I've been waiting for...

It's already March!

And Easter is around the corner. I have a very popular pattern of mine for this season. Since I started to publish the patterns, this one is flying out of the door especially before Easter! It's "Honeybun Basket".

This basket is perfect for an egg-hunt for little kids, or for gifts. It uses MODA's honeybun or 1 1/2" strips and a fat-quarter for lining. You can actually make 5 or 6 basket out of one honeybun roll. So make them for yourself, then for kids, grandkids, friends, neighbors, etc... I used clear plastic water bottle(one gallon size) as protector. Many people contacted me what brand I used, well it can be Crystal Geyser or Whole Foods brand clear ones. If you are experienced sewer, it only takes a couple of hours to make one. Enjoy!!!

There is a new fabric line from MODA that I've been waiting for long time. "Rural Jardin" by Kaari of French General. I had fat quarter bundle from fall market and made this Cathedral Window pillow with them. I will be teaching the classes at Prairie Queens Quilt Shop in March and June.

With Kaari's previous line "Rouenneries", I made this quilt "Desparate Journey". I showed you a part of this quilt before I entered PIQF. Guess what?? It was hung at the show and I'm very happy about the comments I heard from other quilters. Thank you!

I love these fabrics!!! They are my favorite! Thank you, Kaari. Thank you, MODA.

Happy quilting,

Keiko

Virtual Quilt Show from my class

I'm trying the new thing! I placed the slide show of virtual quilt show from my class at Prairie Queens Quilt Shop. I will keep adding more pictures. I hope you enjoy them. If you click the picture, the new window will open then you can see the larger images.

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先日持ってきていただいた作品の写真をアップしました。今後もどんどん追加していきたいので、皆さんがんばって作品を製作しましょう。
写真をクリックすると別のウィンドウが開いて写真をダウンロードしたり、注文したりすることもできますのでどうぞお楽しみください。　ご家族やお友達にもお知らせください。

Very talented students

I am teaching the open sewing class every Thursday at Prairie Queens Quilt Shop in San Jose, CA and some of my regular students brought their projects and shared with everyone. How wonderful they are!

Ayako made "Coney Island" by Fig Tree Quilts using 30's fabrics. The green sashing pulling all the colors together. Fun quilt!

and she is making another quilt. This is my pattern "Twinkle Twinkle" using Lecien's fabric Celebration by Brenda Riddle. So sweet! Perfect for Valentine's Day.

This is Kazumi's very first quilt. She made this for her daughter. Machine pieced and hand stitched around the hearts and hand quilted. Very sweet!

Yoko made two bags and matching skirt. Double wedding ring bag is the block leftover from the quilt she made for her mother. She wanted to keep the memory with her. Hexagon bag is made from her old skirt and she changed the design and made another skirt. Very talented! One old skirt turned into a bag and new skirt!

Kanako made this very simple but pretty quilt using feed sack fabrics. Just adding small triangles in the corner of the each squares gave this quilt movement and scallopped border added nice design on simple white border. Can you feel antique?

I'm very lucky to have such a wonderful group of students. I will share other students projects another time.

-Keiko

Hockey Season almost over???

Guess where I've been recently.


I was in Dallas, TX in January, Colorado Springs in February, and just came back from South Lake Tahoe... Sounds like wonderful vacations, aren't they? I wish they were... I was at the ice rinks in those cities cheering for my son's ice hockey team. He is in the travel team and we normally drive around Norcal and one or two big trips during the season. It felt like this season was extra long (I don't know why...) and regular season is two more weeks to go. Then, if they are one of the top four in Norcal teams, they go to playoffs. I like hockey, but want to watch from warm & cozy living room if possible.




During the hockey trips, kids usualy play just hockey, no other fun prior to the games. But this last trip to Tahoe, my son and his friends stoped at snow park on the way home and had lots of fun. Weather was wonderful!! Sun was very warm and I almost took my jacket off.

Out of these three trips, I was able to visit one quilt shop in Colorado Springs. It's Ladybug Hill Quilt Shop. I wish I took photos of the shop to share with you. The person who works there was very friendly and they have beautiful appliqued quilts as samples, they must have great teacher(s).

I'm going back to my work now. I have several new patterns to work on...

Go Sharks,
-Keiko