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January, 2013
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Well
it is that time again. Well we've made it
to 2013. This last year brought on some
changes and hopefully we will be a little more
stable this year. My husband is doing Dialysis
three times a week again and it seems to be
better for him than when we were doing it at
home. I am staying healthy and taking care of
him as best I can. I am still teaching, but not
as many classes as in the past. But I still have
a new pattern for each month this year - at
least up to October, so I can rest a while. I
love coming up with new patterns and everyone
seems to bring me ideas that I can work with.
This is the fun part for me. I love teaching all
my students and helping them find easier ways to
do things.
The retreats are doing great. We have 9
scheduled this year and if you are one of those
signed up, and find you can't make it, please
let me know as soon as possible as there are
many on the waiting list that want in. Those
that are at the retreat get first dibs on
signing up for the following year at that same
time. I will
have 8 more retreats for 2014 as soon as I get
conformation of the dates. Each retreat hold 22
quilters and my daughter Kim who does the
cooking and cleaning up for us all and I am
there to help in any way I can. We all have a
great time. The retreats are held at a privately
owned retreat
center in Monroe WA and is first class all the
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Christmas
is over and it is time to start the New Year off
with the new 2013 Sampler. This year we
will be doing a log cabin sampler. There are
twelve different 12" blocks and each block
has four log cabin corners. It will be a full 12
month sampler. The sampler comes in
two sizes, twin or queen, the only difference is
that the queen size has an extra appliqué
border. I know it will be a fun one
for everyone to make. If
you click on the pictures you can see a larger
version of the picture. |
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| 2013
Sampler - Queen |
2013 Sampler - Twin |
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The pattern for the month of January is the
Tropical Links. This design uses 15
different fabrics, three each of five color
families. It is made up of only one block
that is easy to make and just by turning the
block around you get a kind of woven design.
This pattern comes in two sizes, lap as shown
and queen size. |
Tropical Links |
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The pattern for February is Confetti
Toss. This is about as scrappy as I can get.
There are over 30 different accents for the
nine-patches and four-patch blocks. Then add in
17 different prints for the Shoo Fly block and
that is a lot of fabrics for me. It uses 1 1/2"
wide strips for the nine-patches. I also made a
baby size using only one print and brighter
strips. This is a fun pattern and comes in both
lap and baby size. |
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Toss Lap |
Confetti Toss Baby |
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The pattern for March is Twist & Turn
. This is a really fast pattern and fun to
make. One Bali Pop (40 - 2 1/2" wide batik
strips) along with the border fabric, inner
border fabric and leading fabric makes up the
blocks for this lap size quilt. Just pair up the
42 strips into 21 pairs and each pair gives you
two blocks. I also made a baby size that uses 1
1/2 yards of a fun print and six 2 1/2"
wide accents along with the leading. This is
about the fastest baby quilt that I have made.
The pattern comes in three sizes, baby, large
lap and queen size. I also did a version with
black/white and red,
click here to see that version |
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| Twist &
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Twist & Turn Baby |
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The pattern
for April
is a Gemstone. I designed this
block for this year's sampler for the April
block and everyone liked the block so much that
they suggest I design a quilt around that block.
I added a pieced border to finish out the
design. This pattern uses the Tri Rec ruler set
and comes in two sizes lap and queen. |
Gemstones - Queen |
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The May pattern is Doodle Bug. One of my
students designed the original pattern and
everyone at retreat wanted to make it so I asked
if I could write directions for it. It will come
in two sizes, baby and lap. It is a great
pattern for those who like to use their
embroidery machines, the block size is 6"
finished and there are a lot of baby designs
that would fit into that space. The butterfly
pattern will come with the directions for those
who want to appliqué like I did. You could also
put pictures or a printed fabric in those spots.
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Doodle Bug - Baby |
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The pattern for June is Falling Leaves.
I have always wanted to do a leave quilt so I
played around with this design. I wanted to have
a lap size so the layout would have to be
different that for the twin. The lap size uses 6
different accents for the leaves, the twin size
uses nine and the queen size would use twelve.
There are six of each of the accents in the
quilt. I had fun quilting a leave pattern in the
printed areas of the twin size. |
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| Falling
Leaves - Twin |
Falling Leaves Lap |
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| I hope all of you have a wonderful
2013 and it brings each of you lots of fun
quilts to make. I hope to have some new designs
to tempt you with in my next newsletter. |
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Please check out my website
www.quiltingwithroxanne.com
If you can't come to any of the classes, the
monthly patterns are available for $8 each plus
shipping. |
| Your quilting
teacher and friend,
Roxanne Carter |
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