Guest Host for Anything Goes Mondays - Allison from Babco Unlimited

Today’s Guest Host for Anything Goes Monday is Allison from Babco Unlimited.

By day she is a wife to one tech-savvy husband and mother to thee active children. By night she is a quilting superhero! Okay, not really. She doesn’t truly have superpowers, although she’s tricked her kids into thinking she can make just about anything.

She started quilting 7 years ago and life has never been the same since.

It all started when she asked her mom to teach her how to make a quilt. Mother and daughter would meet up weekly to learn about ¼ inch seams, rotary cutters, half-square triangles, and more.

Her first quilt won 1st place in a local quilt show. The quilt was intended for her eldest son, who quickly took credit for the win. Upon learning of the award, he called his dad and said, “Dad. The quilt mom and I made won First Place!” 

First place for my first quilt

She volunteers and serves with several quilt guilds. She edits the newsletter for one guild of 275+ quilters; She helped organize a new guild (then promptly moved—so maybe she’ll have to do it again in her new neighborhood); and she helps organize a Quilt Retreat for her State Guild that spans 4 days of quilting classes, luncheons, vendors, and events.

She loves piecing, free motion quilting, and learning new quilting tricks. She will be reopening her Tuesday Tips after the New Year sharing all those quilting tips and tricks that make quilting easy and fun.  So be sure to follow her to discover new tips. Her kryptonite are appliqué and binding. (She is still sore about her near loss at the Battle with Binding.)

I hope you enjoy visiting Allison's blog and remember to link up.

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This will be the LAST Anything Goes Mondays link up for this year and will resume 

on Monday 5 January 2015

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Anything Goes Mondays #85

I hope you enjoyed visiting all the links from last week's Anything Goes Mondays.  It was truly hard deciding which projects to showcase here today, so I hope you like what I've picked for you.  Remember that if your work is featured here and you do not wish to have shown, please contact me at marelizeries[at]gmail[dot]com.

This amazing quilt is by Helen from Till We Quilt Again, its called Ronalds Flight. This quilt is made for her son, representing where her son is in his life right now.

This Modern Baby Quilt is by Iva from Schnig SCHNAG Quilts and More.

Lori from Crossquilt shared her IG Mini Swap.

Now it's your turn to link up...

Rules:
1. Link up ANY recent blog posts, it can be one or more, but PLEASE do not share blog posts you might have linked up in the past.
2. Somewhere in your blog post, you must link back here to my blog, OR grab the 'anything goes' button for you sidebar.
3. Try to visit at least a few of the other blogs linked, the whole point of having a party is to connect, share and maybe get a few new followers...remember to leave a comment to let them know you stopped by!

P.S. Great news for those of you on Instagram! You can now link up your Instagram photos here on Anything Goes Mondays! Just click the blue "Add your link" button. In the dialogue box that comes up, under "Image source," click the Instagram icon at the bottom. InLinkz will ask your permission to access your Instagram account, then you can choose one of your IG photos to link up. You still need to link to a URL, but you can always link to the URL of your Instagram feed (for example, my feed's URL is http://instagram.com/marelizeries). If you link up an IG photo, please tag my Instagram feed (@marelizeries). Have FUN!!

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Anything Goes Mondays #83

My apologies for the delay in this weeks' link up.  Our internet was off from Saturday and it was only restored this afternoon.  I hated not being 'connected' but it was remarkable how much more quality family time we got to spend together over the weekend, not being distracted by social media... 

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I hope you enjoy the quilts I decided to showcase this week.  Remember that if any of your work is featured here and you do not wish to have it shown, please contact me at marelizeries[at]gmail[dot]com.

Orange Peel by Chantal from Courtepoint & Moi

American Honey (pattern) by Keera from Live Love Sew

Dala Horse Quilt by Karin from Leigh Laurel Studios

Now it's your turn to link up...

Rules:
1. Link up ANY recent blog posts, it can be one or more, but PLEASE do not share blog posts you might have linked up in the past.
2. Somewhere in your blog post, you must link back here to my blog, OR grab the 'anything goes' button for you sidebar.
3. Try to visit at least a few of the other blogs linked, the whole point of having a party is to connect, share and maybe get a few new followers...remember to leave a comment to let them know you stopped by!

P.S. Great news for those of you on Instagram! You can now link up your Instagram photos here on Anything Goes Mondays! Just click the blue "Add your link" button. In the dialogue box that comes up, under "Image source," click the Instagram icon at the bottom. InLinkz will ask your permission to access your Instagram account, then you can choose one of your IG photos to link up. You still need to link to a URL, but you can always link to the URL of your Instagram feed (for example, my feed's URL is http://instagram.com/marelizeries). If you link up an IG photo, please tag my Instagram feed (@marelizeries). Have FUN!!

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Anything Goes Mondays #82

My apologies for not writing up a link up post last week, I completely forgot!!  I know, I know... As for excuses it's probably the lamest one, but its the truth... hope you all can forgive me?  

Helen from Till we Quilt Again was our host for the last 'Anything Goes Mondays' and today we will look at a few of those linked.  Remember that these are chosen at random, and if your work is featured here today and you do not wish to have it shown, please contact me at marelizeries[at]gmail[dot]com.  

Billybee or is it Billymick from Billie Bee's Blog share this adorable block from her Sew Sweet Simplicity Quilt Along

Helen from Simply Pieced shared her finished Garden Lattice Quilt Top, I love the bright colours of this one!

Sandra from Musings of a Menopausal Melon (LOVER your blog name by the way) shared her beautiful Snowflake Pillow.

Now it's your turn to link up...

Rules:
1. Link up ANY recent blog posts, it can be one or more, but PLEASE do not share blog posts you might have linked up in the past.
2. Somewhere in your blog post, you must link back here to my blog, OR grab the 'anything goes' button for you sidebar.
3. Try to visit at least a few of the other blogs linked, the whole point of having a party is to connect, share and maybe get a few new followers...remember to leave a comment to let them know you stopped by!

P.S. Great news for those of you on Instagram! You can now link up your Instagram photos here on Anything Goes Mondays! Just click the blue "Add your link" button. In the dialogue box that comes up, under "Image source," click the Instagram icon at the bottom. InLinkz will ask your permission to access your Instagram account, then you can choose one of your IG photos to link up. You still need to link to a URL, but you can always link to the URL of your Instagram feed (for example, my feed's URL is http://instagram.com/marelizeries). If you link up an IG photo, please tag my Instagram feed (@marelizeries). Have FUN!!

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Guest Host for Anything Goes Mondays - Helen from Till We Quilt Again

Today's guest host for Anything Goes Mondays is the lovely Helen from Till We Quilt Again.  She started quilting 24 years ago and like many of us she fell in love with all things fibre.

Her quilting journey started as a hobby and as time passed she's now a commissioned quilter, making quilts from start to finish. 

This year I was lucky to have Helen test out my Summer Solstice Quilt Pattern featured here today.  You can find a link to the pattern on my patterns page or directly from my Craftsy Store.

You can also follow her on Instagram, Bloglovin, Facebook and Pinterest.

Start linking up now, head on over to her BLOG.

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Anything Goes Mondays #81

I hope you dont mind that for today's feature, I am sharing all from just one linked last week.  I found it very inspirational and too beautiful not to share... Sometimes the simplest ideas and designs can be turned into something wonderful!  

This is exactly what Esther from Ipatch and Quilt shared with us last week, her beautiful and cuddly Hexie Pillow.

Apart from the pillow that is super beautiful, she made these two little quilted embroidery ring wall hangings.  Totally eye catching!!  ...see, very simple yet very creative!

Now it's your turn to link up...

Rules:
1. Link up ANY recent blog posts, it can be one or more, but PLEASE do not share blog posts you might have linked up in the past.
2. Somewhere in your blog post, you must link back here to my blog, OR grab the 'anything goes' button for you sidebar.
3. Try to visit at least a few of the other blogs linked, the whole point of having a party is to connect, share and maybe get a few new followers...remember to leave a comment to let them know you stopped by!

P.S. Great news for those of you on Instagram! You can now link up your Instagram photos here on Anything Goes Mondays! Just click the blue "Add your link" button. In the dialogue box that comes up, under "Image source," click the Instagram icon at the bottom. InLinkz will ask your permission to access your Instagram account, then you can choose one of your IG photos to link up. You still need to link to a URL, but you can always link to the URL of your Instagram feed (for example, my feed's URL is http://instagram.com/marelizeries). If you link up an IG photo, please tag my Instagram feed (@marelizeries). Have FUN!!

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