Quilters Take Manhattan Part 1

Hello Everyone,

As you know, I spent the weekend in NYC at the Quilters Take Manhattan event. All I can say is that I had a blast. I also promised to share this with you.

So let's get to it...

I stayed with my friend Victoria and as convenient as it would be the first event was at her home. We didn't have to go far. The first night The Alliance for American Quilts interviewed Victoria for the Quilter's SOS.

She had to pick a quilt, called her touchstone quilt, a quilt of significance. It was her Kitchen Sink Quilt. Then they did her "mug shot" in front of it as her interview will be entered into the Library of Congress.

You will be able to find the transcript of her interview by clicking here. Let me tell you that the interview was nothing less than fantastic!

A great picture of several of the Modern Connecticut Quilters with Victoria and friends.

Victoria and Jay McCarroll! For those of you who aren't familiar with him, he is the first winner of Project Runway and is a designer of clothing and quilting fabric with Free Spirit. You can find some of his fabric in my shop by clicking here.

Loved seeing my NYC Metro Mod Quilt Guild buddies!!

And guess who else was there the entire weekend.... Yes, Mark Lipinski! He can make any event just way too fun. Thanks Mark for brightening my weekend.

Here I am with our lovely panel of Modern Quilters, John Adams, Jennifer Paganelli, Kim H., Melanie Testa, and Nancy Soriano. All fabulous and all very diverse.

And how about this... Amy Milne, Executive Director of the Alliance and Mark Dunn, Owner of Moda Fabrics handing out door prizes! Just fabulous people and I was so happy to have met them!

More to come next post, so stayed tuned for some fun!

PS. There is a BIG sale going on in my shop right now... All Australian fabrics are marked down to $7.95 per yard through 8/12/11. Just click here to get started.

Until Next Time...

Quilters Take Manhattan Part 1

I Am Taking These...

Hello Everyone,

Today I am on my way to NYC to see my friend Victoria. I am bringing...

This block and fabric to finish a little wall hanging.

This fabric to make a block for the Two's Company Bee.

But most of all I will be at,

this wonderful event!! On Friday night, I will be moderating a panel of Modern Quilters with Modern Stories. Then on Saturday I will be at both events to just enjoy.

If you are at the Quilter's Take Manhattan Event and see me, come say hello. If you haven't gotten tickets yet, you can still do so, just click here!

See you there!!

Until Next Time...

I Am Taking These...

Show and Tell

Hello Everyone,

I wanted to share with you all the quilty goodness that my fellow Mod Conn Quilters shared at our meeting on Sunday. You saw the orange blocks we all contributed in yesterday's post, now it is time for the quilts. Let me warn you... lots of talent!

First up... Heather's quilt. Gorgeous and the result of a Bee. And all done in Kona Cotton Solids.

The back.

Susan Q's quilt all created from a panel. She was able to set in blocks that she liked!

Heather's pinwheel quilt. She is still quilting this one.

The back.

Another one of Heather's. This one she explained was inspired from a quilt in one of Kaffe Fassett's books.

Susan G. designed this quilt. It is entirely appliqued and it is for herself!! Yay!!

She also made this really cute little bag.

Elisa was up next. A beautiful Asian inspired quilt. She loves cranes.

A little mini art quilt from Elisa. The detail was phenomenal.

Can you see the tulle and all the beads?

A wonderful version of a Terri Atkinson design called Fire Escape, using all Kaffe Fassett fabrics.

This quilt was not only two color, but it was just two fabrics!

Last but not least, Jessica had this quilt in the car. It is sandwiched and she is in the process of quilting. There is some awesome quilting in this one.

You are wondering about me? I did show two quilts, but I can't show them to you yet. You will get to see them in a little while.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed the show.

Until Next Time...

Show and Tell

Oranges and Eggplant

Hello Everyone,

Yesterday our Modern Connecticut Quilt Guild met at my house! What a treat for me to have this talented group of ladies in my own home.

I promised to show you everyone's orange blocks. I must say that I love each and everyone of them. They are all unique and simply gorgeous. A few members couldn't make it today so their blocks are still to come.

Here is a group shot of all the blocks together. They are just all so juicy and work well together, don't they?

This one is Jessica's block. She used a pattern from Elizabeth's Hartman's book. Love it!

Susan G. made this block. I really like the linear design and the repeat of the fabrics.

This one is from newcomer Elisa. She did this on short notice and blogged about it here. What a wonderful block.

This one was done by Maddie, Susan's daughter. Great use of the color and the fabric!

Heather made this gorgeous orange "log cabin" version. Love all the fabrics that she chose.

This was mine and I previously blogged about it here.

Susan Q. created this block and used some of her hand dyed fabric that I showed in my last post about our guild. You can see her fabric here.

Last but not least, we all brought in our purple/plum setting squares for our green pieced blocks from our last meeting. Here is a sneak peek at what it might begin to look like.

Doesn't it remind you of eggplant, just a little? We have a few blocks we are waiting on before they are all pieced together.

PS. Don't forget to enter my fabric giveaway by clicking here. Today is the last day!

Until Next Time...

Oranges and Eggplant

Hot Off The Presses

Hello Everyone,

I am super excited about the current issue of Quilt Magazine! Back in June, Lisa Ruble, an editor from Quilt contacted me and asked if she could interview me about machine quilting for an upcoming issue. I said yes and now the issue is available in my shop complete with this fabulous article.

I am honored to be amongst two other fabulous long arm quilters in this article.

Here is a peek at the three of us!

Wonderful article too, lots of great information. See the three photos on the right, those are all quilts that I quilted!

See the three quilts here, they are also ones that I quilted!

These are also quilts that I quilted! Stephanie do you see yours? Karen do you see yours?

Here is the issue cover. You can purchase a copy by clicking here. There are tons of great quilt patterns too!

Don't forget to enter my giveaway by clicking here.

Until Next Time...

Hot Off The Presses

Dyed and Gone To Heaven!!

Hello Everyone,

For a while now I have been following Chris's blog Dye Candy. She is such a talented quilter and also dyes and sells her own fabrics on Etsy. Luscious! I have several of her fabrics and love them all.

Anyway, she was doing a giveaway on her blog, normally I don't enter giveaways because as you know I have lots of my own fabric that I sell. But hand dyes are a different story. I don't sell those! So enter the giveaway I did and I won!!

Here is what I chose...

Totally my colors and sort of reminiscent of my most recent project.

Just love the hot pink and the orange.

And OH... the green is just phenomenal!

Thank you, so much Chris!! If you don't know Chris, you must go over and visit her and then take some time to poke around in her shop. You won't be disappointed and I will not be held responsible for any possible fabric addiction as a result.

And speaking of giveaways...

Would you like to win this little bundle of Kona Cotton Solids? If so, hop on over to see Kristin and Jordan at KoJo Designs. I am one of their newest sponsors and they are doing a giveaway for me!!

You will love their site too, so take some time to browse, but make sure you leave a comment there to be in the running for the fabric!

Click Here To Enter The Giveaway

Until Next Time...

Dyed and Gone To Heaven!!

The Lure Of Orange

Hello Everyone,

Don't you just love the color orange? This Sunday my Mod Conn Quilt Guild will be meeting (if you live in CT and would like more info either leave a comment or send me an e-mail) and this time we were challenged to use the color orange in a 12.5 inch block.

I thought about it for a little while and knew exactly what I wanted to make! A Drunkard's Path block, a little bit revamped.

I took a bunch of orange fabric from my stash and cut them with the Drunkard's Path Die on my AccuQuilt Studio Cutter. Love that!

Then I joined them together, but it was not done yet. It is only 9.5 inches at this point. So I dug deeper into my orange stash and then added these...

A scrappy border. Every fabric is different and every fabric is very orange. I think I might just need to make an entire quilt like this! I love this block! My son's favorite color is orange, so this could be on the agenda this year for a wonderful quilty Christmas gift.

I am looking forward to seeing what everyone else created. I will make sure to bring you some photos of all of them!

What do you think of orange? What do you think of this block, would it look good in an entire quilt?

Until Next Time...

The Lure Of Orange