Argyle Sox and Oak Haven

KT Winners

We have two winners this week - one lucky quilter won the new Moda All-Stars Scraps Made Simple book published by Martingale...

Jenny Reed -Love what I can see of the Cutting Corners quilt; and I want to make the pumpkin table runner and the pillow sleeve(s)! So many projects, so little time!!

and the second winner will receive a KT Oak Haven charm pack to start one of the runner or pillow projects shown last week. 

Allison -I love your Oak Haven Table Runner! We live in the woods of eastern Pennsylvania and there are at least 5 different types of oaks I've identified on our property. Off all the trees we have, the oaks are my favorites.

Congratulations to both of you. Thanks to everyone who commented. I work by myself with little feedback except from my husband and staff. They're all wonderfully supportive and excited about new projects, but it's always fun to hear from "real" quilters. I look forward to reading your thoughts each week.

Spring Market 2016

We drove to Salt Lake City, UT last week to hang out with all the Moda crew for a totally inspiring and energizing weekend of quilting fun. The theme for market was Camp Moda with merit badges given out to the shop owners at each designer's booth. My badge says "Got fabric?" Kind of a rhetorical question for any quilter, isn't it? But so true!

The designer row was set up a little differently this year, more of a little village with each of us "living" in a corner surrounded by our neighbors. So much fun! Here's the KT booth full of Oak Haven quilts, fabric and my Aurifil thread table. See the spools surrounding the table top? Robert wants to keep it for a display at the store! Of course, R shot the picture while I was visiting with my Moda designer neighbors, Polly Minick and Laurie Simpson of Minick & Simpson, so my mouth is always blurred. Thanks, dear.

Acorn Medley is the charm quilt for my Oak Haven collection, using a charm pack and just 3 additional fabrics. Lots of fall color and appeal in a little package. I love the pop of navy along with the warm fall tones. It blends beautifully with the the golds, pumpkins and reds.

More Oak Haven

I know, you're asking yourself, "Really, there's more?" Yup. In addition to the Oak Haven pieced/applique lap quilt, two runners and pillow sleeve, I had to share this simple strippy quilt featuring our new KT Diamond templates. I designed them to fit on 2 1/2" Jelly Roll strips and 1 1/2" Honey Bun strips for easy cutting. When using precuts, two sides of each diamond have precut pinked edges and two sides have bias edges. It works perfectly for my layered patchwork technique. I'm adapting several new blocks using the diamonds, including the traditional pieced Hunter's Star block (see next week's blog for Prairie Christmas quilts). For Oak Haven and fall, warm argyle sweaters fit the theme.

Argyle Sox lap quilt (66" x 74")

 A KT Oak Haven Jelly Roll plus 2 fabrics make this scrappy, strippy lap quilt suitable for snuggling in any weather. Large diamonds are cut from the JR strips using the 2 1/2" diamond template, then layered with 2 tan small diamonds; topstitch. The layered diamonds are lined up on the seam line of the two coordinating fabrics for easy placement. Topstitch them in place and you're done!

Argyle Sox Runner (26" x 42")

Choose the color scheme of your choice for a quick strippy runner made with 4 coordinating prints. I made mine red/tan/navy to use this summer. I couldn't wait for fall!

Comment this week to win a set of the KT Diamond Templates. I'll show more quilts using them in the coming weeks.