shake Shop 8133 S Redwood Rd 801.566.4855
The Italian Place – best cheesesteak
Parson’s bakery – best brownies Parsons Bakery. 801-298-3059. 535 W 2600 S, Bountiful, Utah. In the same shopping center as Quilter's Haven. Don't we quilters always find the best place for treats in our travels?

More souvenirs from my trip, photos of things that will inspire future applique designs, found in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building:

C J Banks online catalog

Coming up: interviews with Jenny Wilding Cardon, Valerie Burton, Renae Haddadin, and Barbara Jones. Stick around!

Robin and I are packing up the car with his youth conference bag and a huge bundle of quilts for lectures and workshops that will be held in Utah next week.

I really wanted to do a "little" podcast (have I ever been able to do a "little" podcast??) before I left, but there are just too many loose ends I need to get done before I can fire up the microphone.

I do have a long list of podcast material to collect while I'm on my trip. I don't want to tell you quite yet what I will be doing, but one event includes a quilter's picnic, good food, pictures and my iRiver (mobile podcast recorder).

If WebGuy is handy and technology holds together, I'll do something special for your listening pleasure from the road.

Stay tuned... I won't be gone long!

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Hi Quilters,

This week has been incredibly busy for me. We finished moving into our new digs earlier last week and now the dreaded unpacking. Currently, I'm in Sonora, California, the Gold Rush Country, presenting a lecture and a two-day workshop.

I thank everyone for their patience. The newsletter is late and I owe you a podcast.

Here's the podcast.

I proudly present to your the Quilting Stash Quilt Market report with listener Phyllis Barnett. Below is the list of links covered in our show this week. Pictures will come shortly.
Creative Textile Zone

Francesca's Creations. Loganville. GA -- no link

The Quilt Company Patterns

SweetWater Scrapbooks (Quilts too!)

Susan Cleveland - Piping Hot Curves and Piping Trimming Tool

Barbara Trombley - Art Glitter

Dianne Springer - Quilt In A Cup

Laurel Anderson - Quilt Designer

Block Butler - Repositional Design Wall

Vanilla House Designs

Judy Niemeyer Quilting

Exclusively Quilters (Classic Cottons)

Robin Kingsley and her sister Tina - BirdBrain Designs

©2008 Annie Smith and SimpleArts

Recently, Annie's Quilting Stash has come under attack by people outside of the quilting community maliciously (and automatically) posting random comments or promoting commercial services to our blog.

Because we don't want to expose you to these often terrible promotions, we are turning comments OFF on all of our current postings. This has been a tough decision for us but with the amount and frequency of the recent spam attacks to our site, we are forced to take this action.

Many of you bloggers have suggested ways to prevent spam on blogs including using a CAPTCHA tool to our blog entry system. Thanks for your suggestions. We are looking into many possible methods (including CAPTCHA) to reduce or remove spam in our blogs so we can turn commenting back on again.

In the meantime,

You may still enter the drawing for the book by sending Annie an email.

Apologies for the inconvenience!

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Interview with Terri Thayer, author of

"Wild Goose Chase", a Quilting mystery so good that you'll enjoy the rollercoaster ride of intrigue. It was so much fun to talk with Terri, who is a San Jose native.

Terri's new book, due out in September: Stamped Out. I can hardly wait!

Visit Terri's website for more information about Terri, her books and her blog.

Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win Terri's book, Wild Goose Chase! The drawing will happen on June 5th!

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Quilting Stash - Program 123, Reading about Quilts

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I love to read. I love to get into the world that I'm reading about, only to be surprised when someone speaks to me and I wake up "out of the book" to find that I'm still sitting on my living room sofa. I love to drink deeply from the written word, to get intimate with the people and situations in each story.
(WebGuy's Note: Annie's family is happy when she is done "drinking", finishes her book, and rejoins our family. Annie is known to stay up until 4:00 in the morning finishing a book with which she is obsessed -- Annie then has to "catch-up" on her sleep.)

The books I will share in this program:

Robin's book -

"Twilight" New York Bestseller, written by Stephenie Meyer. I have to blame Sandi Henderson, of Portabello Pixie who shared the trailer for the upcoming movie on her blog before she left for Spring Market. ; )
Here's a link to the trailer:
Twilight Trailer
So if you get sucked in to the books, don't say I didn't warn you! Just don't do it if you have a deadline.

To visit author Stephenie Meyer's website, go to Stephenie Meyer.com.

Another great book that I had to read TWICE (and back-to-back even) is featured in this podcast, "The Girl Who Stopped Swimming" by Joshilyn Jackson.

I had the pleasure of interviewing author, Joshilyn and the Art Quilter who inspired her character "Laurel", Pamela Allen.
It was so much fun to talk with these influential ladies, Joshilyn from Georgia and Pamela from Canada, on the phone. Did I mention lately that I LOVE technology?!

Have fun listening to the interview, then come back here to the links for Joshilyn's and Pamela's websites -- and to leave a comment for the opportunity to win a copy of the book.

Joshilyn's website is Joshilyn Jackson.com.
Pamela's is Pamelart.
On Pamela's website, you will be able to see the quilt that Joshilyn commissioned her to make for the book and her "Two Sisters..." quilt that we discussed in the interview.

Coming up very soon... an interview with Terri Thayer, author of the runaway hit, "Wild Goose Chase".

Also, stay tuned for a Spring Quilt Market review with Quilting Stash listener (and friend), Phyllis Barnett!

Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win my copy of "The Girl Who Stopped Swimming". I will draw the winner on May 25th!

©2008 Annie Smith All Rights Reserved