Tag: Miss Rosie’s

#APQquiltalong recap

March 24, 2014

Hello to all,

I wanted to share some APQquiltalong eye candy and thank my friends that did this virtual quiltalong with me.

Quilted by Natalia Bonner of Piece n Quilt
“Image from American Patchwork & Quilting® magazine.
©2013 Meredith Corporation. All rights reserved.”

Here is my quilt from American Patchwork and Quilting.

Miss Rosie greatness.


Amy Ellis From Amy’s Creative Side


Quilt Jane’s version. http://www.flickr.com/photos/quiltjane/


Kimberly Jolly’s version. http://fatquartershop.blogspot.com/2014/02/apqs-tone-it-down-quilt.html

Camille Roskelley


WOWSER !! http://lisabongean.com/2014/03/19/apq-quilt-along/

Another dark rich version by Jennifer Keltner

Sherri Mc Connell’s version using all American Jane.

Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill added applique

And here are a few more pics of other quilts I wanted to share.

Maggie Honeyman- machine quilt extraordinaire made and actually got to quilt her own quilt.

http://www.pinterest.com/thimbleanna/

SVETLANA’s version http://sotakhandmade.blogspot.com/2014/01/winter-wonderland-sewing.html

classic vintage by Lynda from NSW http://lyndainwonderland.blogspot.com/2014/01/catch-up.html

What is so amazing to me about quilting is that this is a classic Burgoyne surrounded block named after General John Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga in 1777. Nothing earth shattering about the pattern, it is a variation of Double Irish chain, yet the fabrics used make each version wonderful.

One more little bit of info. I wanted to show a snapshot of the pinterest board, #APQquiltalong. Follow me on Pinterest to see the actual board. There are many more versions to tempt you to make this quilt if you have not started yours yet.

Now that we have accomplished celebrating the General Burgoyne through this quiltalong, maybe we should move on to General Beauregard from Barbara Brackman’s Book, Facts & Fabrications-Unraveling the History of Quilts and Slavery.

No seriously, moda has so many great indigo’s coming, I may have found my perfect project.

Thank you following the quiltalong, as well as my blog.

Gratefully,

-modalissa

The April Parade

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April 2, 2012

I told you all how I was going to join in on the schnibbles parade. I was at the front of the parade maybe becasue my last name starts with a letter A or maybe becasuse Sherri was so sweet and didn’t want anyone to noitce what a knucklehead I am.

Sometimes sewing is mindless and you just sit down and start sewing the long line of chained pieces together. This is the part of the process that is so theraputic and MINDLESS, right?

Well I sent Sherri my pic and said, My quilt doesn’t look like a T, it looks like a mushroom.

I mindlessly sewed all my triangles on wrong side and created a completely different quilt.

Thank you Sherri for not pointing it out to the world!!

This is my quilt top.

This is quilt from Michelle at islandlifequilts.com and how the quilt is supposed to look.

I am going to try it again. Next month’s pattern is Summer Day.

Let’s see if I can successfully get this one right!!

Thanks Sherri and Sinta for still including my misfit quilt in the parade. Don’t tell Carrie or she will make fun of me.

Another bite of schnibbles book review

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October 18, 2011

The greatest thing about my job is that I get to work on projects in advance of their release date to the world. The bad thing about that is sometimes I don’t have much to blog about. Of course, this is no excuse for my lack of posts. I am also lucky because I happen to have a neighbor across the hall from me that is kind enough to show me all the new books and patterns streaming in. So to win back my loyal readers and anyone else that is bored to death, I am going to do a book review for the next several days starting with Carrie Nelson of Miss Rosie’s. Carrie’s newest book from That Patchwork Place has hit the stands. Carrie is such a talented wordsmith. Every project has a creative name and an entire story to go along with it. The wealth of information this one woman retains in her brain is amazing. Maybe she can come up with another word for amazing so all the dancers on dancing with the stars will have something else to say.
I would certainly want to be on her team during Trivia night.

Ruby by Bonnie and Camille is shipping to stores now so I thought I would show you the quilt made from a previous line of their fabrics. This quilt was made by an associate of mine Debbie Outlaw. (remember the chocolate cake in my birthday post?)

Not to brag but I also have a quilt in the book. (THANK YOU CARRIE!)
And I need to mention that Alicia Keys from Heirloom quilting did a super job quilting mine. Check out her work if you are looking for a machine quilter.
The best part of this is that I am going to give this book away to some who leaves a random comment. You must have a way for me to contact you. This will be short and sweet. I will draw the name by 6:00 am tomorrow morning. (Wednesday) A 24 hour giveaway.! Go for it and thanks for stopping by.

Miss Rosie’s Fan Club

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January 23, 2009

In all fairness to the recent post on the Jolly Jabber by Carrie Nelson of Miss Rosie’s fame, I felt I needed to explain myself. Yes I will admit that I did “nag” Carrie a bit to do 5″ charm patterns. Why? Well I thought it would be wonderful to line the halls of moda with small quilts documenting the fabric designers and their collections. My previous idea was just to make miniatures of the project sheets. Can you imagine the Portobello Market Project sheet in miniature? Well I couldn’t either. So selfishly I hounded Carrie for patterns.

I am the President of the Miss Rosie’s fan club. Not really, but should be. I am making every single one of her Schnibbles. I am bummed if I do not get a charm pack to make with the collection and have to substitute. However,it is cool to see the other colorways. I have started hoarding the patterns and charm packs. I slide the pattern in the wrapper of the charm pack until I am ready for it. What you don’t see in the picture is the stack of Schnibbles that are all cut and organized waiting to be sewn. I cut several out at a time when I am in the cutting mood. Then when I am in the sewing mood and don’t want to start something new, I pull one of these out. ( Boy, I sound like a moody person)

Much to my surprise I received a package during the Holidays. It was full of the original pincushions from Tuffets pincushion pattern. What a treasure! How did she know I had started a pin cushion collection?!

I know this is a life long goal to have made all of these quilts. I hate to admit that I am also making all of Pam Buda’s, Heartspun Quilts charm patterns. What an addiction, geez!

There are no Schnibbles lining the walls of moda yet. Someday!

I know all my buddies have already blogged about the new Moda Bake Shop blog , but I am also mentioning it. Kudos to Angela Yosten for working so hard on developing it. Thank you to Joanna, Camille, Monica, Laurie and Leigh Ann for getting us started with some fun projects. We have lots more coming. Feel free to leave me a comment on things you would like to see featured on the Moda Bake Shop.