Jolly Box 2025 (with spoilers)

Okay, I just couldn't wait any longer to open my 2025 Jolly Box from Fat Quarter Shop !! You all know that I just love these Limited Edition holiday boxes!! (Which you just might be able to reserve the Cupid Box now, )    And sadly, yes the Jolly Box is Sold Out, you have to jump on these Holiday Boxes quick!!  But truly, I was so very excited when I opened this Jolly Box!!   If you want to see the full reveal, just keep on reading :)  

What an incredible Box of Christmas Quilting Goodness!!  How can you not love it!!!  It just all plays together so nice and is full of fabric, panel, pattern, thread, and even a Christmas ornament!   And all in Beverly McCullough's adorable Classic Christmas Goodness!!    

I was so excited to find a Bundle of Mistletoe & Holly  I love these festive prints and Bev's style always just makes such happy quilts!!  And speaking of . . . how cute is that Mistletoe Moments quilt pattern!!  You know this one is going on my list to make!!! 

And along with the Bundle of Mistletoe & Holly for making the quilt . . . there is also a panel of  Mistletoe & Holly to make a matching tree skirt and mini stockings.   I think I want to make this one up for one of my newly married kiddo's :)  How fun would that be!!  And while this Tree Skirt is exclusive to the Jolly Box, Bev did design a second Mistletoe and Holly Tree Skirt here ;)    And of course, I always love Aurifil!!!   And I am super excited for this new matching Enamel Ornament to add to the tree!! 

It's really beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here!!! 

Thanks for popping in and I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Day!! 

November Sew Sampler Box!!

Wow, November has come and gone!!!  I was out of town for the Thanksgiving Holiday, so I am just now getting to my November Sew Sampler Box, and was it worth the wait!!!    This month's box is so great and it is filled with some of my favorite notions!!  The theme is Winter's Orchard.  

And it starts out with a beautiful Junior Layer Cake of Lella Boutique's new Wild Honey Collection!!   I am so excited to sew with these fabrics!  I just love all of the happy colors and it is filled with some gorgeous floral prints!! And how happy and bright does that Orange Blossom quilt look.   It will make such an adorable baby quilt, can't wait to get started on it :)   

And the notions for this month are some of my all time favorite notions!!!   First off, Diagonal Seam Tape!!!   I can't say enough about this wonderful little "never draw lines again" tape.   I take it to all of my classes and share it with all my students ;)  And I love Karen Kay Buckley Scissors, the hand grips are just so soft and the scissors are super sharp!  These Perfect Scissors really are the perfect little pair of snippers, just fantastic!!

And last but not least, we are on to block 8 of this Flowering QAL!!  .  I am using  50 Years of Moda!!!  This month's had a lot, a lot, a lot of stitch and flip corners!!!   But they went super quick with my Diagonal Seam Tape (no drawing lines for me!!)   And guess what, I even figured out how to nest every single angled seam throughout the entire block, so no pins either!!  So fun ;)     I am just loving these Flowering Blocks!! 

And that is November Sew Sampler Box.  Looking forward to December's box!! 

Thanks for popping in again.  

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

$5 Pattern of the Month - Wishes!!!

  It's a new month and a new $5 Pattern of the Month here at Happy Quilting!!!  And December is all about Wishes.  And it is just $5 all month long!!!   

The  Wishes Pattern can be found in my Etsy Shop in both a Paper version as well as a PDF version and both versions will be marked down to $5.00 for the month December.   This is such a fun quilt to make and is a great technique builder.  It is rated Beginner and is Fat Quarter Friendly.  

Wishes  has 5 size options.   The blocks finish at 21" so it is a nice big block!  This allows you to make even the queen size in a hurry.  And the quilt blocks come together with some pieced star sashing in the corners.   

Wishes uses some basic piecing units.  You will make cute little No Waste Flying Geese for the center stars.  Do some Stitch and Flips for the sashing stars and side units.  And also do a fun No-Waste Lattice Block in the corner units, that comes out perfect every time with a quick trim and very little waste.  And because this design pretty much floats on the background, you really don't have to worry about lining up any points!!!  I just love that, it makes it perfect for beginners, while still be so much fun to make for experts alike!!!

And this design is super versatile!!  This show it using low volume Christmas fabrics with a dark background.  It is a great way to use up some of those low volume fat quarters that just keep building up in our stash ;)  

  

Truly, this is just a super versatile design that would look great in any fabrics!! And you can always omit the sashing if you prefer just the blocks.  It is a fun way to change it up ;)  Whatever you decide, just grab Bundle  and have fun piecing this wonderful Wishes quilt !!  

  

And that is my $5.00 Pattern of the Month!!!   December 2025 is all about the Wishes Pattern!!!   You are going to have so much fun making this quilt ;)   And of course,  if you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to reach out to me ;)  And when you make your Wishes Quilt I would love to see them!!!  You can email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com or add it to social media with  #happyquiltingwithmc and #wishesquilt ;)  I can't wait to see your Quilts!!!

So are you ready to start making your Wishes Quilts???  Pop over to my Etsy Shop, to pick up your Pattern and get Happy Quilting!!!!   

Signature Quilt with Free PDF Pattern!!!

 I am so excited to share this new Signature Quilt along with a Free PDF Pattern for it!!    This is the quilt I made for Jessi and Trey's wedding reception.  Rather than having people sign a book when they arrived, they signed a signature block in the quilt.  Everyone just loved it, and now Jessi and Trey have a special keepsake with everyone's well wishes!!   It would work for just about any occasion that you want to have well wishes from people . . .wedding, retirement, hospital stay, baby shower, golden anniversary, etc.. etc.. etc..    And it is so fun and fast to make . . . you are going to love it!!  Here is where you can download the FREE PDF Pattern  so you can make your own ;)    

What I love most about this quilt is it is Layer Cake Friendly.  And you use all 42 squares of your Layer Cake, so pick out one you like, grab a coordinating neutral fabric to use for the signature blocks, and you are set to go!!   Jessi picked out a Folktale Layer Cake by Lella Botique for Moda.  It matched their wedding colors perfectly and it has always been a favorite of mine, so I am so glad she loved it too!!   And isn't it so great that you get a full representation of the fabric line, it's just so pretty just and is just how it was designed to be used!!! 

You are literally just putting a border of print fabric around a signature rectangle, and then cutting some of those blocks in half to make the offset layout.  Truly, you can whip one of these up for a special occasion in no time at all.  It finishes at 49" x 60" so it is a great lap size ;)    

And I used Micron Pens with archival ink for people to sign with.  That way I know the signatures will stay after it is well loved  They come in pretty colors and that really added to the prints in the quilt ;)   isn't it just so fun to see all of those sweet words of congratulations and love shared! 

When it came time to quilt this keepsake, I decided I wanted to keep the signature blocks unquilted so they would be easier to write on and would pop!  So I did a stitch in the ditch around the signature blocks and then a cute curly q in the print fabrics.  I just love all the texture it adds, makes it so soft and snuggly!!  

And that is my new Signature Quilt!!!  I wish I would have remembered to take a picture of it on the reception table, it looked so pretty ;)  Ah well :)   I just hope you love this Signature Quilt as much as I do and that maybe you have a special event that a signature quilt would be just perfect for!!  And if you do and make up this quilt, I would love to see it! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags  #happyquiltingwithmc  and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can't wait to see your Signature Quilts!!

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

Nordic Nights - The Wedding Quilt!!

So remember how I was working on the Wedding Quilt for my daughter and her sweet new husband . . . Well, it's been a month, but I am finally sharing it!!!  I am happy to report that this quilt was done for the wedding, I just had to get it back for pictures and such :) Jessi and Trey picked out my Nordic Nights quilt pattern for their wedding quilt, and I think it turned out so pretty.   And lucky for me . . . the Bride and Groom love it as much as I do ;)   

 I just love making this quilt!!!   It really is a fun pattern to make and uses my Modified Drunkard Path Templates.  And yes, It is curved piecing, but it truly is not as difficult as we fear it will be.    I have a step by step tutorial here for using these templates and sewing the units and it only takes a few blocks practice to really get the hang of it ;)  This is the queen size version, and it finishes at 95" x 95", you'll be an expert at curves by the time you are done this size quilt!!    

Jessi and Trey went through my Fat Quarter Bundle stash and picked Woodland and Wildflowers by Fancy That Design House for Moda Fabrics for their wedding quilt!!    This is such a beautiful line with it's rich colors and beautiful prints!!   And I love that each block really let's each print stand out, just so pretty!!  Jessi and Trey are pretty outdoors people, so I think the nature vibe of this line really fit perfectly for them.  

And when it came time to quilt it, Jessi specifically requested "pretty, but not to much quilting so it will still be soft".   So after debating for a bit, I decided on large all over feathers.  I kept the scale on the larger side to fill in the background space, and then the blocks are also quilted with large feathers.  And wow, It turned out beautiful, and passed the softness test as well!!

And what really made it soft . . . I used a 90" Cuddle in Juniper for the backing.  This was another request from Jessi and Trey and it was my first time quilting with Cuddle for the backing, so I was a little nervous about how it would work in the longarm.  But I shouldn't have been . . . it quilted up with no problems at all and it turned out so beautifully!!     And talk about amazing texture!!!   Cuddle truly makes the quilting just pop on the back!!   I think I will be using Cuddle for backings a lot more in the future, especially the 90" and 108" cuts, that make it so easy for a bed size quilt :)  

 And truly, I am just thrilled that Jessi and Trey just loved their wedding quilt!!!!  It was displayed at their reception at the gift table, cause ya know, everyone coming expected to see a wedding quilt.  You can't have a prolific quilter as a mom and not get a wedding quilt, tee hee hee.   And now the quilt is home with our newlyweds and is already being loved and cherished, and that just makes me so happy!!  

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 Weekend!!

Happy Wedding (a bit ago)  to Jessi and Trey, we love you both so much!!