Irish Chain Quilts (Sale) for an Irish Day!!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!!!!  And what better to go with St. Patrick's Day than with some Irish Chain Quilts!!!!   It's no secret that I love Irish Chain Quilts, hence why I wrote a book with contemporary twists on the classic design.   So, to celebrate this all Irish Day, how about a Lucky Sale!!!  And since lucky number 7 is always good . . .  Today you can purchase Irish Chain Quilts for only $17.77!!!   You can find your own personalized and signed copy right here in my little book store ;)   

And if you already have a copy of my book . . . Well what better day to start your own Irish Chain Quilt!!!!   Grab some fabrics from your stash and get cutting and then be sure and tag me in your pics with @happyquiltingmc!!!!  I would love to see which Irish Chain Quilt you decided to make :)

And if you don't have a copy of my book yet . . .but want to start and Irish Chain Quilt today, well you can always start up one of these tutorial Irish Chain Quilts.   There is the Super Scrappy Single Irish Chain, the Bonnie Rose, or the Super Scrappy Triple Irish Chain.  All three are super fun to make and great stash busters.  Just click on the names of the quilts or the pictures of the quilts to be taken to the free step by step tutorial of each ;)

  

Whether you decide to start your first Irish Chain Quilt or your 10th, I hope you enjoy these fun twists on my all time favorite classic design ;)  

 I wish you all a very  Happy Irish (and hopefully some Quilting) Day!!!!

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 $25.00 Gift Certificate from Lou Lou's Fabric Shop is . . .   Number #27 . . . Congrats Stacy Lindblom!!   I have emailed you :) 

    

    

    

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by Shabby Fabrics!!   Along with hosting the giveaway, Shabby Fabrics is having an amazing Spring Cleaning Sale that includes lots of amazing Sale and Clearance fabrics!!!!!!!   They just added a whole ton of fabric to make room for new stuff, so be sure to check it out!!  So fun!!!  

And the Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is for a Cloud Fat Quarter Set of the new Moda Collection, Refresh by Sandy Gervais!!!   I just love how soft the colors are, just lovely!!!  One lucky winner is certainly going to be refreshed with these beautiful fabrics!!

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 you favorite type of Pie, yesterday was Pi day after all :)

 ENTRY 2 - Show your Shabby Fabrics love. You can follow them on Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, Pinterest, or Instagram.  You can Sign up for the Shabby Fabrics Newsletter (top right hand corner) or 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 Shabby Fabric Love!!!

And that's it ;)  The giveaway will be open until next Tuesday, March 22nd, when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

Crossroads Quilt Along - Diamond Block

I am posting a day early, but tomorrow is TTGD and I didn't want these blocks to get lost in it :)   So today I am excited to share the second set of the Crossroads Quilt Along blocks.  This month it is the  Diamond Blocks and aren't they just fabulous!!!

This block looks a little complex but it really goes together quite quick.  Just some HST's and some Stitch and Flip corners and you are there in no time.  And I just love the overall effect.  Wouldn't this block just look amazing on its own in a whole quilt.  So fun!!!

If you sewing along or want to join in on the fun,  you can download the block pattern right here and then don't forget to donate the $5.00 for the pattern to the March of Dimes  ;)  This QAL is raising funds for premature babies and Fat Quarter Shop and Moda and All of Us are teaming up to make a big impact!    

And like always, if you are a little nervous about about stitching up this block, you need not worry.  Kimberly and Joanna , have made a fabulous You Tube video that walks you through making the block step by step and has lots of little tidbits to help you with your block!!!  

Be sure to  share all of your Crossroads progress on social media with #crossroadsquiltalong and check out these fabulous bloggers who are quilting along for some Diamond Block inspiration :)  

Joanna of Fig Tree Quilts (@figtreequilts)
Pat Sloan (@quilterpatsloan)
April of Prairie Grass Patterns (@amrosenthal)
Tina of Emily Ann's Kloset (@emilyannskloset)
Melissa of Oh How Sweet (@ohhowsweet)
Angie of Gnome Angel (@gnomeangel)
Vanessa of Lella Boutique (@lellaboutique)
Melissa of Happy Quilting (@happyquiltingmc)
Erin of Why Not Sew (@whynotsewquilts)
Greg of Grey Dogwood Studio (@greydogwoodstudio)
Sondra of Out of the Blue Quilts (@sondradavison)
Sedef of Down Grapevine Lane (@downgrapevinelane)
Taunja of Carried Away Quilting (@taunjalynn)

I will be sharing more Crossroads Blocks on the 15th of each month.  It is going to be so much fun!!!  I hope you come Quilt Along!!!

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

Splendid Sampler Saturday!!

It's Saturday so that means Splendid Sampler blocks ;)   With my Irish Chain Layout I won't be able to include all 100 blocks, so I actually hopped over one block this week as it was all embroidery, and I just haven't decided if those will work in my rainbow layout  (and you know, I am not a big fan of hand stitching, so it wasn't hard to make an excuse to not have to do it :)  

So this week I started with the Friends Around the Square block designed by Julie Karasek.  This was such a fun block to make.  I think it took me twice as long to choose fabrics as it did to make the block.  It was super important to make sure I had enough contrast in the three shades of orange to really make sure I didn't lose the design.  I just love sewing these monochromatic blocks, it really is making me think a lot about shades of color and layout.

And since I only have one SS block to share, I decided to get caught up in my bee block as well.  Tamara asked us to make this super fun block.  It's an Ohio Star framed in a modified Log Cabin.   It was so much fun to make and I just love the pretty purples in Lady Slipper Lodge by Holly Taylor for Moda.   It was so fun to make and I am glad to be all caught up again ;)

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

Happy Quilting!!!

Snapshots Quilt Top!!!

Yippee!!!!  I finished my Snapshots Quilt top ;)   Isn't it just so fun!!!!   Sure it took a little bit to frame all of those blocks, by wow, I just love it!!!   The setting of this quilt is just amazing.  Gotta love those gals at Fat Quarter Shop, always coming up with amazing!!!  This is just the cutest quilt!!!

I finished up the quilt back last week so now it's time to quilt this up!!!   And I have no clue how I want to do it.  I might have to think on that one for a bit.  Any suggestions??