At long last – Easy Street with a Twist

I’ve finally finished my version of Bonnie Hunter’s Easy Street. I changed the pattern just a bit. It’s not my favorite quilt I’ve ever made; in the future I’ll go with my instincts and choose a solid instead of the black and white fabrics. It’s just too busy for my taste. It did use up a lot of my scraps!

I couldn’t get a great photo of it. It was a cold and blustery day here in northwest Ohio, not quite the spring day I was hoping for. And let’s face it, I need to be a bit taller to get a better angle on these large quilts. This one is 85″ x 85″.

Right now I’m working on two quilts for the upcoming Sauder Village Quilt Show, which is always a nice event with about 400 quilts. The Village is a great place to visit so make a day of it and come see the beautiful quilts. This year’s show is Tuesday, April 30 – Sunday, May 5, 2013; Sauder Village is located in Archbold, Ohio.

My larger entry is pieced, quilted (thanks Charisma!) and the binding and sleeve are on; there’s just the hand sewing left to do. My smaller quilt still needs to be quilted. At 45″ square I’ll be tackling that myself using my Janome 7700. I’ve got my work cut out for me for the next few weeks!

 

Congratulations to our winner!

I’m pleased to announce the winner of the Reunion Charm Packs is Lori Morton!

I’ve emailed Lori and hope to hear from her soon.

Thanks to all of you for taking the time to check out my blog and enter the contest, and thanks to the Quilting Gallery for sponsoring it!

We’ll continue to sponsor giveaways and will offer more free patterns in the future, so be sure to subscribe to our blog!

Thanks again, and congrats to Lori!

It’s our first giveaway!

Blog Hop Party with Give-Aways We’re participating in the Quilting Gallery’s Beat the Winter
Blues
Blog Hop by sponsoring our first giveaway!

Welcome to all of our new visitors! We’re a relatively new
quilting blog, adding content weekly and offering free
patterns, design and quilting tips, and thoughts on the
quilting lifestyle.

We’re pleased to offer two “Reunion” charm packs for our
giveaway. With two charm packs you can make a nice sized
quilt, several totebags or anything else your quilting heart
desires! Here’s Moda’s PDF brochure with pretty photos of the full Reunion line.

Reunion Charm PacksEntering couldn’t be easier; just leave a comment on this post and on March 15 I’ll select a random winner. Feel free to subscribe to our blog!

Bye bye, Winter Blues!