Posts Tagged ‘baby windmills’

Color Coded in American Patchwork & Quilting

Written by Diane Harris on April 10, 2019. Posted in Blog, How-tos and Ideas, Quilt Lifestyle, Trunk Shows

The latest edition of American Patchwork & Quilting went on sale this week, and I’m delighted to share that I have my first quilt design in its pages. This is Color Coded from the June 2019 issue.

I’m so pleased with the photography! That yellow door makes my heart sing. And the rainbow bookshelf? Oh my word. I love it so much. Jay Wilde was the photographer.

Thoughts on Purple and Some Big Magic

Written by Diane Harris on February 5, 2019. Posted in Blog, How-tos and Ideas, Quilt Lifestyle, Trunk Shows

I’ve been working on a new quilt design to add to the Windy Wonders trunk show. That program is booked for Omaha Quilters’ Guild next week and I want to give them lots of eye candy. I thought a few more quilts would be nice, and since my sketchbook is overflowing, it wasn’t hard to do.

I grew up near a little town called Battle Creek here in Nebraska. Our colors were purple and gold so I spent many days in those colors.

Add Movement with Diagonal Lines

Written by Diane Harris on January 4, 2019. Posted in Blog, How-tos and Ideas, Trunk Shows

My lifetime adventures with Baby Windmills have led to quite a few quilt designs. Some of them have been sewn and some are still only on paper.

Christmas Dance by Diane Harris. Photo: Kristen Laing Photography.

The first designs were just sewing blocks together using a particular color recipe. Nice little scrap quilts like Christmas Dance, above, but pretty simplistic.

Stash Bandit in Modern Patchwork

Written by Diane Harris on June 25, 2018. Posted in Blog, How-tos and Ideas, Trunk Shows

Happy mail arrived this week! The newest Modern Patchwork, in which I have a quilt. I’m really pleased to be included.

It’s my first time in Modern Patchwork. You’ll find the July/August issue on newsstands by Tuesday, June 26.

To tell you about my quilt, I have to back way up.

My Little Christmas Tree Quilt

Written by Diane Harris on December 24, 2017. Posted in Blog, How-tos and Ideas, Quilt Lifestyle, Uncategorized

Merry Christmas! I hope your holiday is full of the love of family and friends. Let me tell you about my little Christmas tree quilt, Twinkling Bright.

It all started with this small block that I call a Baby Windmill. I’m on a mission to design as many interesting quilts as I can with this as the starting point. You can read more here.

How to Build a Windmill (Quilt, Farm, Whatever)

Written by Diane Harris on October 8, 2017. Posted in Blog, How-tos and Ideas, Quilt Lifestyle

A few years back I had an idea to build a trunk show of quilts based on one simple Windmill quilt block. I’ve been working feverishly on the quilts because I’ll give the presentation for the first time next month in Holdrege, Nebraska.

I hope to present it many more times in 2018 and 2019. So you could say I am building a wind farm of quilts.