Mad for Solids 2018…Voting Time!

March 23, 2018March 22, 2018 Elizabeth E.3 Comments

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Today is the day! I’m over there on the right in Game 6, paired with the ever-lovely Rene.

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The name of my Painter’s Palette Solids bundle is Northern Lights. Because why? Because I’ve always wanted to see the Northern Lights, and because we watched a movie about surfing in Iceland, and well, because:

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So, if you like the colors of the heavens in the photo above, and feel like you want to vote to send me to the next bracket, head here:

• Paintbrush Studios Blog
• Paintbrush Studios on Instagram
• Paintbrush Studios on Facebook

Voting begins at 6 p.m. CDT [Central Daylight Time, or UTC -5] on March 23rd (today) and goes through to tomorrow at 6 p.m. CDT. I’ve timed this post to hit a bit early in the day, so please wait until the Paintbrush Studio posts go live to place your vote.

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You Can Be A Winner

More information on how you can be a winner is on found on a previous post. So here’s my story about this fabric and why you’re going to want some. I was at Guild on Tuesday night. In Show and Share, I showed my Improv Appliqué quilt that I’d demo-ed at QuiltCon. My seat mate, Angie, commented that the borders “were like black velvet,” so rich and saturated was the color. And that’s how everyone reacts when seeing these fabrics.

I participate in these little contests for one reason only: I love these solids and want them to be everywhere, on everyone’s stash and retail shelves. Come and join us in using Painter’s Palette Solids!

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I’ve been playing around in QuiltPro and making blocks with these colors. If I head to the next bracket, I’ll have a mini quilt to show. So, thanks!

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March Madness 2018

March 18, 2018March 18, 2018 Elizabeth E.4 Comments

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For the last couple of years, the fine people at Paintbrush Studios have hosted a Mad for Solids Competition, where quilters create a stack of colors, give them a name & describe their inspiration, and they go up against each other. (Why should basketball fans have all the fun? Quilters need some play time, too!)

Above is the bracket where many beautiful colors of Painter’s Palette Solid fabrics will vie to reach the championship match-up. The first “game” is already up online, and it features two different stacks of fabrics (seen below). I hope you’ll take time to vote for your favorite each day.

Here are the links:

• Paintbrush Studios Blog: Introductory Post, where you can see all the 16 bundles and read about each quilter and their inspiration
• Paintbrush Studios on Instagram
• Paintbrush Studios on Facebook

You Can Be A Winner

You can also win free fabric by voting. They will randomly select four voters from the championship game to win fat quarter bundles of the winning palette. To make sure your favorite bundle is the winner, vote for the one you like best to get it to the championship game.

My game day is this Friday, March 23rd.

Please sure to check back here for info on how you can vote for me, and to see why I chose the grouping that I did.

But for today, head over to Paintbrush Studios to start your voting with two beautiful different stacks. You’ll only have one day to get your vote in, a 24-hour period from 6 p.m. on the day announced, when a new round will take its place.

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Have fun!!

Guccilicious Moves On to a New Bracket

April 3, 2017April 2, 2017 Elizabeth E.11 Comments

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So, I’ve been playing around some more with my Guccilicious bundle of Painter’s Palette Solids, and created this New York Beauty block (free patterns *here*).

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It seems my bundle has made it into the Top Eight of the Mad for Solids Bracket 2017. What an honor, and it’s all due to all those nice votes I received from you. Thank you very much. If you feel like doing it again, well, I won’t argue.

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So…Head to the Paintbrush Studios Blog to vote for my bundle of fun another time, or head to their Instagram feed. The voting opens at 7 a.m. EST Monday April 3rd, and closes 24 hours later. You can vote once each place.

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And thank you, thank you.

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If I win this round, I’ll be in the final four. And then we’ll see what happens from there. At any rate, it will all be over by Friday, as shown by the Paintbrush Studios voting schedule:

Monday, 4/3: voting in games 9 and 10 (That’s this one!!)

Tuesday, 4/4: voting in games 11 and 12

Wednesday, 4/5: announce Final Four and voting for games 13 and 14

Thursday, 4/6: announce championship game and voting

Friday, 4/7: announce winner

Regardless of whether I win or not (so you should vote for the bundle you like best, even if it isn’t this one), I will hold a drawing for the remainder of my fabrics, about a fat-eighth each, as a way to say thank you, and for you try to these fabrics. I may give away a couple of extra things, because you’ve all been so nice to vote, and because I really really want you all to discover how wonderful these fabrics are to work with.

Go Guccilicious!!

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March Madness: Guccilicious and Sky Rocket Quilt

March 27, 2017March 27, 2017 Elizabeth E.1 Comment

Today is the day to vote for my bundle of fabrics titled Guccilicious, *here* and on Instagram.

On Friday, I introduced you to my bundle of colors, and the name, and today I’d like to show you what I made from that bundle.

It’s a variation of an old block titled Sky Rocket from the 1930s, but here I’ve changed up some colorations, shortened some sections and let the colors pop. At a later date, I’ll attach a link for a free pattern, but today…just enjoy and get yourself over to the blog to vote.

I’ve disabled the comments today on the blog so as not to be confusing, and will let you know later on when I run my giveaway for the fat-eighths of my Guccilicious bundle.

Head over now to cast your vote in Paintbrush Studios March Madness for my Gucciliccious, on their blog Inspired by Fabric, and at their Instagram account @pbstudiofabrics.

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March Madness Coming

March 20, 2017 Elizabeth E.7 Comments

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I have been working with Painter’s Palette Solids for nearly two years now in various capacities (quilt designer, mostly) and I love these fabrics not only for their wide range of colors, but also for the hand–or how it feels. They are made by Paintbrush Studios. pbstudios_1

I was contacted by them to help them with their launch of the fabrics, to make them a quilt for Quilt Market announcing these solids. I designed a quilt, sent off my fabrics request and started working. I fell in love with the saturation of color, the fine thread count–but not so much that it’s too lightweight, like a batiste (which wrinkles terribly)–but enough that it was easy-to-work with, to cut and to sew.

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And since I was sewing for someone else and I was hyper-vigilant about matching the seams, etc., it also held up while I ripped out and resewed seams, without showing cloth fatigue or looking used. I was amazed at this new line of solids and have been working with them for a while now, waiting as they rolled out their fabrics for sale across the United States.

QMarket3_Focus And now again, I get another chance to play with my beloved Painters Palette Solids! They are running a March Madness contest, starting Friday, and at the end of the contest, they will draw two winners to win free fabric…and I hope one of them is you.

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More details are coming on Friday (3/24), with voting in brackets (just like the real March Madness) beginning on Monday, March 27th. I’ll have a bundle of colors that will go up against other quilters with their bundles of colors. Vote for the one you like the best in the categories, and send your favorites to the top (I like mine, but it’s also great if you like someone else’s too).