I don't know about you but I've had some problems with pictures and blogger lately. Last week was the worst and I even gave up and didn't do a Fabric Friday. Whatever the problem was it seems somewhat resolved but loading my photos isn't like it used to be, and hasn't been for a while. Moving on . . .
Last week I got a sweet package from Karen (Messy Karen Blog). I was a contender for Karen's giveaway and received a consolation prize. I was so happy to get it! I felt like the top winner.
First off look at the cute fabric Karen sent me. She knows I love kitchen fabric. I've never seen this one before. I see fussy cutting in the future here. It is quite darling. The main prize was Karen's little Wavy Wipes that she makes. I LOVE them. I want to collect them in all colors. There is something about the shape and size that just captures me. I let Allison play with mine for a moment before snatching it back. I can think of so many uses for it. Thank you again Karen. For now I'm just going to put it by my keyboard and enjoy looking at it.

When I went to Karen's blog I saw that she had made a block here with my new pattern! I love the colors and what she's doing with it. Karen you're fantastic. I can't tell you the joy it gives me to see someone else make something I designed. Wow. Your block is so incredibly pretty.

-nanette

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It is always a huge accomplishment to get a new quilt pattern completed. I'm really glad to say my pattern is ready. It will be for sale in quilt shops and by PDF download in my Etsy Shop.

My version, above, is very scrappy and I pulled from my stash to make this quilt but it is very Jelly Roll friendly. It would work for most Jelly Rolls with adding some background prints and greens for leaves.I also made a smaller version using my Lecien basics and Flower Sugar II. I actually think it would work as a baby quilt, too.
Here is the smaller version and it is 39"x 39". The pattern works up really quickly. I'm sure there will be a few errors but I'll fix those as they are spotted (most designers have mistakes here and there so that makes me always feel ok about that).

It was really fun to design and make this quilt. I love it.

-nanette

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I have some of the most incredible blog friends. Blogging makes me feel challenged and feeds my talent. The people I find through blogging are the finest. The rewards of blogging are felt in so many ways. And sometimes they can be seen and felt and admired....with thoughtful gifts.
Sarah of Sew Joy invited me to work with her on a placemat project a while back. It was fun to make placemats with Sarah and I was able to enlarge my circle of blog friends through Sarah. She sent me the sweetest thank you gift!
Sarah, you shouldn't have! But how sweet of you. Fruit fabric and jam. Yum to both. Thank you so much!
Barbie Jo of Cleo and Me is another great gal. We've been reading each other's blogs for a long time now. And Barbie sent me a gift, too!
I sure wish I could draw like Barbie. I admire that talent so much. Look at the cute cards, vintage kitty card and fabulous-darling vintage fabric! Yay. Love it Barbie. Thank you. (edited -wrong link, sometimes I'm a scatter brain)
Brandie of ABC blog is one more very special girl I've found through our blogs. I sent Brandie a bag kit from the giveaway during the Placemat Party on Sarah's blog. And then Brandie sent me this amazing bag that she made.
Bags are Brandie's specialty. I'm so excited to get a Brandie creation. Thank you so much! I love it.

I'm very lucky and blessed. Thanks again girls.

-nanette

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Last Tuesday was our monthly quilt meeting and I took some really pitiful photos. I started out okay and ended up with my battery dying and me using my iphone which equaled some not so hot photography.
Here is Paula, our leader this year, holding up the most darling bag.
This strip quilt is really cute. I think this is another good idea for those Moda Candy Bars.
Bonnie recently finished her "Going to Market" basket quilt. I love it. Of course.
Helen and one of her prize winning quilts.
Flora made this new quilt for her bedroom. It turned out lovely. Who wouldn't want this on their bed!
Flora also made this quilt from a Sandy Klop line that will soon be hitting stores. Cute.
Here is the famous Jill Finley. She is showing one of her newest patterns. I really love this one Jill. This would make a lovely quilt for a guest room I think.
Here is Lori showing us a "stash only " quilt she made for her soon to be daughter-in-law. Love those "free" type quilts.
We had a marvelous trunk show by Amy of American Quilting in Orem, Utah. Amy is a sweetheart and has a wonderful shop. Amy brought 3 of her daughters and her DIL (plus a baby grandson). None of my photos with the them turned out, sadly. But they were a great help to their mom. Amy is showing a block from a vintage quilt her grandmother made. Of course I loved it.
This is also a vintage quilt belonging to Amy. Love the fabrics. And Trip Around the World is one of my personal favorite patterns.
I'm so glad my camera lasted at least this long to get the vintage quilts Amy showed. Isn't this kitty in the pussy willows so incredibly cute!
Here we get into the iphone photos. Sorry. This is a beautiful quilt though.
This is a recreation quilt based on the vintage block in the frame that Amy showed above.
Amy's basket quilt.
Sorry you can't see these. These are 2 sunbonnet quilts. They are really fun.
This is one of Amy's block of the month quilts. Amy has more than 500 women that come to the shop to participate in her block of the month projects. Isn't that amazing. I adore Amy and she has great stuff going on with her own store and successful pattern company.

Quilt group was fun! Holy Cow it is August already now.

-nanette

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I'm trading my quilter Wendy by making a quilt top in exchange for machine quilting.Here is a little peek at my quilt, "Freda's Flowers". This is the quilt I'll be making for Wendy.
"Freda's Flowers" is jelly roll "friendly" so Wendy chose Chloe's Closet 1933 for her fabric. However, the jelly roll doesn't have enough greens or lights to make 30 blocks. So I'm supplementing them with my stash and I hope fabrics I pick compliment/match well enough for Wendy's quilt top.
These are the lights from the jelly roll. They are pretty busy so I hope they work out.
These are the lights from my stash that I'll use to supplement the jelly roll.
These medium and dark value strips from the jelly roll will work great. I won't need to supplement from my stash when using these.
The 1933 darks will be perfect for the flowers. Again, I don't need to supplement here either.
These are the greens in the jelly roll and there aren't nearly enough of these.
So I hope my greens above go okay. Ugh. That is a terrible representation of the green. They look rather sick in this photo. It is the greens I'm less confident about. I may have to cut more.

I really do like this 1933 line and I had several prints from the group in my stash. I just hope Wendy likes her flimsy when I'm done.

-nanette

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Everyone is doing it. All my friends are all making them. I feel like this is Jr. High and I must must must follow the crowd. Butterflies. Haven't you seen them just everywhere? Every time I see them on a blog I want to make them. So today I stopped the presses and made 3. I had to do it. You'll see 2 different sizes above. I used the PKM directions for the one on the right with help from Amy's tutorial. Then the ones on the left I made somewhat in my own size. And yes, the are slightly wonky (there, I said it) but they are supposed to be. And they are fun to make. But I can't lose my focus so I only allowed myself to play for so long. I have no idea what I'll do with them.

Back to my list of things to do. This is the latest block for the Jelly Roll Sampler. I can't say it was my favorite. It looks simple but putting it together was dealing with weird seaming. However, it turned out ok. It is slightly off kilter, but it is done. So squint a little when you look at it.

Check. And I'm up to date with that project.

-nanette

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Until I get some heavy duty pattern writing done my blog posts are going to be pretty darn slim. So today I'll show you pretty fabric sewn into pieces and parts of upcoming flowers.
Obviously these will be leaves.
And these little flying geese and 2 patch blocks are parts of flowers. I've used Lecien Dots, Flower Sugar II and some other floral fabrics I've accumulated. It is so fun using these beautiful fabrics.

Until next time!- nanette

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