I was fortunate to have 3 designs published in a new book, Sew Special Fat Quarter Gifts published by House of White Birches. As the title suggests, all projects in the book were made with fat quarters (fabric cuts that a fat 1/4 yard).
My projects were varied in style, an apron, decorative towels and a Christmas quilted table runner.
The apron is made in a patchwork style with black and white fabrics. I just love how popular aprons are and all the different styles.
I designed the decorative hand towels using embellishments of beads, rick rack, and applique.
The quilted Christmas table runner is decorated with appliqued poinsettias and bead trim.
Last night I drew the names for the winners of cuts of the Meow Meow cat fabrics from Quilting Treasures and congratulations go to the winners below. They also have quilt blogs so click on their name to see their blogs.
The winners from commenting on my on Quilting Gallery guest blog –
February is guest blogging month on Quilting Gallery and I was delighted to be selected for a guest blog. I would love for you to read my blog where I discuss my love of quilts and fabrics and how I started my career in designing.
I am also offering some freebies – cuts from my Meow Meow fabric collection by Quilting Treasures. I will select 2 people who make a comment on this blog or on my guest blog on Quilting Gallery to receive these free fabric cuts. ALSO, I will be selecting 1 person to receive free Meow Meow fabric cuts from those that sign up for my newsletter. The deadline is March 9 and I will announce the winners here. Be sure to post your email address so I can contact you.
I recently received the March issue of Sewing Savvy magazine. I was delighted to see the article featuring the Blooming Flowers Jewelry Roll and Makeup Bag that I designed and wanted to share it with you.
These are easy to make and feature embellishment with beads and applique. I also provided instructions to adjust the sizes of the bags. This issue is filled with wonderful sewing projects.
I love this site. On Tipnuts.com you can find tips on everything you need on this one site – recipes, cleaning, instructions, patterns……… This site has links for cooking, DIY and craft, sewing, quilting, household tips, etc. Its a great site to put in your favorites, or do like I did and sign up to receive their latest tips, projects and creative ideas.
Hummm, I just watched a video on this site that tells how to make dusting easier. I hate dusting so I’m going to try some of these tips as they will save the time I spend on doing something I dislike. Now, I just have to pencil in some dusting time on my calendar.
And I want to thank Tipnuts.com for posting a link to my free apron pattern here on my blog.
I’m running a little behind in posting this since Valentine’s Day was a week ago. But I wanted to show you this Valentine Day Table runner that I designed for Quilter’s World magazine.
This is a project that you can plan for next year for Valentine’s Day , or use year round with color changes to match your decor. Hearts are great for any day of the year!
The weather was beautiful during the International Quilt Market in Houston so if felt good to walk through the new Discovery Green Park across the street from the George Brown Convention Center.
As I walked through the park on Sunday, I saw the funkiest golf cart. It has been created by a high school for an entry into a motorized parade and then donated to the park. Decorated with dragons, sequins and pearls, it was a crowd stopper!
After a invigorating trip to Quilt Market and then a couple other trips, I’m back home creating new art. My new fabrics, Its a Dog’s Life will be released soon. I am waiting some samples so that I can start sewing with it and give you a free pattern!
When walking International Quilt market, there is so much eye candy to grab my attention. This dress in the booth of Coats and Clark really jumped out at me just from the sheer beauty. (My picture doesn’t do it justice). This dress is befitting the dreams of a fairy princess!
The dress was an award winner in the Bernina Fashion show last year. The fabric was all sheer and machine emellished with Coats Dual Duty XP threads which you can see in the detail closeup.
In addition, crystals were added in the back. The construction of the skirt was really unique with streamers of fabric sewed at the waist, with the edges slightly overlapping and sewn around the bodice in several layers.
Below are more wonderful quilts from the quilt exhibits. (If you missed my earlier post with some quilts, check back a couple of posts to view them.)
Cynthia St. Charles from Montana designed this quilt of a Village. I love the colors!
Another fabulous quilt with wonderful colors, this one was designed by Carol Taylor of NY.
Pat Watson of Victoria, BC Canada designed this quilt.
This quilt by Katie Williams of Colorado was an award winner.
All of the quilts above have such wonderful colors. These were just a sampling of the quilts exhibited at International Quilt Market and they all were wonderful.
I have one more article I want to post from Quilt Market – but its something fun, unique and whimsical that I saw outside the market in the park
The quilt designs are copyrighted by the quilt designers. The photo’s are copyrighted and cannot be used without the permission of Phyllis Dobbs.
I have some special treats from International Quilt Market. Although it was close to Halloween, these treats are not the “trick or treat” kind. They are simply treats to enjoy!
I visited with my friend, Anna Marie Horner, who designs fabrics for Free Spirit. Anna had some exciting news. She is expecting a new little one. And while she was at Quilt Market, she received more exciting news. Her booth won “best booth” for the 2nd time in a row. Gee, Anna, you are really a superwoman!
Gina Halladay is the owner of Threaded Pear, a pattern company and is in her beautiful booth. In addition, she is the author of the fabulous blog, Quilter’s Buzz. Gina also had some good news. She has purchased a quilt shop, so in addition to her blog, a machine quilting dealership and pattern company, she will have a retail shop. I think Gina qualifies as another superwoman.
And in addition to old friends, I met up with a new friend who I met through Twitter. Lani Padilla owns thequiltshope.net, an online quilt shop. Its fun to meet a Twitter friend in person! (along with her hubby, Sam!)
While walking the show, I saw the most beautiful flowers – the large fabric flowers that were across the top front of the booth of Daisy & Dell. The flowers were a really neat display. Daisy & Dell is a pattern company from Cypress, TX owed by Pat Bruce. I love flowers and the fact that these were fabric instead of real, means that they live forever.
Although I don’t have pictures, it was fabulous to spend time with my wonderful friends, Brenda Pinnick and Vicky Schreiner. Spending time with friends makes the shows even more special.
I still have more to show from Quilt Market – check backfor more gorgeous exhibit quilts.
The International Quilt Market and Quilt Festival in Houston always has a huge exhibit of exciting quilts made all over the world for various quilt challenges and exhibits. I took bunches of pictures and want to show you a some of my many favorites, starting with a few today.
This is a gorgeous quilt of pumpkins by Lauren Strach. I loved the color and the whimsy of it.
Bodil Gardner from Demark created this whimsical quilt. The women are a delight!
This quilt by David Taylor of Steamboat Springs, CO, was simply amazing. I just had to show you the detail involved with the piecing and tight quilting. And what a twinkle in the chick’s eye!
Patricia R. Charity from California created this gorgeous quilt of a vinyard. The bottom edge with tassels added to its charm.
This quilt by Linda Beach of Ketchikan, Alaska caught my eye and brought back wonderful memories. I was on an Alaskan cruise in May and visited Ketchikan.
I still have lots more to show you from Quilt Market so please check back!
The copyright to these unique and special quilts belong to the individual quilt designers. The photos are copyrighted and cannot be used without permission of Phyllis Dobbs.
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