I don't feel the need to be acquiring quilt magazines and books like I used to. But. Sometimes books come along that you welcome into your sewing spot. Even if the girls that wrote these books weren't my friends, I would definitely buy these 2 books above. They are both full of great content and will be used over and over by me. My good friend Lori Holt's book Quilty Fun is full of new ideas for her row by row blocks quilt. I'm going to be
So it is Fall Quilt Market in Houston this week people. Quilt Market is always a big highlight for those of us that love fabric and quilt making. No. I won't be attending (it's ok, too busy anyway) but I always like to peek at tweets, blog posts, and Instagram photos to see what is happening. Fat Quarter Shop always has great tweets and photos (@fatquartershop). If you haven't heard Pam Kitty Morning has a new fabric line coming out with Holly of Lakehouse. It is called
My London 2013 really is coming along too slowly to suit me but I have to accept the pace I'm at these days. Slow and steady goes with my daily life. I don't often work with fusible applique and I mostly I hand stitch my applique blocks but this crown would be excruciating to hand applique I think. I'm really not good with the invisible polyester thread but it is a big improvement from the old stiff nylon thread I used years ago for machine applique. This Superior
Sale Alert! Fat Quarter Shop has some great sales right now. There is a select group of Pam Kitty Morning Lakehouse fabrics on sale. Wait for it....wait for it... 50% off. That doesn't happen all the time. I grabbed some basics from Pam's fabric while they last. These are some PKM fabrics that I have had in the past. I'm running low on these and they are such basic colors and patterns I use all the time. At that kind of a sale, I had to get more.
Not much progress on London 2012. But just a little. I Big Ben is finished. Fun and easy. I'm working on making a little castle. Maybe. I don't know if it will transfer into the pattern. But enjoyable to be creative with it.
-nanette
What would a London quilt be without the vintage egg cup? I think the shape is just so pleasing. It was just so much fun to look through my fabric and pick some cute fabrics for my egg cup collection. The cups are block construction and the eggs are applique. They went together really fast. I am happy with my little egg cups. I would never have time to set my table with real egg cups for breakfast but it is fun to make pretend on fabric.
I'm making very slow progress on my London 2013 quilt pattern. I'm enjoying making this fun quilt again but time is a factor this year. This is my double decker bus 2.0. I decided to try making it more traditional bus like in the front. But I think it ends up looking way to school bussy to me.
This is the bus block from London 2012. I'm unsure which bus I like more and what bus I will put in the finished pattern. I'm not done tweaking