Farm Crossing: Sneak Peek

Hello Friends, I just have to share this sneak peek with you (couldn’t help it!!) … the fabrics are adorable, aren’t they?

At this point I can’t say more beyond that.  So stay tuned for the delightful details!!  I have got to fly.  I have been goofing the last couple of days, and I have got to catch up with some work so that my little family can go for an outing!  Thanks for stopping by.  Hugs to you all!

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Formation: Final sneak peeks

Happy Monday, Friends!  I hope you had a restful weekend.  I managed to finish and ship off Formation.  Here are a couple of final sneak peeks for you.  You can see I went just a tad “fancy” on the quilting.  But feather quilting is my favorite quilting therapy!

Thanks for stopping by.  Here is to a lovely week to all of you!  Blessings to you.

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Riley Blake Unite: Final Sneak Peek

Happy Monday, Friends!  I hope you are doing well.  I finished my Riley Blake Unite quilt over the weekend, and was able to ship it off today.  Here is a peek for you.

This quilt will be officially featured later this year in a magazine – meanwhile, you can gather up all your Riley Blake fabric scraps, or anything bright, cheerful and whimsical to get ready to make this quilt!  It is a fun one.  Notice the blue and orange I used in the quilt.   Curious mind wants to know what you think of using blue and orange together.

Gotta run again.  I am still battling deadlines – that’s the reason you haven’t heard from me if you have written me personal emails.  Hugs to you all!

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Riley Blake Unite: Sneak Peek #1

Hello Friends,

I have been buried under these fabrics the last few days, just piecing away!  I am making a scrap quilt using only … you guessed it, Riley Blake Designs fabrics.  How do you like my not-so-subtle hint with using the Riley Blake Designs ribbon to tie around the rather ugly shoestring hanging loops?  It’s definitely an effort to see if I can trot out just one more Riley Blake piece of fabric to add to the quilt!  Riley Blake fabrics = happiness — so, it is another happy quilt in the making.

Miss Baby already claimed this quilt.

She has good reasons though.  I had to borrow her hand painted birdhouses as props.  She had the most fun painting those birdhouses over the weekend, and has grand plans to add more to her collection.  If she keeps this up, I think I am going to make her a birdhouse quilt!

Thanks for stopping by.  I should have a couple more sneak peeks of my Riley Blake scrap quilt for you very soon.  Stay tuned.  Hugs to you all.

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Chevron: Final Sneak Peek

Hello Friends!  It’s been totally crazy at my end.  I am not sure what happened, but by the time I got to the quilting part (finally!), there were less than 24 hours before I had to ship my Chevron quilt.  So you can imagine the frenzy at my end.  Anyway, the quilt is now on its way to the editor.  And here is a final sneak peek for you…

You could empathize (couldn’t you?) with my feather withdrawal after quilting my recent quilts without incorporating any feathers…

There is actually a really sweet twist to the design.  I am having a hard time keeping myself from revealing it to you right now… but I shall keep myself in check.  Stay tuned for details.  And I want to wish you a great week!

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Chevrons: Sneak Peek #1

Happy Friday, Friends!  I hope you have had a good week!  Mine has gone by quickly, as most weeks do at my end.  I started another quilt – a Chevron quilt!  I finally get to work on a Chevron quilt, and I am excited!

And I get to play with these happy and cheerful fabrics to make the quilt.  Most of them are from Riley Blake’s newly released Madhuri fabric collection.  You will have to get these fabrics for yourself QUICK if you like them.  I have a feeling they won’t last long in the market.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a blessed weekend.

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Starry Dance: Final Sneak Peek

Hello Friends, I have missed you!  I do apologize for not posting regularly this week – I have had a very crazy week with all the things to which I have to attend.  I am glad the more pressing things are taken care of, and I have the weekend to catch up on a few things.  Among the things I did get finished is my Starry Dance quilt.  Here is a final sneak peek:

Some of you asked about the gray fabric I used.  It is from Riley Blake’s Basic Line Light Gray fabric (sku#C100-05 Light Gray).  The color is really calm and soothing.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you have a lovely weekend.  I am announcing next week who won the Aurifil thread kit, along with sharing more recent magazine projects, do come back!  Hugs to you all.

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Persian Rug: Sneak Peek

Hello Friends, my Persian Rug quilt is finished.  This is also my “quilting small in a big world” project.  The gray sashing pieces you see in the following sneak peek photo are 1/4″ finished in width.  Don’t ask me why, I must have been delirious when designing the 1/4″ sashing into the project.

And here you can see the scale of the circles I quilted compared to the size of a penny.  Again, it’s either I am a glutton for punishment when it comes to quilting small, or I have a disease!

But in any case, I am very happy how the project turned out.  And if you like peacocks, florals, gray, blue or yellow – you simply have to get your hands on Riley Blake’s Seranata fabrics!  They are also the fabrics I used in Persian Rug.  Click here to view the full range of fabrics.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a blessed day.

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Home Sweet Home: Sneak Peek

Hello Friends,

We passed the 1-million mark today at Ivory Spring.  I am super-excited, and will talk a bit more about that later this week.

I have been working hard in working down my to-do list this week – that’s why my email inbox is nearing explosion with unanswered emails/comments.  I hope to get back with you many of you soon.  I managed to finish quilting Home Sweet Home my piecing elf Sherry has pieced for me.  I quilted the quilt with my Jester’s Hat motif (posted here, here, and here).

Hope your Easter/Resurrection week is going well for you.  I am still trying to come up with our after church menu — time to check out Mennonite Girls Can Cook.  Those girls can really cook – I wish I lived with one of them.

So, do tell me if you are having something special for your Easter Menu this year?

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Woodland Harmony: Final Sneak Peek

What does one do when one loves the focal print from a fabric collection too much?  Why, that’s easy – just squeeze the focal prints in all the available colorways in the same design – like I have done in Woodland Harmony:

Check out in the following the focal prints from RJR’s Silent Harmony collection.

Thanks for stopping by.  Come by later this week for an announcement on a couple of giveaways I have lined up to celebrate Ivory Spring reaching 1,000,000 views!  Till later!

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