Oohh... I just opened the November/December 2018 issue of Love of Quilting magazine and guess what? My table runner Gifts of the Season is on page 40! How I enjoyed making and quilting it... Here it is on my design wall, once all the flowers, leaves, stems, and baskets had been machine appliqued. I love quilts with applique' and I treasured every minute I spent putting this table runner together. It measures 28" x 52" with 8" blocks. Those baskets... aren't the fabrics beautiful? … [Read more...] about Christmas Table Runner
Ideas for Christmas Gifts
All photographs by Brent Kane and Adam Albright for Martingale. Used with permission. Today I would like to show you some great ideas for Holiday projects. I am in love with this quilt by Corey Yoder called Merry Gingham. Its simple and charming design reminds me of warm kitchens, picnics, and holidays - all at once. This modern and festive wall hanging was made by Barbara Groves and Mary Jacobson. The stars turned out fantastic with a scrappy, textured look but I can also envision them in … [Read more...] about Ideas for Christmas Gifts
Dolly quilt
Happy Free Pattern Tuesday! I am in love with "Dolly", the quilt I designed for the Spring Theory fabric collection by Dear Stella. The prints are beautiful and the quilt turned out crazy fun! It measures 74" x 86" with 12" blocks. These colors would look fantastic in any room you need brightening up. The blocks are easy to put together, too. The Spring Theory fabric collection by Jennifer Orkin Lewis of August Wren has bright colors and textures as you can see on the sample fabrics … [Read more...] about Dolly quilt
Give it a Twirl quilt
Used with permission from American Patchwork & Quilting® magazine. ©2018 Meredith Corporation. All rights reserved. Happy Monday! I am excited to show you my newest design, Give it a Twirl, just published in the December 2018 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting magazine. I worked with fabrics from the Impressions Moire collection by Clothwork: Amazing colors and textures, don't you think? This line has a beautiful and versatile palette with 32 colors - a perfect … [Read more...] about Give it a Twirl quilt
Fall Beauty Quilt Pattern
I got a happy email this week. Stephanie Norman saw my quilt Fall Beauty on the cover of the October 2018 issue of American Patchwork and Quilting and made two fantastic versions of it! I love that she added a beautiful wide border with leaves of every color just as we see them at this time of the year. Flawless execution! The main block has been rotated in the same direction on each row creating a more linear design. This is the fun part about working with someone else's pattern: you … [Read more...] about Fall Beauty Quilt Pattern
Small and pretty quilts
I was looking through my fabric drawers the other day and found little bags with orphan blocks: half-square triangles, flying geese with beautiful colors and perfect points, leftover blocks from quilts. Wondering aloud what I would do with all those 'half-way' quilts as I call them, I began to put them in bigger bags ( ! ), combining the colors that might go together well and thinking of how I could work them all into quilts. That is when I remembered I had received for review a … [Read more...] about Small and pretty quilts