quiltology...

Okay, I admit I’m a much better patchwork piecer than photographer and sadly some of my pictures prove this point all too well.

With summer in full throttle, we’ve had lots of visitors to the shop and many of you have told me that the pictures on the web site don’t do the quilts justice. Of course I could blame the bad pictures on my old digital camera, but then that’s like saying my sewing machine can’t sew straight seams. Clearly there’s some operator error at play here.

I’ve promised Julia from Michigan and Karen from Iowa that I would try again. So I’m posting new (and bigger) pics on my web site so you can see them in their full glory. I’m also creating a new section on the site where they will live for all of you to reference should you want to recreate them.

Our newest Quiltology quilt and kit is a mellow batik we’re calling Modern Thinking. This one was a real collaborative effort—Susan applied her keen color sense and pieced the blocks from a Blue Underground Studios pattern and palette of new Benartex fabrics. Then I took it from there, laying out the blocks on the design wall and sewing the top together. Finally our favorite long-arm quilter Sally added her quilting magic with the new Lotus pattern in a dusty lilac thread. This one’s hanging up by the front window—across from the two chairs where most of our gentlemen visitors park themselves while their better halves shop. And let me tell you, the guys really like this one!