Star Weave Tree Skirt pattern by Deonn Stott featuring Holiday Spirit fabric by Lisa Audit for Riley Blake Designs
Hey, guess what? I'm excited to announce that a couple of my patterns have been included in Riley Blake Designs catalogue for new lines of fabric! This one, the Star Weave Tree Skirt is shown in the new Holiday Spirit fabric, which will be available for shops to order in May!
I just delivered 1164 patterns to their warehouse yesterday. Woohoo!
Yep, it's time to start thinking about Christmas already! Ask for Holiday Spirit fabric at your local fabric shop or find it online. I can't wait for the fabric to come in so I can make this version myself! ♥♥ Stay tuned.
"Home, Sweet Home" by Deonn Stott adapted from Timber Lumberjack pattern and featuring "Lumberjack Aaron" fabric by Stacy West of Buttermilk Basin for Riley Blake Designs
Hi, I'm Deonn, and this is my husband Evan! This "Home, Sweet Home" quilt commemorates our experience of building our latest home together - my Honey with his hammer and me with my tape measure, pencil, and saw.
A little over five years ago, my husband and I were part of a Co-op of ten families who worked together to build our own homes. Self-Help Homes provided a supervisor, and each family in our group invested a minimum of 35 hours per week, working on each other's homes. We hired subcontractors for the big stuff. Here's the first wall of our house going up:
Evan is a carpenter by trade, and it was fun to work alongside him and build together. I'm pretty proficient at measuring and cutting, for quilting, that is! So, my main assignment became cutting wood.
I learned how to use various tools, primarily a miter saw or chop saw, to cut wood for framing, staircases, blocking, truss supports, flooring, and finishing trim, such as baseboard and casing. I even had my own tool belt and hammer!
The houses on the side of the quilt represent the other nine houses in our group. We finished our homes in August of 2020 - eight months after we began. You can see the finished homes in this little video spotlight:
What an experience! It was an unusual way to spend those early months of the Corona Virus, but we persevered and built something beautiful! Not only did we build our homes, but we built a neighborhood and bonds of friendship that will last a lifetime!
And now we have a quilt that is more than just a blanket. It represents a moment of our lives stitched into cloth, and we are grateful every day.
My local quilt guild issues an annual design challenge. The 2024 Challenge: Make a two-color quilt. I chose a couple of my favorite colors, then started designing in my EQ8 software.
The International Quilt Festival in Houston welcomes around 40,000 attendees annually from over 25 countries worldwide, including quilt artists, enthusiasts, and collectors. This remarkable quilt show is
It's time for "Thank Goodness it's Finished" Friday!
Whew, I'm really feeling the "Thank Goodness" part of that statement - It has taken me almost a year to get this quilt done, just about the only quilt I have made in the past year, as if time stood still!
Here is one of my favorite ways to border a quilt, especially if I have multiple borders, or want the print or stripe to "turn the corner" and frame the quilt, like a picture frame!
Adding borders to a quilt can help to grow the quilt size, frame the quilt top, and totally transform your quilt's overall look. However, when adding borders, some issues may come into play.
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