Today we welcome Kim Diehl on the blog hop. She is the designer of the successful "Simple Whatnots" Club and her latest collections are "Heritage Hollow" and "Butter Churn Basics." We are pleased to announce the winner of the Kim Diehl "Simple Whatnots" Club Contest. Although every entry was beautiful we had to choose only one. Congratulations to Debbie Wick of Elmira, NY! We will be contacting you after the holiday. Thank you to all who entered.
[Heritage Hollow by Kim Diehl]
Welcome to the eighth day of the “A Flair for Fabric” blog hop, and thank you so much for taking this journey with us. I hope that you’ve been enjoying the designer posts as much as I have, along with the tips and tidbits that have been shared, and of course…the give-aways!
While I’m proud to be one of several Henry Glass designers who donated projects to this book to help benefit the Red Cross, receiving my copy in the mail recently was my first chance to see everything all finished up and looking like a “real” book. I was so excited to actually hold it in my hands that I ripped into the package and was completely glued to the pages as I read it from cover to cover.
There are TONS of projects in this book, including my "Garden Bramble" patchwork and appliqué quilt.
And several more sewing and quilting projects that will leave you itching to stitch, including:
[Caboodle Quilting Caddy by Leanne Anderson]
[Starburst Maple Delight By Janet Nesbitt]
What a well-rounded collection of goodies, and the designer tips and fabric solutions that have been shared left me a little smarter than I was when I began reading. I love that!
Here’s one more little tip I’d like to share with you – my favorite thing to do when I’m choosing prints for my scrap quilts is to include a “zinger”. What’s a zinger? It’s my nickname for a print that’s just a tiny bit “off” and doesn’t perfectly match the other prints I’ve chosen. Zingers add magic! I’ve learned to always use these prints more than once so their inclusion looks intentional, and I space them around my quilt top to give it a balanced look. In my Country Haven quilt, my zinger is the bright lavender print – if I were to take this away, some of the sparkle would be gone, don’t you think?
[Country Haven, from Simple Appeal]
Do you have a favorite color that you can’t resist putting into each scrap quilt? Something you think of as your own personal zinger that works magic for you? Share it with me by December 3, 2014 at midnight and I’ll draw two winners from your entries – someone will receive a fabric bundle from Henry Glass Fabrics, and I’ll send someone else a bundle of 16 assorted print fat quarters gathered from my fabric collections. It’s like an instant scrap quilt waiting to happen…with any luck, your favorite zinger color will be included!
- Kim
Thank you Kim!
Happy Thanksgiving!
- HG
321 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 321 of 321I love to add red to make a quilt zing. It is my favorite color, so most of my quilts can handle a little (or a lot) of red.
I love adding blue to my quilts. It seems to add a bit of calmness.
Sandy A
My favorite color is red and it seems it always ends up in my quilts, but lately I have been using yellow or gold and I find I like it a lot also.
I'm loving your idea about a zinger fabric in a quilt. That lavender would be the last color I would have chosen but it does add so much sparkle. I'm adding your idea to my resources!! I struggle way too much with color to think about 'zingers' in my own quilts - too often I just go with whatever shows up in the pattern or in a collection. This zinger idea is surely a positive for me and I'll be looking at my fabric choices in a whole new way. Thank you.
I'm loving your idea about a zinger fabric in a quilt. That lavender would be the last color I would have chosen but it does add so much sparkle. I'm adding your idea to my resources!! I struggle way too much with color to think about 'zingers' in my own quilts - too often I just go with whatever shows up in the pattern or in a collection. This zinger idea is surely a positive for me and I'll be looking at my fabric choices in a whole new way. Thank you.
I seem to add red to every quilt somewhere.
I would have to say teal would be my "zinger". Great question; fun to read the comments!
I don't have a zinger color but now I will try to figure out one. Thanks for the tip.
I love a dash of yellow in my quilts...just a slice to give a bit of sunshine!
I love to add golds!
I tend to use reds and yellow as my zingers when things are looking a little dull or flat. I've been working with a lot of scraps lately and would love to have some new fabrics to work with. Your fabric bundle is beautiful.Thanks
I don't really have one color I call a favorite or that I always use. I just do what feels right at the time.
I love to add red, my favourite colour. Thanks for the generous giveaway.
Recently I've been adding just a tad of orange or spring green to my quilts, and you're right--they do make the other colors shine. And for my color conservative heart it's okay because they are just a wee bit of a standout in an otherwise fairly low-key landscape.
Most of my quilts have some green in them. Lately I've been partial to lime green. Thanks.
I don't know why but I love putting in blue and brown. Just compliments each other well :)
Orange!
Kim, kona gray
I can't seem to make a quilt with out adding black...grey...or white...into the mix...every quilt I've ever done has had to had at least one piece of white...black...and grey.....I feel the quilt is balanced when I do add them...and missing something if I don't....
My favorite zinger color is a touch of turquoise. I just can't resist that color. I love all your work and the What Not's Club is my favorite new thing. I loved the quilts so much I asked to teach the class! Thanks so much.
I like to use red as my zinger.
I love the fabrics and the projects that you've shared from the book. I love purple and tend to put it in a lot of my quilts but lately I seem to be adding a little bit of orange to everything. Can I have two zingers?
I, too, like to include a fabric that is unexpected. Sometimes it even happens all on its own!! :). I look for places to slip in a zinger and I can always find one! No special color, just the unexpected! PS..... I LOVE Kim Diehl's fabrics. I'm a member of her Whatnot Club in my home town.....working on completing Laundry Day. Love it!
Oh, I hope my comment made it....!! Love Kim Diehl's What Not quilts! I have five of them and working on Laundry Day. I love red!
I love seeing all the entries from the book, they all are incredible. I love reds and browns.
I love yellow! I've heard yellow goes a long way but I love it! It makes me happy and reminds me of sunshine and light! Also, the Kim Diehl fabric is yummy!
My zinger tends to be red, but it's also been yellow. sarah@forrussia.org
I have never really thought about a zinger colour. I'm learning so many ideas from all the other comments. I'll have to try a few to see what works for me. Thank you for such an interesting question.
Lanie
remills at amtelecom dot net
I like to include pink in my scrap quilts.
I think red is an awesome color to add....I love your work...thanks for all you do
I love to use Red, always looks so warm!
Here lately my Zinger has been any shade of Gray. I used it with pinks and yellows in a quilt for one of my granddaughters, and now I want to put it in every pattern I can think of. Who'd a ever thunk it? LOL
Everything I make has some shade of purple in it. Thanks for the chance to win some gorgeous fabric!
Oh definately turquoise for me!
R*E*D................what else is there? Oh yeah, blue, green, yellow, orange, black, pink................... L*O*V*E your designs Kim, fabrics and patterns!
My Zinger Color would be a shade of GREEN!!!
I add a wider variance of colors in my quilts so I think I have a zinger but it varies with eqch quilt. Love that quilt in the new book!
I haven't really established a zinger color yet for my quilts. I'd love to win the 15 FQs you've selected. They'd be a wonderful addition to our daughter and family's home. Thank you for the giveaway!
I haven't made a scrap quilt yet, but I think everything looks better if you add a bit of red.
jen dot barnard at btinternet dot com
My zinger is not a color...it's plaid. Thanks for the chance
Since I love the outdoors I always have some green somewhere in my quilts....keeps me "grounded".
Love your fabrics Kim and have all your books! My zinger is cheddar or red!
Love your fabrics Kim and have all your books! My zinger is cheddar or red!
Orange always adds a happy pop of color in my quilts. sandybailey55@hotmail.com
I love my blues but I try to add a personal touch usually in brown and its either in the form of a frill neck lizard or a native mouse. Live your fabrics
My favorite fabric? Some lovely reds...they make a quilt so radiant...red is vibrant,just look at the red/white quilts from Houston...there is just one word for them : Waauw!!!!
I add a wee bit of gold or rich yellow
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Aqua, it looks so good with most colours!
Cheddar is my favorite zinger, but years ago I also heard that every quilt should have a little purple in it for good luck.
A bit of blue is my zinger! Any color blue is my absolute favorite!!
Thanks for the chance to win!!
I love to add Orange to a quilt!
My hand always reaches for blue, of any shade! I can't seem to help it!
"Kim Diehl Blue" as I call it, is my favorite zinger fabric. I try to use in as many projects as possible.
I like to add red, orange, or yellow!
My zinger would be cobalt blue. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I love to add reds and blues if possible. All depends on who and what the project is. I do a lot of hunting quilts do those I love putting hunters green and putting there name in bright orange
I love bright colored fabrics so hard to choose a zinger - they all are zingers but especially all the wonderful shades of bright blue!
Oh yeah! I learned about zingers from your beautiful style and patterns! Thank you - I use something red tone as mine. Pinkish, red or burgundy - love it! What a neat idea on the book proceeds - nice of all of you to do that <3
I like blues so I try to get some shade of blue in my quilts.
Yellow, I love yellow.
I love just a bit of orange! mumbird3(at)gmail(dot)com
I'm a blue's girl, I almost always have blue in my quilt. I've only made one "scrap" quilt, and it's red, white, and blue. Thank you for the opportunity to win!
~Brandy
I love to use the mustards and reds
Happy Thanksgiving! I don't have one particular zinger colour but I do add contrast. Black really makes brights pop.
I would have to pick pink!!!! I love it! Love your projects and fabrics and quilts, Kim! And you are such fun to follow on Facebook!
Orange is my favourite zinger! It's the happiest colour by far!
My zinger color is wine/burgandy or gold. Love your fabrics and patterns.
I love deep reds.
I tend to add blue to everything!
cork@pa.rr.com
Cheddar! It seems like it works in almost any quilt and always adds the perfect "special something".
I love red , a deep red . Thanks for the chance .
I trend to put a wee bit of green in my quilts, but it depends on what I'm working with.
I can hardly wait for your fabrics to hit my local quilt store -- and the simple whatnots #2 club. I think my favorite zinger is orange - or a lime green works, too!!
Keep up the great work!!
I don't know if you would call it a "zinger" but I like to add browns to my quilts. Thanks for this great giveaway.
My zinger colour is red. I love your patterns and quilts. Thanks for the chance to win a great give away.
My zinger is yellow, but if I don't have a yellow, red is my backup. cdahlgren at live dot com
Definitely RED and i love turkey Red!
Cherry red or cheddar gold. Your fabrics are always an inspirational place to start.
Teal plus brown that combination is my thing :-)
I have never thought of adding a zinger-love the idea. I have used medium gingham checks with florals in a lot of my quilts. I do like the lavendar
Depending on colors it would be purple or turquoise
My zingre is blue... I love blue. If a quilt has blue it calls my attention...
Black. It gives it a deep country look. :) love your books, patterns & fabric Kim!
Diana
dpackech@yahoo.com
My zinger color would be bubble gum pinks.
Love your quilts.
Red! Or a shade thereof...;o)
My zinger would be purple, because it's my favorite color. Thanks for the give away! jacklynnsteven at netzero dot com
Thank you for another great giveaway. I've also listed your giveaway on my Giveaway List for just sewers & quilters at wowilikethat.com. Thanks again (debbie@wowilikethat.com)
reds and blacks are my favorite
I like to add red to my quilts. Thank you for the chance to win.
Cheddar yellow. Thanks for the chance to win.
I haven't made a scrappy quilt yet but when I do it will have to have some blue in it.That's my color.
I haven't made a scrappy quilt yet but when I do it will have to have some blue in it.That's my color.
My primitive side comes out and I love to add black.
My zinger is usually cheddar, or poison green. Yum!
Depends on the quilt-usually a bit of navy or black to make things pop!
My favorite color is purple and most people I know are aware of it, so I put a little bit of purple in most projects I make. (Some have a little more than others. :) ) Adding purple puts a little bit of me into the piece.
I love the cheddar also; it is so hard to find.
I like to add a bit of Aqua color it do not do this as often as I should. The creative process of quilting is new to me but I continue to grow and try new things. I get a lot of inspiration from the talented people I have met on line.
Depending on the quilt, I like to use red or sometimes a shade of green for a zinger in my quilts. I love Kim's designs, she is so creative!
Ya know I have a friend who loves red and I think it is starting to rub off on me....thanks for all you do.. I LOVE your work....
I don't have a signature fabric. Most quilts or projects have to have a bit of blue in them though.
I find not adding blue to everything very difficult. Blue end up in everything somehow.
I love to add a gold or cheddar for that special zing.
I guess it depends on what other colors I am using. If it's scrappy, I like to add aqua. Thanks for the awesome giveaway! I love, love, love these fabrics, they are so rich and warm. (rosesabey@yahoo.com)
For some reason, I can't resist adding blue to my quilts. I just love how relaxing blue is.
My favourite zinger would be bright red. I tend to use it a lot.
I use blue in all of my quilts, but my zinger is orange!
Jackiethompson323(at)gmail.com
Dark greens and neutrals are my go-to colors
Any of the sea-glass shades do it for me every time. Best wishes and thanks for the chance.
WBooth-Boyd@hotmail.com
No, I have no zinger! My goodness, I need a zinger!!
Any shade of Purple is my favorite. Thanks for the chance to win.
I like to use a solid black - or black print that reads almost solid. It may not be "the" zinger by itself but makes most, if not all, of the other colors zing!
Orange is my zinger! Pair it with turquoise and it sings and zings.
Unique question, now you have me trying many combo's. Thanks for inspiring me Kim.
bluestarof2@yahoo.dot.com
I'm not sure. My first thought was red...then yellow, then orange, then teal. Guess I like everything!
Kim, I love your fabrics and books (I own all the books!) I seem to always put orange in a quilt, or some kind of teal/aqua. I love them both!!
My zinger is usually some shade of purple. Thanks for the chance to win some of my favorite fabrics from a favorite designer! midwayfarms@hughes.net
Love to add purple valerie.boudier@ntlworld.com
I love pinks and reds, but I don't always put them in the quilts I make:) Thanks Julie
My zinger would be orange-just a bit makes things pop and goes with my favorite colors-the Fall colors-reds, greens, browns, etc.
My zinger seems to be purple - blue if purple looks out of place. I love adding it in to make my quilts stand out.
I'm pretty new to quilting, so I don't have a favorite yet, but right now I'm loving buttery yellow and olivey green is always a favorite! Thanks for the chance to win! Sarah: crjandsbj(at)netzero(dot)com
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