First up, Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr, from Modern Quilt Studio sent me a copy of their new magazine Modern Quilts Illustrated to peruse. It's not your typical magazine. It's shorter than I expected but that is because there aren't any ads. You get a lovely glossy mag with three full-color, illustrated quilt patterns. There are also cutting tips and color pallete information.
The patterns are quite adaptable but if you wanted to use the same fabric as pictured, you can order kits from Modern Quilt Studio. I love that they've got step-by-step illustrated directions. I'm so visual that I do much better when I can see what I am doing rather than trying to figure it out from a paragraph of directions.
I'm looking forward to trying out one of these quilts sometime and think the simplicity of the Stacks design is calling me. Thanks Modern Quilt Studio for sending me this copy!
What do you think of a magazine like this- sans ads?
My other fun mailbox surprise happened yesterday and I could hardly believe my eyes when I spied a little package inside.
Once I saw that it was from Japan, I squealed with delight because I only have one friend in Japan and yes, sure enough, wonderful Ayumi sent me a darling little gift.
She is uber talented- I know you have to be familiar with her amazing work but Ayumi is also one of the sweetest, most kind-hearted people I've met in the online quilting world. She is just so supportive and generous. I feel so honored to call her my friend.
Look at the precious little bag it comes with too!
And the pincushion! How cute is that? Don't you love the fussy cut text fabric? Ayumi has such an eye for fabric placement. She always picks the perfect combination for the perfect place. If you are as smitten with text fabric as I am, you can pick up some in Ayumi's shop.
The pincushion is adorable and will be something I treasure always. Thank you Ayumi!
Indeed, it was a stellar mailbox week. Hope your week was just as great!
Have a great Sunday.
xo,
Jennifer
15 comments:
What a lovely gift from Ayumi! Lucky you.
Lovely mail all round!
That is just the cutest little pincushion! Ayumi did a marvelous job fussy cutting those motifs in just the right places!
I carve stamps! Ask her what ink she uses for fabric stamping. Cute!
What a wonderful week of mail! And what a wonderful friend you have in Ayumi. :)
As to the magazine, I like the idea of one with no ads to sort through. I take it the cover price is probably higher than a standard mag?
Yes, the idea of that mag sounds great! I'm becoming totally overwhelmed by the number of modern quilting books flooding the market and have a lot of guilt about buying so many and not ever making a project.
Your Ayumi package is so adorable!! That girl is crazy talented.
what a fun gift you got all the way from Japan.
a new magazine! have to be on the lookout for it.
Whoo hoooo! It sure is fun to get pressies in the mail, instead of bills! LOL
Oh Ayumi is such a sweetheart!
And FYI publishers - magazine ads - waste of time, we have Google!
Very good mail week for you! I'd have been goofy over just the Hello Kitty stamps, but Ayumi's sweet presents are awesome. Fun, fun, fun!
i hate ads in magazines. i always go through my magazines before i read them and tear them all out... the mess up the flow of the magazine if you ask me so good job to weeks and bill because i am totally in!
and JEN! you lucky lucky lucky little duck! i agree, ayumi is the sweetest ever! i just love her! what a special special gift!
That was a good mail week! It does make the day brighter to have a little something fun waiting in the mailbox! I'm always anticipating fabric in the mail-even when I haven't ordered anything! What can I say, I'm an optimist:). And I have that issue of Weeks and Bill's magazine-I love that it's printed on uh heavy, quality paper. I'm much more inclined to keep something like that over a magazine...
Wow! You did have a week of surprises!
Isn't Ayumi just the best???!?! Like you said, so talented, but also soooooo sweet! And her newly-acquired stamp carving abilities are amazing. Cute, cute stuff!
Whata lovely gift from Ayumi. She is the sweetest, for sure.
Awww Jennifer, I just can't believe how sweet you are!! I'm so glad you are my friend!! I'd looove it if you could use the iron stamp for something ;)
The magazine looks great too! I don't think I have ever seen a magazine with no ads! The illustrated instruction looks great too!
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