Tweet Friends Quilt Along--Save the Date

Nancy Rink — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:10:19 +0100

Glory Days Finished

Nancy Rink — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:26:20 +0100

Yippee! Glory Days is finally finished. The pattern jackets arrived from the printer, we assembled the patterns and have begun shipping them to shops. They will also be available through United Notions.

The quilt shown is 88" x 88" and features easy...

New Project--Glory Days

Nancy Rink — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:00:00 +0100

This project called Glory Days has been in the planning stages for what seems like forever. I sure love the classic red and blue color story. Why I don't work more with these colors is a question I am asking myself, because I sure like the crisp look. Gallery in Red and Blue by Faye Burgos for Marcus Fabrics is the fabric collection I am using.

What began as a suggestion to Marcus fabrics--that we should print a wide fabric for customers to use as a backing for the Amish With A Twist BOM quilts--turned in to the 60"-wide fabric you see here.

Ringing in the new year means Road To California is right around the corner. This incredible quilt show and competition is at the Ontario Convention Cente...

Away From Home Book Talk

Nancy Rink — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:04:52 +0100

Come See Us!

Nancy Rink — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:17:32 +0100

Come See Us!

Come see us at the Glendale Quilt Guild's Annual Quilt Show. They put on a top-notch show with lots of great classes, displays, and of course, VENDORS!

Here is the info:

THEME: Quilting Green
WHEN: March 16, 17, 18, 2012
HOURS: Friday & Saturday 10-5, Sunday 10-4
ADMISSION $9.00
Husbands: FREE on Sunday
Children under 12: FREE
3-day pass: $15.00
Parking: $11.00
WHERE: Burbank Airport Marriott Ho...

Road to CA 2012

Nancy Rink — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:33:17 +0100

Here is our booth at Road to CA. I think I took this photo on Sunday. We were pretty cleaned out by then! Thank you shoppers. I love that they carpet the entire show floor. Thank you Carolyn!

M.I.A.

Nancy Rink — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:33:17 +0100

Okay, it's been QUITE a while since I have blogged. Finishing up the Mill Girls' first draft, editing it, cutting shop kits for Amish With A Twist, my first BOM with Marcus Fabrics, finishing The Mill Girls BOM (again with Marcus), and now trying to complete the Mill Girls BOM patterns has kept me busy, busy, busy. Oh, and in there was a trip to Ontario, Ca to vend at Road to California, and a weekend vending at the Cotton Patch Quilter's Guild biennial show here in B...

Road to California Quilt Show

Nancy Rink — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:12:11 +0100

It is almost time for the fantastically fabulous Road To California Quilt Show! Please stop by and visit us in booth 313/315 to see our new projects, kits, and fabric!

To learn more about Road to CA, click here: http://www.youtube.com/embed/W1-PRsFAiZE

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A Straggler

Nancy Rink — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:44:59 +0100

A big cheer went up here on the day I shipped off the quilts for Away From Home: Quilts Inspired by the Story of the Lowell Factory Girls. I worked doggedly to get nine quilts/projects done for the deadline. But I only finished eight. The ninth was not done. My sense of triumph was tinged with a bit of disappointment. But Donna, my editor assured me that eight was quite enough for a book. But you haven't seen this ninth quilt, I thought. It really fit...

Mill Girls Update

Nancy Rink — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:07:47 +0100

It's been quite a while since I blogged about the quilt I'm making for my upcoming book, Away From Home: Quilts Inspired by Lowell Mill Girls, (Kansas City Star Books pub). Getting ready for my first Quilt Market put things on hold for a while, but I am back at work, trying to make my November 17 deadline.

Here is the center panel all appliqued. The spool blocks are being arranged and a row of them are added to the top and bottom of the center panel.

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Quilt Market 2011--Houston cont.

Nancy Rink — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:07:03 +0100

I didn't get a chance to take many photos at Market but I did manage to snap a few pics.

Here are the Paul and Mary Ellen, the creative forces behind Bonnie Blue Quilts. As always, their booth is warm, homey, and gorgeous!

This quilt-Ro...

Market 2011--Houston

Nancy Rink — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:10:23 +0100

I know I haven't blogged in quite a while. Getting ready for my FIRST market took over because I wanted to get everything right. Market went well--I think--since I have nothing to compare it to. But there were some unexpected glitches, but those will be for another blog!

Amish With A Twist, our new block-of the-month quilt debuted, which we are doing in conjunction w...

New Block Finished with a Hurt Finger

Nancy Rink — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:51:27 +0100

Okay, so the tree block I posted last time is not done. I've been working on another quilt that I have to get done next week.

Then my laser printer had a snafu and paper wrapped around one of the rollers. I painstaking pulled the paper off, but still can't get the darn thing to work. The error light is still blinking and the screen flashes "jam in output bin."

To top it all off I had a sewing accident last night. I did something I'd never done ...

The Mill Girls Tree Block

Nancy Rink — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:40:53 +0100

Hurrah! The first block of the feature quilt for Away From Home: Quilts Inspired by the Lowell Mill Girls is all appliqued.

Now, onto another block.

I've been busy tracing, cutting out, prepping applique patches all weekend (and trying to finish up the piecing on another quilt which--if all goes as planned--will be one of the extra projects in the book). So far, I've been using the freezer paper and starch method for my applique. This is the method I prefer, althoug...

Applique Time

Nancy Rink — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:02:24 +0100

This week I've made some progress on the applique blocks for the the Mill Girls book. The quilt is a medallion style book and has four applique blocks at its center. Here is the main block with the applique prepped and glued in place. The "factory building" is sewn down as is the sun and the moon. All of the fabrics are from the new Mill Girls fabric collection Judie Rothermel designed especially for this quilt, plus another quilt I've designed for a block-of-the...

Away From Home: Quilts Inspired by the Lowell Factory Girls

Nancy Rink — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:43:03 +0100

After working on them for two days, I finally have the applique blocks drawn for the book on the mill girls. The quilt has a center medallion made up of four applique blocks. Then, in the border blocks that surround the medallion there is one applique block repeated eight times. There are other...

Classes, classes, classes

Nancy Rink — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:04:46 +0100

Last week I was busy teaching classes and giving a trunk show. My week began at the Tehachapi Mountain Quilt Guild in Tehachapi, CA. They are a fun group, and we had a great time the day after the trunk show when they all worked on their own version of my pattern Ring of Stars.

Glenda and Eileen decided to use the kit featuring red and white fabrics

Blog entries

Tweet Friends Quilt Along--Save the Date

Glory Days Finished

New Project--Glory Days

Away From Home Book Talk

Come See Us!

Road to CA 2012

M.I.A.

Road to California Quilt Show

A Straggler

Mill Girls Update

Quilt Market 2011--Houston cont.

Market 2011--Houston

New Block Finished with a Hurt Finger

The Mill Girls Tree Block

Applique Time

Away From Home: Quilts Inspired by the Lowell Factory Girls

Classes, classes, classes