Kentucky Bound!

My parents are locked and loaded, and headed off to Paducah for the American Quilter's Society Quilt Show! I was unable to complete my big quilt, Stars over Kentucky as I was chained to the quilting machine.  We made several new quilts and small projects, and there was just too much to accomplish in a short amount of time. 

We also just got new fabric from Jo Morton! Beautiful Toiles and the complete line of Elizabethtown. While the cat's are away, I plan to play with the new fabrics! I have more ideas than I can ever get done...but I'm going to try!

Here are a few new projects!  I have made a Mini Version of Hopscotch, which is absolutely adorable. Heading North is a paper pieced small quilt featuring a lovely border stripe, and flying geese. If you haven't paper pieced flying geese, I recommend it highly. It's truly addicting!

Marblehead is the name of a lovely French Braid Runner made from Ro Gregg's Marblehead fabric collection. 

My mother took the earth tone granite and marble fabrics, and made a gorgeous Fire Escape Quilt (Atkinson Designs)  Another easy quilt, was the Popsicle Quilt from Atkinson Designs. Terri does an amazing job with her patterns. It's no surprise they are always in the list of best selling patterns. 

My father cut kits for all of these quilts, and more! He's a great guy for cutting, while I quilt, and mom sews.  It's truly a team effort. 

Last week we had a surprise snow!  Here are the "kids" in their play area. Bruiser loves to stand guard at the fence, and he's such a ham! He will stand there and "pose" for me all afternoon!

Guarding the Castle

 

 Gracie, Sophie and Bruiser

 

Marblehead French Braid Runner

 

Starry Starry Night   21" x 21"

 

Mini Hopscotch 

made from the Falling Leaves scraps!

 

Starry Starry Stripes

Stars over Kentucky

This is a new pattern I'm working on, and hope to have kits ready for next week at the AQS Show in Paducah, Kentucky. Here is just a quick little teaser of things to come!

Next Stop....Paducah, Kentucky

Piecemaker's Quilt Shop, (my parents shop) will be at the American Quilter's Society Show in Paducah, Ky!

We have been a vendor at this fabulous quilt show now for several years, and we love it!  Even if the venue was under water last year in the worst flood in over 60 years (as we were informed). 

My newest patterns will be there on display, along with many of the new designs that we feature in the quilt shop.

I hope you can stop by and say hello to Mary and Ed.  I'll be home with the quilt shop in Hackensack, getting ready for the Quilt's and Coffee trunk show in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and then it's off to Spring Quilt Market in Kansas City!  

Please stop by and say hello!

Kansas City March - Our Legacy Sampler

I can't believe we are so close to Spring Quilt Market, and the American Quilter's Society Quilt Show is in Paducah, Kentucky is right around the corner!

At Piecemaker's Quilt Shop, things are crazy busy. We are sewing, designing, and packing for Paducah. After we get home, I'll travel to Grand Forks North Dakota for their Quilt's and Coffee program, and trunk show. 

Time to sort the quilts, finish the new designs...and...sleep?

Check out my website at www.cottontales.net  for more information on the Kansas City March, and find out what is new in my world!

Happy Quilting everyone!

Hickory Sticks and Crystal Snow

Let's face it...winter is Minnesota is just plain Cold! However....it can be very, very pretty.

Hickory Sticks is a new little quilt designed just in time for Houston Quilt Festival. The piece measures 18" x 18". The little log cabin blocks are made from scrap fabrics. Paper piecing onto a foundation kept my little blocks accurate, neat, and just plain adorable! How can you resist these little blocks!  They are truly addicting!

The center block has significance that I'll share with you later. I'm very proud to be part of this exciting news that will be announced in the weeks to come!

Crystal Snow is one of my favorite pattern designs. Embellish with flat back swarovsky crystals, beads, or decorative threads.

Falling Leaves

My tribute to Autumn. This is a new quilt pattern called "Falling Leaves".

The original pattern was designed for The Heart of the Lakes Quilt Shop Hop several years ago.

The pattern was called Autumn Splendor, and included a runner, and 5 quilt options.

I kept the basic design for this quilt, but changed the size to a smaller six inch block.

It was so much fun making these little leaf blocks. The leaves are all paper pieced. The scraps were used to make the alternating chain blocks.

I started with 24 Fat Quarters, and 1 1/2 yards of black Kona Cotton, and made both of the quilts shown below. I still have an abundance of scraps. I could have made the Leaf quilt much larger, but I wanted to get the quilt finished in time for the fall quilt shows in Des Moines (AQS) and Quilt Festival (Houston)

Falling Leaves

40" x 52"

Features assorted fabrics from Renee Nanneman for Need'l Love

Crazy for Christmas!

I love Autumn! The winds are howling outside, threatening every last leaf that struggles to stay on the tree. Soon we will have a blanket of white.  While Piecemaker's Quilt Shop is basking in the joy of Quilt Festival in Houston...I'm working on new things for the quilt shop. I'm already thinking of Spring...no moss is allowed to grow under our feet.


I want to show you some of the new things we've been cooking up.