Jessica Vetor created a bookcase quilt pattern that captured the hearts of so many! We are going to talk about how to make your own with some tips for making it personal and how to get it to look just right! And yes.. that is a MINI bookcase pattern she now has.. such fun!

BUY the Bookcase quilt patterns

You might remember I went to the The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum and chatted about an exhibit a year ago, now they have a new exhibit and Linda Baumgarten is going to tell me about a few of the amazing exhibit on display now. She has some great stories behind some of the quilts.

Star Quilt information

• Indiana Bendolph Pettway (1913–1996)
• Gee’s Bend, Alabama, ca. 1970
• Cotton, polyester
• Museum Purchase, Dr. and Mrs. T. Marshall Hahn Jr. Fund, 2008.609.8
• “Courtesy of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.”

 The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg

The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg include the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum and the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum. The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum is home to the nation’s premier collection of American folk art, with more than 5,000 folk art objects made during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum exhibits the best in British and American decorative arts from 1670–1830. The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg are located at the intersection of Francis and South Henry Streets in Williamsburg, Va., and are entered through the Public Hospital of 1773. Museum hours from January 4 to March 17, 2016, are 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and from March 18, 2016, to January 2, 2017, 10:00 a.m. to-7:00 p.m. daily.  

http://www.history.org/history/museums/,https://www.facebook.com/ArtMuseumsofCWF/?fref=ts

I had the great pleasure of meeting Katja Marek at the trade show where we had some time to chat a bit! Today we are going to learn what inspired her book and I'm going to get some tips on fussy cutting fabric.. it's going to be so much fun!

Buy Katja Book

• Web: Katja’s Quilt Shoppe http://www.katjasquiltshoppe.com/
• The New Hexagon - Millefiori Quilt Along http://www.katjasquiltshoppe.com/the-new-hexagon-millefiore-quilt-along.htm
• Blocks on the Go, for Quilts on the Grow http://www.katjasquiltshoppe.com/quilt-along.htm
• Facebook:  The New Hexagon Millefiori - Quilt Along https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481806698762201/

Enjoy this pattern from Jessica for FREE on March 14 and 15, 2016!

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