"Bread and Butter Quilting - Fast and Easy Custom looks for Quilts....shows us how to create an endless number of easy and efficient design options by simply mixing and matching various components. ....If you're looking for some new ideas to spice up your bread and butter quilting repertoire, this book has them!"         Unlimited Possibilities November 2007 www.upquiltingmag.com   Order my Bread and Butter Quilting - Fast and Easy Custom Looks for Quilts book on the Products page of this website!

NEW BOOK! CRISSCROSS DANCING FEATHERS Forty four pages of dancing feather fun! Just like dancing crisscrosses the dance floor, these feathers crisscross their way across the quilt top. Crisscross feathers have a distinctive crisscross center stem that eliminates the need for a separate center stem and painstaking backtracking. After mastering the tricks to crisscross feathers, you will fin them to be one of the fastest and easiest ways to feather a quilt! The book has 17 different designs, each showing a border, corner and allover variation. Crisscross Dancing Feathers even includes a laminated practice page with two of the most popular designs! Ordering Crisscross Dancing Feathers on the PRODUCTS page.

NEW PATTERN AND FINISHING KIT - MESSENGER STYLE TOTE This Messenger Bag is the perfect size for books, papers, and your laptop computer! It has a center divider and ten pockets! The outside fabric is finished prior to cutting by either facing with fusible fleece or machine quilting. It has an adjustable shoulder strap out of either covered or plain webbing. The Messenger Bag finishing Kit includes the notions needed to finish the bag all in one place! Order the Messenger Style Bag pattern and Finishing Kit on the PRODUCTS page.

____________________________________________________  I quilted the Dress Up Cats Quilt on the cover of McCalls Quick Quilts September 2007! The  pieced quilt was designed by Helen Gregory for EZ Quilting. www.thevillagequiltshoppe.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Take a class with me at INNOVATIONS October 8 - 11, 2008, Tacoma Washington   www.mqinnovations.com Bread and Butter Quilting - Fast and Easy custom looks for Quilts Increase profits on custom jobs by working from the front of the machine! Give each quilt a custom look quickly and without a lot of marking or stops and starts! I will share flexible designs for borders, bocks, triangles, sashing and cornerstones - as well as tricks for flying geese and lemoyne star blocks. Be more efficient and make more money with these easy patterns. Class 302, Friday October 10, 8 -10 am  Boogie Down with Feathers Quick and easy feathers to please customers and increase income. What makes these feathers easy is that they are made without retracing lines and with minimal marking. No more stressing about retracing stitching lines! Fun, fast and flexible best describe the Twist and Shout, Boogie Woogie, and Mango Tango feathers! Waltz on over and see how these feathers will dance on quilts! Class 231, Thursday October 9, 3:30 - 5:30    Fabrically Inspired Edge to Edge Tired of pantos and meandering? Using fabric as the inspiration, I will show you how to create all over freehand designs for quilts. Scale, composition, placement as well as tricks for keeping the designs even and random in appearance will be discussed. Class 204, Thursday October 9, 8 - 10  Painless Customer Service This class is all about how to avoid customer service issues through good communication, time management and organizational skills. I walk you though consulting with the customer, how to create a design book and shop samples. I will share with you the importance of good organizational systems and how to arrive at one that works for you. I will share real life examples and how to handle them. I will also cover how to fix common mistakes that happen while quilting. Class 323, Friday October 10, 1 - 3   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Take a class with me at MQX,  April 2009, Manchester New Hampshire. www.mqxshow.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Elaine Huffman Pleasant Valley Quilting 67 Colton Place Longmeadow, MA 01106 413-374-8811 elaine.quilts@verizon.net

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