New Location for the Quilted Ewe

Mary Watt's Quilted Ewe quilt shop has a new location, now in New Hartford, CT. Marie Bostwick, (quilt novelist from nearby Northfield, CT) is shown above visiting the new Quilted Ewe with a friend. It looks like they did a little shopping. 

The new larger store is in a charming old brick mill building, not far from Rt.44.

Mary offers machine quilting. You can do it yourself, or Mary will do the quilting for you. She also has enough space for 18 quilters to sew together (each person has their own big table). She offers classes as well as open sew time. 

And of course Mary offers a tempting selection of gorgeous fabrics as well as tools, books, wool and other goodies.

See details here.

Dolls by Sarah Campbell

Vintage Liberty fabric dolls from Sarah Campbell Designs. Sarah is a fabric designer and lives in the UK. See her other blog too. 

Yarn Bombing in Finland

Granny square afghans on the steps outside Helsinki Cathedral in Finland. According to FB comments, there were more afghans than they had room for on the steps. After this event, the afghans were delivered to hospitals, day care centers, convalescent homes, etc. Wow!

Patty High's New Ferris Wheel Quilt!

This beautiful Ferris Wheel quilt is the creation of Patty High of Florida. 

I especially like the striped fabrics she used...and all the reds. 

Visit her quilt shop: Red Amaryllis Quilts on Etsy. 

Patty used my Ferris Wheel pattern to make this lovely quilt.

Click to see all my patterns. 

Diane Volk Harris' Honeycomb Quilt!

This fabulous Honeycomb quilt is the creation of Diane Volk Harris of Nebraska. As you probably know, she is Associate Editor and Writer for Quiltmaker Magazine. She made this at a recent quilt retreat. You can read more about it in her Facebook post. I love Diane's version. Nice job!

Here she is with a very cute little buddy. Aww.

See my pattern for the Honeycomb quilt (below). 

Christy's Selvage Block!

"Wee Snails Wanderin' at Twilight," an August challenge block by Christy Yates, from Modern Quilts Magazine. Thank you to Pamela Smith for showing me this block!

Very nice job, Christy!!

Wedding Guest Message Quilt

Our son Brian married his sweet girlfriend Lauren in May. Seventy of the wedding guests wrote messages on 5" squares (backed with freezer paper) using fabric pens. And here's the finished quilt. It was hard to get good photos, but you get the basic idea. The squares are Kona White, the dark fabric is a batik, and the outer border is a Hoffman print called "Kaya." The backing is solid blue and the binding is solid gold. 

New Book: Splash of Color!

Keep an eye out for Jackie Kunkel's new book: Splash of Color from That Patchwork Place.

See Jackie's website here: CVQuiltworks. And visit her blog too. Jackie is a dynamic quilter here in Connecticut who is also a pilot! She's a certified Judy Niemeyer quilt teacher, and she's the founder and organizer of the New England Air Museum Quilt Show (coming up later this month). 

And not only that, she's a wonderful person and lots of fun. 

Sewing Machine Thingys!

Thanks to Joan Jordan for this educational diagram. Finally, answers for inquiring minds!

I'd like to have an "unobtainium," but you just can't get them! Know what I mean?

Gas Fueled Iron

Have you ever seen a gas-fueled iron? It's listed on Etsy for $90 from Wisdom Lane.

You can find the strangest things on Etsy! The iron was made by Coleman in the 1920's. 

Now we've seen everything!

Glamping in a Gypsy Trailer

Vintage Gypsy Wagon Travel Trailer for sale on Etsy from prettyware of Arkansas, priced around $3,500. It has a bed, seating, storage and a cooker. See interior photos in the ad. Vintage cute and clever. Seeing things like this fuels our creativity, don't you think?

Doily Quilts

This sweet baby quilt is featured in the book: Make it Sew Modern: Gather, Twist, Pleat, Texture by Vanessa Christensen. Nice!

Made by Marlis1 from Tortosa, Spain. She collected doilies from her family and flea markets, then made this quilt. Photo found on Flickr.

I Brake for Fabric Too!

Haha. From Wish Upon A Quilt. 

Lego Shoes

 Amusing uses for Legos. Have a creative day!

Lego House

"Top Gear presenter, James May, built a new house in Surrey made entirely out of Lego bricks. This two-story Lego palace, which resides in the middle of a vineyard, has a working bathroom, and is covered inside and out with over 816 million Lego bricks." - Zuza Fun

Thank you to patty a. who told me about this yesterday.

Lego Street Art

This painted bridge, embellished wall and tree house remind me of good times with our sons and make me smile. I like happy street art.

Lego Wall

Our family is past the Lego phase now, but this clever idea caught my eye. 

I remember stepping on Legos when checking on our sons during the night. 

That's a real eye-opener!

Selvage Fabric by Timeless Treasures

This fabric by Timeless Treasures is printed to look like it's covered with selvages! 

What would you call this? Down-cycling?

Novelty Fabrics Add Interest

I'm always on the lookout for interesting novelty fabrics like the little red tiger shown above from Cotton and Steel. The branches, the postmark, and the big black dot add some interest too. 

My favorite quilts have a good number of these little surprises. How about you?

The quilt photo above is from the Optimist string quilt pattern. 

Here are two more interesting prints from Cotton and Steel.

Family Quilt Holder

Haha! I love this quilt photo! Looks like one tall quilt-holder and two little helpers. Sweet.

Nice modern quilt too. This photo was posted by sasikirana on flickr.