Posts Tagged ‘press’
Alright, I know it has been awhile since I have made a post, this is a tough time of year to be inside working on sewing projects. Weeds need to be pulled, garden veggies need to be planted and summer distractions pull you away. Luckily, I used the early spring time to get some quilt [...]
As the new year began, the new episodes of the public television series, Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting have started airing. This years series is labeled their 1900 series. Hosted by Marianne Fons and her daughter Mary Fons, various quilting projects and techniques are demonstrated using different quilting projects. As part of this years [...]
For me, last Christmas never was officially over with until the beginning of June. That was because I was sewing up Christmas quilts for this falls quilt magazines. Well, all that hard work is paying off now. This week three more magazines are showing off all that hard work. I do love Quilt Magazine, they [...]
On the newsstands now is the Oct/Nov 2011 edition of Quilt Magazine. In this edition, you will find my New Dresden quilt in the article called Rings of Bliss. This quilt was made from fabric from the Love Grows collection. I just love the way it turned out. The 70″ x 70″ size is perfect [...]
I was contacted by Martha from South Carolina asking if I could give her the yardage requirements so she could make a king size Garden Trellis quilt, like the one featured in Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting July/August 2011 magazine. Well, if one person was looking for a king size version, maybe someone else [...]
It is a lot of fun to poke around the internet and see what others are creating with my fabrics. Now that the Blue Skies collection has been out awhile and Love Grows has been in cloth since the spring, I am finding different projects that are being sewn up. There will probably be some [...]
The trees are budding out and flowers are blooming all around. The pretty spring colors in my Love Grows collection are just as exciting to see as all the refreshing colors nature is now displaying. The Kaleidoscope quilt below is my project quilt for the Love Grows collection and is a free download. You can [...]
Here is a pretty Cool project featured in the Simple Quilts & Sewing 2011 magazine. Seen here in this beautifully photographed page from the magazine, this quilt has been designed by Sue Harvey and Sandy Boobar of Pine Tree Country Quilts. It was machine quilted by Sandy’s Hideaway Quilts. Sue and Sandy have used fabrics [...]
Just because I haven’t made a post for a while, doesn’t mean I haven’t been hard at work. What it means is that I have been REALLY working hard on projects that have taken me away from keeping up on my website. I have lost track of the weeks but have made 4 quilt tops [...]
Hello Everyone! The mid-west is having a bit of a warm up this weekend and into the week. I don’t want to look at the forecast to find out that it might change back to cold again, I just want to enjoy it – the 30′s and 40 degree temps – while it lasts. The [...]
