What I am baking…
what I want to be when I am older
after all do any of us really ever grow up?
Friendship quilt along starts today
Barbara Brackman
http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/
Basic Grey
http://blog.basicgrey.com/
FEB 19th
Bonnie- Cotton Way
http://cottonway.blogspot.com/
Brigitte- Zen Chic
FEB 20th
Camille- Thimbleblossoms
http://www.camilleroskelley.typepad.com/
Deb Strain
Eric & Julie Comstock
FEB 21st
Jan Patek
http://janpatek.blogspot.com/
Joanna-Fig Tree
http://figtreequilts.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Jenn Ski
http://jennskistudio.blogspot.com/ |
FEB 22nd
Kaari-French General
http://frenchgeneral.blogspot.com/
Lynne-Kansas Troubles
http://kansastroublesquilters-lynne.blogspot.com/
Kate Spain
http://katespaindesigns.blogspot.com/
You have the weekend to rest or sew these blocks.
We hope you are having fun collecting all these quilt blocks.
FEB 25th
Kathy Schmitz
http://kathyschmitzstudio.blogspot.com/
Edyta- Laundry Basket
Lauren & Jessi Jung
FEB 26th
Lisa- Primitive Gatherings
Malka Dubrawsky
Me & My Sister
FEB 27th
Minick and Simpson
Pat Sloan
Sandy Gervais
Sweetwater
Stephanie Ryan
Vanessa Christenson
March 1st
The Cutting Table
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Quilter’s Save our Stories
Have you heard of Quilter’s SOS- Save Our Stories?
Quilter’s SOS is a part of the non- profit organization, Quilt Alliance is a nonprofit 501c3 organization established in 1993 Pretty powerful mission Mark Dunn, president of Moda fabrics is on the executive |
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you know how hard that is?
was in
was part of a friendship swap that I had
with my sister,
The quilt patten is a double Irish Chain and the only rule in the swap was we all had to use the same pink solid as the background. Each of us chose a different fabric to use as our setting fabric. As shown above, Angie choose a romantic floral by Concord fabrics. Those of you that have been quilting for over 25 years are sure to have owned a piece of this fabric.
Why did it take me so long to finish the quilt top? I would like to say that Angie’s boys were 6, 4 and 2 at the time so they probably were not interested in a pink floral quilt. Maybe it was to painful to work on, I don’t really know.
Kadence snuggling |
Kadence with the quilt. I think my sister would be thrilled
to know that her granddaughter owned
something she had made.
A few months later, Kirk sent me a picture he had found of Angie actually piecing this quilt top. Of course you can barely see the quilt pieces on that colorful bedspread.(so 80’s)
I will treasure the picture as it completes the circle on my Quilter’s S.O.S.
Alliance—that quilts and quiltmakers are an important part of American history
and deserve to be documented, preserved and shared in a permanent archive—please
become an Alliance member. Membership information can be found on their
website: http://www.quiltalliance.org/support/.
Thank you to Quilt Alliance-Alliance of American Quilts for letting me permanently document my story for future generations.
Blogger Girls Quilt Along 2
Thelma from Cupcakes ‘n Daisies ~ cupcakesndaisies.blogspot.com
Lissa from Moda Lissa ~ ModaLissa.blogspot.com
Denise from Quilter’s Window ~ Quilterswindow.com/blog/
Nicole from Sister’s Choice ~ sisterschoice.typepad.com
Lisa from Stashmaster ~ The-Stashmaster.blogspot.com
Color Me Super Excited
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In works
I wanted to post a picture of my cutting table with several projects in the works. What is it about the new year that makes me think I need to start a bunch of new projects?
The piles in no particular order are:
1. An opened back of chocolate drizzled kettle corn. I made it my personal mission over the holiday to sample every brand and flavor of kettle corn I could kind. My mission has lead me to an addiction for that sweet and salty stuff. (If any of my family members are in my sewing room while I am gone, please do me a favor and get rid of any remaining kettle corn in the house.)
2. A box of letters that my sister wrote in college some 28-30 years ago. I am working on scanning in all the letters and making them into books for her 3 sons. Many of these letters also talk about when she met and married their wonderful father. Letter writing is a lost art so theses glimpses into history are priceless to me and I know her sons will treasure them.
3. A pile of crap, I mean scraps in the corner.
4. Some small nine patch blocks ( just a few small ones right under the light) that will be part of a future post about strip piecing nine patches.
5. A nine patch quilt I am working on using Avalon by Fig Tree and a future line from Bonnie and Camille. I am loving the royal blue that is showing up in some lines now. If Pantone had contacted me I would have predicted some shade of royal blue to be the color of 2013. I guess I may be ahead of my time and Pantone will choose my choice for 2014. I certainly am buying any and all of royals that I can find. Love love love it.
6. My I spy hexagon quilt. It is a work in progress and will be a future post as well. QuiltJane makes the most adorable hexagons templates. I will be sharing more info with you. Don’t tell my kids but I think the first grand baby may get this quilt. Obviously no one is pregnant so there is no rush to finish it. Also a thanks to a few of my friends that have been sharing their small 2 1/2″ novelty prints for this project.
7. My blocks in progress for Open Gate’s quilt along BOM. Check back here on
Feb 1st to see the second set of blocks.
I am writing to you from my hotel room in Paris France. I know it sounds odd but we have zipped over here for a quick weekend to attend maison de objet show. I am traveling with moda’s designer director as she scours the globe for trends and colors. Maybe I will run into those Pantone people and mention by color pick for 2014.
I will give you an update on my trip and my cutting table projects next week.
Au revoir,
Modalissa
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