Happy Halloween!
And today is definitely a day for treats from us to you!
Check out today’s Deal of the Day for your code to save 15% storewide on purchases over $25.00.
One day only, so don’t delay!
This offer is also valid in the shop today, just mention you saw it on the blog!
It’s the perfect time to start working on those new Christmas stockings!
What about giving them as gifts this year, of course stuffed with all kinds of goodies! As a child, we were guaranteed the Life Savers ”book” that had like 10 rolls. ahh…memories!
Also newly listed is the Love Ring kit. No curved piecing!
We also restocked the Hunter’s Star and Mondo Bag, this fall’s biggest sellers!
Here’s a little tip: you can get 2 Mondo bags from 1 jelly roll! So be sure to check out our precuts!
We have been feeling like seasonal projects lately, so whipped up this prairie point wall hanging
Great activity for hotel room…bring a baggie of 2.5” squares. Make up a jillion prairie points while waiting for your event to start/bedtime! I couldn’t settle on the quilting, so I quilted in the ditch between the background & border & then used the machine embroidery for the remainder of the quilting.
And I also finished around 10 feet yards of yo-yo garland for our shop Christmas tree
I used metallic floss for my stringer. I think the best way to keep these from tangling in the “ off season” is to wrap them around a cardboard or plastic piece. This one tangled just walking across the shop with it. I made the garland in 3 sections; just easier that way. These are the Large Clover Yo-yo maker-size.
Hope you enjoy our recent fabric adventures!
I am linking up with Sarah…go see what other cool projects got finished/made progress this week!
I fell in love with the 12 Days of Christmas panel by Kate Spain the second I saw it.
I was jubilant to find a free pattern for a wall hanging, but uh-oh what’s that in the center? Applique! EEK!
I am a lover of applique, or I should say of OTHER’s applique. I do enjoy the occasional raw edge, fused project. But hand applique is just not in my love-of-quilting tool kit; maybe one day when life slows down a bit.
Now, applique yo-yo’s? That’s the perfect kind of applique for me. Same goes for English paper pieced hexi’s. No raw edges, no fuss, no muss, no bother!
I used the Large (orange) Clover yo-yo maker for the tree & trunk, and the small & extra small makers for the ornaments. I used metallic DMC floss to make the ribbons on each ornament.
I quilted with Aurifil variegated thread that moves between red, green, cream & just a hint of white (luv luv).
Backed with a crazy quilt Christmas fabric by Debbie Mumm & bound with a candy cane stripe from the same line.
The red dot is from Saltbox Harvest by Deb Strain & the green is Robert Kaufman. Those are accented by the rich gold marble.
There are so many ways to stretch your quilting muscle. Don’t shrug off a pattern just because it employs a technique you don’t know or don’t enjoy. Get out there & make projects your own.
I am linking up this post with “Can I get a Whoop Whoop?!” Pop over & see what some very talented quilters whipped up this week!
Last weekend, I had the fun of heading south to the land of cotton
for a quilt show with the Heritage Quilters of Huntsville.
(requisite shot of the Space & Rocket Center)
It’s been a long time since I’ve been “home” and the visit was not long enough.
The HQH FanFare was a wonderful show & it was so refreshing to see mostly pieced quilts on display. I love applique, but patchwork is my true love so I was in heaven!
Unfortunately, my camera was in Tennessee, so my pictures are via the cell phone. Not bad, considering, but you will have to forgive the unfocussed shots.
Enjoy!
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Stitch on the line, flip, fuse = FANTASTIC!
You’ve seen our Mondo bag & our Hunter’s Star quilts. Now check out all the patterns I have yet to delve into!
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It’s almost time for my annual personal scrap busting adventure, and just in time, the 2nd volume of Sew Scrappy has arrived!
Packed with 23 projects, I am sure to make a nice dent in those baskets ( & baskets) of scraps!
The limited edition is only $12.99, or about 50 cents a pattern!
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