Perkins Dry Goods

Things in this design studio have been a bit wild lately. Graduation and Prom along with end of year banquets, award ceremonies and baseball have taken over. I have to say that sending my two kids off dressed to the nines was kind of thrilling. My son is on the left and daughter in the blue dress.

Never fear though, I have been working furiously on the Quilt MN Quilt for the pattern cover, writing the “step cards” that each shop will hand out. Elaine from Silver Lane Quilting has been very kind with her editing assistance! Her son Doug helped with the first round of pattern testing - I know many of you met him in Houston last fall.

I would love to feature quilts made from Perkins Dry Goods patterns in a Virtual Quilt Show on my website in the Gallery. Carol Miller from Quilt University suggested this as a great way for people to see lots of options and colorways made from one design. I think she is brilliant! BUT I need your quilt pictures!!

If you are interested in having me post a project that you made from one of my patterns, click here for more information.

Quilt Minnesota is a huge shop hop that was held last year for the first time. It was such a great success, that it will be happening again this year from August 1st through August 17th!

The state is divided into 7 sections and there are prizes to be won for visiting a certain number of shops. You can see all of the participating shops at the QuiltMN website.

Each of the 7 sections will feature a unique quilt designed by a Minnesota designer. I am thrilled to have been asked to be a featured designer! But the quilt is a secret until the shop hop starts…stay tuned!

The list includes: Terry Atkinson, Lynette Jensen, Linda Hohag, Heather Mulder, Sherri Falls and Gudrun Erla.

I just had to share a picture of my oldest son as a four year old. He will graduate from high school next month. I remember taking this picture like it was yesterday.

During one of my many wanderings around the net, I stumbled upon this rotary cutting tutorial at the purl bee. I thought it was really good since it reiterates things that I think are important! You will see how to use two rulers to straighten your fabric, good safety tips and basics on cutting strips and how to cut squares from strips. Enjoy!

If you are a knitter/crocheter there are tons of fun things on this blog as well!

Celine