Scrappy Plate Club

Scrappy Plates

April 4, 2012 By Anne

If you’ve followed along you should have your Scrappy Plate Quilt almost finished! Can you believe how easy it was? I’ve wanted to make a Dresden quilt forever and I’ve put it off because it looked like so much work. Once I tried the Dresden ruler I knew I was hooked. The ruler really makes it easy! I hope you’ve all had a wonderful time making your own quilt. Will you add a scallop or keep the border plain? Decisions, decisions! You’ll find the pattern for the scallop by clicking here Scrappy Plates Part Four!

To all of my readers who suggested books to read in my last post, THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I was so excited to read all of your comments and I now have a book list a mile long! So that you’ll also be able to refer back to the “share your reads” blog post, I’ve started a new category on my side bar called “Books To Read”. You’ll find the post there.

So what book did I decide to start with? I chose the “In Death” series by J.D. Robb that so many of you suggested. I’m loving the first book in the series and can’t wait for more. Thanks to you so many books are calling my name. :>)

Hope all of you are having a great week.

Hugs,

Anne

Wool & Dresdens

March 21, 2012 By Anne

If you’re attending the Paducah Quilt Show next month be sure and search for Karolyn Reker’s version of YoYoville. She “fussy cut” little critters for the windows and doors of the houses on the border! Look how cute these are! I haven’t seen all the critters yet so I’m counting on you to take photos for me if you’re going to the show. Think of the fun Karolyn had searching for all the critter fabrics!

Our “Bunny Hill” Kim amazed us yesterday with more of her Dresden blocks. She used wool for the centers and machine appliqued the entire block. She widened the stitch width a little when she came to the wool centers.

Her work is perfect and you’ll be seeing it on some of the new Bunny Hill quilts very soon. I love the wool centers don’t you?

For those of you working on our Pumpkin Pie quilt, we’ve added a Kimono Silk Thread Kit. It has all the colors you’ll need to applique the quilt by hand or machine.

Enjoy your week. I’ll be back as soon as I can :>)

Filed Under: Applique, Inspirations Tagged With: Applique, Bunny Hill Designs, Scrappy Plate Club, Wool applique

Scrappy Plates Part Three

March 4, 2012 By Anne

If you’re making a Scrappy Plate Quilt, part three is ready to download. Just think, by next month you could have a finished quilt. Some are starting to show up on my Flickr group.

Scrappy Plate Instructions Part Three

My own Scrappy Plate quilt just came back from Lynne my quilter and just look the quilting!

Don’t you love the quilting? If you look at the last photo you can see a bit of the scallop line traced with a water erasable marker and the border quilting. I’ll show you more as soon as the binding is on.

If you don’t want a scalloped border you can complete your quilt now. If you can’t decide, wait until next month and I’ll give you the pattern and directions. A scallop border is perfect for 30′s fabrics, floral fabrics or dots. It might not look good with darker fabrics that have that rich civil war style. Decisions, decisions!

Fabric Placement Guide for Merry Merry Snowmen:

Some of you have called asking for help with the fabric placement for Merry, Merry Snowmen. Anytime we get more than one call or email I know others probably need help too, so it’s Bunny Hill to the rescue! I’ve added a fabric placement guide that lists all of the applique and background fabrics. Just print it out and you’ll be ready to go!

Merry Merry Snowmen Fabric Placement Guide

Designer Mystery Blog Hop

I hope you had fun with the Designer Mystery Blog Hop hosted by Fat Quarter Shop. I think everyone who guessed what my mystery item was got it right… my old Christmas Sweater! Head over to Jolly Jabber to see if you won a prize for guessing right! Scroll down on the blog and you’ll see my sweater along with all the other mystery items. No, I don’t really wear it every Christmas. I’m saving it for the “Old Christmas Sweater Party”.

Thank you Kimberly for hosting such a fun blog hop. It was great seeing what all the designers got out of their closets! Congratulations to all the winners!

Back soon,

Anne

Filed Under: Applique, Scrappy Plate Club Tagged With: Applique, Bunny Hill Designs, Merry Merry Snowmen, Scrappy Plate Club

Vintage Treasures

February 5, 2012 By Anne

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!