By nature, a pinwheel block looks like it’s spinning in the breeze as the triangle points lead your eyes around the block. Depending on which way you
Once I got started working on Peggy’s block, it was hard to stop. My contribution is completed and here is a close-up of what I’ve done. If you follow the numbers, you’ll be able…
Yes. I’ve made a lot of quilts on this pattern. Four to be exact. But this is the one that started it all. I originally saw one of these posted on the Kaffe Fassett Collective page on Faceboo…
There are just some quilts that need their own post! LaReen's gorgeous red, gold, and cream quilt is one of them. She made this qui...
Collaborations give us life. It's how we meet so many talented and inspiring artists and designers, and it also leads to new ideas and projects. Our favorite thing? When a collaboration continues to grow and fuel both sides. Such is the case with our friend Peggy Beaman (Roswell Quilts). We met through her biscuit making son (literally, best biscuit in town), and have maintained a lovely rhythm of collaboration ever since. We save her all our best scraps and every few months she comes to town to raid our scrap wall. Each quilt is totally one of a kind and different from the next. She's a true artist and we love seeing how she interprets our scraps and colors. Machine quilted by hand. Made from 100% STATE scraps. Measures 62" wide x 69" long.
I recently had the pleasure of quilting a top as a surprise for my customer's Mother! Peggy was having a big birthday in June (80 years ...
Well, one last visit to the incredible quilt exhibit at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, 2018—and I (Teri) am happy to say that the focus is on appliqué quilts. It appears as though appliqué is alive and well within the quilting universe! While I have rarely met a quilt I didn't like, there is something special about studying the spectacular detail in an appliquéd piece. The intricacies of the art are a joy to behold, and the bodies of work in these exhibits were no exception. Such work involves great dedication and time, not to mention talent. I am in awe of the work these artists put into these exquisite quilts. Enjoy! In the American Tradition, Appliquéd Quilts: A World of Beauty, Appliqué category Not only was the variety of techniques used in these quilts impressive, but I was thrilled to see so many Baltimore Album style quilts. As we replicate the work of our past stitching sisters, we stay connected to them and forge ahead to learn new needle skills. Appliqué is an art that can continually push the limits; the old is not gone, but it is made new—with plenty of room for brand new ideas and skills. It's all about the appliqué!
In my last post I shared a photo of a quilt in progress. That quilt is now finished and I'm so happy to be able to share some photos wit...
embellishments packs filled with treasures, vintage laces and trims, ribbons, brooches, buttons, and more...each collection is a fabulous selection of color-coded beautiful bits and pieces including backing fabric to create a small cushion or purse. You can use these packs to decorate cushions, clothing, scrapbook projects and so much more. No two are the same. These glittery and vintage collections of velvet, lace, and trim pieces are a collection of cut pieces, many vintage and old, and in very good condition so that they can be used to adorn and embellish. Do you love to junk journal, decoupage, scrapbook, and sew? Then this is a great little pack for you, a beautiful little selection of pretty vintage and glittery pieces to add to any project. Part of the vintage charm is that some items may be unique and hard to come by, their appeal is that each little piece has a history, designed by an artist to use as an embellishment on clothing and homewares. Pieces vary in style and length but are all different sized cuts, each pack is a carefully, lovingly, selected assortment. This is perfect for small projects ...junk journal, fabric journalling, scraps, sachets, etc Please note that no two are the same and, although your pack may differ slightly from the photos, it will still be full of similar treasures and trims. Measuring 8 inches x 6 1/2 inches approx, however, pieces are overlaid and are layered over each other.Each is as beautiful as the other. Please specify dark or pale.
Karly Nelson "I made my daughters dress out of the Nordika Whimsicol that I bought from your shop! Love it!!! We love it too Karly. And your sweet daughter! The skirt on this dress is a border print from Art Gallery Fabrics Nordika Collection designed by Jeni Baker. CLICK HERE to visit the Paisley Roots blog. You can purchase Karly's cute dress pattern. Thank you Karly! Pearl Bracelets by Andover is another favorite basic from our shop. Lynnette from redpajamas shared this darling dress she created from the gold Pearl Bracelets print. Lynnette and Vanessa have several sweet dresses to choose from in their shop. We especially love the Glitz toddler dresses - perfect for weddings. Thank you Lynnette - we love your clothing line! You will want to visit their Etsy shop. Jan Balls creates awesome quilts - and they are often for her loved ones! Jan used a combination of several Art Gallery Fabrics for this fabulous star quilt. Isn't this simply beautiful? Jan used the Flying Geese directions from our Apple Pie In the Sky Quilt Along to make the points on these stars. Jan we just love this quilt! Absolutely gorgeous! The beautiful quilting was by Leisha Farnsworth of Quilting It. Pam Larsen made this darling baby quilt using the MINI Charms from the Ticklish Collection from Me and My Sisters. These bright fun prints pop on this quilt. Look close and you can see that you just line the 2 1/2" Mini Charms up on a background fabric and stitch them one. Raw edges are part of the charm! Thank Pam! We love this bright quilt! Remember our Friendship Strips and Scraps swap? 1 1/2" strips of fabric. Leisha created rectangle blocks with her strips. This gorgeous quilt is definitely an heirloom. Leisha provided a Quick Video Tutorial for this quilt. You will want to watch it. Don't blink! Leisha posted this video on Jan 2nd. CLICK HERE and scroll down to the 2nd of Jan. So fun to watch this come together. Thanks again Leisha for sharing your creative talents. We just love this patriotic wall hanging designed by Carolyn Zilinski with the Freedom Stars fabric collection from Color Principle for Henry Glass Fabrics. The pattern for the stars is from Carol Doak's Fifty Fabulous paper pieced stars. Those star points are amazing! Beautiful sewing Carolyn! Thanks for sharing your talents with us. Lana of Lanners Quilts and Designs created this stunning Cat in the Hat Quilt. These quilts are so popular for children - especially for Dr. Seuss reading days if your school has them. We love the Character Stripe with Horton. Fun Fun Fun quilt Lana. Thanks for sharing with us! By the way, Lana has another quilt and pillowcase for sale in her Etsy shop. Amanda Blythe created this darling little boys quilt from Tim Beck's Bungle Jungle. These fun prints are perfect for your little ones. Amanda this is such a sweet quilt! We love the color/block pattern you created. And.... Amanda created this sweet quilt with a variety of fabrics and white. Don't you love this pattern - Love Letters. Look at the little envelopes. So Cute. Surrounded by Love pink Fireworks print is the border. Thank you Amanda! We love these quilts. Keep sending us pictures! Remember Apple Pie in the Sky Quilt Along? Some more pics are coming in... LaReen Zollinger is always creating beautiful quilts. She added to our Apple Pie in the Sky Quilt Along Blocks to make this sampler quilt for her daughter. So so wonderful! We are in awe. She used the fabric line Midwinter Reds by Minick & Simpson. To see more pictures of LaReen's heirloom quilt CLICK HERE to go to Leisha's quilting facebook page. Scroll down to April 12th and see many of the blocks individually. You will fall in love with this quilt. As always, great quilting designs Leisha! And Leisha also added a few blocks to her Apple Pie in the Sky quilt. Leisha combined Indigo and Independence Trails, both designed by Minick and Simpson. We love these soft blues and tans combined. Beautiful quilt! We will post more pictures when Leisha quilt it. Thanks again Leisha! And to finish with inspiration...... Julia Snider Malone along with Susane Snider Smith created this amazing quilt from our Apple Pie in the Sky Quilt Along. Don't you just love the value words embroidered on each block? Great idea! This quilt inspires me. I thought I would share with you her touching story.... "Dear Sisters and Quilters, I would like to share with you the story of "The Values of Medicine" quilt. I was asked by my niece, Susanne Snider Smith, to make a quilt, a birthday gift for her boss, Dr. Lawrence M. Lesser, a cardiologist in Snellville, GA from all the ladies in the office. The words on the quilt represent the things Dr. Lesser has taught them. Suz knew she would need nine blocks for the words, and somehow find a way to add 4 pictures to the quilt. We searched the internet for ideas and had just about decided to give up and just make a nine block quilt with pictures for 4 of the cornerstones. I had never made an "on point" quilt before and when I first saw the pics of "Apple Pie in the Sky", I was mesmerized! It's beautiful! And the perfect number of blocks for our quilt! Susanne was thrilled with the design... we would just embroider the words across each block rather than our original plan of applique. Perfect, since I do machine embroidery professionally. We picked our fabric colors and I started the quilt using your blog as a guide. I chose the blocks that seemed to work well with our plan, put lighter colors to the center of the blocks and embroidered the words in crimson to represent blood and the heart. My boss (I work for a sporting goods store) sublimated the pictures to polyester fabric that I used to create the picture squares. I made the strips and cornerstones and put it together. I added 3 embroidered inscriptions to the back of the quilt. One with Dr. Lesser's name and birth date, one from the girls in the office, and a "made by" from me and my Suzie Q. I quilted it using an industrial embroidery machine. This has absolutely been one of the best projects I have ever been involved in, and I am so proud of this quilt!" Julia - we love this quilt! What a wonderful gift! Thank you for sharing your talents and kind heart! Thank you everyone for sharing your talents with us! You amaze us with your creativity and love for your art. Remember..... Today is Fat Quarter Friday! Join us each Friday as we post a surprise fat quarter for you to add to your order at significant savings. Offer good while supply lasts. This week's fat quarter is C4504 Daydream Tomato Trellis designed by Samantha Walker for Riley Blake. Fat Quarters are 18" x 20/22". A great coral red print. CLICK HERE to get your FQ. Previous weeks Fat Quarter Friday picks - we still have a few left! The Luna II white/brown geometric print would be great for your low volume stash.
Now that most of our husbands are retired or don't wear ties any more, we're left with a bunch that we don't use.
It took me a while to get the big diamonds more or less arranged... Here are my rules: 1. As much as possible, don't repeat the same print in the same row or column as itself. 2. Absolutely do NOT have them next to each other. Diagonal neighbors are OK, adjacent ones are not. 3. Don't have all the light ones clumped together, and don't have the dark ones clumped together. (This ought to be obvious.) Likewise, contrast organic shapes with hard edged ones; sparsely filled ones with densely filled ones, etc. 4. Distribute the prints all over the quilt. In the middle, along the edges, etc. Don't limit one print to the edges. 5. It's not a bad idea to alternate, light, dark, light diamonds in rows and columns. You can tell they are light and dark by walking across the room and taking off your glasses. The values will show up and you won't be distracted by the pattern of the print. If you can see clearly across the room without glasses, then squint when you do this exercise. 6. When you cut out your big diamonds from giant prints, fussy cut them so you end up with a beautiful block. When I was in art school I brought in a painting of milkweed pods. My professor took one look at it and said, "In real life these are beautiful, you made them look ugly. Don't do that." 7. When you have a directional print, and you cut a diamond with a pattern facing one way, MAKE SURE YOU FLIP AT LEAST ONE BLOCK. Yes, that means making a bouquet of flowers point down. 8. Don't be too matchy-matchy. Ever. Just because you can buy eight fabrics in a designer's "line" DON'T DO IT. That's a recipe for a boring quilt. 9. Have some fun, dammit. All quilts tell a story, even if you're not aware of it. This is a pinkish quilt, so fun pink pigs work. And it's a quilt of flowers, so bugs work too. 10. Don't worry about being too perfect. There's nothing worse than a quilt that is "overworked." You don't want your quilt to look like a machine made it. 11. Relax. It's only a quilt. And though it kills me to admit it, most people will never notice the little details you put into it. So leave them some surprises to find later. The same rules apply to the medium sized diamonds. You can click all the photos to supersize them so you can check out the little details.
Pieced by Peggy Fatur. Quilted by Jessica's Quilting Studio
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