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Weekend Projects

January 14, 2012 By Anne 12 Comments

Do you have projects planned for this weekend? Seems like I’ve been waiting for a “free” weekend and now that it’s here I’m in heaven. I have so many projects I’ve wanted to get started on so I plan on sewing all weekend long. Speaking of sewing, it’s a great weekend to try a Scrappy Plate quilt block if you haven’t started yet. Once you make one, you’ll see how easy it is! Just go for it!

I’ve been working on the applique for my Scrappy Plate quilt, taking pictures as I go along so I can hopefully give you some tips next month. I don’t know which part I like better, the piecing or the applique. Click on over to my Flickr group if you want to get inspired!

So many of you emailed asking about kits for Scrappy Plates. Well guess what? Kimberly at Fat Quarter Shop has been searching for fabrics and she’s found all the fabrics I’ve used in my quilt. She’s put together a kit for you with the same polka dot fabrics and borders. You can find it by clicking on the link above.

New wool bundles…

If you love yummy wools, I’ve just added our own special bundles of Weeks Dye Works wools to our website. After we made these bundles everyone at Bunny Hill wanted one!

Say hello to our Autumn bundle…

…and hello to our Sorbet bundle.

I’d say it’s equally as yummy as Autumn!

You’ll find these bundles here on our website.

We’re still working on getting orders shipped from our sale. We ran out of Cosmo Multiwork Floss #4300 and Dresden templates but we’ve had them both on order. The templates just arrived and the floss should be here by the middle of next week. Thank you for your patience if you’ve ordered floss…I promise we’ll ship your order as soon as it arrives!

Have a great weekend everyone! Hopefully it’s filled with happy sewing!

Hugs,

Anne

Filed Under: Applique, Collections Tagged With: Applique, Bunny Hill Designs, Free, Free Patterns, Scrappy Plate Club, wool

Bunny Hill Scrappy Plate Club

January 5, 2012 By Anne 51 Comments

It’s time for my Bunny Hill Scrappy Plate Club! If you’ve always wanted to make a Dresden Plate quilt then you’re going to have so much fun! Every month for the next 6 months I’ll be sharing pictures, tutorials and directions to make a wonderful Dresden Plate quilt! You’ll have a completed quilt before the end of the year and have a great time along the way. It’s a chance to use your stash, meet new friends, get creative, and maybe win some prizes and treats. Are you ready?

First choose your fabrics! You’ll need 20 to 30 different fabrics for the “blades” of your plate so get over to your stash and start looking. I’m sure you’ll come up with fabrics if you think about it. Or, maybe it’s time to visit your local quilt shop and add some new fabrics. Nothing lifts the spirits like buying fabric and quilt shops will love you.

I’m personally addicted to dots so I pulled every polka dot I could find, cut them into 4″ strips and cut away with my Easy Dresden ruler! Once I got started I couldn’t stop. I’m sure I cut enough for two quilts I have so many left over but I wanted variety and variety I got! Dresden Art was created!

Each little piece became a Dresden blade like this!

See how easy it was?

Before I knew it I had Dresden blades I could stitch together!

And once they were stitched together…

I could make my first Dresden plate…

Oh my this is fun!

So join me in 2012 and make a Dresden Plate quilt! Think of the colors you can use! Try 30′s fabrics, civil war, batiks, florals…you get the idea. Just make sure you have lights, mediums and darks in your fabric assortment and you’ll be fine. You’ll find Part One of the directions on my “free” tab above. This is what you need to get you started and it includes a diagram of the finished quilt. Next month I’ll be back with Part Two so you have plenty of time to work on the first part. You can grab my little Scrappy Plate Logo for your blog if you’d like and be sure and join my Flickr Group so you can post your photos. I’m ready to stitch my first block down!

I’ll be back soon! Happy Scrappy Plates!

Anne

Filed Under: Bunny Hill Patterns, Designing Patterns, Quilt Design, Scrappy Plate Club Tagged With: Bunny Hill Scrappy Plate Quilt, Dresden Plate, Dresden Plate Quilt, Free Patterns, Scrappy Plate Club

Finishing up 2011

December 30, 2011 By Anne 23 Comments

Redwork Raining Cats & Dogs

This week we finally finished the new Redwork Raining Cats and Dogs pattern. What a great end to 2011. Say hello to redwork in 2012!

Just look at the fabulous quilting!

Have you ever wondered how to quilt a redwork quilt?

You quilt right through the embroidery! Most of the stitching will sink into the quilt and you’ll never see it.

You’ll find this pattern available now on my website but you might want to wait until January 5th if you’re thinking about buying it because…

A sale is coming!

And you get advance notice because you read my blog! Starting January 5th everything on my website, except the Pumpkin Pie quilt kits, will be on sale for 25% off if you have the coupon code. You’ll find this code in my newsletter that comes out on the 5th so make sure you’ve signed up (you’ll find the signup link under the slide show here on my website). Make a list of what you want now so you’ll be sure to get it. 25% off only happens twice a year at Bunny Hill!

Henrietta’s Getting Ready To Hibernate!

And remember to print and save the Henrietta Whiskers patterns by December 31st. Henrietta’s going into hibernation on New Year’s Day and she’ll no longer be offered as a free pattern. She’ll be back on the website soon as a full pattern for purchase.

Have a wonderful New Year everyone!

I’ll see you in 2012 :>) and I can’t wait!

Hugs,

Anne