Working on my next quilt

Well the center is finished so it's downhill from here. This is Center Stage designed by Laurie Simpson of Minnick and Simpson. The pattern is in the new issue of American Patchwork and Quilting magazine.

Sighting at thimbles and threads, Salt Lake City

It's my Yellow Buttercup quilt.  This is one of my favorites.  The pattern is available in my store.

Over 60,000 quilters in one room!

Halloween Mystery Quilt

Just finished this months blocks So far this year we have done 6 months or one half of the blocks for our mystery quilt. Six months to go. Quilt is being offered thru American Quilts in Orem Utah.

Vintage Valentine Block of the Month Quilt

I just signed up with Stitchin Heaven to make this quilt. I hope I haven't gone overboard. I'll post progress pictures. Making that committment should help with actually doing the work. I am excited about it.

Another gift finished

I designed this quilt to showcase my granddaughter Ella's handprints, thus the abundance of letter E's. The handprints were embellished by her talented mother, Yvette Jones, of Studio Y Design. Yvette is collaborating with me on some new quilt ideas.  Look for them after the first of the year.

Yes that's really ice

They are so perfect they must be plastic but a close look showed the water dripping off as the ice melts. They must make these fresh every day. Kudos to The Shops at Riverwoods.

Quilt show

My Christmas quilts adorning the hospitality table at the november Utah Valley Quilt Guild Meeting. All but one were made by me

A Good Day

I stopped in at American Quilting today in Orem, Utah to pick up my block of the month. Next Friday they are having an evening madness sale from 7 pm to 9 pm. They will be showcasing several new wool block of the month quilts that start in 2012. Can't wait to see them.

From another view

This year my daughter Yvette accompanied me to quilt market in Houston.  Yvette is a graphic designer and owns Studio Y Design.  She helps me at Pink Hippo in all my graphics work and web design work.  It was such fun to see the market through her eyes and I learned a lot from the trip.  Here is Part 1 of her blog posting recapping the market.  http://studioydesign.blogspot.com/2011/10/quilt-market-2011-recap-part-one.html   

Quilt Market 2011 Recap: Part One

You may be wondering what quilts have to do with graphic design, but there is actually quite a large overlap! I had the wonderful opportunity to go with my talented mom to Quilt Market in Houston, Texas, to see her quilt designs displayed at the Riley Blake booth and be inspired by the wonderful talent found there. I was personally inspired for my own designs by the gorgeous color palettes, beautiful patterns found in the fabrics, whimsical logo designs and the vast array of layouts in the quilts. The booths themselves are also great examples of design, branding, marketing and merchandising in and of themselves. There was so much to see and take in, it was a visual feast!

In part one I'm going to feature the Riley Blake booth and the quilt patterns designed by mother, Marian Gallian of Pink Hippo Quilts:

Marian Gallian of Pink Hippo Quilts showing her published quilt in front of the Riley Blake booth. 

Marian in front of the Decadence line by Samantha Walker. Her quilt "Fall Frenzy" is just to her right.

 "L'Amour est Trouvé" quilt pattern by Pink Hippo Quilts is in the lower right corner. This quilt was made with Lost & Found fabric designed by My Mind's Eye for Riley Blake.

Marian next to her "American HIstory" quilt design (lower quilt). The fabric line, Grandma's House, was designed by The Paper Loft for Riley Blake Designs.

 "Garden Squares" quilt pattern made with Fiona's Fancy fabric designed by Lila Tueller for Riley Blake Designs.

One of the highlights of the booth was the "Sophie's Pinwheel" quilt designed and made by Marian Gallian of Pink Hippo Quilts. The fabric is called So Sophie and was designed by My Mind's Eye for Riley Blake.

by Yvette at 12:45 pm

American History Quilt Pattern

This new quilt was designed by me from Riley Blake's "Grandma's House" line which was just released.  It was shown at Houston Quilt Market in October. It is available on our website.

Sophie's Pinwheel

This comes from the new line of fabric, So Sophie by Riley Blake Designs and Jen Allyson of My Mind's Eye.  The quilt will be on display at the Fall Quilt Market in Houston.

Hummingbird Garden

I liked the fall colors in Samantha Walker's Decadence line so much that I did a second quilt.  Hummingbird garden is a favorite of mine.  Fabric by Riley Blake Designs.

L'amour est Trouve

This pattern I designed was released last month and will be on display at the Houston Quilt Market this week.  Fabric is by Riley Blake Designs and Jen Allison from My Mind's Eye.  The fabric line is called Lost and Found.

Garden Squares

A new pattern is being released and the quilt will be on display at Quilt Market in Houston this week.  Fabric is by Riley Blake Designs and Lila Tueller. The fabric is called Fiona's Fancy. 

Carnation Fields

The Utah Quilt Guild annual Festival is on now in Provo at the Marriott.  I used this occassion to debut my new quilt in the vendor mall at the Stitching Corners booth.  It's made from Northern Cardinals by Moda and is a simple and fun pattern.  Northern Cardinals was designed by Holly Taylor.  The colors of the fabric are very dark red and dark green.  It has a very rich look to it.  It's actually darker than the picture show.

It's done and I'm so happy with it. It's just screaming fall with those cute pumpkins and fall leaves. It makes me happy!!

It's made with Riley Blake's new line of fabric - Decadence. It was designed by Samantha Walker.

A new Quilt Preview

I thought it might be fun to show you my new spiral lone star quilt in progress. I'm having such fun making it. This is the center of course. It's from the Decadence line by Riley Blake and Samantha Walker Designs.

Krishna Temple

As I was taking a road trip yesterday I came upon the Krishna Temple in Salem Utah. I thought I would stop and take a picture and share. I was remembering the 60's and 70's when every airport and gathering crowd had lots of Hare Krishna missionaries there proselytizing the crowd. Not something you see often today.

Pink Hippo Trunk Show this Saturday Aug 20th

Picture extracted from the Stitching Corner newsletter. I'm excited to have been asked to show my quilts and look forward to meeting many of you.

Carousel

I finally got this bound and it's hanging proudly on my wall. I just love this quilt and had so much fun making it. It's called Carousel and the pattern was designed by Jill Finley of Jillily Studio. Click here to visit her blog. Her blog is one of my favorites.

5 New Quilts Released for Spring Show

Havin' a Ball

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Spring Princess

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Holly Jolly

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Flora Sky

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Buttercup Patch
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All 5 of these new quilts were displayed at Spring quilt Market in the Riley Blake Designs booth. The patterns are now for sale on my website. Wholesale patterns are now available at the Pattern Peddler (thepatternpeddler.com) and Riley Blake Designs (www.rileyblakedesigns.com)

Two new patterns released this week!

These are both personal favorites of mine. I love the Lucky Cowgirl pattern. Maybe it was all those rodeo's I went to in St. George or maybe it's just the fun I had in embellishing the quilt. This is the first time I tried to glitz a quilt and I'm afraid I'm hooked. This fabric was designed by my friend Samantha Walker and Riley Blake Designs. The line is called "Wanna Be A Cowboy 2".

The Child's Garden is in colors that I have not worked with often, but I love them. It was such a fun quilt to make even though it looks complicated it was easy to put together. It was designed with fabric from the "Penny Lane" line by Riley Blake designs. The fabric was designed by Deena Rutter for My Mind's Eye and Riley Blake Designs.

Pam Holland shares her inspirations

I watched an amazing video today on The Quilt Show blog. Pam Holland shares her inspirations from museums. She is widely traveled and she lives down under (i. e. Australia). I hope you can find the time to watch it too. I find her fun to listen to because of her wonderful australian accent. My favorite quilt is the Rhino which was inspired by Albert Durer's Rhino. Due to copyright I don't think I can publish a picture here but you can see it in the video.

The Quilt Show

Her website with galleries of her quilts is at

Pam Holland Designs

Lets Cowgirl Up

Great news! Announcing our new pattern Lets Cowgirl Up. What a lot of fun that was to make and great fabric to work with.

The fabric was designed by my friends Samantha Walker and Riley Blake Designs.

To visit Samantha Walker's Imaginary World see her blog at samanthaleewalker.blogspot.com.

You can read about Riley Blake Designs and their new fabric releases at http://www.rileyblakedesigns.com/blog/

It's a great snow day and a great day to sit home and quilt. I'm waiting to post some new pictures. I have 2 quilts waiting to be quilted and one more in the sewing room. Currently I am working on "Wanna Be a Cowboy 2" which is a new line from Samantha Walker and Riley Blake Designs.

Summer of Love

I'm excited to announce my first pattern for the new year - "Summer of Love". I designed it from one of Riley Blakes new fabric lines, "Feeling Groovy" by doodlebug design inc. I chose to accent the pink and brown colorways and incorporate hearts and daisies into my design. It's 100 % cotton. There's lot of applique there which makes me happy. The original quilt will be on display at the offices of Riley Blake Designs and Christensen Wholesale for the next several months as well as other locations.

Catnip

Thanks to the Quiltique staff for information on the cat pattern below. The pattern is called Catnip and it was designed by Sew Special Designs. Did I mention that Quiltique is one of my favorite quilt stores. When I lived in Las Vegas I stopped by there often to shop. Their selection of fabrics is wonderful as is the ambiance of the store. See Quiltique's website here

I love Valentines

I'm so glad February is here. I can now hang Valentine quilts. I started this quilt over Christmas vacation and finished it last month. It's now hanging as my first valentines quilt. I decided to decorate for the holidays with theme quilts on the walls. It feels so good.

The center of this quilt was designed by Cheryl Almgren Taylor. It's from a pattern called Garden of Hearts. It was featured in the January/February 2011 issue of McCalls's Quilting. But when I got to the border I got carried away making all those appliqued hearts and changed the rest of the quilt. The bonus was this all came out of my stash. So this is my first stashbuster for 2011.

Also hanging on the wall for Valentines is my favorite red cat quilt. I finally finished this last year and have enjoyed it on my wall ever since. I tried to find my original pattern so I can give the author credit, but did not succeed. I bought the kit at Quiltique in Las Vegas. If anyone knows the name of this quilt please contact me.

Sighting at Thimbles and Threads

While shopping at Thimbles and Threads in Salt Lake City I saw my quilt "Nature's Flurry" quilted in the red fabrics. I loved it and it looked wonderful in those colors.

This is one of my favorite stores and it's owner Cathie Zimmerman does a great job with new displays, fun fabrics and great classes all the time. To find her store or look for store hours visit http://www.thimblesandthreads.com .