Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!!

 It's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!! Let's have some fun :)

First, we need to announce the winner from last Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!!  

The winner of the 36 Fat Quarter Bundle of Farmhouse Favorites and Rainbow Barns pattern from Poppie Cotton is . . .   Number #305  . . . Congrats pattirogerstopsail !  I have messaged 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 . . . a Lou Lou Bundle is 8 fat quarters curated by Jamie and they are always gorgeous!  I love this new Lovely Blooms Bundle, isn't it just gorgeous!!!   And be sure to also check out all of Lou Lou's Sales, she has just marked 100's of Bolts down to $7.00 a yard and $8.00 a yard!!!    So many beautiful fabrics to choose from :)  

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is for some shopping goodness!!  Lou Lou's Fabric Shop is offering one lucky reader a $50.00 Gift Certificate perfect to use on anything in the store, and oh so much fun shopping!!!

You have two entry chances here on the blog, 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 When nobody is around do you Dance or Sing or something else fun??  

 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, May 3rd, when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

You can also pop over to my Instagram and/or Facebook to enter there as well :)  

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

Mon Cheri Quilt - HQM Quilt 3

 Well, it's the end of Week 3 of the Happy Quilting Marathon and I am excited to share my third Happy Quilting Marathon Quilt.   It's Called Mon Cheri and I just love, love, love this quilt!!!   The design is just awesome and the fabrics fit the design so perfectly :)  

This pattern is one of the Exclusive Patterns from my 2021 October Sew Sampler Box  called Mon Cheri.  (P.S. it's a great time to sign up for the Sew Sampler Box as they are just starting a new year!!!)   I just loved everything about this quilt when I pulled it from the box and instantly began cutting it out, and can you believe it, I made it exactly like the pattern with no alterations.   That just shows how much I loved this design!!!  The pattern finishes at 52" x 62" so it is a great lap size :)  

Like I said, I used the prints straight from the box that were designed to go with this quilt.   They are Whimsical Romance Fabric Line by Keera Job for Riley Blake Designs!   ((It is the same fabric I used for my Moonstones Quilt that I shared a Free PDF Pattern for, just in case you missed it!!))   I absolutely love these prints and colors, just gorgeous!!!   And I love that the low volume prints in the line are used for the hearts, just makes them pop!!! 

And this week almost got away from me, but luckily, this was a smaller quilt so I was able to quilt and bind it all this morning.    I quilted it with an all over feathered swirl.  I just love all of the flow this design gives a quilt, just so pretty!!!   And it makes for some amazing texture, so fun!!! 

 And now that it is complete, I am planning to give it as a high school graduation gift for a special friend.   Doesn't this just say, "take me to college".  I think it just has such a happy sophistication to it, its going to be a perfect snuggle quilt in the dorms!!!! 

And that is Quilt #3 - Mon Cheri ;)  3 Down and only 23 more quilts to go in the Happy Quilting Marathon :) 

And that is it for today, thanks for popping in to share this finish with me!!! 

I hope you all have a very Happy Quilting Day!!

Spencer's Safe

 This is not a quilting post, but I am so full of Gratitude I just had to share it!!! 

Picture by Erwin Pottgiesser

Many of you know our son, Spencer, is currently serving a 2 year religious mission for The Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Germany. On Tuesday night our son's apartment in Germany caught fire. He and his companions were able to exit the building without harm, sans some smoke inhalation. 8 of his building mates were sent to the hospital and we pray for their quick recovery. We are so thankful to the police, fire department, ambulance drivers, and other service heroes who helped and took care of everyone who was affected by this tragedy. There were so many small miracles that kept our son and his companions safe and I know that our Father in Heaven was watching over them. 

I am so grateful for a loving God and our Savior, Jesus Christ, who both know each of us, love us, and guide us!! Spencer is now in Frankfurt at the mission office while they figure out new living accommodations and such.   He will be able to return to his apartment on Saturday to see what is salvageable, but again, we are just so happy he is safe and well.  He sent me this picture this morning and I just love it!!  This is him arriving in Frankfurt the next morning in his pj's. He's tired but he is smiling :) 

We love you Spencer!!! 

Make It Modern - Pool Table Cover

 Hello Quilting Friends! Today I am thrilled to be sharing a new Make it Modern project for Riley Blake Designs.   And guess what . . . it's not a quilt . . .  it's a Pool Table Cover!!!!  And  I even made a Free PDF Pattern so you can make your own as well, so fun!!!

So I have not played a lot of pool in my life, but the few times I did at friends, I always enjoyed it. So my sweetheart surprised me on my birthday with this "new to us" pool table. So exciting!!! But where it was "new to us" the original cover had been quite damaged, so of course, I had to whip us up a new one. And if you are going to make a Pool Table Cover, why not piece some Pool Balls in the cover ;) And ya, I just love the way it turned out!!!

For this project I used, Confetti Cottons in Dandelions, Cobalt, Riley Red, Eggplant, Mac N' Cheese, Kelly, Riley Burgundy, Black, Curry, and Cloud for the pool ball blocks. I used Shabby Alpine for the background and Shades Chocolate for the "binding". I just love how you can mix and match basics to get just the look you want!!! These all went together to really give the realistic look of an actual pool table.

The Pool Table Blocks finish at 12" square and the Pool Table cover finishes at 54" x 96" so it will fit any standard size pool table. All you need is the above fabrics, the Free PDF Pattern, and a Pool Table, and you can even get it in that order, tee hee hee. I mean, if you make a Pool Table Cover, you might as well get a Pool Table to put it on :)

So as you might have guessed, we have been enjoying lots and lots of family pool games. I am still not great, but it sure is a lot of fun. And I just can't help but smile, every time we come to play and I see this Modern Pool Table Cover!!!

And again, if you find yourself in need of a Pool Table Cover, you can download the Free PDF Pattern here and I would love to see your projects when you are done!!! You can share your covers with me on social media with the hashtags  #happyquiltingwithmc and #rileyblakedesigns and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can't wait to see!!

Thank you so much to Riley Blake Designs for having me on their blog. I just love getting to play with such happy fabrics each and every day.

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

Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!

 It's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!! Let's have some fun :)

First, we need to announce the winner from last Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!!  

The winner of the Rainbow Kisses Fat Quarter Bundle from Fat Quarter Shop . . .   Number #277  . . . Congrats claudiapatecreates!  I have messaged you :)  

      

                 

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by  Poppie Cotton .      Poppie Cotton is an amazing fabric company started by my good friends Jina Barney and Lori Woods.  Their fabrics are just beautiful and are wonderful to sew with.   The quality is fantastic and I just love all of their pretty prints!!!   If you haven't sewn with Poppie Cotton yet, I highly recommend you check it out ;)  

And today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is an exciting one!!  Poppie Cotton is offering one lucky reader a 36 Fat Quarter Bundle of Farmhouse Favorites as well as this adorable Rainbow Barns pattern you can make with your bundle!!   Someone is going to be super lucky this week!!!!

You have two entry chances here on the blog, 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 what is your favorite Farmhouse Animal??

 ENTRY 2 - Lets show Poppie Cotton some Love!!!!   You can follow them on   Facebook, YouTube or Instagram.  Or you can sign up for their newsletter or  visit Poppie Cotton and share your favorite fabric collection ;)   Just be sure to leave a comment of how you showed your Poppie Cotton Love!!!

And that's it ;)  The giveaway will be open until next Tuesday, April 26th, when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

You can also pop over to my Instagram and/or Facebook to enter there as well :)  

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

Garden of Quilts!!

 I am just thrilled to share that I will once again be teaching at the Garden of Quilts in September of 2022.   And I will be teaching 8 classes!!!  Ya, can I just say how blown away I was when I got the email asking me if I would be up to teaching that many classes.   It's going to be busy but oh so much fun and I am so incredibly honored!!!  

The first Garden of Quilts was held in September 2019 to celebrate Riley Blake's 10th Anniversary!!!  The event was a huge hit.  And I just had so much fun last year being able to teach 3 classes and share a trunk show at Garden of Quilts.  It is just such an amazing venue and walking the gardens with all the quilts hanging is just such an inspiring experience!! 

 Registration for Garden of Quilts will be opening very soon . . . but for today, all of the classes are being shared, so you can start getting your 4 days of quilting goodness all planned out :) The event is held at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi Utah  on September 14th - 17th, 2022.  There are so many amazing classes to choose from and I am just thrilled to be among such an amazing group of teachers.  It's going to be amazing!!! 

I am just so excited to be coming back to Garden of Quilts and hope to see you there!!!  It really is a rock star line up of teachers (which I am so honored to be a part of!!) as well as an incredible venue of over 55 gorgeous acres hosting an amazing line up of quilts all in the wild.   You can see all of the details at the Main Garden of Quilts page .  

Playground Picnic Quilt - HQM Quilt 2

It's Week 2 of the Happy Quilting Marathon and I am excited to share another Happy Quilting Marathon Quilt.   It's Called Playground Picnic and I think these soft muted colors are just perfect for Easter this week!!  And it's also just so perfect for Spring, reminds me of all the pretty flowers just waiting to peak through :)   

This pattern is one of my Happy Quilting patterns and I just love making it.  It really is a fun pattern because of the way it comes together.  And I am happy to say this quilt has only been waiting for a year to be quilted, not to shabby :)    This is the lap size of the pattern and finishes at 60" x 75" so it is a great size to snuggle up with :)  

These fabrics are Poppie Cotton's and I just love working with them.  The hand is just so soft.  This line is called   Goose Creek Gardens  and it it just so pretty.    I just love seeing how you can make a quilt look totally different just by changing the fabric ;)   

I quilted this Playground Picnic quilt with traveling loose feathers.  I love how it just adds to the extra soft feel of this quilt, and I used a loftier batt so it is nice and puffy :)   And like always, good ol' 402 Pearl blended perfectly in all of these light and dark colors, love it!! 

 And now this quilt is happily on the back of my couch for this Spring Season.   It's just so pretty :)  I am just so happy to have this done and have another version of my Playground Picnic quilt.  

And that is Quilt #2 - Sprouts Sprouted ;)  Only 24 more quilts to go in the Happy Quilting Marathon :) 

And that is it for today, thanks for popping in to share this finish with me!!! 

I hope you all have a very Happy Quilting Day!!

 

Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!

  It's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!! Let's have some fun :)

First, we need to announce the winner from last Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!!  

The winner of the Indigo Garden 10" Stacker from Green Fairy Quilts . . .   Number #171  . . . Congrats  scrapperdeb23!  I have messaged you :)  

     

                 

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by Fat Quarter Shop.   Fat Quarter Shop is amazing and they never cease to amaze me with everything they have going on at their shop!!!     And did you know they have a 24 Hour Flash Sale every day with 2 Flash Sales on Tuesdays!!   And not only do they have a daily deal, they have a Fabric Basic, Pattern, and Notion of the Month!!!!     All Spotted Basics  by Zen Chic for Moda are on sale!!!  Also, All Mettler threads are on sale for the Notion  , and all Thimble Blossoms Patterns are on sale for the Pattern.   Save 20-30% off of all of them for the whole month of April!!  So great ;) 

And for today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Fat Quarter Shop is giving away this happy Rainbow Kisses Fat Quarter Bundle!!!  How perfect is this rainbow of goodness, to go with all our April Showers :)  I would just love sewing with this rainbow :)

You have two entry chances here on the blog, 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 your favorite color in the rainbow :)  

 ENTRY 2 - Show your Fat Quarter Shop love.   You can follow them on   Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, You Tube or at their Blog.  You can Sign up for their Newsletter which will ensure you catch all of their amazing sales, or you can visit The Shop and then share a favorite item ;)   Just be sure to leave a comment of how you showed your Fat Quarter Shop Love!!!

And that's it ;)  The giveaway will be open until next Tuesday, April 19th, when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

You can also pop over to my Instagram and/or Facebook to enter there as well :)  

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

Sprouts Sprouted Quilt - HQM Quilt 1

Well, it's the end of Week 1 of the Happy Quilting Marathon and I am excited to share my first Happy Quilting Marathon Quilt.   It's Called Sprouts Sprouted and I just love it in all of it's Low Volume Goodness!!!  Isn't it just so perfect for Spring :)   

This pattern is one of the Exclusive Patterns from my Sew Sampler Box back in 2019 called Sprouts.  I loved it when I originally saw it, and knew I needed to make it someday.   So when I had a bunch of Sherri and Chelsi Low Volume Prints left at the end of last year, I decided it was time to make up this quilt.  Only, I had more fabric than the pattern needed, and I didn't want to add to my scrap drawers, so I sized up the blocks to finish at 16" and I just love them!!!  The pattern now finishes at 65" x 80" so it is a great size to snuggle up with :)  

Like I said, I used a lot of extra Low Volume prints that I had all from different Sherri and Chelsi lines for the background.  I just love how they all blend together so perfectly :)   For the prints, I used Seashore Drive :)  This is a brand new line that is coming out any day, but I had extras leftover from some secret sewing and I didn't want to fold it all back up again, especially when I knew it would go so perfectly with all of the beautiful Low Volumes.   And you know, I just love the purples in this line!!!

And I actually quilted this on Tuesday, and it has taken until now to get the binding on, gotta love how life gets crazy :)   I quilted it with large, open center swirls, and I just love how they add a bubble effect to the quilt.     And like always, good ol' 402 Pearl blended perfectly in all of these light and dark colors, love it!! 

 I just love how this one turned out and think it will make a beautiful wedding quilt, don't you!!    I tell you what, this totally just has me wanting to make more quilts with low volume backgrounds.  They are just so fun!!!! 

And that is Quilt #1 - Sprouts Sprouted ;)  Only 25 more quilts to go in the Happy Quilting Marathon :) 

And that is it for today, thanks for popping in to share this finish with me!!! 

I hope you all have a very Happy Quilting Day!!

Nova Star Quilt!!!

 It is always a fun day when I get to share a little secret sewing for my good friends at Moda Fabrics ;)   And how great is this quilt in it's beautiful oranges and blues!!!  These aren't colors I get to work with very often and it was just so great to get to sew up this quilt!!!    The name of this quilt is Nova Star and the pattern is by Then Came June!!! 

Like I said, these fabrics are just so happy!!!  I just love all of the prints from this Meander Fabric Line by Aneela Hoey.  There are great blenders of polka dots and gingham, and wonderfully whimsical prints with horses, foxes, and flowers.  Just makes me want to get outside and enjoy the fresh air!!! And truly, I just love the colors!!!  What a fun way to mix things up :)  

The piecing in this quilt is a little on the small side, but oh so great :)  You all now I love a great star quilt and this quilt the stars just explode!!!   So great!!!  I just love all of the movement it creates in the quilt and how the cornerstones create a wonderful secondary pinwheel design.   It finishes at 54 x 68 so it is a great size to snuggle up in.  

And when it came time to quilt it, I used one of my favorites.   Echoed Paisley Quilting for the win.   So relaxing to quilt and I just love all the added curved texture to such an pointy quilt!!!    And  good ol' 402 Pearl blended perfectly in all of these light and dark colors, it truly is my favorite!! 

And this quilt is now making its way to quilt shops around the US.  It is going to be a fun addition to add to my Cabin Quilts as soon as it gets home.  I just think it fits the outdoors rustic feel just perfectly!!

But snuggling for me will have to wait until it makes it's way home.   But you don't have to wait!!!  Meander Fabrics are shipping now and Fat Quarter Shop has a Nova Star Meander Quilt Kit already available.  And don't you just love the boxes the kits come in, so cute!!! 

I am so happy that I got to make this beautiful Nova Star Quilt, it really was oh so much fun to make!!    The Nova Star Pattern was easy to follow and doesn't it just fit these fabrics so perfectly!!!    I totally want to make a baby quilt version now, so adorable!!  

And that is it for today, thanks for popping in to share this finish with me!!! 

And be sure to pop back in tomorrow to share my Quilt 1 in my Happy Quilting Marathon ;)  

I hope you all have a very Happy Quilting Day!!