September 2014 – Gail Pan Designs

Scrappy Fat Quarter Quilts

There are some new releases at Martingale and this would have to be a favourite!

I love me a scrappy quilt and in this book Scrappy Fat Quarter Quilts

there are quilts perfect for using your scraps.

And imagine my absolute excitement when I saw this quilt! it's called Monkey Business

I have been looking at this quilt on Pinterest and now here it is!! (and of course it's blue!)

and this one too.. Snow Geese

and just because I can……remember Strip Savvy by Kate Henderson? well I made a quilt from the book!

this is called Butterflies and I made it from my own fabric Baskets in Bloom (Red Rooster Fabrics)

it's a bit smaller but perfect for what I wanted (and nice and quick to make!)

Head over to Martingale to see more quilts from both books..

Back soon with all the fun of the weekend at Port Campbell with Linda from Gum Valley Patchwork!

Gail

Book photos by Brent Kane, courtesy of Martingale. Used with permission.

Spokane and The Buggy Barn

Next stop was Spokane for The Buggy Barn Quilt Show and classes. We had a week there and it is such a beautiful city!

We stayed here at The Holiday Inn Express and it was fabulous..

My class was on Monday and I absolutely loved showing all these lovely ladies the fun of hand embroidery..

Kim Diehl was also teaching and some of the girls went to Kim's class.

Tuesday and Wednesday I took a class with Pat Wys….what a fabulous teacher and funny as!! It won't surprise you to hear that I didn't get much done!!

I had Thursday off with Dela nd we were lucky enough to spend the day shopping at a few quilt shops with Lynne from Canada

and then Friday was class with Stacy from Buttermilk Basin, and look who came as well!! Debbie from Wooden Spool Designs!

Sat we went to the Buggy Barn Quilt Show, wow, it was great. A lot of amazing quilts!

I am so sad to hear that The Buggy Barn is closing and so grateful that I had the chance to go there with some amazing women…we had a great trip and have made some wonderful memories!

'til next time!

Gail

We arrived in Portland and once settle in to our hotel we went walking…..just to a grocery store to buy supplies…we needed all our strength for the Quilt Knit Stitch show the next day! (we may have been first in line!)

It was so great to meet the girls from My Red Door Designs…

they had a gorgeous booth and I amy have bought a couple of quilt kits…..(in blue of course)

Debbie from Wooden Spool Designs was also there with her gorgeous creations

I also was able to meet some new friends and old friends too!! See Anna's blog for photos!! and visit Anne too, she has a great blog!

Friday saw us greeted by Debbie and April with a limo!!! We had champagne and orange juice and cinnamon buns on the way to the Debbies house for a class.

here we are at Multonomah Falls….

and here we are in the limo!

a gorgeous kit was ready for us…with beautiful wool!

and here we are nearly finished..

a HUGE thank you to Debbie and April and Jeff for having us! We had an amazing day!!

next stop Spokane..

unitl then

Gail

A Wonderful Adventure

Well, I am back from a wonderful adventure!!! It was a great trip and we all had the BEST time!!

Apart from a little extra time in LA Airport (connecting flight was cancelled and then they lost my luggage!!) everything went so smoothly and as planned!

First stop Seattle….and the Martingale offices…

then on to Gathering Fabrics, a wonderful shop in Woodinville WA. Susan so very kindly had a goody bag for us all. I may have bought some gorgeous fabric!!