Dreaming of Paris - A New Pattern!!

Introducing Dreaming of Paris, my newest pattern which is now available in my Pattern Shop :)    I have been in love with Little Black Dress by Basicgrey from the moment I saw it and new it would be perfect for this super chic quilt design.

I love how my eye sees individual blocks at one moment and then lattice strips at the next moment.  It just goes back and forth creating some amazing movement.

And I am super happy to say that this is my first pattern with size options!!!!  Dreaming of Paris has options for a Baby, Twin, Queen, and King size quilt!! 

This cover quilt is the Twin size and it now belongs to my niece who hugged and thanked me at least 30 times for it.  Which just made me oh so very happy!!

A little detail :)  I love the way the secondary pattern of diamonds is created!!

I quilted an all over echoed feather shape going every which direction with some random swirls thrown in for fun.  (And I am totally in love with this quilting!!)

So what do you think???  I hope you love it as much as I do.   And, if you do happen to love it, and want to make one for yourself, you are in luck!!!  Leah, at Burgundy Buttons, has made up a Dreaming of Paris Quilt Kit featuring the same chic Little Black Dress prints I used!!!!  The kit will work for the Twin or Queen size!!  (or the baby but you will have a lot of scraps :)   The kit also includes the PDF pattern for free and the fabric itself is at a major discount.  What a deal!!!  So pop on over and grab a kit for yourself so you can get going on your Dreaming of Paris quilt.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I can't say how much I appreciate the support of each of my readers You are what make Happy Quilting grow.  When I created this blog two years ago I never dreamed I would be writing patterns or getting published, or basically having people interested in what I create.  It is an amazing and humbling feeling.  Thank you!!!

Bits and Pieces

So remember my Shifting Gears quilt??  Well Emily Herrick posted about it on her blog!!!  Yes, Emily Herrick as in the designer of the fabric that most of this quilt is made in.  Yup, I was pretty excited to see that!!!

I tried out a new quilting design.  It's a lot like the one I used for my Stars quilt, but I bent the shapes over a bit to give them more of a feather look.

And ya, I am so in love with it!!!  More to come on this quilt ;)

I got my final Spinning or Spiraling block in the mail.  I have the sashing all cut and ready to put the quilt top together.  And if I can do it rather quickly, I have a special surprise in store for this Thursday's TNT.  But I may have bit off a little more than I can chew with this plan so we will have to see :)

A bit random today :)  That's how my brain feels lately, just bouncing around trying to keep up with it all.  (But ya, you know I totally love it!!!)

Winners!!!!

It's time to choose some winners!!!

A big thank you to Precut Paradise!!!  I hope you all got a chance to know a little bit more about this wonderful new shop!!!  And Dayna has already added some new products to the store and marked down some other products.  So be sure to pop on over to Precut Paradise and score some stash builders :)

And now, a winner :)  The winner of the Riley Blake Bohemian Festival Precuts is . . . 

#19

 Who happens to be Dana Gaffney!!!  Congrats Dana!!!!

And a big thank you to all of you sweet readers who left such lovely comments about my Shifting Gears quilt!!!  You all are the greatest, seriously, your comments just make me feel all warm and gooey inside :)  So, let's pick a winner for a copy of Quilts from 100 blocks :)

Mr. Random.Org says the winner is . . . #30

Who happense to be krisgray!!!!  Congrats!!!!

Thank you again to all my wonderful readers!!!  You really are the best!!!!  Have a Happy Quilting weekend!!!

TNT Thursday - To Market!

I am totally Trying Something New!!!!  Technically I am not trying it for a few more weeks, but the fact that I am trying it is now official!!!  I am going to International Quilt Market!! I got my name badge in the mail yesterday!!  Yippee Skippee!!!!  My hotel and flight are booked and I am counting down the days!!!!   I am so excited, (and a little nervous, if I am being honest :)  So . . . any Market advice for this first timer???

P.S. I just noticed (after my sister pointed it out) that they missed a D in my city name.  I actually live in Cedar City, UT :)

What have you been trying new this week???  Link on up :)

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The Fab Little Quilt Swap

I am finally starting on my Fab Little Quilt Swap project.  (Not bad considering I have about a week and a half left until it needs to be mailed :)  My partner loves a rainbow of colors, so I whipped up these little strings.  I tell you I just love surfing through my scrap bins now!!!

Then I used my little paper template of an equilateral triangle to cut those strings into these cute scrappy triangles.  See how they all go from dark to light,  I love the look that creates!!!

And then since my partner also loves stars, I laid those cute little triangles out into this beautiful block.  I used this tutorial from Katie which I have loved for so long and am so glad to be finally doing it!!   This little mini is so much fun so far and I am just loving the way it is coming along!!

Now I just need to sew up the rows and add the corners.  Then it's will be ready for some quilting.  I am thinking of doing something a la my Double Dresden style with some alternating colors.  It if comes out the way I have it in my head it will be awesome!!!  I am off to go sew :)