Two Friends

Hello Everyone,

While at Quilt Market I had the opportunity to spend time with friends and meet some new ones.  On the way, I sat on the plane with one of my friends, Michele Muska.  She is friends of someone that I have admired for years, Darlene Zimmerman.

During Quilt Market both of them agreed to do an interview with me for my podcast!

Michele is quite the talented lady.  She is more of an art quilter and works for Simplicity Creative Group.  But she also has her own business called Lola Rae.  Check it out here.

This is Michele, isn't she lovely.

If you don't know Darlene, you really should. She is a veteran of the quilting industry and is best known for her love of 1930s reproduction fabrics.... which I love!  You can find some here.

She has a new book out and I can personally tell you it is fabulous!

Such designs bring back memories of younger days.  Darlene is known as the Feedsack Lady and she has a website with the same name.  Lots of great stuff there, check it out by clicking here.

Isn't she just fabulous?

Anyway, now you have the chance to get to know them too!

You can listen into Episode 34 of Jackie's Quilting Chronicles and see what these two ladies have in common.  Just click here and you can listen in from your computer or you can go to iTunes and download the podcast for free by searching Jackie's Quilting Chronicles.

I hope you all enjoy getting to know these wonderful ladies!  It was fun sitting and chatting with them.

Enjoy!

 
Until Next Time...

Two Friends

Just a Small Quilt

Hello Everyone,

You all know my love of bright fabrics, that is definitely no secret! But I just adore 1930s fabrics too. In fact, I have a few that I would like to show you over the next month or so.

The first one is just a little quilt that I absolutely adore. I made it a while ago and really need to finish it up.

I used only fabrics from my stash for this one.

Every block with the exception of two have yellow for the center.

I don't know about all of you, but I find that piecing a smaller quilt is more difficult than a large one. Simply because there is less room for error. Not that I ever intend to make a mistake. But they do happen.

Here is the entire quilt. It only measures 23.5" X 28.5". I am going to scallop the borders, but I will be quilting it first.

Yes, it is the cover quilt from Darlene Zimmerman's book. I just love her and her work. I think I have all of her books. She just does 1930s fabric and quilts to perfection. Don't you think?

Now, you need to go over to my friend Kathy's blog. She is doing a wonderful giveaway of Terry Atkinson goodies. But hurry, it ends soon.

Also, don't forget, everything on my online fabric shop is 20% through December 8. Just use the code happy20 during checkout. Have a great weekend!

Until Next Time...

Just a Small Quilt

A Fat Quarter Small Quilt....DONE!!

Well, technically it is not quilted and bound yet. But the top is done and I love it!! It will hang in my guest bedroom or possibly sit on the dresser as a topper. This was the one that I showed the fabric in a few posts ago. It is the cover quilt from Darlene Zimmerman's Fat Quarter Small Quilts book. I love all the quilts in this book and hope to do a few more. It was a stash buster for me, I am challenging myself this year to utilize my stash and minimize my buying...OH NO!!!

Also, I just posted Deb's quilt here. The quilting came out really nice and I think she will like it very much. She had won this quilt kit at Quilt Market and just finished it. She needed it quilted to hang in the shop. I think that this fabric will be arriving soon!! Anyway, enjoy!!

A Fat Quarter Small Quilt....DONE!!

A Small 30's Project

I decided that I needed a small project to work on, and because I love the 30's fabrics I chose one from Darlene Zimmerman's book Fat Quarter Small Quilts. I also wanted to pull fabrics from my stash and not buy any new fabric...heavens, no new fabric!!! Well, at least not for now. It truly is a small project and will finish at about 24" X 27" so if I could not scrounge up enough fabric in my stash I was in trouble. Here is a look at the fabric that I chose.

The quilt is the cover quilt on her book it is really cute and will go well on the wall or on the dresser in our guest bedroom. This room has a cottage feel to it. I didn't get too far on it I only cut the strips and the center squares out. After all, I did teach a class today at the shop.

One last thing I want to invite you all to my new website. It was created by some very nice people and they were just fantastic. They create websites especially for quilters, check them out.

I'm sorry, I lied that wasn't the last thing...I just wanted to share this last picture with you of our cat Rolo (20 lbs). He was desperate for water and needed a sip right out of my son's glass. And no his face did not get stuck, although we thought it might.

A Small 30's Project