happy thanksgiving!

 

From our family to yours, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! On this Thanksgiving Day, we pause to give thanks for all the blessings in our lives.

 You certainly have been a blessing to me. I want to thank everyone of visiting my blog. It has been wonderful to share a bit of my life as a traveling quilter with everyone and I look forward to many, many more posts in the future.

crystal fusion!

I’m so happy to share my newest fabric line from Avlyn. . . ta-da!    Crystal Fusion

 

It is a is a sparkly blender with a touch of pearl and whimsical swirls, available in 26 beautiful colors. We have worked very hard from many months on this fabric line and I’m so pleased with it!

Please ask for it at your local quilt shop. It is brand new, and your favorite quilt shop may not have seen it yet. Feel free to share the information about the fabric line with them.  They can find all the color and order information here: http://avlyn.com/collections/crystal-fusion_latest/.

The fabric line is starting to arrive in many quilt shops around the country, including these fine quilt shops: 

• Quilters Emporium     Stafford, Texas   (281) 491-0016    www.quiltersemporium.com

• Quilter’s Stash      North Attleboro, MA   (508) 699-3010 

• Lebanon Sew and Vac      Lebanon, Tennessee    (615) 443-7644     http://www.lebanonvacuumandsewing.com/

• Quilters Cottage       Richmond, Texas     281-633-9331    http://www.texasquilterscottage.com/  

• The Quilted Shamrock      Hudson, New Hampshire      (603) 204-5104     http://quiltedshamrock.com/
• Sooner Quilt       Guthrie, Oklahoma      (405) 282-2070
• Ruth’s Stitchery        Colorado Springs, Colorado      (719) 591-1717      http://www.ruthsstitchery.com/
• equilter.com, online quilt shop    www.equilter.com

I’ve designed a beautiful color wheel pattern using Crystal Fusion and Tapestry.   Crystal Fusion gives the pattern a lovely sparkle to the color wheel and Tapestry is beautiful as the black background.  The pattern is available on the Avlyn website.

 

 Enjoy the fabric line, I can’t wait to see your quilts made with this beautiful fabric! It is a basic and it will re-printed, so don’t be afraid to use it over and over. It will be available!

fall colors

Inspiration is everywhere. Sometimes it is hard to remember to look around and really pay attention.

Fall is one of my favorite seasons, the color combinations are always inspiring! Here are some of my favorite photos, many of them taken around Tennessee, in our beautiful Smoky Mountains.

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a quilt to share

It is always fun to see quilts from my patterns! Several years ago, I designed a pattern for the magazine, Sew Many Quilts. It is a fun quilt with the illusion of depth.

Vanessa from Middleboro, MA made a quilt from this pattern and sent a photo.

It looks great! Thanks for sharing it, Vanessa!

Congratulations!

Thanks so everyone for entering the Quiltermaker’s 100 Blocks from Top Designers contest. We had hundreds on emails entering and enjoyed reading your thoughtful comments!

The winner from my blog is: Linda Broadbent from Iowa.

Congratulations!