Square Dance in Urban Folk

 Hello friends!! Today I am am just so excited to share with you a new finish!!! I had never really worked with a lot of Batiks until my good friends at Riley Blake introduced me to Expression Batiks!!! And ya, I have totally fallen in love with them. And all of the new collections that are coming out are just so beautiful. I knew when I saw this new Urban Folk Collection that it would make a perfect Square Dance Quilt for the fall!!

The Square Dance Quilt is Jelly Roll Friendly, so you can just grab a roll and get piecing. And what really makes all of those beautiful oranges, yellows, reds, and tans from the line stand out is the stunning blues in the accent and background fabrics. I pulled this Blueprint Matte print from the line to be the accent of all the interlocking squares and this super dark Midnight print for the background. I just love how it makes all of those warm tones just pop!! Just makes me want to curl up under this tree with a good book!

And while this might look a little complex, the Square Dance Quilt Pattern is truly is a beginner quilt with basic quilting techniques.   The block is super fun to make and super fast, and then you just use pieced sashing (that will totally nest on all the seams) to interlock the secondary squares. And you wind up with a super fun geometric quilt every time! This is the Queen Size quilt, but the pattern has multiple size options so you can make whatever size works for you ;)

And this was quilted with a gorgeous all over swirls leaf design!! My amazing MIL, Barbara did the quilting on this and it is just beautiful. And don't you just love how the navy thread just pops on the all of the color prints. So pretty!!

And that is my Square Dance Quilt featuring the Urban Folk Expression Batik Collection!! I hope you have enjoyed this post and make your own Square Dance Quilt!!! And if you do, I would love to see it! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags #happyquiltingmc and #squaredancequilt and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can't wait to see your Square Dance Quilts!!

Thank you so much for sharing this finish with me!! I just love that I have discovered the joy of quilting with Batiks and can't wait to make lots and lots more Batik Quilts in the future. Thank you so much to my wonderful friends at Riley Blake for making such beautiful batik collections!!! 

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

Andromeda - Finally Finished!!!

 I am so excited to be sharing this new Happy Quilting Quilt !!!   Here is Andromeda!!!   I have had the top pieced and half of the quilting done months and months ago, but it got pulled off the longarm for a deadline project and has been sitting there ever since.   But lucky for me, a deadline always equals motivation to pull a project back out ;)  I am teaching this Andromeda pattern in two weeks and needed the finish quilt for the sample in class.   So yippee . . . It is finally finished!!  

The  Andromeda Pattern can be found in my Etsy Shop in both a Paper version as well as a PDF version.  And it is on special right now until the end of January for the $5.00  pattern of the month ;) The patterns are full color and the paper version is in book format. 

 Andromeda is an intermediate skill level pattern, but I have had beginners make it as well ;)  The quilt is made with full blocks and half blocks pieced together in columns to give the shifted layout.   The pattern teaches you lots of techniques including quarter square triangles, half square triangles, stitch and flip, and tiny no-waste flying geese.  (or goslings;)     

This version of  Andromeda is made with Shimmer by Zen Chic And I just love a neutral quilt!!  There are a few prints in the line that were a little light, but I quilted it with a darker thread so that they would stand out a little more.   This is the queen size.   I love the metallic in this line and the neutral colors again just remind me of the Nordic Night feel ;)  The quilt is Fat Quarter Friendly, so you can grab a bundle and get cutting!!!  And the pattern is so versatile, it would look great in just about any bundle.

I quilted this version of  Andromeda with a lot of custom quilting.  Which is another reason it sat around so long waiting to be finished quilted.   I did beautiful feathers with pebbles in the background.  Then in the blocks, I did small squares and pebbles on the print and left the background unquilted so that stars just pop!!  And I used lots of colors of threads, as I matched and highlighted the blocks ;)  

Andromeda like all of my Happy Quilting patterns, has multiple size options so you can make whatever size quilt works for you ;)   I still really want to make a small version with a color background.  I think it will be just awesome!!  Baby, Lap, Picnic, Twin and King.     

And that is my new  Andromeda quilt!!!     (FINALLY!!!)   I am just so happy to share it with all of you!!  I truly did a happy dance as I got this off the longarm, and as you can see by all that yummy texture, I think it was worth the wait on that custom quilting ;) So are you ready to make your own Andromeda quilt??    If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to reach out to me ;)  And when you are finished with your Andromeda Quilts I would love to see them!!!  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 Quilts!!!

Thanks again for sharing this Andromeda Quilt with me!! ???  Pop over to my Etsy Shop, to pick up your Patterns before the end of the month as a new pattern will go on sale on Feb 1st :)      :)  

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

Hope and Future Quilt

So along with making the Raindrops Quilt I shared Yesterday, I also got to make this gorgeous Hope and Future Quilt for Fancy That Design House  ;)   I just love Stephanie's gorgeous panels, and I really love making Panel Quilts because the panel does all of the hard work and all you have to do is add a pretty border!!   The Hope and Future Quilt is also made with Stephanie's new  Things Above Collection.   Isn't is just so gorgeous!!!  

The Panel that Stephanie designed for this Things Above Fabric Collection is just so lovely!!  Not only is it just beautiful in the colors and florals, it is very inspiring as well.   It was just what I (and a loved one) needed to read this morning ;)   And just fyi, it should be in stock any day now :)     

And you already know from yesterday that I just love, love, love the prints in this Things Above Fabric Collection!!!   I bet you couldn't guess that that purpley-magenta print is my favorite ;)   But seriously, this is such a great compilation of colors, and they are just so bright and happy!!!     The quilt is made with yardage and the panel and finishes at 65" x 75" so it is another great large lap size to cuddle in!!  

And when it came time to quilt it, I decided on an all over loose feather design.  I think it just adds to all of the florals in the panel without being so busy that it takes away from the words.   And ya,  402 Pearl was the perfect thread, as always ;)  I just love seeing a quilt come to life with quilting.  The texture and snuggle factor just makes me smile!! 

And  that is my Hope and Future Quilt ;)  I am so happy that I got to make this quilt!!   And it went together super fast, thanks to the awesome panel :)   This would be a fantastic weekend project for sure and would make such a beautiful wedding gift!!!  

Thanks so much for popping in and sharing this finish with me today :)   

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

Raindrop Quilt

 I was so excited when Stephanie, from Fancy That Design House, asked if I could make a sample of her Raindrop quilt ;)   I just love Stephanie's beautiful fabrics and her quilt designs are always so fun and original!!!  And how cute is this Raindrop quilt !!!  It is made with Stephanie's new Things Above Collection and I just love it!  

Stephanie is not only an artist with her fabric, but also with her pattern designs.  I just love the random layout of the raindrops and flying geese.   I am always designing with symmetry, so I really enjoy getting to create something a little asymmetrical to get me out of my comfort zone.  

I just love all of Fancy That Design House fabrics, the colors and prints are always just so happy!!!   And I love how bold the colors in Things Above are and how she paired them with all of those tiny flying geese in soft teal.   So striking!!     The Raindrop quilt uses yardage and finishes at  62" x 74" so it makes a great large lap size to cuddle in!!  

And when it came time to quilt it, I wanted to add to the raindrop effect, so I did wavy vertical lines with tiny loops to look like water droplets across the quilt.   I I just love how it gives so much flow and texture to the design and it was nice and quick as well, double bonus!!   And you all know my favorite 402 Pearl was perfect for this quilt ;)

And  that is my Raindrop quilt ;)  I am so happy that I got to make this quilt!!   It really was super enjoyable to make and went together super fast, (once all of those little flying geese were done, tee hee hee)   A great project for sure!!!  

Thanks so much for popping in and sharing this finish with me today :)   

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

Piece and Quilt Sampler QAL - Month 10

 It's Month 10 of the  Piece and Quilt Sampler Quilt Along and can you believe it, we only have 1 more month to go!!!  Thanks to Fat Quarter Shop for hosting this awesome quilt along from the Celebrate with Quilts book!! And here are all of my month 10 finishes, that's a lot of HST's :)   

I think this is my favorite picture of the Rainbow of Ombre goodness !!   (see plan here)  Isn't it just so fun to see all of those happy colors together ;)  And ya, I figured out at some point how many HST's we made for the border, but now, I just know there are a lot.   I listened to several chapters in my book while trimming them all ;) So fun!! 

So ya, that is Month 10 of the Piece and Quilt Sampler  Next Month is the last month of our quilt along and we will be putting it all together!!!  I can't wait :) 

Thanks for popping in today ;)  Have a Happy Quilting Day!!