Well, I am a little late on sharing my Month 3 of the Dragon Fruit Block of the Month, but everyone knows the week between Christmas and New Years doesn't count :) This awesome quilt along is hosted by Fat Quarter Shop and I had so much fun piecing the blocks this month (especially the purple ones :)
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Thursday, January 9, 2025
Dragon Fruit BOM - Month 3 (a little late)
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Works in Progress - 2 x 2 x 2
So ya know how at the beginning of the year you just feel like you need to finish everything up from the previous year so you can have a nice fresh start . . . well, that is what I have been doing this last week, kind-of ;) Today I am sharing 2 old WIP, 2 old/new WIP, and 2 new WIP. So ya, a little of everything, because once I started working on the 2 old projects, I figured I was ready for that fresh start to begin on 2 new projects :)
First up . . . the 2 older WIP . . . Remember those four patch leaders and ender blocks . . . Well, I finally got around to figuring out the math and piecing the four patch blocks into rows.
The Hey Boo panel prints needed a little 1" border so they are the same size as the four patch blocks, and I decided I will do the binding in that same Grunge Lead. The blocks are sewn into rows and now I just need to sew the rows together and add a four patch border. I can't wait to get this one all put together, it is just so cute Halloween!!!
I am starting a new Shortcut Quilt. Yes, these are my favorite because they are always so fun and so fast!! I am using Groove Fabric which will come out in a few months (I just might have had some large scraps from some secret sewing :) And since this fabric is so Groovy, I decided to use a Groovy Background color of Blue Chill. This is going to be so fun and because it is a Shortcut Quilt I will have it together in no time at all!!
And finally, I started preparing for a class I am taking next month at the Quilty Friends retreat. The class is called Pumpkin Roll (Sorry, I don't have a link to the pattern as it was in an old magazine that the teacher got permission to share for the class) and it has inset circles!! So I got all my pieces cut out in scrappy whites, blacks, and solid reds so that I can make another SUU quilt ;) And of course, I cut a few extra pieces so that I could practice "inset circles". This was my second practice and I am feeling much better than the first practice. Lets just say 8 pins worked much better than 4 pins ;)
So that is what I have been working on the last week. What have you been up to??
Monday, January 6, 2025
Corry Changes
Things have been changing in the last little bit at the Corry Household.
Our daughter Jessica, who was serving her mission in Peru, arrived home December 26th. Jessi has experienced some crippling anxiety attacks on her mission leading to periods of severe depression. It was decided that she needed to be transferred home to work on her mental health. She was very emotional with that decision but has quickly seen that this is God's plan for her. She is currently serving from home as a service missionary in the St George mission while she gets help anxiety and depression. We are so excited to have her back home. We asked her how much we could share and her response was: "you can share it all, I feel like the more we hide mental illness the harder it is for those who suffer to seek help".
And she is so very right!! Both her Father and I also deal with mental illness. Which is why we have talked about it so much with our Children and made it a very safe topic in our home. I am so grateful that our daughter felt comfortable sharing her struggles with us so that she could get help. And that is the wonderful thing is that there is help! I am a very Happy Quilter, Happy Mom, Happy Wife, and soon to be Happy MIL, thanks to amazing help from medication and therapy. So please, if you are struggling with anxiety or depression, seek help. If you don't know where to start looking for help or just want to talk with someone who has been through the throws of it, please don't hesitate to email me. (happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com) It is an illness that can be treated and there is hope.
Kristian was working after we picked her up from the airport, so we drove from there to Hermies to visit him. |
And I just hinted at the other big change coming to the Corry Household . . . Spencer (our oldest) is engaged!!! He will be Married and Sealed to the amazing Michelle Eisert on March 8th!! We are so very excited to have Michelle in our family. They are just so wonderful together and I am so excited to be a Mom in Law :) There has been lots of fun going on the last few weeks with all of the wedding preparations. And the newest preparation for the wedding . . .
Will be to make this adorable Fairy Garden Quilt. Fairy Garden is the theme for their reception and I was just so excited when I found this pattern as I knew it would be perfect. The reception colors are dusty pink and dusty blue so I am using South Hill to make it. The fabric just arrived yesterday so I can't wait to get working on it ;)
And ya know, I had to find a way to bring in a quilt in this post ;)
I hope you are all having a wonderful 2025 so far!!!
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
$5 Pattern of the Month - Andromeda!!!
I am so excited for this new Monthly Feature here at Happy Quilting!!! Each month, I will choose one Happy Quilting Pattern that will be just $5.00 all month in my Etsy Shop ;) And we are starting out with Andromeda!!!
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Wrapping Up 2024
It's my favorite post of the year where I get to see what I have been up to all year ;) 2024 was another amazing year for Happy Quilting! I have enjoyed making so many Happy Quilts and spending time here on the blog and in person with so many Happy Quilters! This year I completed 41 Quilts and also a whole bunch of quilt tops that still need to be quilted, somehow there just aren't enough hours in the day to quilt them all. I might need another quilting marathon in 2025 :)
And I know I can't adequately put this in words, but I just want to say a huge Thank You to all of my Happy Quilting readers!!! You all are the best and make what I do each and every day so enjoyable. I can't wait to share 2025 with you all ;)
So lets say farewell to 2024, and here's looking to 2025 filled with lots and lots of Happy Quilting!!!