Let's Get Quilting - Home for Christmas by Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched Studios

Annie Downs is the owner and creative director behind Australia's lovely studio, "Hatched and Patched" in Bathurst, Australia. This Christmas collecton is called Home for Christmas, and has a soft vintage country feel with a touch of whimsy.

The Home for Christmas collection is shipping into quilt shops now. By all means, try your luck here though to win the 20 pcs of this collection. 

Let's Get Quilting - Home for Christmas

Designer Spotlight: Anni Downs

[Photo: Martingale & Co.]

Australian designer Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched is known for her whimsical embroidery and quilt designs. Today Martingale & Co. interviewed Anni about her new book, Season's Greetings. It is a book full of, you guessed it, fun designs to celebrate Christmas.

Anni's fabrics are adorably quirky and her patterns reflect that same sense of fun. We have selected a few of our favorite designs from the book to share with you today.

[Photo: Martingale & Co.]

Have you been naughty or nice so far this year? We won't tell. Promise.

[Photo: Martingale & Co.]

[Photo: Martingale & Co.]

Martingale has generously offered a copy of the e-book to one lucky winner. Tell us about your favorite holiday memory. We will pick one winner randomly next Thursday, July 23, 2015 to win a copy of the book and our assortment of Anni's fabric. 

If you can't wait to see if you are the winner, ask your local quilt shop for this beautiful book by Anni and check out the rest of the projects on the Martingale website.  

While you are visiting, make sure that you enter our other giveaways. It has been a busy week!

Good luck!
- HG

Let's Get Quilting - April 6, 2015 Edition

Good morning! It's time for another fun giveaway. Today we are going to give away a bundle of About A Boy ... About A Girl by Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched. Tell us what other creative, crafty hobbies you enjoy besides quilting and sewing.

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Lots of luck!

- HG

About A Boy ... About A Girl ...

[Photo: Lea Anne Brummet] 

We just received an e-mail from Lea Anne Brummet [Podunk Pretties blog] and we were so excited to see the photographs. She won one of the giveaways when we were hosting our book tour for A Flair For Fabric.

Lea Anne won a bundle of About A Boy ... About A Girl ... by Anni Downs and made a gorgeous quilt out of the fabric. 

The quilt is so sweet but she went one step further and blew up the bicycle image to make an applique template. 

[Photo: Lea Anne Brummet]

She scanned and blew up the bicycle image to make an applique template. How adorable is that! Details are on Lea Anne's blog, Podunk Pretties.

[Photo: Lea Anne Brummet]

Thank you for sharing Lea Anne!

-HG

Quilt Market: Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched

Anni Downs designer and owner of Hatched and Patched comes all the way from Australia to Quilt Market. She brings all of her treasures to share with shop owners around the world. Through her artistry, we catch a glimpse of the fun personality of this talented designer. At Quilt Market in Pittsburgh Henry Glass was excited to introduce Anni's latest collection, "About A Boy ... About A Girl..." You can get a preview of this adorable range on the Henry Glass website by clicking here. If you are a shop owner, please ask your local sales representative to order Anni's new collection. For consumers, the collection will be in shops in November. It's darling!

We've put together a tour of her Quilt Market experience. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend!

-hg

Quilt Market Spring 2014: Quilt Something Beautiful

After months of planning, the Henry Glass crew was ready to set up our booth for the International Quilt Market in Pittsburgh recently. A lot of work goes into preparing the booth and then there's a lot of hard work on the days of setting it up.

Booth designer [and also fabric/quilt designer] Jill Finley of Jillily Studios did a wonderful job designing the booth and the tote bags for Henry Glass. The theme for our booth was "Quilt Something Beautiful." 

Mary Ellen Von Holt of Little Quilts helped us out by setting up the sign for the Henry Glass booth and hanging the beautiful Folio quilt. This lovely quilt is made from fabric that showcases the Folio collection. These ladies have serious handy dandy tool talent.

Jill pre-made the flowers using prints from the Henry Glass market releases to dress up the entire booth.

This special corner hosted the designers as they presented their demos in the Henry Glass booth throughout the show.

[Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched]

 [Dana Brooks of My Lazy Daisy]

[Jacquelynne Steves]

[Jill Finley of Jillily Studios]

[Martha Walker of Wagons West Designs]

[Leanne Anderson of The Whole Country Caboodle]

 [Mary Ellen Von Holt of Little Quilts]

[Mary Jane Carey, Holly Hill Quilt Designs]

Come back for more International Quilt Market news!

-hg

We "Like" You Giveaway - Day Two

THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED. STAY TUNED FOR MORE IN THE FUTURE BY FOLLOWING THE BLOG, LIKING HENRY GLASS CO. ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOWING ON TWITTER. THANKS!

We loved the comments here and on Facebook. If you missed it, please check out the details of our giveaway. We continue to try to inspire you to live creatively. 

Before we continue with today's giveaway, we have to announce our winner from our Back To School Giveaway from last week. 

Barb Neiwert is the winner of a bundle of Snow Babies! Congratulations. We'll be contacting you soon!

Today we are featuring Anni Downs' fabric, 12 Days of Christmas in our giveaway. Anni of Hatched and Patched has designed a folksy holiday line complete with a panel that illustrates a countdown to Christmas. We love the pretty green and blue colors that she chose for the prints. She has designed some simply adorable free projects to accompany the line.

Question of the day: What is your favorite project to make for holiday gift-giving?

Good luck!
-hg