I feel honored to be asked to curate the June 2018 Quilty Box. Quilty Box is a subscription service geared toward introducing quilters to new fabrics, tools, creative ideas and products. My Quilty Box will introduce you to the fabrics in Florabunda!, Mistyfuse, the Goddess Sheet and Aurifil Mako’ ne 12 weight cotton thread. ‘The above quiltContinue reading “Quilty Box and Florabunda! by RJR Fabrics”
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Melly Testa uses Florabunda! by RJR Fabrics
I used Floribunda! by RJR Fabrics and combined with Flaurie & Finch’s Darling Dots, which pairs beautifully with my collection. This quilt effectively uses the simplest of blocks, the Half Square Triangle, while playing with color to create a central medallion of four stars, surrounded by a zig zag border that contrasts nicely with theContinue reading “Melly Testa uses Florabunda! by RJR Fabrics”
David Gilleland uses Florabunda! by RJR Fabrics
David Gilleland is a quilter and owner of Vector Quilts, he is a quilt designer whose patterns have made it onto Nancy’s Notions (that’s two links, please click both)! Check out his FB and insta. While you are at it, join Quilting with David Gillebrand, where I am a member and I often scroll andContinue reading “David Gilleland uses Florabunda! by RJR Fabrics”
Heidi Kelly designs a purse and clutch using Florabunda
When I first met Heidi Kelly, we were at a gallery opening for the METAvivor Serenity Project, which was loud and exciting. As we were talking, I noticed the clutch she was holding contained a recognizable textile designers’ print. I asked her if she had made it. It turns out, she had. Heidi and IContinue reading “Heidi Kelly designs a purse and clutch using Florabunda”
Jamie Fingal uses Florabunda! by RJR Fabrics
Jamie Fingal is an artist, textile designer, friend, and fellow MistyFuse fanatic. Check out her FB and insta here. For the Florabunda! Blog Hop Celebration, Jamie contributed this 18×18″ square wall art piece, called Hexi Spring. Knowing Jamie as I do, this a raw edge appliqué using Mistyfuse, our preferred fusible. Mistyfuse is an extremelyContinue reading “Jamie Fingal uses Florabunda! by RJR Fabrics”
Leslie Tucker Jenison uses Florabunda! by RJR Fabrics
Leslie Tucker Jenison and I are good friends. Just to stand near Leslie, feels like you are being hugged and appreciated. She likes to cook, she is a visual artist with strong traditional quilting skills, she too works with Procion MX dye (which is a special bond in itself.). Check out her web site, blog,Continue reading “Leslie Tucker Jenison uses Florabunda! by RJR Fabrics”
Susan Brubaker Knapp uses Florabunda! by RJR Fabrics
Susan Brubaker Knapp is host of Quilting Arts TV, which in itself, makes her a quilt world superstar. Susan is a prolific artist, whose strengths run the gamut from traditional quilting to bold artistic statements in wall art form. Susan has authored several Workshop DVDs and a book. Check out her FB, and insta. And, now. behold this vibrantContinue reading “Susan Brubaker Knapp uses Florabunda! by RJR Fabrics”
Lyric Kinard shows Florabunda! off with a Tote
Lyric Kinard is an artist, author and teacher who published Art + Quilt, in addition to offering DVD workshops, a thermofax screen print service and artworks in her shop. Lyric updates a fab Call for Entry list, which I delve into regularly. Check out her FB, Insta. Not only all of this, but Lyric isContinue reading “Lyric Kinard shows Florabunda! off with a Tote”
Sara Mika and Mock Pie Studio uses Florabunda!
Sara Mika is a delightful connection for me, I have yet to meet her in person, but I look forward to it. Check out her blog, FB, Etsy and Insta. Sara’s art quilts are strong, playful, graphic and artistically expressive. Like me, Sara comes at quilting from a fine art perspective, but her more traditional quiltingContinue reading “Sara Mika and Mock Pie Studio uses Florabunda!”
Deborah Boschert’s Florabunda!
Deborah and I are good friends. Check out her insta, FB and Etsy. In the photograph below, I had just published Inspired to Quilt, which you can see on a banner-ad above Pokey and Deborah’s heads. That was more than 10 years ago! Such good times! [I have since published two more books, Dreaming from theContinue reading “Deborah Boschert’s Florabunda!”
Melanie Testa 