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April prize winner

Kay — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:19:42 +0000

Diane D. of Lancaster, New York, is the winner for April among registered readers of the blog. Congratulations Diane! She is receiving a copy of my Peekaboo pattern.

You may have noticed that the Quilt Puppy Show & Tell Center has been rechristened Kay’s Show & Tell Center. Now that I have a book from That Patchwork Place, I want to show off projects from all of my designs! When you make something, please go to the Submit Your Project page and send me your Show & Tell!

Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs

March prize winner

Kay — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:27:34 +0000

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!

Peekaboo

Enjoy!

If you register you can be eligible for the monthly prize drawings too. See the left-hand sidebar.

Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs

A quilt show weekend

Kay — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:49:38 +0000

Last weekend was my home guild’s quilt show, The Pajaro Valley Quilt Association’s 31st annual. I look forward to this so much every year… it seems like I have a smile on my face all weekend! It’s a chance to give greetings and hugs to friends and acquaintances and to show off all of my latest projects in my cozy booth. We had rain on Sunday but that does not deter quilters! They came, damp but enthusiastic.

I was in great company. My neighbor on one side was another local resident, renowned quilt artist and teacher Vicki L. Johnson, author of Paint and Patches and many articles in magazines.

Vicki knows all about painting on fabric. Here she is with her gallery of exquisite art quilts plus hand-painted fabrics, notecards, and painting supplies.

Here’s my booth with my new laptop set up to show how the CD for Easy Appliqué Blocks works. This also gives you a sneak peek of some of the projects shown in the book’s “Little Gallery of Ideas” for inspiration. (I made the Four Roses wall quilt after the book went to press.)

You can also see my Peekaboo quilt which is a stand-alone pattern, and my quilt Home: A Heartfelt Nap Quilt, which has a pattern booklet.

My neighbor on the other side was another guild member, Tracey Brookshier. That’s Tracey on the left, with a fellow designer. Have you heard of a little pattern called Bento Box? That’s Tracey’s pattern, one of the best-sellers for a long time now. You can see one peeking out on the left-hand side of the photo. Tracey has oodles of other fabulous patterns as well, and a flair for the Asian.

Sigh. Another whole year until our next show.

Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs

October prize winner

Kay — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:08:24 +0000

You may have noticed in the left-hand sidebar that you can now register
to become eligible for monthly prize drawings. The October winner is Pam W. of Cleveland, Tennessee.

Pam will receive a copy of my book A Merry Little Christmas to Appliqué as well a my Peekaboo quilt pattern.

A Merry Little Christmas to Appliqué

Peekaboo

I’ll be holding drawings every month, so if you register you can be eligible too!

Note that registering is separate from subscribing. Registering is just a way of entering for the drawings. You can register at my All About Appliqué blog too and have twice as many chances to win a prize!

Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs

Peekaboo gone wild

Kay — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:41:35 +0000

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 light areas dark and the dark areas light.

Tracey Brookshier of Brookshier Design Studio, who publishes this pattern, loves Janet’s wild colors so much that she’s thinking about putting it on the cover!

Here’s my version, in comparison.

Whichever way you like it, this is a great beginner quilt. It may look intricate, but there’s only two sewn units, the square-in-square and the rail fence. Then it’s all in how you set them!

Janet’s class is on February 18 at Cabrillo Sewing Center in Capitola, California.

Until next time,
Kay

Love at first peek

Kay — Tue, 01 May 2007 23:57:42 +0000

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 can’t wait to begin!”

Well, she wasn’t kidding. In February, she wrote again. “If you recall,” she began, “I was terribly excited about starting it. I have finished the top, and was considering waiting until it was quilted and finished with the binding before sending a picture to you, but I was too excited.”

Here’s Angie’s Peekaboo. I was terribly excited to see her fantastic version! Her fabrics really pop the tile effect.

The design is based on the traditional Peekaboo block from the 1930s. This shot shows the block, in the corner.

Here’s a closeup of the alternate square.
This quilt may be intricate-looking, but in fact it’s so easy to piece. There are just two units in the entire quilt, the square-in-square and rail-fence. Then it’s all in how you set them, in coordination with unpieced rectangles, that makes the overall pattern.

The square-in-square units are made oversized, then trimmed. Angie and I agree that this trimming step is not the most fun part after awhile. Still, it makes them come out just right, and greatly aids the construction process. So… sew a little, trim a little, sew a little, trim a little… that helps!

Thanks, Angie, for letting me show your quilt. I love it, and your enthusiasm! Can’t wait to see that patriotic version.