Quilt Market Swag Giveaway

The first day of Market I attended a Schoolhouse session with Lila Tueller.  She has a new collection coming in June for Riley Blake, called Priscilla.  The collection features lots of pretty pinks, yellows, and blues with floral and damask designs.



Lila generously gave me this notepad holder, and I thought I would pass it along to you.  I love the sweet little rose button closure.

Just leave me a comment, and then stay tuned because I have a bunch more pictures to share with you, as well as some more Market swag to give away.  I will pick a winner for the Priscilla notepad holder next Friday, the 24th.  Good luck!

Sensory Overload - Spring Quilt Market 2013

Having read so much about Quilt Market on blogland, I never thought I would be able to attend.  Lucky for me, though, this year's Spring Quilt Market just happened to be in my hometown, Portland, Oregon.  And, wow, I can't even begin to describe the scope of this event.

It actually started yesterday with a series called "Schoolhouse." I didn't know what to expect, but it turned out to be pretty easy to navigate.  The short version is that Schoolhouse is a series of break-out sessions running between 15-30 minutes each throughout the day, covering a variety of quilty topics.  There were about 270 different sessions to choose from, if that tells you anything.  I could only stay for half the day, but it was plenty for me.  I was wiped out by the end of the morning.  I attended sessions with Amy Butler, Heather Bailey, and Lila Tueller -- lovely ladies all.  Unfortunately, I only had my phone with me so I didn't get any pictures that are good enough to post.

Today made up for the that in a big way, and I snapped pictures galore.  I didn't even know where to start when I first walked into the room, but I happened to stumble into the Birch booth almost from the start.

Just a few days before Market started, Melissa Lunden of Lunden Designs and I happened to strike up a convo through the store, so we were able to chat in person this morning. Melissa is a very talented pattern designer for Birch, and all of the quilts hanging in this picture were designed, pieced, and quilted by Melissa.  These pictures can't even begin to depict how lovely these quilts are. 

Here are a couple of collections I'm looking forward to having in the store.  This first collection is called Eiko by the in-house design team of Jay-Cyn Designs.  The dress that Cynthia has on in the first picture is made with one of the Eiko prints called Birds Blossoms in Paprika.  The quilt pictured below is Melissa's pattern called Tatami Mat, which you can purchase through her shop.  Eiko comes out in July.

This next collection is one that I am dying to get my hands on, Charlie Harper. The strike-offs were available for view in the booth, as well as these quilts made by Melissa.  As nice as Melissa is, I'm seriously jealous of her.  I mean look at all that lovely fabric she was able to surround herself with!

I've been a long-time of Charlie Harper's art, so it just tickles me that his work has been translated into the quiit world as well.  Great job, Birch!

Swoon Pillow Covers and Baptist Fans

This is a block orphaned from the Swoon quilt.  I also have another cut, ready to sew, so I thought I would turn them into oversized pillow covers.  This is the first one, and I quilted it with a Baptist fan pattern.  Love!

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Glimma

I'm between projects right now, but this has definite possibilities...Glimma by Lotta Jansdotter.

Catch-Up and Mustard

Slowly I am digging my way out of the black hole that was March. I don't even know what happened, how I got so busy and far behind on everything. Unfortunately, my bee commitments suffered.

I finished my March block for Stash Bee the evening of the 31st. Jan wanted us to make a block following this tutorial.  It's not evident from the picture, but the block finishes at 17 inches!  I can't wait to see Jan's finished quilt when it all comes together.



Yesterday I finished the March block for Simply Solids.  Charisma wanted an asterisk block, and I ended up loving this block.  The instructions were written without diagrams, so it was a bit confusing when I first read it over.  However, everything began to make complete sense once I followed the step-by-step instructions.  It's rather like turn-by-turn directions instead of using a map.



As it turns out (and I'm still not sure how I managed this), I am the queen bee this month for both Stash Bee and Simply Solids.  I had been looking at different block options for a long time, but all of sudden with April looming, I had to make some final choices.  For Stash Bee,I chose Road to Oklahoma, and for Simply Solids, I chose a paper-pieced Star Block.

Finally, these were my February blocks for both bees, which I never got around to posting about.

Duck Creek Puzzle - February block for Simply Solids

Wonky Star - February block for Stash Bee

Wonky Log Cabin - February block for Stash Bee

Jellyroll Sampler Quilt - Finished!!!

This quilt is for my third grader, although there was some argument as to whose turn it was for a quilt.  All was resolved when their dad explained that over the course of their lives, they would probably be the recipient of many more quilts.  I'm glad my boys like the quilts I make them. :)

You're probably bored of hearing about this quilt, but...the fabric is Hullabaloo by Urban Chiks for Moda Fabrics.  Unfortunately, it's long out of print.  The quilt pattern is from the book Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts by Pam and Nicky Lintott.

Here are some pictures of the quilting.  I really had some fun with with quilting each block a little bit differently, but I tried to repeat some of the motifs in order to tie everything together.





The nicest thing about finishing something is that I can now move onto something else!  I'm linking up with Fresh Sewing Day at Lily's Quilts and Finish It Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts.

More Quilting - WiP Wednesday

Here is a peek of the quilting for the classic sampler.  Trimming and binding may have to be pushed to the back burner for a while, though.  There's so much going on.  I'm scheduled to help out at the boys' school tomorrow and Friday.  The MIL is arriving soon for the bi-annual visit, which always entails some re-organization.  And the list goes on!

I'm linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced.  I really like the idea of having a mid-week break to take stock of where you are in any given project, and it's great motivation to get them done!

This weekend I'm devoting to my bee blocks.  I just realized February is almost over.  Yikes!