A Triple Decker

 I just had to join in

Humble Quilt's SAL.

Lori was calling it Country Roads.

If I were "walkin' down a country road" near me,

  this is what I would see.

And this is my "Country Roads".

26" x 28"

I enjoy working on Lori's little quilts.

She keeps it simple.

Did you catch my humility block?

Not on purpose, just a continually reminder.

I love the look of quilts with no borders,

but I have a hard time leaving them off.

So I added two, one only 1/2" and the outer

border with two different widths.

I dug deep in the sewing stash and used

some ancient fabrics.

The center gold/cheddar is from a very 

early line of Fons and Porter called Cumberland.

The narrow border and binding from a 

Barbara Brackman line called Trailing Vines.

 And on the back, the oldest fabrics,

 are from Country Threads'

first line, Welcome.
Does anyone remember these?

Boy, did that feel good.

Thanks, Lori for another 

fun sew along.

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I was recently a winner

of Diane's giveaway over at Butterfly Threads.

She sent me a copy 

of the newest magazine from

Simply Moderne, issue #2.

I hadn't had a chance to thoroughly enjoy

this magazine yet so,

 I was really thrilled to receive a copy.

It's filled with stunning photos,

modern style quilts,

and new ideas from young designers,

like my blogger friend,

Rachael at Blue Mountain Daisy.

There's a beautiful full page photo of her

prize winning red and white quilt from the recent

Sydney Quilt show. 

Check it out!

Yes, it certainly lives up to the standards 

of the original magazine, Quiltmania.

I'm going to have to add this to my

magazine subscriptions.

Diane also generously sent 3 of her
own published patterns.

You can find these and more over at Craftsy.

Thanks, Diane.

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It's been almost

20 years ago since I went to the

International Quilt Festival in Houston

but I'm heading there next week!

I'm so excited.

I'm leaving plenty of empty space in my

bags and I'm ready for some

quilting overload, 

and maybe a bit of overindulgence.

Unfortunately, I'm there only one day

so I'm going to have to move in overdrive.
Did I say I was excited?

Until Next Time-