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Posted by The Quilt Room on February 7, 2012
Isn’t this a gorgeous quilt made by Joy Smith and Joyce Lewns for the Olympics. It is based on our pattern Building Blocks with a very edible twist!. The wonderful fruit and veg fabrics have been used as the two ladies live in Whitstable which is near Brogdale – the home of the National Fruit Collection and Thanet Earth which has the largest greenhouses in the country that grow vegetables.
Joy came to Ardingly show and showed Pam this picture. We really do love seeing what you’ve made so don’t be shy in sending in pics!
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Posted by Nicky on January 17, 2012
This is our nearly finished new quilt Friday Night Saturday Morning. It’s made with the new Rouenerries Deux fabrics by French General and using the versatile Creative Grids Kaleidoscope Double Strip Ruler. We will have the pattern and kit available online shortly and it will be at Ardingly quilt show next week. There is a variation to this pattern which we’ve made using the new 30′s Playtime fabric – we will have a kit for that too. However – until it is all finished this is just a sneek peak!
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Posted by The Quilt Room on December 14, 2011
A few years ago we blogged about the quilt that Chris (our longarm quilter at The Quilt Room) made for her daughter Gemma when she went off to uni. Now….a few years on and this is the quilt that she has made for her son Jeremy. What is so special about this quilt is that it is made from Jeremy’s old shirts (and a few of Chris’ husband too!). What a great idea. This was inspired by one of The Quilt Room workshops given by Gill Turley that Chris attended. On the back of the quilt Chris has put in snippets of the shirts used and the dates. What a lovely quilt and one that will really be treasured.
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Posted by Pam on November 20, 2011
You know how much we love receiving photos of quilts you have made from our books and patterns and just look at this gorgeous quilt. It was made by Lin Saunders for her grand-daughter Edie and it is to be her Christmas present. Wouldn’t you just love to be around to see Edie’s face when she sees her quilt. The pattern is from our Two From One Jelly Roll Quilt book and the fabrics Lin has chosen are gorgeous.
And I know I do go on about it a lot but just look at this beautiful label Lin has put on the back of her quilt. It is so important that we label our quilts. Nicky and I are working on a book due out next year called Antique to Heirloom Jelly Roll Quilts. We are using our antique quilts as inspiration to make modern day heirloom versions from jelly rolls. Only one of our antique quilts has a label and it would have been so nice to have been able to acknowledge the clever quilters of the past. Well done Lin – Edie has a very clever grandmother.
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Posted by Nicky on November 13, 2011
Stick the kettle on, make yourself a cup of tea and then settle yourself down to listen to our radio interview with Pat Sloan. We recorded this when were were in Houston at Quilt Market - no laughing please – we were very nervous!
Just click on the link and then scroll down to find [...] Continue Reading…
Posted in: Quilt Market - Houston October 2011
Posted by Nicky on November 11, 2011
Toasting our 30 years in the business! Pictured clockwise from top left is Hilary, Susan, Gill, Linda, Nicky, Pam, Margaret, Chris and Ileana. If you look closely you can see bundles of fabrics that we picked up from Quilt Market in Houston recently which we hope to be stocking [...] Continue Reading…
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Posted by Pam on November 6, 2011
Back in Cornwall and I do believe the sheep have missed me – I know I have missed them.
And we all know this feeling – great to be away and meeting lots of lovely people but oh how nice it is to be back curled up in a chair [...] Continue Reading…
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Posted by Nicky on October 31, 2011
We have had a great time at Houston Quilt Market and can’t believe it’s now over. We had a lovely meeting with Moda this morning – they have some fantastic ranges coming out. The new range by Cabbages and Roses, Athill is simply stunning as are the new ranges by [...] Continue Reading…
Posted in: Quilt Market - Houston October 2011
Posted by The Quilt Room on October 31, 2011
Quilt Market is flying by – one more day left and then we fly home. We had a good day today and saw lots and lots of booths filled with great inspirational ideas for us to take home. We particularly liked the new fabric from Lecien – the new [...] Continue Reading…
Posted in: Quilt Market - Houston October 2011
Posted by The Quilt Room on October 30, 2011
….AND THE TOP FOUR PRIZE WINNERS ARE:
1st place – Laura Coons
2nd place – Angelika Sins
3rd place – Jennifer Goldstein
4th place – Claire Hepworth
A huge thank you to everybody who took part in the challenge and congratulations to the winning twelve - in particular the top four prize winners. It is going to be a [...] Continue Reading…
Posted in: Quilt Market - Houston October 2011
