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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Designer Challenge: Part 1 and Part 2

How good are you at recognizing designer patterns, styles, fabrics, and works by famous people, etc? If you have been a follower of my blog, for awhile, you probably know I've been trying to build my skills in being able to recognize designers by their work (and ultimately the work of their students).

In part one of Designer Challenge posts, I share photos of quilts made by the designer that I'm showcasing in this challenge. The challenge is to see if you can look at the collection of photos I'm sharing and correctly guess who the designer is.

The first person to correctly guess the designer of this quilt will be recognized in part two of this post, as well as be recognized on Designer Challenge Page of my blog.

This post will be updated (aka Part 2), once someone has correctly guessed who the designer is. If, no one correctly guesses the designer, within a reasonable time, I will add more clues, with the goal of closing this challenge within 24 hours of this post.


PART II 

Who Guessed it: Julie (non-blogger)

Who is this designer: Kari M. Carr (New Leaf Stitches)

Kari is a designer, teacher, author, quilter and overall, a very talented lady.


Her pattern design house, New Leaf Stitches, has many cute patterns from table toppers, wall hanging, purses, to quilts.  She is also well known for her "Clearly Perfect Angles" tool that helps quilters sew perfect Angles!


Cari has also recently released her first book "Just Around the Corner: quilts with easy mitred corners", which was published by Martingale & Company, home of That Patchwork Place.   And, she is celebrating the release of this new book with a blog hop and giveaway that starts on September 4th.  I hope you'll mark your calendar and visit the blogs participating in this celebration next week: 

Sun., Sept 4th - Kari (New Leaf Stitches)
Mon., Sept 5th - SewCalGal
Tues., Sept 6th - Pat Sloan
Wed., Sept 7 - Heidi (Hens and Chicks Studio)
Thurs., Sept 8 - Sherri (A Quilting Life)
Fri., Sept 9th - Roseanne (Rosebud's Cottage)



Related links:
New Leaf Stitches:  http://www.newleafstitches.com/
Kari's blog:  http://newleafstitches.posterous.com/
Martingale & Company:  http://www.martingale-pub.com