With September approaching, I wanted to share with you that together with Marcus Fabrics, Judie Rothermel and myself, our new Aunt Grace’s Garden Party BOM program will be kicking off in just a few weeks! Judie and I have become fast friends over the years and have learned that we both have aunts who have had such a profound affect on our lives – Judie’s Aunt Grace and my Aunt Janet. After learning that gardening was also a passion for both aunts, it was quickly decided that Garden Party would be the theme of this quilt.
While the complete pattern pack is available on my website, if you’re interested in participating in the six-month program (yes, you’ll have the complete quilt made in six short months!), check with your local quilt shop or on-line shop to sign up before it’s too late!
Completing and submitting my English paper piecing manuscript to Martingale Publishing several months ago kick-started a hexagon craze in my house! I have been basting 3/4” hexagons from a vast assorted of Fig Tree fabrics for a quilt that I hope to start assembling in a few months. I found the most perfect clear plastic boxes at Office Max that neatly stores about 250 hexagons. There's something so rewarding about just looking at all of them stacked up and in rows by color!
Completing and submitting my English paper piecing manuscript to Martingale Publishing several months ago kick-started a hexagon craze in my house! I have been basting 3/4” hexagons from a vast assorted of Fig Tree fabrics for a quilt that I hope to start assembling in a few months. I found the most perfect clear plastic boxes at Office Max that neatly stores about 250 hexagons. There's something so rewarding about just looking at all of them stacked up and in rows by color!
To my delight, after teaching my 10-year-old granddaughter Lexi to paper piece a few months ago, she has been basting like a maniac and tells me the tiny 1/2 hexagons are her favorite. I can't tell you what she's going to do with them because she's working on top secret presents for Christmas!
She brings her paper piecing cases and EPP supplies whenever she comes to visit and we have such fun sitting side-by-side, talking, laughing and sharing our passion for English paper piecing. We’ve been talking about designing an English paper pieced quilt together – how fun and special that would be!
With summer coming to an end, it’s time for me to buckle down and start working towards new designs for fall quilt market! The first one to be introduced is “Remembering Annabelle”, which is in the process of being photographed for the pattern cover. Hope to share it with you in a few weeks!
Until next time. . . Vicki
With summer coming to an end, it’s time for me to buckle down and start working towards new designs for fall quilt market! The first one to be introduced is “Remembering Annabelle”, which is in the process of being photographed for the pattern cover. Hope to share it with you in a few weeks!
Until next time. . . Vicki
3 comments:
I just bought some of this garden party fabric and I love it!
How precious that your granddaughter makes her own hexies! Treasured moments :)
Hi Vicki! I was just thumbing through my copy of McCall's Quilting Nov/Dec and was happy to see you and your beautiful quilt in it. It's always fun to see a familiar face!
Vanessa G.
I'm also hooked on hexagons. Another good storage container for the hexagons in progress.....empty swiffer wet-wipe containers. I have several filled already!
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