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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

New Mini Patterns! Fall 2014

I'm excited to announce 3 new mini patterns! I'll be showing them off later this week in my booth at quilt market.

Each of the new minis is made from a charm pack!

First up is a miniature Kona version of Delight!

Second is a mini version of Off the Rail

And third in line is a miniature Science Fair!

Mini Delight, Mini Off the Rail & Mini Science Fair are all available now! Ask for them at your local quilt shop. The patterns are printed in full color and include templates. Plus there's no Y seams!

The Mini Hex N More ruler is also available now (click the link to the ruler to see the video tutorial on how to use it). Check my 'Where to Buy' page for shops and be sure to ask for it if you don't find it.

Which of the #JaybirdMini quilts have you made so far? Which of the new ones will you add to your "need to make" list? Tell us about them in the comments. Thanks!

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Where you can find me at Fall 2014 Quilt Market - Booth 1357

The fall International Quilt Market is coming up in Houston, TX, and once again I'll be hosting a Jaybird Quilts booth! You can find me in Booth 1357 with all things Jaybird Quilts rulers + patterns.

Shop owners and buyers are welcome to stop by to personally experience my latest designs and product releases. There will be demos of the Jaybird Quilts family of rulers. You can check out samples of brand new and best selling patterns. We'll also share with you how you can add a block of month or mini of the month program to your shop.

October 25-27, 2014

George R. Brown Convention Center

Houston, Texas

*Trade show only. Not open to the general public.

Show Dates & Hours:

Saturday, October 25 — 9:30AM to 6:00PM

Sunday, October 26 — 9:30AM to 6:00PM

Monday, October 27 — 9:30AM to 4:00PM

Classes begin on Friday, October 24

Gravity - New Block of the Month pattern coming soon.

Join me at Sample Spree for great deals on select Jaybird Quilts pattern + ruler collections!

Jaybird Quilts

Table 136

October 24, 2014

George R. Brown Convention Center

Houston, Texas

8:00PM to 10:00PM

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I'll also be presenting at Schoolhouses + A Take & Teach Class!

Hex N More, Sidekick, Mini Hex N More, & the new Super Sidekick Ruler!

The Martingale Fun-Size Quilts Schoolhouse will be held Friday, October 24th, from 3:10-3:40pm in room 371F.

Come on down! See projects that are sure to start a fat-quarter frenzy in your shop. The price is right from start to finish on these fun projects from 17 popular designers. You’ll meet a few. Chocolate and fat quarters for all!

Shapes for your Shop with Jaybird Quilts Rulers, Friday, October 24th from 4:20-4:50pm in room 362C

Let Jaybird Quilts rulers shape up your shop. Julie Herman of Jaybird Quilts shares how to use the Hex N' More, Mini Hex N' More AND Sidekick Rulers together to create a dynamic sewing sensation for your customers. Giveaways, including a Jaybird Quilts ruler, for all!

Join me for a Take & Teach class on Saturday, October 25, 8:00AM to 9:30AM.

318. Rock the Rulers: Precuts, Projects & Programs for Rewarding Returns

Play with Jaybird Quilts rulers and create a perfect in-store sample! Keep your customers engaged with precuts, patterns, programs and more! Giveaways, including a Jaybird Quilts ruler, for all! Click here to register.

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And I'll be at the Fun-Size Quilt book signing at the Martingale booth, #2113, on Saturday, October 25, from 3:30PM to 4:30PM.

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ALSO OF NOTE

Would you like to carry Jaybird Quilts patterns + rulers in your shop OR do you have them on offer already? Create your wholesale account, request to have your shop listed on my 'Where to Buy' page or request a Jaybird Quilts trunk show by contacting rachael@jaybirdquilts.com.

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See you soon in Houston!

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

My Tablet Keeper!

disclosure: this is a sponsored blog tour by Clover & Nancy Zieman

Welcome! Today is my day to post about the new Tablet Keeper I just made! If this is your first time visiting you can learn about me, check out my patterns, my free tutorials and you can subscribe to my blog over in the right column to stay in touch! --->

I met Nancy at the last Quilt Market and got to check out her new Tablet Keeper template. I don't use templates very often but I thought this was kinda cool. It will make keepers for E-tablets or Paper Pads in three sizes. I made the smallest paper keeper & plan on making one for my iPad next!

Here she is!!

Fabric pile #1... aka scraps from my new quilt won!

Outer fabric is Prince Charming by Tula Pink

Binding & Closure flap is Outfoxed by Lizzy House

Here is the inside during construction. In addition to the three fabrics I started with I decided to add a few more including a fussy cut section of Tula Pink's frogs. I just love them.

Inner fabrics are Prince Charming by Tula Pink

Closure flap is Outfoxed by Lizzy House

Corner pocket is Half Moon Modern by Moda

I followed Joan's instructions and added a pen/pencil pocket. Before binding I did a test fit of my pad & pencil.

I added the binding and used my clover wonder clips to hold it in place.
Note: The instructions tell you to add the plastic shape keepers before binding since you are closing up where they go. I found that it was easier to add the left/bottom/right sides of binding before putting the shape keepers in and adding them at the last possible point before binding the top. Also it is impossible to finish the binding how I usually do since the tablet doesn't bend like a quilt does. So if you make a tablet keeper follow the included directions for hiding the raw edges of the binding. Lastly you can sew the binding all by machine, but of course I did it by hand since I prefer the look.

The back before the binding was finished.

All done! I got a pad of graph paper from staples so that I can use my tablet keeper to sketch out new quilt ideas. This way I can keep notes & ideas together in one neat place.

Closeup on my prince charming.

I'm very happy with how this came out & look forward to making more!

Also Nancy has a big giveaway going on right now for a tablet keeper & all the notions you need to make one. Check it out and be sure to enter!

Be sure to check out the other stops on the blog tour to see all the different options!

Here is the full schedule!

January 3 Nancy Zieman

January 4 Amy Ellis

January 6 Vicki Christensen

January 9 Joan Hawley

January 10 Pat Sloan

January 11 Eileen Roche

January 12 Liz Hicks

January 13 Fran Ortmeyer

January 16 Ilene Miller

January 17 Julie Herman {here!}

January 19 Natalia Bonner

January 20 Frieda Anderson

January 23 Cindy Cloward

January 24 Beckie Hansen

January 25 Amy Webb

January 26 Allie Robertson

January 27 Mary Mulari

January 30 Laura Wasilowski

January 31 Carol Porter

Clover Needlecraft provided the Tablet Keeper template set, and most of the notions for this project. The fabric was all purchased from Sew Modern in Los Angeles. The pad & pencil came from Staples.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

A quilt for myself

Believe it or not I've never made a quilt for my own bed. In fact I've never started off making anything for myself that is larger than a wall quilt. Kinda silly I know!

This fact came up in conversation last weekend while I was teaching at Sew Modern. I was teaching Fast Forward & discussed with my students how I was considering making a giant Fast Forward for my bed. My plan was to use Prince Charming and create something similar to the quilt that Becky made.

I started pulling fabrics and quickly realized with my schedule chances were I'd never finish a Queen/King fast forward. At this point there was no turning back since the excitement of making a quilt for myself had already hit me. It didn't take long for me to connect the dots & realize that Come What May was the perfect pattern. It has big blocks which are not only fast but great for featuring big prints.

Here is a peek at my Come What May quilt. It is so big that it is currently taking up the entire floor of my studio and it was impossible to get all of it photographed at once. Once I get all the blocks pieced together I'll take it outside for more photos.
I gotta tell you that I love this quilt. I still love the original one too... but this one is quickly becoming my favorite quilt I've ever made.

Fabrics4 prints from Prince Charming by Tula Pink1 print from 1001 Peeps by Lizzy House2 prints from Outfoxed by Lizzy House1 print from Half Moon Modern by Moda
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FYI... for those of you who have been wondering...
Come What May, Radio Way & Jawbreaker are all now available!!
They have all been shipped to distributors and shops over the last few weeks. If you are interested you can find a list of shops that carry my patterns here.

{Biscuit will be available soon. Nobody here to blame for this delay but myself... releasing patterns so soon after moving probably wasn't the best idea. I'll let you know as soon as they arrive from the printer.}

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

The people of Quilt Market

I'm home! I have lots to share so I'll be doing a few posts about Quilt Market. This post is about the people of Quilt Market. I didn't take nearly as many photos as I thought I did.. but here are some from my camera!

With Candi in my booth.

Behind us is Hugs & Kisses made with Echino & Essex Linen and it was the star of the show.

Candi made this sample... Angela quilted it... and a few people tried to steal it! :-)

Vanessa with her Houndstooth Quilt Pattern in Robert Kaufman's Booth

Jessica Levitt in my booth next to Carnival made with her new fabric line Kingdom for Windham

Kelle of Ann Kelle!

Alissa & Kristen the authors of Block Party!

Jana of Izzy & Ivy

Kathy of Pink Chalk

Kari of Fresh Cut Quilts
We are holding Unwind made with her new fabric collection Daisy Dance for Henry Glass

Lizzy House!
We are holding Hugs & Kisses made with her new fabric line 1001 Peeps for Andover

More photos & stories to come!!

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A big thank you to Rachel for blogging for me & keeping everyone in the loop via twitter/facebook/flickr while I was gone!

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Sunday Stash Report - Week 45

It's Sunday? Where did Saturday go? Oh I know where Saturday went... I spent the entire day sewing with my new toy! You have all asked so many questions and I promise I'll answer them all!

Quick Recap... so far I love the machine. The "sensor system" is amazing. So are many of the other features. Here is a list of what I got done yesterday...

1. Finished a new bag. {see below}

2. Finished 12 "Boxed In" blocks with Dr. Seuss {see below}

3. Finished piecing Elijah's twin quilt top {see last week's post}

4. Pieced Sixty 9" blocks for a new quilt

Not bad for one day!! Now on with the stash report... so I can get back to sewing! Oh and if you have sent me an e-mail recently, I will get back to you. My inbox is overflowing and I decided that I needed a weekend to focus on sewing and not e-mailing... so I'll be catching up on e-mail during the week. Thanks!!

4 yards of home decor weight fabric from Ikea

4 yards of older Amy Butler & Tula Pink... because it was on sale at the Little Shop in NJ

I resisted the "Henna" print from Sandi Henderson for a while... but I finally jumped in and went for it. I also got a few other prints of hers.

One yard of Nicey Jane Laminate... I'm quickly getting addicted to laminated fabrics.

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8 Yards out for Charity Sewing with the Philadelphia Modern Quilt Guild.

I've also made some progress on this secret project I'm working on with a few friends... I'll be able to share more once we give it to the recipient.

1 yard for a new project
4.5 on a new quilt I can't show yet

Almost a yard on new pillows. I keep getting these urges to paint the entire house and re-cover this couch. Then I remind myself that I really don't want to tackle a project that big right now... and I make some pillows instead.

No more yardage to count out for this... but I got my Dr. Seuss "Boxed In" blocks done. The kits have sold out in the shop. You guys were fast! If I can make more I'll let you know.

A layer cake out on a new project with the Lazy Angle Ruler by Lazy Girl Designs. I'd show you more but I don't know what it's going to look like yet! (I do know I love this ruler!)

3.25 out of Betty Dear on a new project... I don't know what I think of it yet... I'll get back to you.

...and some Echino fabric out for a new "yet to be named" bag. I'm testing a few things out and then hopefully soon I'll have a tutorial for you! It's a mix of coated and non-coated fabrics. I think I'm going to make it a bit smaller. The photo below is a few bags I've made recently to show you the scale.