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The highlight for Quilt Market for me was meeting Jane Sassaman and attending her session. Her quilts are always dramatic and graphically so well-designed, and here she shows off a super easy medallion quilt with almost no piecing, just a center piece of fabric and then added borders [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2008’
Quilt Project Runway: Jane Sassaman
Quilt Project Runway: Stack-n-Whack
Here’s Bethany Reynold’s newest quilt from her book Stack-N-Whackipedia. Sounds like she’s made lining up the fabrics and cutting easier than it was before. I’ve never done her stack-n-whacks, but she sounds like she’s a great teacher. If you can take a class from her, do it.
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Lights – Camera – Showtime!
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Ready? Set? Go!
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Ever wonder what happens before all the glitz and glamour of Quilt Market? Here are two wonderful and generous ladies, Eileen Sullivan of The Designer’s Workshop, and Jennifer Armor of Jennifer Armor Garments, setting up their booth.
And here we are later [...]
Quilt Project Runway: Showcasing Fall Quilt Market 2008
Now that I’m unpacked, kids are all settled back in their routines, and hubby’s 43rd birthday’s all celebrated with a handmade card from all of us, I can share with you what I saw and what will be coming soon to your local quilt shop. I’m calling this Quilt Project Runway, showing you the hottest [...]
Behind the Scenes at Fall Quilt Market 2008
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I’m in Houston, TX this week and I’ll be giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the giant trade show to the quilting trade: Fall Quilt Market. From this show come the new fabrics, books, patterns, and designers you’ll be seeing in your quilt shop in 2009. And you’ll hear about them [...]
Renaissance Baby Quilt
Here it is. The baby quilt that I presented to Lynne last week, along with a smaller version for little sister. Mother and daughter both have quilts to wrap up their babies in. There is something so gratifying in giving a handmade quilt as a gift, when nobody does handmade anymore.
The design is my Renaissance [...]
Quilt for Baby
No, not my baby. My friend Lynne’s baby who is arriving in America soon, and the shower is tomorrow. So I’ve been busy designing, cutting, auditioning, piecing, and quilting. It feels so good to be piecing again. I haven’t done any since I finished all the quilts for Color Mastery. I’ve been doing just a [...]
A Color Wheel Chart for You!
Some quilters eager to master color have asked where they can find the color wheel chart I use in my tutorial on Making a Quilter’s Color Wheel. It’s now available on the same page as the tutorial, making it super easy to find and use. You can use the ShareThis! icon at the end of [...]
Don’t Miss My Guest Post Over at All About Applique!
Kay Mackenzie, author of the upcoming book Easy Appliqué Blocks: 50 Designs in 5 Sizes (Martingale) invited me to be a guest over at her fantastic All About Applique blog. I reveal my top three tips for getting great color in applique quilts, as well as some storyline about me. You can read my post [...]
A Pretty Good Money Joke
This completely clean joke came from the Prairie Home Companion email I receive every week previewing their upcoming radio show on NPR. I loved this one and thought I’d share it with you:
A PRETTY GOOD JOKE
The best money managers in the bible were:
Noah, who was floating his stock when everyone else was in liquidation, and
Pharaoh’s [...]
A Quilt with a View
All quilted and ready for facing. Sometimes I love the backs of my quilts even more than the front, because I can see the quilting so much better. I don’t want the quilting to overwhelm the design and colors on the front, but I sure do love the machine quilting detail you can [...]
Women, Appearance, & My Mom
Welcome to the new me . . . or the new hairstyle. I had put off getting my hair cut over the summer, making the excuse I was too busy, couldn’t get to it, I’ll just let it grow long, blah, blah, blah. I actually had an appointment and missed it in the whirwind of [...]
