I am saddened and embarrased to see how long it's been since I updated this site. A lot has happened in the last year...most significantly that I lost my job. But instead of concentrating on doing something constructive, I got lost in the void of unemployment for over 6 months. I am now working again and trying to get life back on track and realized something very important. This month, April 2012, marks the 15th annivarsary of Quiltaholics! It seems like just a short time ago that I was learning how to create web pages, and quilt designs.
I counted back...I have posted over 30 mystery quilts, 2 BOM quilts and almost 70 BOM blocks. Those numbers seem so small but when I think back to what I thought I'd do with this site...WOW!!! And, most amazing, along the way I've made so many friends. That's the MOST amazing part of this journey.
It's probably no surprise that I want to do something special to celebrate, and probably not a surprise that that celebration will be in the form a a new mystery quilt. I spent one whole weekend designing, redesigning and tweaking this one. I love it! It's very much in the tradition of mysteries from Quiltaholics, and I hope that all of you will join me for this one. Happy 15th Anniversary Quiltaholics!
Weekend Whatever Mystery : This is officially Weekend Whatever#27, but we're just going to call it the "Anniversary Mystery" as it's going to run over 2 weekends. If you are planning to do this one, I do recommend joining the YahooGroups maillist, as that's the only place I monitor over the weekends. The General Information pages have been posted. That will give you just this week to dig through your stash or go shopping. The mystery will run at my normal times over the weekends of April 21/22 and 28/29. Basic information : you will need 3 color families and a light background; and there are 2 sizes : queen and twin. There is more information on the YahooGroups maillist...just backtrack any messages from Quiltaholics.
BOM : I really doubt that I'm going to carve the time out of my erratic life to post any more blocks, no matter how good my intentions are. I'm going to continue to recommend that for those who like to collect BOMS join the Quilt Pro Block of the Day. I have and I've received a lot of fun blocks...both pieced and paper-pieced, and this year they're also doing some quilting stencil designs. Just click here to join. If you have any questions on piecing any of the blocks, I'd be happy to help you...just email me.
Please continue to put "Quiltaholics" as part of the subject when sending me email. I am getting so much spam mail that I may miss something I need to address...and I'd hate to miss anything you send me. If you don't hear from me within a week, please send the email again because it probably got caught in a junk mail clean out.
Well...we topped 1500 on the "announcement list", but since I dropped off the radar and haven't posted anything new...we lost a quite few quilters. I guess I'm going to have to do something about that. If you would like to get notified when I do updates, please click on the icon...then follow the directions on yahoogroups.com to get added. If anyone has trouble with this, please let me know.
May all your loved ones be safe and happy in these troubled times. 
p.s...how many remember the "Quiltaholics Anonymous" pins I had a while back? I still have these as I never got them posted. I'm going to find them and will let you know how you can get one...
