Life's a Hoot

Hello all,
I wanted to show you this adorable owl panel I made into a wall hanging. It just reminds us to hang in there and keep smiling.
I have posted the free pattern on my website www.thewhimsicalworkshop.com
and have some fabric kits available Click here to order the kit

The saying on this panel are quite sweet and remind us to take care of our friends and not take life too seriously. I hope this makes you smile today.

The sayings are hard to read so am typing them here for you





Top Panel-                                                Bottom Right Panel-
Remember Wooo you are                         If Friends were flowers I would pick you.
Bless this Nest
Owlways love one another
Make life worth hooting about



Happy Creating
Heidi

And The Winner's are.........

Well I have to thank everyone who participated in the 100 Blocks Blog Tour. I had over 150 people come by and even though it was not in person, it felt like we were a host on a shop hop. I could feel the energy right through the keyboard. I want thank each one of you for your wonderful words of inspiration, it is fuel for my creative soul.

Now on to the winners: I have notified the eight winners this morning and will post the names once they have contacted me. So be on the lookout for an email:
Bunny, Lisa Mary, Happy Cottage Quilter, Sew Linda Ann, Moe West, Janet,
Beach Quilter and Tea Quilts.

Congratulations to you all and I hope to see you on the next 100 Block tour in the spring. Make sure to come back an visit before then to see what I am up to at The Whimsical Workshop.

Happy Creating,
Heidi 

Don't Forget

Hi Quilters,
Do not forget to add your email address in the message. Some of the wonderful comments are coming up with a no reply for the email and I will not be able to contact you if you win. :)
Thank you
Heidi

100 Blocks Blog Tour

Hello and welcome to The Whimsical Workshop
on the 100 Block Tour from Quiltmaker Magazine.

Quiltmaker has been one of my favorite quilting magazines since I started sewing and designing in 2000. I was quite honored to be asked a second time to submit a block for the second edition of the 100 Blocks magazine. This time the magazine was coming out around the same time as my newest line of fabric, "Furry Friends" from Blank Quilting. So I used my fabric and my favorite bear to create a fun and easy block. I hope you enjoy making this block as much as I did.

I have gotten my copy of the 100 Blocks magazine and can tell you it has so many wonderful designs that can keep you busy for entire year. Whether you love piecing, applique or paper piecing there are blocks for you. Make sure to order yours today. You can also check out all the artists on the blog tour as well as sign up for different prizes at the Quiltmaker Blog
including a chance to win of one of the 100 blocks the artist made and signed for the magazine.

As for our giveaways. Please leave a comment with your email address for a chance to win a copy of the 100 Blocks magazine (we will be giving away five of them!) or a fat quarter bundle of my Furry Friends collection (we have several to give away). Make Sure to check back tomorrow to see if you have won!!!

Make sure to sign up for our email newsletter which will feature a free pattern to use our Bear block along with my matching Bunny Block which will go out next week to all that sign-up.

You can see all of our great products at www.TheWhimsicalWorkshop.com where we always offer FREE Shipping and until Christmas we are offering 15% off your entire purchase, just use promo code- FLL15Off. You can also follow us on Facebook.

I look forward to hearing from you this week and hope you have fun on this great blog tour.
Happy Creating,
Heidi

Bee My Honey

Hello all,
We are finally back from Quilt Market and happy to have another market done. We did over 25 quilt samples for this market for seven different fabric companies on top of the several projects for ourselves. My sewing machine was on fire. Happy to be back to normal (sort of) for another couple of months.
We have several exciting things happening around the studio over the next few months, starting with my latest magazine feature "Bee My Honey", which is in the current issue of The Quilter Magazine. It showcases my newest line of fabric "Furry Friends" which is available on our website along with the fabric kit for the quilt. www.TheWhimsicalWorkshop.com
The other exciting thing to share with you is we have a block in Quiltmaker's 100 Block issue in sale now. We will participate in their Blog tour this month with several giveaways. Our special day is 11/11/10. What a fun date to get. Check out the whole schedule of events and sign up for free prizes at So check back to see what we have going.

Winter?

I cannot believe it is the end of Halloween and we are close to the holidays. I know we are close because my newest issue of McCall's Quick Quilts just showed up and it is all about the holidays.
Now you have to understand why I am so messed up about exactly what the time of year it is.
First I live in Phoenix, AZ and today is the first day that it is under 90º since May. After growing up in Upstate New York, where the weather told you when fall was here, in Phoenix the season change slightly.If you are not paying attention the holidays are over before you hang the first decoration . I miss my sweaters and boots.
The other thing working against my ever knowing what time of year it is, is the design season is is about six months ahead. That means this darling Reindeer Games quilt shown here was designed in June and currently we are working on summer designs for next year. We always have Halloween in the Spring. I tell you my whole calender is off, off, off.
Now all that being said, I wanted to share with you why I was so excited about the McCall's Quick Quilts magazine, our newest holiday quilt is in there. Yep you guessed it, it is Reindeer Games. We have a limited number of fabric kits for these guys and I kept the size small to make is easier to make as well and find a place to hang. Even better is we currently are offering 15% off your entire order. Just use the code FLL15off when you check out at www.TheWhimsicalWorkshop.com

What a year!

Hello World. Sorry to take so long in between blogs. We have been so busy here at The Whimsical Workshop that I cannot believe it is already mid-October. Anyone who has been following my blog
knows that I have been spilting my time between quilt designing and jewelry designing. As this journey continues, I am learning to manage my time better. As we go forward, I have decided to keep this blog about our quilting world adventures and have a separate blog for the jewelry world adventures at hpcstudio.blogspot.com. I hope you will visit both blogs but understand we each have our interests and limited time in which to do them in.