Friday Feature Artist - Patchwork Mountain Quilts

This weeks featured artist is from The Craft Star..

Patchwork Mountain Quilts.

 

Diane Alders has an amazing talent with a needle and thread, and creates totally awesome quilts.

 

Diane lives in Colorado and started her sewing career as a child creating her own fashion designs and making her own clothes.  As she grew, not just in years, but in her sewing ability, she discovered the world of quilting....and the rest, as they say, is history.

 

 

I love the color of this blue floral lap quilt.  It measures 59" square and is made with 100% cotton fabric and batting.  There is a lot, and I mean A LOT, of work that goes into a quilt.  I started a piecework Texas Star quilt many years ago.  I have over 1,000 little triangles cut out, and they are still sitting in bags waiting to be pieced together. lol.

 

 

The shading and form of this Bargello Art wall quilt is eye catching.  This quilt measure 30" wide by 42" long, and I find it just stunning.

 

 

Now if you want quilts in your home but just don't have the wall space, these adorable acorn pot holders are perfect for you.  And no, it's not too early for fall décor....just ask WalMart. lol

 

You can also find Patchwork Mountain Quilts at the following places.

TCS / Google+ / Blog / Facebook / Twitter / Pinterest

 

Now for a challenge.  Tour Diane's shop, and share in a comment your favorite piece.

 

Till tomorrow,

Be blessed,

Debbi



A handmade head cold.

I've been fighting a head cold for the past week, (not to mention a problem get blogger to load on my laptop), so I figured I would share with you the essentials for a handmade head cold.

First you need Kleenix.  And while you can buy the colorful boxes, isn't this musical notes tissue box by ColorPopShoppe.  It's a fairly new shop on Etsy, and there are tons of other sofa box covers to choose from, but you know me, I love to promote small business.  And being a musician, I love this fabric. <3

Next you need something to snuggle under while resting on the sofa, and getting waited on by your adoring loved ones.  

(Did that make you giggle? Me too.)

I am partial to anything old fashioned, and I adore the pinwheel pattern of this quilt by Home Sewn Studio at The Craft Star.  It was hard to chose a favorite quilt because there are so many amazing quilters at The Craft Star, so click on the link above and see them all for yourself.

 And when your adoring loved ones are bringing you chicken soup, or a nice cuppa hot tea, tell them to use these large chocolate brown mugs made by River Rock Art at HandmadeArtists.  I love large mugs, and these hold a full 20 ounces!

So now I'm ready to relax and watch some of my newest favorite show....

Dr. Who.  

What do you do when you're not feeling well?

Be blessed,

Debbi