Sue Spargo

I am delighted to announce the launch of our new website and my new blog. Visit -  Sue's blog at www.suespargo.com/weblog2            Kelly's store blog  www.suespargo.com/weblog...

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I am home for a couple of days so hope to catch up on all my travels. Early in April I headed to sunny California to teach at Quilters Paradise in Clovis. I taught two classes, a one day class...

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Earlier this month I flew north to Whitehorse in Canada. There was still quiet a lot of snow but the weather was pretty mild. I spent a lovely few days teaching my new sewing rol...

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Happy Easter Earlier this month I spent a day teaching and lecturing in Hamilton, Montana. I was surrounded with enthusiastic gals wanting to uniquely embellish leaves. We used Che...

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Late last month I taught three days at Quilt Crossing in Boise, Idaho. The store is co-owned by Patsy and Laura. Laura introduced me to the class saying she took her first class from me in th...

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Sorry for the long silence. My laptop developed the dreaded black screen and it had to take a visit to the Apple Store. All my photos were on it so I had to wait until I received it back to star...

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As a way of celebrating, THE QUILT SHOW(www.thequiltshow.com ), the web TV show hosted by Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims, will "open" all of its shows from the first nine series--that is, from S...

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I had a wonderful time in sunny Florida last week teaching a two day embellishment class. The students worked on either a block from my Magnolia book or the Altered Textured 'Flower Pot' bloc...

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Thanks Ricky and Alex for featuring my 'Flowerbed' and 'Crimson Tweed' Quilts on the cover of the new The QuiltLife magazine. http://www.suespargo.com/books.html Sue

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What a treat! I have been longing to teach a more involved embellishment class and this weekend I taught a three day class on stitching to 21 enthusiastic like minded quilters here in Colorado...

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I have just returned from a few days in sunny California. I taught a two day leaf class at Beach City Quilt Guild. I love teaching multiple day classes as my students get time to really embelli...

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I just spent 6 wonderful days in sunny California with my Mom and Dad. We visited the Mission at San Juan Capistrano on our way to La Jolla. I loved the simplicity and color of the art work on ...

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 Red Clover is a fun pattern with three blocks. I used a combination of textural fabrics in my original quilt. The pattern allows for many stitching techniques as well as uses of hand dyed tex...

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 I have been teaching at Road to CA in Ontario CA. My first class was a two day appliqué and embellishment working on blocks from my Flowerbed Quilt. I had 20 really enthusiastic students who...

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I have met so many wonderful people in the last few years. Many who have a special place in my heart. I taught for a few consecutive years for Amy and Angela at 'Yellow Bird Art' in Iowa. I loved...

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I have been a little quiet I know. I promise I have been creating and working very hard catching up before hitting 2012 in full swing. Happy New Year to everyone may I wish you all a very fulf...

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Visit us on Facebook to win this NEW exclusive hand dyed fiber embellishing pack. http://www.facebook.com/SueSpargoFolkartQuilts Happy Stitching Sue

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I wish you all a very Special Holiday Season surrounded by family and friends. I am delighted to be spending mind with Kelly, Jason and Aimee. Best wishes to all Sue

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I have been in Portland visiting my son Jason who started school at the Oregon Culinary Institute in late October. As Jason was in school during the day I caught up with two friends here in Por...

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I just spent 5 glorious days with Melissa, Sally and Alice in Philadelphia. Melissa relocated to Philly a few months ago and we thought this would be a wonderful place to gather to plan for o...

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In early November Cathy and I drove to Ontario Canada for my last teaching contract of the year. This little store owned by Jocelyn Chamberlain is the best kept secret in Eastern Canada! It is ...

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 It has been a busy few weeks teaching. In early November Cathy and I travelled to Smith Owen in MI with the car loaded with lots of goodies for 3 days of teaching and vending. As these were ...

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Kelly and I spent two days at Quilt Market hunting for new items for the website and visiting with good friends. It was great to catch up with Brandon and see Westminster Fabrics new line. ...

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 I have had a lot of fun teaching for another 4 days here in Calgary. We played for two days making a large sewing case, stitching circles in my Circle Play class and a day of working on any o...

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 I am here in Calgary teaching for 6 days for my friend Deirdre who owns the wonderful store 'Out of Hand'. www.out-of-hand.com  I love teaching here as Deirdre's store is fully stocked with ...

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