![]() ![]() It’s been a week since we flew back to the states from Portugal. coming to you from the streets of Portugal. Here’s my fabric pull, a pleasing mix of woven cottons and batiks - all from my stash:ĭoes anyone else love the combination of green and purple as much as I do? Now I’m preparing to make a plethora of pockets. ![]() The button went on after the panel was quilted: I just happened to have the perfect button in my collection to put in the center of the circle. Designed by Jason Yenter, it’s called “Ajisai Hydrangea:”įor one of the front/back panels I made a windmill block, inserting a fussy cut blossom in the center with narrow trim around it:įor the other panel I made a kaleidoscope block of eight 45° degree triangles, converting it into a double inset circle: My starting point was this gorgeous print from In the Beginning Fabrics that came out last spring. (My celadon green carpet isn’t the best backdrop to show off the front and back panels but it will have to do for now.) ![]() I’ve had the pleasure of teaching this fabulous quilter’s tote for the last three years and will be heading to the Oregon coast next week to teach a two-day workshop for a quilt guild.Ī new class necessitates a new Junior Billie Bag, and here’s a preview of the one I’m working on right now: In the works: a new Junior Billie Bag, based on Billie Mahorney’s original design. I figured the pillowcases would complement her quilt very nicely. I gave the quilt to Diane for her 60th birthday a few years ago and I get to see it whenever I travel to Georgia to visit her. It’s Midnight in the Garden, one of my very favorite quilts, made from my pattern 4-Patch Wonder: In the picture below you can just get a glimpse of a quilt on the wall: I had one other thing in mind when I chose the fabric. The colors are Christmas-y but the prints are not, making the pillowcases appropriate for use all year round. I confess it was really hard to cut into that fabric but I knew that pillowcases made from it would look wonderful in Diane and Ed’s master bedroom: Knowing I would be using most of it, I scoured the Internet looking for more and even contacted Heather to see if she still had some in her shop alas, it is gone. I am so in love with that floral fabric it’s from a 2010 line for Henry Glass Fabrics called “At Home for Christmas” designed by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka’s Treasures. The cases are made for a king size bed so they measure a generous 20″ x 33″. Now that Christmas is over, I can show you the pillowcases I made for my twin sister Diane and her husband Ed: ![]()
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