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  2 Yards of their choice of Sandy Henderson's new Strawberry Moon from  Shabby Fabrics is . . .   Number #100 . . . Congrats  Nettie!!! I have emailed you :)    

  

    

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by Happy Quilting!!!  Yup, little ole me today ;)  And before I get to the TTGD here, I wanted to let you know about a special little giveaway that I am doing over at Instagram.   It is a fun loop giveaway with 14 other awesome bloggers and as you can see, it is an awesome prize!!!  So pop on over to my Instagram to start looping :) 

And for those that don't do Instagram, never fear!!!   We are still doing our favorite Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day right here.  So here is the  giveaway ;)  One lucky winner will be receiving their choice of 3 Happy Quilting PDF Patterns.  And while we are at it, if you have made any of my patterns, I would love to see them!!!  You can email them to me or add them to social media with the #happquiltingwithmc ;)  

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  your favorite notion in your sewing room is ;)  

 ENTRY 2 - Show your Happy Quilting love. You can follow Happy Quilting on Bloglovin, Email Updates, or RSS to get daily updates.  Or you can like Happy Quilting on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or Flickr.   Any one way will do . . . Just be sure to leave a comment of how you showed your Happy Quilting Love!!!

And that's it ;)  The giveaway will be open until next Tuesday, September 6th , when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

A Quilting Kind of Day!!!

On Saturday I put a big Secret Sewing Project in the mail.  It is always fun to finish one of those, but often, when their deadline starts looming, other projects just pushed aside for the minute.  And that is how today's Quilting Kind of Day came about.  I have 3 quilts I am so excited to quilt today, because the tops have been finished for a week, and I just can't wait to see them all finished up!!!

First up, Have you seen the new The Jolly Bar Book??  It is so stinking cute (especially as the book is the same size as a Jolly Bar pre-cut)!!!  Well when mine arrived I was super excited because I am always looking for fast and fun quilts to add to my "baby quilt gift pile".  And all 20 patterns in this book totally fall into the fast and fun category :)

I decided to use The Treehouse Club by Sweetwater for Moda. (which comes out in Sept!!)   It is such a cute fabric line and has the bonus of being essentially gender neutral so these will work for boys or girls, and are perfect for when mom wants to keep the gender a surprise ;)  (ya, we only had the guts to do that with one of our children ;)  

And I had so much fun making up the first quilt top shown above with the book, that I just figured why not whip up a second pattern from the book. (this was of course, before the secret sewing project deadline was looming ;)  So now I have two baby quilt tops that I get to quilt up today.  So fun!!

And then you might recall seeing some pretty Grand Canal scraps from my Sample Spree Market Bundle that I have shown on my Instagram account.  Well, the quilt top has been patiently waiting and I am so, so, so excited to see this one all quilted up.   I Love the way it turned out and can't wait to see it in all its yummy texture goodness.   I am thinking an all over free motion quilting design on this one, now I just have to decide on which one to use ;)

So if you need me today, I will be at the Long Arm listing to a good book and quilting away!!

Happy Quilting!!!

Modern Heritage Quilts

Last summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to piece a couple of quilts for my good friend Amy Ellis for her newly released book Modern Heritage Quilts.  Now that the book is released, I can share the quilts!!  Yippee ;)

The first quilt is called Soaring and I had so much fun making it up.  I loved that I got to play with scrappy prints within each color value because scrappy is just happy!!!  And isn't the movement in this quilt just incredible.  I just love Amy's designs!!

And even though this quilt looks a little complex to piece, it really isn't.   Again, Amy does amazing designs and breaks this quilt down into simple piecing.  It went together super quick and was so much fun to piece!

The second quilt I pieced for Amy is called Brilliance.  In this design Amy takes the traditional snowball piecing but stretches it out to make diamonds.   So fun!!!   And once again, gotta love the super scrappy goodness :)

This quilt has such wonderful modern flair tied in with such a wonderful traditional block.  It just makes me smile.  Just like Soaring, it was super fun and super fast to piece.   And how perfect would it be for busting some serious scraps.   You better believe this one was added to the list to make my own version ;)

Yippee, it is so fun to finally get to share these fun quilts!!!  You can see all of the amazing quilts in Modern Heritage Quilts over at Amy's Blog right here ;)  Like I said, she is an amazing designer and these quilts are incredible eye candy!!!

Thanks so much Amy for letting me be a small part of your incredible book!!!  And yes, several of these amazing quilts (Serendipity, The Comfort Quilt, and Brilliance)  have been added to the "to do" list. That list just keeps getting longer and longer :)  Gotta love it!

Have a Happy Quilting Weekend!!!

1 Million Pillowcase Challenge

Have you heard of the 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge???   It is a fantastic charity project brought to our quilting community by the wonderful folks at American Patchwork and Quilting and in a few short weeks they will be holding their annual 24 Hour Sew-A-Thon!!!  It's a great time to get involved and sew up a pillowcase or 2, or 3 . . . .

You can find all of the details about the 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge right over here.  There are lots of free pillowcase patterns and if you want a step by step tutorial, you can always see my Summer Sleepover Set Pillowcase Tutorial that I shared last week ;)  

So start pulling some fun fabrics, mark Sept 16th on your calendar and get ready to join in with quilters across the globe for some pillowcase fun!!!!   I can't wait!!!

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 $50.00 Fat Quarter Shop Gift Certificate  is . . .   Number #126 . . . Congrats  mamasem!!! 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 a huge Summer Clearance Sale, you are sure to find some amazing deals so be sure to check it out :)

And the Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is in luck, because Shabby Fabrics has something fun for you!!!   One lucky winner will win 2 Yards of their choice of Sandy Henderson's new Strawberry Moon!!!   Eeekk, I am so excited for these gorgeous 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 your favorite Strawberry Dessert.  

 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, August 30th when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!