Quilter's Blog Hop Party for St. Patrick's Day

Aloha All- A big thank you to Michele from Quilter's Gallery for organizing another Blog Hop Party.  It is always so much fun to meet quilters from all around the world during these hops.  I like reading your comments on my blog and on the other blogs that are participating in the hop. 

I live out in the middle of the ocean on the Big Island of Hawaii.  So my give away is a Hawaiian Applique Kit for a pillow.  I will have the applique all cut out for you so can get a head start.  The designs that you can choose from are Pineapple, shown below, Hibiscus Honu (Turtle), Breadfruit, Bird of Paradise, Hibiscus and Angel's Trumpet.  If you want to see what the design looks like please visit my website and look under Hawaiian Applique Patterns.  While on my website if you see other patterns you like and sign up for my newsletter you will have a chance to get a free pattern of your choice.  I have a drawing every month for those new newsletter sign ups.  Leave a comment on my blog and tell me which kit you would like to win and a little bit about yourself if you would like.  We all like to hear about other quilting enthusiasts.  The hop runs through March 23rd and which time I will annouce the lucky winner.

Thank you for hopping.   Now return to Quilter's Gallery so that you can continue on.

Happy New Year 2012

Happy New Year, Hau’oli Makahiki Hou from the Big Island of Hawaii and welcome to the year of the Dragon. We started the New Year off with a crystal clear sky just over flowing with stars. My New Year wish to you is that you have a peaceful and enriching year.


I have just released my too newest patterns, Pineapple Welcome and Monstera Morning and they are available on my website   These are also the two that I will be using at the Quilting On The Beach Retreat that is coming up in February here on the Big Island. 
 
January 2006 was when I released my Tropical Fish patterns, which were the first patterns I made to sell. That means I am starting my seven year in designing patterns. To celebrate I have put all of my patterns on sale for the month of January, this even includes the just released patterns. It has been very enjoyable during these years to see pictures of quilts that you have made using my patterns. When you take them and change them up just for you, I salute you, because I feel patterns are a starting point for you to create something that really reflects you! Your emails and phone calls are always welcome and appreciated, being encouragement, corrections or comments.

Happy Holidays from Hawaii

I shot this picture of poinsettas growing along the road this morning.  There are some glorious poinsettas around the island and some of them look more like trees than a shrub.  They certainly are not like the ones we buy in pots.  Spectacular colors around this morning. 

May all of you have a wonderful and safe Holiday season.

All of January I will be having an anniversary sale on my web site, so please check back in 2012!

Winners of the Blog Hop Party

Thank you to all of you who stopped by during the Blog Hop Party brought to us by the Quiltting Gallery.  Thank you Michelle for your work in giving us all this opportunity. The  comments were really diverse and enjoyable to read.  They came from around the world which really makes it more fun. 

The winner of the pineapple Hawaiian applique kit is Zoe who lives in Sydney, Australia.  Zoe please send me your address and I will get your kit out to you.

The winner of a free pattern of her choosing for signing up for my newsletter on my web site is Gwen from the Gulf Coast of Alabama. 

Thank you and Happy Holidays to all.

Quilting Gallery is having a Blog Hop Party

Quilting Gallery is having a Blog Hop Party starting 12/10 through 12/17 with over 225 blogs signed up.  Join the fun!!  There are give aways at all the blogs that you have a chance to win.

Since I am a quilt designer living on the Big Island of Hawaii I am giving away a Hawaiian applique kit of my pineapple design.  The pineapple is a sign of friendship so I felt this was very appropriate as it is my gesture of friendship to you.  I will have the applique cut out for you so that you can start stitching that much faster.  I feel very privileged to be a designer and teacher of Hawaiian applique.  This quilt art form is relatively young.  The Hawaiians were introduce to patchwork quilting in the 1820's by the American missionaries and applique shortly there after.  They turned there new found knowledge into their own artistic expression with the large applique that we know today. 

To win this kit please leave a comment telling us your favorite quilting tip.  The winner will be chosen at the end of the blog tour.

For another chance to win a pattern please visit my web site and sign up for the newsletter.  Each month I give away a free pattern to a new signee.  http://barbarabieraugeldesigns.com/

Sometime in January I will start selling my 18" Hawaiian applique kits with the applique cut out.  Check back for those then.
To continue your block hop tour click on Quilting Gallery  Have fun and good luck!

Blogger's Quilt Festival Fall 2011

The fall 2011 Blogger's Quilt Festival put on by Amy's Creative Side starts , October 28, 2011.  This is a great opportunity to see what other quilters are up to.  Please take time to visit all the quilters and add your words of praise.

My quilt is one that I made for the birth of Etta who was born to Erin and Alex in Minnesota.  We watched Alex grow up and now they have a beautiful little girl to create their family.  When I asked what colors they wanted Erin came back with mustard yellow, soft green, blue, brown and orange.  This seemed like an interesting combination.  I found a great juvenile print with animals done in Hawaiian prints.  Being that Alex is often seen in a Hawaiian shirt I knew this was the perfect border fabric for my quilt.  The quilt really leans towards the boy side in colors but seeing that Alex came from a family of three boys I thought there was a good chance we would be seeing another little boy.  However I did put in a little pinkish orange that didn't shout pink to me.

I hope that you enjoy seeing this interlocking pinwheel pattern and I that Etta will make good use of it.  I really enjoyed making this interlocking pinwheel using my tear no more paper piecing method. 

Quilting on The Beach

The brochures for Qulting on the Beach are ready.  Please visit Come Quilt With Me to request a brochure.  There are over 15 classes being offered along with two bus trips and a luau.  You get to pick which classes you want in building your quilting retreat.  I have two classes schedules at this event:  Welcome Pineapple which is a wall hanging of three pineapples along with palm frond done in my TNM (Tear No More) paper piecing technique and Monstera Morning which is a small wall hanging done in traditional hand applique done with the back basting method.  This can also be made be used for a pillow top.  Both of these patterns will be new designs that I am creating just for this event.

Classes are being offered by Pat Yamin, Amy Bradley, Sharon Pederson, Judy Veltidi, Annabelle Treacy, Mary Moody-Cox, Mariah Bath, Karen Barry, Robert Barry, Susan Distel, and myself. This should be a great event and I hope that you can join us! 

There is not a Hawaiian applique class offered at the retreat but I will have my usual Hawaiian applique class at Quilt Passions on Wed, Feb. 15, 1-4pm if you want to take that also.