Mar

7

March prize winner

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Vicki H. of Brigham City, Utah, is the winner for March among registered readers of the blog. Congratulations Vicki!
Vicki has won a copy of my Peekaboo pattern. Based on the traditional Peekaboo block from the 1930s, this intricate-looking quilt is deceptively easy to piece. Just two basic units make up the entire design!
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Aug

28

The Quilt Puppy Hearts Etsy

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I opened up an Etsy shop! From time to time I have quilts that are extra samples or retired designs, and Etsy is a great way to put those out there so they can move away from home for others to enjoy.

Visit my Etsy shop.
If you haven’t seen Etsy yet, hold on to your hats! [...]

Aug

17

African Animals

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Another Dog Cabin style quilt from Mary Fran! Apparently she had so much fun with the first one that she started right in on another!
Here’s the story behind the quilt, from Mary Fran. “This is the second quilt made from Dog Cabin. It was made for a high school friend’s grandchild. Sheila thought her daughter [...]

May

26

Lucky Borzoi

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Mary Fran Archer, one of the members of my quilt guild, mentioned to me that she had made a Dog Cabin quilt using my book. I begged her to send me pictures and tell me more about it. I was delighted to learn that her quilt was actually made in honor of some dogs!! Yay! [...]

Feb

8

Peekaboo gone wild

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My pal Janet Locey is teaching my Peekaboo pattern later this month. She made her version, and let’s just say, wow!
Janet started with a striking Kaffe Fassett print and pulled the other colors from there. Not only do we have some hot colors going on here, Janet reversed the values… she made the [...]

Dec

20

Dog Cabin quilt helps Collies

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Today’s post comes from a quilter in Sycamore, Illinois. Vicki with Collie Rescue of Greater illinois sent pictures of a fabulous lap quilt that she made using Dog Cabin: A Fast Fun Theme-Quilt Project.
“I found this adorable sable and white collie fabric years ago while on vacation in Colorado,” says Vicki. “I was waiting for [...]

Sep

10

A hot courtyard

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Robin West, owner of Round Robin Fabrics in Santa Cruz, California, picked out the colors for this version of Courtyard Squares that hangs in the shop. Wow! Robin’s always trying to “brighten me up.” It was fun sewing this vivid combination that’s outside my usual palette.

Round Robin is a fabulous quilt shop located not far [...]

May

1

Love at first peek

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Angie Murphy of Mound House, Nevada, contacted me in January to say that she had been searching the internet for my Peekaboo pattern. She said, “I am writing to you to tell you that when I first saw this quilt pattern, it was love at first sight. I just ordered it from you, and I [...]

Apr

8

Cherry Smash

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I had the opportunity to choose any fabrics I liked to make a shop sample for a Dog-Cabin style quilt. That was way fun!! I picked a fantastic cherry-berry fabric as the theme print and then added a mix of coordinating fabrics for the strips and piano-key border.

The quilt, Cherry Smash, came out so [...]

Apr

5

Lots of lollipops

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One of the patterns in In a Twinkle: Youthful Quilt Designs is Lollipops, Candy Bars & Jujubes. When I was working on it, Guin Jenanyan and Debra Hartman of Hollister, California, agreed to test the instructions. They got together for a marathon sewing session. Guin reported, “We really enjoyed making your pattern. We made 3 [...]

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