How time flies by when

You've been busy.

America for Me 2019

available as a pattern or a kit.

This quilt is a lot more complex than it seems.

It has 17 reds, 14-15 blues, 4 creams 

and 2 background prints -- Whew!

I really like the way the top turned out though and 

can't wait to see it quilted.

To order the pattern or the kit click here and search

for

America for Me.

Oh and I can't forget to say a huge THANK YOU to

Mary and Connie of Country Threads.

I have the original quilt but not the book 

so Mary answered lots of questions

and then Connie just sent me her book to use.

Thanks ladies, you're the best.!!

And Pep still misses the Kettle Corn:)

This is our June :) Tablestand Quilt.

Sorry it was so late but there has been a lot 

going on around here.

I think it was worth the wait though.  If you 

join the Tablestand Club you get 15% off the kit

and 15% off the stand and any headers you order.

Email Tammy at janpatekquiltsinc@gmail.com to join.

To get the kit click here and search for Old Glory

Now, I'm sorry this has to be so short this week 

and probably next week too.

Next week I'll be in Springfield, Mo. giving 

a lecture and workshop for the Ozark Piecemakers 

at the beginning of the week and the 

Walnut Valley Guild at the end of the week.

Right now I have to go set a live trap for

the raccoon that's been killing my chickens.

It got my favorite Cochin hen and rooster 

yesterday and I am not happy with it.

So many quilts, so little time.......

This is "America for Me"

a quilt I designed in 2004.

It was published in my book

Lady Liberty.

It was recently pictured on the blog

of Country Threads owned by

my friends Connie Tesene and 

Mary Etherinton.

I first knew about it when I started getting

lots and lots of emails asking for the pattern.

Unfortunately, somehow my book was misplaced,

but Mary and Connie (who have theirs) have

been very helpful in getting me the instructions

 from their book.

What I have been doing the last few days has

been drawing the quilt again.

I've also search Moda's website for the fabrics

to use.  Alas, the background plaid and most of the

other fabrics are long gone.

I've found a lot of good substitutions though

and in a short while (with a lot of help from

my friends) there will be a brand new

quilt called America for Me.
We'll send out an email and announce it
on the blog when it's finished.

I'm pretty excited.  It's always good to meet 

old friends again.  

  

This is the Jan and Pep block from my latest

BOM I'm working on.  It's called

Jan and Pep's Marvelous Adventure

and is a quilt celebrating our 50th anniversary

which is October 18th, 2019.

It's made out of my fabric line Clover Meadow

that is showing to shops now.

And "no" I'm not dragging Pep along.

We're holding hands and he's letting me

go first because he's a gentleman.

Maybe, I should change the block and 

put my hand behind his.  I'll try that and 

show you next week and see what you think.

I'm showing a quilt each 

week from Oceans Aweigh.

This is Ships, Stars and Whales, 

a favorite of mine.

Whales are so awesome.

And this is my new kitty.

Her name is Katherine - or

Kitty Kate Kat.

So now we have Queen Elizabeth and

Katherine the Great.

I miss my Rufus but she helps a lot.  

Have a good week ladies

and keep quilting.  :)

Happy almost 4th of July

This is 

Flags of the American Revolution

a 76" x 76" 12 Month BOM

that is our Deal of the Week

this week.

We thought it seemed timely.  

The pattern not only has drawings of

all of the blocks but lots of information on each flag.

My husband Pep found the blocks when 

he was on the internet looking for a

Gadsden Flag and thought they looked 

like something I might want in a quilt.

He was right!

Our book this month is Oceans Aweigh,

dedicated to my late father-in-law

Byron Patek who commanded a mine

sweeper in the Pacific during WWII.

96" x 89"

Byron told many a tale of far off lands, Spam 

sitting on a dock in the sun and fights started in

the Officers Club over smuggled Coke.

52 1/4" x 60 7/8"

When I think of ships and sailing and

travel, I think of him.

He was also just about all a person

could ask for in a father-in-law.

We miss him but his legacy lives on.

He has a son and a grandson named Byron Patek -

Byron Henry Maxwell Patek

&

Byron Theodore Quinn Patek.

But July is REALLY CLOSE :)

The garden is ready.

But I get ahead of myself. 

On Monday the 17th, I got into my car and

drove to Dubuque, Iowa to give a

lecture to the ladies of the Cable Car

Quilt Guild, a thoroughly delightful group.

After the lecture I spent the night at the home

of Ruth Lyon.  And I sincerely owe her an

apology.  When I left the next day to drive home

I told her that I would call when I got here and 

I TOTALLY FORGOT.  :(

The drive took a little longer than I anticipated

After all Iowa is just right on top of Missouri.  

However you go straight up to DesMoines and

turn right.  The turn right is the tricky part.

Once back here I plunged straight in to

designing quilts for my latest fabric line 

Clover Meadow which I believe will start  

showing to shops in July.

I'm sure you can figure out the colors 

from the name and I must say, I love it.

Another thing I came back to was

chickens - lots of chickens.

These are 2 of my Buff Orpington hens with

Americauna/orpington cross chicks.

We've always bought baby chicks, not had them hatch.

It's so much more fun when they're with their

mothers. The yards have netting over them 

to keep them safe from  hawks.

This is the 1st brooder house they go into 

with the small feeders and waterers.

Usually it's hard to get the young ones into the

houses at night so I can close them up.

Not now - Mamas just cluck and they come running.

You have to come in when the street lights 

come on, you know.

These 3 are the latest hatched - Cochin/Americauna cross.

Our special this week is on the Patriotic page on the website.

15% off

Have a great week and a safe 4th.

Keep quilting.

Its Still June......

And I did get an eagle kit 

ready for the 4th.

Well, since I'm pretty busy designing

quilts for my next fabric line 

Clover Meadow, what I 

did was do an old favorite in new fabric.

This is Let Freedom Ring - 2019

and you can get the kit by clicking here.

You can at least get the top done by the 4th

and we seem to have a 4th of July every year 

so you're set.  :)

And since our website decided to go

on the fritz last week and tell people we didn't ship 

to Colorado or Wyoming or New York 

or wherever (Aargh!) I decided to leave Cabin

in the Pines on Sale for another week too.

Have fun ladies and

Keep Quilting.

Good Heavens - It's June

Spring Market is over

and in case you can't tell I came 

home to plunge straight into designing

quilts for my latest fabric line

Clover Meadow.

Which is why I haven't 

been blogging lately.

But it is June and July follows June

so lets get ready for the 4th.

Our book special this month is Liberty Garden -

with patterns for 9 quilts and

wallhangings with a patriotic theme.

You can order your copy by clicking here.

Our Deal of the Week is the 

Cabin in the Pines BOM for half price.

You can buy it by clicking here.

Come back next Blockheads Wednesday 

(no- we're not doing another Blockheads quilt

as far as I know but as one of the original 8, 

Wednesday will always be Blockheads Day to me).

Anyway, I'll see if I can find an Eagle Quilt Kit 

to ease us into the 4th.

Keep quilting ladies.

Day 11 - Final Quilts of Tabletop Turnabouts

The winner of the signed copy of

Tabletop Turnabouts from

the Midnight Serenade post is

Marsha B who said

"I can't wait for the book to come out,

everything in it is so adorable."

Well thank you Marsha.

And thanks to all who have taken

the time and energy to comment.

And I'm sorry there has been a lag 

between some of the posts.

But......

1) It's almost time for Market which

means we are busy, busy, busy

and

2) I got the scans of the fabric for

my next line and started designing quilts.

Once I start designing a quilt it kind of

takes over and doesn't let go until

the quilt is at least resolved in my mind.

It doesn't have to be finished but I

need to know that it's going to work.

So Marsha, will you please email Tammy 

your snail mail address and and she will send 

your signed copy of the book.

Now for this week, make a comment and this time 

the random number generator will pick someone to win

  a Table Stand.

And thanks for coming along with 

Martingale and me on this

journey through the quilts in

Tabletop Turnabouts.

Keep quilting ladies.  :)