Happy Monday, everyone! I am beginning this great week by introducing my newest pattern, Beach Blanket, designed for the Dear Stella Jetsetter line by Dear Stella. It is a free download from their site. I love the Jetsetter line! Take a peek at some of the fabrics I used as I designed Beach Blanket: Yes, think traveling, beach fun, and all things summer! The pattern shows off these novelty Dear Stella fabrics with the Irish Chain design, taking your eyes from corner to … [Read more...] about Beach Blanket Quilt Pattern
Quilts in Blue and White
Martingale has just published the book Minick and Simpson Blue & White - Living with Textiles You Love by Polly Minick and Laurie Simpson. This gorgeous collection of quilts and rugs by sisters Polly and Laurie depicts quilts in their more contemporary function - house decor accessories. To be sure, quilts are still made to provide warmth and comfort to family and friends. Yet, their artistic value is celebrated as we display them in our homes and places of business. Blue & … [Read more...] about Quilts in Blue and White
More house blocks
This was the last house block I made for the Dwell Quilt (The Dwell pattern comes from the Simply Retro book by Camille Roskelley) Sew Along my friends and I are working on. It took me three and a half hours to make three blocks but, hey, they loved it! The pattern for the topiary tree featured all green fabrics. I chose to use a bunch of fabrics from the Olive's Flower Market fabric collection by Lella Boutique for Moda Fabrics, which is the line we are using for this sew along. … [Read more...] about More house blocks
Bella Skill Builder
Welcome to month four of the Bella Solid Skill Builder Sew Along hosted by Fat Quarter Shop! We are working with flying geese this month, and these came together super fast because I used the Quilt-in-a-Day Flying Geese ruler (3" x 6"). I turned these squares (the white ones are two inches wider than the plum)... ... into these, which are then cut with the ruler and become well behaved flying geese! Speaking of 'well behaved", have you ever tried to write a blog post on blogger … [Read more...] about Bella Skill Builder
Modern Quilts
Let me introduce you to my newest patterns. First, Bejeweled, which was just published in the Modern Quilts Unlimited magazine, issue 19, as a Web Extra. You can download the free pattern from their site by clicking here. It measures 54-1/2" x 65-3/4", and it was quilted by Sew Shabby Quilting. Only when I added the gray on that particular spot did I notice what a fun twist the corner triangles where adding to the pattern. Bejeweled was made with Hexagons from the Simple and … [Read more...] about Modern Quilts
Red White Blue Quilt
Your eyes are not fooling you - this is a wall hanging I made to celebrate the Fourth of July! Isn't it awesome? I had to take pictures indoors because the weather, again, is gray and windy. It measures 17-1/2" x 26" and was made with scraps in blue and red. I even used leftover binding from another project, adding another piece of red binding to it to make it all fit. The quilting is very simple: walking foot with large straight stitches, and free motion quilting on the side triangles. I … [Read more...] about Red White Blue Quilt