“When this you see…

…please remember me” is a saying seen on some antique samplers invoking the loving memory of the stitcher who lovingly stitched a piece of needlework and gifted that work to someone special. It is officially OFFICIAL this week! The Quilter’s November 2010 issue hits the newsstands tomorrow on the 14th. Think of me when you see copies of this magazine displayed at the stores, would you? :)

To date, having a cover quilt is the biggest tribute I could give to my quilting teacher Barbara. Without her encouragement from day one, I would not even dream of doing what I do in this season of my life. So, in my mind, she is right there on the cover too.

RJR Fabric Company, Aurifil and Hobbs also made the cover. The quilt was made using RJR’s Autumn into Winter fabric, quilted over Hobb’s Tuscany silk batt with Aurifil’s Mako 50 Cotton threads. Thanks a gabazillion to these wonderful companies for making quality products that make me sing with delight! A special recognition goes to Rogers Sewing Center – my sewing mother ship. I have met the most wonderful people there.

Many many thanks to my friends (including you, my bloggy friends) and family (my sister is officially my biggest fan) who have encouraged me. Your encouragement has helped propel me along in this quilting journey. THANKS to those who write me emails and comment on my blog late in the night. Hearing from you while I am burning the midnight oil helps me stay awake. And believe me, I have had quite a few of those oil-burning nights in the last couple of months.

Kudos to the editorial staff at The Quilter. They are wonderful to work with, AND they always do a great job putting out their magazines.

[Picture from http://www.thequiltermag.com]

My greatest thanks to my Creator and Redeemer who has made everything beautiful in his time (Ecclesiastes 3:11a), and for making the autumn season simply GLORIOUS with the colors depicted in my “Scattered Leaves” quilt!

I will have more pictures of the quilt to show you tomorrow. Remember to come back, k? I’ve gotta run! See you later.

Fruit Of The Vine in THE QUILTER (October/November 2010)

So I was going to take pictures of my “Fruit of the Vine” quilt outdoors, and it rained on me. I am not complaining because we need the rain. Anyway, I am very happy that “Fruit of the Vine” is featured in the latest issue of The Quilter:

I had to make 135 circles fruits for this quilt. I thought I would never get done while I was working on the circles.

Fabrics for this quilt are from Benartex’s Sew Chick collection. The little chicks are just too adorable! Somehow it’s hard to imagine chick-related fabrics would turn into a fruit-and-vine themed quilt. But that’s the fun part of quilting – sometimes playing with fabrics inspires quilters to come up with something totally unexpected:

As usual, due to time constraint, I didn’t have time to mark the quilt prior to quilting. Quilting was done free-motion, unmarked and free-hand using YLI Silk 100 thread (color 239) over Hobbs‘ Tuscany Silk Batt.

Again, the quilting is done on my domestic home machine. I want to encourage all the other home machine quilters out there that it is possible to quilt on your home machine! :)

I really like how it was photographed for the magazine. I was especially excited about the photographer capturing the quilting:

[Picture from http://www.thequiltermag.com]

Ever since I got the quilt back from the editor, Miss Baby has enjoyed pointing at and counting the fruit. Well, she does the pointing, and I do the counting.

Instructions to make the quilt are found in the October/November 2010 issue of The Quilter. Kits are also available from Quakertown Quilts.

Thanks again for stopping by. I always enjoy your visits and comments. Have a wonderful day.

Sneak peeks of my quilts in The Quilter (Oct/Nov 2010)

I have been checking The Quilter’s website daily to see if they posted quilt pictures for their latest issue… and they are UP today! Two of my quilts are featured in the issue.

[Picture from http://www.thequiltermag.com]

[Picture from http://www.thequiltermag.com]

I will be posting more detailed pictures of these quilts in a few days. I think I am going to venture taking the pictures of my quilts outdoors. I have never done that before – so I would like to try that. Meanwhile, click here if you are interested in purchasing kits to duplicate the quilts.

I still owe the editor of The Quilter a few quilts – so I am going back to work on getting the quilts to her. Thanks for stopping by. Have a lovely day!