I had a post planned for today, but something more important came up. I’m hopeful that you’ll read this post and and understand why I feel this is important and help to increase awareness by sharing with others. If you are a blogger, you have my permission to copy anything from this post and share on your blog. And for those that can share with quilting and sewing friends, I hope you will do so. Jamie Wallen is an amazing quilter, artist and teacher, also known as Quilters Apothecary, from Indiana. Jamie is scheduled to teach this week at Quilt Festival/Houston, as well as Vend. He and his partner awoke Monday to discover his trailer full of quilts and supplies was stolen overnight from the Houston Extended Stay America hotel parking lot in the 2300 block of the Southwest Freeway service road. For those on Facebook, here is a link to a video that shares Jamie’s perspective on this theft and what it means to him https://www.facebook.com/jamie.wallen.165/videos/1179636702112600/ Here are photos of “some” of the projects that were in the trailer:
Here is a picture of the stolen trailer:
And this is the license plate for this trailer:
Various news reports in Houston have been reporting this story. Here is a summary of their reports:
Jamie Wallen of Quilters Apothecary is in Houston for the International Quilt Festival. His trailer full of $125,000 worth of quilts and supplies was stolen from the hotel where he was staying.
Wallen was set to teach at Quilt Festival, but the thieves got away with his teach supplies, as well as his inventory that he was going to sell at this venue, as well as many beautiful quilts that he was going to share with others to inspire them. The stolen property conprises over a year of work. Wallen was going to be setting up his booth on Tuesday (today) for a quilt show that begins on Wednesday.
The trailer is described as a white trailer by the company Universal Trailer. It has an Indiana license plate number of: TR388APP
If you have any information call the Houston Police Department’s Auto Theft Division at 713 308-3500.
Again, help is needed to increase awareness of this stolen trailer and items inside. We need quilters who can help spot these products, should they see them, report them and the person in possession, as well as heighten awareness with non-quilters, in hopes that the thief will return the trailer and merchandise. All they have to do is return it to the front parking lot of the Houston Extended Stay America hotel parking lot in the 2300 block of the Southwest Freeway service road, or a Houston Police Department parking lot. No questions asked. A GO FUND ME page has also been setup for those that may wish to donate money to help Jamie Wallen. As Ricky Tims shared “A hefty amount of $$$ that will equal and offset their lost Hoston Quilt Festival revenue and expenses would be beneficial”. Here is a link to this Go Fund Me Page, where even small donations can help to make a difference: https://www.gofundme.com/jamie-wallen Personally, I hope a Donation Jar is setup in Jamie’s booth where ALL Quilt Festival attendees stop by and make a donation. Even small donations ($1-5) can make a difference. This guy has massive expenses, plus loss of selling his products at Festival, will certainly negatively impact his income for the future. Help is needed to show support and help this quilter get back on his feet.
We are in the Eerie Nights blog hop:
Here are my Halloween projects (sorry, I didn't manage to get the Sew Scary quilt finish, but I love the top!!)
This top was made with 3 of the 4 panels from the Sew Scary line--just too cool what J Wecker Frisch from Quilting Treasurers comes up with! The panels were released last year but you can still find them online! After cutting various motifs from the panels (letters and smaller designs) I laid them out on the design wall and started to put them together with strips of the background 'candy corn'--sewing motifs on bottom of main panel, add 2 1/2" strips to the side, add 1 1/2" strips between the next column of motifs and add it to the larger column, add another strip to the side of this then add 2 1/2" strip to the top. Add "Happy" plus 2 1/2" strip then add the small candle motif--add this column to the large size you've made. The last column was staggered as I couldn't cut the letters a uniform size so added various size background strips to the letters first to the right and then to the left. After completing the column, add to top and just add a border all around. Great fun!
Here are a few projects I did mange to finish:
Easy placemats (5 @ 2 1/2" strips sewed together, snowball the corners, add leaf and faces, add borders. I did make some pinwheel pockets for the napkins and flatware. Lots of fun, great gift!
This one is adapted from Eleanor Burns "Apple Cake" pattern
Log cabin blocks are sooo versatile.
Check out what these artists have created for the Eerie Nights hop. There are also some lovely prizes
being given away as well. If you missed the earlier ones, drop in and visit! (Thanks for bringing this to all of us Marian seamstobesew and Amy sewincrediblycrazy There are lots of talented people represented! October 20th
Many thanks to Marian at Seams To Be Sew for leading this blog hop. No surprise, she has the best blog hops, always!! I don't know where she finds
the energy for all she does--don't forget to visit her site as she's
posting free patterns of summer goodies every day of this hop. If the
Rafflecopter doesn't work below, go to her site to enter!)
Melon Patch
It's been hot here (117 F today) so anything that can cool you off is good thing! Hello melons (and Popsicles--I'm eating one now....) This is my first Hop! Hope the rafflecopter and pdf templates work!
Summer means lots of fresh melons: Watermelon, cantaloupe, casaba, honeydew (had to take a bite of that one!) & crenshaw.... and don't forget the bumblebees, butterflies and dragonflies who come to visit! I had to toss in one heart flower since I just love summer melons!
My quilt is adapted from a pattern by Eleanor Burns of Quilt in a Day and the original pattern can be found here: Watermelon Wall Hanging. The melon slices can be cut with the Drunkard's Path die from Accuquilt. The 'Critters' and 'round flower' are also from Accuquilt dies. The melon rinds were cut using the Quilt in a Day 'Wedding Ring' template set: Template rulers from Quilt in a Day
Cut watermelon and other melons colors from several different fabrics (I used a permanent pen to draw the seeds on the watermelon). I'll bet you can find lots in your stash!! The watermelon rinds used 6 different greens and the other 4 melon rinds are from 3 different cream/tan fabrics (each used twice for each rind). After piecing 6 rind (tumbler type) shapes, I used the Wedding Ring Arc to trace on smooth side of non-woven fusible interfacing, sewing it on the traced arc lines with bumps facing the right side of pieced fabric. Trim to 1/8" from stitching line (or less...) Leave the end open and turn right side out. The fusible is now on the back of your rinds and can be ironed onto block with the melon shape in one corner of an 8" square--leave 1" space from the edge of square at top and side away from melon shape in corner when pressing the rind onto the melon--stitch rind down (feel free to remove excess fabric from behind the melon shape). The rind template has two lines on convex curve--because I forgot to add enough seam allowance on first drawing! Melon template or just use your Drunkard's Path die! Melon Rind templates
Obviously this is easier if you have the template rulers from Quilt in a Day, and/or the Wedding Ring fusible from Quilt Smart!
Now for the schedule of other bloggers taking part in the Summer Sensations Blog Hop.
Visit Marian at Seams To Be Sew for The Free Pattern of the Day.
Now for the giveaway. Please comment on this post and then enter the giveaway. Leave a comment at each of the featured blogs on their days, fill
out the rafflecopter entry form and you are entered. See above for the
schedule for all Lucky 13 participants.Good luck!
From Marian, the leader of this one (I do not know how she does it all!):
It’s almost that moment you’ve been waiting for all summer. 13 wonderful bloggers have hopefully sat in the air conditioned sewing room and created something beautiful for you to enjoy during your visit to their blogs on their featured day of the hop.
Today I have the honor of posting the schedule so you can plan your week next week to visit your favorite blogs and possibly even meet some new ones.
Our wonderful sponsor for this giveaway is:
Fat Quarter shop is giving a $25.00 gift certificate for each day of Summer Sensations
Friday’s giveaway will run the entire weekend.
Marian at Seams to Be Sew will see you Monday with the release of Sam In Japan and Greece, don’t forget to vote. (These are just wonderful, Marian is soooo talented)
Hopefully the rafflecopter will work here when it's my turn! If not, just go to Seams to Be Sew.
You do have to be a follower to win the prize but that's easy to do--see Faithful Friends on right side. The winner will get to choose the fabric cover from several that are shown at her site. Nancy also makes the most beautiful hand-dyed floss. Do check the site out.
If you haven't seen my recent post, there are lots of authentic 19th Century conversationals including 3 that I own (recent acquisitions)--enjoy
New Outlander block is available--it's a map of Scotland with all the special place names! see Outlander BOM
1860s looks like flags, so....16"X 43" so I can actually use some, maybe.....
1870s (ridiculous price but I 'had to have it') 7"X9" piece
detail of the 1870s dogs above
1870s bulldog!! Isn't it wonderful? 24"X24"!!
Here's a few I just have pictures of:
1883 Grafton and Co., UK, mourning print
1876 Centennial print
1829 Alsace, France at Winterthur Museum
1845 France, weapons
1882
Francois Pieters (Engraver), Henry Grevedon (Artist) Bolbec, Normandy 1825-1830
1885 Schwabe & Son (yarn? thread?)
I've enjoyed sharing these with you and will continue to do so when I find more. I had planned to present a Poster Session at the American Quilt Study Group this September in Tempe (since I live in AZ) but unfortunately my abstract and CV went astray and missed the review process. Oh well, sigh. I'm in contact with the Philadelphia University to get permission to publish photos of some of their conversationals from the Zane collection (which form the bulk of my research finds.) Wish me luck!
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butterfly 19th Century France
c 1900 blue toile French
c 1900 French bird butterfly wheat toile
c 1900 red and white French toile romance
French toile purple on cream
1806 The miller, his sons, and the donkey by J. B. Huet
1818 Robinson Crusoe,
c 1900 blue toile dogs
tents Grafton & Co. UK 1883
Edmund Potter & Co 1881, from The National Archives
tomato 1883. Rumney & Co
top 1885 Windsor Manchester
turnip, 1883 Grafton and Co. England
1883
1885 Cocheco (US)
1885 Schwabe and Son. England
the dogs are 3/8", isn't it wonderful?