Wish Upon a Quilt Blog

You may remember Nutty Nana from this post. Now she is going crazy teaching young sewers to make flip flops! This is a great project for a beginning sewer…fast, fun and great results! The pattern is Bali Flip Flops by Auntie’s Two.

First, a big thank you to all of our service men and women! I appreciate all you do for our country.

I finally finished a project that has been on my sewing table for at least a month. It wasn’t hard, I just kept getting distracted by other things…as usual . This is the Sweet Harmony Tote Bag by Amy Butler. I used Laura Gunn’s Poppy fabrics and love the size. It is not too small, not too big…just right!

What are you sewing this Memorial Day?

 

 Janice Pope, owner of Anything But Boring dropped by the other day and was kind  enough to personally model two of her best-selling designs, the Schlepping Bag and The Two Hour Tulip purse bouquet. Like all of Janice’s patterns which are made to solve everyday problems, these two are easy to construct and so useful! The Schlepping Bag is large enough for you to take all of your class supplies with you in one bag. Throw everything in and you are ready to go! The tulip purse is ergonomically designed so that it won’t tip over. Since carrying this bag, I haven’t lost a cell phone, wallet or anything else out of my purse, even when it falls on the floor of the car! If you have made either of these, let us know how you liked them!

 

Meet Amelia, a fabulous Wish Upon A Quilter! Like us, Amelia feel in love with Leanika by Dena Designs for Free Spirit. Don’t you love what she did with it? A very special little one will be the recipient of this quilt. Great job Amelia!

I had not had much exposure to Brandon Mably’s fabrics before this quilt. As the manager of Kaffe Fassett’s London studio for 15 years, he certainly has an eye for color and design. While I must admit that some of Brandon’s fabrics are a little too “out there” for me, for the most part I have become a Brandon fan! 

One amazing thing about this quilt is that my husband, Mike, really liked it the first time he saw it (I can’t say that about all of my quilts).  Must be a guy quilt! The pattern lended itself to be cut out on my Accuquilt Go!, so piecing it was breeze. I don’t have much time for quilitng these days, so I asked Angela Clark of Threadwaggle Quilting to come up with a design and use her magic to finish the quilt. Angela added an orange peeel design that suits this quilt beautifully. 

If you would like to see the quilt in person, stop by Wish Upon A Quilt or have one of your very own by clicking here. Do you have other guy quilts that you would like to share?

Jennifer is the designer of these beautiful children’s clothes. She is a stay-at-home mom of 5 children and the owner of  5lilMunchkins, an online children’s boutique. She has 4 boys and 1 girl which is why she has so much fun creating these little girl outfits. These were made using Heather Bailey’s Nicey Jane and Sandi Henderson’s Meadowsweet. Jennifer is a little camera shy so I do not have a picture of her (yet)…you can usually see her at Wish on Thursday evenings. If you are short on time or need a quick gift, I highly recommend 5lilmunchkins!

I would like you to meet Loanne Bartholome a.k.a. “Nutty Nana”. Loanne has TONS of children and grandchildren, enough to drive anyone “nuts”. Now that her children are growing up, Nutty Nana is creating gorgeous clothing for her grandchildren and has developed her own pattern business.  The Knit Yoke Twirl Skirt and Child’s Apron patterns are pefect for your little one. Both are quick, fun and easy to make. Do you have a special little one that would love these? 

Sorry we have not been very active on the blog recently. Lots going on. However, we have found this great blog giveaway for you to enter. You are probably familiar with Heather Mulder Pederson’s work since she has published so many great books and patterns with Anka’s Treasures. We love her  latest book, Sizzlin’ Sixties . Wendy is teaching this great holiday table topper using one of the patterns in the book.

 Heather also designs fabric for Henry Glass and her upcoming collection, Wildflowers, is fantastic.  It will be coming soon to Wish Upon A Quilt.  Here is a sneak peek…and more here.

 

 

 

 

 

What do you think of Wildflowers? Hop over to Heather’s blog and leave a comment for a chance to win one of her original quilts! Good Luck!

Oooohh…our Quilt Market purchases are starting to arrive. Picnic Parade by Jenean Morrison is a new group from Free Spirit. These summer colors make me happy! Take a look at Jenean’s blog for some great ideas for children’s clothing using this collection. I also like these fun purses. 

Of course, this collection is great for quilting also and here is a FREE pattern to get you going. Leave a comment and tell us what is on your design wall. Happy Summer! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love finding great new fabrics at Quilt Market. I’m on my way back to Raleigh from the Spring Quilt market and couldn’t wait to share pictures of Laura Gunn’s Lantern Bloom. The fabric was created from Laura’s original artwork and is stunning. This is Laura’s debut fabric line from Michael Miller.  Laura was a delight to meet in person and I’m looking forward to more great fabric designs from her in the future. Lantern Bloom will be arriving at Wish Upon A Quilt in June…what do you think?