Sneak Peek of my New Bake Sale Patterns...

Yesterday I just sent off the last of my

 Bake Sale 

projects

with Jina to take with her to spring market:)

YaY!!!

I won't be there this time...

but all of my goodies will be displayed

in the Riley Blake booth.

Cindy and Jina will be setting it all up for me!

(thanks girls)

If you happen to be going...

go over and visit them.

 Please snap a few pictures of my 

Bake Sale goodies so I can see what they look like in Portland!

I mainly designed my Bake Sale collection for the kitchen 

but of course there are several prints that

 could be used for many other things. 

However...

my projects and new patterns are all kitchen themed

 and are each named accordingly:)

For instance...meet my new 

blueberry - lemon - strawberry - lime jello

little pincushions made with one of my new precuts...

"Bitty Stackers" 

(3 1/2" squares)

and four vintage JELLO molds.

And a pretty in pink 

"Cake Pincushion"

 using my 

Circle Rulers

I have used my rulers for several projects 

and one of them is this giant dresden.

YeP!!!

I'm so excited to finally

 be able to tell you that 

when I designed my 

Thimble Rulers

I purposely drew the angle in such a way that when 

you cut 12 thimbles and sew them together...

they make a dresden!

YaY!!!

The one above is made with my large 

Thimble Ruler and 10" squares...

And the dresden in the middle of this one is made with my

 small Thimble Ruler and 5" squares...

it fits inside the giant dresden perfectly!

The rulers really make it easy and each dresden

 works up quickly with only 12 blades:)

The above is a peek at the quilt that will be a new pattern called 

"Blue Plate Special"

I combined 5" and 10" squares from 

several of my fabric collections for the quilt:)

I have used all 3 of my rulers to make potholders.

This one is made with my

 Hexie Half Ruler 

 these are fast and easy potholders to make.

There is a cute little pocket that would be fun 

to place a cookie...

a recipe...

a crochet dishcloth or any little kitschy gift inside...

 and give to a sweet friend:)

The possibilities are endless!

All you need are three 10" squares and the Hexie Half Ruler!

Another new pattern from Bake Sale is a set of

"Kitchen Canisters"

I made them using a set of 

cracker jars available at Walmart.

I'll write a tutorial showing you 

how I make the lids when I release the pattern:)

I am also doing a cookie jar!

Here is a sneaky peek at my 

"Tulip Pot" 

quilt.

Of course I will talk more about each quilt as I release each pattern:) 

Don't you just want a a real pot of tulips on your kitchen windowsill?

And a peek at my 

"Mixing it Up!" 

quilt...

I will be teaching this one at the workshop in Idaho 

that I told you about in my last post.

And of course...

I had to do a new apron pattern...

after all when having a Bake Sale

you must wear a cute apron!

This is actually an apron pattern that I published several years back...

but I have been designing so long that everything old becomes new again.

The ties are nice and long so they make a cute bow in the front...

and I like my aprons with nice deep pockets.

This pattern has four:)

It's called the

"Easy as Pie Apron"

because it's so simple to make!

It takes a combination of 1 1/2 yards of fabric to make.

There are a pile of 13 aprons so far and I'm just showing you a few today:)

All made from the Easy as Pie pattern...

just different combinations of 

Bake Sale fabric.

Kassidy played model yesterday as I 

snapped pics of them in the backyard.

Can you see the half circle tab sewn into the waistband?

It's for holding a dishtowel of course!

Very handy as well as cute so that you don't have to 

wipe your hands on your cute apron:)

Yes!

I designed my own simple set of 

Days of the Week

 dishtowels.

I grew up on days of the week everything...

 dishtowels...

handkerchiefs...

 and undies...hehe:)

I love them !!!

All you need is a good ready made flour sack towel...

a fat eighth of fabric along with perle cotton for stitching:)

This cute little quilt is called

"Cherry Bake"

I made it for my kitchen table but it would be a cute little wallhanging too!

  I will be teaching it along with 

a few other things

 at the first annual

 Riley Blake Fabric Fest 

in Las Vegas this September.

I know that you have already signed up for my classes 

without even knowing what the projects are...

you are so sweet!!!

I can't wait to see all of you there:)

Kassidy Grace was a good helper yesterday

 getting last minute pictures and 

everything together to get sent off.

I took this picture right when I told her  that 

this would be the last quilt to hold up!

You can see the relief on her face...haha...

She doesn't complain much but I'm sure that 

she gets tired of humoring her mom:)

By the way...

just try to ignore the dandelions

 in my flower beds like I am trying to do.

As you can tell...

I've been a bit busy and 

I havn't tended to my garden yet.

However...no worries because it's still 

springtime here and now

 that my Bake Sale projects are sewn...

 I can get out and play in the dirt

 as soon as my patterns are all written!!!

So this is the end of my sneak peek....

but there are still more projects that I have not shown to you:)

I will announce the second that each and every pattern

becomes available for purchase.

I hope to have 2 of them ready by weeks end:)

I finally got a good nights sleep last night for the first time in weeks!

Wish me luck on the pattern writing and 

PLEASE...

let me know what you think of all of my new creations...

after all...

a girl needs some bloggy love to keep her

 writing during the midnight hours:)

Have a quilty kind of day...

xx

Lori

Come Play With Me at the Quilt Barn!!!!....

 I will be teaching a

 2 night 3 day workshop

 June 20 - 22 2013

  at the

 Quilt Barn

in Kimberly , Idaho

YaY!!!!

You are invited!

I will be teaching one of my

 new patterns with my 

Bake Sale collection

called

 "Mixing it Up!"

(I'll be able to show you that quilt next week:)

And we will also be doing 2 new blocks in the

Quilty Barn Along!

Could there be a better place to 

sew barns than at the Quilt Barn?

My workshop will be a part of their retreat summer series

Click over to the

 Quilt Barn blog 

to find their contact information

 to find out more about the workshop if you want to come and play:)

They have recently built 2 retreat places behind the shop...

The Hen House sleeps 8

and The Coop sleeps 18.

How fun!!!

Here are a few photos from their shop...

 just to give you an idea 

of what a cool place it is!

This springtime display is too adorable for words:)

And just look at all of this vintagey cuteness...

Right up my alley!

I'm sew excited to go and play there...

I love quilting ...

I love barns...

I love Idaho...

and I love to teach:)

And I'd really love to see you there!

Have a quilty kind of day my friends...

xx

Lori

The Quilty Barn Along...Barn 6 - Sunny Sunflower Tutorial!!!...

Well good morning cute people!...

I have missed you:)

Today is the

 Quilty Barn Along 

and this is barn 6...

Sunny Sunflower!!!

But first I need to apologise because yesterday...

I neglected to announce the winner of the giveaway from my last post.

I'm so sorry but time just got away from me.

The winner is 

Stephanie from Quarter Incher

I will be sending her these

 Bake Sale

 precuts...

And Kimberly at Fat Quarter Shop will be

 sending her a bundle of Lori Holt Solids!

YaY!!!!

A Big Thank You to Stephanie and 

everyone so much to everyone 

 for leaving me bloggy love about the YouTube

sessions...

you all put a smile on my face:)

Now onto the quilty Barn:)

Cut your pieces for the

 sunny sunflower block.

I cut 12 background squares at 1 1/2"...

4 yellow 2 1/2" squares...

4 yellow 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" rectangles...

4 green 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" rectangles...

4 green 1 1/2" squares ...

and 1 green 2 1/2" square for the center.

Click Here 

to go to my tutorial that I have previously done.

Now cut your barn block.

Cutting and tutorial for the barn block is here and here.

Stitch up your sunny sunflower block...

It should measure 6 1/2" square before you sew it into the side of the barn:)

One cute little 

Sunny Sunflower Block.

Some of you may recognize this block 

from a quilt pattern that I published and taught several years ago....

The blocks for that quilt finished at 12" 

and I called the pattern Sunny Sunflower.

I thought one in yellow and green needed to go on the side of barn number 6.

It's not quite ready for harvest yet ....

so the center is still green:)

Now build your barn around it.

I thought that this barn needed
 some honeybee's flying around inside:)

I didn't get a chance to put borders on barn 5 yet.

After market is over...

I'll get them both sashed....

but for right now they will remain

 on the design wall in my little studio

keeping a bumblebee block company:)

We are halfway finished with the first

 Quilty Barn Along quilt

and in 2 weeks from today

 I will be posting barn number 7...

as well as..

 the first block in the 

next barn quilt I will be making!!!

Have a quilty barn kind of day...

 and I will be stalking the

flickr group 

to see your cute quilty barns!!!!

xx

Lori

Bake Sale is Here...I'm on the Tube...and a Giveaway!!!

Good morning cute people!

I have a few things to share with you:)

First off...

Bake Sale 

is here.

YaY!

It is now being shipped to quilt shops everywhere:)

As you know...

I've been sewing the hours away 

getting ready for Quilt Market.

I made this Bake Sale banner to hang over

 my section of the Riley Blake booth:)

I used my large 

Thimble Ruler 

for the template.

I think it turned out pretty darn cute and 

it would be fun to hang for a real bake sale!

But for now...

it's hanging in my cottage kitchen window

until it goes to visit Portland:)

Up next I want to tell you about a new solids bundle over at 

 Fat Quarter Shop.

Yep!!

That's my name on there.

You can now get a 

fat quarter bundle 

of the solids that coordinate with

 all of my fabric collections so far.

They are the solids that

 I use in my patterns.

I hope you enjoy them...

they are my happy colors!

Next up...

I'm on the tube.

YouTube that is...on the 

Fat Quarter Shop Channel

When Kimberly called and asked me if 

I would be willing to film in my studio for the 

Fat Quarter Shop...

Lots of segments...

over several days...

I was surprised because I'm really not a

 "in front of the camera" 

type of person.

But after a little arm twisting...(ow)

I said...

Heck yes!...come on over:)

So far they have released 8 of my segments.

They include several tutorials,

 a tour of my studio, 

my ruler cutting instructions...etc.

Click here 

to visit me on the tube in my studio:)

Leave me a comment here about the videos

and tell me which is your favorite...

or your favorite part...

Because then you will be

 entered in our giveaway!!!

Kimberly will be giving away a 

Lori Holt Solids 

fat quarter bundle to someone leaving a comment

 about the videos here on this post...

And I will be giving away a 

7" Stacker, a 5" Stacker and a Bitty Stacker (3 1/2")  of Bake Sale

to someone leaving a comment here about the videos as well.

These cute little stacker squares are hot off the press!

If you want some to play with...

leave me some bloggy love:)

As usual...

my stunt double Kassidy Grace will draw a name 

from the comments for the winner.

She will draw Tuesday morning May 7th) before she 

heads out to school and then I will announce the winner that day.

After you have left your comment here...

Go over and visit Kimberly at the 

Jolly Jabber 

for another chance to win!

Have a quilty kind of day my friends:)

xx

Lori