Stargazer

 I made this fun quilt recently and decided to offer kits through my shop.

I have it kitted three ways and am offering a special price for these kits this week only, November 15-20, 2021.

Deal One: The Stargazer Fat Quarter Bundle

The bundle includes the 24 Fat Quarters shown in the photo which are the exact fabrics used in the quilt shown in the first photo above.

The regular price is $84 plus the pattern. The deal price is $74.99 plus the pattern is included for FREE.

Deal Two: The Stargazer Low Volume Fat Quarter Bundle

The bundle includes the 16 Fat Quarters shown in the photo.

The regular price is $56 plus the pattern. The deal price is $50.99 plus the pattern is included for FREE.

Deal Three: The Stargazer Brights Fat Quarter Bundle

The bundle includes the 8 Fat Quarters shown in the photo.

The regular price is $28 plus the pattern. The deal price is $24.99 plus the pattern is included for FREE.

The deal is only good through the online shop. Local folks can select "in store pick-up" as your delivery option so that you don't have to pay for shipping and we will notify you when your order is ready for pick-up. These offers are only good while supplies last.

Exciting Delivery

 I purchased new toy recently for my shop.

I currently have a HandiQuilter Sweet 16 at my shop that belongs to a customer. She brought the machine in so I could help her to get it working and then give her lessons on it. I've got it working and she has started lessons. I quilted a small project on it to make sure everything was working properly and realized how much I missed quilting some things myself. I also have a HandiQuilter Sweet 16 at home but I rarely have time to quilt something at home. So I decided to buy the shop a Bernina Q20 sit-down machine. That is what is in the boxes.

I will need help to get her set up at the shop and I need to clear a space for her too. As soon as I get her all set up I will tell you more about her.

Crimson Tweed

 I am making progress again on my Crimson Tweed project.

All of the blocks are completed. I have them pinned to my design wall waiting for when I have time to sew them together. I still have to complete the borders. Two of the borders are plain; the other two require applique and embroidery.

Binding

 My long arm quilter is back! I dropped off a bunch of quilts for her to quilt for me last week and she returned a few late last week when she stopped into the shop.

However, I haven't finished ANY of them yet! I have one long side left to hand sew the binding to the back on the first one, not shown in the photo above. I have the binding sewn to the front of another and binding made but not attached to the front yet for a third. The rest will have to wait. So I'm working, but have nothing I'm ready to share yet.

Do you need a handmade gift, but don't want to make it?

 I added a new section to my online shop called Ready Made Items. All items listed in this section are ready-made items. This means that they are finished projects ready to be used and enjoyed. All items listed in this section are lovingly made by Alamosa Quilt Company employees in Alamosa, Colorado. All items are ONE OF A KIND. These are completed samples for kits, patterns or fabric collections that we no longer need for display.

The quilt shown above is just one of the finished quilts I have listed in my online shop. I want to be clear, I will not make anything for you on commission or as a special order. These items are already made and ready to be used. I also want to be clear that in most cases I no longer have the fabrics used or the pattern used. All of these items are kept at the shop which means they are from a smoke-free, pet-free environment.

Most ready made items will ship free because they cost more than our free shipping minimum of $100. As time allows I will be photographing and listing more of our completed samples in our online shop.

Art Group Project :: A Finish - finally!

 Well, I just did a search to figure out how long ago I finished the top of this project. 

Answer: Dec 7, 2016! 

It has been basted and ready for quilting since March of 2017.

I needed something to quilt recently to get someone's mid-arm machine working. This is all that I had that was already basted and ready to go. Sadly that is the only reason this one got finished, but I'm glad it is finally done!

You can read previous posts about this project by clicking the following link: Art Group Project That post says that we were suppose to receive instructions for the final border at our December 2016 meeting, but obviously I didn't do whatever that was. And it's too late now!

2021 Ornaments :: A Finish

 My ornaments for this year are done!

I completed two sets of these adorable felted wool ornaments. I had a bag full of these little wooden "handmade" tags so I add one to the back of each ornament.

I wrote my initials and the year on each little wooden tag before sewing it to the back.

Ms. Spooky Boo is not impressed.

This is how she likes to lay on me now. Her paws are right at the base of my neck. It's really hard to sew anything with a cat sitting on your chest! Being photographed was not what she had in mind as you can probably tell by her expression.

She is getting white whiskers too, but just on one side. Hard to believe that she is now 9 years old.