Red Quilt #8 and Some Fun News!

Just finished this.  I'm calling it "Red Quilt #8" because it is!

It's from Bonnie Hunter's very fun "Scrappy Trip Around the World" tutorial.  

I was looking at my shelf of red prints one day, 

and decided to see how they would look all together.  

At first I didn't like it, but it's grown on me.

I quilted it with Hobbs Tuscany wool, stitched in the ditch and feathers in the border.

Nice and warm for the winter ahead.

The back is this fun rose print that I got at a thrift store--$5 for the whole thing!

Here's a little peek at Red Quilt #9, my current travel project.  More on this one later.  

If you want to see my other seven red quilts, click here.

OK.  Here's the fun news.  

My blog is featured in the September/October issue of  

Quiltmania magazine!  

(American Edition)

If you're a Quiltmania reader, turn to pages 86 and 87.  

There you'll find my smiling face, plus an interview about blogging

and copying the masters in "Blogger's Corner."  

Red!

 I finished the Scrappy Red Trips top this week.  

Scrappy Red Trips 60" x 72"

It was an experiment to see if I could use all reds in a quilt.  

Can't say I'm all that fond of it.  

But it got me thinking about other red quilts I've made.  I was surprised to see how many!

The first one was made in a class with Kaffe Fassett in about 2006. 

I made this from the scraps of the Kaffe quilt later that year.

This was inspired by the large print that I found at Goodwill.  I think it was made in about 2007.

This one was inspired by a quilt on the cover of the book, Georgia Quilts, in about 2008.

I made this one in a class with Freddy Moran in 2010.  The basket block is in the book, Freddy and Gwen Collaborate Again, by Gwen Marsten and Freddy Moran.

I made "Eyelashes" in 2010, with a pattern in Kaffe Fassett's book, Quilt Romance.

This was made in 2010 with some gals over at the 15 minutes play blog.  

It's inspired by one called "Red Sticks" in Freddy and Gwen Collaborate Again.

Hmm, will I ever get tired of red?  Maybe.

Happy Wear Red Day!

Thank goodness for Barbara Brackman!  She tells us about some important things in life--like today is National Wear Red Day.  It happens the first Friday in February with the purpose of raising awareness about heart disease in women.  You can see some great red and white quilts at her blog today.

Great day to start a red quilt, don't you think?  

'Tis the Season for Red!

I made this quilt last year, with a home dec remnant from Goodwill and some 4-patches made from charm packs a few years prior. It's probably the easiest quilt I ever made, and one of my favorites. Have you figured out that I love red?




I think it looks great with this felt pillow that my grandmother made.


She also made this stocking when I was born.



I love all the fun sequins. I wonder if you can find those any more.



These felt stockings must have been popular in the 1950's. My husband's mother made him one too. Were there patterns for these in the ladies magazines?

Digging out these sentimental treasures is one of my favorite parts of the holiday season. What treasures do you bring out for the holidays?