Marcia Layton Designs, LLC - Marcia's Blog

See you in Venice (Florida that is)!

3/5/2020

A celebration of 100 years of women’s accomplishments.

Friday, March 6th, 9 am to 5pm
Saturday, March 7th 9am to 4pm

Venice Community Center
326 Nokomis Ave S.
Venice, Florida 34285

$8 at the door and $14 for both days

Dedicated to the accomplishments of women during the past 100 years.

Come join us for the fun.

Look for Marcia Layton Designs booth at the show.

Exciting News! My Online Store is Open!

1/28/2020

2020 is starting off with some exciting news. This week marks the opening of my online store!
For those of you who can’t find my patterns at your local quilt store or make it to the shows I attend, you’ll now find all of my patterns available for order on the website.
I’m also happy to be featuring a new pattern, Pretty Mermaid, for release this month.
This colorful 53 ½” x 66 ½” lap-size quilt is embellished with rick rack, ribbon, buttons and Yo-Yos! of course.

Port St. Lucie, Florida

1/28/2020

February will be the start of my 2020 quilt show season.
First stop will be in Port Saint Lucie, Florida for the
“Quilting in Paradise show”.
I’ll be there February 6-8 in booth 32!

PORT SAINT LUCIE CRAZY QUILTERS
Proudly Presents its
13th Biennial Quilt Show
Quilting in Paradise
February 6 – 8, 2020
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday
Port Saint Lucie Civic Center
9221 SE Civic Center Place
Port St. Lucie, Florida
FREE PARKING
Buses of 25 or more, please
Contact: Quiltshow@pslcrazyquilters.org

Notice: Please excuse the appearance as my Website undergoes a major update! Purchasing of my patterns will be available from the updated site.

12/8/2019

Dinosaurs Make Their Debut!

12/8/2019

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This prehistoric scene comes alive with a cast of colorful dinosaurs embellished with rickrack, buttons and yo-yos. This whimsical lap size quilt fits nicely across the top of a twin or full size bed and looks great as a decoration for the wall of a child's room. Have fun picking the fabrics for your dinosaurs! The colors listed in the pattern are only suggestions.
Marcy

Hitting the Trail to Maine

7/18/2019

All roads in Maine lead to Augusta next week as the Pine Tree Quilters Guild, Inc. presents its 42nd Annual Show “Maine Quilts 2019” at the Augusta Civic Center. Betty Sadow and I are on our way looking forward to displaying our latest quilt designs and to again taste some of that delicious Maine lobster.
If you are in the area drop by our booth #15 in the air-conditioned center. We’ll need that with the brutal temperatures that have invaded the east.
Hope to see you there,
Marcia

Atlanta Here We Come!

5/30/2019

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Moving On!
After a great quilt show in Rochester, NY, we are headed for Atlanta and will be at the Quilt Show & Market presented by the East Cobb Quilters Guild. It's coming up this Thursday through Saturday, so if you are in the Atlanta area, come on out to see us in booth 16.

Hitting the Road Again!

5/6/2019

It's Spring and the quilt shows are in full bloom. I'll be heading up to Flat Rock, North Carolina and then on up to Rochester, New York this month to vend at these great shows. Lots of wonderful quilts and great vendors to check out. Hope to see you there!

"Garden of Quilts"
Where: Bonclarken Conference Center
Flat Rock, NC
When: May 17 - 18, 2019
Hours:
Friday 5/17: 10am - 5pm
Saturday 5/18: 10am - 4pm

Upcoming Shows!

1/12/2019

Watch out for these two shows. I'll be there with all of my patterns and supplies.
ML

New Towel Patterns

11/2/2018

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This fall I’ve been back to work on new designs for tea towels. I’ve been focusing on the seasons and designs with birds, flowers and bugs. So far I’ve got Summer Blooms, Fall Fest and Winter Charm printed and ready to go. Spring designs will follow in the next month or so.
Sometimes as I’m working on the patterns I do wonder about where my head is… Just after we took the photos for the Fall Fest cover and the cover was being designed, I realized my spider on the candy corn towel only had six legs! Thank heaven for photoshop that saved him from being less than a spider should be…..
But that particular towel continues to be a problem! After the cover was finished and off to the printer, I got busy making more samples of the towels. It was then that I realized that I had mixed up the order of the colors of the candy corn on the original towel. This is while I’m sewing with a generous supply of the candy, one of my favorites, at my side!
Oh, well, I’ll claim it’s creative license but you and I both know that yellow is on the bottom of a real piece of candy corn!
Marcia