Don’t delay! Make sure you include in the e-mail, along with the name of your favorite pattern, your contact information (e-mail address or phone number). The winner will be randomly selected and announced on March 21, 2010. My e-mail address is barb@barbsackel.com.
Good Luck to everyone!
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I received a call from my home quilt shop (shout out to Betty’s Quilting etc.) yesterday and they told me my very first fabric line, The Ibiza Collection for Blank Quilting (I love saying that) is in!!!! Woo Hoo!!! I snagged my husband, piled into the car, and went to check it out.
My web goddess was there with her video camera and shot this video of me seeing it in person in a shop for the first time.
I had brought with me the three quilts that I made from the sample fabrics Blank Quilting had sent me, so we laid those out, along with my three patterns (published by QuiltWoman.com) and all the lovely bolts of fabric. Like a proud Mom, I had to have my picture taken with them.
The Ibiza Collection - complete!
It was such a exciting day, my husband and I celebrated with sushi. I know it’s not for everyone, but it works for us.
I’ve got two more fabric lines I’m working on. Stay tuned!
My quilt patterns for the Ibiza Collection just went up on QuiltWoman.com’s website. You can see all three of them here. I know I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. Just pinch me! I can’t believe I have patterns out there with fabric designed by moi!!!
The title pretty much says it all. My fabric line, The Ibiza Collection, is now on the Blank Quilting website. The panel is below. You can see the entire fabric line here. Dreams do come true.
I am now starting to design patterns for my next fabric line, “And Sew It Goes.” The quilts are coming out so cute. I am sticking with the sewing theme. That’s one thing about quilting, it never gets boring. Stay tuned!
All three of my quilts designed around my new fabric line, The Ibiza Collection for Blank Quilting are DONE!!! I thought you all might like to have a peek at them. By the way, my bio is up on the Blank Quilting site now too. I’m a somebody!!!
Let me know what you think in the comment section down below.
OK folks, here’s an up close look at my new fabric line for Blank Quilting. It’s called The Ibiza Collection (pronounced eye-bee-za). Give me a few days and I’ll have the quilts I designed for these fabric to show off too. Some one pinch me, please!!!! I can’t believe this is really happening!
My new fabric line for Blank Quilting is almost here. It’s called The Ibiza Collection. I can finally show you the picture of me holding the tear sheets back in October. I can hardly wait for my samples to arrive!
Congratulations go to Penny Lynn Dunn of Wisconsin and Lois Ryan of New York. They were the winners of the $200 baskets give away for November. This was the first time either of them had ever won anything so as you can imagine they were excited.
Next give away will be in January. I will be giving away a fat quarter pack of my entire line “The Ibiza Collection.”
OK, so Grant had to go to Florida on a business trip….what’s a wife to do….well, tag along of course. We stayed in Orlando and he drove to Melborne about 1 1/2 hours away for the business part of the trip. Two things happened that will be stuck in my memory bank. The first was we saw the shuttle go into space. I actually gasped when I saw it. It was 2:28 pm on Monday. There were only a few scattered clouds in the air. We were standing in a parking lot in Orlanda when all of a sudden, you saw a white dot with a huge ball of flame under it shooting straight up. It was moving so fast. It was so amazing. It just shot straight up, not like a plane moving horizontally. It only took seconds til it was out of sight. It happened so fast that the winds aloft had not even moved the white plume of smoke left behind until it was gone. I stood there for a while afterwards gazing up just not believing what I saw. Wish I had a phone that took pictures…I have nothing to show you. I won’t be getting my new phone till Feb.
The second thing that was so amazing on our trip was our airboat ride. I did not know what to expect from this except we go about 45 mph. We shot out into a lake. There was 9 of us on the boat. We started skimming over some green algea and then right into the weeds. It was scarey for a moment because it felt like you were riding into a wall. You couldn’t see any water, just weeds. We went back into the marsh and deep into alligator territory. We watched every minute for them. The boat went so fast and turned corners so quick that we skidded sideways for short distances before we were on the straight and narrow again. We saw so many birds, otters, and wild turkeys. Never an alligator…phew….
Did have one mishap. We got stuck in the shallow marsh. First we got caught in “weed islands” that we caught and were carrying with us, then as the open water started to get more narrow and the “weed islands” wouldn’t move we came to a full stop. Five large adults were asked to stand in the front of the boat to try to lift the back up. As the water level was lower than usual, we couldn’t skim across the top as well. The captain reved the motor and we all wiggled. We all wiggled a good 10 minutes. Finally inch by inch the craft started inching ahead ….and….we broke through. The captain had nothing to help get us unstuck. When we got back the captain told us we were stuck in a place where a 12 foot and a 14 foot alligator lives……need I say more?? Ignorance is indeed bliss.
The rest of the trip was uneventful….in comparison. We ate food at Emerils. It was like being on a cooking show. The food was outstanding. I ate duck for the first time. As we ordered the tasting meal, 8 courses, we had a little bit of different things. I passed the duck over to Grant. But gave myself kudo’s for trying it. Afterall, we had just seen all the ducks on the airboat ride…and now the little critter was on my plate. No thanks.
Welcome to the Grand Opening of my web site, BarbSackel.com. I am just so proud of all the work my web wizard Corinne did, that I wanted to show it off. Every month I will have a new recipe and a new mystery block of the month. I will keep you up to date with my blog and try to have some surprises along the way.
To celebrate I am giving away two baskets, worth $200 each. Aren’t they beautiful? A basket contains a 40 piece fat quarter pack from Moda, a ruler, quilting gloves, fancy scissors and more. And of course, chocolate!!!
Barb Sackel Gift Basket Give-away
Here are the entry rules:
You must have a United States mailing address.
You must provide your name and e-mail address.
You have 4 ways to enter.
Look at my website, BarbSackel.com, or my publisher’s website, QuiltWoman.com (click on Designers on the left hand side, then look for Barb Sackel) and let me know what your favorite Barb Sackel pattern is. Post the pattern as a comment here on my blog. Include your name and e-mail address. Your e-mail address will NOT appear.
Become a fan of my FaceBook Fan Page. Anyone can view it. But to become a fan, you have to have a FaceBook account.
Post about this Gift Basket Giveaway on your blog and let me know about it. Send me an e-mail with the blog URL to barb @ barbsackel.com.
Receive an entry for EVERY pattern and/or book you buy from either QuiltWoman.com (on-line purchases) or at Betty’s Quilting Etc. (in-store purchases at my favorite quilt shop here in Western NY). I should mention the patterns and books are 25% off the whole month of November. Woo Hoo!!!!
I’ll accept entries throughout the month of November.
Thanks! I’m looking forward to hearing from you all and sharing my quilting journey with you.
