Landscape Quilting with 'Challenging' Fabrics

3 Hour Workshop sample

 You may not know it, but I sell landscape fabrics - I have over 100 bolts!  (The link to my online store is on the toolbar at the top, just under my Material Girl collage.)

 I decided to invest the profits from my first book's royalties into opening an online fabric shop dedicated to help landscape quilters find the fabrics they (we!) need.  The thing is, we are completely dependent on manufactures to make the right fabrics and many times they don't quite get it right.  Soooo, in this blog I'm going to show you how I use the not quite "right' fabrics.  

Interwoven - Done!

Interwoven 

 I finally finished the quilting - let me tell you it was a rush job!  After being gone the last month or so, I had to finish the quilt in less than 2 weeks and for me that was fast!  

Fall! My Favorite Season for Quilting

Detail, a Touch of Fall

 Fall in here in Wisconsin is everyone's favorite season. Why? Well it isn't just because of Packer football, or because 99% of the biting flies and mosquitoes are dead, or because those days of 95 degrees and 70% humidity are gone. Nor is it just because fresh apples are plentiful and our homes smell like apple pies and homemade apple cider.  Fall is beloved because of the colors - such glorious colors as the maple trees turn bright red and the aspen and birch turn a warm golden yellow. 

Packing up and heading out

"What, you lay quilts down and don't expect me to make myself comfortable?!"

I'm heading out of town for a bit - I'm teaching in Tucson, AZ at the quilter's guild. On the way we are camping in Arches, Capitol Reef, Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park, the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley and Page (Lake Powell, so we can tour lower Antelope Canyon). What a great trip, yes!?

Interwoven - Progress, Problems and Challenges

Interwoven

 After a couple of months of sewing I have something to show you.  Sometimes I never know where I'm going to end up when I start a project and that leads to extra challenges and some sleepless nights! 

The Sue Patten Collection, part of the Upper Midwest Quilt Show 2014

Sue Patten

Hi again! I'm almost ready to blog about the string pieced quilt I've been working on all summer, but in the meantime I thought I'd share with you some quilts that were part of a special exhibit at the Upper Midwest Quilt Show.  These quilts are all made by Sue Patten and are thread painted or embroidered!  I thought they were amazing.

Upper Midwest Quilt Show 2

 Above the Timberline by Kathleen Hughes

This is another beautiful quilt from Machine Quilting Today's Upper Midwest Quilt Show last weekend.  I thought I'd share more of these quilts with you and some detail shots. I hope you like them.