I'm not even sure how I stumbled across Beth on Facebook. It was probably one of those suggested pages. I'm sure glad I found her! She is super fun, and her writing style on her blog makes you feel like you really know her!
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Beth emailed me the pattern and I had a couple weeks to make
the quilt. I used cream and brown fabric from my stash, but bought the
turquoise fabric from Wal-Mart since I was just testing the pattern. Once I finished the top, I emailed her a photo. There were several testers, and Beth posted all the quilts of
people that tested on Facebook for a vote. The one with the most votes would be
pictured on the back of her quilt pattern.
The voting began the day I went into labor to have my second child! While in the hospital, my husband kept checking the votes and updating me on who was in the lead. In the end, I won! I had two weeks to get it quilted and to send her a photo of the finished quilt. However, I was on bed rest for two weeks and unable to quilt it myself. I called Janice Gregory, a local longarmer, to see if she would custom quilt it on that tight deadline and she agreed! My husband took her the quilt top, polyester batting, fabric for the back (that I had previously used on a bulletin board in my classroom!) and a drawing I had made of what I had in mind for the quilting. A few days later, he drove me to her house to pick it up. I sewed the binding on even though my husband said it was more work than I was supposed to be exerting (since I was still on bed rest). I hung the quilt back up on our barn and snapped a photo.
The voting began the day I went into labor to have my second child! While in the hospital, my husband kept checking the votes and updating me on who was in the lead. In the end, I won! I had two weeks to get it quilted and to send her a photo of the finished quilt. However, I was on bed rest for two weeks and unable to quilt it myself. I called Janice Gregory, a local longarmer, to see if she would custom quilt it on that tight deadline and she agreed! My husband took her the quilt top, polyester batting, fabric for the back (that I had previously used on a bulletin board in my classroom!) and a drawing I had made of what I had in mind for the quilting. A few days later, he drove me to her house to pick it up. I sewed the binding on even though my husband said it was more work than I was supposed to be exerting (since I was still on bed rest). I hung the quilt back up on our barn and snapped a photo.
Months later, Beth emailed me to ask what I thought if she
would use my quilt on the cover of the pattern instead of hers. She did not
like the way her quilt was photographing. A few weeks later, Beth sent me a
signed copy of the pattern – with my quilt on the cover! I'm a cover girl!
You can purchase Beth's Hexies A La Mode pattern here! (Looks like it's no longer available)
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