Sew On The Go by Michelle Renee Hiatt

Happy Thanksgiving  Weekend! I hope you enjoyed a day of thanks with loved ones and friends.  Did you shop on this Black Friday yet?  How do you plan on spending this long weekend?   I might had done a little online shopping last night and this morning.  LOL.  This weekend I'm hoping to make some sense of my studio now that I've stopped traveling for a couple months.  Whew, it is a hot mess!  Between loading in and out for events, testing patterns, testing theories on some new designs, fulfilling orders and just tons of paperwork.  As Stephen says, it looks like "the fabric decided to make an escape" from their bids and drawers.  It really needs some straightening.    I also hope to get some sewing completed.   A few things of note for this week, before I get to this week's Ticker Tape Parade Clue. Ticker Tape Parade ~ Clue #4

Last weekend, I got to spend the weekend with the lovely ladies of Pennington Quilt Works.  We had a blast, they were able to accomplish so much.  It was great to be back in NJ for a bit, especially at Pennington Quilt Works.    We are missing a couple ladies from the photo (they were a little shy).  Stay in Your Bed Retreat @ Pennington Quilt Works Check out my Facebook page for more photos of last week.    The next Sleep in Your Bed Retreat at Pennington Quilt Works, will be Saturday March 28th- Sunday March 29th.    PQW should have the event available for sign-up soon.  Stay tuned.  Another busy week in Manhattan.  The city is getting ready for the holidays.  There has been construction, of the Holiday Village, at Union Square Park all week.  I pass the USP on my way to the NYU office and it has been fun seeing it come together.    I may have to check it out next week.  The Holiday seas...

Last weekend, I had a fabulous time with the ladies attending my Fall Retreat at Quilting In Vermont.    As I discussed last week, the Strong House Inn transferred owners earlier this year, so it was really fun to meet Amy and DJ.   It was great catching up with my “November QIV” ladies and also to meet several new-to-me quilters.  We had a blast.   I hold my Quilting in Vermont Retreat to 12 people, I sometimes can be talked into a couple more, however I feel 12 is the perfect number.  It allows for a great student to teacher ratio.  Everyone gets a nice 5-6 foot area to work in, which is fabulous.  The conversations in class are always entertaining.  You get a chance to find out some much about each other at dinner.  It is wonderful. Quilting in Vermont ~ Fall 2019 I have two more retreats this season; February 6 th -9 th and March 12 th -15 th , both are three night...

Woohoo!  Today, I'm kicking off my Mini-Mystery, Ticker Tape Parade, which is a Jelly Roll challenge.  I don't know about you, but I have a ton (and I mean ton) of Jelly Rolls.  I've been collecting them for years.  It is a great way to get a variety of fabric, often the full line, without a major purchase.   However, I've found that most Jelly Roll quilt patterns, all look the same to me, and haven't used many.  Now, since I've been designing patterns, I've tried to change the fact that all Jelly Roll patterns look alike.  I have a couple patterns that use Jelly Rolls for some of the sizes and I do not think they look like traditional Jelly Roll patterns.  ( Whirling Lemoynes and Moonlight Garden ). I've made a point to make sure the end result of this mystery doesn't look like a Jelly Roll quilt.  I hope you love it as much as I do.  In full honesty (you know I'm always upfront), we will be working with some small pieces...

Whew!  I survived three crazy weeks and had a great time!  First it was Fall Quilt Camp and then on to Quilt Market! 2019 Fall Quilt Camp at Rangeley I had a fabulous time at Fall Quilt Camp in Rangeley, Maine.  It was a blast as usual.  We had 27 Retreaters, 5 days of quilt happiness, tons of laughs and so much progress! Fall Quilt Camp in Rangeley 2019