"Summer Fun"...Celebrate with everything Sweet about Summer!

Finally!  Is it summer yet?  Be ready for summer with our new quilt...Summer Fun!

Summer Fun has five super easy pieced blocks with a strip-pieced and fusible applique Starry Swag Border.  There are Lemonade and Fireworks Stands, an Old Fashion Ice Cream Cart, a Farm Fresh Strawberry Stand and even a darling Beach Cabana!   The Accessory Fabric Packet has all the adorable specialty fabric for the blocks including the lemonade and strawberry fabrics and even the little girl in the swim suit!  Finished Quilt is 74” x 63”.

Patterns available April 29 on quiltcompany.com!

So Close...

We are so close to revealing our latest quilt design. We did an email preview to shop owners a week ago and now we are frantically trying to get the patterns printed and stuffed in time to get them out to customers.  I have really been wanting to post a picture but thought I better wait until we can actually sell the pattern.

I will tell you it is a Summer Theme and so far the shops have LOVED it, you may have already previewed it from them.  As many of you may know, mom and I really love piecing at heart but sometimes pieced blocks can be a bit boring, a little applique can really add that "cute factor".  Well we really had fun with this summer themed pieced and appliqued quilt.  I included a small sample of the quilt, tell us what you think!

Melissa

"Fabric" Invitations

I belong to a quilt group that has been meeting 3 times a year for 25 years!  Well I haven't been meeting that long, but my mom, Arlene, has.  This group was formed 25 years ago from a class that she taught in Fallbrook to a group of ladies that just didn't get enough after the class was done and thus the "Fallbrook Group" was created.  I was invited into the group about 4 years ago and have really loved it ever since! We even have members that live out of state that come back into town just for the get togethers!  It is nice having a group that doesn't meet every week or month, with my crazy busy family and work life, just the 3 times per year really works out well for me right now.  We try and rotate the hosting of the meetings and my turn is in April.  I have to say when I signed up for April, I had all these grandiose ideas about making an entire invitation out of fabric, or some 3D egg or flower that was unfolded to reveal the invite, ha!  Well as a result of the aforementioned life, I wasn't able to do that, but I did find these adorable cards from Papyrus.  These are handmade cards that do incorporate fabric elements with stitching and embellishments.  I just think they are so cute.  So I am sending these out to the girls today to put them in the spring feeling for our get together.  Hope you enjoy!

Finished!

We finished our latest Block of the Month design on Sunday, wohoo!  I think from start to finish it took about 3 weeks to design and make...not too bad.  We used the new line of fabric from Maywood Studios called My Secret Garden...we used more of the red and blues.  The quilt is at the machine quilters right now and then off to be photographed next week.  In the meantime, we are writing instructions for our test group to make the second sample and test the patterns for errors.  After we release it to the quilt shops, we will post a photo of the quilt on our blog, website and facebook, yeah.  Can't wait for you all to see the newest design!

Designing

Mom and I are working hard at designing our newest Block of the Month.  We worked on quite a few concepts, but sometimes they just don't come together right away.  My desk is a mess with all this beautiful fabric, pictures, drawings and notes all scattered around!  Just goes to show you that even when you have been doing this for over 20 years, it is still hard.  Always looking for suggestions, any ideas for the next quilt???

We just got back from Road to California in Ontario, CA, where Arlene was the Featured Artist.  What an honor!  It was great seeing all of her previous students and chatting with everyone about her older patterns and our newest ones.  We were even asked to sign a few autographs, how fun is that!