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.

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