Dresden Carnival Book Review

At last it is my turn to tell you all about our new book, Dresden Carnival.  It is the product of 4 years of hopes, dreams, creativity, hard work and love. And I am very happy to be part of the Stash Family of books.

"So why the Dresden Plate?" you may say. I think it goes back to my childhood. When I was in first grade my dad was serving in the Korean war in 1952. While he was gone my mother made me a quilt of all the left over scraps from making my dresses and hers. That quilt was always with me, but I didn't appreciate it as much then as I do now. I remember her hand stitching each block and then hand quilting the whole quilt. Now the edges are well worn and frayed, but when I need to feel my mother's love surrounding me, I get it out and wrap it around me. Because you CAN feel the love.

The Dresden my Mom made

The Lemonade and Lace is my favorite quilt in the book and I really enjoyed the reverse applique and making the eyelet holes in the border to give it a special and unique touch. I've already made a second variation of the quilt and posted a few pics of my process below:

Now that you've had a chance to see the whole blog hop, tell us which quilt from the book is your favorite for the chance to win your own copy of Dresden Carnival. The winner will be announced on Monday, May 2nd here on the blog. An international winner will receive an ebook, while a US winner will receive a hard copy.

Mon. April 18:

C&T Publishing | http://www.ctpub.com/blog/  

Tues. April 19:

Generation Q Magazine |  http://generationqmagazine.com/

Wed. April 20:

Bryan House Quilts | http://bryanhousequilts.com/

Thurs. April 21:

Michael Miller Fabrics | http://blog.michaelmillerfabrics.com/

Fri. April 22:

Textile Time Travels | http://utahquiltappraiser.blogspot.com/

Mon. April 25:

Andover Fabrics | http://blog.andoverfabrics.com/

Tues. April 26:

Kitchen Table Quilting | http://www.kitchentablequilting.com/

Wed. April 27:

Happy Quilting | http://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/

Thurs. April 28:

Crazy Old Ladies | http://crazyoldladiesquilts.blogspot.com/

Fri. April 29:

Vetmari | http://www.vetmari.com/blog

Pink Hippo Quilts

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Book Review - Wanderlust quilts

I had the priviledge of meeting the author at Quilt market in Houston last month. Her quilts are beautiful. The cover quilt is very interesting as it can be a cape or a lap quilt and the design fits neatly on your body. I plan on making one myself. Here are some additional pictures I took of her quilts in this book. Enjoy















































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Secret Stuff for 1 out of 20 people

I'm going to start today by sharing what I love most.  I love to quilt and I love to research. I'm not a writer and I don't have a bubbly personality.  Rather I love to create things and I've always wondered if I could start a business making this craft or that.  I used to send my children out canvasing door to door in our neighborhood selling crafts just to see if they were salesworthy projects. ( Is it any  wonder that 4 of my children are now good salespeople. ) 

I was an accountant/CPA  (they come with a dry personality) and I would spend my time costing out my projects.  I wanted to know if there was really any money to be made once I added up my hours to make the project plus all the dollars I spent on craft supplies.

And this is where the research comes in.  I would search for anyone making similar projects and how they made theirs to see how mine compared.  And how much were they selling theirs for!  That was usually the death of my projects.  I wasn't willing to work for 10 cents an hour just to say I sold  something.   

So what is today's research? 

Do you know that 1 out of 20 Americans quilt.   That's 16 million active quilters according to the 2014 research numbers that were released. And they spend $3.76 billion a year on quilting. Whether times are good or bad, quilters quilt.  Quilting is not an optional hobby.

Can you guess how many sewing machines the average quilter owns?  How many do you have?  More on the answer to this later.  

Secret stuff 

I haven't had much to write about for a long time because most of my new quilts were secret.  That is to say, they will be released either when the new fabric comes out or (ring the bells here) when our book is released from C & T Publishers.   Yes, that's right, my daughter, Yvette Marie Jones and I are co-authoring a book thru Stash Quilts.  We are quite excited.  The first draft is almost finished.  

I am working on 2 of the quilts for the book right now.  I can give you a sneak peak at the fabrics I used.  I fell in love with both of them when I saw them.

The first is "Henna" from Makower UK.  

The second is "Modern Folkloric" also by Makower UK.

I also have 3 new patterns being released soon by both Riley Blake Designs and Andover Fabrics - I will show them to you as soon as I can.

I was reading about Indie Pattern Designers on Craftsy today.  I found a great article in Forbes magazine touting the niche that Craftsy is filling for our craft community.  

I do sell patterns on Craftsy as Pink Hippo Quilts and they are doing very well.  I am very happy about that.  Take a look at our Evening Stars pattern.

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Windmills and Wildflowers

The “Field Day” fabric collection by Alison Glass for Andover Fabrics has just hit the stores and we are excited to share our new quilt pattern “Windmills and Wildflowers” featuring Alison’s “Field Day” and “Pearl Bracelets” fabrics. This dynamic quilt has both piecing and appliqué techniques and is suitable for the intermediate quilter. 

Pink Hippo Quilts has been designing quilts for Andover for almost a year, and our quilt “Cadence,” designed with Carol Van Zandt’s “Pop Rox,” has had record sales and will soon be featured in Keepsake Quilting. Our free to use quilt patterns for Andover include “Seaside at Dusk,” “Flower Trail,” “Hey Sugar” and “Cottage Garden.” Please visit PinkHippoQuilts.com www.pinkhippoquilts.com to order “Windmills and Wildflowers” and see our other quilt patterns featuring Andover Fabric collections. We accept both retail and wholesale orders.

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Excited to be featured in Riley Blakes Newsletter today

http://issuu.com/rileyblakedesigns/docs/rbd_mailer_june_2014_consumer

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Cadence featured at Market in the Andover Booth

Thanks to my friend Daryl Cohen of Andover Fabrics for posting a picture of our Cadence Quilt hanging at market (top right).  This is a smaller version of the quilt.  Cadence was made with Pop Rox fabric by Andover Fabrics and Carol Van Zandt.

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New Free Patterns

It was our pleasure to design 2 new free patterns for Andover Designs.

The first pattern is Low Tide with Fabric by Andover Designs and Jane Dixon.  Click on the picture to be taken to the free pattern on the Andover site.

The second pattern is Flower Trail by Andover Fabrics and Lizzy House.  Click on the picture to be taken to the free pattern on the Andover site.

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Posy Patch introduced at Market

Introducting our new quilt Posy Patch designed with Lula Magnolia fabrics by Riley Blake Designs and  Amanda Herring of The Quilted Fish.  You can see it below hanging at market in the Riley Blake Booth.  

 

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Cadence

I received a picture today of our "Cadence" quilt design hanging at a shop in Upstate New York.  I thought i would share the picture here.  I just love this quilt.  I just received my fabric and can't wait to make my own.

The fabric designer of Pop Rox is Carol Van Zandt distributed by Andover Fabrics.  The pattern was designed for Pink Hippo Quilts by by Vetmari.

The pattern is available on our website at http://www.pinkhippoquilts.com/.  Click on the link to be taken there directly.



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Edita's Spring Bouquet

I want to share a video I watched today from one of my favorite quilters, Edita Sitar. It is her quilting window for her Spring Bouquet quilt featuring fusible applique techniques. I learned quite a few things from this like the tip about putting the light under my fabric to layout my applique. I do love my applique. Even though I prefer needleturn applique, some of the techniques here cross over.


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More FREE Patterns - Each one gets better and better

Introducing the "Cotton Garden Quilt" designed by Yvette Jones for Pink Hippo Quilts.  It is featured as a free pattern download on the Andover Fabrics Website

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Student Pictures

What a delight this week to see my student Louise Lemon and the beautiful quilt she made from our class last year on L'amoutr est Trouve. She added a wonderful corded scalloped border to her quilt with great results. See from the pictures here how nice it looks.

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My Addiction to Pink

Our new Rosie Outlook Quilt Pattern is a showstopper.

I love showing it off!  Of course I love pink in all it's shades.  Guess you could say I never met a pink I didn't like.  As a teenager living in San Francisco I always had a pink coat

Many years have gone by now and I don't have pink coats anymore.  I did have a beautiful pink wool suit that was my favorite until someone threw it into the wash and it became a really small .  So now I settle for a pink bedroom and pink quilts.  

I love this design.  Making hexagons is addictive and I want to design several quilts with them.  So this is number one.  I hope you like it too.  

Midway, UT, Zermatt Resort and Season's of Home.

After a trip up Provo Canyon past Sundance and Deer Creek Reservoir I took the road to Midway Utah and discovered a land I'd never seen before.  What fun to stop at Zermatt Resort and feel like you are in Switzerland or Germany and only be 35 miles from my home.  I especially loved the flowers.  It was so quaint

And better yet on the way home my friend Krisanne and I stopped in at a wonderful quilt store - Season's of Home.  They carried lines of fabric I rarely see in the other stores which was a treat and several new pattern designers.  I wished I had time to make several of the quilts on display.

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Riley Blake Fabric Fest pictures

What a great time last week at the Riley Blake Fabric Fest in Las Vegas, NV.  There was eye candy everywhere you looked.  I can hardly wait until our own Quilt St. George Quilt Retreat on January 14-17, 2014.

I also had a booth at Fabric Fest last week and also I had quilts in the fashion show.  Altogether I was showing 13 quilts.  Here are some of the pictures.

Pinwheel Posies by Pink Hippo Quilts
Designed by Vetmari

Diamond Garden by Pink Hippo Quilts

Red Riding Hood Quilt Pattern by Pink Hippo Quilts

Pink Hippo Quilts booth featuring Mystic Buttercups, Spring Princess, L'amour est Trouve and Affair of the Heart

Ella's Garden Quilt Pattern by Pink Hippo Quilts designed by Vetmari

Bonkers for Boys quilt pattern by Pink Hippo Quilts and designed by Vetmari

Starry Nights Quilt Pattern by Pink Hippo Quilts

Cowboy's Compass Quilt Pattern by Pink Hippo Quilts

Rosie Outlook Quilt Pattern by Pink Hippo Quilts

Moon Rays Quilt Pattern by Pink Hippo Quilts

And did I mention meeting Eleanor Burns and taking classes from her.  Good times.  The best was her tuesday evening show "El's Kitchen" which had everyone in stitches.

Eleanor Burns from Quilt in a Day is a quilting legend.

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