It is New Quilt season.....

It's Spring

most of you think

flowers

furniture on the deck and bbq

but quilters?  they think

new quilt season!!!!

because I have been more absent than not

here at the blog

I thot I would let you in on where it is

that I have been

TikiTemple

I am lucky enough to live in Southern California

home of

Robert Kaufman Fabrics

Alexander Henry Fabrics

Anthology Fabrics

to name a few

and

Hoffman California Fabrics

I started thinking about this quilt design when I saw these Hoffman California Fabrics

but I wanted to test my idea

before cutting in to that great Liquorice Bali Pop

I grabbed a bundle of Marcia Derse that we have in the shop site

and started working on the pattern

this was just one layout

but a layout I decided to use to make this over sized runner

I didn't like it

until I quilted it

and added the black binding

and decided I could work with it

it was time to try the tone on tone batiks

you saw this one in bits and pieces on facebook

I added the red

I took away the red

arranged the blocks in the second alternate layout

finally, I selected some bright

Robert Kaufman Kona Cottons

and sent them to a friend with some hand written pattern instructions

she got back to me with news that one piece was off by 1/2 inch

YIKES

bless her, she finished the quilt

and sent it to

Angela Walters

for quilting

while I worked on the pattern illustrations and instructions

and waited for the quilt to arrive

so it could be photographed and the pattern sent to print

so next time you think spring

think new quilt season

and forgive us all for being just a little bit

absent

while we try to meet our Spring Quilt Market deadlines

be.do.create

natalie.

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please visit again in the next few days for more info on new patterns

and an upcoming giveaway!