Fall Market Preview

I'm currently packing my car and preparing for the long drive from Minneapolis to Houston.  This is my first Houston market.  I'm a little nervous, but looking forward to vending.

If you are going to market, please stop by my booth (#425) to say hi.  I would love to meet you in person.

I wanted to give you a heads up on the three new patterns I'm releasing for this market and a new mystery program.  

Pre-orders are being accepted (and Checker will be carrying the patterns as well).

2+ 6 + Easy

This “go to” baby/toddler quilt is easy to select fabrics for and it’s easy to modify so everyone on your list doesn’t end up with the same quilt.  And, more importantly, it’s quick and easy to sew. 
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Why the title?  This quilt uses two main fabrics and six fat quarters, making fabric selection a breeze.
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At 36" wide, the quilt length can vary from 45"-60" depending on the number of rows you use. Make it your way!  There is almost no fabric waste with this quilt.

This one would be super easy to kit up.  You need 1/2 yard of the theme fabric.  I suggest using colors in the theme fabric to select the six coordinating fat quarters.  The last fabric is the sashing (which just needs to be a contrasting fabric).

I've made four or five of these for new babies in our church.  I love how fast they go together and (as noted in the description) they are all different.

​Wholesale Price:  $5

Let's Go Fly a Kite

This is a perfect quilt for a young person (or perhaps a new baby) in your life.  The kites look great in a variety of kid’s fabrics.  

I am recommending 1/2 layer cake (or 23 10 inch squares) for the kites and kite tails.  If not using 10” squares, a selection of fat quarters or fat eighths will also work well.

Add to that a background and binding -- and you are done with fabric selection.

Finished Size:  37 1/2″  x 50″

This pattern has 20 pages -- so it chocked full of illustrations.

​You can choose to use the Studio 180 Design tools (which I love) or not.  Either way the pattern will provide lots of information on how to piece this quilt. 

​Wholesale Price:  $6

​Let's Go Fly a Kite Stacking Pop-Up

I've also partnered with my friend and fellow designer Joanne Harrision Hillestad of Fat Quarter Gypsy to offer a free supplemental sheet that will provide instructions on using my kites with her medium size pop-up.  

Her Pop-Up pattern is incredibly popular.  And they are so fun to make.  I'll share more with you (and maybe a video demo of the pop-up in action) on a future blog post.

Click on a copy of the photo below to get the free supplemental instruction sheet.

Corner Square

Squares or circles?  What do you see when looking at this quilt?    I love the optical illusion created when working with corner beam units.  Fabric selection is easy.  Quilt may be completed with only four fabrics or may be scrapped using fat quarters or fat eighths.

There are three size options.
The cover quilt (Small) is 50 x 62.  Medium is 62 x 74.  Large is 74 x 98. 

This quilt has a very modern look with its angles and white space.  But I also needed to try a version in my favorite Civil War fabrics (shown below).

​Wholesale Price:  $5

Quilt Shop Mystery Program

I am presenting at School House on "The Real Secrets Behind Mystery Quilts".  If you are attending School House, please join me in Room 371C at 4:05.

In addition to providing 10 steps to a successful mystery event in your shop, I will be introducing my new mystery program.  Here is a sneak peak at how it will work.

1.  Purchase a minimum of ten mystery patterns (and commit to purchase additional patterns equal to participant count at the event).
2.  On Point Quilter will send you a Mystery Event Package which will include:
        (a) File with all the pre-work and individual clues for your                  event.  (Just print off the number you need)
        (b) Electric Quilt 7 file for creating coloration options in your              shop’s fabrics.
        (c)  Tip sheet for a successful event. 
3.  Piece a sample quilt or borrow one of my trunk show quilts for your sample during the event.  (Subject to availability.)
4.  Provide a full pattern to participants at the end of the event.

Your pattern choices for the mystery program include:
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Click here for wholesale pattern ordering information.  

Happy quilting.

Kari
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Award winning quilter, Kari Schell is a pattern designer, Electric Quilt expert, and certified Art and Stitch instructor.  She provides exclusive patterns and workshops.