Fun Size Quilts Winner

Sorry to be a day late. I honestly forgot last night. 

The winner of the e-book Fun Size Quilts is:

Gill Watson and she answered:

I love hand stitching the binding on quilts ! 

Gill I will be sending you an email today and forwarding your information to Martingale.

thanks for all your wonderful answers to my question, I loved reading them this morning.

Aunt Ruthie's Farm Stand

Yep Aunt Ruthie's Farm Stand is available in my etsy shop.

I first noticed it as quilt market. This was the best picture I could get.

I tried to get the attention of red rooster reps with no acknowledgement...I gave up.

A day after market, I couldn't get this fabric line out of my head.

I went online and found another Rep, Chris, and he set me up immediately.

I am so happy I didn't give up.

It really is a beautiful line of fabric.

It is different than any I have seen recently.

I am also excited that someone did mason "ball jar" fabric.

Love It!!

It's on my etsy site. 

I take custom requests if you are looking for specific prints and yardage!

Fun Size Quilts and a Giveaway!!

Karen Burns of Martingale compiled a book of fun sized quilts 

from several quilting designers.

Each quilt is about the size or less of a fat quarter 

and can be made with fat quarters too!

My Fun Sized quilt is called Particularly Joyful. 

It was created with Basic Grey's fabric line 'Curio' by Moda, 

a beautiful line of fabric that I was certain would become a quilt....

just not immediately.

I let Curio 'age' on my stash self for a couple of years before I made this quilt.

Choosing fabric, creating patterns and hand sewing all make me 

particularly joyful...hence the name.

There was one other quilt in the book that caught my eye immediately. 

To Do List, and it's on my to do list for my sewing area.

If you would like to win an e-copy of the book Fun Sized Quilts from Martingale,

leave a comment about what part of sewing, quilting or crafting....

makes you particularly joyful.

I'll choose a winner on July 30th.

If you want 15 more chances to win, stop by Martingale's Blog to see the list of contributing authors and how to enter their giveaway.

thank,

Holidays, a sale, and a short bag

I first would like to say I hope you have a happy and safe Fourth of July!

I have made a quick trip to Florida to retrieve my kiddos from their grandparents.

In the mean time my etsy shop is up and running with a sale on every item!!

A quarter off for the 4th!.

There's no code as it's all listed with the sale prices right there.

I recently tried a new bag pattern from This and That called Short and Sweet.

It is adorable and very simple.

I picked out a mini charm pack moda candy Pedal Pushers 

by Lauren and Jessi Jung and I started cutting.

I finished one short bag which is perfect for 3-4 pens in my purse.

If you are looking for a pattern for gifts or a teen /tween this pattern is perfect.

They sew up so fast!

Anyhow, I think I'm going to make one or 2 from from Old New 30s.

I still haven't gotten over how pretty this fabric is.

Are you into the 30's reproductions?

Hexies with inspirational messages? yes please.

One of the first areas that I shop at quilt market is always

Moda (land).

That's what we call it, by we, I mean Stefanie and I.

You have to hit Moda-land first because of the mini charm packs,

and any other awesome items for sale at the booths.

At the Pittsburgh quilt market I stopped by Laundry Basket Quilts booth.

Edyta happened to have a new product for English paper piecing called

"Charms" English Piecing Shapes.

I bought quite a few sizes including 7/8" hexagons.

The very special thing about these shapes is the

inspiration words printed on them.

"joy"

"sewing forever"

"made with love"

"handmade"

and many many more.

I liked them so much I broke into my mini charm pack of 

Penny and Friends by Darlene Zimmerman to try them out.

How would they be different from Paperpieces.com or Patchwork Busy Fingers?

Well first, they are printed with sweet sayings

and the paper is quite a bit thinner.

The differences did affect how I prepared my paper pieces.

I cut my seam allowances a bit narrower so that I wouldn't cover up the sayings!

And since I use the glue baste technique, 

I needed to be careful with the paper being so thin.

That being said, I quickly got the hang of it and even though 

the paper was thinner, it folded with crisp edges.

Here is the beginning of my hand piecing. 

Sewing the thinner paper was actually easier than the stiffer card stock of other companies.

Who knew? I thought it would be more challenging but it is actually easier to manipulate. 

If you are an english paper piecer or would like to try paper piecing, 

I recommend trying a pack of these papers if you get the chance.

As I said, I bought mine at quilt market.

I also picked up 4 extra packs of the 7/8" size and 

have listed them on my etsy site if you would like to try them too.

I hope to carry more sizes in the future.

 As an added bonus this week in honor of Father's Day,

I have a sale this week on my site for 15% off entire site with code FATHER15 at checkout!

p.s. this isn't a sponsored post...unless you count my etsy site as a sponsor (;