Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!!

It's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day so let's have some fun :)

But first, we need to announce the winner from last weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!!  

The winner of the 3 Happy Quilting PDF Patterns is . . .  Number #152 . . .   Congrats dln!!!   I have emailed you :)      

   

     

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by  Lou Lou's Fabric Shop .    Did you know that Jamie makes a new Lou Lou Bundle every Tuesday . . . there are so many to choose from and they are all just stunning!!!  Along with hosting the giveaway, Jamie is having a  Fantastic Sale with with lots of amazing discounts!!!!  You are so going to want to check this out :)    

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is for some shopping goodness!!  Lou Lou's Fabric Shop is offering one lucky reader a $25.00 Gift Certificate perfect to use on anything in the store, including any of the awesome Lou Lou Bundle's!!  Just perfect!!!!

You have two entry chances, the second being optional, and please leave a separate comment for each.  All Entries are welcome, including International Entries.   Please just be sure to leave an email address if you are a no-reply blogger ;)  

ENTRY 1 - Simply leave a comment that tells me if you like Camping and if yes, where??  (I am certainly getting my fill of camping these 2 weeks :)  

 ENTRY 2 - Lets show Lou Lou's Fabric Shop some Love!!!!   You can follow them on   Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or Instagram.  Or you can follow their blog or  visit The Shop and then share a favorite item ;)   Just be sure to leave a comment of how you showed your Lou Lou's Fabric Shop Love!!!

And that's it ;)  The giveaway will be open until next Tuesday, July 24th  when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

Tidbits :)

So just a few things to quickly mention today :)

1 - It has come to my attention that the comments that you leave on the blog are sadly no longer being emailed to me.  Apparently blogger did some update and this got messed up.   I can click a button to have a notification of comments, but I can't email back as the notification is no-reply.   So until blogger gets this fixed, I will be trying to respond to all comments directly in the comment section of that post.  So if you are super sweet and leave me a lovely comment, you can find my response directly below your comment.  (just give me a little bit to respond :)

2 - It's going to be a little quiet around here for the next 2 weeks.  I have a family reunion and a week long girls camp and I have been so busy getting ready for both I didn't have any time to do some scheduled posts.   Sorry about that, but I know you all get how summer goes :)

3 - But I have a little something to make up for it!!!!   I have designed the quilt for the Annual Happy Quilting Quilt Along!!!   I will be sharing more soon, but I need to get some of the behind the scenes stuff worked out first.   But I just couldn't wait to share that it's in the works and that it's STARS!!!!!  Yup, you know I love em and we all love making them and this Star design is going to be so much fun!!!  I can't wait to share more ;)


And those are the tidbits :)   And just because I think every post should have at least one pretty picture . . . . How about this stack of Rainbow Goodness from Corey Yoder's new Sunnyside Up :)

Happy Quilting!!! 

Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!!

It's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day so let's have some fun :)

But first, we need to announce the winner from last weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!!  

The winner of the Christmas Figs Jelly Roll from Green Fairy Quilts is . . .  Number #61 . . .   Congrats Patty!!!   I have emailed you :)      

   

     

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by Happy Quilting!!!  Yup, little ole me today ;)  No need to tell you about any specials here, so let's get right to the giveaway ;)  One lucky winner will be receiving their choice of 3 Happy Quilting PDF Patterns.    

You have two entry chances, the second being optional, and please leave a separate comment for each.  All Entries are welcome, including International Entries.  Please just be sure to leave an email address if you are a no-reply blogger ;)  

ENTRY 1 - Simply leave a comment telling me what is making you Happy today ;)  

 ENTRY 2 - Show your Happy Quilting love. You can follow Happy Quilting on Bloglovin, Email Updates, or RSS to get daily updates.  Or you can like Happy Quilting on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or Flickr.   Any one way will do . . . Just be sure to leave a comment of how you showed your Happy Quilting Love!!!

And that's it ;)  The giveaway will be open until next Tuesday, July 17th, when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

Radio Show Follow Up ;)

I want to say a huge Thank You to Pat Sloan for having me on her podcast last Monday!!!  Also a huge thank you  to everyone who tuned in to hear me  on American Patchwork and Quilting Radio!!!  It s oh so much fun!!!  If you were not able to listen live, you can still go to here and listen to the podcast ;)  And yes, I say Fun like a billion times in the podcast, what can I say, I am Happy Quilting :)

And I have been getting a few emails with questions on some of the things we discussed, so I wanted to follow up on those questions here.  So . . . Here are the "links" to more info on all of the fun little topics that Pat and I chatted about. 

First off, we discussed my Splendid Sampler finish.  Several people have emailed me asking to see the finish.  So here it is, and you can go to my post here to read all about it's finish and process, and layout, and so on ;)

Second, Pat and I chatted about my blogs 8 year anniversary and the joy I have in writting and being able to share my love of quilting on this blog.   What I didn't say here, and wanted a do over the second I hung up the phone, was that I love that by blog allows me to interact with all of you.  I have made so many wonderful friends through this blog!!!!  I love reading your comments and can't thank you enough for your help when I find myself questioning what border print to use, or what way to quilt something.  You are always so great to step in and help!!!!   And that's why I keep coming back now for 8 years to write.   It's because of you all!!!

We also got talking about blogs and how they make it so much easier to share tutorials.  And I mentioned that I now have over 100 tutorials on the blog from the last 8 years and how I recently reorganized my tutorials to make them easier to find what you are looking for.   And I have had a few emails asking where to find these.   And the quick answer is the Tabs at the top of this page.  And for more details, I actually wrote a post here, with details on how things were reorganized and how to find what you are looking for ;)

And then Pat asked a bit about how I keep organized in keeping track of my projects.  And I shared some of the ways that I do that on the show that you can hear here.  Then we talked a little more about how I get the most out of each day.   I wrote up a post back here on my little "schedule" and how I can squeeze the most out of my day to try and be as productive as I can with the hours I have. (and as I mentioned on the show, that's kind of out the window in Summer ;)   My baby girl is going to 1st grade in the Fall so I am anticipating a little more sew time, but I figure I should probably leave some time for laundry, and dinner and the like ;)   But ya, for years now it has been chain stitch in the afternoon on 3 - 4 projects, and then Press in the evening after the kids go to bed while my sweethearts watches ESPN.  It works!! 
But as I mentioned on the show,  I do try to have one or two quilts that I am working on in the midst of all of the "assembly line" quilts that are more long term that I make 1 block at a time so that I can still have that enjoyment of working of completing each block,  and seeing the quilt come together over a lengthy period of time.   A few of you emailed about my  newest Long Term Project, the Moda Dessert Sampler, and you can see more about its start here ;) 

And I think that just about covers all of the questions that I have gotten since the radio show.  If you have a question that I missed following up on, please don't hesitate to email me at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com.   I just love hearing from you all.

Thanks again for Tuning In and have a Happy Quilting Day!!

Friendship Quilt Along Door Stop

When my wonderful friend Amanda Herring asked if I wanted to make a block from her new Friendship Quilt Along, I was totally in.  I absolutely love Applique and a lot of these blocks are all about super fun applique, and what better way to celebrate friendship than with a Quilt Along!!!   And since I knew I didn't have time to make the entire quilt, I turned my Warm Block into something I have been wanting for my sewing room forever, a cute little door stop ;)  I just love it!!! 

This is the Friendship Quilt Along quilt and thanks to Amanda for the gorgeous picture!!!  This quilt is a celebration of the friendships we make and uses Amanda's newest fabric line, Hello Lovely.  Which as you can see, it just so pretty!!!   This week is only block 6, so if you haven't joined in yet, you still have plenty of time to get in on all the fun ;)

You need the Friendship Quilt Templates for a lot of the blocks.   And I loved working with these templates.  They are super sturdy and easy to use.   And the shapes are all wonderfully interchangeable, so I can see using them again and again on future projects ;)   I love to Machine Applique!!!    If you have never appliqued before, I have a basic Applique Video Tutorials over here and a more complex Layered Applique Tutorial over here.  Both will show you how I like to Machine Applique :)  

And of course, if it is for my sewing room, you know it had to be purple right!!!   I picked out several shades of purple to make sure that the layered parts of the applique would stand out.  Then it was time to trace, cut, layer, and stitch :)

And before I knew it, I had this adorable Warm Block!!!  Isn't it just so cute ;)   I love, love, love all the blocks that Amanda has designed for the Friendship Quilt Along but I have to say the Warm Block Applique is my favorite!!!  And I had so much fun making it up.  It really is so fun to have some smaller projects in between big quilts for that quick finish satisfaction :)   But as I said, I didn't want this to become an orphan block, so it was time for a little more stitching.

I didn't take any pictures of how I turned this into a door stop, because honestly I was making it up as I went.  But I have to say, I was super excited with how it came together and it wasn't near as hard as I thought it was going to be.   I basically sewed the front and back together at the top, right sides together with the handle.  Then I cut two steep triangles for the sides and added them in, and then a rectangle for the bottom that I left a hole in the center to turn the project right side out to stuff. 

And of course, I had lots of batting pieces left over to stuff it with.   Add a  little rice to make it heavy so it will hold the door open and whip-stitch the opening close.  And done ;)   Now all I have to do is wonder why I waited so long to make this super cute door stop!!!   Because that piece of batting stuffed under the door is no where near as perfect as this :)

And that is my Warm Block Door Stop.  And I love that every time I use it I will think of my good friend Amanda.   And that is what this quilt along is all about :)

Thanks for popping in this day and each and every day.  I am so very blessed to have this space and to share it with so many friends like you!!!

I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Weekend!!!