Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt!!!

 I am so excited to get to share today!!!  We have come to the end of the Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt Along hosted by Fat Quarter Shop and I know I have said it before, but, I am just loving this Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt :)  

This quilt was such a joy to make!!!  I just had so much fun piecing the stars, trees, schoolhouse, and of course the letters :)   And working on it a little each week made it totally manageable because I look back now and realize, wow, that was a lot of blocks to piece for this quilt!  It finishes at 93" x 98" so it is a wonderful Queen Size quilt ;)  

For my Christmas Sampler, I used three different fabric lines from Sweetwater for Moda :)   There is Hometown Christmas Edition, Blizzard  and On Dasher ,(which also includes the adorable Christmas alphabet border :)  The background is POParazzi Grey Background and it has a fun pin dot that really adds some texture to the background. I just love how well the grey made all of the low volume letters just pop, as well as the all the prints for that matter ;)  Isn't it just so festive!!! 

And when it came time to quilt it, I decided on an all over Swirl :)  It is always a favorite and perfect for adding lots of yummy texture and snuggly goodness.   And you can totally see that cute alphabet border in this picture.   Isn't it just perfect for this quilt!! 

And speaking of the texture, I just love how it makes the alphabet just stand out all the more.  Don't they almost look like cross stitch letters :)  So cute!!   Ya, if you couldn't tell by now, I pretty much love, love, love this quilt!!  It will be my donation to the Festival of Trees next year to benefit Primary Children's Hospital as a thank you for my sweet nephew David :) 

And that is my Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt!!!!    Thanks again Fat Quarter Shop, for this amazing  Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt Along!!!  I have loved every minute of it and I love my quilt finish so much ;)  And yes, the quilt along has now come to a close, but you can still join in the Home Town Fun :)   Just grab the  Home Town Holiday Sampler Book and some Festive Christmas Fabrics or you can just grab a HTHS Quilt Kit and off you go!   And I found it really helpful to break this one up, so you can still follow along with the Quilt Along schedule here just change the dates for when you are going to start it ;)  

Now the only questions is . . . Will you make yours with a light background like the original, or a dark background like mine??  Its so cute either way, how will you decide???

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 pick a winner from last week's TTGD ;) 

And the winner of the On Dasher Layer Cake from  Fat Quarter Shop is . . .#286  . .  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 new  Tis The Season bundle, perfect for this Happy Holiday Season!!!   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 what "Quilty Gift" are you hoping to find under the tree?? 

 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, December 17th, 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!!!

Jolly Box 2024 - Keeping it a Christmas Surprise ;)

 Look what is waiting under the tree for me!!  I know, there are lots and lots of reveals of the 2024 Jolly Box out there in blog land, but I have been super good about not peeking and scrolling through all of the reveals.   This is going to be a special present to open on Christmas Morning :)  I can't wait to see what's inside!!

If you want to be surprised on Christmas with the 2024 Jolly Box, there are still a few available, and it should arrive before the big day!!!  It is valued over $110 and I have heard that it is so super awesome. Ya know, as mom, you already know almost all the gifts under the tree so it is super exciting to have a surprise!!!  

Home Town Holiday Sampler - Week 14 - Quilt Top

  It's Week 14 of the Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt Along hosted by Fat Quarter Shop and this week we are putting the quilt top together!!!  Once I got started making these rows I couldn't stop.  It has made for a super enjoyable morning ;)  And oh my, I just love this Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt Top!!!!

Here is a few sneek peeks.  Of course, we will wait for next week for the grand revile once it is all quilted and bound ;)  I am just so happy with all of these wonderful Sweetwater Christmas  prints and how they just pop on the POParazzi Grey Background!!!   Can't wait to get this on the longarm ;)  

And that is it for Week 14 of of the Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt Along!!!   You can join in the fun with Lori Holt's  Home Town Holiday Sampler Book!   You can see the Quilt Along schedule here but make it at your own pace.   

See ya next week with the finale of the Home Town Holiday Sampler Quilt

GO! Up On The Housetop Quilt and Free Pattern!!!

I am so excited to share a new finish today!!! It's called Up On The Housetop and it just makes me so happy!!!  You all know how much I love Irish Chain Quilts . . . so when  AccuQuilt asked if I wanted to make a project using their new GO! Irish Chain BOB Die, I was all in ;)  There is a free PDF Pattern for this Up On The Housetop Quilt that you can download right here :) 

Isn't it just so fun to see how AccuQuilt  posed this picture to see how festive it is just waiting by the fireplace.  I combined the GO! Irish Chain Die with the Chimney Sweep Die (hence where the name came from :) to create a fun secondary design between the chain.  And alternating the Red and Green blocks just makes it all the Christmas goodness!!    

This quilt is a total scrap buster!!!   And ya know, I am always looking to bust more scraps ;)   I used Low Volume scraps in the backgrounds.   Then it was over to my Red Scrap Bin for the Chimney Sweep Blocks, and my Green Scrap Bin for the Irish Chain Blocks.   The fun thing about this, I didn't use just Christmas scraps.  Because you are breaking it up between red and green, you can use any scraps, so long as they read that color ;)   It makes for a super happy and scrappy quilt!!  Up On The Housetop finishes at 50" x 60" so it is will be a perfect lap size quilt for the Holiday Season.   

And one of my favorite things about my AccuQuilt is how much faster is makes tackling scraps!!  It is just so fast to stack the scraps and then cut them all at once.  I just love it!!! .  And those Chimney Sweep Blocks go much faster without having to trim all the edges when it is done, everything just fits perfect!!    Below is a list of the dies I used, see which ones you already have in your die library and maybe add a few more ;)   

PIECING DIES

 GO! Irish Chain  - 10" Finished (55649)      

  GO! Chimney Sweep - 10" Finished (55222)      

   GO! Strip Cutter-2-1/2” (2” Finished) (55017) - Binding

And when it came time to quilt it, I went with a happy all over swirl design.  I just love all of the curves and movement it adds to this super geometric quilt. And because it is so dense, it adds so much yummy texture as well.   Just so happy for snuggling in ;)  

And that is my Up On The Housetop quilt.    I am just so excited to add another Irish Chain Quilt to the mix of my favorites ;)     I hope you love it as much as I do ;)And if you want to make your own, (in your favorite color)  you can download the free PDF Up On The Housetop Pattern Here.   And when you are done I would love to see it!!!    You can share a picture on social media with #happyquiltingwithmc and tag me at @happyquiltingmc or you can always email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com.  I can't wait to see your scrappy and happy Up On The Housetop quilts!!! 

Oh, and fun little side note . . . if you want to see this shared on YouTube, you can visit the Die Launch video.  It is shared towards the end of the show at 44:55 minutes in :)  It is just so fun to see your projects loved so much, just makes me smile.   

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