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Hey All!–Thanks everyone for visiting my blog on the Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks tour.  I got to see a lot of familiar faces/names as well as many new faces/names.

The winner of the Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Magazine is comment #116:

Congrats Jill!–I’ve sent you an email.  For those of you who would also like to get this great magazine in your hands, it will be hitting stores by tommorrow.

In other news, I am finishing up the binding on a fun Quilt Market quilt I made over the weekend.  It’s totally unlike any other quilt I’ve made and it’s pretty cool.  This is a quilt for P&B Textiles using an upcoming fabric line Classical Elements.  Both the quilt and the fabric collection will be shared at Quilt Market and the quilt pattern will be offered as a free pattern on P&B’s website.  I’ll be sure to share more about the quilt when the pattern is available.

This fabric line ties in very well with the whole “Low Volume” thing you’ve been seeing popping up everywhere.

And lastly, in techy news–I’ve joined twitter(insert trumpet fanfare ha!).  As my husband can attest to, I am sooo not a tech lover but I do enjoy getting sneak peeks and seeing what’s going on in the fabric world via twitter–I’ve watched from afar for awhile & now I’ve joined up.

If any of you care to follow along you can find me @lmshabby.  And it would certainly help my morale to have more than 6 followers! =p

Happy Quilting!

In addition to Boxy Blooms,  I designed a 2nd quilt for P&B Textiles for fall quilt market.  I got to work with a super fun fabric line called Dottie’s Sweet Shop.  They are such fun fabrics!–I don’t very often work with these novelty type fabrics and it was a fun change of pace.

I especially loved these candy/text prints in the line.  I think these fabrics would make an absolutely adorable little girls dress!

And the polka dots were great to work with–I can see the aqua polka dot becoming somewhat of a staple in my fabric stash.  It’s such a pretty shade-more of a green/aqua instead of a blue/aqua.

I designed the quilt Taffy Toss to show off the fabrics in this collection.  It’s the perfect throw size for a sweet little girl.

The pattern is now available on P&B’s website here.  And, Hawthorne Threads is carrying the full line of Dottie’s Sweet Shop Fabric.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Boxy Blooms for P&B Textiles

I once again had the opportunity to work with P&B Textiles to design a couple quilts for their new fabric lines released at Quilt Market.

Breezy is a great line of fabric–full of painterly florals and great basics like polka dots and cross hatches.  Several of the fabrics are large scale florals which I really enjoyed working with.  I designed this quilt to showcase and take full advantage of the large splashy floral prints.

If you are looking for a quilt to display some larger scale prints, this design works very well.  You can find the free pattern here.

Here it is done up in Mama Said Sew by Sweetwater for Moda.  You can see how changing up the sashing/block border fabrics can really change up the design.

Boxy Blooms Quilt using Mama Said Sew Fabric

I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving Weekend!

Picture Courtesy of P&B Textiles

I have been working on a big project which is going to be keeping me very busy for the next several months.  However, I did want to pop in and share my Irish Dreams quilt design for P&B Textiles to showcase their Daydreams line of fabric.  This is another free pattern available on their website here.

This quilt, although it has a lot of 2″ pieces, it comes together somewhat quickly–I use the term somewhat rather loosely…although it does go quicker than you might think.  The quilt top is made up of 9 22″ triple irish chain blocks and then the borders….see, 9 blocks isn’t so bad, right! =)

Here it is pictured in Lilly Belle by Bari J. Ackerman for Art Gallery Fabrics.  I love this line of fabric and I am totally going to have to break down and purchase some!

I hope that you have all been able to enjoy the beginning of fall!

Today I’m sharing with you one of the most recent quilts I have designed for P&B Textiles, “Winter Solstice”.  I totally flaked on taking any pictures of my own, which I now wish I had so I’d have more pics to share with you!  When I receive fabrics for my quilts from P&B, time is truly of the essence and the quilt tops must be on their way back in as little time as possible…usually a day or two at most.

Winter Solstice Quilt using Marguerite & Marmalade Fabrics

My design features a Kaleidoscope quilt block and an alternate “9 patch block”(it’s not quite a 9 patch).  No curved piecing although it has the illusion of curves.

The free pattern is available in a large and small size.

The last two photos feature fabrics from Marguerite by Cindi Walker for Riley Blake & Marmalade by Bonnie & Camille for Moda.  The pattern works very well for showing off a limited color palette.  I was primarily working with blues/greys for the P&B quilt so I went with a high contrast design to show off the fabrics.

Hope your week is off to a great start!

Photo Courtesy of P&B Textiles

 Just wanted to let you know that my “Outside the Block” pattern as well as my “On Point” pattern are now available on P&B Textiles website.

Photo Courtesy of P&B Textiles

You will find Outside the Block here  & On Point here.  These quilts were so much fun to design.  And they are both perfect for showcasing both large and small prints.  Sometimes it’s a little bit tricky finding patterns that work well with larger scale prints–but, these are two patterns that will do the trick.

Picture Courtesy of P&B Textiles

I wasn’t lucky enough to attend Quilt Market this year–hopefully sometime though!  I did have a couple quilts I designed present though. =)  A month or so ago, P&B Textiles contacted me to see if I would be interested in designing quilts for them…it didn’t take me long to take them up on that offer!  I love designing and I love working with new fabrics.  The first quilt I designed used Color Weave which is a collection somewhat similiar to Moda’s Cross Weave fabrics only it is a printed fabric.  You might remember this stack of fabrics:

These are the fabrics I received in the mail from P&B.  It gives you a great idea of the colors and the look of texture these fabrics have.

After seeing the Color Weave scans I came up with this quilt:

Outside the Block Quilt

And here it is in the P&B Textiles Booth at Quilt Market!

My Outside the Block quilt on the Left

 I believe that the pattern will be available through P&B Textiles shortly.  It is a wonderfully simple pattern that comes together quickly and it perfect for showcasing larger scale prints.  I’ll let you know when it’s available!

I am happy to report that I have been drafted into the ranks of those busily preparing for quilt market. =)  No, not my own line of patterns…yet…but, I have designed a couple quilts for P&B Textiles which will be at quilt market this year…how fun!  That lovely stack of Color Weave fabrics arrived yesterday courtesy of P&B, and has since been whipped into a quilt top.

This little number was bound this past weekend and will soon be on it’s way to one of my new favorite magazines.  Oh how I love Bonnie and Camille’s Vintage Modern line of fabric….so fabulous!  And did you all see this:

Yes, indeed…it’s Bonnie & Camille’s line of fabric which will be debuting at quilt market in just a couple weeks.  It’ll be available for purchase this fall….I’m pretty sure I can’t wait that long…doesn’t someone going to quilt market want to take pity and pick some up for me…. =)

I’ve also added just a couple more items to my Etsy shop:

In between all of my other projects, one of my number one priorities is planning a 7 year birthday party for this gal:

May is totally going to zip on by!