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EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES
Well,
Villa Rosa Designs. We chose 6 Villa Rosa "Rose Card" designs, and
have made kits for each. If you have made a quilt using a Rose
Card pattern, you will recall that each pattern, printed on a
single card, is easy to follow and in many cases encourages you to
quilt it yourself with your short-arm machine. But, before we scan
the windows, we call your attention to the Villa Rosa quilt that
is not shown here: It is hanging on the diagonal bar at the front
of the shop. Cindy pieced and quilted it; its Villa Rosa name is
Color
Block, but we doubt that you will be surprised with the new
name we gave it:
Cinder Block. When you stop by the shop
to see
Cinder Block, be sure to note how Cindy quilted it:
She simply used (a whole lot of) straight lines, ½" apart, echoing
the seam lines between the design elements.
The three quilts in our left-hand window
(pictured at the right) are, left to right,
Lovers Lane,
Folklore,
and
Tiffany. Laura chose patriotic colors from the
Summer
Festival collection by Henry Glass for
Lovers Lane.
Grace's Folklore features fabrics from the
Folklore collection
by Camelot Fabrics; the Villa Rosa name for this pattern is
Malaga.
Judy chose the
Cockatiel Bali Pops® pack of 2½" strips
from Hoffman fabrics for
Tiffany, and added borders not
included in the Villa Rosa design.
The blue and green quilt at the far end of our
right-hand window (pictured on the left) is
Soul Mate;
when you look closely (through the window), you will discover that
you, like Toni, could qult this relatively large quilt on your
short-arm machine, using straight lines, echoing the seam lines.
We slipped in three additional Villa Rosa projects next to
Soul
Mate:
Tabitha Jane - a reversible tote bag with a
shoulder strip,
Olivia Jane - a charm square patchwork
tote, and
Rebecca Jane - the reversible sewing machine
cover. In the middle of our right-hand window is
About Face;
Barb has used 5" charm squares of the cutest sock monkey fabrics
from the Moda
Monkey Tales collection to make this quilt;
she birthed her quilt (no applied binding required). Charm square
packs of the same fabrics for other projects are also available.
The last quilt in this month's windows is
Shuffled Charms,
a Sweet & Simple™ pattern; our kit for this features RJR's
Cotton & Steel fabrics.
THIS WEEK AT THE QUILT WORKS
Sunday, 01 March, 1:00-4:00. Class: Carpenter's Star
Tuesday, 03 March.
SENIOR DAY
Wednesday, 04 March, 6:00-9:00. UNM Class: Quilting 101 for the
ABSOLUTE Beginner
Friday, 06 March, 5:30-8:30.
FIRST FRIDAY
SEW-IN
Saturday, 07 March, 9:30-11:30. Class: Introduction to Machine
Piecing
Saturday, 07 March, 1:00-4:00. Class: Forever in Blue Jeans
{Tentative}
Saturday, 07 March, 1:00-4:00. Class: Tennessee Modern
{Rescheduled from 28 February}
Sunday, 08 March, 1:30-3:00. Duke City Appliqué Society
