The Pattern Basket

Daisy Roll and Sugar Drops

Here are two more of my new patterns. The first is

Daisy Roll

and

Sugar Drops

This little quilt is called Ocean View and it finishes 41" square. It would make a perfect summer table cover or wall hanging. I love it and I hope you do too.
Thank you for coming by to have a look at my new patterns.

I still have four more to show you so I hope you will come back tomorrow.

Butterfly Bliss

Butterfly Bliss is another one of my new patterns. This quilt was designed with a Moda Layer Cake. Forty 10" squares and very simple appliqué shapes make this butterfly quilt come together fast!

I will have more new designs to show you before the end of the day.

Sew Pretty!

They’re done! They’re done! I am so happy that all my new designs are completely finished, finally! It is such a long process but I do enjoy my job more than I can say. This is such a great feeling to have them all ready to show you. Over the next couple of days I will be posting lots of photos of them, and before the end of next weekend they will all be available on my website.

This is the first of seven new patterns. It's a sweet quilted apron called "Sew Pretty" and was designed using a Moda Charm pack.
Here is a close up photo of the little bunny and buttons that dress up this quilted apron.

There is much more to come, so I hope you will come back for another visit over the next couple of days!

I'm Baking Again!

Wow! I haven’t posted for two weeks! Time sure does fly when you’re designing, piecing, quilting … well, actually sending them out to be quilted in a big hurry (thanks Barb and Jan), binding, photographing and writing patterns for seven new quilt designs. Busy, busy but loving it!! They are almost done and ready for me to show you -- I can't wait!

But for today I am taking some time away from all this to design something for Moda's Bake Shop with this BEAUTIFUL Moda collection by Three Sisters called Aster Manor. I think this collection is due out in September.

I was visiting Moda's website today and found this great behind-the-scenes video of how Moda's fabrics are produced. If you have not seen it you should visit their site. Just click on the flower below (I found this flower on Moda's website ... so sweet) and it will take you there.

I’ll be back soon with lots of pictures of my new designs.

On Display

Back in January 2008 I showed you the way I love to display my quilts in our home and I wanted to share it with you again. I have always found it difficult to pick just one quilt to display and if you're like me and have many quilts, it's even harder! I took this picture in my sewing room this morning.

Hmmm … I wonder what this display idea would look like as a headboard in our guest room … I better get back to my quilting! LOL

Something New!

I know I should be working on my new patterns every chance I get, but today I took some time away from sewing to create a new blog header. A change is always good and this was so much fun to make. Now it's back to my sewing room, 5 quilts to finish. OH MY!!

A Little Sneak Peek

This past week has been a very busy one for me, with many new and exciting things going on.

First there are my 5 new patterns that are almost ready ... but not quite, so I can't show them all to you yet. Here's a little sneak peek of what’s to come - it's one of the blocks in my new sail boat quilt.

I’m not going to be able to participate at Spring Market this year. It's disappointing to miss the chance to share my designs and ideas with all the quilt shop owners who attend. But I will have my new patterns out very soon and I promise over the next week or so I will post some more sneak peeks for you.

Then there’s my new logo. Natalie at Modern Sugar helped me to bring together the design elements. She is very talented and so easy to work with. I hope you like it as much as I do. Thanks again Natalie!

I'm working hard to complete my new patterns. I'll reveal more glimpses of these works in progress as soon as I can, so I hope you'll visit again in a few days.

Sweet Easter

Happy Easter!

I love Easter!!

I remember as a child my Mom always made Easter so magical. She would create the most beautiful baskets and hide them in our house. Often snow was still on the ground so an Easter egg hunt outside was just not to be. She would start the day's festivities with an elegant formal breakfast in the dining room with the center piece on the table being all of the colored eggs that we had made the day before, and the day would fini

sh with a wonderful Easter Dinner.

It was magical day filled with love and family, I have wonderful memories of this time. So this morning when my children get up and come down for breakfast the tradition continues. I hope that your Easter is filled with traditions and happy memories and that you spend your day doing what you love with who you love.

P.S. This year Easter is just a little sweeter for me becuase we celebrated my Dad's 82nd birthday this past Thursday and today it's my birthday. This will be a wonderful day for sure!