Spring Morning

Spring Morning isn't quite happening for us yet as January storms prevail in many parts of the USA. However, McCall's Quick Quilts has a way of giving us a nice boost into spring in their February/March 2015 issue.

This magazine is full of lovely quilts that will get you in the mood to decorate for spring! I am happy to say that one of my little quilts was chosen to be in this cheerful magazine! It is called Spring Morning! I made this as a baby quilt for my son's third baby, Olivia Patch. McCall's graciously published the quilts I made for his first two children as well, so I was pleased that they accepted this one also. How can a grandmother explain to a grandchild that their quilt didn't make the cut? Haha! My friend and quilter, Marae Harris quilted this for me. She always knows just what my quilts need!

I have always loved the pink and yellow combination and I was looking for something sweet and girlie. And this is why-

Isn't she sweet?

Be sure and look for this issue of McCall's Quick Quilts!

And on a similar note, this quilt design is almost the same. Can you spot the differences? Well, obviously the colors make a huge difference! The blocks are the same size, I just changed out the four-patch in the block for whatever that little triangle block is called. You can see in both quilts that the Monkey Wrench block was altered so the seams lined up with the corner squares of the other block. See what options you have when you design quilts? You are in charge of the decision making! I am particularly proud of the border in this one. It is the first time I ever made a zig-zag border and I love it! The lovely blue-grey fabric in this quilt is by Olde Green Cupboard, for Marcus Fabrics. It's called Londonderry. You might still find it on whittlesfabrics.com. It is an old release at this point. Most everything is by the time a quilt gets published.

It pleases me so much to be working with McCall's Magazines and the great people there. I thank them for the recognition they give me as a quilter and for the opportunity to share my work with others.

            Piecefully Stitching,

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!)