Fresh from the Prairies new quilt book

Found another good quilt book last week:

This is Fresh from the Prairies by Devon Lavigne and Sharon Smith for Kansas City Star books.

I do believe I've found myself a couple more quilts added to my "to do" list after looking through this book!!!

And a brief description borrowed from the Pickledish website:

Fresh from the Prairies: 12 Quilts that Capture the Spirit of the West

The prairies of Alberta, Canada, fuel the design choices of Devon Lavigne and Sharon Smith. They’ve created 12 quilt designs inspired by quilts of the past: cowboys, prairie labyrinths, Northern lights ― even haystacks. Using antique and reproduction fabrics, they add the unexpected―a splash of black, a spark of white, vintage florals―with youthful energy, independent spirit, and a style that’s upscale and eccentric, too. Also included is a section with detailed pointers on basic quilt techniques.

8 1/2 x 11 inches, softcover, 96 pages.

Here is a link to view some of the pages of the book

Sneak Peek of Fresh from the Prairies

Here is a link to the Pickledish website!

Pickledish Store Online

Enjoy!

Silent & Sometimes Silly Sunday!

Revival - A new quilting book

I received this book in the mail recently and though I would share some of the quilts that are in this beautifully written book.  

This is
Revival
A Study of Early 20th Century Colonial Revival Quilts

by the American Quilt Study Group

This book can be purchased directly through Kansas City Star!  If you do not have a quilt shop near you where you can purchase this book here is a direct link to the KC Star website.

Pickledish Book Store

Here is a previous of the book also were you can read some of the pages of the book and view a few quilts:

Sneak Peek at Revival

And here's a little bit more of a description of the book borrowed from the KC Star website:

Revival!: A Study of Early 20th Century Colonial Revival Quilts

by the American Quilt Study Group

The Colonial Revival era linked quiltmakers’ busy hands with a longing for the past, especially Colonial times. Member of the American Quilt Study Group accepted the challenge to study quilts of this era by making reproductions of Colonial Revival quilts from the early 20th century. Included in the book are 28 study quilts, with patterns for 10. Fifteen of the 28 quilts are traveling across the country in a special exhibit.

8 1/2 x 11 inches, softcover, 96 pages.

The Riverwalk Quilters Guild Show Pictures!!

This past Saturday I had the pleasure of visiting The Riverwalk Quilters Guild show that was held in Naperville, IL.  Lots of beautiful quilts and the ladies that organized the show were so kind!

Here's a link to my Flickr account where you can view all the quilts I took photos of:

Riverwalk Quilters Guild Show 2013

I leave for Portland, Oregon for the International Quilt Market bright and early tomorrow morning!  Wish me luck I get so nervous on airplanes anymore!  I've got my sewing bag all packed and ready to go - I'll worry about the clothes later - but the necessities are packed!  LOL  I'm going to do my best to do a market recap either while I'm there or after I return home!

In the meantime, here are a few of my favorite quilts I saw at the show this past weekend!  Enjoy!

A Little TLC

Silent & Sometimes Silly Sunday!

A little bit of everything!

Hello! Wow - I've been so busy getting ready to leave for market, planning this years garden and getting the flower beds ready - I neglected my poor old blog!

Here's a few things I've been working on these past few days.





I kind of hit a stall on the TradeWinds quilt. It's been so nice outside I've not wanted to sit at the sewing machine. But I have to get it finished up soon because I need my design wall space back!





This past week I also started on the first border for the Stars and Sprigs quilt. I figured since there are four of these heavily appliquéd borders I better start working on them also, in between making the blocks. This border is a lot of fun so far!




I had Dear Jane club last Saturday and above are three more blocks I've finished this week. Top left is K-7 Rose of Sharing, top right is H-12 Hannah Lou's Heart and the bottom block is I-11 Coyote Chase. I love working on these little blocks!

While I was out weeding one of the flower beds this morning before the predicted rain comes, I found four little bitty baby bunnies! They are so cute. I'm going to watch today and make sure Momma bunny comes back around because I was awfully close to snipping one of them with the trimmers this morning. I hope Momma bunny won't leave them now!





Yesterday I was so excited to see my daughters picture in our local paper. She participated in the Shoot For A's Science club this year! So proud of her!





And we have another doggie visitor here with us for a few weeks. His name is Chullo and he's such a good dog! His owner is taking care of two very,very sick boxer doggies right now, so Chullo is spending time here!





And for those of you that remember me taking care of seven puppies and their Momma since December 31st - I'm proud to say as of two weeks ago all the puppies found their "furever" homes as well as Momma Bridget!

Tara
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LOL - A Scrappy Quilter Indeed!

Silent & Sometimes Silly Sunday!

It's Dear Jane club day!

I'm off for the Dear Jane club this morning at The Quilt Merchant! Love this club - and to think if I could have kept up with the monthly assignments, my quilt would almost be finished! LOL. That's ok, I'm used to having a ton of UFO's laying around here. I've got 5 Dear Jane blocks prepped and ready to work on. That's my goal for this month on that quilt - just five little blocks!





Isn't this a sweet little poem! I found it a few days ago on FaceBook and now I cannot remember whom to give credit to for posting it! My memory is getting so bad!




I love old pictures that show ladies quilting! And again - forgot where I first found this pic! But thank you to whoever it was that posted it!





Yesterday I made a little progress on my first border for the Stars and Sprigs quilt I'm working on. I was able to get some of the vines appliquéd down and then just couldn't take it anymore and had to dive into the stash and start adding color! So I added a bunch of the flower buds, petals and leaves and that is what I will appliqué on this morning before heading out the door!

If you are not familiar with The Stars and Sprigs quilt, here is a photo of the completed quilt!





Gorgeous isn't it!

I've got a bit of sad news to share with you. Please keep Libby Lehman and family in your thoughts and prayers. Libby suffered a brain aneurism earlier this week, underwent surgery, then swelling set in and she suffered a stroke. She underwent a second operation to remove another part of her skull to relieve some of the swelling. This has to be such a sad and stressful time for her family. Libby is such a talented and sweet person, so please say a prayer for her and send her many good thoughts.

If you would like to send get well cards and good wishes to her, here is her address - let's flood her mail box and help her and her family get through this terrible ordeal.


Libby Lehman
617 Caroline
Houston, TX 77002.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Tara
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