My Letters From Grace quilt made with all of the fabrics from my new Tall Grass fabrics is bound and ready for cuddling.
My quilter friend, Ronda, added her magic and made the quilt all the more special.
If you're like me, you're always looking for quilting ideas, so I though I'd share what we chose for this quilt.
When designing Tall Grass, I made sure to have a nice range of greens from lights to darks and some with added colors and textures. For some reason, green is a color that we use a lot, especially in applique, but is a color that is not always available in a nice range on shop shelves at any given time....so...be sure to add some to your collection!
Tall Grass will be delivered to your local quilt ship in January....just a few short weeks from now. Yay....I can't wait!
The hustle and bustle of the season is well upon us and I'm sure you're making last minute preparations for the holiday festivities. My daughter Nicki and I bake loads of cookies and make up trays of assorted cookies for our family and friends.
This cookie, Chocolate Walnut Crumb Bars, is one of my favorites, is super easy to make, even at the last moment when time is short. Let's face it....it's good anytime of year!
Click here for the Chocolate Walnut Crumb Bar recipe. It's full of chocolatey goodness!
My studio is closed until next week so I can just concentrate on enjoying the holiday. Today, we will spend the day in the kitchen (as most of us will) making the last two cookies, and preparing to make two pans of my great-grandma Battaglia's lasagna. Oh my goodness...it's wonderful, but loads of work. While I'm in the middle of it all, I may as well make two pans and freeze one to enjoy later. The house will smell sssoooooo good!
Hoping all your holiday plans are full of yummy food with family and friends. Enjoy the holiday...no doubt you've worked hard to make it all happen.
In just a few short weeks, my newest fabric collection, Tall Grass, will arrive at your local quilt shop.
Eleven yummy shades of green prints accompanied by seven assorted light prints round out the collection that are sure to be a welcome addition to your stash!
Click here to see all of the Tall Grass prints.
I remade my Letters From Grace quilt pattern using all the prints in the Tall Grass collection. I'll post more photos of the quilt, the quilting and the fabric collection in a few weeks when they arrive here.
Please ask for Tall Grass and my Letters From Grace pattern at your local quilt shop. SO important to support your local shop!!
Last week, I took a poll asking which holiday(s) you made quilted projects. Here's the ranking of your answers:
(Participants were allowed more than one answer)
69% made Christmas projects
52% made Fall/Halloween projects
37% made Snowman or Winter theme projects
24% made Patriotic projects
8% made Easter or Spring projects
7% made Valentine projects
Any surprises in those stats for you? I am surprised that only 24% made patriotic projects. I would have thought that much higher.
Off to bake a batch of cookies!
Oh, I am SO jazzed to finally show you my newest fabric collection designed just for Marcus Fabrics!
It's called Tall Grass.
Tall Grass is a lovely collection of various prints in shades of greens. You know how bad I am at taking pictures. I'm showing you two photos of the same fabrics ~ one shot with the flash, and one without, to demonstrate the difference in how it changes the coloring. (I'm trying to blame my poor photography on the lighting.) Hopefully, you'll be able to get a good idea of the pretty shades of greens.
I am so, so happy with all of the prints in this collection. I worked in a few other colors with the green backgrounds for variety...and, well....for the fun of it!
Once in a blue moon I needle-turn applique, and thought of all of the applique-ers out there who use greens in so many of their quilts, as vines and leaves, and so many different things.
I really do love all of the fabrics I design, but once in awhile, I do have a favorite, and this print is one of them....especially the light. I can see it used in a bazillion quilts. I'll have to order extra of that one!
Why the name Tall Grass? Well.....growing up in Illinois, the Prairie State, we have tons of different tall grasses everywhere. It grows wild, and we work it into our landscaping because it's perennial, and indigenous.
It grows in every shade of green imaginable. Some have flowers, most have tasseled tops in wheat tones and browns. I thought it was the perfect inspiration for a collection of green fabrics for this "Prairie woman".
I've designed a quilt featuring all of the Tall Grass prints and will show it to you just as soon as I can.
Tall Grass will be delivered to your local quilt shop in January, so next time you visit the shop, ask if they've ordered Tall Grass! It's so important to support our local quilt shops!!
Click here to see the entire Tall Grass collection on the Marcus Fabrics website.
I'm also delighted to be traveling to Texas to meet with two guilds there. Hoping to post pictures to Instagram and Facebook.
In the meantime, make your sewing machine happy by spending some quality time with it. By doing so...you'll be happier, and at peace with your heart!
Be well.....
