Perkins Dry Goods

The minute we finished the blog hop, I got on a plane to California to visit family…it was a lovely vacation, way too short!

Now I’m back and have been working hard to finish a project that should have been done for Spring Market…..here is a sneak peak:

It’s  a  darling Tree Skirt pattern called “Under the Tree!”  It should be available within the next week or two. I made it in two sizes, one for a table top tree and one for a living room sized tree.  Stay tuned!

I will be drawing for a free Under the Tree! pattern from comments made in the next 7 days….don’t miss this chance!

Ok, I saved the best for last.  And I hope I’m not overwhelming you all with these posts!

I have been working hard on all of these new things and can honestly tell you that it was worth it – thank goodness my husband does all the cooking around here!

Introducing my new book and versatile Block of the Month……

Great Expectations!

Four Fabulous quilts with an easy medallion centerpiece.  These projects are all straight-set and look more complex than they really are!  The book has twenty pages is $14.99 retail and will be available in quilt shops and on my website by mid-May.

Two more additions to the Just for Fun! pattern series. These little patterns retail for $6.00 and will be available in quilt shops and on my website soon!

Four Patch Topper is charm friendly, no border fabric required and a quick technique for those Y-Blocks makes this design a winner.

A secret about Fortune Teller is that there is not one single triangle in the project (except the big ones in the corners!).  Super easy, super quick.  Charm and Layer Cake friendly too!

This year has been a busy one for Perkins Dry Goods and I am happy to show you some of the new things that will be introduced at Quilt Market in Pittsburgh!

This new Just for Fun! design is just that – fun!  It goes together quickly, and I think makes a statement as a wallhanging or table topper.  Medallion Star will be available from quilt shops and on my website after May 18th.

I was just over at Pat Sloan’s blog reading about the business of quilting.  I thought she did such a great job of describing things that I wanted to share the link.  Click here to go to Pat’s blog.

That got me thinking about where I started with all of this Quilt Biz too.  I had dreamed of working in a quilt shop but with a day job and little kids, the timing was always off.  Evenings and weekends were family time, and also the most common times that shops needed help!  One day in August of 2000, I was talking to Wendy Fedie who owned the Wayzata Quilting Emporium. She offered me the chance to try my hand at teaching a quilting class.  A one or two session class I could do, even if it were an evening or weekend.  That was the beginning of it all and that’s where my Four Patch Fancy pattern came into being – as a class called Table Runner Basics.  It is still a popular pattern!

Sue Hecker commented on the dessert theme that the first two Just for Fun! designs have and wondered if the the rest of the patterns had dessert-y names.  You need to be the judge, but I think they fit!  Introducing the final two designs……Just Sweet and Peppermint Twist.

Number two in the Just for Fun! series, Cake Walk is just a darling little table topper or wall hanging. Look for it in the Web Store next week.

For a long time I’ve had this idea in my head that I wanted to do a bunch of little projects.  Couldn’t quite decide what format would be best – book, mulitple project pattern or just something little.  Well, little won and the series is called “Just for Fun!”

Rocky Road is the first of four designs for this fall.  It’s quick and easy.  As long as there is contrast between the three colorways, you are good to go!  If you have charms and jelly rolls left over from another project, they could work with this pattern!

Look for the new designs in the web store sometime next week!

Celine

I found out who made this quilt….Arlice Olson!  My friend Elaine from Silver Lane Quilting helped Arlice pick the fabric for the quilt, in fact it is how they met shortly after Elaine opened her quilt shop.  When Arlice called with the Blue Ribbon news, they agreed that it was just the icing on their quilting friendship.  Thanks Elaine, for letting me know! And congrats to Arlice!

I’ve been spending the morning getting caught up with website updates, editing pattern images and fighting with my computer a little bit. So….here it is, Village Crossings! This pattern is based on Throw that I designed for the Quilt Minnesota Shop Hop this month. There is much more to this package than meets the eye. Not only are there instructions for the Throw, but also for a large Queen and a really fun table runner. Another thing that I included was instructions for three different settings using the blocks. Have fun with it!

I am having technical difficulties getting an image into this post, so I will just have to put the link to the pattern page on my website. Click here to see what Village Crossings looks like!