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california dreamin’, in stripes

Posted on September 30, 2009

I showed you a glimpse of these fabrics earlier in the California Dreamin’ mini quilt, but here you’ll be able to fully see Jenean Morrison’s beautiful fabrics from her new line, California Dreamin’. She wanted a simple striped pattern to show off the fabrics, and I was happy to oblige! I had such fun playing around with the order as well as the widths of the stripes to make these two beautiful quilts.

I started with this one because I was immediately drawn to the pinks and oranges.

I was certain this one would be my favorite, and it was, up until I made the second quilt in this colorway –

I particularly love the back of this one… echoing the stripes from the front, but just in small sectionsÂ – (and yes, the solid is Kona Olive again!)

Once they were both done I couldn’t decide which I liked better! (Ok, I’ll just say it — I love them both!!)

Typically when I know that I’m making a quilt for someone else, I don’t usually have a problem letting go, but in this case I had a hard time. I procrastinated sending them to her, and even contemplated holding them hostage for good. (I’m kidding… sort of!)

Here I am pretending that they actually belong to me — oh wait, what? You don’t take your someone else’s quilts out for a stroll?

Ah… anyway, you’ll all be pleased to know that I did ship them off, and Jenean should be receiving them any day now. And then they’ll hopefully be making their way to Quilt Market. If anyone happens to be going and should happen to catch a glimpse, snag me a photo, will you?!

Thanks again Jenean!

flea market fancy star quilt… for you!

Posted on September 28, 2009

It’s time for a giveaway, don’t you think? This week marks a momentous occasion for me — one that I want to celebrate with you, since without the internet and the world of blogging, I’d probably still be just staring at a pile of fabric, rather than at a pile of quilts! One year ago, on October 1st, I finished my very first quilt… a fall zig zag quilt, which you can see here.

Over the past year, I’ve quickly fallen in love with quilting (my family might use different words… I’m thinking the words ‘crazy’ and ‘obsessed’ might be bandied about…) In any case, crazy or not, it’s been a lot of fun, and you all are a part of why it’s so fun! So thank you so much for visiting, for commenting, for providing encouragement and helpful suggestions … you keep me wanting to continue this crazy quilting obsession!

And now the giveaway — I’ve made up a mini quilt using my very favorite fabric line, Denyse Schmidt’s Flea Market Fancy. This fabric is some of the very first fabric that I fell in love with and started collecting a little over a year ago, so it seems only appropriate that it should be used in this quilt. I quilted it with straight and curved lines (I love the way this quilting looks with the stars – it reminds me a bit of shooting stars) and used another FMF print for the binding.

I kept the backing simple, with just a couple smaller stars in one corner. The finished quilt measures about 24″ x 27″. I’d probably hang it, either horizontally or vertically, but you’re certainly welcome to use it as you’d like!

To enter, please leave a comment on this post. As always, I’d love it if you’d write more than ‘please enter me’ … Here are some ideas — what’s your favorite type of quilt? Do you prefer to use quilt patterns or do you like to make it up as you go? Do you like wonky or are you more into straight and traditional? Do you like to use fabrics from the same line (or by the same designer) or do you like to mix it up? Of course, if you’re not feeling these questions, or if you don’t quilt, feel free to leave a comment about anything else!

I’ll select a winner on Thursday, October 1st!

Edit: Comments are now closed. I’ll select and post the winner shortly!

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autumn blush quilt

Posted on September 25, 2009

How appropriate for the first week of Fall…

The leaves around here are already starting to change, and there are even some that have already fallen, so I just couldn’t resist another fall leaf photo shoot.

I made this quilt out of a variety of fall colored prints and solids, including several of my favorite Heather Ross prints. I really love the addition of the pale pink prints -the tadpoles on the blush background, as well as a japanese stripe that matches quite perfectly.

And doesn’t it look great in this fall scene? All we need is a few apples, some cider and maybe a pumpkin or two to really complete the look!

The back uses this lovely solid (how many times have I mentioned this color in the last few posts?!) I added in a few larger blocks along the top and bottom edge, and then a few of the smaller blocks near the center.