Let me introduce you to Olivia.
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| Olivia likes the outdoors! |
This is such a beautiful collection with a wide range of values from light yellow, through medium red and orange all the way to deep purple. I love these warm colors. Look for Buds and Blooms Layer Cake in your local quilt store.
Here are some more pictures.
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| Breezy Day |
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| Glowing Fabrics |
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| Gorgeous Fabrics |
To make Olivia, you need one layer cake, one focus fabric and ...
read moreMeet Nilsa. She is my newest finish and a pattern is available now.
At 60" by 83", Nilsa can be a Mercyful Quilt. The pattern can also be used to make a Quilt of Valor.
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| Nilsa, 60" by 83" |
I used the Island Batik collection - Blushing Garden to make Nilsa.
Have you seen Blushing Garden? It is a beautiful collection with my favorite colors - red, pink and gold. Even a bit of teal to brighten things up. They are beautiful and sunny!
I first made Avantika for the Island Batik catalogue. The working title was Mosaic Stars but once the quilt was completed, it needed a better name. Avantika means princess :-)
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| Avantika, the original princess :-) |
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| Sunset Backing and Binding |
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| Ooh, the reflection!!! |
I was so much in love that I chose to make these blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2023.
Since ...
read moreI have got a new listing in my Etsy shop. Put it up there the other day, did all the social media advertising but forgot about my blog.
My list from last week was small and included:
Twist & Turn Quilts by Cinzia White,
published by C&T Publishing, is
landing in stores this month.
I have joined with a group of exciting
original designers to bring more
ideas on how to meld different designs to
make your own original quilt.
These innovative designers are showing
us a variety of their own circle designs
using the latest fabrics to highlight the
versatility of Cinzia’s Twist & Turn Quilts.
First let's take a peek at a couple
of designs directly from the ...
read moreIt was a heavy lift. The net was bursting with a huge catch.
It took a lot of effort to haul it out of the river.
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| Ooh it is heavy... |
The fish wriggled and pulled against the net and Paul struggled.
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| Paul struggled |
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| And finally managed! |
Such a proud angler Paul is!!! Now, you may think that catching all these fish on the banks of Potomac is a load of bull. But honestly, it is a fishy story :-D
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| The one that got away... |
Well, here is the true back ...
read moreFinally finished the listing of the little cute Christmas table runner pattern for my Etsy shop
Finished my little pink baby quilt
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| Even the Monster is cute :-D |
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| Gorgeous Colors! |
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| Beauty and the Baste! |
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| Quilted, Not Bound |
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| It is a finish!!! |
Here are a few close-ups.
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| Hummingbirds |
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| Blue Vines |
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| Labelled |
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| Crushing on You! |
1. Topsy Turvy is now available as a stand alone pattern in my Etsy Store.
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| Topsy Turvy in Honeycomb Fabrics |
I first made Topsy Turvy using the scraps left over from the Island Batik "Make it Modern" Blog Hop and Challenge. Many refinements later, making it suitable for 2.5" precut strips, writing and rewriting and then correcting the pattern, Topsy Turvy is now available as a standalone pattern.
Here are a few more pictures.
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| Basting and Ironing |
New listing in my Etsy shop...finally finished this little quilt. The pattern has been hanging around for years and I even saved the woodland print for several years for just this quilt. It is a very traditional design with its two common blocks, however it does come out really nicely once you quilt a bit of a design in the alternate block.
Love doing those...
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Finished the write up and listing for the Scrappy Squares quilt in my Etsy shop.
The Synergy Quilt Pattern Release Blog Hop comes to an end.
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| Mari goes bold with hot pink |
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| Alycia stays true to QOV |
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| Wendy goes minimalist with Blue Skies |
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| Bonnie's Bright and Beautiful Version |
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| Roseanne and Sue's Soothing Collaboration |
It was about one year ago, when I first doodled the idea that became Synergy. I first made Synergy in Rainbow Fabrics on a Light Gray background, provided by Island Batiks.
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| In Lace & Grace (Fall 2021 Collection) |
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| In Playful Purples (Island Batik Foundations) |
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| In Interurban (Fall 2021) |
Finished another cute panel with an allover clamshell design. Absolutely love doing this and always comes out really nice.
Always surprising what I come up with. A few weeks ago I sat down to tidy up a new pattern on the EQ8 and as is so me...started playing around with various other blocks. Before I knew it, I had another pattern which spoke to me...it reminds me of Propellers and I just had to make it.
