Merry & Mod giveaway(s)

Spring Market

it's true

we have new patterns

five

to be exact

and we'll be taking a look at each and every one of them

this weekend

meet

Merry & Mod

 

dearStella

has created a lovely set of fabrics

Mount Snow

and

Net

is the perfect blender!

 

I have two bundles

to give away to two lucky people who comment

and tell me the following:

what's the next thing you plan on doing

on your

bucket list?

a friend wanted to name this

YOLO

what's your YOLO moment?

we'll be announcing the long weekend's winners

on Tuesday

be.do.create.

natalie.

ps - have you left a review for the book

A Modern Twist?

please do.....

on either Amazon or Barnes & Noble or Martingale?

www.beyondthereefpatterns.com

TRADITION with a TWIST

NOTE:  THIS GIVEAWAY IS COMPLETED, AND THE WINNER CHOSEN!

 
QUILTERS NEWSLETTER MAGAZINE.

you know the name

you have probably subscribed for years

but

do you ever look for the special issue magazines

that this great team

puts out during various times of the year?

there is a great special issue on news stands now

TRADITION WITH A TWIST

 Victoria Findlay Wolfe

has written a great introduction
and many of her quilts are featured

there are twenty one projects all in one place

and I am pleased to announce that one of the quilts

Post and Beam

was designed and made by me

and quilted by

Angela Walters

honestly.

what a great idea it is to look at tradition

with a fresh new perspective
I really enjoyed creating this shifty little log cabin type modern!!

two of the projects in the magazine have kits available to purchase
Piece of Cake and Just a Taste
 BUT

dearStella Fabrics

has made this lovely bundle available for a giveaway!!

just leave a comment

and let me know whether you would rather live in a
log cabin
or
a mid century modern post and beam home
and why

you know how much we all enjoy reading your comments
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because
you know, I reply to each and every comment!!!

be.do.create

natalie.

www.beyondthereefpatterns.com

Spring Quilt Market

Spring.

Quilt Season.

Spring Quilt Market.

International Quilt Market, Spring.

#quiltmarket

call it what you will but it is one of two 'seasons' in the quilt world

Spring Market/Fall Market

a time when you see a flurry of new designs

fabrics. patterns. books.

when people post and blog and photograph

color.  pattern.  content.

for some it is big, big, business

and for others it is all of their hopes and dreams and wishes

on display for all to see for three short days

all of this piles on (usually) a sleep deprived designer of one thing or another

that has arrived after days of driving

or hours of flying with tons of bags full of quilts and products rolled through the airports

like some modern day gypsy

by friday, that sleep deprived designer

must give up their t-shirt and jeans for their pearls and sundress

and stand in their booth to receive the comments of the crowd

"I LOVE the quilting on that quilt," one person says.

"Is that Kona?  The colors, that fabric is great," another says.

and I am reminded once again

it isn't just the pattern designer

or the fabric designer

or the quilter

it is all of us

everyone in that big giant convention center

(well, in this case, the whole lot of us that has quite possibly taken over the whole city of Portland)

we are all the sum of our parts

and I remind a quilt shop owner that they are another part

and the quilt shop owner reminds me

that their customers are another part

and someone else reminds me

that the recipient of the quilt, bag, project for the home, is yet another part

given with love

all of it

the most important part of all

is that

we have all given with love

natalie

be.do.create

www.beyondthereefpatterns.com

Giveaway Winner!

Congratulations!

enjoy the dearSTELLA fabrics

give them a thank you

or a fb shout out

we're still celebrating the dog days of summer

with another giveaway post later this week

please check in with us again

for now, let's just take a moment

to hold good thoughts for all of those

affected by Isaac

thanks again for following along

and for taking the time to comment

feel free to drop me a line any time with suggestions

or things you'd like to see

here

natalie.

www.beyondthereefpatterns.com