Category: Crazy Shortcut Quilts Book
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Funky Fuzzy Shortcut Quilt
This baby is my favorite – by far! I wanted to couch down some yarn instead of quilting my squares, and I dug through my stash and found this chunky funky fuzzy yarn – -isn’t it delicious? I’ve been using a narrow zigzag stitch to couch it down and it’s going slower than I thought…
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Crazy Shortcut Quilt Book Publicity
Oh happy news! While at Quilt Market in PortlandSarah and I did a demo in our publishers’ booth (Krause Publications) for about an hour or so. When I had checked in earlier I had noticed that a quilt from our book (Sweet Sixteen Quilt) was on the cover of the new Krause Catalog. I was…
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Crazy Shortcake Quilt finds a Home
While at Spring Quilt Market Sarah and I bumped into Maret from Seams Like Home Quilt Shoppe in Anchorage several times! I love going all the way to Portland, Oregon to meet up with the Alaskans – lol! We showed her the Shortcake Quilt and offered to let it go live in her newly relocated…
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We made the Catalog Cover!
I am back from Quilt Market in Portland and what an experience! Sarah and I had an awesome time at Market and even though she did all the hard work (and she did a spectacular job!) I am the one who is exhausted! How did that happen? LOL I am a behind-the-scenes kind of person…
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New Books are In!
I received an email from my favorite marketing gal at Krause that the first shipment of the second printing of our book (Crazy Shortcut Quilts) is now in the warehouse!! Yipee!!!
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Fun with Flickr
I created a photo set (which can be viewed as a slideshow) on Flickr (click here to see it) of portions of quilts in our book – some photos are of 1 square of the quilt, some have 4 squares. The photos aren’t great and I hope to re-do them soon. Flickr is a photo…
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Crazy Shortcut Quilts Book
I have learned that our book has gone into a second printing!! I am so excited! Hurray for us all and a big thanks to Krause and all the shops that stock the book and all the quilters who want to use the decorative stitches on their sewing machines to quilt their own quilts!! Congrats…
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Keepsake Catalog
Here’s a scan from the Keepsake Quilting Catalog showing our book! Take a look at the “Going Mod” fabrics on the opposite page – aren’t they great! They would make a great crazy shortcut quilt. Guess the first thing Sarah said when she saw the catalog……”I see they chose MY quilt to feature on the…
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Keepsake Quilting Catalog Spring 2008
Our book, Crazy Shortcut Quilts, is in the Keepsake Quilting Catalog!!!!! Yahooooooooo!!!!!!!! I LOVE those guys! They also bought my very first pattern years ago. Here’s the linky, happy days, happy days!! Crazy Shortcut Quilts Book Thank you, thank you Keepsake Quilting from Sarah Raffuse and Marguerita McManus!