Moda Country Fair Blog Hop Day 8

Hello and welcome to day 8 of the Moda Country Fair Blog Hop.

Today's featured designer is Sandy Klop of American Jane.
She will be blogging over at the Moda blog.
Hop on over there to she the project of the day.

The quote of the day is:
No one has ever achieved anything from the smallest to the greatest unless the dream was dreamed first.
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder

If you look at some of the quilts that Sandy has designed you have to believe that she does dream.

I am a big fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder, a Minnesota native - as am I.

My country school library consisted of two shelves that ran about half the length of the one room school house.

And on those shelves was the complete set of the
Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Our teacher read every one of them to us.
When I was old enough to read - I read everyone myself.
And when I had children, I read the whole series to them.

Stop by tomorrow to read the quote of the day and hook up with Leisl of Oliver and S.

Remember to dream.

From my heart,
Sandy

September 6th Sandy Gervais of Pieces from My Heart
September 7th Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs
September 8th Barb and Mary from Me and My Sister Designs
September 9th Camille Roskelley of Thimbleblossoms
September 10th Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts
September 11th Basic Grey
September 12th Polly and Laurie from Minick and Simpson
September 13th Sandy Klop from American Jane (Post will be featured on Moda's blog)
September 14th Liesl from Oliver + S
September 15th Joanna from Fig Tree and Co.
September 16th Lynne from Kansas Troubles
September 17th Barb and Alma from Blackbird Designs
September 18th Aneela Hoey from Comfortstitching.com
September 19th Barbara Brackman from Barbara Brackman, of course.
September 20th Bonnie from Cotton Way
September 21st Christina from Cabbages and Roses
September 22nd Deb Strain
September 23rd Jan Patek of Brannock and Patek
September 24th Lauren and Jessi Jung
September 25th Stephanie from Lily Ashbury
September 26th Julie from Cosmo Cricket
September 27th Kate Spain
September 28th Karla, Susan and Lisa from Sweetwater
September 29th Kaari from French General
September 30th Lisa from Primitive Gatherings

Moda Pillow Talk Day 19 And the Winners!

Welcome to day 19 of Moda's Pillow Talk blog hop.



Thank you for waiting an extra day for me to post the winners.
Thanks to all who tried very hard to guess all of the fabrics.
I apologize to all of you who trashed your sewing room, have eye strain
and had children going without lunch because you were googling Sandy Gervais fabric.


Sadly no one was able to guess all 16 fabrics correctly.
Here are the answers and the year each line was designed.

Row 1
Tranquility 2008
God Bless America 1997 (No one was able to guess this one)
Sweet Potato Pie 2005
Hearts Aflutter 2006
Baby Talk 2000
Pheasant Run 1999
Fall Back In Time 2007
Dear Santa 2001

Row 2
Gobble Gobble 2009
Happy Hollow 2002
Pieces From My Heart 1995
Bittersweet & Boo 2004
A Children's Choir 1998
The Great Outdoors 1996 (no one was able to guess this one.)
Frolic 2010
Bundle Up 2003

I used random.org for the winners.
#476 is Lois from Carrollton Texas, you won the "Guessing the Fabrics" drawing. Please email me with your preference of either my pillow and the picture or the Lovely fat quarter bundle and the picture. (I will admit that is a bit of a no-brainer.)

Taylor Kate You won the "Leave a Comment Drawing".

You will be receiving a Fat Quarter Bundle of Lovely.

And the rest of the winners are:
Hot quilts
Syd

Jodie


Deb



Gwen

Will you all please email me your addresses so I can send your prizes.
Many of you emailed me about listing all of my fabric lines.
I will list them in tomorrow's post along with other bits and piece of Sandy Gervais/Moda history.

Today's featured designer is Sandy Kolp of American Jane.
Sandy is known for her crayon box colors and her interesting quilts.
Her quilts are WAY above my quilting abilities.
For a recent Quilt Market School House, Moda Lissa
sent all the designers a huge box of half square triangles made

from every designer's fabrics.
We were all to make a quilt using all or some of these triangles.

This is my quilt.
Notice all of the "fill"? (The solid brown and cream.)
I chose to use SOME of the triangles.

This is Sandy' Kolp's quilt.
When she unfolded this I just wanted to "bitch slap" her.
(And I mean that in the most kind and flattering way.)
She used all the triangles and made some more!
A bit of an overachiever – wouldn't you say?

I have to make an update here.

Have you seen the quilt she has posted on the blog today?

I just have to say DOUBLE bitch slap! :-)
Like I said WAY beyond my quilting skills.

Sandy has not yet joined the blog world so you can find her on Moda's blog.

Hop on over to see the pillow of the day. I am sure it will be interesting.

The subject of today's painting is a little pig.
I have titled today's picture…

Overachiever.
This little pig was able to balance on the top of one pincushion.
Then she pushed herself…
and became an overachiever.

Be sure to stop back tomorrow to see the painting of the day and link up with Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings.

February 1st … Aneela Hoey
February 2nd … Blackbird Designs

February 3rd … Brannock and Patek
February 4th … Bunny Hill

February 5th … Cotton Way

February 6th … Fig Tree

February 7th … Kansas Troubles

February 8th … Kate Spain

February 9th … Kathy Schmitz Studios

February 10th … Thimbleblossoms

February 11th … Me and My Sister Designs

February 12th … Minick & Simpson

February 13th … Oliver + S

February 14th … Pieces From My Heart
February 15th … Laurie & Jessi Jung

February 16th … Sweetwater

February 17th...Barbara BrackmanFebruary 18th … Deb Strain

February 19th … American Jane

February 20th … Primitive Gatherings

February 21 - Laundry Basket Quilts

And we have added one more.February 22 - Lissa Alenxander from Moda Lissa
Push yourself to achieve greatness and you just might become...an overachiever.

From my heart.
Sandy