Here's Minay at Houston Quilt Market next to her pattern, The Big Block Quilt, as made by Timeless Treasures from their Wild Ginger collection.  It looks like a totally different quilt! I think Minay was just as surprised when she walked past and saw it.  Kuddos Minay!!

Here's the original Big Block Quilt done in black, red and white fabrics.  Both stunning.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving with lots of loved ones and great food.  I know I did.  My son and his family came in from South Padre Island for the holidays and it was so great to hang out with them and the baby.  My grandson is 16 months old and like a shark.  He never sits still and is super curious.  Loved kissing his sweet little face and making him smile.

Now that Thanksgiving is over, the Christmas holiday season has begun!  The tree and decorations are up and I'm ready to shop.  Plus, now I can take out my Christmas quilts and snuggle up with them.  This is our Night Before Christmas quilt.  It's pretty much our only "holiday" design.  We don't usually do many of them.  This one came about as a request from a fabric company to use their new collection.  It's a pretty simple block using flying geese units.  Kinda slick, I think.  Anyway, it's going on my couch cause we just got a cold front and my feet are chilly!  I think this pattern would be great in an assortment of reds and greens with one stunning border fabric. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas holiday filled with lots of good food and friends.  Be sure to take time to sew every day.    Amy

Quilt Market 2011

Quilt market is over and we think it was a great success.  We had lots of compliments on our designs and our booth layout.  We even had fun wearing our newly designed t-shirts.  We had bouncy cat headbands, but decided not to include them in the picture since I want this as our new website pic.  All in all, a very successful weekend.

Our Sugar 'n Spice quilt.  Notice the yo-yo pillow on the chair.  I went a little crazy after having to make so many yo-yos for the quilt and I just continued on to make enough for this cute little pillow.

The completed booth.  It's really hard to coordinate the quilts when we have so many different styles and colors.  But I think it looks great.



We had this outside wall to also display more quilts, so we put Minay's Love It or Leaf It quilts up.  They were very eyecatching.

More finished booth.  We like the open layout of a double booth.  It allows customers easy access to see the quilts up close.

If you made it to market and visited us - thanks!  It's always nice to see our customers.  If you couldn't make it to market, please check out our website to see all the great patterns you missed seeing up close and personal.  
 
Amy & Judy

We're getting ready for fall market in Houston and decided we needed something different to add to our garland surrounding the top of our booth. 

So, after many ideas, we came up with these fabric flowers.  I think they came out great.  We just layered different fabric shapes, tied them together with wire, then painted them with fabric stiffiner.  They'll be placed in groups around the garland to add some "zing" to the booth.  I hope it works!  If you're coming to market, stop by (#2113) and let us know what you think. ~ Amy

We've been working like dogs getting 13 new patterns ready for market!  That's right 13.  We'll have a double booth (#2113,15) and we have lots to fill it with.  This quilt is one of them.  It's Claudia Atchison's "Wild in Texas".  She used Texas wildflower fabrics to create this eyecatching quilt.  She also used Texture Magic to create the flowers.  That gives the flowers a 3-D effect on the quilt.  Very cool!  That just leaves 1 more quilt to get done and I'm in the home stretch!  Stay tuned and I'll post it when it's ready.      Amy

I was in Houma, Louisiana this past weekend for a family reunion and happened across this great quilt shop, Quilting Niche.  They had the greatest Saints and LSU quilts and after striking up a conversation with Janelle Moen and Jamie Elfert, discovered they were our pattern, Short Stacks!  I didn't even recognize them.  The shop was hopping - literally - they had a shop hop going on.  They also had these great one piece quilts made up in different colorways.  You just had to get a kit before you left.

All in all, a great shop.  If you're ever in the area, you need to drop in.  And if you're a die hard LSU or Saints fan, you need to order their fabric kits with our pattern!

Quilting Niche
1220 St. Charles St.
Houma, LA  70360
985-876-9077
www.quiltingniche.com

This quilt, Wingdings, was designed by Judy Dohrman.  She used lots of batiks to create these whirling blocks.  I think her border design adds alot of interest to the quilt.  This pattern will be ready in a couple of weeks.