Take 5 Fat Quarters..review

Take 5 Fat Quarters is another awesome book from my friend Kathy Brown
THE Teacher's Pet.
If you haven't heard about Take 5 before,
it is as simple as picking 5 coordinating fat quarters and a background
and voila....
a quilt.

Super easy and stunning quilts.
Again, my to-do list just grew....by 3 quilts at least.

Check out Take 5 Quilts on Shop Martingale for a complete look

at all the quilts in the book.

Great value in this book.

Jolly Bar Winner

Karen of Badlands Quilts is the winner of a Jolly Bar from the Fat Quarter Shop!

Karen,

I have emailed you for your information.

Black Friday Sale Event!!

Please check out my 

Black Friday sale at my etsy shop !

50% off all clearance items

35% off all regular priced items 

No coupon needed.

Sale ends at midnight eastern standard time 11/28/14

Urban Amish Review

Oh my gosh, where do I begin?

I may be a terrible book reviewer.

What do you say about it? 

The instructions are spot on....??

They are. 99.9% of That Patchwork Place books are spot on

This book is chock full of cool patterns.

Urban Amish, that is, by Myra Harder.

Have you seen it?

I will be honest, I wasn't too keen on the cover quilt.

In fact, I wasn't even going to consider this book based on the cover.

I know, horrible, right?

Well have you ever that? judge a book by it's cover?

I'm so glad that I opened it.

Look at the quilt ideas!

My to do list just grew by 5 quilts.

I can't say which one I like best...

they are all tempting in their own ways like this

shabby vintage feel nine patch quilt.

 It's true, I don't know the names of these quilts, 

I haven't gotten past the pretty colors and awesome designs.

So yeah, I'm not that great at reviewing books.

Lucky for you, I have a whole lot of books that I have been meaning to talk about.

You've been warned (;

Jolly Bar Weekend

It's true, I sewed all weekend. 

I am so happy :))

I rarely have the chance to sit and sew an entire weekend!

When I saw the fat quarter shop had a new pre-cut fabric, 

I had to get my hands on one.

It's called the

Jolly Bar

A 5" x 10" bar of sweet fabric goodness.

I don't know about you but the name "jolly bar"

 made me think of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie.

I half expected to find a golden ticket inside...

anyway,

I am a big fan of decorating through the year.

I know, I know, Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming....

but the fabric Red, White and Free by Sandy Gervais was available and I thought, 

"cool, I can make a 4th of July Patriot wall-hanging out of it".

So I set out to use the most of my Jolly Bar.

I modified the rectangles slightly by cutting a 1/2" here or there.

I used the left overs for a pieced back.

The 'center' of the back is Minnick and Simpson's Lexington Stars.

I sewed the top on Saturday, pieced the batting and the backing, and quilted it on Sunday.

Unfortunately, I didn't buy binding yet nor do I have a suitable print at this house.

At any rate, I love how it turned out.

 I have already packed it in my suitcase bound for home where it will be proudly displayed on my dining room table.

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There are other fabric lines featured in a Jolly Bar as well 

and each have a free quick quilt pattern sent with them.

Check the Fat Quarter Shop for more info.

Quick Note from me...

Can you believe I am posting? 

Me either BUT I have to share about 

my etsy site sale this weekend.

20% off 

most items as a Pre-Thanksgiving..thank you.

I have been continuing to organize my sewing space 

and although there is A LOT more left...

it's looking pretty sweet.

I have even been sewing, 

more on that on Monday....