2012 GALAXY X and QUILTMAKER 100 BLOCKS VOL 5

WELCOME TO ALL on behalf of myself and QUILTMAKER.    I’m honored to share “GALAXY X” with the Quiltmaker 100 Blocks Vol 5, and with all of you.     Below is one version of a “GALAXY X”  quilt, with the block as is.   Use your imagination with other blocks, or sashing for more great patchwork.

My fulltime job has kept me off the radar for about a year, and I’m so thrilled to be back and sharing new patchwork with you!

Post a comment on this blog, and be eligible to win your very own copy of QUILTMAKER 100 BLOCKS VOL 5.  And if you leave a comment, I’d love to know what part of the country you are from!   Check out the next few posts for more new patterns coming soon.   So long, puppy kisses from my “boys”, and JOYFUL STITCHING TO ALL!

FLOWER BOX QUILT / I’M A QUILTMAKER COVER GIRL!

What a thrill!    The journey from a small treasure found at the flea market to the cover of  QUILTMAKER, MAY/JUNE 2012.   This beauty caught my eye just because I appreciated the piece itself.  Then things start to perculate in the mind, doodles on the graph paper, a really cool block (originially for a 100 Blocks entry) then into a really cool quilt.   With or without the applique,  it’s a good project.    I can’t hardly describe the joy of this process of designing.

TANGERINE – ENERGY COLOR FOR THE YEAR 2012

Wow – timing is everything!  Have you noticed how much orange/tangerine is in all the stores these days?   TANGERINE TANGO will be available a 2012 Spring Market in Kansas City.   Several years ago while traveling to California and back, I collected lots of bright orange prints.   Have been doodling ever since to design a nifty scrappy pattern for them.   Finally in 2012 it all came together – this so dreamy easy pattern – comes in three sizes, baby Tangerine is a great quick project!

SPRING THINGS – 2012

We’ve had an unusually warm Kansas spring.  Even opened windows at night in March – crazy in Kansas!   Have lovely flower displays popping weeks early.    Wylie also enjoys the warm weather – dunking himself in the water bowl or the doggie pool, and rolling in the dirt.   My, my, naughty doggie! 

FAT QUARTER FUN – 2012

I had fun dreaming up these 4 easy, fat-quarter friendly  tablerunners.   They look complicated,

but are nothing but snowball blocks and altered flying geese.  Yes, really!   Am preparing to introduce this new pattern at Spring Market May 2012 in Kansas City.

KANSAS FORTUNE-QUILTMAKER VOL 3 – AND YOUR FUTURE!

 

HELLO ALL!     WELCOME ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND QUILTMAKER MAGAZINE!      

     I’m so please and honored to share my block with Quiltmaker Magazine and all of you.  KANSAS FORTUNE is a great block for your future quilts.  Positioning of the block can give you lots of really quite different looks.   I’m excited to be working on a pattern that puts KANSAS FORTUNE on point too.    Great block for just about any line or style of fabrics imaginable.

        Here are two more ideas for you!

  

   Post a comment on this blog  May 2-6, and be eligible to win your own copy of QUILTMAKER 100 BLOCKS VOLUME 3.     Or get your copy on the stands appearing by May 10.   Trust me, you’ll want to get your hands on another great bunch of sampler blocks.    Make sure and check out all the designers on the blog tour.  

            My boys, MICKY, RUSTY AND WYLIE say bye-bye and Joyful Stitching to all !!!

CAPISTANO LILY – ANOTHER GREAT MODEL!

Hello all!     Well,  Miss Emily has whipped up another winner.   She is quite a prolific and talented young quilter, making models for Friendship Star Quilt Shop in El Dorado, Kansas.   You go girl!