New Sashiko Collection From Aurifil

Welcome visitors from the 100 Best Blocks Blog Tour - I'm thrilled to pieces to see my block on the cover (it's the round Rose of Sharon appliqued block in the bottom right area) - and delighted to see it's in such good company. I know you are seeing some amazing work on your Tour and I hope your heads are filled with ideas for lots of new quilts. 

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I've been neglecting my Blog recently but I don't want you to think I've been taking it easy. We (Elizabeth Phillips, my business partner and I) are working on a new book with Martingale and Co. and we can't give away any sneak peeks. Consequently, most of what I've been working on I can't show you. It's very frustrating because it's exciting and I'd love to be able to show each quilt as it's finished. 

I can share this with you however, and I love it. I have a new thread collection coming out at Spring Quilt Market - the Sashiko Collection from Aurifil Thread. I've always loved sashiko but have done almost all of it with the traditional white thread on navy blue fabric. Then I discovered that Aurifil makes a gorgeous 100% cotton 12wt thread in 250 colors. Woo hoo - I jumped right on that and chose 12 that I thought would appeal to other sashiko fans - and here they are. 

There are 4 sort of 'traditional' ones - white, off white, beige, and gray. Then I let loose and got into the yummy ones you see here. 

To show off the beautiful thread, I made this quilt to hang in the Aurifil Booth at Spring Quilt Market in Salt Lake City - and anyplace else Alex Veronelli of Aurifil wants to show it. I hope he likes it - a good way to find out will be to check Aurifil's Face Book postings - Alex isn't shy about revealing what he likes. 

Sharon Pederson

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