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cityscapes quilt
Originally uploaded by NOTyourrunofthemill

I ran across this photo a few weeks ago, and I fell in love with City Scapes all over again. It is amazing to me as a designer how an idea starts in your head, then comes to fruition, then goes out into the world, and takes on a life of it's own...much like children.

I have a started a Flickr group for quilts created with Cherry House Quilts patterns. You are cordially invited to join the group, and add your photos of quilts created with our patterns. Several kind quilty sisters have sent photos of their CHQ creations, I would love for you to add them to the Flickr group here.

Cheers & Happy New Year!!!

Cherri

Free Sugar Snap Quilt Pattern Now Available!

   I was checking with Gail Kessler yesterday about the release of the Sugar Snap Quilt Pattern, and amazingly enough, it had just been completed.  Need some sources for the fabric...on Quiltshops.com I found that several shops are carrying Cosmo Cricket's Hey Sugar fabric line.  They are also carrying the fabric line at Fabrics.com, as well as at Equilter.com.  Lots of great fabric, and lots of great places to purchase the Hey Sugar Collection.  

I hope you will enjoy this free pattern, it is so quick & easy, you could easily cut out the fabric one evening, and sew the top the next.  Not only would this quilt be perfect for some sweet little one, but it would also make a great charity quilt pattern.   There are three different colors ways, I've used two for this quilt.  You could make an entire Sugar Snap with just the red, white, and blue fabrics, if that is your favorite "flavor".  Let us know which one you are going to make...we love to hear about your quilting adventures!

Download Sugar Snap Quilt  

  

Cherri

Lizzy Dish is now AVAILABLE!!!

Dear Diane at Bee Square Fabric has received her shipment of Lizzy Dish Fabric, and she couldn't be more excited!  Check out her website, she is carrying the entire line.  Let us know if you find other locations selling the fabric.  Hurry...go buy some - we can't wait to see all of your amazing creations!  As soon as the free pattern is available on Andover's website, we will let you know. 

Merry Christmas Everybody!!!

   Merry Christmas to all my friends from around the world!  I hope you are having a safe, and happy day wherever you may be!

Here are the winners for the fabric and pattern drawing...

Cristina Arcenegui Bono from Spain

and

Andrea from New York

Hey ladies, email me your addresses, and I'll get your goodies on their way.

cherryhousequilts at gmail dot com

Thank you for participating in our drawing, and for your lovely Christmas wishes. 

I'm wishing you the very best Christmas,

Love,

Cherri

My gift to you...a drawing for free quilt patterns

    It's almost Christmas!  I can't believe that the year is almost over - where did it go, and how did it go so quickly?  For everyone following Lizzy's travel itinerary - she, Jessica, and Melissa made it to Amsterdam last night...finally!  They will be spending Christmas in Brussels, and I will be flying to Salt Lake to spend it with Ashlee.  This is the first year that the girls and I haven't been together for Christmas, and I must say that it's really hurty :(  But I am happy for the girls going to Europe!  Lizzy certainly deserves it after graduating from college, and Melissa is working so hard to get into Johns Hopkins School of Nursing - they deserve a break, and some fun!

In the spirit of it being better to give than receive...in addition to my fabric giveaway for both the U.S. and Internationally (two winners total), I'm adding some free patterns!!!  Since we are going into our third year of business I'm going to give away 3 pattens along with the fabric!  That will be a great way to start the new year with new fabrics and new pattens. 

How to join?  Just leave a comment, as well as letting us know where you are from.  The drawing will be held on Christmas morning...so enter, and tell all your friends! 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

We are so grateful that you are part of our lives!!!

Cherri

Catching up, and some more free fabric!

Hello from Texas! Can you believe that we had snow is Houston?  It was crazy! It snowed in Houston the night before I flew to Idaho for Lizzy's graduation.  I went from snow to snow...who'da thunk it?  Okay, I can say this because I'm her Mom, but Lizzy is without a doubt the queen of the art department at BYU-Idaho!  I was able to see her BFA Show in the gallery, which was amazing!  The pieces are so incredible, it brings tears to my eyes to think about her creations, and her unstoppable talent.  You can check out the prints for her BFA show here.

Remember our Housekeeping special?  A box of fabric goodies, leftovers from Jitterbug, Halfway Cafe, Hey Sugar, and Lizzy Dish?  Well I've filled Natalie's box, and will ship it off this week, but guess what?  There's still more fabric!!!  I have more Andover Fabrics, some Robert Kaufman solid scraps (lots of strips), as well as some Holly Holderman Fabric!  Lots of goodies, for lots of scrappy fun!  

Want to win some fabric?  Leave a comment (plus tell us where your from), and I'll pick two winners - one U.S., and one International...let's share this fabric wealth around the world!  

I found this photo on webshots...isn't this beautiful?  Hooray for snow!

Take care friends,

Cherri

A couple of really cool, totally awesome things...

First of all, at Quilt Market Lizzy did an interview with Annie Smith of Quilting Stash, and it is available here.  Annie not only interviewed Lizzy, but she interviewed Ashlee, and me too.  Best of all Lizzy and Ashlee performed a duet in the interview - it is amazing!   I've been anticipating listening to this podcast, I'm so happy that it is now online.

Secondly, I came across this blog post yesterday, and Anna -Beth mentioned our I Do! quilt pattern.  I left Anna-Beth a comment, and she wrote me back.  Lo and behold, she has finished her I Do!, and has received her doggy's stamp of approval.  Anna-Beth is an Assistant Buyer with Pacific Fabric and Crafts located in Seattle.  There are multiple locations in the Seattle area, so stop by, and check em' out if you are in the neighborhood.  Anna-Beth also said that they are going to be carrying our City Scapes, and Foreign Currency patterns soon.  It's so exciting to find quilt stores carrying our patterns - it's like a part of us is visiting, and meeting new friends!  She used Kona Cotton Solids (of course), and the prints are from the Moda Charisma line.  Look what she did the diagonal strip fabric, and I love these colors - good job Anna-Beth!

How crazy is this??? I was just checking the Internet to see if anyone is showing Lizzy Dish available, and this is what I found on ebay.  Where did this come from I wonder?

Off to Lizzy's graduation!

Cherri

And the winner is...

    Hi Guys,

Thanks for entering our Housekeeping Giveaway - what great ideas everyone shared!  I'm so excited to pass along these terrific leftovers.  Without further ado...the winner Natailie, there were so many good ideas, I couldn't choose a winner, so I pulled her number from a random number generator.  Natailie wants to make pot holders, and little zippered bags, I can't wait to see what see makes with all the goodies. 

Some of the scraps are from the Soda Shop Quilt above - the free quilt pattern is available here.

Trip to the North Pole

Every year Continental Airlines has a party for terminally ill children from M.D. Anderson Cancer Hospital.  The party was held one of Continental's hangars at IAH today, December 6th.  It was such a special day with lots of activities for the children.  We had a cookie decorating table, Disney Radio had dance and hula hoop contests, face painting, pony rides, Mr & Mrs. Claus on a wagon, and one of the best activities was a snow ball fight with white bath scrubbies - everyone had so much fun!  Here's a photo album of our special day!Make a Smilebox photobook

Housekeeping

It's time for some housekeeping in my little sewing studio.  I have lots of fabric leftover from my Hey Sugar, Jitterbug, Halfway Cafe, and Lizzy Dish projects!  Who loves scraps?  How about a box full - really, a big ol' cardboard box?  At the end of a project, I always put the scraps in a brown paper sack, and I just have too many sacks full of fabric.  There are big pieces, little pieces, left over blocks, lots & lots of strips...good stuff!

       

So many goodies!  Want to be in the drawing?  Leave a comment, and tell us about your favorite scrap project. 

I'll have the drawing on Sunday, and post the winner.  All entries welcome - international too! 

Thanks friends - my leftovers will be your bonus!

Cherri