Wish Upon a Quilt Blog http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com For the Quilting Enthusiast Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:41:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Customer Quilt Show-Meet Mame http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/show-and-tell/customer-quilt-show-mames-natures-notebook.html http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/show-and-tell/customer-quilt-show-mames-natures-notebook.html#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:41:13 +0000 Cathy http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/?p=2354 Mame is so much fun and always has a smile. She recently stitched these great pillows using Moda’s Freebird collection. She also shared a great quilt top that she finished using Moda’s Nature’s Notebook.  Whenever Mame comes in, the shop gets a little bit brighter…thanks for sharing Mame!

Mame's Nature's Notebook Jelly Roll Quilt Mame's Pillows ]]> http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/show-and-tell/customer-quilt-show-mames-natures-notebook.html/feed 2 Virtual Christmas in July – giveaway! http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/show-and-tell/virtual-christmas-in-july-giveaway.html http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/show-and-tell/virtual-christmas-in-july-giveaway.html#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:14:56 +0000 Cathy http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/?p=2374 For those of you that missed our Christmas in July event, we are bringing it to you! And, 3 lucky winners will get a surprise from Santa just for leaving us a comment and telling us which collection is your favorite. See them all here.  We also have Chanukah fabric!

The Wish staff loves to make projects to get your creative juices flowing. Here are some of their efforts…First up is Nancy’s Fruitcake Twister! She used the new Twister tool and a pattern from the Let’s Twist book. She used a couple of the blocks to make a cute matching pillow! J

Janice used the X-block to create this fun Lone Pine quilt using 12 days of Christmas. Cute, cute, cute!

The Lone Pine pattern includes instructions for a companion table runner for  a great holiday look!

Cindy decided to design her own pattern “Santa’s All Round”  for this fun tree skirt. We do have the patterns available in the store. Great way to use up Christmas scraps! The fabric is Colorful Christmas.

Next up – Kris loves embellishment and used the Nancy Halvorsen Good Tidings panel to create this beautiful advent calendar. Kits including the embellishments are available! 

Wendy was inspired by a pattern in the  Layercake, Jellyrolls and Charms book. She used just one 12 days of Christmas Layercake to create a great throw.

Cathy used the Urban Cabin pattern and Riley Blake’s Colorful Christmas to create a non-traditional quilt. Angela from Thread Waggle Quilting finished it off with a great tree border and snowflakes all around!

Makin Friends by Deb Strain is perfect for all snowman lovers. This wall hanging is on our front cash register…stop in and check out all of these great quilts and get started on your holiday sewing!

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Need a great bag? Kim recently made this fun Birdie Sling using the pattern by Amy Butler. I’ve got 2 of these and the are the best bags! Great job Kim!

]]> http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/amy-butler/2348.html/feed 0 Kaitlin’s First Quilt! http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/uncategorized/kaitlins-first-quilt.html http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/uncategorized/kaitlins-first-quilt.html#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:29:14 +0000 Cathy http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/?p=2344 Kaitlin chose these beautiful Kaffe Fassett fabrics to make her first quilt. I think she did a fabulous job in choosing colors, don’t you? Great job Kaitlin, thanks for sharing!

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You have probably all heard the term “dedicated quilter”, you know the one that has at least a couple of  sewing machines, a room dedicated to sewing and a stash that rivals any store – she is the envy of all of us. Well, Saturday at our Christmas in July event, I saw someone wheeling a chair out of the office and out to the parking lot….I wondered what in the world was going on…and in rolls Katy! You see, Katy is pregnant and on bedrest but she didn’t want to miss the unveiling of the Christmas fabric and all of the fun! She convinced Lorraine to roll her in and help her shop – I think Katy is the most dedicated of all…don’t you?

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Helena shared this fabulous quilt the other day. This is for her husband and her choices of color are amazing! She has inspired me to make this quilt for my bed…someday! Isn’t it gorgeous?

]]> http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/show-and-tell/customer-quilt-show-helenas-cubes.html/feed 3 Janice’s Flower Garden http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/show-and-tell/janices-flower-garden.html http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/show-and-tell/janices-flower-garden.html#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:34:24 +0000 Cathy http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/?p=1840 Our own camera shy Janice McSweeney created this beautiful quilt. She used Angela’s Flower Garden pattern by my friend Frank of FranksThreeWiseGuys fame. It was quilted by Three Bears Quilting and is stunning. It will be hanging in the store again soon, so come by and see it! Janice is camera shy but I have to tell you that she is the glue that holds our online operations together, so peek in the office and say hi to Janice next time you come for a visit.

]]> http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/show-and-tell/janices-flower-garden.html/feed 0 Y Not? Block of the Month : July’s Block http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/block-of-the-month/y-not-block-of-the-month-julys-block.html http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/block-of-the-month/y-not-block-of-the-month-julys-block.html#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:00:02 +0000 wendy http://blog.wishuponaquilt.com/?p=2318 July's Y Not? Block of the Month

July

July is here and this month’s blocks are ready and waiting for you. You have until the the 10th to pick them up. This block is  a great test of how much your skills have improved if you compare your construction of this block with January’s block.

Here is the demonstration video.

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