Owning a quilt shop gives me a unique view into the lives of quilters and what they are trying to do with their work. In the past few months I have been hearing more of our customers talk about wanting to give art-quilting a go so the fact that I am part of Rose Hughes’s quilting team for her new book seemed just about perfect.
Rose’s method of Fast-Piece Applique makes creating what you see in your head possible and Rose is the perfect cheerleader to walk you through the process.
Rose and I met by pure happenstance and exhaustion at a national “to the trade” quilting event. Both taking a rest we struck up a conversation and parted with the pledge to work together someday. Well I could not have been more pleased when Rose came to me with the proposal to work on a quilt in her new book Fast Pieced Applique
I knew it was going to be a three piece quilt but not sure I had registered that it was also about 6 feet tall and at least that wide. We worked early in the process on some sketches and jelling our vision and from there Rose let me run with her baby… and away I went! She sent the top with a fantastic poppies done in FPA and I was in charge of the quilting.
Sadly white on white quilting is a real pain to capture well on film so you are going to have to go in real tight on this shot to see all the work I did in the negative space on Rose’s fantastic top! From the moment I saw this quilt I felt like I was in a prehistoric jungle and that inspired the dragon flies, growing pods and fanciful swirls and floral motifs.
My work is in good company with many other amazing quilts ….
Rose’s book comes out on the 13th and I am excited to be part of the celebration! .. At each stop of the celebration there is a free pattern for you!… You will notice that my word is SEXY… since BadAss was just too long! 🙂 Click on the sexyheart for your free pdf pattern!
Make sure to pop by and see Rose on her BLOG first each day of the Blog Hop to get your free pattern and to keep up with any last minute changes to the schedule! 🙂
And last but not least!.. win a free Digital copy of Fast Pieced Applique by leaving a comment and telling me what word you would put in your own heart! Winner be be announced on the 13th!
| Name & Blog Address | Email address | Date on Tour | Word |
| Victoria Wolfe http://bumblebeansinc.blogspot.com |
vfwquilts@gmail.com | Jan-5 | kiss |
| Natalie Barnes http://beyondthereefpatterns.blogspot.com |
natalie@beyondthereefpatterns.com | Jan 6 | soul |
| Maddie Ketray https://www.badassquilterssociety.com |
maddie6@bellsouth.net | Jan-7 | sexy |
| Teri Lucas-Generation Q http://generationqmagazine.com |
teri@generationqmagazine.com | Jan-8 | swak |
| Mandy Leins http://mandalei.com |
mandalei@gmail.com | Jan-9 | leap |
| Megan Dougherty http://thebitchystitcher.blogspot.com |
harperland@mac.com | Jan-12 | lust |
| Jenny Wilding Cardon http://blog.shopmartingale.com/ |
jenny@martingale-pub.com | Jan-13 | hugs |
| Sam Hunter http://huntersdesignstudio.com |
samhunter42@gmail.com | Jan 14 | fire |
| Rachel Biel-TAFA http://tafalist.blogspot.com |
rayela@comcast.net | Jan-15 | sing |
| Rose Hugheshttp://rosehughes.blogspot.com | fiberart@rosehughes.com | Jan-16 |
