This book has been 7 years in the making.
It all began with a packet of Benartex Fossil Ferns that I used
to make Royal Star.
This has been a cover quilt for Quick
Quilts Magazine. It is a popular class that I teach locally
(Atlanta, Georgia). The centers are quick-cut Nine Patch units
and the star points are paper pieced. If you are comfortable
with your sewing machine, you can make this dynamic quilt.
Then I discovered that I really enjoyed working
with black as my background color. My editor, Jean Ann Wright
went shopping and bought about 30 yards of bright fabrics and
gave me my marching orders: SEW! Now I was really having fun.
The Talking
Quilt had been brewing in my mind for several years as
the result of buying the TriRecs
tool by EZ Quilting. Darlene Zimmerman confirmed to me
that she had also thought about making a tilted square quilt
with her templates and she gave me her blessing. This is also
another quilt I teach locally. The fun is that the center squares
can feature all those novelty prints you've been saving, wondering
what to do with them. I am finishing up a Talking Quilt with
an outdoors theme that is perfect for that man in your life.
The setting is also different. This quilt has a lot of possibilities!
Tessellating
Stars is a design that I never
get tired of. I have made this quilt many times and teach it
locally and will also teach it this summer at the AQS Show in
Nashville. It is fantastic in traditional colors, batiks, black
and brights. It can be worked in two colors, two colors and a
background, or every star can be a different fabric. The possibilities
are endless!
There are Hearts, Hexagons,
more Stars, Watermelons, a Mariner's Compass,
a very quick Wedding Ring pattern and an Irish Chain.
Where else can you find 16 patterns all in one place for
$1.25 a pattern? This is 80 pages of inspiration, eye-candy and
so many quilts that you won't know where to begin. Even the editor
I worked with on this book has selected 3 quilts she can't wait
to start! There is a quilt in there for EVERY QUILTER.
Thanks to everyone who has been so supportive
of me and my quilting. I love what I do and I enjoy sharing it
all with the quilting community.
