Saturday, August 21, 2010

The Grape Escape -- Alex's Beautiful Quilt


This is the quilt that I was working on and photographing for the blog, but only showing small parts of it as a teaser. Alex had told me that she was making it for The Quilt Life and that she didn't want pictures to be published before the magazine came out. I did four blog posts on this quilt; to see the first one, click here.

When The Quilt Life arrived in my mailbox yesterday, I figured the wraps were off! The picture above is on page 77, followed by the directions for making this spectacular quilt yourself.


I really like the magazine -- it's good balanced coverage and advice for all aspects of our quilting lives. I especially liked the article on page 84 by Teri Lucas about all of the reasons why a quilter might want to join a minigroup. Twenty years ago, my best friend Mary Ponce invited me to a minigroup and I credit that talented group of ladies for starting me on my quilting path.


Another picture from the magazine, this one of pages 78-79. The whole pattern is printed for you, including tips from Alex on how to prep and applique all those grapes!

And don't forget to regularly log on to www.thequiltshow.com to see what's up with Alex and Ricky!

5 comments:

  1. Oooh, I *really* want that pattern! Beautiful job!

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  2. Beautiful quilt. I've always loved quilts with vines and grapes. Lovely.

    You are such a good secret keeper too!

    SewCalGal
    www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

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  3. It is a beautiful pattern. Is this the newest issue? Do you know wher it is sold?

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  4. It is the newest issue, mine just came in the mail on Friday. I don't know when it will hit the newsstand, but I would think Barnes & Noble will get it. I subscribed before the first issue came out because I didn't want to miss all the excitement!

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