"Cowboy Culture" + Misc. Stuff

 

Here's a collection I just started working with called

"Cowboy Culture" from Blank Quilting.

The start of quilt #1.  Still deciding what pattern to use

with the two panels below.

This is a big collection and is probably something I would

never have picked out but in saying that I 

do like working with this range of colors.

"My Childhood Christmas" from Henry Glass Fabrics.

  The first quilt in the photo [below] was made using this collection. 

The other collection is called "Winter in Snowtown".

Interesting fact - the same artist designed both of

these holiday collections - so I did a little switching

of fabrics between the two collections.

Derby inspecting the stack that's ready for quilting.

You could say ... I've been busy.

Then Fed-X dropped this big and heavy box

at my door of "Dot to Dot" from  Studio E Fabrics.

Jaftex was very generous in that I received

three [3] yards of 8 colors and what's great is 

that it's 108" wide.  Now that's a lot of fabric!

After Yesterday's Post

 

About an hour after I finished yesterday's post Fed-X

dropped a big and heavy package at my front door.

Collection #1 is:  "My Childhood Christmas"

Collection #2 is:  "Winter in Snowtown"

Both collections are designed by

Stacy West of Buttermilk Basin

for Henry Glass Fabrics.

There are 14 prints in each collection so that's

a total of 28 yards of fabric!  I love vintage

prints so these will be so much fun to sew.

I didn't realize it until I looked these collections up 

that the collection I just finished called

"No Tricks, Just Treats" was designed by

her daughter, Hannah West.  So over Easter

weekend I'll be working with Christmas fabric as

crazy as it sounds.  

I'm allocated to receive 3 more collections:  

"Cowboy Culture" - Blank Quilting

"Fresh Cologne" - Blank Quilting

"Dot to Dot" - Studio E Fabrics

This & That & Happy Easter

While waiting for my next shipment of fabric from Jaftex 

I decided to take this 'free' time and make a quilt or two

for the guilds fund raising sale in November.

Since we live in an area that has a hunting season I found this

deer fabric in Lancaster.  I'm using the American Flag 

fabric for the backing.  It was a 5 yard flat fold for $5/yard.

My first contemporary modern quilt made using

the collection "No Tricks Just Treats".

Wilson was interviewed for a local magazine and they

 asked for a few pictures to run with the story.  I snapped

this while he was taking pictures with his big boy camera.  

This is only a small sampling of the issues he published.

A brand ambassador asked about using this contraption

to photograph quilts.  I decided to order it from Amazon

to give it a try.  It's really nice when I can't go outside for

photo's or if I want to hang new collections on it to

scan for the unboxing video Jaftex requires.  Professional

photographers use this to hold backgrounds.  I also

got a 'selfie' stick to use with my cell phone.  Now

all I need is the professional lighting and I could

have a new profession!

Happy Easter

 

"Hello Honey!"

Small soft stuffies came printed on the soft book panel.

The collection showcased is

"Hello Honey!"

This is my favorite quilt.  It's a new pattern from an old

magazine I picked up from the free table at a guild meeting.

All borders are softly scalloped.

I added 9 patch blocks to both sides of the

panel then added a soft scalloped border

on the top and bottom.

This little quilt was made with the leftover fabric. 

It's simple and fast which I like!

From a soft book panel to a reading quilt

which is much more functional in my opinion.

Now I wait for my new shipments of fabric from Jaftex.

Guess I'll work with fabric from my stash.

"No Tricks, Just Treats" Quilts & Candy Sacks

"No Tricks, Just Treats" Collection

The center of this quilt is a panel.

I had leftover blocks and decided to add them

to the top and bottom to make it longer.

I had made this block before and for some reason

this fabric drew me back to it.  The light gray sashing 

is from the collection called Glaze.

Glaze in orange.  It comes in 108". 

Candy Sack #1

Candy Sack #2

This is a new pattern I spotted on YouTube.

I liked it so much I decided to make myself a

grocery sack in a dog print I had for a few years.

In Talbot county we now have to take our

own bags into the store.

 

Spring Blooms

 

Beautiful spring blooms around the yard

Lupines ... anticipating the spikes of blooms

Peony's ... this plant has big yellow blooms and is my favorite

I have 6 quilts done and in need of picture taking

which I want to do outside.

I need to get those pics done next week.

Scott requested the brand ambassadors

send him our finished quilts so he do a video talk

on our projects for social media.

Final Project: Graveyard Ghouls

 

"Graveyard Ghouls" by Victoria Hutto for Studio E Fabrics. 

What's cool - this is glow-in-the-dark fabric - perfect for quilts, 

trick-or-treat bags, costumes or anything else 

your imagination can conjure up ... like a village for

the ghouls!

My final project using this line.  I'm going

to have a hard time parting with this one!