Special Quilt for an Important Cause

The International Quilt Market took place in Portland, OR in May. Moda Fabrics (one of our favorite fabric lines at Quilting in the Country) was there and created quite a stir with this quilt. 

Isn’t it stunning? It is one of the Howard Marcus’ “Collections for a Cause” fabric lines. Howard Marcus is the owner of Moda Fabric and these fabrics are inspired by antique quilts in his personal collection. You may be familiar with some of the previous lines that raised money for groups such as The Alzheimers Association, UNICEF and Habitat for Humanity. This line of fabric will support St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

I’d like for you to have a little background information on the original quilt. Here is what is written in Moda’s fabric preview book:

“This beautiful quilt from the Howard Marcus Collection is from Virginia. It is believed to have been made by Anner Patrick Bousseau. The fabrics featured in the quilt are from 1825-1840. The quilt was passed down through her descendants.

There are over 1700-3” clamshell segments, plus partial clamshells in the quilt. The dress and home décor fabrics used, all prints, range from dark browns to medium browns, gold, double pink, indigo, Prussian blue. All were set with tan solid clamshells. The border is a golden brown toile or possibly chintz faded to beige that has regular ovals featuring the head and shoulders of a courting couple. She holds a rose and he, in uniform, offers a ring.”

Don’t worry, there aren’t 1700 clamshells in the updated version! (Unless you want to order two kits and make it bigger!) The original quilt was 96” X 115” and Moda’s new one is 61” X 69”. The kit will include over 600 laser cut pieces to make the clamshells as well as border and binding fabric. This quilt may be a bit challenging for a beginner but the laser cut pieces make construction much simpler and faster.
We want to make sure you have an opportunity to order this one—of—a—kind kit and support a great cause as well. We need to place our order for this kit by the end of June and the kits will ship to us (and then to you) this September. It’s truly a beautiful quilt. We hope you’ll be as taken with it as we are. We are offering a special to those of you who order the kit before June 30th of 10% off the original price of $184.99. Order online or call the shop to place an order: 406-587-8216. "Love" Kit