American Made Brand Fabric by Clothworks and Mississippi License Plate Quilt Block

I was recently invited to be part of a blog tour of American Made Brand fabric. Clothworks is introducing a new line of fabric that is grown, produced, manufactured and distributed in the USA.  So when Candace at Clothworks asked me to participate by making a Mississippi license plate block using the AMB fabric … I said yes.

The fabric arrived recently and the colors are beautiful. They are all solid.

I decided to make a trial block using fabrics from my stash. I found a picture of an old license plate …

 

… and zeroed in on the pine trees, the magnolia flower, and the ocean at the bottom. Here’s my first trial quilt block.

Life and Raspberry Cactus

Life …

These munchkins are ready for a ride!

Wonderful bedtime stories from Uncle Arthur.

I used to think this kind of jumping was fun!

Ponds, boats, streams, digging, water, and friends make for lots of good fun.

… as a Quilter

Remember the “Christmas Cactus” quilt that I started years ago? I got it back from my longarm quilter, Elmina and added the binding to finish it up.

Detail

I think instead of “Christmas Cactus” I'll call my version “Raspberry Cactus.”

I found the pattern in an old “Quiltmaker” magazine. You can purchase the pattern from here.

Quilt – Windsor Wreath

I took a workshop called “Windsor Gardens” with Karen K. Stone in Paducah. She got me started with this small quilt that I’m calling

Windsor Wreath

13 1/4” X 13 1/4”

Detail

Label on the back

$75.00
Materials: cotton and cotton batiks, Superior Rainbow’s ‘Salsa’ thread
Heavily organically stitched +/- 1/8”

My Time in Paducah at the AQS Quilt Show

Judy and Lauren accompanied me to Quilt City, USA

There were so very many wonderful blue ribbon quilts and not enough blue ribbons to go around. I think every quilt at the show was a winner!

Judy especially liked the light tan background quilts with feathered stars.

Lauren enjoyed the brighter quilts with bold colors.

I was glad to meet Joy, whom I learned to know in Mississippi. Her home was wiped out during Hurricane Kitrina and she and her husband relocated in Paducah.

I took a picture of this quilt for my farming husband, Paul.

Amazing kaleidoscopes!

We found it interesting to see the exhibit of The Tentmakers of Cairo and watch this Egyptian man do hand applique.

I especially liked this “Tuning Fork” quilt by Heather Pregger.

One day we visited the Yeiser Art Center to view Fantastic Fibers 2014 - A Cutting Edge Fiber Art Event.

We studied this quilt  by Susan Carlson a long time.

I also enjoyed an evening class with Karen K. Stone called “Windsor Gardens.” You can see my work in progress HERE.

The next evening I had a class with Stacy Michell making two “Hawaiian” quilts. This also was a fun class.

And the book signing of New Quilts from an Old Favorite – Carolina Lily at the National Quilt Museum was wonderful.

I got to meet the other artists in the book and visit with lots of other friends and people that came to the exhibit.

Linking to:
Esther's Wip's On Wednesday
Lee's WIPs

Paducah Quilt Show – Classes

Yesterday I took a class with Karen K. Stone in Paducah, KY. Her quilts are beautiful and full of color.

Today I took a class with Stacy Michell. It was a fun class and I liked the results.