Blogger's Quilt Festival Spring 2011 Edition

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to the Spring Edition of my friend Amy's Blogger's Quilt Festival!! I am doubly excited about this edition for several reasons...

1. I am once again a sponsor of the event and my online shop is giving away 2 -$20 Gift Certificates on Amy's site!!

2. Because I get to share my creations with you...

I know that recently I did post about this quilt, but I have to say that I really do love this one and hope you do too.

This is my Diamonds Down Under Quilt that I designed, made, and quilted for Quilt Magazine. It is in the current issue!! You can find it in my shop with just a few more kits available. You can also read more about it here.

Here is the entire quilt. One of the reasons I designed this one with these colors is because the fabrics just spoke to me. Australian Aboriginals and Kona Cotton Solids were used. I love bright saturated color and these did the trick. I also enjoy working with different shapes such as triangles and diamonds.

This is the photo that appears in the magazine. The rumpled teen room look.

Because I really liked how the quilt turned out, I made it into an iPhone case!! Click here to make your own one of a kind case for your gadgets.

Also, I thought I would share one more quilt with you...

This is the scrappy black and white Hunter's Star quilt that I made for my daughter for Christmas. You can read more about it here and here and here.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed the show!!

Until Next Time...

Blogger's Quilt Festival Spring 2011 Edition

I Have Made My Case... and Book Winner!

Hello Everyone,

I was so excited yesterday when a very small package came for me. I had first seen this here and them immediately clicked on the link in the post and went here to make my own!!

I love it!

My new case for my iPhone 4 is my quilt design, Diamonds Down Under. Not bad on the case. It is really simple to do too. You just upload and jpeg and make your own case. You can do it for iPhone, iPod Touch, or BlackBerry. Very, very cool!!

Not a bad rendition of the actual quilt either!!

If you want your own Diamonds Down under there are a few kits left in the shop. Just click here to make your own.

Now for our Quilter's Bible Book winner....

Thank you to all who entered, I wish all of you could have won a copy of this book... it is truly beautiful!! Anyway, the big winner is Staci from The Confused Quilter!!

Congratulations Staci!!

Until Next Time...

I Have Made My Case... and Book Winner!

Diamonds Down Under Revealed!!

Hello Everyone,

I can't tell you how much I have been bursting at the seams to show you this quilt. If you remember back in January I made this tutorial. Well, at the time I was making a quilt that I designed for Quilt Magazine.

The magazine is now out and you can find it in my shop here or on your local newsstands. I had fun designing this one with Australian Aboriginal fabrics and Kona Cotton Solids. Diamonds have always been a favorite of mine and I loved combining these colors to make a diamond zig zag quilt.

Here is a close up of the quilting that I did on the quilt.

Yup, that is me!! My friend Justine took the photo and did a great job. Thank you, Justine!! Although I don't think that I look any younger... LOL!

The quilt can be found in this issue...

and it is a quilt for intermediate quilters or those who are willing to give it a try. Remember you are working with diamonds.

So I had taken a bunch of photos, but my photos can't beat Quilt Magazine's photos, so I will show you theirs...

This is the first photo. They were going for the rumpled teen room look. I love it!!

This is the photo that is in the magazine. I forgot to load the full flat photo of the quilt, but you can see it by clicking here, as I am the exclusive source for the quilt kits to make this quilt. So come and check it out if you would like to give it a try, it is currently available in my shop!

I would love to know what you all think of this design and if you have ever worked with diamonds.

Also, I would love to hear what specialty quilting tools that you like too, but you need to come visit me on my Quilt Magazine Blog Post by clicking here. Leave me a comment there, I would love to know about your favorite quilting gadget.

Until Next Time...

Diamonds Down Under Revealed!!