Beautiful Appliqué Quilt

      Cherry Trees and Robins (1992) by Hortense Beck. 

This beautiful quilt is on display at the Accuquilt Museum in Omaha Nebraska. When I see works like this, I always wonder, how does someone ever get something like this finished. Even if machine stitched, it would still take an enormous amount of time.

Blue Bear's Accuquilt Contest Block

The bear has entered a quilt block design contest and would love to win for the exposure that it would give him as a new quilt designer. He would love it is you would help him by clicking on the link below and voting for his block. He tells me that you can vote every 24 hours until 4/22. Silly bear. Even though, he does seem to be a pretty good designer.

http://www.accuquilt.com/shop/contest?confirmed=vote&entry_id=92192705 

You need to confirm your email once, but you will not be put on their email list unless you check the box to opt into their emails. He wants me to ask you to ask your friends to help as well. Pesky bear, but it is a pretty quilt block and we would like for him to design some more. 

Blue Bear and his friends thank you so much for your assistance!

Blue Blear Quilt Kits & More's first pattern

Blue Bear Quilt Kits & More's first pattern has gone live on Craftsy. It is a perfect quilt for a newborn baby or a young toddler. Children will be so excited to show everyone the teddy bears dancing around the blue stars on their very own quilt. This is a beginner quilt project and if you can sew a 1/4" seam and a blanket stitch, you can make this quilt in a weekend. Blue Bear will have the kits available for this quilt pattern in their Etsy store very soon.

 

Check it out!

http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/quilting/home-decor/dancing-bears--easy-childrens-quilt/200240?fresh=true&NAVIGATION_PAGE_CONTEXT_ATTR=PATTERN

This is a great lesson for selecting fabrics for your quilts.

https://www.accuquilt.com/blog/inspiration/top-picks/quilting-for-beginners-7-tips-for-selecting-preparing-fabric/

I am sorry that you can't click on this link, but if you paste in your browser, it should take you there.

Quilting tale of love you don't want to miss!

Check out this heartwarming tale of love about a quilt. I can't wait to read part 2.

https://www.accuquilt.com/blog/uncategorized/the-quilt-in-the-attic-a-quilt-romance/

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day from the Blue Bear. His friends the Bearstons were celebrating in grand style in NYC.

State Fair winner!

Here are a couple of photos of a quilt we saw at the Florida State Fair yesterday that involved black work embroidery. It was created by Mary Kovalovsky of Brandon FL. She won a blue ribbon and deservedly so.