meet Josephine.

Last year I had the joy of piecing this quilt, designed by Kimberly Jolly.  It was so much fun and I could hardly wait to share it with you!  The pattern is available in Fon's and Porter's Easy Quilts Spring 2014 issue.  Josephine is also available in a digital format that you can download here.
I hope you are having a wonderful week and staying snuggly warm in these cool temps we have been having.  xo

sample sewing.

 

Over the summer I had the fun opportunity to sew sample quilts for a few fabulous it's sew emma patterns.  They were such a treat to sew!  it's sew emma patterns are well written and the fabrics were just too cute!

The patterns and kits are available through The Fat Quarter Shop :

*window seat quilt kit (featuring April Showers by Bonnie and Camille) available in March

window seat pdf and paper patterns 

 

*sunbeams quilt kit (featuring Mirabelle by Fig Tree Quilts) available in March 

sunbeams pdf and paper patterns 

 

*for the frill of it quilt kit (featuring chance of flowers by Sandy Gervais)  available in March

for the frill of it pdf and paper patterns

 

*here fishy fishy quilt kit (featuring Bartholo-Meow's Reef by Tim and Beck) available in March

here fishy fishy pdf and paper patterns 

a little sighting.

(update : Well this is embarrassing.  I posted the wrong front of the magazine and the wrong link.  Corrections are now made.  Sorry about that.)

Simple Joys is a fun quilt designed by Kimberly Jolly, that I pieced last January, and is now published in Fons and Porter Scrap Quilts Fall 2013.  I have wanted to share this with you for the past 10 months and am so happy that I now can.  wink.

modern neutral blog tour.

Hello and welcome to Amy Ellis' blog tour for her book modern neutral : a fresh look at neutral quilt patterns.

I was over the moon when Amy asked if I would help her out with an approaching deadline.  The quilt I pieced was prism.  I *loved* sewing this quilt and have been anxious to make a scrappy one for me!  

Another pattern I love of Amy's is the digital pinwheel.  How fun is that?!  I really want to make this one as well!

How would you like to win your very own copy of modern neutral?  Just visit Amy's blog to see where the other stops of the tour are happening.  Each blogger will be answering a question.  Enter the correct answer on this form and at the end of the week, Amy will be randomly drawing 10 names.  Good luck!!

ps.  I will give you a little hint about the answer to my question.  The answer is not in this post but rather a recent one (and many others in the past - wink)

Modern Neutrals: A Fresh Look at Neutral Quilt Patterns by Amy Ellis.

Last year, while Amy was working on her book Modern Neutrals: A Fresh Look at Neutral Quilt Patterns and had a tight time frame, she asked if I would piece one of the quilts she had designed.  I was more than happy to do so!

I absolutely loved piecing this quilt!  The pattern intrigues me and I would love to make another one just like it only using tiny prints like flowers and ginghams.

You can find Amy's book at The Fat Quarter Shop where it happens to be book of the month.  

Have a lovely weekend and thanks so much for dropping by to visit.  

saturday.

Happy Saturday!  I hope you are having a nice weekend!  Our weather has taken a very pleasant turn.  Woody and I had our coffee on the porch this morning while listening to birds singing in our trees and watching a couple bunnies scampering about in our yard.  We have a full propane cylinder and will be grilling our lunch today!  Yay! 

I have two more barn blocks completed.  These are my favorite so far.  I am leaving the additional sashing off the last 8 blocks we will make, so I have the option in layout, since I am incorporating blue barns into the mix.

I took advantage of a dry warm day, and got two more of my chairs painted. 

I still have a bookcase to prime and paint and then my sewing room furniture make overs are done.  Yay!

While perusing the magazine isle at Walmart, I came upon this!

The link to my Moda Bake Shop tutorial made it into publication!  Oh my goodness! I was so excited, I considered grabbing the elderly man, next to me, who was reading a hunting magazine, and saying, "look, isn't this so neat?"  However, I decided against it.  wink.  Instead I took pictures with my phone and emailed it to my family and a dear friend.  

Since quilt market is over, I can now share one of my secret projects.  Yay!  I pieced this amazing quilt, designed by Kimberly Jolly, using Greatest Hits by Windham Fabrics.  The pattern is called Gallery of Stars and will be available as a kit in September.  

 

Here are a couple of the pictures I took before mailing out for quilting.  It was such a fun pattern to sew!!