The red and green quilts are out...

For your viewing pleasure.  Antique quilts are on display for the holidays.

And a few other items.

And the quilting news just keeps coming...

The February 2011 edition of American Patchwork & Quilting arrived in the mail yesterday. 

Turn to page 44 to see my latest contribution. I made a small blue and white quilt based on an antique crib quilt in my collection. 

 A pattern for both my miniature and the original crib size quilt are given.  I am so pleased with the results.  Check out the zig zag border!

And the results are in...

My craft show today was fabulous.  The crowds were big and sales were great.  If this is any indication, I think the economy is getting better.  Yay!  Liri stopped by to say hi all the way from Philly.  She was going to bring her camera to take a picture of me in my booth, but forgot the camera.  I forgot my camera today, too.  Darn.  I did manage to get in a little shopping in between all the selling and picked up a couple Christmas decorations, the santa above and the primitive angel below.  The Merry Christmas pinkeep is from Lori's blog HomeSpunPrims.  Isn't it cute?  I think I'm ready to start my holiday decorating.

The angel is made by Steins Country Collection.  Do a google search and you will find their website.

My Quilt News Part 2

My second piece of quilt news is that some of my little quilts--more primitive in design--are now being offered for sale by my friend Carole on her website, Carole's Country.  http://www.carolescountry.com/.  Not only does Carole offer wonderful primitive antiques, she also offers the work of  top traditional artisans.  I was honored when she invited me to particpate in her Artisan Store.  http://www.carolescountry.com/artisans.html   Check her blog page, too; well, really just check out all her pages.  Carole's photos are so beautiful, it's a treat to visit her website and look around.

photo from http://www.carolescountry.com/

My Quilt News-Part 1

I have lots of quilting news to share with you in the coming weeks.  The first exciting piece of news is that one of my quilt designs has just published in Quilt Mania!  "Flying in Squares" appears in the Special Series Winter 2010.  These two images come from the Quilt mania website.  Hopefully I will get better photos to post here in the near future.  In the mean time visit their website for a better look.  You can order a copy in English or French. 
http://www.quiltmania.com/pages/english/home-quilt/special-series/sous-rubrique-hs-uk/overview.php

Almost Done

I am finishing up a few items for my show next weekend.  The stack of finished ornaments is still smaller than the unfinished but with twenty more to go, I can finish them by the end of the weekend.

 I finished this quilt last night. 

 Since I work with antique fabrics I really haven't bought reproduction fabrics for several years.  However, I recently saw some on line that intrigued me because they are almost exact copies of some antique fabrics I have.  Check out the pink polka dot.  It is hard to see the details because the photo is  bit blurry, but boy it is so close, with the fine detail in the background.

 Here's another example.  Repro is on the right.  I wonder if the manufacturers of the repro fabric can claim copyrights to the design?

My Last Show in 2010

Pennsylvania German Folk Art Sale

December 4 - 31, 2010

Download brochure in PDF

Buyers Preview Reception
Friday evening, December 3,  6:00 -9:00 pm --- $5 admission
The public is invited to the preview reception for the first opportunity to purchase work by your favorite artist.

Opening Weekend:
Christmas Market: Experience the Warmth of Yesteryear
Saturday, December 4, 9:30 am - 4:00 pm and Sunday, December 5, 12:00 - 4:00 pm 

Enjoy this nostalgic holiday tour that includes: Mennonite Heritage Center --the PA German Folk Art Sale --Exhibit: Everyday and Sunday Best: Mennonite Clothing of the late 19th and 20th Centuries --Craft Demonstrations on Saturday, December 4 Marilyn Diener, scherenschnitte and Joanne McIllmurray, rug hooking The Goschenhoppen Historians Museum, Rt. 29, Green Lane --Vintage Christmas Collectibles --Exhibit: A Boy’s Christmas: Trees, Trains and Toys --Christmas cookies and other wonderful baked goods available

Schwenkfelder Heritage Center, 105 Seminary St., Pennsburg
Exhibits:
--The Message of Christmas in Nativity Scenes
--Passing On: Autumn Requiem by Artist Lauren Curtis with Mourning Objects from the SLHC Collection
--Schwenckfeld’s World
--Paintings and Photographs by Bob Koenig

This event is for December 4 and 5 only. The PA German Folk Art Sale at the Mennonite Heritage Center runs through December 31. *


Sale Hours
Opening Weekend: Saturday, December 5, 9:30 am to 4 pm, Sunday, December 6, 12 to 4 pm
Throughout December: Tuesday through Saturday: 10 am to 5 pm
Closed Saturday, December 25

Information:
Email: info@mhep.org; phone: 215-256-3020
*Snow emergency cancellations – please check (215) 256-3020 or www.mhep.org 

My next show

North Penn High School, Lansdale, PA

Thank you!

Thank you to everyone for your thoughtful and supportive posts regarding a future book :-) 

• The majority of responses favored a book over individual patterns-great to know this, I wasn't sure. 
• Many suggested that using antique fabric for the quilts would be fine, but also making some of the quilts with reproduction fabrics would be a good idea.   My thought here is that sometimes my antique fabric stash limits what quilt I might reproduce, for example, a bright Prussian blue is quite rare to find and probably too rare to use--that might be just the right opportunity to make the quilt in reproduction fabrics.
• Many mentioned that they would like information on the history of the antique quilts/fabric-definitely I would include this!
• Including patterns for other than just quilts (e.g.pincushion/ornaments)was suggested-great idea

I have saved all your comments in a  file for future pondering and planning.  Thanks again!