Are you ready for some show & tell?

We love when shoppers bring us all the wonderful things they are working on!  Some are finished, some are "in progress" but they are all beautiful!  Enjoy the latest projects that have come through our doors.....

Mary Cook did this yearlong project from our store called Primitive Garden.

It was a combination of wool, homespuns and other cottons. It also included lots of stitching with perle cotton thread. She stopped by to show us the finished top. What a great job, Mary!

This quilt was made by Joyce Challis from the book 'When The Cold Wind Blows'. This quilt was stunning with all the appliqué and will make a great Christmas Quilt. Everyone loved it.

A great T-shirt quilt made by Suzanne Gipalo as a gift made with some of the early lines of Little Quilt's shirting fabrics.

Susan Riser stopped by to show a quilt made for her grandson. It was made from the Noah's Ark pattern by Little Quilts.  What a great idea for a young child!  I'm sure her grandson will love it!

These cute little crazy patch pumpkins were designed by our very own Alice Berg and is great for your scraps of wool and homespuns. We have a nice selection of these fabrics that would be great for these little guys. When you are in the store ask for a free pattern.  How cute would one of these guys be as a table centerpiece!

Way back in 1944 Rachael Davis pieced these Southern Lady blocks for a quilt for her daughter.  And then they were put away in a box until 2010!  Sound familiar?  Jeannette Smith finally took the blocks and pieced them into this darling quilt for her cousin, Joan Evans.  Jeannette is one of our customers from Corydon, Indiana, and we were so happy she brought the quilt with her to show us.  The quilt was machine quilted.  Jeannette said when she got the blocks they were all yellowed and stained, but she soaked them in Quilt Soak and now they look like new!  What a charming quilt.

We’re a drop-off location for the quilts for the Georgia State Fair in Perry, Georgia.  Jane Brownlow from Villa Rica brought in her entry today and it’s a beautifully appliquéd and hand quilted.  Jane’s quilt is called “Night Visitors”.  It’s not too late to get your quilts entered into fair – stop by and pick up your entry form soon!

Valerie Diffy also brought in her entry for the Georgia State Fair.  This beautiful appliquéd and hand quilted Christmas quilt is from the pattern “Joyeux Noel” by Mary Sorenson.  Good luck ladies!

Wow!  Look at these perfect feathered star blocks!  These ladies were all “star” students in Amanda’s Feathered Star class!

It may have taken 1½ years to finish, but we think this appliqué beauty  was worth the time!  Pat Cox brought it in today to send off to our custom quilter and  we were totally impressed with Pat’s appliqué work.  When it’s finished she plans to give the quilt to her daughter to hang in her cabin.  The pattern is “A Tisket, A Tasket” by Bunny Hill.

These students took the 18” Doll Clothes class with Linda Rice and finished the cutest outfits for their dolls! Heather sanders made a pants outfit and Ruth Warstler finished a dress outfit for her doll.  If you have a grand-daughter with a doll, she needs a new outfit!!!!



 

Connie Cameron stopped by with two great reproduction quilts to show us. The Tumbler Blocks quilt was made from a Primitive Gatherings kit with pre-cut pieces. How easy is that?! Connie said it was so easy she had it finished in eight hours.  We loved the reproduction star quilt, too.

 

 

 

Marsha Driver stitched this great  quilt from a pattern by Buttermilk Basin which was a block of the month done in Primitive stitchery. She embellished it with seed beads to add accents to the blocks where each month of the year was featured in the 12 blocks. Great job Marsha.

 

 

Phew!  We made it through them all!  See.... i told you our customers have been busy!  And a special thank you to Alice for sharing her adorable cray patch pumpkins!  Keep them coming!

So much to share... so little time.

Well, school is back in full swing and hopefully you're all working on finishing summer projects or if you're super organized and on top of things you may even be starting your Fall or Holiday projects!  We've had lots of beautiful show & tells come through the store lately (check back soon for lots of pictures!) and we have some fabulous trunk shows for you as well.  So grab your coffee or tea, sit back and enjoy.....

Have you ever heard of hitty dolls? They are based on a storybook that's 140 years old about wood carved dolls. Fung Hicks and Celia Caldwell came to the shop today to buy fabric to make clothing for their dolls. Celia enjoyed looking at the dolls that were carved by Fung's husband Bruce with different types of wood, maple, mahogany, ash etc. Fung showed a doll carved by well know carver Janice Cordell from Arkansas. Collectors make clothing and other articles for their dolls that they keep in special collectors boxes.  Collectors of hitty dolls communicate through many online groups and blogs.

We’re going wild making ten-minute table runners.  They’re so quick and easy to make, you could easily make a different table runner for every day of the year!  Use Christmas or Hanukkah fabrics for a quick holiday hostess gift or stocking stuffer or choose some of our beautiful fall fabrics to get a head start on your fall decorating.  Kits are available for the fall table runner.

You’re not going to want to miss out on our newest swap adventure!  Buy a cinnamon stick, follow the directions rolled up inside the stick and turn in your baggie of 28 half-square triangles by Oct. 1. The half-square triangles are made using a special “sew on the line” paper (similar to Triangles on a Roll); sew easy!  And you don’t even have to remove the paper when you’re finished!  By Oct. 10, we’ll have the blocks swapped and you can come in and pick up your baggie of 28 different half-square triangles.  A fun and easy way to achieve one of the quilts in the “Friendship Triangles” book by Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts, or come up with your own original quilt using your swap blocks. 

This is one of the quilts you could make using your half-square triangle blocks!

Little Quilts new line of fabric, Whittier Crossing, continues to be popular in the shop.  The soft pink, teal and brown colors add just the spark you need to get that old-time reproduction look.  Kits are available for a quilt and a table runner using these new fabrics.

While in Paducah for the quilt show, Mary Ellen and Muriel saw a charming antique quilt  hanging in one of the shop windows and decided to come home and make one just like it.  The good news is they actually did make it using the new Whittier Crossing fabric line and it’s just as charming as the original!   We don’t know the name of the pattern and we only had the snapshot we took to reproduce the quilt, so there’s no pattern available, but we thought you’d enjoy seeing it.

If you need to refill your coffee or tea, go right ahead, we've got more......

Trunk Shows Galore!

This trunk show just arrived and what a clever idea!  Start by making a quilt background – the center of the quilt is plain and it’s surrounded by several pieced borders.  Then make small seasonal blocks  that can be attached to the center of the quilt and rotated each month.   The trunk show is from Under the Garden Moon and the pattern series, “As Time Goes By”, includes separate  patterns for the background quilt as well as blocks for each month.

Also here with the Under The Garden Moon trunk show is this pink and brown beauty.  The pattern is “Love At Home” and includes directions for the quilt shown as well as directions for a larger Christmas version.

Our newest trunk show from Bare Roots! Projects are done in very soft colors with a touch of whimsy -- a great combination of embroidery and quilting.  All the projects are from the book "Down To Earth".

From Heartspun Quilts,  we also have all the quilt projects from the Prairie Women Sewing Circle.   

Purses, and purses, and purses – Oh My!  You’ve got to see the collection of purses, wallets, and tote bags from Anything But Boring.  They’re hanging all over the shop ready to inspire you and they definitely live up to their name as there is nothing boring about them!  They’re all quick and easy to make and fun to use.

Happy Quilting and be sure and check back soon, we've got so many beautiful show & tells to share!

These projects will be made in our upcoming class called Prairie Women. It is a monthly club that will take you on a journey back in time. Muriel will share stories about prairie women and their quilt making and what their daily life was like. If you like history and want to learn what life was like in the 19th century you should join this group. The first meeting will be Oct 7th and will meet on the first Thursday of the month. Both morning and evening classes are available. There is still time to join. Monthly patterns, bonus projects and other surprises will be offered.

It's here..... Little Quilts NEW line of fabric

It’s here! Little Quilts newest line of fabric, Whittier Crossing, is a beautiful collection of teals, pinks and browns. We think the reproduction-style prints, paisleys, and toiles are a great reflection of times gone by. In addition to yardage, we have fat quarters, bundles and mega-bundles of the entire line along with kits for both a quilt and a table runner.

Back to School

Well, it's hard to believe that summer is coming to an end and vacations are winding down.  We've been busy here and so have our customers! 

Joyce Challis stopped by to show her quilt that she did from a Little Quilts' Kit that she purchased a long time ago. The original quilt was done by our Sylvia Johnson. Joyce stated that she just loved the turkey reds and the yellows and that this quilt was for her. The quilting was done by Ardis Young who is a long arm quilter. I wish you could see the quilting. It is exquisite! Joyce is the person on the left in the picture.

Claudia Gray finished her first Punch-needle projects and we loved them! She mounted her finished pieces on wool and framed them with old frames she found at the thrift shop. So “antique -y”!

Classic Santa Quilt (a Little Quilt Block of the Month a few years ago). Pieced and appliquéd by Eve Williams. Machine quilted with wool batting and cotton to give the appearance of trapunto. Great job.

 

Dana Jones was in the shop yesterday auditioning backing fabrics for this top that she recently finished. Dana has made several quilts, but her husband calls them all blankets!

BOO!

A lot of fun things are showing up for Halloween!  Only a few months until those trick or treaters will come knocking on your door!  Make your home festive with Halloween projects or decorating trinkets from Little Quilts.

Helen Marie Kirby, one of our good customers from the Augusta area, and her daughter made this fabulous quilt from their “Dear Jane” leftovers plus other reproduction fabrics. What a treasure!

Anytime Jeanette Rees from North Carolina walks through the door we're happy because she always has something wonderful to share! This trip was no different and everybody in the shop got excited about this finished quilt (finished is GOOD!) that she made in a class with Kaffee Fassett in Houston last fall. Luscious fabrics!

Linda Kelley from the Silver Thimble Club came to Little Quilts a few days ago to select fabrics to finish this quilt. The quilt was done from a pattern by the Temecula Quilt Co. shop and was featured in the Fall 2009 Quilt Sampler magazine.

Fall football is right around the corner....

Mary Phagan-Keane stopped in to share her T-Shirt quilt featuring her favorite Florida football team and honoring her favorite coach, Bobbie Bowden. A terrific job Mary. You need to send Bobbie a picture. He would be proud.

Lisa’s Lichfield made her first quilt and shared it with us this morning. It is for a friend’s new baby boy.  Way to go Lisa!

Keep those projects coming ladies!  We love to see what you're busy working on!

It's been a while since we've had a give away so..... leave a comment on this post to be entered.  Let us know what you are working on right now!  We will select a winner on Friday afternoon so make sure you post before then!  The winner will be selected at random.  Make sure we have a way to contact you via email with your post.  International winners will pay shipping.  Good Luck!  All you have to do for a chance to win one of these Tanyard Creek bundlesis leave a comment on this post!  good Luck and Happy Quilting!

Did someone ask what was happening at Little Quilts?

We have a lot going on...  Mary Ellen left this afternoon for a road trip to Chicago to celebrate a close family friend's wedding.  Did I mention she and my Dad took my 2 kids with her?  Did I mention that they are 7 (and 2/3rds) and 4 and a half?  Did i mention it's a 12 hour drive?  Did I mention that it was HER idea to take the kids?  Well, it WAS her idea!  So her and my Dad left today and will drive 2 days with my kids... the goal: to make it to Louisville tonight!  My boys were SO excited to spend a week with Nana and Grampy!  Me?  I'll be just fine here at home...  I'm looking forward to some peace and quiet for a few days before I fly out to Chicago be a bridesmaid!

Anyways, while Mom is gone, all the amazing ladies at Little Quilts will be holding down the fort!  T
hanks girls, Mom couldn't do it without you!  And there's a lot going on right now so let's get started!

This is just the cutest doll! Her name is Malinda Dalton and she’s a Civil War-Era Doll. As the story goes, Malinda was one of 11 children born in Virginia in 1835. The family fell on hard times so Malinda went to work as a maid for the Thomas family and eventually married one of the Thomas’ sons only to be separated from him until the Civil War ended. This little doll represents the younger Malinda, just as she was entering service at the Thomas household. The doll parts come on a panel that includes what you need to make the doll and the underwear. Separate panels are available for the everyday dress (including bonnet and apron), and the Sunday dress. Buy all three panels and get the yarn hair free!

Just here from Heartspun Quilts is this trunk show featuring quilts from some of their new patterns. The “Fab Four” pattern starts with four EASY blocks that you can use alone or combine to make totally different looking quilts. One of the quilts is made from a single layer cake. If you’re looking for simple and easy patterns that result in beautiful quilts, you need to check these out!

We’re enjoying the fabulous Threads That Bind trunk show! The “Seasonal Delivery” pattern includes the wool appliqué directions for all four of these beautifully framed 10” x 20” designs.

These are some of the new Threads That Bind punchneedle Embroidery patterns.

“Alphabet Song” is beautifully appliquéd with several different felted wool fabric scraps onto a black cotton backing and then framed. It’s a “must see”!

Use up a lot of your scraps of felted wool to make this penny rug from the pattern “Flower Bed”

Absolutely the cutest pumpkins of the season! The pattern “Pumpkin Farm” features five stuffed pumpkins that are a fast, fun, and easy project for fall. The pumpkin faces are created doing reverse appliqué. Great to make for your friends or to sell at a bazaar.

We've also had tons of great show n tell projects coming in so make sure you check back later this week to see what all of our amazing customers have been working on!  Oh and as I was typing this post Mom called... they made it just south of Louisville and the boys are having a blast!  Tomorrow they'll make the rest of the drive to Chicago... I can't wait to hear from the boys, they LOVE spending time with thier Nana & Grampy!

Show and Tell

Keep these great quilts coming!  We love to see and share your finished projects!

Darlene Brandl moved from New York to Sugar Hill, Georgia, just in time for the Great Atlanta Shop Hop and look what she did with all those charm squares she collected at the shops she visited! Her tote bag will hold lots of fabric and supplies for future shopping trips or classes she might attend! Great idea, Darlene!

We were all in awe of this quilt when Joyce Brannon brought it in today. Joyce works two jobs, but still had time to make all these 3” blocks – so much for any of the excuses I may have for not getting things done! Joyce used the pattern “Tribute To Judie” by Civil War Legacies to make this very antique looking quilt top.

When it was Kathy Duggleby’s turn to host her bee group, she decided it was easier to call Little Quilts than to clean house! Her group, The Meanderers Bee Group, met in our classroom and had a great time learning to make crazy pieced stars. Kathy found the pattern, Crazy Stars, on All People Quilt.com.

Kathy had so much fun with the technique that she also made this very patriotic version of crazy stars just in time for the 4th of July.

INDEPENDENCE DAY SALE

The 4th of July is one of our favorite holidays here at Little Quilts and what better way to celebrate than with a sale!

So dress up in your red, white, and blue and come over on Saturday, July 3 or Monday July 5 and find all our patriotic fabrics, kits and patterns 30% off.

We will be open our regular hours (10am-5pm) both days.

Hurray USA!