I Need A Quilt Designer

Because I would love to make this quilt, but I want the whole pattern. Isn't it gorgeous!

This is Flower Basket Petit Point by Grace Snyder and it's made from 87,789 tiny pieced triangles (no there's no typo). The triangles are a mere 3/8 inches big or should I say small. Am I crazy to want to make this. I'm sure I am, but look how beautiful it is!

I found this in a Better Homes & Gardens American Patchwork & Quilting book (1985) (not my auction, but Amazon had no photos available and this book is chock full of awesome quilts--worth the 5.00 it's listed for).

Here's a closeup of the main block and the pattern is given for it in the book---I added it below, but I want to make the entire quilt like we see in the photo, so that's why I need a quilt designer! Who knows maybe one will decide they too just have to make this quilt and make up a pattern for the complete quilt.

Here's what they have in the book. These are scans, so they should be easy to read if you click on them to enlarge them. If you should by chance draft up the rest of the pattern please let us all know. ;)

Happy Stitching!

Bloggers Quilt Festival

Please come and join me for the Bloggers Quilt Festival held by Amy at Park City Girl. Currently there are over 370 bloggers who have shared their quilts. If you have a quilt you've made then hop on board or maybe you'd prefer to just enjoy the show. Either way it's a great way to meet new quilters/bloggers and have some fun! Below is the quilt I've chosen to enter for the Festival.

This is what I consider to be my first "real" quilt. I've done some baby quilts and rag quilts, but this is my first pieced quilt I've done and I finished the top-which is still waiting to be quilted--about 3 or 4 years ago. It's call Crazy Among Friends from a pattern by The Buggy Barn. I did it as a BOM (Block of the Month for our non-quilter friends) through my LQS (Local Quilt Shop).

A close-up of a few of the blocks. This was such a fun quilt to do and a really great technique combining a crazy quilt approach, using freezer paper templates, cutting your blocks in stacks and then shuffling the pieces to acquire different color combinations for each like block. It's also a great quilt for a beginner, because it is forgiving, so it's not so overwhelming.

This particular pattern is actually meant to be made between friends and then everyone trade blocks, however it can also be done by just one person as I did it.

I love the little basket blocks and there are about 3 different shaped basket blocks in this one. I want to make up the quilt in the same book that is all baskets someday soon.

Thank you for sharing in my quilt with me and don't forget to hop on over to the Bloggers Quilt Festival home and enjoy seeing everyone else's. I may see you there!

Click HERE to go to my Webshots and see my Dear Jane Quilt Blocks.

Yesterdays Quilt Show

It is cold, cold, cold here in Idaho Falls, so what a perfect day to attend a quilt show, which is exactly what I did. My friend Carlene and I went to a wonderful little quilt show in a little town next to us called Shelley. The quilt show was held in their library and let me tell you I've never seen a library with so many quilt books and new quilting books at that. This was their 9th year to host this little show and we enjoyed not only the quilts, but a few classes as well and I even won 2 pattern books in the drawings they held, it was a great day!

This first quilt was my favorite! It's a folded Dresden Star quilt designed by Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts . You can purchase the pattern and templates through her site--it's definitely on my list of needs! I love everything about this quilt--the design, colors, fabrics and the technique for the star which was demonstrated in one of the classes looked like a lot of fun! I believe this quilt was made by Kaylene Christensen.



Here's a close up of the Dresden Star. It has a 3-D affect that the picture doesn't pick up.

Here is a beautiful butterfly quilt. I love butterfly quilts.


A close up of the butterfly quilt.


I just love this rag bullseye quilt--another quilt on my list of want to makes.


Not a very good picture, but a really great, fun quilt from jeans and they used the pockets on it as well. Very cute!


A wonderful primitive folkart style applique quilt.



Another rag quilt that I thought was neat. I got my pictures in the wrong order, so you get to see the close up first. This one has small rag squares sewn onto a one piece background.

Now we can see the whole quilt. Isn't it adorable!


This picture just doesn't show how pretty this Christmas quilt really is. I love the appliqued snowflake over the block and the center pieces with the 3-D folded points.

Another favorite is this antique--100 years old I believe--quilt of dainty blue baskets. It's note said that it was found at a garage sale. Lucky for it, it found a loving home to go to!


A wonderful 100 year old doll quilt! It was in great condition for it's age and if I recall the story it was handed down within the family. Oh and there's Carlene in the background--she's even color coordinated with the quilt.


A little house quilt. I love house quilts!


And last, but not least is this dainty and beautiful little basket quilt. Look at the quilting on this one. I would love to learn how to quilt like that.


I also discovered some really cool products while at the classes yesterday. One was the Martelli Rotary Cutter It is an ergonomically correct rotary cutter and everyone who had used it swore by it. They said that it doesn't make your shoulder hurt like a standard rotary cutter does after doing a lot of cutting. Definitely on my list of needs.

A new to me fabric is called Minky. Oh it is soooo soft! It can be used in a quilt or as the backing for a quilt and they said it quilts beautifully and a few traditional cotton quilts had it as their backing. Very soft and cozy--better than flannel or fleece!

It was a great time and I learned a lot and added many new things to my "needfuls" list and I can't wait til the next quilting event--whenever that may be! Happy Stitching!