Quilt Design

Happy 4th!!!

July 3, 2011 By Anne 15 Comments

Happy 4th of July everyone! Henrietta’s here a day early to help us celebrate. I hope you have a bit of time this weekend to get started on block seven. Two more blocks to go and then we’ll be onto the borders! We’re so close to finishing!

Be sure to click on the “Sewing with Kids” tab at the top if you have a little free time this weekend to spend with your child. The first project is up along with some suggestions on how to teach kids to use the sewing machine. If you have a child or a grandchild who wants to sew this is going to be so much fun! When you see this button in a blog post you’ll know I’ve posted another project.

If you’ve read about my husband’s fishing expedition I have GOOD news. Saturday was a CATCH SALMON day and he’s coming home with 45 lbs. Thank you Canada for making him so happy! Tired…but happy. They also flew the salmon back to the airport for him. He flew by helicopter, but I think the Salmon went first class. It was waiting in customs.

Have a wonderful 4th of July!

Hugs,

Anne

Filed Under: Applique, Bunny Hill Patterns, Quilt Design Tagged With: Anne Sutton, Applique, Henrietta Whiskers, Sewing with Kids

How many people does it take to make a quilt?

June 17, 2011 By Anne 26 Comments

In the case of Raining Cats & Dogs it took 13 people to finally get the pattern ready to ship! I’m sending BIG hugs and a thank you to everyone who helped me with this quilt: To my husband who’s spent days listening to me go on and on about how it might never get done, to Lissa at Moda who worked miracles in getting me fabric, to Lisa who spent hours helping me with all the graphics, to Anne, Dee, Tina, Sandy, Melissa, and Pauline who helped with the sewing, applique and embroidery in record time, to Lynne who worked wonders with her fabulous quilting, to Florence who’s spent hours preparing this pattern for print, to Nancy who’s proofed it with her magical red pen, to Greg who photographed it with his artistic skills, and finally to Karl who will collate and package this pattern for me next week!

Did you ever imagine it could take so many people? I couldn’t have done it without them!

This pattern will be ready to ship next week! Here are some closeups of the blocks…finally!

Look at the little hearts that Lynne quilted in-between the dogs in Block One!

Block Two

Block Three

Block Four

Block Five

Block Six

Block Seven

Block Eight

Block Nine

and last but not least Block Ten!

When this patterns arrives at my door next week I’ll say thank you again to each and everyone who worked on it!

(Oops…14 people if you count me!)

Hugs,

Anne :>)

Filed Under: Applique, Bunny Hill Patterns, Designing Patterns, Quilt Design Tagged With: Anne Sutton, Applique, Block of the Month, Bunny Hill Designs, Cats, Dogs, Raining Cats and Dogs

Don’t you love Friday?

June 3, 2011 By Anne 14 Comments

I love Friday don’t you? I’m especially happy this Friday because my new block of the month, Raining Cats and Dogs just arrived at my quilter’s house! She’ll work her magic and by next week I’ll be binding and sewing on embellishments. I just can’t wait to show you the finished quilt! New patterns are coming very soon!

To keep you all happy while I finish up the patterns it’s time to give away some fabric bundles and jelly rolls! Thank you to everyone who left a comment. I love my blog readers and six of you are going to have a very lucky Friday! Ready? If you see your name below email me at info@bunnyhilldesigns.com and give me your shipping information. You could be sewing with some Puttin’ on the Ritz very soon!

Pink winners:

Kim S who wrote on May 31st: “Pink, definitely always eternally the pink”!

Jeneen who wrote on June 2nd: Love them all but the pink is catching my eye. Have two grand-babies on the way and hoping one is a girl…”

Blue winners:

Carol H who wrote on May 31st: “The blue, I am wanting to make a baby quilt for a little boy arriving in Sept.”

Linda who wrote on June 1: “Congratulations on your new Granddaughter! Now, which colour have I been dreaming about…I would have to say the blue…”

Gray winners:

Kathy Rexach who wrote on May 31: “How could I possibly choose? They are all so beautiful but if I had to pick, it would be the gray.”

Jamie who wrote on June 1st: “I’m dying to do something with the grey…”

Congratulations to the winners! I’m lucky that Moda bundles my fabric by color! There’s more of it to go around and you can pick your favorites!

I’ll be back in a few days with the next Henrietta Whiskers block! Have a great weekend everyone!

Hugs,

Anne

Filed Under: Quilt Design Tagged With: Raining Cats and Dogs

Spring Quilt Market 2011

May 16, 2011 By Anne 24 Comments

Oh my goodness, what a whirlwind the last week has been. I met so many wonderful people and saw so many beautiful quilts. I’m in awe of it all! Hugs, hugs, and more hugs; I think that’s what quilt market is about! Salt Lake City I miss you already, but I have to say it feels good to be home. The greeting committee that met me at the front door today made sure I was covered in wet sloppy kisses in no time at all. I got a hug and a kiss from my husband too, but there’s nothing like dog kisses mixed with a little cat fur!

Speaking of dogs and cats, I can finally show you REAL pictures of my newest block of the month Raining Cats and Dogs! This is the first market I’ve attended without a complete block of the month! I have to say it felt really strange. I wanted so much to show it off, but we do what we have to do. Fabric arrived very late and for some of the fabrics is was a miracle they arrived at all! I brought along as much of the quilt as I could to quilt market and gave out promises that the end result would be worth the wait.

Take a close-up look at these blocks and picture them quilted with embellishments added. Picture little button door knobs and button trimmed collars! I’m loving working on this quilt and I hope you will too!

Plaids, stripes and dots are perfect for cats and dogs! If I counted right there are 21 cats and dogs on the quilt and a few umbrellas too…

…along with a kitty hotel…

…and of course I didn’t leave out the dogs! They have a four star hotel complete with spa and gym!

You’ll see kittens playing in the vines…

…and playing in the catnip too!

I’ll be putting this quilt together this week and I’ll show you more photos as I do. Then it’s off to the quilter for Raining Cats and Dogs and before you know it the real quilt will be ready! A few wonderful quilt shops are starting to show the virtual picture and are taking sign-ups. Don’t miss out because the fabric is limited. You’ll see the quilt on my blog as I work along. I hope you love what’s to come!

I’ve missed you all! I’ll be back to my regular blogging this week and I’ll tell you all about market. I have lots of photos to share with you! I can’t wait!

Hugs,

Anne