Celebrate the winter holidays with holly, berries and poinsettias!

The "Peppermint Poinsettias" pattern has easy to read instructions complete with drawings to show you how to piece the block together and appliqué the flowers. The vase is a striped red & white fabric that when pieced, turns into a peppermint vase. The yellow centers of the Poinsettias are 3-dimensional "yo-yo's"!

Block finishes 20" x 20" and would make a lovely holiday gift!

 

 

  

 

 

 

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Quilt Pattern Designer:  Melissa Harris & Arlene Stamper

 

 

Question and Answer with Arlene and Melissa

 

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Arlene & Melissa:

The Quilt Company is a mother & daughter team of designers. Arlene started quilting in 1981 when a friend invited her to an adult education quilt class. Melissa helped Arlene make quilts as she grew up but got seriously into the quilt industry when they started The Quilt Company business in 1999. Melissa started to think about having a family and thought that a home-based business would be the way to go. As a result, Arlene and Melissa formed The Quilt Company and have been going strong ever since!

 

FreeQuiltPatterns: 

What is your favorite pattern that you have designed?

 

Arlene & Melissa: 

We both agree our favorite pattern is Heart & Home, a Block of the Month pattern that we designed a few years ago.

 

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What do you enjoy doing when you aren’t quilting?

 

Arlene & Melissa:

Melissa has an 8 year old daughter, Lauren, so there isn’t a lot of free time! We both love afternoon tea. We also take an annual retreat after Fall Quilt Market to a Bed & Breakfast in our nearby mountains. We both love home decorating & change our home décor by the season.

 

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What is your favorite quilt related memory?

 

Arlene & Melissa: 

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Tell us a little about your family.

 

Arlene & Melissa:

Melissa and Arlene live within 20 minutes of each other as the crow flies. So we get together all the time as well as for parties and celebrations. We just had a July 4th party at Melissa’s house. Family and friends came to eat, swim and watch the local fireworks from the backyard. Our husbands golf together so unfortunately, we are golf widows. Lauren entertains us at every turn, we go to her karate class, watch her jump in the pool and go to see movies like “Shrek” & “Marmaduke” with her! Lauren is already helping The Quilt Company by stuffing patterns too!

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