Christmas In July Blog Hop For Windham Fabrics

I'm delighted to be joining Windham Fabrics today on Day 1 of their Christmas in July 2017 Blog Hop, sharing their brand new Bread and Butter Joy holiday collection.

Raw Edge Circle Appliqué Quilt

Always wanted to master applique?
Raw Edge applique is one quick and easy method and a great introduction to this technique that I'll be teaching next week in my one day class in Manhattan.

Circle Appliqué Quilt- $70

Saturday, 17 January 2015 - 11.00 am to 5.00 pm, The City Quilter, Manhattan

Learn to cut perfect circles and add them to a whole cloth quilt base using a raw edge applique method, then machine quilt to finish your baby/lap quilt By the end of the afternoon you could even be ready to bind your finished baby/lap quilt.  

Open to anyone who knows how to use a rotary cutter and sewing machine and can sew a straight seam.

Here's pics of my class sample, currently on display in the store.

Fabrics:

Ed Emberley's Picture Pie collection: Alphabet, Foxes and Scribble for Cloud9 Fabrics and Michael Miller's Black & White Clown Stripe.

Tools:

Circle Savvy Ruler by Creative Grids.

NOTE - I'm an Amazon affiliate and will receive a small commission (at no additional cost to you) on any purchase you make following this link.

The class was inspired by my Foxy Circle Quilt donated to charity earlier this year and which had a great response via social media and in store.

If you live in the greater New York area or are making a quick visit to the Big Apple, why not join in one of my classes?

You can find details of all Spring 2015 classes I'm teaching via the 'My Classes' link in the side bar or by clicking the link button below.

Quilt Market = Blogger's Quilt Festival Entry 1: Original Design Quilts

It's that time of year again and this is my first entry for the Blogger's Quilt Festival held twice a year over at Amy's Creative Side as a companion event to Quilt Market.  

My first entry is my Remains Of The Day quilt - made as a sample for Melanie Testa's booth at the last Quilt Market using her Meadowlark collection for Windham Fabrics.  It's the first, and to date, the only circular quilt I've made with a rolled self-bound edge and matchstick quilting.

Lots more photos and a full explanation of the quilt name, my process and pics from Quilt Market here in my original blog post.

REMAINS OF THE DAY QUILT

I really want to share with you this pic of me (on the left) with Meadowlark fabric designer Melanie at our July NYC MOD Quilt Guild meeting.  I loooove this pic so much.

I've entered Remains Of The Day in 

BQF - ORIGINAL QUILT DESIGN CATEGORY

From 1 November through to 7 November you can cast your votes and the winners are announced on 8 November.

Once voting opens to place a vote click through here to the category, locate the white heart in the top right corner of the pic of the quilt you want to vote for; click on it so it turns red; you've placed your vote.

I hope you'll drop by and cast your favourite quilt vote from the 1st :D