Join the QUTI crew with a fun cap and pinkalicious tote bag for the holidays! Each purchase comes with a secret quilters gift to keep or regift to your quilty friends!
Check out the shopping page to order now! http://wp.me/P1JRkn-7k
Cheers! Linda at Quilting Under The Influence
Ella was invited to a lovely 6-year-old party for one of her best buddies named Olivia and I just couldn’t resist making her a “namesake keepsake” to bring along… The girls dressed up in their princess attire, had their make up, nails and hair done, and they flaunted down a run way of sorts for good ol’ fashion “best friends forever” fun!
Ian Falconer rules! Ian Falconer is an award winning author, illustrator and stage designer. He is also the creator of Olivia, our favorite piglet. Olivia has been the subject of many of Ian's books including Olivia (for which he won the Caldecott Honor in 2000), Olivia Saves the Circus, Olivia's Opposites, Olivia Counts, and many more including this year's Olivia Goes to Venice.
Check out Olivia's website for more fun! http://www.oliviathepiglet.com/
BFFs rock! 
Can you tie them in a knot, can you tie them in a bow…? Hang-Ups are QUTI’s new fav!!!
While trying to transform Ella’s room to meet her new 5 year old expectations (her what??? Exactly…I digress)… I Googled (is that actually a word yet?), to find an easy way to hang a few quilts. Her stark white walls needed a quick splash of color!
Yippee! Look what I found!
It was a miracle that I could find tacks and voila, I had wall art! Check it out!
Hung Up!
As for the quilt, it was a first attempt at a quilt concept I am in the process of perfecting, I hate the trunk, but love Ella’s Pre-Kindergarten friends in the tree…
Here is how you use them, I loved how I could just use tacks for a quick install or use the cool hard core tape option-I am now a quilt hanging rock star! Ok, not really, but I felt righteous!
What are other ways you use to hang and display your quilts?
Cheers! Linda at www.quti.org
Blue, bunnies and brown! Woohoo!
As some of you might remember, I cleared out, organized, and carved a path in my sewing cave (see related post http://wp.me/p1JRkn-ez) to accommodate house guests-my mom and my Aunty Linda. Yes, my namesake and my mom came to visit the islands and to play with the kids, of course!
Little did they know, we had a packed week filled with cub scouts, birthday parties, regattas, Halloween parties (plural)-a relaxing Hawaiian vacation it was not!
In anticipation of Aunty Linda’s visit and her own Hawaiian birthday celebration, I ordered lovely Lily and Will Jelly Roll Blue by Bunny Hill for Moda Fabrics and coordinating fabric from the Fat Quarter Shop. http://www.fatquartershop.com/Lily-and-Will-Bunny-Hill-Designs-Moda-Fabrics.asp Love the Fat Quarter Shop!
I then consulted my quilting library of books and patterns-how did I collect so many in such a short amount of time??? Sound familiar? I chose Bars of Gold from Jelly Roll Quilts by Pam & Nicky Lintott. An excellent book-get it! http://tinyurl.com/74zgh5t Check out the Quilt Room too! http://www.quiltroom.co.uk
I finished the quilt top in time for her arrival and her birthday celebration but needed to finish the quilt before her departure! Eeek! We celebrated and toured Hawaii with a drive around the island, fishing, a play date, a plumbing leak, a visit with the turtles on the North Shore, soap making, Cub Scouts, Halloween parties, trick or treating, and more!
All the while, we indulged each night with a little cocktail or wine to celebrate that we actually got through our hectic, yet fun-filled days! With a day to spare, in true QUTI style, I finished it! Whew!
