To Market To Market

It has been a busy week of sewing around here and what a relief on Thursday to head to Fedex with 4 finished quilts!!

One in a box to Michael Miller Fabrics 

using a new version of Pretty Bird Fabrics for Christmas!

Bright and cheerful birds surrounded by Christmas gifts!!

And a clever backing - lining 2 fabrics up for a positive negative match!

And then a box to Westminster Fibers

with three quilts!!

First up - Scrappy Hexagon - featuring fabrics from two new

fabric lines for Free Spirit Fabrics.

Made the easy way with half hexagons - a row at a time.

Gotta' love the machine quilting - showing beautifully on the back -

a beaded curtain design!  Love it!

Next is a quilt made with a new Christmas line

 by Tina Givens for Free Spirit Fabrics.

Cut and pieced to look like Christmas Presents - 

fabrics in a true Tina Givens style.

And machine quilted in gold metallic thread using a jingle bells design!

A real hit, indeed!

And last, but not least, a quilt featuring a reprint of Amy Butler's original fabric line - Gypsy Caravan - in a quilt design originally made for another fabric line -

a free downloadable pattern at Amy Butler Designs.

Great color combinations and retro leaf quilting designs.

ENJOY!

Heaven and Helsinki

Patty Young has a bright new line for Michael Miller Fabrics - 

Heaven and Helsinki.

I am sure there is a story behind these designs 

so head over to Mod Kid Designs Blog to read all about it!

There are two color ways and this is the one I received last Friday - 

There are some great prints here for quilting 

but I struggled a little with what direction to take.  

My former quilt shop owner mind came up with this one for a quick project.

Take a close look at the eye candy prints and I have machine quilted - following the fabric design in most of the fabrics.  What a great way to practice machine quilting and end up with a beautiful quilt!!!

I had to figure out a way to use those sweet buildings so.....

here is the village green!  I had fun quilting the orange peel design in the center square.  I just drew it on a piece of press n seal and placed it on the center of the quilt.  It's bright and fun - don't you think??

LA International Textile Show

Westminster Fibers shared some photos taken of their booth at the recent International Textile Show in Los Angeles.

My piece featuring 100+ fabrics from their Essentials Line 

worked out superb to show of the goods!

On to the next project!!