Ready, Set, Go

Here are my leaves all ready anad waiting to be appliqued to a vine border. The fabrics are from Marcus Brothers new Civil War collection.

Free Pattern for Marcus Brothers Fabrics

What could be better than working with Marcus Brothers' fabrics? Here is a beginner friendly pattern I designed for them using fabrics from their Brandywine Flannel collection. You can download the free pattern at http://marcusfabrics.com/makeit/projects/brandywine_flannel_quilt/index.html

OOhhhh, Wildwood by Erin McMorris for Free Spirit

Pssstt. Here's just a little bitty sneak peek of a corner of the quilt I made from some of the fabrics in Erin McMorris's Wildwood collection. This group of fabrics is so fresh, funky, and fun! The quilt has simple piecing with a touch of applique in the borders, which seems to be my trademark lately. The gorgeous quilting was done by Lynn douglass of Lynn's Creative Stitches. She's a longarmer friend of mine here in Bakersfield. Look for the pattern to this quilt in the May 2010 issue of The Quilter Magazine.

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Free Quilt Pattern

Hoffman Fabrics is known not only for its Bali Batiks but for its innovative screen prints. Here's a free pattern I recently designed for Hoffman using the Seville collection. You can download the frre pattern from the Hoffman website at http://www.hoffmanfabrics.com/EDocs/Site10/Seville%20quilt%20pattern.pdf. The quilt is made with several half square triangles in an asymmetrical setting and it has a touch of applique.

Finished Pool Wall

Here's the final wall . . now on to the landscaping....

Our Pool's Quilt Wall

If you live in Bakersfield, CA life is easier in the summer if you have a pool. Our temps frequently reach over 100 degrees for several days in a row, so staying cool can be a challege. Oliver and I had a pool in our old house, but when we built out new house the pool decision was one decision too many. Then after a couple of years we just decided we could live without the pool. Well, toward the end of this past very hot summer we changed our minds. it was time for a pool, but we didn't want it to look like just a hole in the ground. Plus, I wanted to do something a little different, something colorful, and something a little quilty. A tile wall was in order. Hope you enjoy the pics of our wall construction. The tile guys were fabulous and had some fun too.