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KITS for QUILTS for YOUNG'uns!
When
Monkey
Mates (on the left in the left-hand picture, and on your
right hand as you enter the shop) came back from the quilter, the
overwhelming response was, "Wow!" Kathryn's overall quilting
pattern has the cutest monkeys, a great compliment to the monkeys
in the Marcus fabrics used in this Heidi Pridemore design. And the
project sheet has a bonus: Patterns for bibs and burp cloths that
you can make with the leftover pieces of fabric. We have two
versions of
Fun One, to the right of
Monkey Mates.
Each has a BIG (modern?) chevron design by Ann D. Hansen of Pixie
Girl Quilts. The blue & white model features patches from the
Marcus
Monkey Mates collection. The pattern (included in
the kit) is a supplement to
American Patchwork & Quilting
magazine, and includes a second pattern,
Oh Bouy! by Tammy
Silvers of Tamarinis. The pattern is available for purchase
separately ($2.50). At the far end of the right-hand window, you
will find
Chevron Lollies, with (smaller) chevrons from
the Riley Blake Basic Chevron collection. The flowers (or are they
lollipops with green stems and leaves?) in this Jina Barney design
are appliqued using your favorite technique.
Two easy-to-make baby quilts grace the wall at
the far end of our left-hand window, pictured here at the right:
Ziggy
Baby, above, and
Modern Nine Patch, Baby!, below. In
Ziggy Baby, we simply sewed two borders to a panel with
rows of chevrons in different colors; if you quilt along the lines
between the rows of chevrons, it looks for all the world like you
spent days and days sewing all of those little zigzag pieces
together. And, the fabric for the back (as well as for the
binding) is included in this kit. Nicole Maroon's design for
Modern
Nine Patch, Baby! is published in the Winter 2014 issue of
Modern
Quilts Unlimited. The magazine is included in the kit, but
may also be purchased separately; the fabrics are from the Free
Spirit
Riddles & Rhymes collection by Tina Givens.
To
The Rescue is to the immediate right of
Modern Nine
Patch, Baby! and features firemen manning their trucks and
climbing long ladders. The design is by Pamela Goecke Dinndorf,
Aardvark Quilts, and we chose fabrics from Quilting Treasurers'
To
the Rescue collection. If you take a quick look at
Hopscotch,
to the right of
To The Rescue, you will discover that the
design (by Lori Whitlock) is very much hopscotch: The patches of
feature fabrics are alternately long and short. Your kit comes
with a Riley Blake jelly roll of feature fabrics from the Lazy Day
collection, and yardage for the background strips and border.
Leftover segments of feature fabrics are pieced together to make
the binding. Your kit for
Charming Checks, on the
right in the right-hand picture, includes a charm pack of fabrics
from Moda's
Ducks in a Row collection; the panel with the
ducks and other critters is from the same collection.
Charming
Checks is a great project if you have been suffering
symptoms of sewing withdrawal; you completely cut up the panel
into 4" squares, piece 35 on-point blocks, and sew prairie points
to go all around the edge.
The model for our last kit,
Grow Up Wise
Owl, is hanging from the crossbar above the table in the
front of the shop. Lorrie Franz designed
Grow Up Wise Owl
for Bean Counter Quilts. We are preparing a picture of Mr. Owl,
and pictures of each of the other quilts featured in our window
displays for our KITS page. You will also find additional
information about each of these kits on that page.
THIS WEEK AT THE QUILT WORKS
Sunday, 13 July, 1:30-3:00. Duke City Appliqué Society
Tuesday, 15 July.
SENIOR DAY
Wednesday - Saturday, 16 - 19 July.
SEMIANNUAL 20% OFF SALE
Thursday, 17 July, 1:00-3:00. Class: Introduction to Machine
Piecing
Friday, 18 July, 1:00-3:00. Class: Civil Unrest Wall Quilt
Friday, 18 July, 6:00-8:30. Garage Sale
[Note:
We shall close 5:00-6:00 in
preparation.]
Saturday, 19 July, 1:00-4:00. Class: Spring Tiles
Sunday, 20 July, 1:00-3:00. Class: Beginning Hand Appliqué
