Kim Diehl - APQ Radio & Winner

Yes, we have quite a smart group of followers! The line is Perfect Pairings by Kim Diehl. We look forward to seeing all of your projects done with Kim's fabrics when the fabrics are delivered to your local quilt shop later this summer. You can see the rest of her line here.

Check out the free patterns that she has designed using her gorgeous fabrics.

We had set up a post about her appearance on APQ Radio on June 24, 2013 but it somehow disappeared into cyperspace. The good news is that you can hear it on the American Patchwork & Quilting Radio page here.

We have selected a winner of a random bundle of fabric from our sewing cabinet! Drum roll please ...

Apple Avenue Quilts said...

It's Perfect Pairings by Kim Diehl. Thanks so much for the chance.

June 21, 2013 at 9:23 AM

Congratulations!

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Can You Guess?

***** Giveaway is closed. Thanks!

We have a new blog and Facebook header. Can you guess the name of the line? You have until midnight Sunday, June 23, 2013 to guess and we'll randomly choose a name for a bundle of fabric that we choose from our stash.

Good luck!

Have a great weekend!

-hg

pdq Club - June Edition

Oh, boy, you are going to love this month's installment of Jill Finley's pdq* Club [PRETTY DARN QUICK]. If you haven't done so already, check out the past projects. You can start with this link.

We know people who are having babies this year. What a quick pattern. You can customize it too with any type of print but we like Jill's choices. Download the pattern here to make one yourself.

Jill's new fabric line is beautiful. Poppy Patio is so very fresh and pretty. She used some of the strike-off's from this line in this month's pdq Club project. Do you recognize that cute black zig zag print? Look for the fabric at your local quilt shop.

The winner of a bundle of fabric is:

Sandie @ crazy'boutquilts said...

Oh how cute! A perfect beach bag. Thanks!

May 28, 2013 at 1:10 PM

 

Leave Jill some love for her bag in the comments up until midnight July 19, 2013 and we will select our next winner of a random bundle of fabric!

This weekend Jill will be vending at the Chicago Quilt Festival. Will you be there? Make sure to drop by her booth to say hello. She's setting up shop at booth #2023.

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Little Quilts' Fabulous Booth

Little Quilts used Kim Diehl's trunk show in their booth at the East Cobb Quilters' Guild Quilt Show last weekend. The trunk show included quilts from Kim's "Simple Charm" book. What an eye-catching booth with such gorgeous quilts!

Thanks for sharing, Little Quilts. It's always great to see our fabrics out there in the real world.

Have you been to a great quilt show recently?

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Quilt Market: Leanne and Kaytlyn Anderson

Leanne Anderson of The Whole Country Caboodle and her daughter Kaytlyn had a most whimsical booth at Quilt Market. Their critters are so fun, don't you think?

Leanne also gave a fabulous demo for us in the Henry Glass booth.

In Cahoots is a new fabric line. You can see the entire line here.

The panel in the green frame is from another new line, Kitty Kat Kapers. Adorable kitties getting into all kinds of mischief.

We enjoyed visiting Leanne and Kaytlyn's booth.

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Beth Logan at Surtex

Illustrator and designer Beth Logan exhibited at Surtex in NYC recently. She sent a note along and a couple of fun photographs.

"So I had this genius (rolls eyes) idea 3 days before the show that I would sew myself circle skirts for all 3 days from my own fabric (a challenge to find my own prints that match shoes I already have). I thought "how hard can that be?" You may or may not remember from my blog-hop post that my sewing skills are, well, "skills" is a kind term. I rely heavily on seam-ripping and profanity. And with these, I relied on the fact that people would be focused on my art (hopefully) and not notice the weird and crooked details

of my skirts.

Anyway - here I am in 2 of the 3 (these 2 actually had my very first zippers in them - don't look too close) and another treat, I got to finally meet Jacquelynne Steves."

Looks like you had so much fun! Thanks for sharing!

-hg

Quilt Market: Anka's Treasures

Let's get to some more fun Quilt Market photos shall we? Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures and her husband Joel were in Portland. It was so great to see them. Too bad they couldn't sneak that adorable Carter in with them!

Here are Heather and Joel in the Anka's Treasures booth. The colors are so beautiful!

Heather did the first demo of the morning at the Henry Glass booth. She talked about her fabric and she showed off her new ruler, Angles With Ease. You can read all about it here and here. Her booth was full of beautiful color. Take a look!

Thanks to Heather Mulder Peterson for some fabulous eye-candy!

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