So Long 2025 . . . Bring on 2026!!

It's my favorite post of the year ;)   2025 was another amazing year for Happy Quilting!  I just have loved making so many Happy Quilts and spending time with so many Happy Quilters!  This year I completed 43 Quilts, and it is so fun to see all of them together!!   

43 Quilts

  (there are quite a few that I can't share yet :)  

And like I said, I got to spend a lot of time this year in person with lots and lots of Happy Quilters! I got the privilege of teaching and sharing on 10 separate quilting trips!! I even recorded my first You Tube live trunk show!!  It was crazy fun ;)    It truly is my favorite part of this whole quilting journey, being able so share my love of quilting with so many Happy Quilters!!  

10 Teaching Trips!! 

5 New Happy Quilting Patterns 

I just love designing quilts and the new Happy Quilting Patterns from 2025 were such a joy to create!!   I am just so glad you love the new patterns and their new look as much as I do.   And I have already started work on 3 new patterns for 2026 and am bringing back another oldie but goodie, so exciting!!!  

    

  

But the biggest events in 2025 was Weddings!!!  We were so beyond blessed to have two of our children find their special soul mates this year!!  It has been such a blessing to watch them start their lives together and grow in love!!  I just can't even begin to express my joy!!!

And for the Happy Quilting part of it . . . with Weddings comes Wedding Quilts!!

  Spencer and Michelle were married in March and I made 3 special wedding quilts for them.  

   

Jessica and Treyson were married in September and I made their Wedding Quilt with Nordic Nights and a special Signature Quilt for the reception.   

 

And that's Happy Quilting 2025 in a nutshell and just wow . . . what a year!!!! 

 For all of the details about all of the quilts from this year, see my Quilt Archive. at the top of the page.  

And I am so excited for 2026!!!  With all the changes in 2025, we now only have two kiddo's living at home that have both moved to the basement, so that means I now get to move my Sewing Studio Upstairs in their old rooms.   Yup, 2026 is going to start with a major remodel of the bathrooms in our house as well as taking out a wall to make a lovely new Sewing Studio!!!!  I can't wait to share all of the progress and am so excited for the prospect of a brand new sewing studio with windows.  Oh so much Happy Quilting is coming our way this year ;)   

Also, I said it last year, but this year I totally need to have another quilting marathon , and it will be an Ultra because I have so many quilt tops lined up to be quilted!!  So well look forward to that as well

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You for Happy Quilting Along with me ;)  

Bring on 2026, another year of Happy Quilting!! 

Scrap Quilts Book Giveaway!!!

 Let's talk about scraps . . . We all know if you make quilts . . . you are going to make Scraps!!!  So what to do with them all.  Well, I like to sort them by color, but then they just seem to languish in my scrap buckets.   Step in Emily Bailey's Scrap Quilts Book!!!  Every piece must go with this practical guide to quilt making by using even the tiniest pieces of scrap fabric from your stash.   The book includes 15 patterns from full size quilts to smaller quick makes like totes.  And has a great zero waste guide to patchwork and quilting so you can actually get to turning your scraps into beautiful finished makes!! 

This is one of my favorites from the book!!!  It is called the Good Night Irene quilt and uses crazy patch piecing to make small scraps into larger scraps, and then A Hexagon Cut (which you can use your AccuQuilt Die, so smart of Emily!!) to make this fun Scrappy Grandmother's Garden quilt!!!   So on my list to make!!!  

And since Emily is a wonderful friend, and it is a wonderful time for giving . . . Emily has shared 2 copies of her Scrap Quilts books for me to share with my Happy Quilting readers!!!  

To enter for your chance to win a Scrap Quilts book just simply leave me a comment on how big is your scrap stash??    That's it, super simple ;)    GIVEAWAY CLOSED

The giveaway will close on the 29th and I will announce the winner here on the 30th :)

And the winners are . . . #56 Jo and #31 JKay   Congrats, I have emailed you!! 

Good Luck and Happy (Scrappy) Quilting!! 

Merry Christmas!!

This year has been a blessed one indeed!!!  Two marriages, two new members of the family, and tons of amazing memories!!   The "Christmas Letter" is going to be more of a "New Years Letter" so for today, I will just say . . . 

Vice-Veras Quilt Along - Getting Ready

Its that time of year . . . where we start gearing up for new Quilt Along's!!!  And this year, I am super excited to jump right in starting January 5th with the Vice-Versa Table Top Quilt Along hosted by my friends at Fat Quarter Shop!!!  This will be a fun and fast Quilt Along, with a finishing project by the end of the month :)   And I've got my Vice-Versa Table Topper Kit all ready to go ;)   

And you know I couldn't stop there . . . I mean, how can you not love all of these happy colors.   And if you are going to play with Charm Packs, why not play with Layer Cakes as well.  So I jumped in with the Vice-Versa Table Runner Kit as well.  This is going to be so much fun!!!  

So do you want to join in this January Quilt Along fun??  Grab your Vice-Versa Pattern (which is 3 patterns in one book, great deal!!)  and let's get ready to make our first finishes of 2026!!! 

Oh, and just because you know I always have to shake things up . . . I have been looking at the kits and the patterns, and am thinking about making some alterations to my projects.  We'll see what I decide by January 5th!

Thanks for popping in today, I hope you are all having a very Happy (and Merry) Quilting Day!! 

Sweater Weather for Snuggle Up!!

I have wanted to make my Sweater Weather  pattern with a dark background since I finished the original (the first original that is :)  So when my wonderful friends at Poppie Cotton asked if I wanted to participate in their Snuggle Up for Christmas Week, I knew that it was the perfect fit.  And here is my new  Sweater Weather quilt, isn't it just so cute!!!  Yup, I just love it :) 

This Sweater Weather quilt is made with Poppie Cotton Country Confetti and Seeing Spots Basics.  I used my favorite Blue Ribbon Dark Blue for the background and Pale Moon for accent and binding!!  The quilt is Fat Quarter Friendly, so for the blocks of this lap size quilt, I choose 8 Fat Quarters in varying shades of blue. And it turned out just so adorable!!  I am teaching classes for this quilt in Jan, Feb, and Mar, so it will be so fun to see both the original white background, and this new version next to each other.  It just gives it a whole new look!!      

Sweater Weather  is an experience beginner skill level pattern, and regardless of your skill level, you will love making this quilt!     The quilt is made of two separate blocks and then pieced in a alternating layout with a small sashing.    The pattern teaches techniques including strip piecing, stitch and flip corners and lots of tiny patchwork in that chain. And because the piecing of everything else beyond the chain is pretty large, the quilt blocks come together pretty quick!  

And when it came time to quilt this I opted for an all over large swirl :)  Because I custom quilted the original, it is fun to do an easy over all design for the new quilt so that when students see both quilts, they can get ideas of which way they want to go with their own quilting.  And I used a beautiful country blue thread that just blended perfectly in the background and pops in the white hearts.  So cute!! 

And that is my new  Sweater Weather quilt!!!       And I am just so happy to share it with all of you!!!   Now all we need is some of the White Stuff in the pictures to make it truly Sweater Weather ;)   But for now, I will just keep snuggling up in this quilt and dreaming of snow!!    If you make your own Sweater Weather 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 and #sweaterweatherquilt ;)  I can't wait to see your Quilts!!!

Thanks for popping in today and sharing this new finish with me :)   And thanks to my wonderful friends at Poppie Cotton for creating the perfect opportunity for me to make this quilt that I have been imagining for a year ;)  

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