WIP Wednesday

Good afternoon Ya'all,

It's a gorgeous day here in California. The sun is out, the wind is blowing... the wind would be nice if it didn't stir up all the pollen and throw it around. lol

I'm working on my Pats Gems pattern. I'm doing a Saturday special on it next month (a free pattern for you all) and I'm testing  and tweaking so it's ready to go.

 

Don't you just love these vibrant, beautiful colors! Mostly it's the Simply Color line, by Vanessa and Co.

I had to throw a few solids and some Chevrons in there too.

Linking up with Lee.

Have a great day.

 

Saturday Special

Hello Folks,

Next month, I'm hosting a Saturday special over on the Q&N! It's my Pats Gems pattern, and it will be free for one month, then I'll take it down.

 We would love for you to come over and spend the day or part of the day, sewing along with us. Sharing what fabrics you're using, and posting pictures of your progress along the way.

It's an easy pattern that was made with charm packs in mind. Layer cakes are easily used also. And if you have yardage to use instead, that works too. You will be using 5" squares for the quilt. So even scraps will work. You will need five different colors. The quilt measures roughly 54"x70".

You will need seventy-five 5" squares: These are the colors I used. I bought 2 charm packs to make it.

10 green
  9 pink
12 purple
24 blue
20 orange
     

You will also need 2.5 yrds of a contrasting background fabric. You want your five colors to really stand out against the background.

If you have FQ's, you can use them too! Here is the run down on that... (Thanks Pat!) Cut them into 5" squares.

1 green
1 pink
1 purple
2 blue
2 orange

Here is my original Pat's Gems pattern.

But I changed it up a bit for my Saturday Special. The one we will be making is larger, without the pieced border.

Coming up in May

Hello Everyone,

May is a busy month for me, quilty wise. I have decided to jump back on the band wagon and start doing some blog hops thru Sew We Quilt.

The first one is 'It's for the birds'. My Grandma was born May 1st, so I thought this would be a great theme for her birthday gift. She will be 90 this year. Here is sneak peek. I don't know what day I am hopping yet, I'll let you know though.

Then I joined "Say it with Flowers" blog hop too, later in the month. These are the fabrics I'll be using for that. I won a gift certificate to Quilting Lodge  on last's months  A year of finishes! Thanks Shanna and Melissa. And this is what I bought, Flea Market Fancy and a solid to match.

Our forum is starting to do some Saturday Specials again. On May 18th , I will be doing my Pats Gems pattern as a free pattern. I will leave the pattern up for one month, then take it down. It's a fun pattern, and is easy to make. You have to be a member of our forum, to get the pattern.

A fun month for me, I hope you all stick around for the fun.

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On another note. Christa, from Christa quilts, is having a fun giveaway every week for a YEAR! You'll see her button on my side bar, to the left. How cool. Thanks Christa. She has a great little store too, you should check it out.

Fabric shopping

  Hello All,

I hope you're enjoying some lovely Fall weather. It's beautiful here. Cool at night, warm in the day.

My shopping spree this week:

I bought this gorgeous FQ bundle of Chevrons from Fabric Worm. I  love the tone on tone colors. These are going into Isaiahs I spy quilt.

I am still in love with the Sunkissed fabric line by Sweetwater I found these on sale at Heirloom Patch, for only $6.99 a yard!! (If you decide to buy from this place, beware...the shipping is SLOW!)

 

I will be using the small pinstrip for Isaih's quilt.

And I think I'll pare up this gray with these lovely charms, Simply Color by Vanessa and Co. Which I got from Green Fairy quilts. She is still having a great sale on her precuts!

I think I am going to make another 4patch quilt, like this one. Only bigger. With the gray/Simply Color. And would like to know if anyone would be interested in doing a follow along?

Have a great day.