Little Peach Cottage

 Little Peach Cottage is cute!  And a little therapeutic.  I'm starting to miss quilting.  

 Here is a back view of the cottage.  I chose a nice dark chocolate brown for the roof, doors, and part of the shutters.  I'm going to paint a few of the shingles with a different color, like they've been replaced after an especially windy storm.  Maybe a hurricane?

The most surprising thing about painting Peach Cottage is the durability of the acrylic craft paints I'm using.  I did not go out and purchase new paints.  Rather, I pulled out my eight to twenty year old collection that has been sitting in the bottom drawer of an old metal file cabinet out in my shed.  I'm sure everything's been frozen and melted from the heat and cold many times over, but they're still in fine condition for painting!  Just amazing.

Here's the front view so far.  All peachy and chocolatey with a bit of snow and a small Christmas wreath hung on the front door.  So welcoming.  I wonder who will live here?  A small animal, I'm sure...maybe a little mouse or a rabbit.  I'll have to be on the lookout for just the right resident.

Please visit the Curlicue Creations Shop...and have a super day!

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Jennifer Schifano Thomas

Quilting Break

I've just finished up a quilt and I need a little quilting break.  It's getting close to the holidays, so I'm going to work on painting this little Christmas Village house.  

I've selected a peachy color for the exterior walls. 

It's a little darker than I anticipated, but it'll do.

It's been a while since I've painted one of these.  It's fun!  More pics to come next time.

Please visit the Curlicue Creations Shop and have a super day!

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Jennifer Schifano Thomas

This Week's Finds

This week I've added eight books and magazines to the Curlicue Creations Shop.  Are you ready to stitch?  Here's what's new:

 501 Cross Stitch Designs

 Rocky Mountain Wild Flowers Cross Stitch Leaflet

 Watercolor Quilts

 Sunbonnet Sue Visits Quilt in a Day

 24 Flower Quilt Blocks

 Love of Quilting May/June 2007

Love of Quilting July/August 2007 

Love of Quilting November/December 2007

For more information or to purchase any of the above publications, please visit the Curlicue Creations Shop.

Thank you and have a lovely day!

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Jennifer Schifano Thomas

Violet Posies Quilt Homecoming

My Violet Posies quilt is home!  I love when my quilts come back home.  Everyone wants to cuddle them when I unpack the shipping box, including me.  For now, the Violet Posies quilt is hanging in my living room.  I try to rotate my quilts out quite a bit.  It's a fast and fun way to quickly change the decor and feeling of a room.

If you would like to sew your own Violet Posies quilt, the pattern is in the current issue of McCall's Quilting.  "Fabulous Quilts for Fall Sewing" it says at the top of the magazine.  Don't you just love sewing in the Autumn?  I do.  I open the door to my studio and let the fresh cool air blow in.  Soon the leaves will be putting on their annual show.  Such an inspiring palette of color, all those bright leaves against a gray sky.  

Until next time...please visit the Curlicue Creations Shop...and have a super day!

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Jennifer Schifano Thomas

Aura Hexagon Quilt Weekly Update

It's Friday.  The kids have been back to school all week and I'm just finding a little time to work today.  It's amazing how much there is to do keeping everyone organized, happy, and running a household.

Until next time...please visit the Curlicue Creations Shop...and have a super day!

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Jennifer Schifano Thomas

Deal of the Day!

Quilter's Complete Guide - $22.92

Quilter's Complete Guide is an all inclusive how-to quilt book by popular authors Marianne Fons and Liz Porter. This book is filled with informative chapters such as: Tools, Fabrics, and Color for Quilts, Basic Skills Reference Guide, First Steps in Traditional Patchwork, Drafting Patchwork Blocks and Addiing to Patchwork Skills, Basic Settings and Borders for Quilts, Get Ready to Quilt, Ins and Outs of Quilting, Finishing Your Quilts, First Steps in Quick-Cutting and Quick-Piecing, and First Steps in Hand Applique

A second section of the book "Beyond Basic Quiltmaking" takes you Beyond Basic Patchwork, Beyond Basic Applique, Beyond Basic Settings and Borders, Etcetera Techniques, Evaluating and Exhibiting Your Work, Collecting, Displaying and Caring for Quilts, Glossary of Quilting Terms, and Bibliography, Acknowlegments, and About the Authors. There is something to learn for everyone in this book, from beginners to advanced quilters.

This book is softcover, used, in good condition. There is a small, 1 inch tear in the front cover of the book. You can see this small imperfection in my third photo. 256 pages.

Only one available - Link here to purchase:  Quilter's Complete Guide

What's New in the Curlicue Creations Shop?

Love of Quilting January/February 2007 Issue - $4.99

Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting Magazine, the January/February 2007 issue. This magazine features Slash your Stash, Spectacular Scrap Quilts, Learn to Draw Quilting Designs, Dots and Hot, Dot to Dot Quilt, Fabric Finds,, Suns and Moons and more.

This fabulous issue of Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting magazine is in used, but excellent condition. 112 pages of great ideas for quilting.

Love of Quilting May/June 2003 Issue - $4.99

Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting Magazine, the May/June 2003 issue. This magazine features Cherries - A Quilt by Sara Nephew, Capturing Memories on Cloth, Make a Baseball Quilt, 11 Great Projects and more.

This fabulous issue of Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting magazine is in used, but excellent condition. 74 pages of great ideas for quilting.

Love of Quilting March/April 2003 - $4.99

Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting Magazine, the March/April 2003 issue. This magazine features Wanna be a Cowboy?, Our Plumpest Spring Issue Ever!, Lose Weight Quilting, Jubliee Album Series Quilt, and more.

This fabulous issue of Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting magazine is in used, but excellent condition. 66 pages of great ideas for quilting.

For these and more great quilting patterns, fabric, and inspiration, please visit the Curlicue Creations Shop...and have a super day!

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Jennifer Schifano Thomas