I was in Atlanta over the weekend and in between some family stuff was able to slip out to visit
Intown Quilters, a delightful shop in Decatur, Georgia. No calicoes here, they specialize in "the bright and the bold" as it was explained to me. Tons of patterns for clothing and quilts. In fact, as I was shopping, a woman walked in wearing an Amy Butler skirt (I learned that it was the "Barcelona" pattern.) So cute!
Isn't this a bright and pretty shop? And people in the south are so friendly.
A medallion-style quilt using Kaffe Fassett fabrics
A pretty blue and yellow quilt using Amy Butler fabrics.
I bought some fat quarters and half yards and a bag pattern. Look for it in the next week.
As you can see, the weather has finally improved here. Here is my summer quilting project. Conventional wisdom says that you are supposed to piece in the summer and hand-quilt in the winter, when having a warm quilt spread out on your lap feels cozy rather than hot and sticky. But that was probably said before air conditioning, right?
I'm getting ready to start a new quilting challenge with a couple quilt buddies. It involves putting a serious dent in my collection of feed sacks. The pictured mini-quilt I made a number of years ago certainly did not use up much fabric although it is cute. Look how the fabric in the lower right has faded over time. Anyway, my feed sacks are no fun sitting in a box in a closet - their time has come to become part of a quilt!
