Quilter's Yard Sale

Hi everyone - I hope you all had a lovely Memorial Day holiday. I spent the good part of the weekend cleaning out my sewing room and coming to grips with the fact that I will live long enough to finish everything in my UFO list. SO... I have decided to part with a few BOM's that I know I will never even get an opportunity to start. All the kits are complete and purchased from first rate quilt shops so it's all premium fabric. Email me at savagequilter@gmail.com if you are interested.

Best stitches! Mercy in Miami

Baltimore Autumn by Pearl P. Pereira- Complete Block Of the Month including Pattern Set, Background Fabric, and all fabric for center medallion, borders, and blocks. Includes the two specialty button kits. Originally purchased for $490. Sale price $225 – includes shipping in the continental US. 

Baltimore Halloween by Pearl P. Pereira- Complete Block Of the Month including Pattern Set, Background Fabric, and all fabric for center medallion, borders, and blocks. Originally purchased for $460. Sale price $225 – includes shipping in the continental US.

Baltimore Christmas by Pearl P. Pereira- Complete Block Of the Month including Pattern Set, Background Fabric, and all fabric for center medallion, borders, and blocks. Includes the specialty button kit and baby rickrack embellishment. Originally purchased for $475. Sale price $225 – includes shipping in the continental US. 

Sarah’s Revival by Sue Garman – Complete Block of the Month including Pattern Set (36 paper cut blocks) background fabric, and all fabric for medallion, borders, cornerstones, and blocks to make 90” x 90” quilt top. Pattern alone retails for $90. Sale price $225 – includes shipping in the continental US.

Friends of Baltimore  by Sue Garman – Complete Block of the Month including Pattern Set background fabric, and all fabric for pieced sashing, borders, cornerstones, and blocks to make 87” x 87” quilt top. Pattern alone retails for $96. Originally purchased for over $600. Sale price $425 –includes shipping in the continental US.

Exciting TKDAA Update for Hand and Machine Enthusiast

Fanciful Free Form Feathers Class Sample

Preparing this blog I was amazed that it has been almost 4 years since I taught my most popular class - Fanciful Free Form Feathers.  Time flies!  Part of the reason is that it takes a lot of planning and the generous backing of a sewing machine company to host a machine class.  Well, Kathy was able to pull it off and Bernina will be a sponsor of the TKDAA event in February 2015.  That means that I will be able to offer my one day machine quilting class.  This is a wonderful class because it's packed with machine quilting information that applies to more than feathers.  And the best part, is that I share all my tips including how to free motion quilt with NO MARKING - including the feather bouquet in the photo above!  

 

Tropical Portal



Kathy has also been hugely successful in pulling in needle artist with differing styles and techniques from very traditional to very cutting edge.  Therefore, in an effort to round out the class offerings and give the event participants more choices, I will not be teaching a block class.  Instead I will be teaching a project class; Tropical Portal.  That means that the kit and class are designed to help you start a complete project - and with the luxury of a three day class you will get a wonderful head start! 

 
You will receive all the materials (except backing, binding, and batting) and instructions to finish the project at home.

Tropical Portal in its natural habitat

As always, my kits will feature mostly hand-dyed fabrics and all the needles, threads, etc. to participate in class.  The supply list for both classes has three items or less! 

 

Yes, it's a change from what I shared earlier and means I will not be able to teach my Basket of Roses or Esperanza Rose block classes.  If anyone had their heart set on either blocks, I will have the patterns and fabric kits available at TKDAA event and fabrics will all coordinate beautifully with the Santa Maria - New World Rose block and include the same background fabric.  Hopefully, I will have another opportunity in the future to teach the complete New World project.  In the meantime, I hope you all like the Tropical Portal project and will consider coming to TDKAA!

Until next time,
Best stitches from Miami
Mercy

Could this really be the Santa Maria Shipwreck?

Could this really be the Santa Maria Shipwreck? 



Santa Maria On Point in Progress

How exciting!  I have received lots of emails about the news that they may have found the wreck of Columbus' flagship - the Santa Maria because I have stitched two Baltimore-style blocks that feature my interpretation of the Santa Maria.





 I am amazed at how much the ships in the blocks look like the artist renderings and the photos of replicas.  There is no mistaking that it's THE Santa Maria in my blocks :)










Please click HERE to read all about the exiting discovery!

Until next time....
Best stitches from Mercy in rainy, hot, and humid Miami 

Blocks in their Natural Habitat

Waterlily at Fairchild Tropical Garden

Jim and I spent the morning at Fairchild Tropical Garden; one of our favorite places to walk, talk, relax and feed our creative souls.  This is also where I get inspiration for my Tropical Botanical series of blocks that I have been working on for years. 



My interpretation of Waterlilies

Typically, Jim takes the photos and I take notes on color, texture, design and the rest happens in the studio. 

Heliconia and my Tropical Portal wall hanging

Yesterday, Jim had the idea to photograph my blocks in their "natural habitat" to see how the fabric version compared to the natural version.  Of course, everything pales in comparison to God's creations.



Jacaranda

 I was however, very pleasantly surprised at how I was able to capture the tone, mood, and color of the tropics.  And now that I have our own hand-dyed fabrics to work with I am so excited to start the next batch of blocks.


Until next time,
Best stitches from Mercy and Jim in Miami