I hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving Celebration with your family. Guys, I had to include a seam ripper in one of my blocks for the Modern Spools Sew Along, using Peta Peace's quilt pattern. I use a seam ripper only all the time!!! I stitched a tiny heart-shaped button on its shortest tip to remind me the seam rippers are my friends. These prints are so beautiful! When the spools are all finished and put together the quilt top will be very colorful and scrappy. I can't wait! This quilt … [Read more...] about Modern Spools Sew Along – Blocks 9 and 10
Promenade Pattern
This is Promenade, my new quilt pattern with one block in two color combinations making it a fast project to assemble. This one-block pattern is ideal for featuring fabrics that you love yet can't get yourself to cut them into small pieces. The quilt finishes at 54" x 70" and here are the fabrics I chose up close: Macaroons! I chose to showcase Dear Stella Designs fabric collection Parisienne as this design shows the beauty of the prints very well. Paris is on my … [Read more...] about Promenade Pattern
100 Blocks Giveaway Winner!
Good Monday, everyone! What a wonderful Block Tour Road Rally we had last week! The Quilting Company introduced us to many of the blocks published in Volume 16 of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks, hosted giveaways, and filled our week with lots of quilting inspiration. Thank you for all the wonderful comments about Best Friends Forever, my block published in that issue. And here is the winner of my own giveaway - a copy of the magazine and a copy of my pattern Snow … [Read more...] about 100 Blocks Giveaway Winner!
Moda All-Stars: All in a Row Again
Have you guys seen the latest Moda All-Stars book? All in a Row Again, compiled by Lissa Alexander and published by Martingale has fantastic rows we can assemble in a quilt or add to our own quilt designs. It is really difficult to pick a favorite! All photographs by Brent Kane for Martingale. Used with permission. I love that the rows will look great regardless of the type of fabric you use: modern, traditional, 1800s reproduction, 1930s... The designers went all out and did not skimp on … [Read more...] about Moda All-Stars: All in a Row Again
Flannel Quilt
Today I am introducing my newest pattern: Orbit. It was designed with novelty flannels by Dear Stella Designs and their latest fabric line Gravity. This quilt measures 61" x 85" and the blocks finish at 12". Since it only uses one block, this project comes together super fast! You can download the free pattern by going to Dear Stella Designs. Check out these awesome space-themed fabrics which are suitable for boys and girls: Flannels are the best and these will keep kids … [Read more...] about Flannel Quilt
Modern Spools Sew Along – Blocks 7 and 8
Hi, everyone! Here are two more blocks for the Modern Spools Sew Along using Peta Peace's pattern. No applique' blocks this time but I already have another sewing notion motif lined up. So far, here are the other blocks I made: Once we add the sashing they will look more like spools. I am loving them so far, particularly the fact that I don't need to spend too much time working on them: they are fast, and I am doing one per week (posting them every two weeks on this … [Read more...] about Modern Spools Sew Along – Blocks 7 and 8