The Engineer Who Could!

Sorry for the delay in posting. Getting the Little Big Quilts Club going has been an adventure. We are getting shops signed up and will be showing all the samples at Fall Quilt Market in Houston in about 3 weeks! Check with your local shop to see if they are participating. After we have all the sign ups we will have a shop list on the website probably in November after market.

 

We attended a family wedding in Nebraska and had to go to Lincoln to eat Valentino's on our way home. My husband went to college at UNL and we have very fond memories of living there. Go Huskers! We have actually lived there 3 times since we got married. As luck would have it Valentino's is right down the street from The International Quilt Study Center & Museum.

 

I was very excited because the exhibit they have until March 2014 is called "The Engineer Who Could" It is a display of work done by Ernest Haight and traces the innovative processes he developed designing and making quilts starting in 1934. You can read much more at www.quiltstudy.org
about the exhibit.

The irony is that my husband (the engineer) took early retirement this year at 58 years old. I have been telling him I would love to see him try his hand at designing a quilt. Seeing the work at the Museum was very inspirational for both of us. He has yet to try it but I will certainly keep you updated if he does give it a try.
 





Final Piece to the Legacy Club Puzzle!

More details to come on our exciting new club with RJR Fabrics! Make sure to tell your local quilt shop you want to be apart of Little Big Quilts!

Here is the final piece to the puzzle!

We will have more details coming mid-July so watch our new club website: http://www.legacypatternsclub.com/



Another piece to the club puzzle

Here is a another piece to the new Legacy Patterns Club puzzle!

 

More information will be available in July for store owners

and the new club will release in January.

 

Visit www.legacypatternsclub.com for more information coming in July!

 



RJR Fabrics New Club: Little Big Quilts by Legacy Patterns

Here is a little sneak peak of what I have coming!

 

More information will be available in July for store owners

and the new club will release in January.

 

Watch for more information in the next few months.

 

 

 



Rob Appell At Portland Market: Fabric Designer Audrey Wright

Spring Market Portland

Spring Market in Portland is always a great time. I have an added bonus, my sister lives in the area and I get to spend time with her. She enjoys helping in the booth and seeing all our new projects.
She is not a quilter (yet) but loves fabrics and is drawn to crazy quilting. I am encouraging her to give it a try. This pic is in the booth and behind us is one of the patterns I designed using my newest fabric line introduced at market called "Briarcliff". It is more formal than Haversack but uses those rich jewel tones that I love.

 

I was excited to meet our fabric distributor's from Australia and New Zealand along with our friends in Canada and Europe who have been carrying my lines from RJR. The fabric will ship to the stores in August and I can't wait for you to see it. Here are two more patterns that feature Briarcliff.

 

This is called Leland Park-check out the amazing quilting-Thanks to my talented quilter and friend Kim Hull!

This one was displayed in the RJR Fabric booth.

The pattern is called Cambridge and it has to be my favorite from this group-check out the quilting on this one also!

 

 



What Next?

After getting home from the shows and working on all the stuff we have going on for Spring Market in Portland, we celebrated Easter with the kids and grandkids. I got home from the studio on Monday night and was cooking dinner when I heard a strange sound coming from the living room. I had just told my husband that dinner would be ready in 2 minutes. I heard it again and went to see what he was doing and got the shock of my life! He was having a seizure and I called 911. Needless to say it has been a whirlwind couple of days. After the ambulance ride and too many tests to count, two days in ICU (I ended up sleeping in a very hard chair) my loving husband is now home and doing better.
We have been married 36 years and I never want to see him go through that again! He is the healthiest person I know, he eats perfectly and exercises. The message I want to share is for us all to slow down and remember to not miss a chance to tell someone that you love them. We are making some big changes and will now have a new normal at our house, but being able to hug my husband everyday for many years to come is worth it!