Exciting Secrets ahead!

Update :The blog hop was such a success thank you to all the hosts, sponsors and to everyone that followed along. Please click on the hosts links to see what secrets were shared

Last year I discovered the online quilting community and have been overjoyed by their warmth, helpfulness and creativity. However, as a new quilter seeing all the amazing quilting/sewing projects out there can be quite intimidating.

 In fact some projects were so wonderful it got me thinking that their creators must have some great quilting secrets. With that thought an idea started to fester in my head...hmmmm Quilting Secrets..... 12 months later and I figured instead of festering I should let my idea out......

So I decided to host a QUILTING SECRETS Blog Hop!!

I have found you can take a class, buy a book or just search the web for hours trying to find tips that will help make your quilting experience easier. However, sometimes having an experienced quilter show you a secret they use can make the whole quilting adventure that much more enjoyable!

I have lined up 6 wonderfully talented quilters to join me in sharing a few of their Quilting Secrets !

Christine from Quilt Monster in My Closet 
Linda from Buzzing and Bumbling

Barbara from CatPatches
Melissa from Sewbittersweet designs

Sharon from Vroomans Quilts

Sue from Quilt Times

Hayley from Mrs.Pickles Garden 

The Quilting Secrets Blog Hop will run December 31^st till January 6^th

For day one fun Click HERE

Each week until the 31st I will be revealing one or two secrets about the hop!

This week’s secret involves some loveliness from The Fat QuarterShop. However, you’ll have to come back on the 31^st to find out what it is!

For those of you wishing to help promote the hop  here is the button! 

There may be something special in store for those to help spread the word....but for now its well a SECRET!

<a href="http://mrspicklesgarden.blogspot.ca/2012/12/exciting-secrets-ahead.html" target="_blank"><img alt="mrs pickles garden" src=" http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q772/mrspicklesgarden/QSbutton-1.png "/></a>

Week 2 Secrets are

1. Some loveliness from 

However, you’ll have to come back on the 31^st to find out what it is!

2. As you know I have lined up 6 wonderfully talented quilters to join me in sharing a few of their Quilting Secrets! Here are the days that these ladies and myself will be posting

Christine from http://www.quiltmonstercloset.com  December 31st

Melissa from http://blog.sewbittersweetdesigns.com/  January 1st

Barbara from http://catpatches.blogspot.com January 2nd

Linda from http://buzzingandbumbling.blogspot.com/ January 3rd

Sharon from http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.ca/ January 4th

Sue from http://quilttimes.blogspot.com January 5th

Hayley(this is me) from http://mrspicklesgarden.blogspot.com January 6th

 Week 3 Secrets are

1. This one is hard to keep quite, but let me tell you its Aurifil(ly) lovely... 

 

2. As for some other secrets let’s see here is a poem that spills some of the secrets..maybe

We have woven such a lovely web full of secrets just for you.

They will have you sticking around for the whole hop just like you were stuck in glue

These secrets are so lovely it’s hard to no let them loose

If told you now I would be such a silly goose

The irony is some of these secrets are just so simply clever

Are you starting to think this poem is going to go on forever?

Okay then for now I am going to cut this poem short

I know I am such a square, but I just have so much to report

Our last secrets before the hop starts on Dec 31st are

1. Some loveliness from 

2. There will be a host change up on Jan 1st and 3rd. Same lovely ladies, just different days..see below!

Until next Week!!