Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt Along - Week 4

   It is Week 4 of the Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt Along hosted by Fat Quarter Shop and there are so many happy star blocks this week!!   10 Stars to be exact, wow, this week really pumped up the quantity of blocks, so be careful not to get behind ;)   This week we are making 3 Shine Holiday Star Blocks, 5 Sparkle Holiday Star Blocks,  and 2 Glimmer Holiday Star Blocks!!! Oh so much Star fun!!! 

For my Sampler I am using Sweetwater Christmas Prints from several lines paired with a POParazzi Grey Background.  And if you are wondering why 4 stars looks the same, they are the cornerstones in the border of the quilt.  I think they are going to frame everything up so nicely ;)   We only have a few more Star blocks left!!   

And that is it for Week 4 of of the Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt Along!!!   Do you want to come join in the Holiday Goodness as well?  Each week leading up to Christmas, we will be making these cute blocks from the Lori Holt's new  Home Town Holiday Sampler Book!   You can see the complete schedule here and check out all the details here and come quilt along ;)    

See ya next week with more Home Town Holiday Sampler goodness!!  We will be making a few more Stars and also some Holly and Ivy, so fun ;) 

More Happy Quilting Patterns!!!

  I am super excited to share that I am releasing 2 new Happy Quilting Patterns and I am also Re-Releasing 3 Happy Quilting Patterns!!!   Here are the 2 new Patterns!  (and I know, you have been waiting for Wandering Star ever since I shared it for H & H so thanks for your patience :)   

And here are the some more of my favorite patterns with their new look Same great patterns in book format with full color and size options that you are used to.   Just new printing!!   And you might notice,  there are a few updated tweaks in 2 designs.    Simply by Design got new sizes and ditched the border and Square Dance got some great interlocking of the squares!!! 

  

I will be sharing all of the details about the new quilts, throughout all of next week . . . but for today, I just wanted to pop in a share a first look at these new and new-again Happy Quilting Patterns!!!  

   

 

 And of course,  they are on special for their Release and Re-Release!!!  For one week the PDF Patterns are just $5.50, the Hard Copy Patterns are $7.00, (hence why I am sharing them all at once, so if you want to bundle and save on shipping you can ;) 

 Both the Paper Copy and the PDF Versions of each of these 6 new patterns can be found in my Etsy Shop!!!  They will be on Special until the first of July ;)  

And be sure to pop back in all next week for lots more pics and details on all these quilts!!! 

Plaid Pumpkins in Quiltmaker!!!

Today I am so super excited to share a secret finish that I made a few months back! I have had this design in my head for quite some time and it is just so wonderful to finally see it in a finish.    And here it is, Plaid Pumpkins!!!  

Plaid Pumpkins can be found in the Fall 2024 Edition of Quiltmaker :)   The funny thing about this quilt that I share in the magazine, the idea for the design came just because I like alliteration.   I was thinking about pumpkins, (it was a few Fall's ago) and I wondered if I could "Piece Plaid Pumpkins"    Turns out you can and they are pretty cute :)    

And most of the pumpkins are put together with strip piecing!!!   So yes,  even though it looks like tons and tons of piecing, it really goes together quite quickly.   Cause you know I am all happy Fast and Fun quilting!!!   Plaid Pumpkins finishes at 79" x 79" so it is a nice large size to snuggle up in during the Fall :)  You are going to love making this quilt!!

Plaid Pumpkins uses yardage for all of the piecing and strip piecing.  I used  Shadow Play basics by Maywood Studios for a fun textured look of the pumpkins.   It was so fun to mix and match the warm tones to make the plaid appear in the blocks.  This is a complete list of the "color names" and yardage I used for the quilt ;)  

3 1/4 Yards Antique Cream for Background

7/8 Yard of Auburn for Stem and Binding

1/3 Yard of Spice for Cornerstones

1/3 Yard of Leap Frog for Leaves

1 Yard of Persimmon Orange for Pumpkin One

5/8 Yard of Orange Red Orange for Pumpkin One

2/3 Yard of Sunshine Yellow for Pumpkin One

1 1/8 Yard of Golden Poppy for Pumpkin Two

3/4 Yard of Saffron for Pumpkin Two

1/2 Yard of Cedar for Pumpkin Two

4 2/3 Yards Picante for Backing

When it came time to quilt mine, I decided on all over meanduring and loops that I echoed the lines.  I thought it gave the effect of the vines that grow on the pumpkin stems.   So fun, It just adds some more playful goodness to these Plaid Pumpkins ;)   

And I always love a good flat image!!!  Thanks so much to Quiltmaker for this image.    It just really shows off these adorable Plaid Pumpkins all in a row.   Wouldn't it be just so fun to actually be able to buy plaid pumpkins, it just fits Fall so perfectly!!!   

And that is my Plaid Pumpkins Quilt!!!    I hope you like my new Plaid Pumpkins Quilt as much as I do.   And if you make your own, I would love to see it!!!   You can email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com or add it to social media with  #happyquiltingwithmc ;)  I can't wait to see your Plaid Pumpkin Quilts!!!

 I hope that 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 pick a winner from last week's TTGD ;) 

And the winner of the $50 Gift Card from Stitchin' Heaven is . . .#257 

Congrats Monika Zeller!!!  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 beautiful Prairie Christmas Fat Quarter Bundle by Amanda Corcoran.  Isn't this such beautiful fabric, and someone is going to win 21 Fat Quarters of Festive Goodness!!!!

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 Handmade Christmas Projects do you have planned for this year??

 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, October 1st, 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!!!

Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt Along - Week 3

  It is Week 3 of the Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt Along hosted by Fat Quarter Shop and this weeks blocks are so cute and happy!!   This week we are making 2  Flicker Holiday Star Blocks and 3 Glisten Holiday Star Blocks!!! Didn't they just turn out so great :) 

For my Sampler I am using Sweetwater Christmas Prints from several lines paired with a POParazzi Grey Background.  I am trying to use grey touches from the Sweetwater Lines in the center of any blocks when I can, just so long as they won't blend into the background :)  I just love the added twinkle it gives the blocks.  This is sure fun piecing all of these tiny stars!!   

And that is it for Week 3 of of the Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt Along!!!   Do you want to come join in the Holiday Goodness as well?  Each week leading up to Christmas, we will be making these cute blocks from the Lori Holt's new  Home Town Holiday Sampler Book!   You can see the complete schedule here and check out all the details here and come quilt along ;)    

See ya next week with more Home Town Holiday Sampler goodness!!  We will be making more stars!