Taking Action, want to help?

Erin at http://vesuviusmama.blogspot.ca/2012/11/taking-action-wanna-help.html is asking for help making Disappearing Four Patch blocks which she is going to put together into quilts for those suffering from Hurricane Sandy.  If you can help, it would certainly be a blessing to many!!

Giveaway!!

Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe: 25 Days of Christmas and 25 giveaways! Enter Now!...:      NANCY AT VICTORIAN MOTTO SAMPLER SHOPPE wanted to do something very special for the Christmas giveaways and I want to make sure my faithful followers will receive prizes.

She has Cross-stitching and you will find other items like Ric-Rac or hand dyed linen and aida. 
JUST MENTION Farm Quilting SENT YOU.....

Home from MQX West

I had 2 fun-filled, busy days in Portland, Oregon at MQX West.  Great venue, quilts - both the ones entered in the show and the collections, vendors and classes!  I even got to spend Friday morning with my beloved quilting buddy Carol from Florida!  I am tired from the drive home (about 5.5 hours) and unloading my over-packed car.  I will say, before I head off to bed or up to my studio to sew a few pieces, Angela Walters is a great, fun teacher as well as a fabulous quilter.  Her class was only 2 hours - flew by - and I could have sat there for 8 hours without complaint!  More with pictures soon.  Just a tease pic for now :)  The lovely lady is pictured with her equally lovely quilt entitled "My Stash History" which contained material from her wedding back in the 70's and the small squares on the right side were all from her children's clothing.  Love the way she did the border!!!

Foods that are toxic to your pets

Just a few websites that contain information to help us keep our furry companions safe and healthy by not sharing some of our foods with them.  They not only tell you what not to feed them, they also tell you the signs your pet will exhibit if they have eaten something they shouldn't!

http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison...ple-foods.aspx
http://www.earthclinic.com/Pets/poisonous_foods.html
http://www.humanesociety.org/animals...s_to_pets.html
http://www.entirelypets.com/toxicfoods.html
http://pets.webmd.com/cats/ss/slides...ould-never-eat

Let's keep our furry family members healthy by expanding our knowledge!  Thanks to auntpiggylpn of quiltingboard.com for doing the research and posting the information there!

Happy quilting!

More fabric to win!

http://www.elefantz.com/2012/09/my-bumper-garden-issue-plus-gumboot.html is having a giveaway of fabric and buttons!  Head on over there and let her know that you heard about her giveaway on the blog of Farm Quilter...maybe we'll both win!!!

Anyone interested in winning fabric?

http://straystitches1.blogspot.com/2012/09/its-giveaway-time.html has hooked up with The Fat Quarter Shop in a giveaway for a $25 gift certificate!!!  Go to her blog (she has a lovely blog) and enter!  If you win, you don't even have to share with me!! LOL

A Little About Customer Service

A few months ago I bought a kit from The Enchanted Quilt.  It was a pre-cut kit and I have never tried one of them before - now I am totally a fan!!!  It was for a quilt that was from a shop hop and they bought the extra block packets from the other quilt shops and put them together into a kit.  Well, we all know what happens when many people cut blocks...yep, some fabric was missing and some that needed to be cut in a single layer were not so unless I was willing to use the back of the fabric in my block, I needed more/different fabric.  I gave them a call to let them know what had happened and to see if I could get the lovely pink and white polka dot material missing from the one block - I looked everywhere for this fabric with no luck!  Well, the apologized all over the place, sent me the polka dot material, 2 black and white fabrics (matching what was already in the packets) and a solid black so I could finish my blocks.  They also included cutting directions for the blocks that had problems, a fat quarter of cute pink with mini flowers and a note apologizing again!!!  I highly recommend them for the quality of their fabrics and their awesome customer service!!!  I will be back!!!!!  http://www.theenchantedquilt.com/