NEW! Tokens of the Past: Yuletide Greetings!

Look what's hot off the press!!  My new Tokens of the Past: Yuletide Greetings pattern is ready to ship!  So happy when a project is finally completed.  

Trim The Tree  25" x 25"

Once again, I've paired a 10 x 10 precut, this time using my Pieceful Pines precut to make most all of the blocks for all three quilts!  Add yardage for sashings, borders and binding and you've got a kit that's easy peasy and ready to go.

Deck The Halls 21" x 21"

The Pieceful Pines fabrics are in warm, traditional colors of soft lights and beige neturals, cranberry reds, and deep greens.  The prints don't scream Christmas, but will be cozy additions to your holiday decorating.

To All A Good Night  18" x 18"

The pattern includes directions for all three quilts.  Yardage and instructions are included for each quilt individually, and you can certainly make the quilts from different fabrics if you'd like to.  They would look great in any three/for color combination!

Click here to see all of the Pieceful Pines fabrics created especially for Marcus Fabrics.

I have a limited amount of kits which include the Tokens of the Past: Yuletide Greetings pattern, the Pieceful Pines 10 inch precut, and all sashing, border and binding fabrics to make all three quilts.  All featuring the exact same fabrics I used to make my quilts!  

Click here to order a Tokens of the Past: Yuletide Greetings kit for your very own.

Click here to order the Tokens of the Past: Yuletide Greetings pattern.

We are beginning to enjoy a long Memorial Holiday weekend....a time for barbeques, parades and family get-togethers.   Let's all be sure to pause each day to remember all of the men and women who have served our country so we can enjoy our day as we choose.  I keep them close to my heart and am so very grateful for their service and sacrifice.  

I can finally share the first quilt in my new Tokens of the Past: Yuletide Greetings pattern called Deck The Halls.

This was great fun to design as I played with the different colors and shades of each fabric.  I added a twist throwing in the black triangles and set the quilt center on point.  Love, love how it turned out!!  

And now...the quilt top is off to my quilter, Ronda.  This is quilt two of three included in the Yuletide Greetings pattern, and hopefully, when I return from my trip to Massachusetts,  the third one will be complete as well.  

The quilts feature my Pieceful Pines fabric collection and are made using one 10" x 10" precut plus additional yardage for blocks, borders, and other fun stuff.  The pattern and precuts will be available in May....I think.  It won't be too much longer!

My Primitive Threads sample yardage arrived on Monday and I've begun starching the yardage in preparation of making the quilt.  I won't be able to begin piecing the quilt until I return from MA which is kinda killing me!  I am so looking forward to the trip...but...I have brand new fabric and want to play with it!  Sigh.....too many good things all happening at once....champagne problems, Pam!

Look for special offerings for Primitive Threads in my next post!!  

Until then....don't worry...stitch yourself happy!

Pieceful Pines Fabric Arrives!!

Pieceful Pines BOM ~ Quilt & fabric designed by Pam Buda ~ Heartspun Quilts
for Marcus Brothers Fabrics

This week, my Pieceful Pines fabrics are arriving at your LQS!!  So exciting!  Sign-ups continue for the Block of the Month program....have you signed up yet??  

The program will begin in April and there are lots of shops participating!  Give your LQS a call and ask for Pieceful Pines or Google it to find a participating shop.  It's such a fun quilt to make.

I cut a bunch of Fat Quarter bundles and they're ready to ship for your piecing pleasure.  

There's a very nice assortment of reds.....

Lights prints and tone-on-tones......

Assorted greens and one black print.  

Look for all of these prints at your local quilt shop....you know I want you to support your local shop!!

But...if you can't find it near you, you can order from my website here.  

I've designed 3 new quilts for a new Tokens of the Past pattern using the 10 inch precut of Pieceful Pines and am presently piecing them.  Can't wait to show you!!  

In the meantime....get your happy on with needle and thread.  Advice I think I'll take myself!

Pieceful Pines Quilted

It's a snowy day here in suburban Chicago and the clouds make for a good day to photograph the quilting of my Pieceful Pines quilt.  

While the dim lighting is great for capturing the quilting details, keep in mind it makes the fabrics look much darker than they are.  

Pieceful Pines is not your usual Christmas quilt in that I chose and designed fabrics that still look historic, not full of Christmas-y motifs.  So, when my quilter and dear friend, Ronda and I were searching for quilting designs, I didn't want a lot of Christmas quilting designs either.

Ronda found lots of really cool designs.  I love feathers which look awesome in the red part of the Log Cabin blocks, and really love the spray design she chose for the other half.  I think the straight lines give nice juxtaposition to the soft rounds of the feathers....and it kinda reminds me of gingerbread molding.

This little design reminded me of two things....a snowflake and the Spirograph I used to play with as a kid!  It isn't overly Christmas-y and fits in nicely....I think.

The center wreath and star blocks have some other gorgeous designs.  I love this center.  It would make an awesome table topper centerpiece all by itself.  

I hope sharing our quilting designs will help you with ideas when your Pieceful Pines BOM is completed.  

Pieceful Pines begins in April and will end in November, just in time for next Christmas!!

Please ask for Pieceful Pines at your local quilt shop!  

A little birdy told me to say you really might like to check my blog on Friday morning.   Something special may be coming your way!

Just sayin.....

Pine Tree Love

I'm so happy to report that my new Pieceful Pines Block of the Month quilt top is pieced and now in the hands of my friend and quilter, Ronda.  We have chosen the designs for the quilt and she's adding her magic.  (More photos when the quilt returns home.)  In my haste to get the quilt to Ronda, I failed to take photos of the quilt blocks to show you.  Geez, I hate when I forget important things like that....but, oh well.  What can I do?

I made an extra block to show you how cute the Pine Tree blocks are.  Hope you like it.  

The Pieceful Pines fabric collection is now on the Marcus Fabrics website.  Click here to see all the Pieceful Pines prints.

The quilt measures 80" x 80" and is an 8 month program.  Please ask for Pieceful Pines at your local quilt shop!!  Program begins in April, 2018 and is finished in November.  Perfect timing as it's just in time to have it quilted for cuddling under next Christmas! 

I am curious about the seasonal quilts we all make.  Are you like me and wish you had more seasonal quilts when it's time to celebrate a season or holiday?  We all suffer from so-many-projects-so-little-time that we just can't make them all.  I know this last Halloween, I wished I had more black and orange quilts to display, and the same thing is happening now with Christmas.

So....I added a little poll to my blog sidebar.  I'd love to hear which holidays you celebrate with quilts!!  You can click here to vote - just look for the poll at the top of the right-hand side bar.  I'll post the results on Monday.  

In the meantime, I hope you are getting to enjoy every moment of this holiday season!  

Pieceful Pines Sample Fabric Arrives!

The doorbell rang last Friday and a yummy package was left on the front porch.  My sample yardage for my newest fabric collection, Pieceful Pines arrived!!  Let the sewing begin!

Here's a first look at all the prints in the collection.

Being the traditional quilter that I am, I'm not a person who enjoys "Christmas print" fabrics with Santas and big snowflakes and the like.   

I prefer to stick to the historic prints I love to make my holiday quilts...the same way our 19th century quilting ancestors did.

I do look for prints that will reflect the feeling of the season, but could easily be used in a another quilt for any purpose.

As usual...the colors are somewhat off due to my talent for taking poor photos.  Is there a magic camera that will help me?  I should ask Santa about that!

I have to admit that it's really fun to be piecing a holiday quilt during the month of December.  Christmas is everywhere and I sure have the holiday spirit going on in my studio.  

I'll be sure to post some photos of the blocks very soon.  Hope you like the fabrics!

My Pieceful Pines Block of the Month will begin in April, so please ask for it at your local quilt shop.  

Hope your days are merry and bright!