Block Holder Books & Fresh Fabric Treats!

The wait is over!  I can finally reveal to you my project in Fresh Fabric Treats.  I created these two adorable Block Holder Books.  They have flannel pages and roll up to keep your projects neat & tidy while you work on them!

Fresh Fabric Treats should be hitting shelves any day!!

{Any pre-orders placed in my shop will ship as soon as they arrive!!}

Six of the 15 designers were at Quilt Market and we did a book signing on Sunday morning.  We were all a bit loopy from working hard & lacking sleep... and the signing got a bit hilarious.  
Here is one of the calm moments.

L to RNatalia, Kim, Vanessa, Sweetwater, Me, John
Eyebrows raised at some comment...

Deep in laughter...

Commenting on something...

I'm not sure what just got said...

But clearly I couldn't contain my laughter!

I started laughing so much that I was almost crying...

...and it wasn't easy to regain my composure... but I did my best!

Debbie from Moda looking on... probably thinking we are all crazy!

Thank you Debbie!! We all love you!

Thank you to everyone who came to our book signing.  We hope that you had fun & we gave you a few laughs!  Thank you to Katy for snapping all the signing photos with my camera!

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Ok so more about my project!Here they are open... the flannel pages work as mini-design walls

Here is the outside.  I love how the bright American Jane fabrics look!

...and all rolled up!
This way they are easy to take to a class, sewing night, or just about anywhere!

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Want a kit of the same fabrics I used?

I have a limited number and when they are gone... they are gone.

A giant pincushion is the perfect addition to a set of Block Holders!

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Did you know that we did our own photography for this book?

Yup!

I wanted mine to be the best it could be... so Jared came over and set up lighting for me.  Here are some of the test shots I took in the beginning to check my lighting & white balance.

It was a great learning experience & helped me to grow in my photo skills!



© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

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!




© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

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Presentation at Cozy Quilts in 2013

Spring 2011 Schoolhouse with Joan Hawley & Julie Herman

Quilt Binding How To Tips & Tricks
Binding Basics Post 1 Binding Basics Post 2



© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

rock the booth: jaybird style

hey yall. rachel here.

i have many job descriptions, but today i'm julie's personal reporter.
it's a good gig.

without further ado...i give yall...julie's booth!!! {booth #2644}







my socks are completely rocked off.
:P

i don't know about yall, but i need one of everything!!!
well i might need two of those chopsticks quilts.
just sayin'.

since julie's down on the market floor, she's obviously a little busy.
but never fear - there's more goodies to show & tell.

so stay tuned to a blog near you for all things jaybird!!!
:)

♥ rachel

© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

Quilt Market - Recap of Wednesday

The first photo I took... out my hotel window.

The convention center

My empty booth!!

40 minutes later it isn't so empty!!

Between getting up before 4am... and then the time change of adding 2 hours to our day... we quickly were beat.  We got some food & went back to the hotel to rest.

Later I did get to see Chopsticks hanging in Robert Kaufman's booth!

 It's 7:30am right now... and this is what my bed looks like.  One pile contains 14 quilts... made in 4 months... crazy!!  We are headed to the convention center to start hanging them up!

I might not get to blog again soon... but I'm taking lots of photos & will share them when I have time to post!!




© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

Taffy!

Introducing Taffy!

You can get the PDF quilt pattern here.

Taffy is a mix of Lazy Angle Blocks & Traditional Blocks.

Did you know they play well together?

:-)

When Kate showed a sneak peek a while ago of the colors for hew new line I knew that I wanted to work with it.  Kate put a rainbow of colors in her new collection & even though orange is my favorite I decided to use just a few prints when designing this quilt.

Details
Fabric is Terrain by Kate Spain for Moda
Pattern - Taffy
Designed by me
Quilted by Angela Walters
Started on 4/9/11
Finished on 4/28/11
Quilt measures - 60" x 60"


Here is the back cover.It has three size options... the Medium is shown on the pattern cover.

Here are a few detail photos... I need to take more but I already packed this quilt for market!

A peek at the binding.

The wind was crazy again... but the wind seems to know when I need to take photos of quilts. 

I love this photo even though you don't see much of the quilt design.  I guess it's just the setting in my friend's garden... it was a really nice day and I wanted to sit out & have a picnic.

Here is a peek at the bottom.

Taffy - JBQ112

This pattern will be available after market!!

If you are coming to Quilt Market you can come see Taffy in my Booth.... #2644!

© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/