JANUARY, 2012

New Year’s Greetings to you and may it be a good year for you,
full of good health and happiness!

May you enjoy each day with some special time to yourself for stitching, even if it just 15 minutes!  Relax and enjoy wonderful feeling we share of working with fabric.

I love the promise of a new beginning offered with the new year. It’s fun to feel free with the idea of a clean slate. Begin new projects as a treat to yourself, but don’t worry about old unfinished projects. You probably didn’t finish them because you didn’t like them. Get them out of your house! Instead of that negative energy on the old unliked projects, pursue your new projects with pleasure.  Someone in your guild will love the challenge of your UFO.

I am looking forward a new venture with my newest book, America’s Quilted Garden Blocks.
I am creating Embellishment Kits for some of the state flower blocks that require specialized materials, that may be hard for you to find.  Please e-mail me for a list of kits that will be available. Fayequilt@comcast.net

Treat yourself to the gift of doing whatever you want this year – at least for the month of January! Enjoy yourself, you are special! And don’t forget to have some chocolate, too!

FEBRUARY, 2012

Happy February!

When this month leaves us, Spring is on its way,
at least we hope so here in New England.
This is the month of Love, so do something loving for yourself.
Free up your space and guilt by eliminating some UFO’s!
If you do not have any, then enjoy new projects and some chocolate!
IF you do have SOME UFO’s, go through them and get rid of at least 3,
 maybe more if you are on a roll.
Unless you are madly in love with the unfinished project, chuck it!
It is not worth the space it is taking up.
Your tastes in fabrics have changed,
 or maybe you didn’t like the technique involved.
What ever the reason, free yourself for more new projects!
Springcleaning!
I would love to hear from you, if your have taken any of this advice to heart.