Continuing on the theme of Spring Quilt Market in Portland, another feast for the eyes was an inspiring special exhibit of some of the award winning quilts from the International Quilt Association&…
I love scrap quilts! Each one is special and totally unique. Here are some tips for planning a scrappy sampler quilt like Pas de Deux. Start with Your Scraps, Combine Colors, Develop a Theme and Avoid Total Overwhelm!
odd shaped (5 unequal sides) signature block - mostly love how the fabric gradates in the swirls around the center piece
SPECIAL QUILTS When I received an email and the above photos from Ellene in the USA it took my breath away! Sand Hills Quilters Guild - a group from North Carolina, have used the cover quilt design from More William Morris Applique for their latest raffle quilt - what a prize. I was so thrilled and honoured that they had chosen this design AND used fabrics from the Adelaide Collection! And isn't the quilting just sensational as well....and this is the second of my William Morris designs that they have used for charity - thanks to you all and I hope you raise many $$$$! Ellen has shared this for any of you wanting to win the quilt....... "If anyone wants to purchase raffle tickets, they can send their name, phone number and email address along with a self addressed stamped envelope to me at: Ellene Place 90 Lake Dornoch Drive Pinehurst, NC 28374 USA [email protected] The tickets are US $1 each or 6 tickets for $5. The drawing will be held November 13, 2012. I will send the ticket stubs back to the purchaser in the SASE." The above quilt (Morris Magic from Book 1) was made by Margaret Iscaro of Atlanta, and won an award in the AQS 2011 Paducah Quilt Show and it has now been selected to be in the AQS 2012 Art Quilt Engagement Calendar. Congratulations Margaret! Maria Abbate won Best Machine Applique in the Empire Quilters Guild 2011 show. Congratulations Maria. Pamela needle-turned this intricate design (!!) and gained an award in a Keepsake Quilting challenge. And you have my admiration for doing it by needle-turn Pamela! And another winner from the US - Linda Laine Banner. I love how she has cleverly placed and used designs from two of the quilts in Book 1. I think Linda has won a few prizes for her quilt as you can read on this blog; Quilts of Love. Well done Linda! And closer to home this is Dani's stunning quilt - a 1st place at our local show Festival of Quilts - and she beat Val and myself. Go Dani!! (and I will have another stunning raffle quilt from Victoria when the committee give permission to share - it is a stunner!) and SPECIAL PEOPLE I had lunch today with Dani and her Mum Cathie and look what they presented me with......... Cathie and Dani have become part of the December Angels and are helping me out with replacing my lost samples. Thanks so much girls.....and they went away with a bag full of patterns and fabric to do more - bless them. And another friend Maree in Melbourne sent me her partially completed tea cozy. I think all my samples are nearly replaced! I just need to purchase the books, design mirrors and a very special pair of scissors that I have now realised were in the 'bottomless' box! (I am sure there is more that I will remember when I go looking) I also received some exciting news from Edith in Tasmania.......The editorial team from Quilters Newsletter picked my 2nd book More William Morris Applique as one of their TOP TEN books for 2011 - whoopee! Thanks Edie for letting me know. And my final special person is my doctor (glad we are in 2011 and not the 1500's!). Today she confirmed why I have been feeling so low - no motivation, tired and depressed........that jolly thyroid has gone off the scale again!! So a good cry, up the medication and I hope I am back to my old self. So with all these special quilts and special people we have gotta be feeling good! I will leave you with a stunning piece of glass art that I would like to get my hands on from Kate Clements of Kansas City Artists Coalition Thanks for dropping by and HAPPY 2012 if I don't blog before then! X
Sylvia's Bridal Sampler is a 140 block sampler quilt quilt made by the characters in a novel, The Master Quilter, the sixth in the Elm Creek Quilts series by Jennifer Chiaverini. In the story, the friends of Elm Creek Quilts founder Sylvia Bergstrom Compson secretly plan to make her a special quilt to celebrate her wedding. They ask all of her many friends, colleagues, and former students to contribute a block that represents what Sylvia means to them. That is why many of the sampler's blocks have a marriage theme, but others focus on friendship and others have meanings known only to their makers. Jennifer Chiaverini and 72 of her real-life friends and fans contributed 140 blocks to this beautiful sampler quilt that became Sylvia Bergstrom Compson's wedding gift in The Master Quilter. Instructions for five of the Sylvia's Bridal Sampler blocks appeared in Jennifer's second pattern book, Return to Elm Creek, but there was not enough room to include all 140 of the blocks. When Jennifer's fans requested more of the patterns, Jennifer was inspired to create the Sylvia's Bridal Sampler blog. Eventually she posted all 140 patterns, and quilters from around the world began making blocks of their own and sending in pictures of their completed blocks and quilts in progress, which can be seen in the Sylvia's Bridal Sampler Gallery. Now the community has expanded to include a mailing list and block exchanges, with more quilters from around the world joining in every day.
I thought you'd enjoy seeing the quilts that earned the Special Award Ribbons at this year's Smoky Mountain Quilt Show that took place this...
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Red & White Quilts - 14 Quilts With Timeless Appeal. If you've seen the book, now you can see the quilts.
A few years ago, I created a tutorial for this style of Christmas tree mini-quilt. The original quilt hangs in my sewing studio. Rece...
Safari vests from paper bags- paint Jeus loves me on back - day four - reinforcing the shoulders with packing tape is a wise idea
Happy 1st birthday Yusuff Ali. Thanks Nurul for ordered. Free hand mold edible Oso figurines. www.jcakehomemade.blogspot.com
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Hello Quilting Friends, Hope that your week has been a great one! I told you last time that I have some fun quilts to share with you...so here goes! First up, this lovely quilt made by Beth, using the Mini Metro Rings pattern from Sew Kind of Wonderful. If you haven’t
Waterfalls.Landscape Elan Valley. Water Wall by FabricsofNature, £495.00 ............This has Blown me away.. how does she do it, It's Stunning!!!
Happy weekend to you!! Hope you’ve had a great week! I’m excited to share these amazing quilts with you!! First up...my mom’s amazing Apple Pie in the Sky quilt! My mom and aunt Kristin own www.sistersandquilters.com and awhile back my aunt created a tutorial
I am sooo behind in blogging. Allow me to try to catch up. The last 2 weeks of October and the first week of November was Massive Quilting T...
Quilts! Quilts! Quilts! View the Best Bits from Festival of Quilts 2022. So many artists sharing their work - Sarah Hibbert, Micheal Cummings, Chris English ...
Amazing Abstracts Gallery – Special Occasion Quilts LLC
