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Two patterns on sale!
Dragonflies in Flight
Sale Price: $10.00
(Regular Price: $12.00)
purchase here
Na Ulu O Hawaii: Breadfruit
Sale Price: $12.00
(Regular Price: $15.00)
purchase here
LOTS OF FABRIC ON SALE, TOO!
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WHAT'S NEW
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3 NEW quilt patterns!
We introduced these last month, but thought we should show them again for those who missed the announcement.
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Owl Family
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Crown Flower
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Anthurium
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Each pattern is $12.00. Click the photo to see more, and to place your order.
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GIFT IDEAS
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FOR YOU OR A FRIEND
Just a few suggestions of what you can give to your favorite quilter this holiday season.
The Perfect Thread Bag, complete with 40 spools of Aurifil thread, $215.00. Perfect Thread Bag without the thread, $35.00.
THREAD. Who can't use thread? Choose individual spools, or an assortment.
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For more ideas see the GIFT IDEAS page on our website.
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If your Santa needs help with ideas for what to get you...
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WORLD OF QUILTS
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Especially for our Australian readers:
The makers of Australia's Down Under Quilts magazine have published a special bookazine titled World of Quilts. This special edition is filled with beautiful quilts and patterns from around the world. We are thrilled and honored to be included in the HAWAII section. Other sections include: Japan, Amish, India, Scandinavia and Britain.
We designed a special Australian Hawaiian quilt pattern just for this publication: Golden Waddle. (For those of you not in Australia, Golden Wattle is Australia's national flower.) Here is a picture of the 53.5cm x 53.5cm (21" x 21") quilt made using the pattern, only available in the World of Quilts bookazine.
 | | Australia's national flower: Golden Wattle |
Anyone can purchase a copy of World of Quilts from this link.
Enjoy!
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If you are in a shopping-kind-of-mood, we are in a sale-kind-of-mood. A perfect fit! In addition to the sales on our bed-sized Breadfruit pattern AND Dragonflies in Flight pattern, we also have many Fabric Packs, bolt fabrics and all our sun-printed Langa Lapu king-size fabrics on SALE!! We have never had this much on sale before, and may never do it again. Snatch up your bargains while they last. Don't see what you want today? Check back, new sale items will be added as we go.
This is a special time of year, filled with family, friends and memories of holiday seasons gone by. We had a small family Thanksgiving dinner two weeks ago when Nancy's daughter and grandson were here for a visit from the East Coast. We have not had a toddler to watch all day (all week, for that matter!) in 20+ years. We thought the ratio of five adults to monitor the activity of one toddler was a good ratio. Where do they get the energy?!
Enjoy time with your family while you celebrate the bounty in your lives. Everyone has things to be thankful for. We count your loyalty, creativity and the beautiful things you make among our many blessings. Thank you for being part of our lives.
E komo mai,
Welcome,
Nancy & Janice
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DRAGONFLIES IN FLIGHT - 2 Fabric Applique Quilt
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Different Fabrics, Different Looks, More Possibilities
Do you pick a pattern to buy because you love the colors of the quilt pictured on the cover? Or do you really love the design? If that same pattern cover had shown a quilt in different colors would you have still picked it? Most of us are probably attracted to color first. Skimming a magazine your eye will notice the quilts in the colors you have a preference for. You may never pause to look at quilts in colors that do not appeal to you, regardless of the design. Have you noticed yourself doing that?
 | Notice how different these 2 quilts look using the same 2 fabrics.
Left: Dark applique on bright background
Right: Bright applique on dark background |
Dilemma #1: Pattern designers and pattern companies can only show one quilt on a pattern cover - just one - that is supposed to appeal to everyone. An impossible task! Nancy likes blues and purples, Janice likes greens and reds, you hate orange, but love pink, one friend likes earthy colors, another likes jewel tones. One person wants the image on the quilt to be done in realistic colors, another in fanciful colors. We can only show one quilt on a pattern cover, but there are an infinite number of ways to change the look of the pattern using different fabrics.
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Challenge #1: Look at the patterns on our website or in a magazine trying to ignore the colors and look primarily at the design. Find a quilt pattern you love, even though you aren't in love with the color or fabric in the picture. How hard was that for you to do?
Knowing how strongly color influences your choice of patterns, you may also want to take a new look at patterns you have passed by in the past. Did you really not like the design, or were you reacting to colors that are not your favorite?
Dilemma #2: Fabric manufacturers seldom reprint a fabric for very long. Yes, there are basic lines that are available year after year, but frequently the exciting fabrics that make a quilt sing are never to be found after the initial run sells out. So, if you fall in love with the fabrics pictured on the cover quilt are you willing to re-imagine this favorite pattern in other fabrics, even different colors? There really is no one perfect fabric for a quilt pattern. Any pattern can be rendered equally successfully in a variety of fabrics.
Dragonflies in Flight is a favorite pattern of ours. We have made it multiple times - different every time. So you can see how different one pattern can look with different fabrics, here we are showing you a number of quilts made from just this one pattern. We are sure one or two of these will be more appealing to you than others. But, the only thing that has changed is the fabric/color, not the design.
Challenge #2: Consider the different ways you can render your favorite pattern just by switching up the fabrics. A visit to the Fabric Pack pages on our website is a great place to start. Knowing that you can pick any fabrics to make your favorite pattern what would you choose? If you don't see a Fabric Pack you like, you can visit our Fabric Finder page to find fabrics to re-imagine your favorite pattern. (Remember, many of our Fabric packs and fabrics are on sale!)
Try this: When you can't decide whether it is the pattern or the colors you don't like, make a black and white (grayscale) photocopy of the quilt photo. Now, do you like the design with no color? Is it easier to re-imagine this design in different colors?
 To see the variety of fabrics other quilters have chosen to make quilts using our patterns visit our Gallery pages.
Purchase your Dragonflies in Flight pattern here. Normally this pattern sells for $12.00, for a very limited time it is only $10.00. Get yours now.
Find Fabric Packs for your Dragonflies in Flight, or other patterns, here.
 If you are new to our 2 Fabric Applique Quilt patterns, or would like to learn needleturn applique, or want help to improve your needleturn applique skills--our DVD 2 Fabric Applique Quilts with Nancy Lee Chong may be just the help you need. At only $25.00 it is cheaper than a one-day class, with more information than you would get out of several days of class! Plus, you get to watch it in the comfort of your home as many times as you need while you progress through your project and improve your skills. Buy your DVD here. A pattern for the single dragonfly quilt (11"X17") shown on the cover is included with the DVD.
One customer told us: "This video was worth every penny. I am sure I will refer to it again and again." We think you will agree.
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| NA ULU O HAWAII: BREADFRUIT - Hawaiian Quilt | | |
Abundant Love
 | | Na Ulu O Hawaii by Janet Salcido |
We have told you before that the Breadfruit is a symbol for plenty, or abundance in Hawaii. How appropriate then that Janet Salcido would choose this pattern to make for her son and his bride's wedding quilt. An abundance of love, an abundance of happiness, and an abundance of stitches, all wrapped up in one gorgeous quilt!
Note: If you want suggestions for which Hawaiian quilt pattern to choose for your special someone see our ideas and suggestions on the Q&A page of our website.
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Here is another ambitious and proud mother. Carol Sicora sent us this photo a while ago, when she was just a few weeks into appliqueing the quilt. It also is from our Na Ulu pattern. Carol told us, "I would like to call my personal quilt Wai'apo, because of the color. I am making it for my oldest son in Florida. Wai'apo means 'first water in heaven, in its purest form before it touches the earth.'" What a lovely sentiment. Abundant love, for sure. Thank you, ladies, for sharing your love-filled quilts with all of us.
 When viewing a large quilt in a tiny picture it can leave you with the thought that those shapes are much too tiny to be appliqued by a mere mortal such as you. To help you get past that fear, here is a photo showing a part of the Na Ulu quilt in its actual size, close-up with Nancy's hand in the picture to help you see the true scale. These leaves and fruits are large enough to be easily appliqued by you.
Na Ulu O Hawaii is also a current Internet Special. The normal price of $15.00 is reduced for a limited time to only $12.00. Buy yours now.
Yes, we have a DVD that will teach you everything you need to know to make your Hawaiian quilt! Watch as Nancy takes you through each step giving you the skills and confidence to make your own Hawaiian quilt! Go for it!
Hawaiian Quilting with Nancy Lee Chong. A bargain at $35.00. (The small Breadfruit pattern shown on the cover is included with the DVD.)
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We are in the mood for a SALE!
Rarely do we put this much fabric on sale. Take advantage while it lasts!
The Sale Fabrics are scattered throughout the Fabric Pack pages, the Fabric pages, and on the Sun-print Fabric page. They are clearly marked "SALE PRICED".
You will certainly find something perfect for your next project: quilting, sewing, crafting, decorating.
Langa Lapu, king-size, sun-printed fabrics from South Africa. Each piece is in the range of 108" x 108". We have seen people just quilt these fabrics as a whole-cloth quilt - stunning! Or, use to make a duvet, a Hawaiian quilt, or just hem one and use it as is. Contact Janice if you would like her to help you select a companion fabric to go with your favorite for a quilt.
Our sale-mood won't last forever. Take advantage now, while the selection is at its best.
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COMING EVENTS
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Nancy's Whereabouts:
There will be plenty of opportunities to find Nancy in 2015. Here are a few places where you can take a class, or watch a presentation at a shop or guild. Most guilds welcome visitors, so don't be shy.
Looking forward to 2015, make your plans now for one or more of these events:
2015 Shows, Classes, and Events:
- Feb 12-13, Mission Viejo, CA. Beach Cities Quilters Guild
- Feb 17-18, Redondo Beach, CA. South Bay Quilters Guild
- Mar 10-11, San Clemente, CA. Surfside Quilters Guild
- Mar 19-21, Arlington Heights, IL. Northwest Suburban Quilters
Register early for classes. They can fill quickly, or be canceled if not enough people register in advance.
Click CALENDAR for details and contact information.
Academy of Quilting
If you do not live where you can take a class from Nancy in person, then perhaps an online class at Academy of Quilting would work for you.
Academy of Quilting brings you the joy of learning quilting, applique & patchwork in the comfort of your home with online classes. Here are the start dates for Nancy's classes the first half of 2015:
- Jan 30, Celtic Tablerunner
- Feb 13, 2 Fabric Applique Quilts
- Feb 27, Hawaiian Quilting 101
- Mar 27, Beginning Hand Quilting
- April 17, Baltimore Basics
- April 24, Make Your Own Hawaiian Quilt
Schedule Nancy now for your show or event in 2015, and beyond. If you would like her to come to your area to teach, let your quilt shop, quilt guild, or show organizer know. Print Nancy's Brochure and pass it along.
Piggy-backing is good!
Nancy is always eager to teach or speak at more than one location when she travels. If she is able to book multiple events, then each group shares in her travel expenses. So it is really an economical and efficient way to book. If you see that Nancy will be anywhere near* you, then contact her to see if additional engagements can be arranged during the same trip. That way EVERYONE WINS!
PIGGY-BACK: Nancy is in southern California from Feb 14 - Feb 16, with nothing to do. Oh my! Perhaps your guild, shop, or group would like her to teach for you. If so, please send her an email.
PIGGY-BACK: Nancy will be teaching in Arlington Heights, Illinois March 19-21, 2015. If you would like her to teach or speak at your guild or shop between March 13 and 18, or between March 22 and 25, please send her an email.
PIGGY-BACK: Nancy will be on the east coast (US) from April 9-11, 2015. Contact her if you would like her to teach or speak at your guild or shop either right before April 9 or after April 11.
*Remember, Nancy is traveling from Oregon. So near means that if she will be in Virginia even Florida is near. Think regionally.
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Thank you for spending a little of your precious time with us, we really appreciate it. Remember to send us your stories, pictures, questions, or suggestions. We love to hear from you.
A hui hou,
Until next time,
Nancy & Janice
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