"Maison de Garance" by French General
For the past week and a half I’ve been watching the French General blog website, checking back at least twice a day, to see when Kaari Meng was going to begin offering the quilts that my friend Keiko and I worked on with Kaari and her husband Jon. Well, I’m a few days late in announcing this but the kits are up and ready for viewing (and purchasing if you are so inclined). Kaari has given me pictures to post here so that you can see the full quilts in all their glory.
The first quilt I’m showing you is the Maison de Garance quilt, which was designed by Jon Zabala and Keiko Clark. I did the piecing and appliqué and Debbie Thornton from Prairie Queens Quilts did the machine quilting. If stitching this chateau doesn’t make you want to thow on a beret and book a trip on Air France, then nothing will.
"Reine des Abeilles" by French General
The second quilt (to the right) is the Reine des Abeilles quilt that Keiko designed and pieced with the help of Ayako Yamazaki. Again, Debbie Thornton was the machine quilter. Keiko has developed a nifty way to piece the large hexagons, so it’s worth it for the educational experience alone.
What you don’t see in the photos, however, are the extra goodies that French General will include as part of the “kit”. Each kit will come assembled in a tote bag made exclusively for this project, and will also include a hand silk-screened (and numbered label). Since there are only 50 kits…you’ll have proof that your quilt was spawned from one of the few issued.
So, tell us what you think — We’re excited to know. And, to encourage your comments I’m going to pull together the leftovers from making the Maison de Garance quilt for a little giveaway. Just leave a comment by Wednesday November 17th and I’ll pick the lucky winner.
And if scraps aren’t enough and you are inspired to pick up one of these wonderful kits…you can easily order them through www.frenchgeneral.com. Just click on the words “Quilt Kits” and look for the horse. I just wouldn’t wait too long. They will be gone soon.
– Penny
Both the quilts are gorgeous! You did a beautiful job on the piecing and applique! Sharonj.
I love both of the quilts. Who wouldn’t love a French chateau on their quilt? I’m also a huge hexagon fan. Great job!
The chateau is amazing. I think the quilt is just beautiful, LOVE those fabrics and your right I want to book a flight right now!
What fun it would be to make a little quilt out of your scraps!
thanks
Kathie
The border print on the two quilts will get me in trouble. It reminds me of wallpaper. Both quilt kits are very cute. I looked at the hexagon one and I saw a few fussy cuts some that included bees. The line of fabric is lovely. I bet you had fun with the applique. I did pick up some of the English thread for applique you had mentioned when I was on vacation. I have not yet had a chance to try it out.
These are beautiful… I love red, it is bold and draws you in. Someone once told me that a room should have something red in it, something to spark the room and I agree!
Those are beautiful quilts! I love all the FG fabrics.
I love the Maison De Garance quilt, and the scraps would be a real treat. Thanks so much for this giveaway. I use some kind of red in every room as accent so I’m always drawn to quilts with red.
Love the fabrics you chose–would love to get crafty with them!
Kaari is one of my favorite designers. I dream of buying yards and yards of her fabric and making curtains for my little old house. This year I’m making my first tree skirt and am using 3 fabrics from her Rouenneries collection. Thank you for this wonderful giveaway!
Beautiful quilts, I love scraps!
Thanks for the chance to win. I love both the color red and all the French General fabrics so would love to win.
What a fabulous giveaway. The quilts are just beautiful! Jamie V in MT
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Thank you for offering such a lovely giveaway. I absolutely adore anything French General and your quilts are no exception. The Maison de Garance range is just stunning and suit your quilts so incredibly well. I so look forward to anything new from French General.
Hi Tania,
I can take no credit for the wonderful designs of these quilts. Using Kaari Meng’s (the owner of French General) wonderful fabrics, I was merely the lucky stitcher on the Maison Quilt which was designed by Jon Zabala (of French General) and Keiko Clark. But, I will certainly pass your kind comments onto the others.
Penny
Thank you for this giveaway. I would love to have the scraps that came from making these wonderful samples for the quilt kits. Please enter me into the drawing. alternate email mlwright29 (at) hotmail (dot) com
What beautiful quilts, hope to make one.
The quilt is beautiful. I love the fabrics and thank you for a chance to win the scraps.
Mary
I’m just learning now how to quilt and these are beautiful. I would love to have the scraps because as you can imagine I don’t have many built up yet.
I’ve had the joy of seeing both these quilts in person and they really are spectacular.
I love the texture on the roof in contrast to the texture of the printed borders. Fabulous quilts!!! Mais, oui, it indeed encourages you to call your travel agent and book that flight!!!! How fun!
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What beautiful quilts!
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I’d love the chance to to enter this giveaway.
Thanks for the intro to the “French General” website…..I have had a lovely time looking there…both of the quilts are just gorgous…but I do have a soft spot for hexies…the kit would make a lovely xmas gift….must point hubby in the right direction and hope he gets the hint…I have probvably missed the chase at this give-a-way, but those scraps would be nice to win…LindaB
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