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Let’s re-color a quilt
Let’s face it, new fabric has a shelf life, and within a year, it can be challenging to find. What can you do when you find a quilt you want to make, but the fabric isn’t available anymore? I’ll show you! Cottontail Cottage is the perfect spring quilt, and it’s so much fun to stitch, but by now, the fabric is almost impossible to find. So, I went looking for a Moda fabric line with spring colors similar to Cottontail Cottage. Here’s my original quilt: With the help of the fabric guide inside the pattern, I selected Summer Sweet by Sherri & Chelsi, and then Sue and I set out…
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Vintage Treasures
We all seem to love those vintage treasures, especially when they happen to be quilts. Since many of us are working on our Dresden quilts I thought you might enjoy seeing pictures of a few vintage ones today. I was lucky enough to find this one on eBay last year for $28.00! My friend Nancy found this beauty in Sisters Oregon. I’m not sure what she paid for it but something tells me it was more than $28.00. It’s pieced with wool, silk and cotton, and embroidered with floss and yarn! Just look how sweet this one of Nancy’s is… Sometimes you can find unfinished blocks like these… …Or,…
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Behind the quilts
Have you seen these pictures? Design photos! When I design a quilt I take photos as I go along. Photos help me see the blocks in another dimension. It’s kind of like holding your work up to a mirror and looking at it in reverse. Try it and you’ll see what I mean. If something is wrong you should be able to spot it. Remember Yoyoville? I filled glass candy jars with my yoyo’s as I went along. It was fun to do and I fell in love with the look of the jars. When it came time to put them on the quilt I really had to force…
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I’m Thankful for…
I’m thankful for all of you this Thanksgiving day! Thank you to each and every one of you who read my blog and make my designs. I am so grateful to have you in my life. As I look back through photos you’ve sent over the past year, I’m amazed at what you do and how creative you are as quilters! Please enjoy these photos from 2009, A Tisket A Tasket! Enjoy even more photos on my Flickr group! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I can’t wait to see what you do with Snowbound! Hugs, Anne
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It’s October!
Christmas has arrived at Bunny Hill! Well, at least “The Night Before Christmas”! Did you know that this was the poem that changed the way we think of Santa Claus? “The Night Before Christmas” brought us Santa’s mode of transportation, how he looks and even the names of his reindeer! Clement Moore originally wrote it for his children! Imagine having a father who could write poems like this! And now almost 200 years later it’s still a universal poem that children love to hear! So many variations of this poem have been published over the ages. Hard to know exactly what the original poem was. One thing for sure; Santa’s bag…
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What on earth is a critter?
Hummm what kind of critter do you think I might have on my new Christmas quilt? Could it be a possum with her babies? Or how about a camel? Or a tiger might be nice! Truth is some of you have already guessed it! You’re so smart and you know who you are! Here’s a “little” hint just in case you haven’t gotten that email from me yet. Critter… what do you consider a critter? Hope you enjoy these wonderful drawings from my Grand-daughter Michaela. She’s an artist in the making! Back soon, Anne