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Amy has twenty blocks in her Saturday Sampler quilt. Look closely at the variable star blocks and you will see her six inch blocks in the centers. Very creative!

PREPARE TO BE AMAZED: Show and Tell Finale of Second Saturday Sampler 2012

Debbie finished her 12” blocks with the Garden Maze setting and everyone loved it.

Jane made the 6 inch blocks and used a star setting and gave them a patriotic flare. Very nice, Jane!

 

Carol Ann did a fabulous job using Dena’s contemporary setting in our favorite pink and brown colors.

 

Nicole out did us all. She finished three tops using the 12 inch blocks. Her traditional block was set with a setting called General’s Daughter ( a star in a star ) setting with a what is termed a piano keys border. The black and tan sure makes a striking quilt! She was inspired by something she saw on the internet.

Nicole’s second quilt also used the 12 inch block. I believe the green polka dot fabric was a fabric she was given for a challenge and she had to use it in every block. This one has a flying geese border.

 

Nicole’s third quilt was also made using a different challenge fabric which was a Monet fabric and was also used in every block. Our hats are off to Nicole for a job well done!

Joan wanted a larger quilt so she set her 12 inch blocks on point. This is always a great and easy way to attain a much larger quilt. Her blue sashing is set off with a gold star which she made using the V Block ruler by Studio 180 Designs. Studio 180 Designs have great rulers as well as great laminated instruction sheets for the many ways to use them. Joan loved the technique and her quilt is lovely.

Sharon’s quilt was sashed with a pink and green fabric. Her pattern for the sashing gave the illusion of a smaller square in a square block for the corner stones. Very creative Sharon!

 

Chris used a brown and blue argyle print to sash her alternate 12 inch blocks. I believe Chris was in the group that had to use a particular fabric as a challenge. It worked!

Jeanette used her challenge fabric which was a fruit print in every alternate block. She chose a burgundy fabric for her setting.

Marliss made the 12 inch traditional blocks and finished with a blue and brown setting fabric. Her setting was inspired by something on the internet. Each block was sashed in the same manner and then she simply rotated them to get the effect she was looking for.

This one you need to see up close and personal! Nancy made her blocks a mere 3 inches finished, yes my friends 3 inches. In the picture they look much larger but they are indeed tiny. She finished her quilt using Dena’s contemporary setting which also had to be scaled down. A magnificent job, Nancy!

 

Second SSS Quilt

Judy used our setting and fabrics for the sashing but added a nice red border.

The big reveal...one at a time

Adele has chosen to use our setting and our finishing kit to set her twelve inch blocks. along with several others. They all did a great job.

 

...Anticipation!

This is a picture of participants waiting to see what everyone has done with their blocks.

The Grand Finale Prep

Here are two pictures of the 2012 Sat. Sampler Show and Tell on Sunday afternoon Feb. 17^th.

Libby, Mary Ellen and Wanda getting ready to show some quilts.

 

Linda sitting with Sara waiting on the big show. Sara has been doing the Sat. Sampler for eleven years and has finished some wonderful quilts.

 

Holy Hexies Batman!

We keep following Allison’s progress on the king-size quilt she’s making with ¼” hexagons. (And, no, that is not a typo – they really are ¼”!) Allison will be doing a hexagon demo during shop hop if you’d like to see this block up close.

Precious Memories

 Melissa took the beautiful cross stitched Precious Moment blocks embroidered by her mother and turned them into a beautiful quilt to welcome her new baby. Precious!

Strip Quilt Race Project

Doris and her amazing Jellyroll race quilt. This quilt uses just one jellyroll and goes together in just 45 minutes! If you get tangled up in your strips it may take just a few minutes longer.  So Dang Easy!

Here's an idea I just thought of... for a wedding quilt or a baby quilt, throw in a plain coloered strip with the date (and name on it)

Hand Quilting is Still "Alive"

The picture is a little blurry, but we see so few quilts that are hand quilted these days we just had to post this one. Rita finished the quilting while sitting under the pool table with a tornado flying overhead! The quilt will be hanging in the Bulloch Hall Quilt Show, March 9 – 17, 2013, so you can get a close up view of Rita’s beautiful quilting. Click here www.bhqg.org for more information about the upcoming quilt show.

 

Show and Tell from January Second Saturday Sampler

Susan never fails to bring a finished quilt top for Saturday Sampler Show and Tell. We all need to learn her secret for finishing projects!

 

Lori used her Saturday Sampler blocks from last year and combined them with House blocks to make a quilt for her son when he got married. For the label on the back of the quilt she made a large house and included a picture of her son and his wife in the windows, the wedding announcement for the door, and a “Marietta” block from Olde America Antiques vintage postcard designs on the roof since the newlyweds are living here in Marietta. Such a cute idea!

Finale Quilts of 2012 Seconnd Saturday Sampler - pt 2

Amanda came up with a fabulous setting for the Batik alternate blocks she made. 

 

Linda made the blue/brown alternate blocks and the border fabric she found to showcase her blocks. 

 Patterns for the alternate block quilts are available for purchase.  A “reveal” party will be held on Sunday, Feb. 17 from 1pm – 3pm for our customers to show off their finished quilts so stay tuned to the blog  to see all their creative ideas!

Finished Quilt tops using the Sampler Blocks of Second Saturday Sampler 2012 - pt 1

All the finished quilts debuted today at Second Saturday Sampler to a lot of ooh’s and ahh’s! This year everyone had a choice of making 12” or 6” reproduction blocks with the fabric that came in the kits. Wanda, who designed the series, set her blocks in a classic reproduction setting. 

 

The smaller 6” blocks were set in a similar, but simpler setting.

  Dena, who made all the contemporary alternate blocks this year, designed an original contemporary setting to showcase her blocks. 

If you like the setting, but didn’t make the contemporary blocks, it will work equally well with reproduction fabrics as you can see from Chris’s quilt.

December Second Saturday Sampler - pt 3

Pam was so happy to finally turn last year’s six-inch 2^nd Sat. Sampler blocks into a finished quilt. We loved the toile border!

Pam also brought a beautiful tulip quilt made with 30’s fabrics. The pattern came from a Mary Hickey book.

Civil War Tribute Block of the Month All Finished

What a stunner! These photos were sent to us from Linda W.  She has been doing the Civil War block of the month for 3 years. These are pictures of the first one, The Civil War Tribute.  What a treat that she sent us these photos..
We are just beginning the 2013 version.  Civil War Melodies.  Create your own stunner...
http://webstore.quiltropolis.net/stores_app/Browse_Item_Details.asp?Shopper_id=59021142322585902&Store_id=597&page_id=23&Item_ID=1903

 

Support Your Local Quilt Shop Day

Thursday January 24^th

Pick Your “Deal of the Day” 
 

1.         Aurifil Thread:  Buy 2, get 1 free

2.         Creative Grids:  20% off One Ruler

3.         Marcus Brothers Solids:  20% off 

     (perfect for your Judie Rothermel Contest Entry!)

4.         Charm Packs:  Buy 1, get 1 50% off

Select one Little Quilts Pattern or Booklet FREE just for stopping by.

Thank you for supporting Little Quilts!
 

                             

Second Saturday Sampler - Part 2

It was a cloudy, windy day for our December 2^nd Saturday Sampler, but Susan’s contemporary quilt just lit up the parking lot! Bright and sunny…

 

Janette was so happy with the quilt top she received from her Bee group’s Round Robin project. Janette made the center block and her friends completed successive rounds.

 

 

 

Second Saturday Sampler Show and Tell pt 1

Jean finished a very patriotic eagle medallion quilt

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Susan completed the Beyond Beginner class and this was her class project.

Christine made a camouflage outfit for her grandson for Christmas. Christine’s son is stationed in Germany and Christine plans to deliver this Christmas present in person. Have a great trip, Chris!

 

I do, I do

Here are some of our dear customers who brave heat, cold and more to visit with each other every Second Saturday of the month to get the "ingredients" (pattern and fabric) to make a quilt block.  When they come back the following month with the pieced block, they get the next month's ingredients for FREE.  Thyey get to attend a tips and  "tour" of what's new and great since last month.  It is not too late for you to get started.  Come in and purchase block one of the 2013 version for $6.  Then come join the group on February 9th between 9:30AM - 10:50 AM at the back of the shop for the show and tell and tip session.  Bring your own show and tell.  It's fun!  Then you too can raise your hand when we ask...Who loves Secoond Saturday Sampler?
I do, I do!

Here's a sweet banner Alice created using the children at play motifs from the Little Darlings II fabric (newest from Henry Glass). Banners and buntings are all the rage today!

 

 

Little Darlings II just arrived. Our newest line of fabric for Henry Glass. Here’s “Child’s Play”, one of three free patterns in our flyer.   Make a darling quilt 32” x 42” with the user friendly pre printed panel All you do is add two side borders of pinwheels, four patches and the green plaid fabric, and it’s ready to quilt. Perfect for the beginning sewer or a super speedy baby quilt.

Kits are $29.95.  Or you can purchase Little Darlings fabric and get the pattern free or check out www.henryglassfabrics.com to download it.

 

 

We have something for everyone in the Little Darlings line,  including a stitchery pattern.  Here is a bargain of the Little Darlings I line.  You can get a kit to make this "quiltlet" for $19.95.  (That is before you take the 25% off, that we are

offering for the Big Reveal, of the newest LQ fabric...Little Darlings II). 

 

Quilt Kits to make these quilts, from the free pattern download of Little Darlings I, are also 25% off.  You can make either the  Little Darlings Kit 50" x 58" for $57.95 and 25% off or the smaller one with the Toile Center is 32" x 38" and
it's $34.95 and 25% off.

 



Hip Hip Hooray...It's Little Darlings II - Child's Play

Let loose your inner child with these playful fabrics with vintage children playing about.  This panel print has endless possibilities.

But WAIT, there's more!   Another larger panel that can be quilted and become a baby-size quilt on it's own.
 

But WAIT! there's More.  A free pattern download using these fabrics at this link...

http://www.henryglassfabrics.com/project/little-darlings-ii/

 

But WAIT, there's more!!! You get 25% off any kits and patterns of Little Darlings I (pictures in upcoming blog posts), for our Big Reveal Sale.

 

 

 



One of a Kind...

...Please set aside 50 minutes to revel in the hobby you have near and dear to your heart to enjoy this video of the 2012 Quilt Legend of the Year.  You will be blessed to see amazing quilts at the American Quilt Museum, appreciation for Meredith Schroeder, the co-founder of the museum and the publisher (retired) of The American Quilter Magazine.  She is a precious quilt world treasure.
http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/shows.php/coupon_number/230320345394?utm_source=delivra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=QuiltLegend-122812

I (Kathy Niemann) have had the honor of working for the magazine and have held my head high because I know Meredith is all about quality and honoring the modern quilter. 
I know the AQS show and the magazine has changed the world of quilting forever.
Little Quilts has been a vendor at the AQS Paducah Quilt Show  for  over 25 years.  Each year is more fantastic than the previous year and we would not think of missing it.  If you have not gone, you must add this show to your "bucket list" and why wait?  2013 show dates are...
April 24 – 27, 2013 and more details are at
http://aqsshows.com/AQSPaducah/homefeature/aqs-paducah-show-contest/

The world had "famous quilters" and I am not sure there would be such a thing without Meredith. 
The video also tells the story of the museum.  I hope you will watch it to appreciate the legacy created by it and consider supporting it.   If you are a quilter, you know that the general public does not know what quilting has become. The museum brings high calibre quilts to the quilter and non quilter alike.