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 |
My word would be “grin”. 🙂
MWAH !!!
I would think I would have to put accept. Learning to accept changes and to roll with them has been the theme of life as of late
well and wonderment
carol
my word would be…. Sleep
kbonita
LuvU
Love BadAss Rose Hughes and her appluque! Would love to have one of her books!!
my word wouldbe a statement “Love You”
Love
I think I would put ME because you have to love yourself before you can truly and completely love someone else. If more people felt good about themselves and their place in this world, they would feel confident enough to say No to anyone who doubted them or tried to treat them badly.
fantastic
Mine would say roar
Free
My heart-word is “complete” because I see that everything I need is already there.
Word: . . . joy!
My word is “grow”. Because that is what new techniques and inspirations cause us to do.
My word is wine
My word would be True!
Eager !!!
In my heart I would like to be “grateful”
Love applique, can’t wait to try this method. My one word is Fun.
My word is: Always.
I love appliqué, my first quilt that I did and gave away was appliqué. I would enjoy learning the easy steps in order to be able to applique faster.
Hope!
warmth
my word would be forever
Dragon. ‘Cause fire breathing and stuff.
Free
That’s awesome and then some! I think I’d want paw prints, rather than a word; but since you asked for a word….HOME
Son and then Daughter! I would make a little love letter to my kids!
my word…soul…
applique is beautiful!
My word … Sing!
My word…Shine.
hope – after losing my husband after only 26 years I have hope there will be love again in my life.
i love appliqué . It adds personal touches to ant quilt. My word would be “kids” for not only my children, but my grandkids as well. Kids have always been in the center of my heart.
My word wold be sweetie or sweet
joy… I have joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart.
My word:
hug
My word is persevere. I’ve made it through the day.
per·se·vere
ˌpərsəˈvir/
verb
verb: persevere; 3rd person present: perseveres; past tense: persevered; past participle: persevered; gerund or present participle: persevering
continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success.
content.
My one word would be kindness… (if I could make 8 letters fit)… maybe I should shorten I to kind…
my word would be ‘hush’
I think the word on my heard would be “Reserved”
My word for today is persevere, sigh
ahh I would have to say it would be “sassie”
My word would be…um….BREATHE.
The word on my heart would be hot!
Well I would use BadAss if it really was one word and not already taken…So I guess it would have to be survivor…as this past August I was diagnosed with Cancer and next week I will find out if I am cancer free……..
I love Rose’s applique.
I like your word SEXY, but see no where to download it
so I can print it out.
Very hard to follow your site.
The word in my heart would be Tender. And looking at Rose’s site she has us come to you for the pattern.