What’s New!

 

I have been a very bad blogger lately.  It’s less than two weeks until quilt market, so I’ve been busy trying to get everything finished in time.  That means unnecessary things like cleaning, cooking, sleeping and blogging don’t get done!  I wanted to take a time out today to start showing you a few things from the new book.

Here’s the cover ~

Yes, it’s a follow-up to our popular book “Living Large.”  I have made every quilt in that book 3 or 4 times.  I am still collecting large-scale prints, so I decided I needed a little variety and should design a new collection of quilts for large-scale prints.  As you may have heard me mention before, large-scale fabrics require a special pattern – one that doesn’t cut the fabric up into tiny pieces, but shows off the fabric!

My favorite quilt always makes the cover.  Here’s a better shot at that cover quilt, called “Spaghetti Junction:

I had a hard time picking a favorite, as this quilt was also in the running:

This pattern is called Hip to {NOT} Be Square.  These fabrics are so fun – they are from the Summertime collection by Barbara Jones (Henry Glass and Co).  This picture shows a close-up of the yummy fabrics and the machine quilting.  (My husband pointed out that it looks like I am using stolen library books as a prop.  They are actually bought and paid for.  As a kid the summer library sale was always one of my favorite days of the year.  I got to fill my wagon with all the books I wanted for only 10 cents each.)

The next quilt up is Simple Gifts – a simple quilt that can be whipped up in just a few hours.

I had so much fun machine quilting this one.  The design in the cream blocks was one that I hadn’t tried before, so it’s always fun to try something new.

The fabric is so happy – it’s called “Hoot” by Momo (Moda)

The next design is called Patchwork Posies.

I made this quilt last fall.  After quilting it, I took it outside to photograph it and this beautiful tree helped me out.  I think this tree and quilt were made for each other!  I ended up not using this photo in the book, because if you look closely the binding isn’t on.  By the time I got the binding done, the tree had lots all it’s leaves.

But these colors  . . . . .

The fabric is Bloom and Grow by Riley Blake.

I am going to save the rest of the quilts for another day, before this post gets too long.  There are 9 designs in the book and a total of 24 size options to choose from.   The book will retail for $16 and should be appearing in stores next week.  As is tradition on my blog, I always give away the first copy of the new book, so leave a comment to be entered to win.  I’ll post the rest of the quilts next week and give you a second chance to enter for another copy of the book.  click here to see the rest of the quilts)

Please note this drawing is now closed.  5-9-11