I feel like doing a little giveaway of my own, so here it goes… leave me a comment on this post and I’ll select a number at random on Monday, May 11th for 1/2 yard cuts of each of these six fabrics. Good Luck!
Category Archives: fabric
Pinwheels
This is the beginnings of another quilt I started while on the Retreat. I got the pattern from this book by Sandy Klop. I would love to make the one on the cover, but I think it might be a little too advanced for me. It has some terrific quilts in it. The fabric is from Heather Bailey’s Freshcut Collection and I got it at a new local fabric store, Karen Gray Designs. If you’re local, her store is in Reynolda Village and it is beautiful. She carries the Westminster Fabrics. I could buy every fabric she has and not find one I didn’t like. By the way, if you go to her blog, she is having a fat quarter giveaway of 12 of Jay McCarroll’s Woodland Wonderland.
A Weekend of Many First’s
This past weekend I went on my first Quilting Retreat at Montreat in the Black Mountains of North Carolina. It was a blast! I meet so many nice ladies who where all very generous in sharing conversations, quilting tips and supplies with me. I spent the whole weekend laughing and sewing. What could be better?!! The picture is of the beginnings of a quilt that I began while there. It is my first Dresden Plate and it is from a pattern taken from this book, which is fabulous. Some of the great ladies there took the time to show me how to machine applique. I took what they taught me and used it in my first attempt to machine applique the Dresden Plate to the background. I took my camera with the intentions of taking lots of pictures for my blog, but I was having so much fun, I forgot to take any. This was also my first time leaving my son since he was born three years ago. It was hard to leave him and I was so happy to see him today, but I am grateful for the invitation to the retreat and so happy the I made the decision to go.
My Other Obsession
Not only do I like to quilt, but I like to make handbags as well. I have a lot of favorites and this is definitely one of my favorite bags to make. It is Heather Bailey’s Marlo Bloom bag. It is surprisingly easy to make and I guarantee that if you carry one, everywhere you go, someone will say something to you about it. I made this one using Amy Butler’s Lotus fabrics and I am very happy with the results. The flower really makes the bag, don’t you think?
New Pattern!
Yesterday I took a trip to Raleigh and stopped in this great little quilt shop. While there, I picked up the new Mutli-Tasker Tote pattern by Anna Maria Horner. I also grabbed a few yards from her new Good Folks fabric collection. Hopefully, I’ll be able to find some free time this weekend to get one made for myself!