Home Town Holiday Sampler QA - Week 6

We now find ourselves at Week 6 of the Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt Along hosted by Fat Quarter Shop and we sewed something new and fun this week!!   A Home and Trees, so so cute ;)   This week we are making the Home Block, 2 Inner Trees, 2 Middle Trees, and 2 Outer Trees!!! And those Inner Trees sure have a lot of tiny triangles in them :)  So much fun!!! 

For my Sampler I am using Sweetwater Christmas Prints from several lines paired with a POParazzi Grey Background.  This is so exciting because now with these blocks done, and all the star blocks done, we get to move onto the pieced letters of the sampler.  I am so excited!!!    

And that is it for Week 6 of of the Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt Along!!!   You can make your own Home Town Holiday Sampler as well, you just need Lori Holt's  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!!  Seriously, I can't wait to start on the letters!!!  I might even get a little ahead ;)  

Vintage Sunburst - Month 10 - Quilt Top

  It's Month 10 of the  Vintage Sunburst Quilt Along hosted by Fat Quarter Shop and I am so happy!!!  This month I pieced all of my 25 Sunburst Blocks together and they are just so great :)  They colors are just so happy making I can't help by smile every time I see it hanging in the "to be quilted" closet ;)   Can you believe it, we are almost done with the  Vintage Sunburst Quilt Along!!  

And ya, I just can't keep it a secret with the swirl.   It is just so much fun to share ;)   I used 6" and 12" Paper Piecing Pads with Blossom Basics  divided into Warm Tones and Cool Tones.   Aren't they just so fun to see the two blocks finally come together!!!  Eekk, I just love it.   Now I just need to decide how I am going to quilt it , it needs something super fun to go with all those happy bright colros ;)  

And we will see if I get all of the leftover pieces sewn into leaders and enders to make a back.  I have started to work on it, but the pile is huge!!!! 

It is probably a little late to join the QAL, but you can always make your own Vintage Sunburst Quilt with the free pattern for this Quilt Along  here ;)   It is such a great way to work on your paper piecing skills!!   I have just loved this fun challenge!!   And I so can't wait to share the quilt all quilted and bound and finished next month ;)  

September Sew Sampler!!

 Was it just me, or did we blink and September was over!!!   I have been doing a lot of secret "market sewing" the last little bit so it makes everything just fly by.  But, along with the end of September was my September  Sew Sampler Box !!!   And I just finished making my Sew Sampler block so now I can share ;)   The theme for September was All The Classics and it so fits it's name.  I just love it!!! 

I love, love, love this Denim and Daisies Fabrics from Fig Tree Quilts!!!  I love all of the shades of blue, and the pop or orange, amazing!!! And the Reflections quilt is so cute, but I have to admit, I already got some other Denim and Daisies precuts, so I have to decide now if I want to make a bigger quilt with all of them together ;)    

And the notions this month are super classic!!!  I absolutely love Creative Grids Rulers, and the 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" is a favorite size!!!   I am excited to add it to my collection of Creative Grid Rulers ;)   And I love me some Aurifl Thread, and this is such a perfect neutral color for pieing with.   And I haven't tried a Hot Ruler before but I am excited to try it out ;) 

And like I said at the beginning of the post, I just finished piecing my Pieceful Basket block.   Sadly, one of the yellow fabric triangles just so happened to be on a pink rose, but I think it still works.   Got to love this  Kona Lime Background  and Milk and Honey fabrics :)   I think the grey basket print might be my favorite in the line ;) 

And that is September Sew Sampler Box.

And before you know it, Octobers' box will arrive!!!     

Happy Quilting!!! 

Simply by Design in Calico Cowgirls!!!

Today I am super excited to be sharing this beautiful new Simply By Design quilt finish with you featuring the oh so fun Calico Cowgirl Collection by Lori Woods for Poppie Cotton!! And I am so excited to share this quilt!!!  With the new release of my Simply By Design  Quilt Pattern  I just couldn't wait to make a new version of the quilt using Fat Quarters instead of scraps and a dark background!!!   And these Calico Cowgirl fabrics  were the perfect match for the design.     Didn't it just come together so great!!!  

This Simply by Design quilt is such a fun one to make!!!   I used Fat quarters and divided these beauitful prints into 8 wonderful color groupings.   The key to this quilt is all about the color groupings and this line worked perfect for it.   And then I paired all of these bright happy colors with  Country Confetti Rodeo Arena Brown and they just sing!!  These just make me smile!!  

Simply by Design it truly is a great beginner quilt!!   It goes together quick and is super fun to make.   Again, it is all about playing with color groupings :)    It is made with simply block piecing, and then rotating the blocks into this fun design with sashing to break things up.  

 

And this particular quilt is on it's way to Poppie Cotton to hang at Quilt Market.  Poppie Cotton is hosting the Rest and Relaxation area of Market and is lining it with so many happy quilts.  I am honored to have mine hanging there  ;)  

Barbara did the piecing and qulting on this one again :)   Aren't her echoed feather groupings just so cute in the quilting.  They really pull out the fun and whimsy of the design.  Just so charming!!! 

 And just in case you missed it when I shared this new pattern last week, Simply By Design has multiple size options, so you can make whatever size you like. This is the twin size, but you can make it from a baby size all the way to a queen size ;)  And it really is great for Beginners to Experts alike, it is just a super fun quilt to make!!

And that is my Simply by Design Quilt! I hope you have enjoyed this post and consider making your own Simply by Design Quilt!!! And if you do, I would love to see it! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags  #happyquiltingwithmc and #crossingpathsquilt and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can't wait to see your Simply by Design Quilts!!

Thank you so much for popping by in today!   And  thank you so much to my wonderful friends at Poppie Cotton for always creating such gorgeous fabrics for us to create with!!! 

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 pick a winner from last week's TTGD ;) 

And the winner of the Folk and Lore Layer Cake from Fat Quarter Shop is . . .#84

Congrats notqnot!!!  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 gorgeous new Dreamy Blues Bundle, perfect for expanding your blue stash!!!   And be sure to check out Jamie's Sale Section . . . oh so much Fun Shopping :)  

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 the awesome Lou Lou Bundle pictured above!!  Just perfect!!!!

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 If you could have a bundle of fabric of any color, what color would it be?? 

 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, October 15th, 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!!!