Thanks to Cheri!

I know, I know. You don't hear from me for ages and then here I am two days in a row. I just wanted to show my little quilt that I made from a design that Cheri Payne shared on her blog. Cheri calls it Sew Thankful. I didn't quite have it ready for the Thanksgiving table, but I worked on it over the weekend.

Cheri's blog is HERE, and you can find the quilt  project HERE.  Cheri is a favorite designer among the primitive crowd. I am not as totally primitive as some, but I do have one foot in it, and I love Cheri's designs!

In order to make it easier for myself, I worked up Cheri's design in EQ. I lightened the background and then printed off the copy. It looks pretty cute in gold too! But after laying the blocks on various colors I decided to go with a really dark olive. I love it! It is made with one inch strips, making each square in each 9-patch a half inch. The 9-patch blocks measure 1-1/2 finished. Thanks so much to Cheri for her great designs and her generosity in sharing!

While Joan and I were at Quilt Market we ran into Cheri's sister, Barri Sue Gaudet of Bareroots fame. It's funny who you meet in hotel elevators! Barri Sue is as sweet as can be and invited us to a book signing where we were delighted to get a signed copy of her latest book! I have made several of her projects over the years, and a good many of you have too, I am sure!

 We also were happy to meet Joyce Weeks and Norma Whaley of Geoff's Mom Quilt Patterns. They were also at our hotel. I kind of wanted to just start knocking on doors to see who would answer! I have been so impressed with the work that these ladies do. Some of you may remember the Ancestor Quilt I made a couple years ago. That was Norma's design before she and Joyce were partners. It was fun to have Joyce recognize me because we follow each other on Pinterest! Isn't the world a funny place!

It wouldn't be market without a stop to see Anne Sutton at Bunny Hill. Her booth is always so sweet, as she is, with playful little characters flouncing around.

Now it is time for me to get to work on cleaning and packing and hopefully sneak in some sewing! Thanks for stopping to visit!

Quilt Market Friends

I have been so out of the loop with blogs lately! Since I got back from Quilt Market I have been catching up on orders and on ordering, etc. Tomorrow I am going in for a bit of surgery and that may lay me up for a while longer. So I want to get some photos posted from my trip before that happens. I posted photos of my booth last time, so here are a couple of photos of cute booths that were near me.

 This is Mary Jane Carey from Holly Hill Designs. I am sure you have seen her darling patterns, or maybe even made them! Her booth was right across from ours, so we enjoyed a lovely view of her quilts.

Waltzing with Bears anyone? I loved this darling booth and the banner hung above it! Cheryl was just down the row from me. She had lots of cute patterns with wool.

And speaking of wool, who should I run into at Waltzing With Bears but Karen from My Yellow Farmhouse! I love running into bloggers! 

 Also seen at my booth was our darling friend Anne from Cottons 'N Wool blog!

 You may remember that Anne works with Anne Sutton at Bunny Hill Designs! I enjoyed seeing them both at market!

 

 The Bunny Hill booth was darling! Anne has a new fabric line coming out in October that is just beautiful! Blue and gray and pink and gray--really pretty!

 I was pleased to have the opportunity to meet Cheryl Wall from Country Quilts in British Columbia. She is a real sweetheart! I wish our booths had been closer so we could have visited more. I love that quilt with the birds! This is one clever lady!

This is her beautiful book and you may know that Mary Flynn at Quilt Hollow has been busy quilting for Cheryl's new book!


I have more photos, but they will have to wait for another day. I hope you enjoy these, and as my friend Gloria Parsons from the Olde Green Cupboard always says, "Celebrate Handmade"! (I feel like such a name dropper!)