The popular quilt magazine shows this modern and fresh quilt from Zen Chic made with the Reel Time collection fabrics.
The magazine issue will be on newsstands from 4th of August, so pick up yours during your next shopping trip. It’s filled with 22 projects for all styles and tastes. Get a preview of what’s inside here.
The pictures below are used with permission from American Patchwork & Quilting® magazine. ©2015 Meredith Corporation. All rights reserved.
Thank you for all your encouraging and wonderful comments cheering me up in creating quilting fabrics. It means more to me than I can tell!
Everyone has great ideas and good reasons to get a Reel Time Layer Cake, but I can just send out one. So the randomly drawn winner is
Nancy, who said “I have never purchased a layer cake, but have recently seen patterns that I would love to make. Love the graphic designs in your fabrics. Thanks for the opportunity to win !”
Congratulations Nancy, I will contact you to get your address.
In case you need an idea what you could do with such a Layer Cake: here is one of my patterns featuring a Layer Cake from Reel Time, it’s called Fan-Tastic! It’s available through several online shops as for example Fatquartershop.com
I so enjoyed all the brilliant ideas and projects of the well-known bloggers contributing to this blog tour and I hope you did too! Here is a collage of all the ideas the came up with
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The bloggers were
Lily’s quilts, Lynne Goldsworthy www.lilysquilts.blogspot.com
A quilt is nice, Nettie Peterson www.aquiltisnice.blogspot.com
Kitchentablequilting, Erica Jackman www.kitchentablequilting.com
Diary of a quilter, Amy Smart www.diaryofaquilter.com
Freshly pieced, Lee Heinrich www.freshlypieced.com
Modern Handcraft, Nicole Daksiewicz www.modernhandcraft.com
Lucky Lucille, Rochelle New www.luckylucille.com
Live.love.create, Kelly Smith www.craftytwinmommy.blogspot.com
A spoon full of sugar, Lisa Cox www.aspoonfulofsugardesigns.comI’m super happy about having had these cool girls on board and looove what they gave as eye-candy. I hope this all inspired you to own sewing projects and gave you lots of ideas how to play with the new fabric line.
One lucky winner will have the chance to start at one with her project: You will get a REEL TIME layer cake.
The winner will be drawn randomly at Wednesday. To have a chance to win please leave a comment and let us know, why you think you need that Layer Cake or what you will do with it.
Since the first sneak peek of REEL TIME last fall a lot of you were asking and already impatiently awaiting the new fabric line coming to stores. Good news: this month they will arrive in most of your favorite shops!
To celebrate the new line let me introduce the lovely fabrics by a blog tour. I am supported by a wonderful group of well known modern quilters who have inspiring blogs which you will love (if you aren’t already their passionate follower).
Each of them will give you their personal review of the fabrics, how they would play with them, what ideas they were inspired by – and some already revealed to me that they will show you a little project!
Doesn’t this sound too good to miss! I can’t wait to see, what they came up with! (I’m always not only curious about but also delighted to see, in which way other quilters use the fabrics I created once on my computer screen. They come to life and they make beautiful things – quilts, bags, a girl’s dress, a nice gift. I’m so blessed with a profession that is much more, it’s a passion!
To get to the point: here is our schedule for the blog tour. Don’t miss to hop over to every one and see their personal view and ideas with the fabrics. I promise you’ll get some delicious ideas.
| 11. April | Lynne Goldsworthy from Lily’s Quilts | www.lilysquilts.blogspot.com |
| 12. April | Nettie Peterson from A quilt is nice | www.aquiltisnice.blogspot.com |
| 13. April | Erica Jackman from Kitchen Table Quilting | www.kitchentablequilting.com |
| 14. April | Lee Heinrich from Freshly Pieced | www.freshlypieced.com |
| 15. April | Amy Smart from Diary of a Quilter | |
| 16. April | Nicole Daksiewicz from Modern Handcraft | www.modernhandcraft.com |
| 17. April | Rochelle New from Lucky Lucille | www.luckylucille.com |
| 18. April | Kelly Smith from Live.love.create, | www.craftytwinmommy.blogspot.com |
| 19. April | Lisa Cox from A Spoon full of Sugar | www.aspoonfulofsugardesigns.com |
Come back on the end of this tour, on the 20th of April, for a chance to win some fabrics and a pattern, I will host a giveaway.
Our MQG met for literally sewing together a bag, the SEW TOGETHER BAG from SewDemented (pattern available at craftsy). Of course I would sew this bag with my new upcoming line REEL TIME, expected to be in stores in April. I was so eager to make that bag, that I had already cut all pieces days ahead and on Sunday morning I packed my car (including heaving the heavy machine into the car, preparing lunch and so on).
Started by worrying about the snow falling densely, but still hoping I can make it on the street. At this point I have to admit that my car don’t have the legally prescribed winter tires (I use the car only randomly and can go for groceries by feet, in case it’s snowy). But just that day I was not able to get a bus on Sunday morning to bring my machine, may iron and all my sewing supplies to the house where our meeting was ;-(
Slippery road conditions forced me not to drive any further and to turn back to my home.
But hey – we live in a world of tele-communication: I sewed at home and exchanged pictures with my group back and force via What’s app. So fun!
And here is my bag, some pics of the process:
This little red clips are really helpful when “pinning” stiff and fused fabrics together.
The finished bag is a birthday present for my daughter, who is a passionate artist, drawing with pencils. As a biological scientist she draws amazing illustrations of all kinds of research objects.
The bag’s outside is pieced together from a Mini-Charm Pack of REEL TIME and the inside is filled with all kind of specialty drawing pencils, rubber gums and so on. And as a little fun accessory the zipper got a miniature model figure ;-)
Can you spot what the binding fabric is saying? There’s written: GIVE ME A KISS I LOVE YOU. This happened coincidentally, but: hey, the words couldn’t have chosen better!
The inside with graphite lining in the pockets
