Cheerios

 

Here's a great scrappy quilt from Judy Reynolds.  It's called Cheerios.  We give you a foundation template and you sew 'n flip till it's covered.  Then add light fabrics on each end.  That's the block!  So simple.  I think I'm gonna make a couple of these up and just keep them on hand as baby gifts.

Nancy's Fancy

Nancy Altsman, one of our guest designers, has designed this gorgeous block of the month quilt.  It's also a teaching quilt, which means you'll be learning piecing skills with each block you construct.  It would be great for groups or shops to use for a class or just when you get together every month with your quilting friends.  Look for it soon on our website.

Fall Patterns



Cheerios 

We've been working hard on lots of new designs.  Judy has gone crazy for brights and has come up with the cutest kids quilts we've ever done.  I think you'll like them too.  Look for them soon on the website.  They're in production right now. 


Happy Shacks



All 3 of these quilts are great for scraps, jelly rolls, charm packs - well, anything bright for sure! 

Cheerios has a foundation block which makes it even easier - a total no brainer!





Short Circuit

Happy Shacks is purely up to your imagination.  We give you the basic idea and it's up to you to create a row of wacky houses and trees.  It's fabric fun at it's finest.

Short Circuit is just colorful fun.  I'm totally in love with dots right now.  They're fun and playful and go perfectly 

with these colorful designs.

Stay tuned - we have lots more...... Amy

 



Works in Progress

 These are a couple of projects I'm doing just for ME!  Sometimes you just have to stray off the beaten path to get your creativity recharged.  I found a 60 degree ruler in my stash of rulers one day and after watching Fons & Porter on TV one morning, began cutting strips from my K. Fassett collection.  This is how it ended up.  It's still an ongoing project, but I will finish it one day so it can grace the end of my sofa.  It's not as challenging as it looks and the ruler really helped alot.

My other project, or obsession, is this hexagon quilt.  I say obsession because I can't stop stitching hexagons.  They're so addictive.  This will be my third hexagon quilt - so be warned.  I tried the mylar templates but didn't like how rigid they were.  I'm now using the Paper Pieces templates and really like them.  If you don't stitch your fabric to the paper and only tack down the corner edges, then you can just pop them out and not have to pull out the basting stitches.  A real time saver.  This is also a great take along project for car trips and vacations.

I wanted the look of it to be vintage with a modern twist.  I used Aunt Grace fabrics for the centers and a black on white print to surround each design. 

And, yes, after this one I do have another in mind.  Like I said, addictive.

Amy Cotham

New Patterns

Our 2 newest patterns are hot off the presses!  Hot Ziggity, designed by Judy Reynolds, is a simple log cabin style block made in black, white and red fabrics.  Very graphic.

Patches of Sunlight, designed by Minay Sirois, looks complicated but is really very simple.  Simple star blocks and nine patches are all that make up this beautiful quilt.  The challenging part is fabric selection and placement.  This quilt blends from light in the center to dark around the edges.  Minay used batik fabrics for a rich blended look.  Look for them on our website soon.    

Happy quilting!  Amy

Retreat

Just spent the most fabulous 5 days on a quilting retreat with 3 of my very best friends.  We stayed at the 1890 House in Cedar Hill, TX.  A great 2 story 100 year old house with all the amenities.  We had the whole house to ourselves!  Plus, within walking distance, a totally outfitted sewing cottage.  Cutting tables, irons, design walls, microwave, ice box, bathroom - what more could a quilter need?? Oh yea, a vintage 1951 Singer Featherweight!!  That's right, I snapped up the cutest little sewing machine I've ever seen.  I'm in love! 

Plus there was a brand new quilt shop within walking distance, Corner Square Quilts.  Thanks Rhonda for all your help and recommendations.  You are awesome!

All in all, a great time was had by all.  I even got 3 projects finished.  I promise pics once they're quilted.   More later, Amy

Engagement

My son, Neil, and his girlfriend, Joni, have just gotten engaged.  My family is growing again!  Plus, now I have a little more girlpower in the family.
 
Guess I need to get started on that wedding quilt.  Any suggestions??