Come Sail N Sew With Me ;)

I am so super excited to announce that next January, I will be teaching on a Quilting Cruise hosted by Stitchin in Heaven!!!  EEEkkkk,  so, so, so, much fun!!!  I will be joined on the cruise by Joan Ford and Nancy Raschka and we will all be teaching Scrappy n' Happy quilts.   I know right, as if quilting on a cruise wasn't fun enough, but this one is a Scrappy cruise, Yippee!!!

I will be teaching my End of the Rainbow Quilt from my book Irish Chain Quilts.   I think it is my all time favorite scrappy quilt, especially as it doubles as a memory quilt for me because it has scraps from every quilt I had ever made to that point.  It is a wonderful scrap buster and so much fun to make.  I just know we are all going to have so much fun!!

We will be setting sail from Florida on the Oasis of the Sea on January 29th of 2017 for a week long adventure through Jamaica, Haiti, Jamaica, and Cozumel Mexico with lots and lots and lots of Happy and Scrappy Sewing in between.   

So pop on over and check it out.  I would just love to have you come get your scrappy happy quilting and sailing on with me!!!  It is going to be so much fun ;)

Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day - Welcome Lou Lou's Fabric Shop

It's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day and today is a special TTGD because we are also welcoming a new sponsor to Happy Quilting!!!! So let's have some fun :)

First, we need to announce the winner from last weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!!   The winner of the $25.00 Gift Certificate to Olie and Evie  is . . .   Number # 207. . . Congrats propswife!!!   I have emailed you :)       

  

  

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by Lou Lou's Fabric Shop, a brand new sponsor here at Happy Quilting!!!    I asked Jamie to send me a little intro to her shop so I could share it with all of you ;)   So here's all about Lou Lou's Fabric Shop . . . 

LouLou's opened last Spring fueled by an obsession with fabric. Our goal is to provide fabric options that are both trendy and timeless in order for quilters to create projects that are "loved now and treasured forever."  

We offer a daily deal every single day that we promote on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter as well as our website under the "daily deal" tab. Sometimes it is a specific product other times its a category. It varies but it is always a steal of a deal.  We also offer pre-orders where shoppers can save 10% on pre-orders all the time using code "preorder" or they can select an installment plan and pay over a few months for an upcoming collection. That is very popular. We also host a monthly giveaway in which one lucky person wins a bundle or precut from a new collection that is arriving that month. 

So pop on over and see all about Lou Lou's Fabric Shop!!!  They carry lots of  yardage as well as all the pre-cuts we love to stash!!!   They also carry fun notions, kits, and patterns to go along with all of that yummy fabric!!!  And as mentioned, they have an awesome Daily Deal , Monthly Giveaway and a can't miss Sale Section for fabulous discounts!!!

   

           

And before we get to the giveaway . . . Jamie has something special to share!!!   Use the coupon code HAPPYQUILTING for 10% off sotrewide this week!!!!   Yippee, everyone can be a winner now with lots of fun shopping!!!

And now that we know a bit more about Lou Lou's Fabric Shop . . . Let's have the Giveaway!!!  Lou Lou's Fabric Shop has a $25.00 Gift Certificate for one lucky reader.    One Lucky Reader is going to get a fun treat of their own choosing!!!!

You have two entry chances, the second being optional, 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 the name of your favorite childhood stuffed animal or doll.   (Mine was Lou Lou so I have been thinking about it all week :)

 ENTRY 2 - Let's welcome Lou Lou's Fabric Shop with lots of 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, March 15th when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

Good Luck, Welcome to Lou Lou's Fabric Shop and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

Blithe Quilt - AGF Stitched

Today I am excited to be sharing another AGF Stitched quilt, This one is called Blithe and it just makes me so happy for spring  ;)  When the Fat Quarter Shop asked me if I wanted to help them with the first AGF Stitched quilt of the year I was all over it.  I absolutely love the graphic nature of the pattern with all of its awesome angles. 

For my Blithe quilt, I decided to use Pat Bravo's amazing Artisan line.  I love the bold rich colors and how they just pop in the fun geometric random design. This was sort of a new to me palette of colors in quilting and I really enjoyed sewing with it.    I especially love the mustard's and the navy's.  I can see more quilts in these colors in my near quilting future ;)

When it came time to quilt mine, I decided I didn't want to take away from any of those wonderful angles, so I added even more angels.  I did one of my favorite all over quilting designs.  I call it fireworks and it is oh so much fun to quilt.  .  I think it is the perfect compliment to this super cool design.

And  it makes some super yummy texture.  I just want to keep running my fingers over the quilt top.     This quilt is so much fun to make and has such great movement.

And if you are making your own Blithe, Kimberly has made an awesome video tutorial that helps you along every step of the way making it go even quicker ;)

And that is my Blithe Quilt ;)   And  it has already been a special gift for our neighbors daughters wedding and I am happy to report that they just loved it ;)  Yippee!!! You can find the free pattern for the Blithe Quilt here .  And if you don't want to use Artisan, like I did, you can always do like Kimberly and make up her beautiful soft color palette.   You can find the original Blithe quilt kit here, it is so pretty in Chalk and Paint.

And for lot's more Blithe AGF Stitched eye candy, check out these awesome blogging friends ;)

Ants to Sugar

Happy Quilting

Kitchen Table Quilting

Like Flowers and Butterflies

Meadow Mist Designs

Old Red Barn Co

Piece N Quilt

Quilt Matters

S.O.A.T.K. Handmade

Sew Caroline

Sharon Holland Designs

Sometimes Crafter

That Crafty Cara

Elven Garden Quilts

And that is all for today ;)  Thanks for popping in and I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Day!!!

Splendid Saturday :)

It's been another fun Saturday making my Splendid Sampler blocks ;)   I started with the Simple Simon block designed by Celine Perkins.  This really is a super simple block to make using some sew and slash techniques.  I totally want to make a whole bunch of these.  So fun and so fast ;)

And next, was Focal Point designed by Natalia Bonner.  I just loved all of the fun points in this block to match up ;)  it is such a great design and was a lot of fun to piece.  And I love the pop of lime green, it really sets the block off I think ;)

And those are this weeks Splendid Sampler blocks.  Looking forward to next Saturday for another Splendid Morning of Saturday Stitching ;)

Happy Quilting!!!

Christmas Lane - An All In A Row Finish

Deck the Halls, and coming join me on a walk down a Christmas Lane!!!  I can't believe I have a Christmas quilt finished in March, so exciting!!!!  I have been posting my progress on my  Moda All In A Row Quilt Along Christmas Quilt  and I am so excited today to share the finish :)   I just love it!!!!

I used Winterberry fabric by Kate and Birdie for Moda.  I had a Fat Eighth bundle stashed away for a while now and it was just perfect for this project.   I just love the soft colors.  It makes for such a pretty subtle Christmas tone.  Just lovely.

I had so much fun choosing each row for this quilt and I love how fun they are when they all come together.  And I really enjoyed piecing up row after row.  It felt like each row was a mini quilt accomplishment because they are all so different one from another. I added one of the basic rows as a border and love how it finished off and framed all of the rows.  Ya,  I totally want to make another row quilt now ;)

When it came time to quilt it I decided to go with something simple since there was already so much going on with the rows.  I quilted an all over curl in my favorite 402 Pearl So Fine thread.   I just love quilting this design as it is so relaxing and it goes pretty fast too ;)

And I just love all of the beautiful texture it adds to the quilt.   Now I just need it to be December so I can snuggle up with it in front of the fire.

And that is Christmas Lane!!!!   I hope you love it as much as I do ;)  And if you haven't seen the All In A Row book that all of these fun rows came from, I totally recommend it.  It is just so fun to be able to pick out the rows and see your design come together!!!!

And that is it for me today ;)  Thank you so much for stopping in today and every day ;)

Have a Happy Quilting Weekend!!!

Linking up this finish to Sarah's and Amanda's ;)

Bringing a WIP off the shelf

So I am loving my new spreadsheets (I mentioned them here)  for tracking all of my quilts in the works.  I was reminded this week that I still have yet to finish my Snapshots quilt, which had been set aside for a few deadlines.  Which is super sad, considering all the blocks are done and it really wouldn't take that much to finish it up.

So yesterday, I pulled it all off the shelves and pieced up the super adorable quilt back that comes along with the patterns.   Don't you just love that camera.  So fun!!!

This morning I cut out all the sashing for the blocks and I am hoping to get the blocks all sashed today.  Then its just a few more seams to a finished quilt top.   Eeekk, can't wait to see this one all come together, it is just going to be so cute ;)

 I plan to donate it to the Festival of Trees this year, so it will feel super good to have it all done and ready ;)  How about you, do you have any WIP that you are pulling off a shelf this month??

Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!

It's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day . . .  let's have some fun :)

First, we need to announce the winner from last weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!!   The winner of the Custom #HelloSpring Fat Quarter Bundle  fromThe Intrepid Thread  is . . .   Number # 205. . . Congrats glittergal4u.!!!   I have emailed you :) 

      

       

  

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by Olie and Evie.  Rhonda has an adorable Etsy shop packed with wonderful pre-cuts and beautiful yardage!!!  And they are always at absolutly amazing prices!!!!  And she just added more items to the Clearance section where you will find the most amazing prices!! And this week, get free shipping with any order over $60.00 with the code 60SHIPSFREE :)    

And the Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is for a fantastic $25.00 Gift Certificate to Olie and Evie!!!! It is always so fun to get to pick your personal favorites, someone is going to have a fun little shopping spree ;)

You have two entry chances, the second being optional, 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 telling me what project you want to get done in March.

 ENTRY 2 - Show your Olie and Evie love.   You can follow them on  Facebook, at their blog, or Favorite their Shop, or you can visit The Shop and then share a favorite item ;)   Just be sure to leave a comment of how you showed your Olie and Evie Love!!!

And that's it ;)  The giveaway will be open until next Tuesday, March 8th, when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

Splendid Saturday

It's been another fun Saturday morning making a Splendid Sampler block ;)   This week I only had one to make, as I posted my block, Lots of Love on Sunday, so I had it made a little early ;)  It has been so Splendid to see everyone's Lots of Love blocks!!!  Seriously, it has just been amazing and incredibly humbling to be a small part of everyone's Splendid Sampler.  You can see all of the Lots of Love blocks either in the Facebook Group, with #thesplendidsampler on social media, or at the links in this post.  So fun!!!

And the block I made this week was Happy Happy designed by Jen Kingwell.   I was so fortunate to meet Jen Kingwell last month and this block is just like her, so very happy ;)   I did raw edge applique instead of hand stitched, surprise,surprise.  I adjusted my  blanket stitch super tiny to go around the little circles and just love the added little pop it gives them.

And those are this weeks Splendid Sampler blocks.  Looking forward to next Saturday for another Splendid Morning of Saturday Stitching ;)

Happy Quilting!!!

Improv Bag

So you might remember that at the Cedar Retreat in January that I actually got to take a class, well today I am excited to share that my adorable little Improv Bag is done!!!  Isn't it so cute :)   And I have to give a huge thank you to Barbara, because otherwise it wouldn't be done.  My two bag halves have been sitting just waiting for me to sew them together and she took them with her on a  little weekend trip and brought them back a finished bag.  (So sweet of her ;)  

The class and pattern for this bag is by Sandra Workman.  I originally saw these adorable bags she designed at Market and have wanted to make one every since, so I was so excited when she came to Cedar to teach them.   It was such a fun class, a fabulous pattern, and it was so wonderful to get to know Sandra more.  She is an amazing creative genius!!!

This bag is a Quilt-As-You-Go bag and I had so much fun with it.  I was just in a zone slapping on pieces and then quilting away.  Such a relaxing little project and so fun!!!  And of course, we all know how much I love purple, so I raided my purple scraps for this little bag.  It will reside in my sewing room, so now it will match the walls and all the mini's on the walls ;)

And in the lining, Barbara even included two little pockets.  Now it is just perfect for toting along a project and all of the supplies I need to make it.   Can't wait for a time to get to sew away now so I can try it out ;)  

And in the mean time, I think this is now going to be the home of my cute little improv basket.  It is behind my sewing machine so I can sit and enjoy how cute it is every time I sew.  Just loving it.  

Again, a huge Thank You out to Barbara for helping me finish it and to Sandra for such an awesome little design and class.  I loved it and am so excited to use my finished Improv Bag ;)

Thanks for popping in today and each day ;)  I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Weekend ;)

Linking up to Amanda's and Sarah's ;)

Fun Little Tidbits

I have a few fun things that I wanted to share with you today, so this is going to be just a little bit random and bouncy but it is all good Happy Quilting goodness ;)

First off, I want to give a huge thank you for you all for your wonderful comments on my planning for a Ruby Jubilee quilt ;)  I am happy to say that I finally made a decision.  I am going to do the red background and the white chain :)  Yippee!!!  I am using wonderful Grunge fabrics that arrived the other day and now I just can't wait to cut into them.  So pretty!!  And speaking of wonderfully fun things, oh my goodness, I just love the Moda Match Maker, especially my Grunge one!!!  It made choosing the red and white I wanted so much easier.  I knew exactly the tone, what color grunge was added to it, ect. ect.   Perfect!!!  Don't know how I ever got by without it!!  (Fat Quarter Shop  and Green Fairy Quilts carry them, just fyi :)

Second, Kimberly made kits of my Sugar Pop N Change Mini that I posted at the Moda Bake Shop in December!!!   So if you loved the mini and want to make one just like mine, or similar to mine but in green or blue, pop on over to Kimberly's Fabric Stash and get yourself a kit.  EEEkkk, I just love making Mini's ;)

And finally, My good friend Amy posted about these fabulous spreadsheets that her friends Holly and Dave of Stately Type made up.  I knew right away that they would be perfect for me.  I absolutely love checking things of "to do" lists, but the ability to check off each step of a quilt on a "to-do" list, fabulous!!!   I instantly went and grabbed a set, printed it off, and hung it on my desk by my machine.  They are downloadable and so fun and so very affordable!!!  There is also a Fabric Stash Inventory sheet that I will admit I am afraid to fill out, and a WIP to Finish one, but I added all my WIP's to my Quilts to Make in 2016, because I want to get them all done ;)     So anyhow, if you happen to like checking off lists as well, I highly recommend you pop on over and check out this trio of spreadsheets.  They really are amazing and I already have found myself squeezing in a binding or doing a little basting, just so I can check it off the list. Love it!!

And that is my fun little random tidbits for the day.  I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Day ;)

Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!

Note - If you are looking for The Splendid Sampler Post, you will find it here ;)

It's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day . . .  let's have some fun :)

First, we need to announce the winner from last weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!!   The winner of the Vintage Picnic Jelly Roll  from Fat Quarter Shop  is . . .   Number # 438. . . Congrats Kathy E.!!!   I have emailed you :) 

      

        

  

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by The Intrepid Thread!!  Julie has so many amazing fabrics and a wonderful eye for putting them together!   And Julie is also giving all Happy Quilting a fantastic coupon code for some fun shopping!! Use the code HAPPYQ15  until Wednesday at Midnight to get 15% off everything in your cart!!!  (excludes Pre-orders, Gift Certificate, and BOMs)

   

Today's  Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is for this stunning Custom #HelloSpring Fat Quarter Bundle !!! Like I said, Julie has an amazing eye for putting colors together!!  Isn't it just so happy, makes me totally smile!!!  That is some wonderful Fat Quarter Goodness there!!!

You have two entry chances, the second being optional, 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 telling me if you could say Hello to anyone in the world, who would it be ? 

 ENTRY 2 - Show your The Intrepid Thread love. You can follow them on Facebook, Bloglovin,  or Instagram.  You can Sign up for The Intrepid Thread Newsletter (right side bar) ,  Follow Their Blog, or you can Visit the Shop and then share a favorite item ;)   Just be sure to leave a comment of how you showed your The Intrepid Thread love!!!

And that's it ;)  The giveaway will be open until next Tuesday, March 1st when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!