Cowboy Culture

I took quick photo's of "Cowboy Culture" so

I could get the quilts boxed and in Fed-X yesterday.

 Scott requested them to use in a social media

presentation.  I hope he likes what I made!

When possible I like to add a blender [or two in this case]

when I work with Jaftex fabrics.  It's a nice way to show

the different lines available.  In this particular quilt I used 

Jot Dot for the borders around the rectangles and along

the edge the thin border is from Glaze.

This pattern is Hillside Charm from Villa Rosa Designs.

Villa Rosa let the brand ambassadors pick the patterns

they wanted for free.  I try to use them every once in

a while to give them a little exposure.  The patterns

are easy and come together very quickly.

It took me a good day to make the word 'cowboy' and

decide on it's placement in the quilt.  The blender 

fabric I used on the sides of the word 'cowboy' is

Glaze.  It's use as a strip on the top and bottom.

I like how all three of these quilts turned out.  Still have

some fabric left from this collection.  I'm debating what to make

with that fabric later.

Next up is working with the 108" wide

collection called "Dot to Dot".  I have 3 yards of 

each but will probably only make one quilt then keep

the rest to use for quilt backing material.  

3 yards each x 108" = a lot of weight!

 

Finished: My Childhood Christmas & Winter in Snowtown

 

Sharing the final photo's submitted to Jaftex of 

"My Childhood Christmas".

The table runner is 24" in an oval shape.  

Before they became 4 placemats the fabric was actually 

a double bordered yard of fabric.

The napkins are double sided.  The back side is the green

dot fabric shown in the first picture.

"My Childhood Christmas" the designer Stacy West

 of Buttermilk Basin added 2 stockings, gift tags 

and several other prints.  I made the gift tags and with

 the other prints I made them into package decorations.  

To make things more festive I added emblishments.

"My Childhood Christmas" quilt.  

The top and bottom border is softly scalloped.

I didn't want to cut the center fabric so it was incorporated in the back.

"Winter in Snowtown"

Both patterns are my designs.  They are simple in

nature but do show off the collection nicely.

Progress Shots" Cowboy Cultur

The design process took several twists and turns with 

this quilt.  My first idea was to put the word

'cowboy' down the left side of the panel then

work from there.  It just didn't fly.

The second idea.  Cow on the top / Boy on the bottom. 

That didn't fly either.

Success!  Ditched the original panel

and used the second panel instead.

Just to spell out cowboy took me a good day

and a half to make those 6 blocks.

I'm very happy with the finished top.

I'm working with the rest of the collection now

and should have the other two quilts done by the end

of next week.

"Cowboy Culture" + Misc. Stuff

 

Here's a collection I just started working with called

"Cowboy Culture" from Blank Quilting.

The start of quilt #1.  Still deciding what pattern to use

with the two panels below.

This is a big collection and is probably something I would

never have picked out but in saying that I 

do like working with this range of colors.

"My Childhood Christmas" from Henry Glass Fabrics.

  The first quilt in the photo [below] was made using this collection. 

The other collection is called "Winter in Snowtown".

Interesting fact - the same artist designed both of

these holiday collections - so I did a little switching

of fabrics between the two collections.

Derby inspecting the stack that's ready for quilting.

You could say ... I've been busy.

Then Fed-X dropped this big and heavy box

at my door of "Dot to Dot" from  Studio E Fabrics.

Jaftex was very generous in that I received

three [3] yards of 8 colors and what's great is 

that it's 108" wide.  Now that's a lot of fabric!

After Yesterday's Post

 

About an hour after I finished yesterday's post Fed-X

dropped a big and heavy package at my front door.

Collection #1 is:  "My Childhood Christmas"

Collection #2 is:  "Winter in Snowtown"

Both collections are designed by

Stacy West of Buttermilk Basin

for Henry Glass Fabrics.

There are 14 prints in each collection so that's

a total of 28 yards of fabric!  I love vintage

prints so these will be so much fun to sew.

I didn't realize it until I looked these collections up 

that the collection I just finished called

"No Tricks, Just Treats" was designed by

her daughter, Hannah West.  So over Easter

weekend I'll be working with Christmas fabric as

crazy as it sounds.  

I'm allocated to receive 3 more collections:  

"Cowboy Culture" - Blank Quilting

"Fresh Cologne" - Blank Quilting

"Dot to Dot" - Studio E Fabrics

This & That & Happy Easter

While waiting for my next shipment of fabric from Jaftex 

I decided to take this 'free' time and make a quilt or two

for the guilds fund raising sale in November.

Since we live in an area that has a hunting season I found this

deer fabric in Lancaster.  I'm using the American Flag 

fabric for the backing.  It was a 5 yard flat fold for $5/yard.

My first contemporary modern quilt made using

the collection "No Tricks Just Treats".

Wilson was interviewed for a local magazine and they

 asked for a few pictures to run with the story.  I snapped

this while he was taking pictures with his big boy camera.  

This is only a small sampling of the issues he published.

A brand ambassador asked about using this contraption

to photograph quilts.  I decided to order it from Amazon

to give it a try.  It's really nice when I can't go outside for

photo's or if I want to hang new collections on it to

scan for the unboxing video Jaftex requires.  Professional

photographers use this to hold backgrounds.  I also

got a 'selfie' stick to use with my cell phone.  Now

all I need is the professional lighting and I could

have a new profession!

Happy Easter

 

"Hello Honey!"

Small soft stuffies came printed on the soft book panel.

The collection showcased is

"Hello Honey!"

This is my favorite quilt.  It's a new pattern from an old

magazine I picked up from the free table at a guild meeting.

All borders are softly scalloped.

I added 9 patch blocks to both sides of the

panel then added a soft scalloped border

on the top and bottom.

This little quilt was made with the leftover fabric. 

It's simple and fast which I like!

From a soft book panel to a reading quilt

which is much more functional in my opinion.

Now I wait for my new shipments of fabric from Jaftex.

Guess I'll work with fabric from my stash.