A Finish From Leftovers

I STILL can't share my shortcut quilt finish for the Fat Quarter Shop blog hop.  But I am going to share the little finish I made from the leftover fabric!

Any time I make a quilt design that has large "flip corners", I try and turn the bonus triangles into HSTs.  I had only ten approximately 4" little blocks to play with.

I decided to turn them into this fun little Christmas table topper.  It measures about 14" square.  I just had to dig through my holiday scraps and find an extra charm square to use framed as the center.  I then just did some crosshatch quilting to finish it up.

I was going to just put this away for a hostess gift for the holidays but I ended up gifting it already to cheer someone up who lives in a small place but loves to decorate for the holidays.

I even had a fat quarter of this cute tree print to put on the back.

Hopefully I will be able to share my big Christmas quilt soon.  The Fat Quarter Shop is still waiting for fabric to arrive for the kits.

Are you already planning your quilts for the holiday season?

Some of my longarm clients are already scheduling time on my frame for theirs.  It is hard to think about that already!

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A Super Cute Halloween Bag

I have joined forces with the Fat Quarter Shop and have a really fun trick or treat bag pattern to share with you today. I don't have any little ones so I made this for my friend's little granddaughter.

Didn't this turn out cute?

The pattern calls for three fabrics - all of these playful prints came right out of the stash.
There are so many adorable Halloween fabrics available now!

The pattern was really easy to follow along and sew.  The only change I made was to make my handles the same fabric as accent flange.

The pattern has you using a marker to draw a line to box the bottom of the bag.  As usual, I reached for my Hera marker.  It is definitely one of my favorite tools!

 Trick or Treat Carry Along Bag

 If you want to make one of these bags, it is a fun and easy project.  The perfect Halloween bag for you or a little loved one!  You can find links to the pattern here.

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Christmas in May?

Take a peek at the pretty fabrics I have put together for a quick project to make next month.

Yes, I am sewing with Christmas fabrics in May!

I am working with the Fat Quarter Shop again to make one of their wonderful patterns.  I ordered the two Bonnie & Camille Vintage Holiday charm packs and the white Kona solid but the asterisk fabric I will use on the back came from my stash.

I hope to share a finished project in a couple weeks so I had better get sewing.

Stay Tuned!

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Union Square Block QAL

 I always enjoy participating in the Fat Quarter Shop's block quilt-alongs.  They do such a great job writing patterns for some really fun traditional/vintage blocks.

This time we are making the Union Square Block.

The first thing I had to decide on was what fabric to use for my block.  I knew I wanted to use my Kona Butterscotch solid but I was torn between a modern or traditional print.

I decided on the traditional and soon had my pieces cut.  

I do like to trim my HSTs so I cut my pieces at 3" square and got out my trusty hera marker (To mark the diagonal line - I just stack up about 4 squares and crease them all at once) and my BlocLoc ruler.

And here is my lovely 12.5" Union Square Block.  You can find the complete quilt pattern here and there are links to the youtube video and other blocks here. 
There are also kits available at the FQS if you want to go that route.

 My plan is to make a few more and turn them into an autumn tablerunner.  And maybe, I can get it done before Fall gets here!

The Fat Quarter Shop has many wonderful free patterns available on their website.  You can find many of them here. 

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Jolly Bar Meringue QAL with FQS

I recently had the opportunity to participate in another of the Fat Quarter Shop's Shortcut Quilt Series.  I love these simple patterns that use precuts so I joined in immediately!

  In a previous post, I shared this photo showing my fabric choices and the Creative Grids ruler needed for this project.  This pattern uses Jolly Bars, a Fat Quarter Shop exclusive.  

I chose the Hop, Skip and a Jump! collection by American Jane.  I have always loved the vintage feel of this Moda designer.

Today I can finally show my finished quilt. The Jolly Bar precut was the perfect size to make each block.  I am really pleased with how it turned out.

I have a few other specialty rulers that make a HRT (half rectangular triangle), but I have to say I really thought this one by Creative Grids was a lot easier than most.  Plus, many of you know I like big blocks and the size of this ruler allows a bigger block with ease.  I love that!

I used a white Kona for the background.  It worked perfectly with this collection.  The quilt just need a simple swirl quilting to finish it up.

I was also able to pick up this perfect backing in the clearance section when I ordered the Jolly Bar and ruler for the project.

This little shortcut quilt is cute, cute, cute!

The free pattern (and helpful video) can be found over on the Jolly Jabber blog if you want to make one of your own!

Finished size = 48" x 48".

In fact, the Fat Quarter Shop has a kit you can order which makes the process even easier!

This was the first time I have used a 5" x 10" Jolly Bar.  It is a great size and I am sure I will be using one again in the future.

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Pretty Pincushion Blog Remix

The Fat Quarter Shop has been recently running a fun event where they are bringing life back to some of their old projects through Blog Remixes.  So of course I wanted to play along!

I was given the opportunity to choose my project and I picked the Pretty Pincushion project by Sherri McConnell.  You can find the tutorial and assembly video here.

To participate, all I had to do is use the pattern to make a fun little pincushion.  The pattern is written to use charm squares - so I went to my scraps and found lots of  leftover squares from previous projects.

But once I started pulling fabrics, I had a hard time stopping at just one pincushion.

Working in an assembly line process, I soon had a rainbow of pretty pincushions!

They are so cute, I really want to keep them all for myself....but I guess I will share them.

I can always make more 😉

Follow along with FQS on  their blog  Facebook, or Instagram to see all of the projects in the Blog Remix series.  There are lots of great gift ideas to get you started on your holiday sewing!

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Odori Quilt Along Event with Fat Quarter Shop and AGF

It is really hard for me to keep what I am working on a secret.  You know I love to share!

But about a month ago, I was asked by the Fat Quarter Shop to participate in the Odori Quilt Along from their AGF (Art Gallery Fabric) Stitched series.

First, I had to choose from all the lovely Art Gallery Fabrics what prints I would use in my quilt.  I decided to go with these Pat Bravo prints from her Indie Boheme Collection.



















The quilt is made using the Spiderweb Ruler by Creative Grids.  It was fun to assemble and see all of the pretty prints come together!

Here is a block all ready to assemble!

And here is the quilt all finished up and quilted!

You can find the free pattern here if you would like to make this quilt.

There is also a kit featuring the Love Story Collection by Maureen Cracknell that is lovely if you want to make the fabric selections easy!

On the back, I used this coral bird fabric from the same collection.  So pretty!

There are a number of bloggers participating in this event.  You can see their quilts featured on the Fat Quarter Shop's blog, Facebook and Instagram accounts.  Just look for the hashtags #odoriquit #agfstitched and #fqsquiltalong.

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