Chautauqua Weekend

I just spent my first weekend at the Quilts Around Chautauqua Show held at the Chautauqua Institute in New York. It's an amazing area and the scenery was gorgeous. 

Like this view from our booth for the weekend. Occasionally I would find myself staring out the window rather than focusing on the people in the booth. But then they'd see the view and we were all staring out the window. :)

Sunday I got a chance to visit some of the other buildings (this show is in several small buildings spread across the Institute grounds) and I heard one building in particular would be a good one for me to visit. When I walked in I saw a version of Aura from my book, Seamingly Scrappy, hanging in the distance. 

Isn't it pretty? I love the fabrics! But this was just a small taste of what this building had in store. 

Traveling further into the building I found this!!! One of the local guilds made Aura into a queen size and chose it for their raffle quilt for this year! I was tickled pink and still smile just thinking about it. 

And I know it may sound weird to purchase raffle tickets for a quilt I designed , but I wanted a ticket and I wanted to support this guild since they chose to make my design. I didn't technically "buy " the tickets, I put my Hubby's name down instead so it wasn't too weird. :) But isn't that the coolest thing ever?!

The show was amazing and I am still exhausted from all of the excitement. I met a ton of wonderful people and can't wait to do it again next year! 

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!