Tokens of the Past: Autumn Sampler Trio Quilted

Lake Log Cabin quilt in the Tokens of the Past: Autumn Sampler pattern

Isn't it so, so satisfying when your quilt is finally complete, quilted and bound, and you can begin to enjoy it by display, or cuddling underneath all that yummy fabric?!  

All three of the Tokens of the Past: Autumn Sampler quilts are now finished and I enjoyed binding them.  

Dancing Leaves quilt in the Tokens of the Past: Autumn Sampler pattern

My friend, Ronda, once again outdid herself with the quilting we chose.  I can't choose a favorite.  Glad I don't have to!

Colors of Autumn quilt in the Tokens of the Past: Autumn Sampler pattern

By now, you know that all of these quilts are made from my new fall collection called On Maple Lake, (for Marcus Fabrics) which is in your LQS right now.  

The three Tokens: Autumn Sampler quilts are all made from just one 10 x 10 precut of the collection, plus additional yardage for sashing, borders and binding.  All three quilts are included in the pattern, too.

The 10 x 10's of On Maple Lake have not been delivered just yet, but are expected this month.  You can order a kit for all of the Tokens: Autumn Sampler quilts here.

The pattern is also sold separately here.




I'll be posting photos of my new Pam's Prairie Basics fabrics, along with a sneak peek at the Tokens quilts made with the both the Basics and Shirtings, as well as the feature quilt which is presently in production.  

Enjoy your day!

Autumn On Maple Lake Is Here!

It's always so exciting when all the work has been done and I can finally release a new pattern.

My new pattern, Autumn On Maple Lake, using all the fabrics in the On Maple Lake (for Marcus Fabrics of course!) collection, is quilted and bound!  

My dear friend, and quilter extraordinaire, Ronda quilted my quilt.  LOVE!

Another dear friend, Debbie, pieced the quilt for me.  She does just a fantastic job and I could not be happier...nor could I possibly keep up with all of this myself.  

You know me and photography....I usually can't take a photo capturing the real colors of the quilt, but I think these pictures do a pretty good job.  

I wanted this quilt to be a burst of fall color and I am so happy with the way it all turned out.

I simply adore the main print in this collection.  

I wanted it to be subtle, and have some of the fall colors in it, but also a print that could be used in a quilt that wasn't fall at all.  I think I succeeded.  

I also thought you'd get a kick out of what the original antique print looks like. 

 Maple Lake is a real place near my home.  It's man made, nestled within a huge Forest Preserve area.  There's a woody trail to walk that surrounds the lake.  For many years when I was a kid, and when the leaves were falling, and in plentiful supply on the ground, my entire family...including aunts, uncles, cousins and grandma's would go there for a picnic.  All of us kids would roll around in all the leaves and play, eat great food, and everyone would take that leafy walk around Maple Lake before packing up to go home.  The tall trees were just filled with magnificent colors, the air clean and crisp, making for memories to last a lifetime.  It was my inspiration for this collection and for the four quilts I designed to go with it.  

It's funny to be talking about fall when spring is well on its way....but in the world of fabric, the seasons have their own timeline.  Lucky for us, too, because if we start working on these fall quilts now, they will be ready in time for those new leaves just now budding, to fall once again.

The On Maple Lake fabric collection is being delivered to your LQS right now.....so go shopping to see all the fabrics in person!  Many shops have ordered the pattern, too, so you can buy the fabrics & the pattern to make your very own Autumn On Maple Lake quilt.

If your LQS doesn't carry the pattern, you can order it here...but, please DO support your LQS!

Click here to order the Autumn On Maple Lake pattern.

I happen to have extra Autumn On Maple Lake patterns here (teehee) and would love to give away a few of them!

So.....leave a comment on my blog telling me about a favorite event you have attended at your local quilt shop.  I'll choose a few winners on Tuesday.  

I'm sorry, but...to be fair to everyone, I cannot accept email entries.  International readers are more than welcome to leave a comment!  Can't wait to hear from you!  

New Prairie Shirtings!

I'm excited!  I'm jazzed!  I'm thrilled and delighted to finally show you my brand new collection called Pam's Prairie Shirtings!

I adore shirtings and there will never, ever be enough of them.  Can you tell how happy I am to bring you 12 new prints?

The 12 new Shirtings are a partner to another new collection called Pam's Prairie Basics.  I will show you those very soon as well.  The wonderful thing is that both the Shirtings and the Basics fabrics will be available for an extended time - much longer than a normal collection.  Yay!

Right now, I'm crazy busy getting 9 new quilts ready for Spring Quilt Market.  Writing patterns in the morning, and checking and double checking the instructions, sewing in the afternoon, and binding in the evening.  

Had to find some time to update my blog and share the news about Prairie Shirtings and Basics....all coming very soon to your local quilt shop!  They were inspired by several trips to living history museums Dry Goods Mercantile stores.  More on that in a future post.

More news about the Shirtings & Basics collection, and the five new quilts I designed for them, along with new and close up photos of all of the quilts made from my new On Maple Lake fabric collection.  

I haven't forgotten about my Pocket Patchwork Sew-Alongs.  I really want to do another.  My surgeries, and longer than anticipated recovery time, sure set me way back.  But...just wanted you to know that I have not abandoned my sew-alongs.  

Hope you find a little time to spend with needle and thread today.  

Time For Another Scrap Give-away!

Now that I'm feeling more my old self, and with Spring Quilt Market preparations in full swing, we've been doing a lot of cutting, sewing and scrap gathering.  You know I don't want to hang onto all those scraps for myself.  Nope....no way!  

I need to find a good home for four boxes chock full of a wide variety of scraps!  

Debbie and I have complete four quilts, all using brand new fabrics from On Maple Lake.  

So...there are some Maple Lake scraps in each of the four boxes.  (It's not even in your local quilt shop yet, but it will be very soon!)  There are other Heartspun Quilts fabric collections in there, and I also purged some Civil War reproduction fabrics from my big scrap bin and passed those along, too.  So that means there's a big mix of wonderful scraps waiting to be sent in the mail.....to YOU!

Please leave a comment on my blog and tell me.....    

Does your quilt shop stock your favorite REPRO fabrics?  If yes, share what DESIGNERS you prefer.  If not, share what would be on your wish list.

                  

I'm sorry, but to be fair to everyone, I can not accept comments via email.  Also, I regret not being able to ship the scraps outside of the US as shipping costs are just prohibitive for a giveaway like this.

So, please help me out, and leave a comment for me by midnight Monday, March 20th, for a chance to win scrappy goodness.

Click here to see all the On Maple Lake fabrics and be sure to look for them at your favorite local quilt shop in just a few weeks.

Wishing you pieceful stitches....

Autumn On Maple Lake

 Last time, I posted this photo of the quilt Debbie was busily piecing called Autumn On Maple Lake.  It's the large, feature quilt I designed especially for my new On Maple Lake fabrics.

This is the whole block....a combo of Maple Leaves and Log Cabin.  Love, love, love!!

I took this photo of the quilt in progress and was so pleased to see the burst of fall colors!  She took it back home to add the pieced border.  I don't have a photo of the finished top because we rushed it to be quilted....but I can show you the Electric Quilt image of the entire quilt.

It is really something in person as all quilts are.  Photos never do justice to the real deal.

My Autumn on Maple Lake pattern will be available soon.  

Click here to see all of the On Maple Lake prints....arriving soon at your favorite local quilt shop!  Please be sure to ask for them on your next visit.

Tokens: Autumn Sampler SPECIAL OFFER!

I'm so jazzed to finally be able to share the new quilts I designed using my new On Maple Lake fabric collection!

I had a lot of fun designing the three quilts for the new Tokens of the Past: Autumn Sampler pattern.  I wanted them to say fall in every way.  They are all easy to piece, require no special rulers, and all of the blocks for all three quilts come from just one On Maple Lake 10x10 precut! 

The cover you see above is a draft, and the quilts are EQ images, as I just received my sample yardage late last week.  Debbie and I went right to our sewing machines to get started!  

 I dug right in to begin making half square triangles for the Colors of Autumn quilt.

  Here's how the first block looks.  I confess I was a bit rusty with my accurate 1/4 inch from not having sewn in so long.  (Darn those surgeries anyway...getting in the way of my fun!)  But, by block 2, I was doing much better, and with block 3, I had my piecing mojo back and humming.
Whew!

As a fabric designer, you do your best to create fabric patterns and colors that will be not only interesting but harmonious, and while they are pleasing to the eye as a collection, I wonder how they'll turn out when actually pieced into blocks?

It's wonderful to sigh relief and satisfaction when you're happy with how all the fabrics have blended to make a colorful feast for your eyes.  This happens to all of us as we inspect our units and blocks, check to see if all those points (or almost all!) are just right, and blocks are square and measure what they should.  Yes...I was a happy girl!

Can't wait to display this cutie on my kitchen table with some acorns, leaves and little pumpkins.  

To kick off my celebration of On Maple Lake, I'm offering a special PRE-ORDER promotion on the complete kit for the Tokens of the Past: Autumn Sampler trio!!!  

Order the Tokens of the Past: Autumn Sampler complete quilt kit before April 1st 

and receive the pattern FREE!!  

The pattern value is $14.50, so you'll be saving quite a bit!  

Click here to view the details and place your order.  Orders will ship in mid-April.  

Tokens of the Past: Autumn Sampler patterns will be available for individual sale later in March once the quilts have been photographed, and the cover is done.  

This is a sneak peek at what Debbie is working on.  The colors are not accurate as the lighting makes it have a golden overcast to it, but you get the idea.  

The large quilt is called Autumn on Maple Lake, and if I do say so myself (very humbly!) is just stunning in real life.  So...more about the large quilt in my next post.  

Have to admit that I'm anxiously waiting for spring and feel a little weird about talking and working with fall fabrics.  But...I'll be so happy come September when they're all ready to use and enjoy.....and you will, too!

Hope you find peace in stitching today.

On Maple Lake Coming Soon!!

A new autumnal fabric collection will be arriving at your local quilt shop in just a few weeks!!

On Maple Lake

There are 21 lush, fall colored prints in the On Maple Lake collection.  

Deep greens, browns, purple, red, autumn gold and burnt orange with a pop of black.   

As you can see, a lot of the prints will work well in your everyday quilts.  Not all of them are fall themed.  I've had such fun playing with these fabrics all week.

Looking at the yardage is lovely, of course, but seeing how the prints look when sewn together is way more fun!!  I'll show you what I made with these half square triangles in my next post.  

There are four new quilt designs coming soon....all using the On Maple Lake fabrics I designed for, who else?  ....Marcus Fabrics!  

The large feature quilt is called Autumn On Maple Lake.  Using the On Maple Lake 10 x 10 precut is a new pattern with three small, fall quilts called Tokens of the Past: Autumn Sampler. Sneak peeks coming in my next post. 

On Maple Lake will be shipping to your local quilt shop in just a few weeks, and we all want to support our local quilt shops!  So, please ask for it on your next visit.

If you can't find it locally, you can order a Fat Quarter Bundle of On Maple Lake from my website.  It is normally priced $65 for the complete collection.  

I'm offering a PRE-ORDER SPECIAL!!  15% off while supplies last, which makes the price $53.55 plus shipping.  Click here to order before they're all gone!!  Orders will ship in March.

Back to my sewing machine.  ((grin))

P.S. How about making a fall leaf mug rug using a couple of On Maple Lake fabrics?  Don't forget to take a quick photo of your mug rugs using Marcus Fabrics, and post them to #MarcusMugShot, or you can email them to Marcus as well!!  Let's keep those Mug Rugs going!

Sneak Peek

As you know, there are usually many things in the works, months and months ahead, all for your quilting pleasure.  One of those things ~ a new line of fabric ~ is just about to make its debut.

On Maple Lake 

On Maple Lake lead floral print by Pam Buda for Marcus Bros Fabrics

On Maple Lake is a collection of autumnal prints in the warm and cozy colors we love.  The fabric above, Autumn Flora, is the lead print with what I think is a bit of a folk art flair.  Rather than create another 'loads of leaves' print, or one with large flowers (that's really just not me at all anyway), I searched for a print that would be really different, and that I could color in all my favorite autumn shades.  

I love how this turned out because it's subtle in design, and still has the burnt oranges, plums, reds, golds and tan that we adore, and yet...you could use it for a quilt that isn't at all fall related if you wished.

Click here to see the entire On Maple Lake collection.  

I'll be showing you more of the prints very soon, along with the big quilt, Autumn On Maple Lake, and new Tokens of the Past: Autumn Sampler patterns designed just for this fabric.  

On Maple Lake will be arriving at your local quilt shop March 1st, so be sure to look for it there.  

Also....coming later this week.....another Limited Edition doll quilt kit, perfect for Valentine's Day decorating, or all through the year!!