I have used Mr Random Number generator to give us a winner - Number 1117 – Our winner is Robin who said:
Robin has been contacted and will be receiving this amazing bucket of goodies! Congratulations Robin and thank you everyone for leaving me such wonderful comments!
My suitcases are almost packed and I still cannot believe I’m on my way to France!
I can tell you it is quite a project to fit 30 quilts and all of the other fun “stuff” that we quilters must take with us into 4 suitcases.
I will be displaying my quilts at the 17th European Patchwork Meeting
Somebody isn’t entirely happy with my trip though…
Thank you everyone for your support and very nice comments. After much encouragement and the responses to my stories about whey we make quilts I was finally able to collect my stories behind 85 of my favorite quilt. Every quilt has a story and with the help of my dear friends Judy Friedman and Kayleen Hardy, I have finally put them on paper in my new book,
“Reason for Quilts”.
Writing a book feels kind of like having a baby and as I deliver this newest addition to my family and yours, I am letting go of my oldest baby girl. She is spreading her wings and leaving for college, a day I looked forward to with mixed feelings. We raise our children to be independent but it is difficult to let go! This summer we have been engaging in a lot of family activities to make those amazing memories that we will all cherish when the rush of the fall comes back and Delfina leaves for University.
Seems like only yesterday I was holding her hand and putting her on a ride at the County Fair.
Now she is off on a solo walk.
Our family loves the County Fair. Everyone in the family has a favorite food. We buy everyone’s favorite and then we pass it around and share! We are especially fond of Funnel Cakes, corn dogs, and an all time favorite; a huge order of French fries… and let’s not forget the ice cream – YUM!
Do you have a favorite? I’m getting hungry just thinking about it!!
For Spring Market this year all the Moda designers made a little project. While I was deciding what to make I was watching my favorite show, Project Runway. I can see myself being one of those crazy designers. I guess you could call that my guilty pleasure right now. Maybe there should be a show like that about quilt designers getting ready for market? An inside peek at how things get done, putting up and taking down the booth, pulling it all together for schoolhouse teaching and making a project. Wouldn’t that be fun? I really like this crazy busy fun Market time.
My project was a handy bag, it looks little but when you turn it inside out, it magically becomes a BIG one. Watch the video below for how useful it can be for fabric shopping trips!
In addition you can download the pattern for the bag on the Laundry Basket Quilts Website.
I find that my everyday life provides a huge amount of inspiration. Human connections are a big part of my inspiration. Nature, music, antiques, and history are all areas that I enjoy and can draw from. Inspiration is always around me and I try to pay attention and incorporate it into my work. I hope my fabrics and designs inspire you in your quilting.
I recently visited Montana to do some teaching. What a beautiful state! I would love to take my entire family back there sometime to visit. I would love to get in the car with the entire family and road trip, there is so much that I haven’t seen in our beautiful country! Definitely on my Bucket List. At one point we were driving through a field of yellow full of cows. I stopped to take a photo of the cows and since no one was around I “moo” at them, they looked at me and “moo” back! So adorable.
What things are on your bucket list? Share your bucket list and there just might be a bucket of goodies heading your way, including my new book, fabrics from my Indian Summer line, fabric pencils, a custom seam ripper, buttons, my favorite Aurifil thread and my calendar (Bucket not included). Leave me a comment telling me what’s on your bucket list and I will use Mr Random Number Generator to choose a winner. I will announce the winners on my October 1st post. Leave a comment on THIS POST anytime before midnight EST, September 30th to be eligible to win our amazing bucket! A special thanks goes out to Moda for helping me put the newest fabric from Indian Summer in this bucket!
All the Moda designers are talking about the County Fair and participating in the blog hop. Here is the schedule of blogs that are in the hop and a link to them on their day. Everyone is doing a giveaway of some sort so be sure and stop by all of them!
September 6 Sandy Gervais Pieces From My Heart
September 7 Anne Sutton Bunny Hill Designs
September 8 Barb and Mary Me and My Sister
September 9 Camille Roskelley Thimbleblossoms
September 10 Edyta Sitar Laundry Basket Quilts
September 11 Jen Williamson Basic Grey
September 12 Polly and Laurie Minnick & Simpson
September 13 Sandy Klop American Jane
September 14 Liesl Gibson Oliver + S
September 15 Joanna Figueroa Fig Tree Quilts
September 16 Lynne Hagmeier Kansas Troubles
September 17 Alma & Barb Blackbird Designs
September 18 Aneela Hoey
September 19 Barbara Brackman Sunflower Pattern Co-Op
September 20 Bonnie Olvason Cotton Way
September 21 Branding Inc Suzie Cabbages and Roses
September 22 Deb Strain
September 23 Jan & LindaBrannock & Patek
September 24 Lauren & Jessi Jung
September 25 Stephanie Carter Lily Ashbury Designs
September 26 Julie Comstock Cosmo Cricket
September 27 Kate Spain Kate Spain Designs
September 28 Karla Eisenach Sweetwater
September 29 Kaari Meng French General
September 30 Lisa Bongean Primitive Gathering
October 1 Kathy SchmitzKathy Schmitz Studios
October 2 Liz Scott Paper Pie
Aurifil’s Designer of the Month for September is Edyta Sitar! (that’s me!)
See my fabulous wall hanging and learn what sparks my creativity.
Click the link below to go to the Aurifil blog and read the interview, then download the project!
http://auribuzz.wordpress.com/category/designers-of-the-month/
All of the Moda designers are talking about the County Fair and participating in fantastic blog hop. Sandy and Anne are leading the County Fair parade, be sure to see their posts and projects! Below is the schedule of blogs that are in the hop and a link to them on their day. My day is September 10 and I have a bucket full of goodies to share with you – be sure to stop back for the fireworks!
"Scrappy Fireworks"
“Scrappy Fireworks” is in a new book that I will release Spring 2012!
I have made my pillow from a very special antique quilt that belonged to Anna Sitar, my husband’s Grandmother. The story begins many years ago when I was fortunate enough to move in with Grandma. She was the one that taught me how to quilt and knowing how precious quilts were to her, she surprised me when she reached out and cut a piece off this quilt to dust her house with it… I was shocked with what she was doing and of course questioned her behavior! She shared with me the story of one of her first quilts that she had made about 64 years ago. It was a special quilt that she so gently pieced together as her wedding quilt. A quilt that had blessed her bed for many happy years and had witnessed many of life’s major milestones, from the birth of her three children to the loss of her husband, that quilt was on her bed to capture the happy moments, absorb tears and offer unexplained comfort.
I asked Grandma if I could please have that quilt. She was quite surprised, she did not want to give me a quilt with holes and pieces cut out from the middle like Swiss cheese. She quickly offered many of her hand made treasures, but my mind was set, I wanted that quilt like a seed so I could plant my own and watch it grow.
When the time came for my husband and I to celebrate our tenth anniversary, I wanted to mark that occasion by bringing Grandma’s wedding quilt back into the Sitar household. I have to tell you, making this quilt was much easier than being married for 10 years, even though my husband is an absolute sweet heart! The Star of Bethlehem in the photo above is my variation of Grandma’s wedding quilt.
Finally I took the original quilt and cut one more square from it, not for dusting, but to use it as a front of my pillow.
This pillow created from Grandma’s quilt symbolizes my humble beginnings and the family tradition that I have adopted and enjoy immensely. The Feathered Star quilt in the backdrop is a new pattern using fabrics from my new collection “Sweet Sixteen” with Moda.
The pillow back is made using a piece of fabric from my Sweet Sixteen Collection and I put the remains of Grandma’s quilt inside of the pillow as the filling.
I hope you have enjoyed my pillow talk!
Hello and welcome to Laundry Basket Quilts Blog. We have experienced quite a bit of winter here in Michigan lately and while we could say enough with the snow, we didn’t – we embraced the winter wonderland with our newest collection of fabrics “Believe” available in stores July 2011 that reflects some of the beautiful silhouettes that Mother Nature brings! Along with new fabrics we always have new quilts, here are some of my newest patterns which will be available along with the fabrics.
Frosty Window – I love this two color quilt simple design based on 1.5″ blue strips was a delight to make! The light background “Believe” fabric has wonderful images and words that bring warmth to this quilt.
Sweet Mint
Sweet Mint uses every fabric from the “Believe” collection, I love the fun scrappy look of this quilt just as much as I like sweets, candy canes and mints are my favorites!
Red for Valentine's Day
Eight weeks ago I planted the bulb for this flower, and what a gift I got for Valentine’s Day – Happy Valentine’s day to all you sweethearts out there!
Fabrics Swatches Arrived!
Spring must be right around the corner, my new Spring 2011 Collection has just arrived and I love getting that little UPS Box - I’m in for an enjoyable afternoon!
Come visit again!
