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Feb
1
Florida teapots
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I was recently alerted by a quilter in Florida that she’d seen and purchased my book Teapots to Appliqué at the Quilt Shop of Deland and that the shop had a beautiful sample hanging. Of course I went to investigate. On the shop’s home page, about halfway down, there’s a slide show called “Tour Our [...]
Jul
16
Apple tea
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When I set up my booth for the Monterey show, I noticed that there was a little space beneath A Spot of Tea that could fit a single-row banner type of quilt.
I started thinking about what I could stitch up to go in that space. I looked back over the designs in Teapots 2 to [...]
Jun
22
Election tea set
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My wacky wonderful friend Cathy Perlmutter made an election year tea set! I can’t tell you how much I adore this combination of my brain and hers.
Cathy says, “I’m calling this Constant Comment. Nothing gets more comment these days than Obama.
“I picked your teapot with the top handle that looks like a question mark, [...]
Apr
14
I’ve been saving some great news to tell you. Always Quilting in San Mateo, California, is running a block-of-the-month program with Teapots 2 to Appliqué!
It was through their BOM with the original Teapots book that I got to know the shop’s owners, Kit and Julie. They contacted me with an emergency book order, and told [...]
Mar
29
Tea Garden
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Pam, you’ve done it again! Pam Crooks is one of the members of the small quilt group I’ve been stitching with for over 11 years. She’s a super-busy gal, working full-time and traveling for her position with a banking institution, plus participating in so many appliqué projects it could make your head spin. Yet she [...]
Mar
21
Oriental Teapot
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The next quilt I’m showing you from Teapots 2 to Appliqué is very cool. Verona Flint hand-appliquéd a beautiful batik teapot with a shimmery gold handle and spout on plain white fabric, and handed it back to me. When I looked at it I immediately started brainstorming on a setting to show it off. Something [...]
Mar
13
Pinwheels and Tea
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The last quilt I showed you from Teapots 2 to Appliqué was by Shannon (see the March 4 post). Now here’s one from her mom, Janet.
Janet and Shannon are mother-and-daughter quilters from Hollister, California.
I put these two quilts together on a page in Teapots 2 because I just loved how each piece reflected the [...]
Mar
9
Blue Willow
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ED NOTE: The teapot designs are from my book Teapots to Appliqué, but these blue willow teapots were made by Reeze Hanson of Morning Glory Designs. Please visit her blog for contact information with your questions about Blue Willow fabric.
Blue Willow was my mother’s china pattern. Whenever I see it, it brings back warm [...]
Mar
4
We all know the verse about the little “short and stout” teapot. My appliqué friend Shannon Wilkinson took some words from it and made the most adorable wall quilt with designs from Teapots 2.
Shannon used fusible machine appliqué for the teapot, the cups, and the letters. Too cute! This one appears in the book as [...]
Mar
1
My show and tell today is my new book, Teapots 2 to Appliqué!
Today is the official publication date, but I actually had the book in time for last weekend’s quilt show put on by my home guild. It’s so much fun having a new book and having all of my quilter friends come by to [...]