Twilight Trails Sneak Peek #1

Happy Monday, Everyone! I hope you had a good weekend, and am looking forward to another new week. I had mentioned to you that I got a bit carried away when designing a quilt using the Northcott Twilight Garden fabrics. Upon completing the applique of 224 leaves on the quilt top, I [...]

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Poll: Viewer’s Choice for 2009 Quilts in THE QUILTER

Yesterday, I showed you the first issue of “The Quilter” in 2010. Looking back all the 2009 issues of The Quilter, I realized I have had an excellent year working with the editorial staff at The Quilter:

Roslynn in the March 2009 Issue:

Bluebird Ballad in the May 2009 Issue:

Cozy Patch in the May 2009 [...]

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Bloom Wherever You Are in THE QUILTER (January 2010)

Good day, you all! I received my copy of “The Quilter” yesterday. My Bloom Wherever You Are quilt is in the January 2010 issue. Can you believe it? We are swiftly heading toward the year 2010!!!

The fabrics used are from RJR’s Always in Bloom collection. The fabric choices made the [...]

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The end of the tunnel!

There is light at the end of the tunnel for those who are crazy enough to stick it out.  I have managed to prepare all the leaves (all 224!), and have started applique-ing them on the blocks:

I am on schedule even though my week has been leaf-ily uneventful.  That worked out well as I just [...]

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196 to go!

ONLY!

Good day, everyone. Thanks for the positive comments on the Northcott’sTwilight Garden fabrics. Some of the brown fabric is being used for making leaves — 224 of them! As you can see, I still have 196 to go from the latest progress picture (note that I had to hand-baste the stems down [...]

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The blooming Log Cabin

The following pictures were taken before the quilt was shipped out.   The log cabin after my own heart is one that has sweet flowers blooming all around it:

Of course, I would want cobblestone walkways in the midst of the blooms to welcome my guests:

And cute fanciful fences around my log cabin:

This quilt takes on a [...]

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Herein lies the TWIST to my…

… log cabin quilt!  The applique is finally completed (click here for previous post):

The swirl-iness seems to break up the “block-iness” of the log cabin blocks, giving it a swirly twist.  I like it!!  This quilt is scheduled to appear in the March 2010 issue of “The Quilter“:

And now, onto quilting it I go!  This [...]

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The Quilter Magazine – HOLIDAY ISSUE – Forever Christmas!

Good day, everyone! A special welcome to those who have stumbled on “Ivory Spring” through the Blogger Quilt Festival! I hope you enjoy your little visit here. Please leave me a comment so that I can visit you back.

The Special Holiday Issue of “The Quilter” is out! I have enjoyed browsing [...]

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Sheer Craziness

I thought I would be able to show you snippets of my Log Cabin quilt! I totally under-estimated the time needed to applique on the quilt top. In other words, I am running behind. But here are a couple of sneak peeks of my work in progress:

This quilt is due early next [...]

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Sweet Log Cabin

I have been making these log cabin blocks with some sweet fabrics!  They are from RJR’s Sweet Pea Collection.

This is a log cabin quilt with a slight twist (stay tuned).  It is scheduled for the March 2010 issue of “The Quilter”.

I am pleased that the piecing seems to be going much faster than I [...]

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