I just had to share more pictures of this quilt.  I talked about in the last post..why?  that border is appliquéd!  OMG  I thought it was a chintz fabric,  NO its all appliquéd  AMAZING!!!!
hmmm wonder if she had a pile of 6.5 squares like this one....keep reading :)

 what an incredible antique quilt !  I am so glad Petra and An included it in their book, Promenade dans un jardin Hollandais, Promenade in a Dutch Garden.

 click on the pictures to enlarge them....oh and that pile of 6.5" squares  all that i could fit in a priority envelope going to some one who could use them!  So if I sent them to you what would you use them for?  just leave me a comment if you can give these a good home! I will pick a winner in a day or two.

I have been lucky to have received wonderful mail surprises its time again to have a few giveaways stay tuned!  I love sending people packages cause I know how fun it is to receive them!

 I just can't say enough nice things about this book, I just LOVE it.  I know I will keep this one on my coffee table too and just look at it a lot for inspiration and to just enjoy studying the fabrics and quilts. The photography, the amazing antique quilts and the mixture of quilt patterns from little quilts to big quilts is a wonderful mix. This is a book that if you love antique quilts and quilts inspired by antique quilts and scrappy quilts is a must have in your library!  Promenade dans un jardin Hollandais by Petra Prins and An Moonen  It was hard to choose which ones to share with you...I don't want to share too many you need to be able to ooohhh and aaaaahhhh over each quilt like I did when you first see them :)
Here is what I chose to share....

 OMG wouldn't you just love this cradle and quilt :)  I would!  I guess I will have to settle for making the quilt and finding a cradle someday!

 This quilt is one I have to make too  it is just soooo beautiful

 Love this antique quilt and then they made their version in RED!  WOW is all I can say.

 I really love this one too and this one is one I will have to make , love the appliqué in the center and then that border is just beautiful isn't it?  we need more fabric like that in the USA!  I don't normally look at border fabrics or fabrics that could be border fabric but I think that will change now!  Thats what I love about books like this they just make you look at fabrics differently.

 more true colors...

From what I understand this book will be arriving next Wed to the link above from France.  I am not connected with Homestead Hearth I do not make any commission selling the books for them.... My goal is just to let you know where you can get the book NOW if you don't want to wait for it to arrive to the distributors in the USA and then shipped to whatever stores will be carrying the books.

 auditioning a few bright fabrics I am thinking of doing another repro gone wild quilt!
I think I need to work with some colors besides red and green :)

 see I think these all look pretty good with my repro's ....and one of my favorite little quilts, ah that blue fabric is just beautiful....

 I love yellow, such a bright happy color... which one would you use????
A being the top one , B,C OR D ON THE BOTTOM? 
All of these are available from Glorious Color...

 so can't you see one of these with repros too????   I have so many strips cut I could easily make another quilt like I did but this one I think is going to have to be different.  Isn't always fun making the same quilt twice!  then again when you love a quilt maybe making it twice is a good idea!

 true colors here  it is so rich with color and yes the binding really is sewn down and has been folded over the chair for a few months now...

A very good mail day yesterday....it was like Christmas morning !!!!  fabric a card holder and an amazing quilt book and no bills what could better!!!!  thanks friends...

Stay tuned for a book review I have to savor the book/pictures and words today!
all I can say is Wow I would order the book just for the pictures :)  and the quilt on the cover I just LOVE that quilt  another wonderful coffee table book....Promenade dans un jardin Hollandais  by Petra Prins and An Moonen

Quiltmania really knows how to photograph quilts and publish amazing quilt books...

Thanks Petra and An I will treasure this book and am looking forward to making quite a few of the quilts...

7 more blocks added to my Conversations quilt.  Its really fun to watch the quilt grow.

Here is a picture of the red I spoke about in the last post with the Quaker red by Judie Rothermel a few of you thought it was that fabric.

I had to smile when a few of you said your afraid to use your favorite fabrics up or even cut them up.
Ok, I decided there will be another favorite fabric down the road we need to use these fabrics we love and enjoy them when we see them in quilts!
I don't think I will be able to make each block in the Conversations quilt from different reds and greens so if I have to use the reds twice I will be using this one again!!!!
I will cut a strip out for my postage stamp quilt and a few other quilts I am working on.  I am going to use it up and be happy when I see it in my quilts...how about you, will you use that favorite fabric up?

did you see the sale for $5.50  moda friendship turkey reds on sale?????
Betsy Chutchian's  Wrapper line is on sale for $5.00 a yard, love this blue fabric!

Hope you all find time in your sewing room/space this weekend.
I still have not started another project , still plugging along with working on the projects on my list.
yes I am a list maker  BUT after seeing Nancy's post on her Sally Post quilt......I may just have to start this one too.  I have seen quite a few people in blogland making this quilt but seeing Nancy's and her using my favorite green ahhhh  the quilt spoke to me again.  Does it count as started since I printed out all the patterns?  LOL

 Two of my favorite fabrics and the last pieces I have left of these fabrics.  I will use them today in my conversations quilt....

 No idea whose red fabric that is , wish I knew and wish I had a few more yards of both of these fabrics...just beautiful...don't you agree?   I find it hard to use up my favorite fabrics don't you?  I was tempted not even to use these two but I have to in this quilt.

 Many of you emailed me to ask how do I store rows of the tumbler quilt to sew together at a later date...here they are piled up neatly and labeled  (key tip here!) in my storage box for  projects in the works...

 I lay sheets of paper in between the layers just to keep them neat.

My favorite storage boxes.....  you can buy these at quilt shops/Michaels....hope this answers that question, it is what works for me!

 I wound up working on this quilt yesterday, finished cutting out the tumblers  I still needed.
I am having a hard time starting something new when I have a few projects I should finish first...
what is up with that?????  Is there a cure for this new feeling?

 I adjusted the light on the camera trying to capture the true colors of the fabrics and keeping my neutral quilt looking soft and light....

 One thing I really LOVE about this template is being able to cut the borders...
so you don't just have to trim and cut after you sew the rows together.  This keep the edge nice and clean.  I wanted the edge to be a bit chunkier and not worrying about points!  Here is what I did
I taped the ruler a 1/2" larger and cut from there.

 You will have to turn the ruler upside down and cut the other direction as well....

 Here is what I will do today, I am taking each row off the design wall and marking them this way. This allows me to just pick up this pile and just sew it together as a row.
Hopefully each day I will sew a row together and then sew all the rows together over the next month.

 There is on rush to get this quilt as a top, my long arm quilter is on a long vacation!  I need my design wall for another quilt I am working on now...and your all probably tired of seeing this quilt in progress!
next time you see it will be quilting and folded over my wing back chair ready to use !

I am still trying to get all my little quilts finished, this one needs more hand quilting and then bound.
hopefully it will be done in the next day or two....

Hope you find time in your sewing room/space!

I am  making progress on my red and green appliqué quilt, Conversations I talked about in this post...its fun selecting the different turkey reds and poison greens for each block.  I am enjoying the hand appliqué a lot. By reversing the direction of the colors for each block I love how it makes your eye rotate around the blocks...very fun. and the secondary design of groupings of red , then groupings of green.

This is on the agenda for the weekend, I joined a b o m for the X and O quilt, I fell in love with the colors of this quilt and the graphic design.  Unfortunately I don't have any of the Japanese taupes in my fabric collection so decided to go ahead and join to make this quilt, they are including them along with other reproductions to make up the blocks each month.  Aren't these bags cute they come in?

 My project box and the book the quilt is in. Scrap Quilts (mania) by  Linda Koenig
This is such a great book if you love scrap quilts like I do....

just look at those soft colors in this quilt and yet its browns!  I loved the fabric choices in the first two months , I know I made a good decision in joining this b o m.  the pictures here of the quilt are true colors of the quilt....

someday hopefully my quilt will look like this!