Cherry House Quilts

Happy Thanksgiving & Lizzy Dish Giveaway

Does everyone the world over celebrate Thanksgiving?  I hope so!  The world will be a better place if we gave more thanks, and counted our blessing, don't you think?  I'm thankful for so many things - #1 would be my family...take a look at them at Lizzy's BFA show   My son Luke, plus my girls Ashlee, Lizzy, Melissa, and my sweet Mom.  Aren't they beautiful?  I get to see Lizzy in about three weeks for her graduation, and I can't wait! 

Lizzy's having a Lizzy Dish contest, if you are interested in winning some Lizzy Dish fabric (which isn't currently available in the stores) leave her a comment, tell her what you would do with some Lizzy Dish fabric, and something you are grateful for.  Leave her a comment here...easy enough!

We've had some great responses to our Lizzy Dish quilt called House Wares; everyone seems to be a huge fan of the polka dot border. 

Here's a photo of some fall leaves for your enjoyment - Happy Thanksgiving my friends!  Cherri

House Wares

    What do you think?  Isn't this just about the most fun quilt ever?  I can't wait to see what everyone does with the Lizzy Dish fabric!  We will let you know as soon as the free quilt pattern is available on Andover's website.

Cheers,

Cherri

Lizzy Dish Fabric

Just checking Andover's website, and they have Lizzy's fabric posted - all pieces, all colorways, check it out here.  I called Andover to ask when the fabric would be available for sale, and they are estimating that it will be in the stores mid December - early Christmas presents for yourselves, right? 

Okay, check back tomorrow for a photo of the finished quilt!

P.S. Thanks for your get well thoughts - I still have this stupid cold :~(   Fortunately, lots of you thought wanting Cherry Pie wasn't silly at all, and thought I should have some; which was very sweet! 

Lizzy's Quilt

I'm not sure if I should title this post Lizzy's Quilt, or "I would like some Cherry Pie".  Lizzy's quilt is almost finished, just the binding to go!  I need to back up a little, for the above sentence to make any sense at all.  I've been sick the last few days, some sinus/ear infection kind of thing.  It doesn't matter though, I've got to get Lizzy's quilt done, and about a 1000 other projects as well.  So last night I'm quilting her quilt (Lizzy's quilt out of Lizzy's fabric...too amazing).  So Lizzy calls, and I stop working for a few minutes, I'm looking at the fabric, with all of the perfect little plates, and perfect little forks, and all of sudden I'm hungry for Cherry Pie.  I do believe I probably had/have a fever, so maybe a little deliriousness is called for.  But I'm just talking to Elizabeth, and I said "this fabric is so perfect, I just wish I could pick up the little dishes off of the fabric"...definitely delirious.  Well, I hope you love the fabric as much as I do, and if it makes you want some Cherry Pie, let me know, so I don't feel so silly. 

The quilt should be finished tomorrow, then off to Andover for the pattern maker to do their magic, then the free pattern called House Wares will be available online.   

Thanks again!

 

Thank you again for all of the dear comments about City Garden and our patterns in general.  So far we have one winner from Portugal, one from Australia, and one from the Netherlands, as well as several from the States. 

Here's a photo of City Garden before it was quilted, quilted, and quilted some more.  I'll be sending out the patterns as soon as I have everyone's address.

Happy Thursday!

Cherri

City Garden Pattern Winners!

Here are the lucky winners of the City Garden Quilt Pattern Giveaway!

Noemia

Julia

Joan

Gail S.

Paula in NH

Kate

Nicolette

Bloom

Thank you everyone for participating in our giveaway, as well as all of your comments in regards to my query about patterns, fabric, etc.  It seems most of you are pretty independent quilters, and you work with what you have - I like that pioneer kind of mentality!  I'm all for making due with what you have; sometimes I think that opens the door to creativity in unimagined ways.

Check back soon, we will have a photo of Lizzy's quilt next week, and the free patterns will shortly follow for Lizzy's quilt - appropriately named "House Wares", as well as the free pattern for the Sugar Snap quilt from Eric & Julie's fabric line called "Hey Sugar".  Lots of you lovelies have been asking about the release date for Lizzy Dish - as soon as it is available, we will announce it in REALLY BIG LETTERS

  

 

Happy Monday & Food for thought

Thank you for all of your sweet & kind comments about City Garden.  Many of you have asked why I'm retiring this pattern - the reason, this pattern is very specific to Holly Holderman's fabric.  I worry about some of the fabrics no longer being available, and someone feeling frustrated that they cannot find exactly what is called out for.  That is not to say that you cannot use any fabric that you like - please do!  This quilt is a variation of City Blocks, but with detailed instructions on how to achieve the watercolor effect across the quilt.  Holly has the same line of fabric in a pink colorway, I've always been interested in how the quilt would look in pink.  If someone gives it a try, let me know; I'd love to see it. 

Okay...ready for the question, and the need for the "food for thought"?  As a quilt/pattern designer I am truly seeking your opinion. 

Which camp do you fall into:

1. You purchase a pattern and fabric to create the exact quilt the designer created
2. You purchase a pattern, and use fabric from your stash
3. You purchase a pattern, use the designer's "vision", purchase key fabrics, but also pull from your stash
4. You buy the pattern for inspiration and general guidelines, but do your own thing
5. Or some other variation

Also...

If you bought a pattern to create a specific quilt, but could not find the exact fabric would you:

1. Make the quilt, but substitute where necessary
2. Throw in the towel, because it wouldn't be "exactly" the same

These are important issues, and considerations for quilters and designers alike.  Often I've heard from quilters that they become REALLY frustrated because they have to search all over the country to find the exact fabric the designer has specified.  I think this is an important dialog that designers and quilters need to have. 

Well, I hope you will take a moment and share your feelings about this fabric/pattern issue. 

Okay...back to cheery subjects!  Submit a comment here for the free City Garden pattern drawing.  I'll pick the winners on Wednesday.

Here's a photo of Robert Kaufman's booth at a textile show in Vegas.  The Baby I Do! quilts and Foreign Currency are racking up lots of frequent flyer miles  

Quilt Pattern Giveaway

    We are retiring our quilt pattern City Garden, so I'm going to giveaway all of our left over patterns.  This quilt is really special to me, it was my first quilt at Market for Holly Holderman last year.  It's 52 x 52, and it is so colorful!  Want to win a copy?  Just leave a comment, and I'll randomly pick as many winners as I have patterns.

Happy weekend,

Cherri

Quilts on TV

       

Here's a look at both Baby, I Do patterns shown recently on AM Northwest (click to watch the televsion segment)..how fun is this?  Kyle Sanchez with Robert Kaufman provided some information about the quality, and beauty of Kona Cottons.  Take a look - you will see Foreign Currency on the table, and they show off the Baby, I Do quilts. 

Who likes the blue, and who likes the orange?  Everyone has a strong opinion about their favorite...which is yours? 

It's good to get back to quilting after Market...we have lots of exciting patterns and quilts out soon.

Cherri

I Do! Quilt Pattern

          There has been a lot of interest in our "I Do" Quilt Pattern lately.  Several people at quilt market came up to us and said "I made I Do"  It was fun to find out which fabric line everyone is using.  If you have made it, we'd love to see your photos.  Robert Kaufman has created it in their new line of fabric called Hot Blossom (I'll show it off, as soon as it isn't top secret anymore), plus their Kona Cotton Solids.  I originally created the pattern in order to utilize Kaffe Fasset's glorious huge flowers - sometimes something is just too wonderful to cut into tiny pieces.  The version above is my original created in in EQ6.

Here's our I Do press release - Lizzy did such an awesome job with the text, and graphics.    Click here for our pattern store to purchase your copy of I Do!