Kim Hanson

Writing & Quilting

With Glowing Hearts – My Poppy Quilt

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It’s Remembrance Day everyone. It’s the day we stop, take a moment and remember all our War veterans.. . . those young souls – men and women – who fought for us and the freedom of our country. I hope you all have a peaceful Remembrance Day.

Awhile back, I made a quilt from fabric designed by a young Canadian designer, Grace Noel. The fabric collection was called With Glowing Hearts and it was created to commemorate Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017. I loved the name of the collection, loved Grace’s story and was drawn, as usual, to the “teals” of the collection.

Since the fabric has been on the market for several years now, it would be hard to find any to purchase. You could do an etsy.com search or contact me. I have some of the collection left.

My quilt was not necessarily made for Remembrance Day. But the poppy row of the quilt was.

Freedom, democracy and our way of life is sacrosanct. It only takes a few minutes to remember.

Thanks so much.

Kim

Just a wee sneak peak

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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I’m sending out a quick blog post today to let you know I’ve been working on an original quilt that I will call All Around the House. The pattern is the simplest of simple. Using the fabric collection called Jubilee from Cyndi Walker (a Riley Blake designer), I honed in mainly on the pinks, greens and whites of the collection.

I must say I really fancied this collection! I’ve never worked with fabrics designed by Cyndi Walker in the past.

Supplementing with some yellows and deep navy’s, I think the combination is quite pleasing.

So, I shall reveal the quilt to you all as soon as possible. It will be photographed in the outdoors.

Take good care.

Kim

McCalls Quilting magazine – “Jolly Holiday”, Christmas quilted and embellished pillow.

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Summer Issue – July/August 2020

The best of Friday to you all! Thank you for taking the time to read my blog post today.

McCalls Quilting magazine has just published my Christmas pillow, which we called Jolly Holiday, in their most recent issue – Summer, July/August 2020. Now, if you’re at all like me, and appreciate the fact that our Spring has only just finally arrived, the last thing you’re going to want to think about is Christmas! I know, I know! I truly feel exactly the same way.

But, Christmas is still coming. Maybe you’d love to get ready for it in June or July? Maybe you’ve had a hankering to stitch a project now to add to your Christmas decor in December? If so, this fun and easy pillow is just the quilting project for you. You can pull out some traditional red and green Christmas fabrics from your stash, or you can purchase some Christmas fabrics from the collection called All the Trimmings from Maywood Studio, which I used to stitch this quilted and embellished 18″x18″ pillow.

Jolly Holiday; designed and stitched by Kim Hanson

The pattern and photos are featured on Pages 70 – 73 of the issue. In Canada, you can find the magazine at Chapters/Indigo, Co-Op and some quilt shops. It can be ordered online here.

On Jolly Holiday, I worked with the fabulous Lori Baker, acquisitions editor at McCalls, whom I have known for many years. Thanks so much Lori for your valuable assistance and for choosing to publish my design.

I really strive to create fun and easy, colourful projects…projects that other quilters will love making. This one was fun; particularly the piecing of the pillow top and the embellishments I used – giant Riley Blake buttons and a Riley Blake crocheted flower. Why not try this out? You’ll have a great addition to your home come Christmas.

Summer in my backyard?

Please message me or leave me a comment if you have any questions.

Thanks again everyone. Please take care of yourself.

Kim H.