Baltimore Album by Judy Gray

Judy Gray just finished her Baltimore Album quilt and it is stunning! It was hand appliqued and hand quilted (check out her beautiful quilting stitches!) and is about 90" square. Several of the blocks in her quilt and the flying goose border are her own original designs. This quilt is truly a work of art!

This is a close-up of one of our favorite blocks in Judy's masterpiece! Look closely and you'll see that this block also serves as her quilt label. Judy learned to applique from Wanda Hizer and many of these blocks were pieced in Wanda's year-long applique class.

Judy is currently in the Advanced Baltimore class where she learned the techniques to finish the quilt.

Fall Sale

Christmas has arrived in the store (pictures coming soon) and now we're having a Fall Sale!  We still have a nice selection of fall fabrics available on sale at 40% off. It's a great time to buy backings for all of those fall projects you're finishing up!

More Show-n-Tell... bring in your projects for us to see!

Carol Ann Holton was saving this beautiful fruit fabric for just the right pattern. We think she found it with the Harriett Tubman pattern from Voices of the Past series!  Doesn't this make a stunning quilt for a bedroom?!  We love her choice of coordinating fabrics that compliment the fruit fabric so well!  Great job Carol Ann!

Show-N-tell at Little Quilts

We love to see your projects!!

It's always fun to see finished quilts. Pam Wiegand from Gainesville GA shared her recently completed Kaffe Fassett quilt top. She came in to select a backing fabric. She searched and searched for the fabrics to attempt to make it with many of the same fabrics as the original in a Kaffe Fasset book. You'll agree - this is a stunning quilt made with half square triangles and set on point with sashing strips. Great job Pam! She's switching gears and came in to collect fabrics for a William Morris type applique proejct. We can't wait to see it!

And the winner is......

Congratulations Pokey!  It was so fun to read about what inspires you all as quilters.

My inspiration is looking at antique quilts and trying to reproduce them with today's fabrics.  I started quilting in 1976 after I saw Jinny Beyer's Radiant Star Quilt.  There were no books and patterns on quiltmaking at that time so I learned from reading magazines and cutting out squares.  Now we have such a wealth of information from books, patterns, and quilt shows!  I'm happy to be a quilter now with all these resources, rather than back in 1976!

Keep Quilting!
Mary Ellen

November Alternate Blocks - Second Saturday Sampler

Tanyard Creek Give Away!

We hope you're enjoying our new line of fabric as much as we are!  The Tanyard Creek line is so versatile and can be used for so many different projects.  It's time to GIVE some of it AWAY!  The winner will receive a bundle of 6 fat quarters AND a free Hospitality pattern!  Each comment enters you in our random drawing.  The contest runs through Monday (11/16) night and the winner will be chosen randomly!

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Who has been your biggest influence as a quilter?

One entry per blogger ~ International winners will pay shipping ~ Anonymous entries not entered

So Many Trunk Shows, So Little Time....

This must be the season for Trunk Shows!  We've got 3 fabulous trunk shows going on now at the store.  We hope you can stop by and see these great things in person; and if you're visiting our blog from far away, enjoy the pictures and project ideas!

VINTAGE CHRISTMAS by Wagon West Designs

"Wish You Were Here" was inspired by the author's grandmother's kisses at the bototm of her cards and letters.  What a perfect quilt to make for that special someone you wish you could be with over the holidays!  This quilt measures 86"x86".  The book, Vintage Christmas, is for sale at the store for $25 and has tons of other great projects!

"Wish You Were Here" in pinks and browns

ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Itty Bitty Quilts

The 3 itty bitty quilts in this pattern were made using the "Woolies" line of flannels by Bonnie Sullivan and Maywood Studio.  They are adorable and come in 3 different itty bitty sizes.  Flower Baskets 10 1/2 x 12 1/2, Cherries 10 x 11 1/2 and Bars & Vines 9 3/4 x 11.  The pattern is available for $9.50 and includes includes directions for making all 3 of these adorable itty bitty quilts.

Also from ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Needle Keeper (left) & Silhouette Pincushion (right)

These adorable patterns also from All Through the Night include directions for making these cute needle keeper and pincushion; perfect to keep by your machine so you always have a needle or pin when you need it!  The needle keeper measures 4" x 5" and it's the perfect gift for your stitching friends. Can be made from wool scraps and embellished with simple embroidery stitches.  The Silhouette Pincushion is 4" x 6" and is perfect to make from wool and homespun. Fill with crushed walnut shells to keep your needles sharp.

BAREROOTS

Candle Mats
Bareroots shares with us their mini votive candle mats that finish about 10" x 10". Make these with your wool scraps but we'll also have kits available for them.  These also make the perfect gift for friends. Easy to fuse and buttonhole stitch or tack stitch with wool floss or embroidery floss.

As you can see, we've got lots of great thinks to see and hopefully inspire you for the upcoming holiday season!  After all, the holidays are right around the corner.....

Fundraiser Quilt from Srapbasket Quilts

This quilts was made using a pattern in the book, Scrapbasket Quilts.  It was miade using 2 1/2inch strips.  Linda Wirtz made this musically themed quilt for a fundraiser at her son's school.  The lucky winner was a band parent!

Josephine's Sampler with Tanyard Creek

What a great pattern designed by Laurie Smith from My Heart To Your hands.  This model was made by Linda Rice using the Tanyard Creek line by Little Quilts.  We have kits available to purchase.

Flag Day Farm Quilt

This Flag Day Farm Quilt was made by our friend Colette for her 10 year old granddaughter for Christmas. It's so much fun when customers bring in their quilts or projects for Show & Tell. We love seeing them and sharing them with all of you. It's from a pattern from Minnick and Simpson whose trunk show we have through this weekend with quilts from their Wiscasset line for Moda.

October Alternate blocks from Second Saturday Sampler

I Spy Quilt

This cute I Spy quilt was made by customer Janice Schaag for her sons Ethan and Jason. The quilt was hand pieced and hand quilted. Janice finished it just in time for the cold weather and the boys are already having fun cuddling up in it and playing I Spy! If you'd like to make an I Spy quilt, we have a bag full of perfect fabric scraps at $.10 each.

Visitors at Little Quilts

Bobbie Mosher, from Almond, North Carolina, visited Little Quilts today. Her Show and Tell, shown below, is a 25th anniversary quilt that she made for her daughter Kathy and son-in-law Bob Lemen of Marietta. Bobbie, a member of the Cherohala Quilt Guild in Robbinsville, North Carolina, won a blue ribbon for this quilt at the Stecoah, North Carolina Fall Festival.

Mary Ellen is going to visit the Cherohala Quilt Guild in June, 2010, to give a lecture and class.

Applique with Amy Butler

Joey Helmke is one of our customers who is fairly new at quilting. She loves the Amy Butler fabrics. This is her first applique quilt called "Big Birdie Blocks". She came to pick out her backing and binding and to leave it here for our longarm quilter. Good job, Joey!

Tanyard Creek Line in "Josephine's Sampler" Quilt

Little Quilts staff member, Linda Rice, has made Lori Smith's (From My Heart to Your Hands) "Josephine's Sampler" quilt using "Tanyard Creek" fabrics -- which is Little Quilts' newest fabric line.  Isn't it gorgeous?  Tanyard Creek is a wonderful reproduction line, with good saturated colors and shirtings; cheerful and versatile.

The quilt is 59" x 74"; kits are available for $78.95:

Happy Birthday Little Quilts

Dear friends,


We have made it another year! Thanks to all of you we have enjoyed celebrating our 11th anniversary of the store's opening. It has been fun seeing everyone - both old and new friends of Little Quilts this past weekend and Monday and Tuesday. A special thank you to Chris Ison one of our customers who remembers the anniversary each year with a special Fall arrangement. We appreciate your business and encouragement and plan to continue to offer the neatest fabrics for all interests, great classes and the best service in the years ahead.

The Staff at Little Quilts

Birthday Girls at Little Quilts

This group of ladies came in today to celebrate three birthdays. From left to right: Sarah Rhodes, Kathleen Hartz, Anne Kreamer,Lisa Spears,Diane Prible, and Marianne Ellis. Anne, Lisa and Diane were the ones with the birthdays. After visiting us they were off to have lunch.

Come celebrate your birthday with us and receive a 25% discount off any one item. Could be loads of fun!!

Christmas Tree Skirts

Mary Ann Eubanks did these tree skirts from a pattern by Silver Thimble, "Slice of Christmas". You have the option of two tree skirts when you use this method. Mary Ann donated one to The Trinity School in Cartersville and our longarm quilter donated her time for the quilting and the binding.

Girl Gang

These four ladies got together to do a project and this is the results. They used a pattern from Threads That Bind called "Stitch 'N Stuff Cat".Pictured from left to right: Fran House, Nancy Perkins, Mary Anne Jernigan, and Paula Wexler.They all said that it was loads of fun. They are also in a class here that meets once a month and are known as the Girl Gang. Fran House is their teacher.