Furry Friends Foundation Raffle Quilt

“Friends of Furry Friends” (46"wide by 59"high)
by Valerie Fercho-Tillery | Pattern by Amy Bradley Designs

Furry Friends Foundation, Inc. is having a quilt raffle!  Look what they are raffling off!!!!

This wonderful quilt was made by Valerie Fercho-Tillery and donated for the raffle.  It was on display by Town Square on July 13th during the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. The drawing will be held Tuesday, September 3, 2013 after Labor Day weekend. There is plenty of time for everyone to still buy tickets.  Click on their website to find out how you can buy tickets.  http://furryfriendsfoundation.org/raffle-quilt.html

They also came up with these mugs using the quilt blocks that Valerie made and sold them at the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show.  They sent me this set that I just love!!!


Furry Friends Foundation, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization located in Sisters, Oregon, providing food and services to pets in need.

Hankies

The winner of our new Dragonfly pattern is Patricia, thanks for all your comments!

I went into an antique store last weekend and I found hanky gold in one booth.  I just love my new finds!  I photographed them without washing or ironing them so you get to see them with their original creases and their little stickers still on.

This one was my favorite because I love to collect vintage valentine stuff.  I can't believe the little card was still in the little envelope.  Score!

After I get this one washed up and hopefully the stains out I want to frame and mat this one for a guest bedroom.

I just loved the art deco pattern of this one.  I only paid $3.00 for each one of my finds.

I have been so lucky to see a lot of my family lately.  My sister Julie came home for a Kansas visit to see our Mom Dorothy for their birthday.  My Mom had my sister on her birthday.  I made my sisters favorite dessert for her.  Here is the recipe below. 

Lemon Icebox Dessert

Step 1:

3 oz. pkg. Lemon Jell-O

1 cup boiling water

1 T lemon juice

Step 2:

8 oz. cream cheese

1 1/3 cup sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

Combine ingredients of Step 1.  Beat ingredients of Step 2 with mixer, then add to Step 1.

Fold in 8 oz. container of Cool Whip into the above mixture.  Place in a 9” square dish.

Top and crust:

5 T butter, melted

1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs (9 double crackers)

3 Tbsp. sugar

Combine above ingredients.  Place 2/3 mixture in bottom of square dish (press firmly) and

sprinkle remainder on top.  Refrigerate overnight.

(Can double this recipe and put in a covered cake pan.)

Busy, Busy!

I have been so busy .... but haven't we all!  Where has this summer gone! Today is the first day of August!  Yikes! Twenty eight years ago today I was giving birth to my one and only favorite son Adam. Time does fly.

Happy Birthday Adam!

I came out with a new pattern - Dragonfly.  I used blue batiks on the top one.  I was so excited to use batiks.  They are so wonderful to work with.  You can choose your favorite color and make your own dragonfly quilt in batiks or become really adventurous and make it like a rainbow in colorful batiks.  The bottom one I went back to my colorful stash of fabric.  It hardly made a dent in my stash because it hardly takes any fabric.  You can easily make this from fat eighths or fat quarters. Start collecting now because this is a super easy quilt.  I wanted to make a simple design and have fabulous quilting in the background.  My friend and quilter Rosie delivered.  The quilting is beautiful!   She quilted a dragonfly in each of the plain blocks and put them in the border too.

Comment on one thing that you liked about this summer and enter to win a free dragonfly pattern.  We will notify the winner next Monday.


Take Care!  Amy

Winner of Princess Give-a-way

The winner of the Princess pattern Give-a-way is VickiT.  Thanks for all the comments!

Princess Give-a-way

My new princess pattern has been selling great.  Thank you to everyone who has bought one!!!

My inspiration....my granddaughter Rowan.

I was invited to speak at the St. Joseph, Missouri Quilt Guild for the second time.  This time it was for a big 25th anniversary celebration.  They had decorated tables, souvenirs, cake and a bunch of fun-loving quilters. I feel honored to be asked to speak to guilds and I feel even more honored when they invite me back especially when they are as nice as this one!

Above is a photo of me and a future quilter who bought my princess pattern.  Her name just happens to be Amy too!  I love when kids want to do my patterns.

Post to this entry to tell me if you have a princess in your life and get a chance to win a free "Princess" pattern.  We will draw one reply randomly and notify the winner next Monday June17th.

Quilt Diva Pre-fused Laser-cut Applique Kits

Quilt Diva has long been our best selling pattern and now, one of our favorite quilt shops, Stitchin' Heaven has made the Quilt Diva easier for you! 

They are offering a pre-fused laser-cut applique kit for the Quilt Diva.  You can purchase it here:

http://store.stitchinheaven.com/stores_app/Browse_Item_Details.asp?Shopper_id=9367423130489367&Store_id=203&page_id=23&Item_ID=37319

More Wonderful Show and Tell

Madamme Samm  http://www.sewwequilt.com did a blog where she put together my Quilt Diva pattern.  She did a spectacular job!  I love all the little flourishes that she added.  She even added fake eyelashes.  I think this was a first!  She is so color coordinated in her red, white and black. She has fur on her slippers, thimble earrings, pearl necklace.....a regular DIVA!!!  She is so much more sophisticated then my original diva.  I just love it!

She didn't even keep it after all the hours that she put in it.  She sold it to a special lady to make money to help buy a sewing machine for another special lady.  I just love generous people that give of their time and talents to help others!  Way to go Madamme Samm!!!!!


Becky Church sent me some photos below of the quilts she has made from my patterns.   I love that she put the one black cat in the quilt.  So creative!  I think she had fun picking out all the bright swimsuits for the penguins because it shows.

Ballerina Kitties

Meet the Tweets

Penguin Paradise

Chris Wells sent me a photo of a discontinued pattern but I had to show it because I just love show and tell.  Sorry this pattern is no longer available.

Barnyard Skyscraper

Maria Rosa Gorla did several of my patterns and put them in one quilt top below.  This is thinking outside the box...WOW!  She did a super job! 

Courtney White and her grandma had so much fun making up their Quilt Diva together below.  Love the red hair!

Destounis Xplornet made this version of my Animal Whimsy pattern for her 93 year old father.  He loved to take care of all the animals on his farm.

I hope you are all getting your flowers and gardens planted.  I get so excited about planting until August and then my spring fever is fading like my flowers.

Thank you for sending me your photos.  It just makes my day!!!!!!  Amy