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Thursday, January 14, 2016
The Dream Pink Story.
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| Dream Pink in it's raw form. |
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| Dream Pink is made in the USA. Packaged with LOVE from our house to your craft room! 
The number one question always asked is..
"Can you use the Dream Pink when working with white quilts?"
ABSOLUTELY!
In fact, up and coming modern quilter, Scott Lunt was at McTavish Quilting Studio in Duluth, Minnesota, finishing up his fourth quilt with the Pink.
 
Scott calls this the "Plus" quilt and we have to agree. We give him an A++ on this one!
 
Our own office #battgirl, Erin, found this pattern from Paper Panache. It couldn't be more perfect to tie in Dream Pink and breast cancer.
We hope you will join us in our efforts to support patients battling breast cancer.
Quilters Dream will donate 10% of the gross revenue from the sale of Dream Pink to benefit underfunded medical research for advanced & metastatic breast cancer.
If you haven't already tried the Dream Pink, what are you waiting for!? Contact your local quilt shop to order or give us a call for a sample.
Don't forget, we'd love to see your quilt projects and hear your stories so be sure to reach out!
Happy Quilting
Phone: 888.268.8664
Email: quiltersdreambatting@juno.com
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Thursday, November 5, 2015
Featured #battgirls (November 2015) Marybeth O'Halloran // White Lotus Quilting
Hi, I'm Marybeth O'Halloran of White Lotus Quilting, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. I'm a professional longarmer who works on an A-1. I've finished almost 700 hundred quilts for clients.
This
is my tenth year in business and I mostly focus on custom work now. I've
had clients win Grand Champion at our state fair with quilts I've done for them
and have had quilts featured on pattern covers for Beach Garden Quilts.
Also I quilted several of the sample quilts in Jane Hardy Miller's fourth
French Braid book.
Wish they'd sidelighted those quilts in the pics so
you can see the quilting better!
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I also design pantographs for UrbanElementz. .Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville used one of
my pantographs, Celtic Curls, for her Celtic Solstice mystery quilt. This
quilt pattern is no longer on her site as it is about to be released in a new
book. But you can see how other quilters interpreted her pattern if you
like -- Definitely check it out!
This is a recent custom quilt I finished for a client, with my favorite cotton batting, Dream Cotton Select. This quilt is a lap-sized broken star in soft teals and burgundies, made
by Margaret Mathisson of Poulsbo, Washington. And quilted by me of course!
The feathers are custom designed for the quilt -- usually on a broken star I do feather wreaths in the surrounding diamonds, but the size of these was just short of my 6" minimum for wreaths, so I came up with a different radial feather for the diamonds. I thought they would go nicely with the cascading feathers on the borders. Everything is hand drawn as I don't own a computerized system.
On
this quilt I love how the Dream Cotton Select (midloft) gives just enough to show the detail
of quilting but is still supple enough for good drape, even with lots of
quilting!
On most quilts I use just a single layer of batting but for applique I love to use two
layers: a thin cotton for structure and a Wool or Silk top layer to lift the
appliques. If you quilt densely next to the appliques they fill with the
loft of the airy batting and look a bit like they've been trapunto-ed.
Here's a few pics of a recent applique quilt done for a client in Arizona, Linda Nelson:
I am inspired by the crazy mad skills of the
quiltmakers I get to meet through their piecework, including those long
forgotten patchworkers who made vintage quilts. I love finishing vintage
tops into quilts with modern backs -- they're like little time travelers!
Like this recent vintage quilt I finished for a client, Sally
Kuhn of Bainbridge Island, who owns Sash Mercantile. I put the soft
paisley on the back. The pattern is Joseph's Coat, it was hand-pieced,
and I believe some of the fabrics can date to the late 1800's or early 1900's
(the indigos and mourning-style prints). I quilted stylized curved
cross-hatches on this one.
Quilters are the most amazing people, always
there to lend a hand, to comfort, to reassure, to encourage and inspire.
They perform the most profoundly and deeply touching acts -- to help
others, often strangers, feel less alone in an increasingly impersonal world.
Like most quilters I donate time and energy (and fabric) to several charities, including two quilt guilds, our local Rotary chapter (who has a 6-acre rummage sale in the summer), and the American Heroes quilt organization. Our small sewing group donates about 1 quilt a month to American Heroes. My cousin John Priestner died in Iraq several years ago and it's something I participate in to honor his memory. Every year during our island's outdoor quilt festival hosted by the Bainbridge Island Modern Quilt Guild, I host a community sew-in to benefit American Heroes. We recycle old dress shirts and telephone book paper and use improvisational methods that just about everyone can try, on my collection of three-quarters sized vintage sewing machines.
Like most quilters I donate time and energy (and fabric) to several charities, including two quilt guilds, our local Rotary chapter (who has a 6-acre rummage sale in the summer), and the American Heroes quilt organization. Our small sewing group donates about 1 quilt a month to American Heroes. My cousin John Priestner died in Iraq several years ago and it's something I participate in to honor his memory. Every year during our island's outdoor quilt festival hosted by the Bainbridge Island Modern Quilt Guild, I host a community sew-in to benefit American Heroes. We recycle old dress shirts and telephone book paper and use improvisational methods that just about everyone can try, on my collection of three-quarters sized vintage sewing machines.
Instead of ending with a selfie, I'm going to
include a pic of a commission quilt that took me four years to finish and won
best machine quilting and viewer's choice at our last guild show. The
small spiked lone stars are from Karen Stone's book and the lonestar is by
Quiltsmart, and it is an original layout. The fabrics are vintage ties --
some 80-100 years old -- and the background is Italian pinstripe shirting. I
designed the quilting and hand-drew it all with my machine. Somewhere I
have a pic of this with me in front of it and if I find it I'll send it along!
Sincerely,
Marybeth O'Halloran of White Lotus Quilting, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Marybeth O'Halloran of White Lotus Quilting, Bainbridge Island, Washington
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015
In need of quilts for ALS patients!
We are excited from the success of our 7th annual Hopes & Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS, which began on August 1st 2015. We would love for you to be a part of this wonderful Challenge too!
The staff here at Quilters Dream hope that you, your guild or quilt shop will consider donating finished quilts to the Hopes & Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS for the 2015-2016 year.
Each year, the Hopes & Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS collects hundreds of quilts to be given to patients living with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), to raise awareness about ALS, and to raise money with 100% of the proceeds being used to fund research toward a cure for this terrible disease. As special thanks to the wonderful quilters who donate quilts to the Hopes & Dreams Challenge, generous companiesdonate tax deductible prizes and awards to help bring fun, excitement, and success to the Challenge.
Our staff works with the ALS Association chapters all over the country who have joined us in our efforts to help distribute quilts to ALS patients. We were recently contacted by a chapter who currently has 700 patients and unfortunately receives 7 more each month! They received quilts from us earlier this year and were hoping to deliver more to their patients for the holidays.
With your support we can provide quilts for ALS patients while raising awareness and much-needed funds for ALS research. We thank you for being a part of the generous quilting community and for considering to give back with us this holiday season!
For more info on how you can help, please contact us!
Call:
Toll Free 888.268.8664
Email:
quiltersdreambatting@juno.com
Mailing address:
Hopes & Dreams
C/O Quilters Dream Batting
589 Central Dr.
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
***Hopes & Dreams, Inc. is a registered 501 (C)(3) organization.
Contributions are tax deductible in accordance with IRS rules and regulations.
Monday, September 14, 2015
Shop for a cure this holiday season!
The holidays are right around the corner and that means we will be attending some craft shows! If you are in the Virginia Beach/Hampton Roads area or willing to take a road trip to our hometown, please make sure to visit us at one of these shows!
100% of the proceeds from sales go directly towards ALS research in hopes to find a CURE!
You can shop for fun festive items such as fabric postcards, wearables, wall hangings, table runners, tons of quilts in all sizes and so much more! All created and donated by generous quilters/crafters who have joined us in our annual Hopes and Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS.
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| Fabric Postcards |
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| Your family and friends will love getting these unique postcards in the mail! |
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| Shop for handmade shawls & other quilted wearables. |
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| Wall hangings make the perfect decorations for all the seasons |
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| Need something for a holiday gift exchange? Look no further! We have made $5 grab bags of upholstery fabric that was donated by one of our sponsors. |
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Hopes & Dreams Craft Show Schedule
Date: October 17, 2015 (Saturday)
Where: Military Aviation Museum
1341 Princess Anne Rd
Virginia Beach, VA 23457
Time: 11am - 4pm
For more info on this event, click HERE.
Date: November 7 & 8, 2015 (Saturday & Sunday)
Where: Princess Anne Recreation Center
1400 Nimmo Parkway
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
Time: Sat. 9am- 5pm/ Sun. 10am- 4pm
For more info on this event, click HERE.
Date: February 25-28, 2016 (Thursday- Sunday)
Where: Hampton Roads Convention Center
1610 Coliseum Dr.
Hampton, VA 23666
Time: Thurs.-Sat 10am- 6pm/ Sun. 10am- 4pm
For more info on this event, click HERE.
We hope to see you at any of these shows. If you have any questions or you are interested in purchasing items, please give us a call! 888.268.8664
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