Tiny Baskets Are Calling You!!

 

My Tiny Baskets quilt pattern is finally completed.  I'm thinking there are a few more Tiny Basket quilts on the cover than you were expecting....and you're right!

I first shared a block with you...

...then a peek at the quilt top.

Then a reveal of the quilt all finished.  Oh how I love it!  I loved making the blocks so much, I couldn't stop....so.....

I made a smaller quilt with 5 Tiny Baskets.  I have a very special place for this quilt with a fun idea to display it.  Watch for more about the display idea coming very soon.  Still...I couldn't stop making these adorable blocks.  What is it about tiny quilt blocks that make them so darn cute, and quite frankly, irresistible?

My last quilt is Teeny Tiny Basket with just one Tiny Basket.  Super cute!!   Instructions for all three of the quilts are included in the pattern.

If Tiny Baskets are calling to you, click here to order the pattern.  

The other quilt patterns made from my Primitive Traditions fabric collection (for Marcus Fabrics) will be ready soon.  

Happy Stitches Always....Be Well.....

 

Hello!  You don't know how happy I am to be back on Blogger!!  A Gremlin hi-jacked my account and I couldn't write any posts for a week....so I missed last week's Monday's with Marcus....boo!

This happy Monday, be sure to visit my fellow Marcus Fabrics designers, Lisa & Lora of Material Girlfriends.  They've designed the April Showers project for you!!  Visit their website to download the pattern and be sure to browse all the quilting goodies they have to offer!!  

Once you're browsing the web, stop in and visit with my pals Paula and Mary Ellen of Red Crinoline Quilts!!  They were featured last Monday when the Gremlins took over.....but that's no reason for YOU to miss out!  Click here to visit their website and to download their Bountiful Stars pattern for the table topper quilt in the photo above.  

My new arrival are the Primitive Traditions 10" precut bundles!!  Forty-two prints all bundled together and waiting for you!  

Click here to order a bundle for yourself.

As I await my Primitive Traditions & Country Meadow fabric orders, I am busy working on the next quilt for a new fabric line coming soon, called Farmer's Daughter.  I'll be posting sneak peeks on Instagram and Facebook soon...so follow me if you will.  I'm getting a little sewing time in here and there when I can, proofreading patterns, designing....generally staying out of trouble.  Teehee.....

Have a wonderful week.....stitch everyday, and be well......

Monday's With Marcus II ~ Dolores Smith of Timeworn Toolbox

 Another Monday, funday!!!!  Today, we are spotlighting fellow Marcus Fabrics designer....

....Dolores Smith!  Her company name is Timeworn Toolbox and the fabric she designs is uniquely her own in her soft, muted palettes.  Gorgeous!!  Please visit her at Homestead Hearth (the quilt shop she co-owns with Sarah Maxwell) to download her sweet Simplify pillow pattern.

This week, I'm continuing to piece my new Primitive Traditions quilt.  I'm enjoying the piecing, and loving how it's coming out.  Can't wait until I can layout all the blocks.....we all love that part. 

I'm also working on piecing two more little quilts using my Tiny Baskets block....so there will be three quilts in the pattern - not just one!  I so adore that block that I haven't been able to stop making them!  Teehee....

The next fabric line after Primitive Traditions is called Country Meadow, and my sample fabric has arrived.  I can't wait to show it to you!  If you'd like a sneak peek of Country Meadow, click here. 

I try to post to my Instagram and Facebook pages five times a week, so if you'd like to see a lot more, please follow me on social media.  

Stay safe, everybody and be well!  

New Bundles ~ Scrap Boxes and Last Call for Pre-Orders!

 I have re-stocked my fat quarter bundle collections......

The new Folk Art Star prints are available in fat quarters...

.....a limited number of full collection bundles are available....

...and a whole new batch of color bank bundles!

including new shirting and light print bundles!!!  I love color bundles!!!

I've also prepared half a dozen of my super popular scrap boxes, too!!  

Click here to browse the new bundle selections.

This is also your LAST CALL FOR PRE-ORDERS on the four Primitive Traditions quilt kits.

I thought I would have more time to place the fabric order, but I have to get it in next week.  

Click here to read all of the details about pre-ordering any of the four quilt kits. 

Click here to browse the Primitive Traditions quilt kits for pre-order.

Cut off is Monday morning, March 29th.  

I'm sewing away on Primitive Traditions to get it off to the quilter because there's a new fabric line coming in any day now!!!  Exciting stuff!

Be well and happy stitching!

Primitive Traditions Quilt Collection Pre-Orders!!!

 It won't be too long now until my Primitive Traditions, Folk Art Stars and Primitive Plaids fabric collections arrive in quilt shops everywhere!  We've waited so long!

Primitive Traditions Quilt ~ Designed by Pam Buda

Primitive Traditions is my feature quilt for this collection.  It's a beauty with how the black fabrics offset the colors and make them just POP!  

I'll bet you're saying it looks very difficult to piece.  WRONG!  The units in the blocks are made larger and trimmed down...honest!  

For this block, there are Half Square Triangles (trimmed to size), Flying Geese and the kite unit in the corners of the block.

Intimidated by the kite unit?

Don't be....it's made larger and trimmed with a really cool ruler.

I'll bet the pieced Pinwheel block worries you, too.  Nope...not a problem.

You know the Half Squares are trimmed.  But, what about those Shaded Four Patch units.  

Hard to piece?  Not a chance....

Make the unit on the top.....and it becomes

two Shaded Four Patch units!!  Easy...I promise!

Primitive Traditions is made using three rulers: Bloc-Loc for Half Square Triangles, Tucker Trimmer I for Shaded Four Patch, and Corner Beam for Kite unit.

See....I told you....you can do this!

Hickory Sticks Quilt ~ Designed by Pam Buda

Hickory Sticks is the easiest of the four quilts I designed using the Primitive Traditions fabric collection.  

The block center is full of the Folk Art Star fabrics in every color!

The stars are surrounded by the Primitive Traditions fabrics, creating a Window Pane block made from strip sets.  Fun to piece and pretty quick, too!

Folk Art Stars Quilt ~ Designed by Pam Buda

My Folk Art Stars quilt was designed to really feature the Folk Art Stars prints.  Stars, stars everywhere!  Love it!  

The Ohio Star block (a favorite) is made of the Primitive Traditions fabrics, and has a fussy cut Folk Art Star in the center of each block.  

Framed by black, green and red sashings and borders adding lots of color, and finished with the blue Folk Art star print.  Just love it!  

Last but not least is Tiny Baskets.

Oh, I have wanted to make this quilt for a very long time....and now it's here!  

Using only the Primitive Traditions prints, this scrappy quilt makes my heart sing.   Why?

...because every block is cuter and irresistible when tiny!  

And, this basket block is just the cutest! 

With all of the fabric collections coming soon to your local quilt shop, please, please ask for the fabrics and the four quilt patterns there first.  I always want you to support your LQS!  

If your LQS won't carry these collections (sob, sob) then consider my pre-order offer.

I am kitting all four of these quilts and they are available for PRE-ORDER right now. 

A non-refundable deposit is required to hold your kit.  (Deposit is applied to your balance when the balance is paid.)

The PATTERNS ARE FREE WITH YOUR PRE-ORDER!!!  Each a $12 value.

I will only be making kits for the quilters who pre-order them.  They will not be available after April 1st.  I plan to only order enough fabric to fill the pre-orders I have, so you have a few weeks to think about it.  

You can find all of the details about each quilt on my website here.

I'm so excited!!  

Stay safe and be well, my quilting friends.  Thank you for your support!

Primitive Traditions Quilt Collection

 

Introducing the new collection of quilt designs 

featuring Primitive Traditions, Folk Art Stars and 

Prairie Plaids fabrics!

Primitive Traditions ~ Designed by Pam Buda

This quilt is the collection namesake, Primitive Traditions.  I know it may look very hard, but in fact it won't be as hard as it looks.  Almost all of the units can be made larger and trimmed down.  It uses 2 Deb Tucker trimming rulers.  And, I will be making a technique video showing exactly how to use the rulers, and make these blocks!

I love the secondary, circular design the kite units create, and the Folk Art Stars fabrics are fussy cut in the center of the pieced Friendship Star blocks.  For me, black border quilts are among the most striking, stunning quilts as the black fabric just makes all of the other colors pop!

Folk Art Stars ~ Designed by Pam Buda

Next up....Folk Art Stars quilt.  This quilt also features fussy cut centers of the Folk Art Stars fabric collection, and all of the prints from the Primitive Traditions fabrics, but isn't as much work as the Primitive Traditions quilt.  Ohio Star blocks are framed with black sashing and finished with the blue Folk Art Stars border.  

Hickory Sticks ~ Designed by Pam Buda

Next is Hickory Sticks....the easiest of the large quilts.  The Folk Art Stars print is in the center of each block with no fussy cut stars.  The blocks begin from strip sets, so easy peasy!  Again...a stunning black border makes the rest of the colors really stand out.

Tiny Baskets ~ Designed by Pam Buda

I have been wanting to make this quilt for a long time.  If you're like me and LOVE making small blocks, you will really enjoy making this quilt.  My Tiny Baskets quilt measures 16 x 20 - a small quilt to be sure!  

Patriotic Folk Art Stars Table Topper ~ Designed by Pam Buda

I wanted to design a very simple table topper that showcased the Folk Art Stars prints.

This is the patriotic version.  The Folk Art Stars Topper patterns will be available at your LQS and HeartspunQuilts.com as a free, downloadable pattern.  Kits will be available for pre-order.  Here are the other holiday versions of the topper design.

Halloween Folk Art Stars Table Topper ~ Designed by Pam Buda

Autumnal Folk Art Stars Table Topper ~ Designed by Pam Buda

Christmas Folk Art Stars Table Topper ~ Designed by Pam Buda

All of the quilt images shown here are Electric Quilt images and appear much darker than they will really be in person.  Here is a photo of the Folk Art Stars prints.....

You can see they are not as dark as the EQ images make them appear.  

The Primitive Traditions cottons, the Folk Art Star cottons and the Primitive Plaid wovens will be arriving at your LQS and at Heartspun Quilts late March, 2021.  Please.....ask for them at your LQS and always buy first from your favorite quilt shop.  They need us all to support them and keep them in business!  

If your shop doesn't have these fabrics, they will be available on my website.  Very soon, I will be taking pre-orders for the Primitive Traditions, Folk Art Stars, Hickory Sticks and Tiny Baskets quilts.  If you're interested, you must pre-order your kit with a small deposit.  I will only order fabric for the pre-ordered kits, so think about it.  I'll write a blog post, send a newsletter, and post on social media when I have all of the final details and can begin taking pre-orders. 

The Folk Art Star Table Toppers will also be available for pre-order.  

I encourage you to follow me on Facebook and Instagram as I will be posting photos of my progress while making the quilts.  There's so much more good quilting stuff coming this year, not only from me, but from Marcus Fabrics, too!  

We're still in the deep freeze here in Chicagoland, and will be for about the next two weeks.  So, I intend to be sewing, sewing, sewing!  

Stay safe, my friends, and be well......

Introducing Folk Art Stars & Primitive Traditions!

 

I have been waiting months to be able to show you my new Folk Art Stars fabrics!!!  Oh boy....am I having fun working with them and will be able to show you what I've designed very soon.

Folk Art Stars is a companion collection to my new Primitive Traditions collection below.

There are black and gray fabrics.....

Blues and reds......

Greens, browns, golds and purples.....

And some very fun neutrals!  Folk Art Stars and Primitive Traditions is also joined by a small collection of classic homespun wovens called Primitive Plaids.  All three collections will be in your LQS late March, 2021.

I'll show you the 5 quilts I have designed using these super fun collections in my next post, so, stay tuned!  I will also be showing some behind-the-scenes photos on Instagram and Facebook, so be sure to follow me on social media.

I have been super busy designing and creating.  Unfortunately, I go through spells where I am doing a lot, but can't yet share what I'm up to.  So, I'm always happy when new things are announced, and I can share them with you.

One of the new things I am excited to share is......

...we're beginning another Monday's With Marcus event!  Save the date and mark your calendars to check in with the Monday's With Marcus Facebook page for the big project reveal.  

Remember, the big reveal on March 1st shows you all of the designers' upcoming projects.  We will once again be featuring small, do-able projects for your stitching pleasure.  

The patterns for the projects are free on each designers' showcase day.  You can order kits beginning March 1st so they will be in your hands on the day the patterns are available.  And, many of us will be doing new technique videos....so you're sure to learn a lot, too!  All the how-to's and details will be forthcoming right here on my blog, and on the Monday's With Marcus Facebook page.  Exciting stuff!

Remember, I encourage you to follow me on Instagram and Facebook for behind-the-scenes posts that don't appear here on the blog.  

Be well, my friends....and keep on stitching!