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As we always offer at quilt shows, no time is better to be buying some of your favorite Zebra Patterns items in multiples of 4 … and only pay for 3! For the first time we are offering this saving SITEWIDE! – across the entire product line – including our most expensive products! – through 5.31.24. Why?
Customers writing to us the past few weeks expressed disappointment that we would not be in Paducah, so offering Buy 3 & 4th is Free on-line was our no-brainer response. We’ve been doing that while at shows, and for a full month afterward, for years.
Then we got to thinking that since not exhibiting saves us quite a bit of time and money, why not share those savings with all Zebra Customers – by expanding 4th Free to SITEWIDE!, over the entire product line, through May 31, 2024.
Please share this great Buy 3 & 4th is Free value news with your quilting community.
I get requests from our customers quite often to create new destination postage stamp panels. People create their own “Where Ya Been?” quilts featuring their life travels. In past 5-7 years I have been designing more on my ipad using digital painting techniques in a program called Procreate. One afternoon I was remembering this couple who desperately wanted Queensland to finish their king sized quilt. So I decided to get started.
I start by researching the location and gathering internet pictures. I enter the destination in Google and hundreds of pix come up. I compare the lot and select something that seems to be iconic or repeated. There is always one or two things that show up many times. Once I get the idea of the landscape I will gather 3-4 images and start the process of building my interpretation of the scene digitally. This time like many before I start the process. I finish and transfer the new digital photoshop painting to my desktop computer. That is where I add elements in the corners like birds, flags and or flowers.
Designing my Queensland Stamp for my customer was going smoothly. I converted the image into my postage stamp layout and started looking for side images of flowers, flags and animals. This is when I add the text and my signature in Adobe Illustrator. So I chose a font and added “QUEENSTOWN” to the sky area like I have in hundreds of stamps prior. MISTAKE!!! It was supposed to be Queensland! not QueensTOWN! Well I had the landscape of queensland and the animals and flower of QueensLAND. My husband Gary, pointed that out to me when he was proofing it! I was so confused. Turns out there is a QUEENSTOWN in New Zealand which is very popular for outdoor activities. QUEENSTOWN is in Australia! Hence forth, the creation of two queens from down under!
Welcome to the EIGHTH month of Zebra Pattern’s NEW “Happy Holidays!” online Block of the Month program. Each month on the first Tuesday we will feature the monthly block. There will be a button to link you to our website to download the pattern that month for only $1.00. If you miss a month or start the program late, the pattern will still be available at its regular price of $2.50. Every month we will include tips and tricks and extra things that can be done to enhance or make the project easier. Below you will see the overall quilt and in the following section we will get into specifics. So let’s get started on this month’s block!
August
We will continue the calendar year with – August. If you missed the previous blocks just go back in the blog history. The feature image is of a Beach Ball. Look below to see what the block looks like put together with cotton fabrics. I chose a light background with matching corners to my design. My background will be the same for all twelve blocks. Your download will include a full size pattern, a full size positioning sheet and directions to create the background square in square block to place the Beach Ball atop.
Step one each month: Each month you will start by taking one 10″ background square and choosing your corner triangles. (two 8″ squares cut in half diagonally.) Make your 14″ square in a square background block. Choose your design element fabrics, in August it will be a color for your Beach Ball and corners.
Preparing applique: Each month you will make your pattern pieces from the provided pattern sheet. Apply fusible webbing to the back of each fabric. (FREE Demonstration available here: Zebra Applique Demo) I use Steam-A- Seam Lite 2® by the Warm Company. I have felt for over 20 years it is the very best product on the market for applique. Always use a pressing sheet to protect your iron and ironing surface. I use “The Fat Goddess Sheet” by The Attached Company.
Assembly: After fabrics are chosen, cut, and fused, use your positioning sheet to position your applique onto your background.
Raw Edge Quilting: Using a tear away stabilizer behind your applique, raw edge sew with a zig zag or buttonhole stitch your seasonal applique design.
Extra Ideas: You might add some glitter to beach ball colors to really jazz it up.
Spring ushers in some of America’s favorite pastimes – other than quilting! – baseball and gardening!
This Thursday, March 28, is Opening Day for all 30 major league teams, which means that opening day for your Little League Baseball, Softball and Tee Ball sluggers can’t be far behind! What fun adding to these generational family memories with Debra’s award winning 20″ x 30″ Batter Up! applique pattern, featured in the AQS 2009 Engagement Calendar and a timeless favorite in our catalog.
Your 2024 gardening may already be underway if you live in the warmer climates, and for sure is in the planning stages if still experiencing too many frigid days. Inspiration abounds with our 50 fabulous 12″ x 20″ applique Florals, especially with our Buy 3 & 4th Free value for these $10 patterns! Floral projects are also featured in selected 12″ x 20″ Pre-Fused Laser Cuts and 14″ x 14″ Basket Blooms.
This year we opted to try a new venue in Lakeland Florida. The past few years we have vended in Daytona but this year we decided to switch it up. Take a look at the specifics below.
Welcome to the SEVENTH month of Zebra Pattern’s NEW “Happy Holidays!” online Block of the Month program. Each month on the first Tuesday we will feature the monthly block. There will be a button to link you to our website to download the pattern that month for only $1.00. If you miss a month or start the program late, the pattern will still be available at its regular price of $2.50. Every month we will include tips and tricks and extra things that can be done to enhance or make the project easier. Below you will see the overall quilt and in the following section we will get into specifics. So let’s get started on this month’s block!
July
We will continue the calendar year with – July. If you missed the previous blocks just go back in the blog history. The feature image is of a Firecracker. Look below to see what the block looks like put together with cotton fabrics. I chose a light background with matching corners to my design. My background will be the same for all twelve blocks. Your download will include a full size pattern, a full size positioning sheet and directions to create the background square in square block to place the firecracker atop.
Step one each month: Each month you will start by taking one 10″ background square and choosing your corner triangles. (two 8″ squares cut in half diagonally.) Make your 14″ square in a square background block. Choose your design element fabrics, in May it will be a color for your Firecracker and corners.
Preparing applique: Each month you will make your pattern pieces from the provided pattern sheet. Apply fusible webbing to the back of each fabric. (FREE Demonstration available here: Zebra Applique Demo) I use Steam-A- Seam Lite 2® by the Warm Company. I have felt for over 20 years it is the very best product on the market for applique. Always use a pressing sheet to protect your iron and ironing surface. I use “The Fat Goddess Sheet” by The Attached Company.
Assembly: After fabrics are chosen, cut, and fused, use your positioning sheet to position your applique onto your background.
Raw Edge Quilting: Using a tear away stabilizer behind your applique, raw edge sew with a zig zag or buttonhole stitch your seasonal applique design.
Extra Ideas: The sparks on the firework look best if they are created with GOLD glitter. Follow lines on the positioning sheet. I outlined the red shapes with a line of red glitter for added bling.
Last Saturday Gary and I traveled 2 hours north to Raleigh for a modern style quilt show. We wanted to vend there as it was so close, however the venue was full. The next quilt show there will be in 2026….so we shall see. Modern quilting for the most part uses mostly flat or “read as solid” colors. The images tend to be geometric. There were many quilts with direct messages and points of view. The quilts act as a means of expression for the artist. Some really told it like they see it… loved it!
The show was well attended and I ran into many long term associates. We have vended in England and Germany. The show was more like a European show with many “make and take” offerings in booths. That is very popular in Europe. There were many manufacturers there just “Brand Building”. It was interesting. The crowd was mixed with many traditional quilters as well as modern quilters. I joined SAQA again…a national arts group. I’m hoping it will motivate me to get back into art quilts. Below are pix from QuiltCon 2024.
Raleigh Convention CenterGTFO – based on “Free Choice“for women’s bodies. (Look up GTFO)Powerful Statement!
This year I added Tina Turner, Toni Morrison and Maya Angelo to our Black History Month Fabric and Charm Stamp panels. Each charm measures 6″ square and makes the perfect tribute to your favorite woman in history. Available through our fabric shop on Spoonflower is our Black History Women fabric avaiable in several sizes.
All Women of Herstory Individual panels are on sale!
It’s with a heavy heart I write today to say that my mom passed away Monday, February 12, 2024 in Middletown NY. Hilda Mary Ogden was 97 years old. She passed peacefully with her three children and spouses bedside her the last 5 days. She is survived by my brother, Art Ogden Jr. and his wife Patti, sister Judy Sterling and her husband Doug and by me and my husband Gary Gabel. She had 8 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. My mother’s favorite things were her husband Art, who passed in 2011, her family, teaching, traveling and spending time outdoors, especially at the beach. A memorial service will be held in Spring where she will be set to rest next to my father in Otisville, NY.
My mother is now reunited with her soul mate, my Dad, in heaven. It brings our family great joy knowing she lived a wonderful long life. Oh to have seen the reunion of my parents must have been a true miracle! They were the happiest married couple I have ever encountered. RIP mom and go eat a huge dinner! My mother was just over 5 foot in her hay day and 3-4” shorter as she aged. She was tiny and didn’t weigh much over 100 pounds, however I never saw anyone, including my father and brother, out eat her! That woman would eat 3 dinner rolls, salad, a double serving of the entree and dessert. When she finished she would clean everyone else’s plate too!
A huge shout out to my brother and Patti for overseeing Mom the past 10 years. They live in Pine Bush NY and did God’s work by being devoted caregivers.
We will miss you mom, so rest in peace and be with Dad and all of the rest of the family that welcomed you to everlasting peace.
Welcome to the SIXTH month of Zebra Pattern’s NEW “Happy Holidays!” online Block of the Month program. Each month on the first Tuesday we will feature the monthly block. There will be a button to link you to our website to download the pattern that month for only $1.00. If you miss a month or start the program late, the pattern will still be available at its regular price of $2.50. Every month we will include tips and tricks and extra things that can be done to enhance or make the project easier. Below you will see the overall quilt and in the following section we will get into specifics. So let’s get started on this month’s block!
June
We will continue the calendar year with – June. If you missed the previous blocks just go back in the blog history. The feature image is of Fresh Berries. Look below to see what the block looks like put together with cotton fabrics. I chose a light background with matching corners to my design. My background will be the same for all twelve blocks. Your download will include a full size pattern, a full size positioning sheet and directions to create the background square in square block to place the berries atop.
June Block $1.00 for the Month Downloadfor February
Step one each month: Each month you will start by taking one 10″ background square and choosing your corner triangles. (two 8″ squares cut in half diagonally.) Make your 14″ square in a square background block. Choose your design element fabrics, in May it will be a color for your Berries and corners.
Preparing applique: Each month you will make your pattern pieces from the provided pattern sheet. Apply fusible webbing to the back of each fabric. (FREE Demonstration available here: Zebra Applique Demo) I use Steam-A- Seam Lite 2® by the Warm Company. I have felt for over 20 years it is the very best product on the market for applique. Always use a pressing sheet to protect your iron and ironing surface. I use “The Fat Goddess Sheet” by The Attached Company.
Assembly: After fabrics are chosen, cut, and fused, use your positioning sheet to position your applique onto your background.
Raw Edge Quilting: Using a tear away stabilizer behind your applique, raw edge sew with a zig zag or buttonhole stitch your seasonal applique design.
Extra Ideas: The seeds on the strawberries are very tiny. It will be best to use fabric paint or fabric marker to create all the seed details. If you use paint or marker be sure it is made for fabric applications and will be permanent. Alternatively you could use black micro buttons.
Any Fabric Paint in small squeeze bottle from craft store will work well for berry seeds.
Debra Gabel writes a blog about making quilting and pattern making into a business and describes the journey as she goes along. Lots of FREE give aways.
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