Sunday's Child Quilt

When I was given the chance to play with the new Eiko line from Birch Fabrics, it was like a breath of fresh air. These fabrics are organic cottons and they have the silkiest feeling to them. They piece and press beautifully and were amazing to work with. Not only that, but fabrics covered in pond motifs and koi fish were out of my element and made me think outside of my normal box.

 This quilt is one of those simple yet effective type quilts. I had to keep that in mind when it came time to quilt it.

 I had these outrageous plans to quilt each fabric differently and blah, blah, blah... Needless to say, I reconsidered my plan and kept it simple like the rest of the quilt.

 The small sashing and border both got this small wavy line design while the rest of the quilt was done to mimic pond ripples to an extent.

I love this quilt and I hope you do too! Remember, this quilt is in the Quilt Trends Fall 2013 Issue on news stands now! Also, kits are available and you can find more information about getting one here.

Tomorrow I'm packing up and heading to the Quilts Around Chautauqua Show for the weekend. It's my first time attending and I'm super excited! If you'll be visiting the show, come on over to the Athenaeum where you'll find Mom and I (and I'll be signing books all weekend!). Hope to see you there!

On News Stands Now!!!

Earlier this year I had the wonderful opportunity to meet one of the editors of Quilt Trends magazine. That first meeting quickly turned into a new project that I was working on and before you know it, it's here!

The latest issue of Quilt Trends (Fall 2013)  just hit store shelves yesterday and if you open it up to page 30 you'll see my quilt, Sunday's Child:

I won't lie, it's the coolest thing ever to see a quilt you've designed, pieced and quilted in a two page spread like this in a magazine. When I first saw it I wanted to scream out in joy, but I couldn't. Here's why...

The Hubby has been working some strange hours and had to get up for work really early a few days last week which meant he was in bed before I got home from work. Well, the one day he went to bed and didn't mention anything special about the mail that day. I got home and had dinner and fed the dogs and got busy doing other things that needed to be done. 

A few hours later... I was in the kitchen and finally noticed the pile of mail on the counter. Way at the bottom of said pile was advance copies of the magazine just sitting there all casual like there wasn't anything special going on...

I wanted to scream and jump and dance and celebrate, but I couldn't wake up the Hubby, so I texted my Mom instead :)

I would have posted yesterday but I wanted to see for myself that it was really true. 

And there it was! Ben was asking me on the way to the store, "Why are we going here again?" 

Me, "To see if the magazine is out yet" 

Him, "But don't you have it already ?!"

Me, (casual roll of the eyes) :) 

Men just don't get it sometimes. But then you drag them to the store anyway and they sense your growing excitement and decide to turn into an uber dork to embarrass you in public, but that just lets you snap a picture to live online FOREVER!!! :)

May I present my own personal Vana. So anywho, the magazine is out and it is full of all sorts of wonderful projects. There is also information available to order a kit to make your own version of Sunday's Child. I'll post more about the quilt itself tomorrow, but for now head to the nearest store and get a copy!!!