Happy Little Things BOM - Finishing and Giveaway!!!

***Just a quick reminder - Today is the last day to take advantage of Happy Quilting's Weekend Sale and get 30% off all pattern ;)

It's the first Monday in December, wow how did that happen!!!  It is really throwing me for a loop having Thanksgiving in the last week of November, I totally feel like I am already playing catch-up for Christmas.    But, one good thing about it being December, it means I get to share the Finish of my Happy Little Things Block of the Month!!!    This fun BOM is hosted by Jacquelynne Steves and has been so much fun!!!  You can read all about The Finishing Instructions over at Jacquelynne's blog!!!    And here is my Happy Little Things Finish ;)

As you can tell right away, I finished my quilt a little different than the instructions ;)   I decided to make 9 blocks total, including an extra basic center block, and then use 16 Cornerstones that are 2 1/2" and then 24 Sashing Strips that measure 2 1/2" x 12 1/2".   That made the quilt finish at 44" x 44" so it is a great baby size quilt!!!

And I love that the Cornerstones and Sashing really set off each block, especially those adorable Log Cabin borders.  It really allowed each design to just shine.   So fun!!!   And of course, the  Gretel Fabrics from my wonderful friend Amy Smart  are just perfect for this little baby quilt.  It is so fun to see all of these blocks together in such an adorable finish.  

And when it came time to quilt it, I really had some custom quilting fun.  I used a whole ton of quilting designs to really make this pop!!!   I quilted wishbones in the sashing, ribbon candy in the log cabin borders, pebbles in the background, wayv lines in the star points, and double arches in the center of the blocks.   Yup, like I said, lots of custom quilting fun.  

And talk about some awesome texture!!!    I just love  how this picture really shows off the quilting and makes each of the blocks pop.    So great :)  I just keep running my hand over the top of this quilt to feel all of that yummy quilting goodness. 

And that is my Happy Little Things Block of the Month Finish!!!  And I am so glad I got to participate in this wonderful quilt along ;)   It has been such a great project!!!

If you are quilting along be sure to share all of your Happy Little Things  progress on social media with #HappyLittleThingsBOM and #HappyLittleThingsQuilt  and add your finishes to the Happy Little Things Facebook Group.   And be sure to check out  these other bloggers to see lots more Happy Little Things Finishes and enter for more chances to win the December Giveaway!!!

A Quilting Life                               Flamingo Toes 

Podunk Pretties                            Kathy's Quilts  

The Crafty Quilter                         The Quilting Nook  

                  Allie-Oops Sweet Happy Life 

Yup, I said Giveaway!!!  With each month's block there will be a Happy Little Things Giveaway and you can enter at each blog as each blogger will be giving away a Thermoweb Prize Pack!!!  I love all things Heat n Bond for doing applique, so this is so great!!! 

GIVEAWAY CLOSED - WINNER IS #71 - Bonnie58!!!  Congrats, I have emailed you :) 

To enter is simple.   We are going to run this the same way we do all of our Terrific Tuesday Giveaways :)   (Which is tomorrow so if you are visiting for the first time, be sure to come back for a chance to win some more!!!)      

You have two entry chances, the second being optional, and please leave a separate comment for each.  All Entries are welcome, including International Entries. (but international winners will receive a digital copy :)    Please just be sure to leave an email address if you are a no-reply blogger!!    Comments can be left by clicking on the # Comments link in Red at the bottom of this post :)

ENTRY 1 - Simply leave a comment that tells me one project you hope to finish before the end of the year ;)  

 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 Sunday, December 8th, when I will announce a winner and update it on this post :)

And if you are visiting Happy Quilting for the first time, welcome!!!   I hope you will look around for a bit as I have been writting here for 9 years and have so many fun quilt tutorials, project tutorials, quilt alongs, and patterns to share ;)  

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

Happy Quilting Pattern Sale and Amazing Weekend Deals!!!

We'll It's the biggest shopping weekend of the year, and Happy Quilting is jumping in with an fun Pattern Sale!!!   From today until Cyber Monday, all Happy Quilting Patterns will be 

30% off !!!  

And as a Special Bonus, if you order three or more patterns, you will receive a free pattern.  Just leave me a note of which pattern you would like free in the comments of your order and I will get it to you directly :)

No Coupon necessary for the sale, prices have already been marked down :)

PDF Patterns and Hard Copy Patterns can be purchased in my  Etsy Store :)

**Please note, all Hard Copy Patterns will ship on Monday as I am out of town :)

And while your doing some fun quilty shopping, be sure to check out all of these amazing deals from my fantastic sponsors!!!

Fat Quarter Shop is offering 20% off store-wide for 2 days only!!!  No coupon necessary :)  They are also have multiple amazing Flash Sales and Free Gifts with qualifying purchases!!!

Green Fairy Quilts has some spectacular pre-cut deals for this weekend.   On Friday, all Layer Cakes are only $24.99!!!     On Saturday, it's a surprise what the deal will be!!!   And on Monday, Jelly Rolls are only $24.99!!!  All sales end Monday night.   Free Shipping on orders over $60.00  No coupon necessary. 

LouLou's Fabric Shop  has marked down over so many collections, which means hundreds of bolts for as low as $6.00 a yard .  Get 25% off all Christmas Fabrics, Precuts, and Bundles.    And use code "BUNDLEUP" for 20% off the purchase of 3 or more Lou Lou Bundles!!!  

Olie and Evie  has a special Black Friday Sale you won't want to miss with super low prices marked through the entire store!!  No coupon necessary.   

Shabby Fabrics has up to 75% on Sale Fabrics, Sale Kits, Sale Patterns and Books and Clearance items.   There are over 1,700 items marked down and no coupons are necessary!!!  

AccuQuilt has 20% off all GO! Dies, $30.00 off all GO! Qube Products,  and Huge Discounts on GO! Fabric Cutting Systems  No Coupon necessary.   They also have a Free Ruler with qualifying purchase and Free Shipping on all purchases!!  

Happy Quilting and Shopping!!!!!

Tutorial Throwback Thursday - Crossroads!!!

First off, Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends in the USA!!!   Today I am feeling so very grateful!!   Since it's Thursday, I was thinking about which project to feature today for our Tutorial Throwback.   And I was hit with just how grateful I am for this incredible Quilting Journey I am on.   I absolutely love this industry and I am blown away by how many amazing opportunities and experiences that have been opened up to me on this journey.   When I started my blog,  I did not expect to be an author, or pattern designer, or published, or anything for that matter, I just wanted a space to share quilts ;)    And it just blows me away how starting that blog became a Crossroad into an entire amazing journey, that I am so incredibly grateful for and am loving each and every day of it!!!   So that is why today, we are throwing back to the Crossroads quilt :)

Crossroads is such a fun quilt to make.   It really has a wonderful geometric designs with fun secondary designed created when the blocks are sewn together.  And it is beginner friendly to experts alike because there are not a whole lot of seams that need to be lined up.   So it's fun and fast.   

And because it is basic block construction, it is easy to change the size as well!!!   This quilt in a 4 x 4 layout finishes at 64" x 64" so a nice lap size quilt.   But I have seen it made as a 5 x 5 quilt that finishes at 80" x 80" for a Picnic size, and also as a 6 x 6 quilt that finishes at 96" x 96", a great Queen/King size.  It looks fantastic no matter what size it is made ;)  

And I love, love, love the fabrics in this quilt!!!   This is Gingham Girls by Amy Smart and it was her debut line.  I just love that it reminds me of all of the homemade dresses and shirts and short sets that my mom used to make for me and my siblings.   Talk about some wonderful memories!!! And Crossroads is made using Charm Packs, and ya, I am super into Charm Packs right now!!!  I just love all of those fun little squares :) 

My Crossroads quilt because a gift for a special bride and groom.   Because it goes together fast and easy, it makes for a great gift!!    I just love being able to give the gift of quilty hugs, they are the best!!!  And that is my Crossroads Quilt ;)  

I hope you have enjoyed today's Tutorial Throwback Thursday!!!    To make your own Crossroads quilt  just click on any of the quilt name links for the free step by step tutorial.    And when you are done, I would love to see your quilt!!  You can email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com, post it to social media with #happyquiltingwithmc  or or add it to my flickr group here ;)  I can't wait to see your Crossroads quilts!!!

Thanks for popping in today and each day.   I truly am blessed to have this little space to share my absolute love of quilting!!!

I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Day and also for all of my friends in the US, a very  Happy Thanksgiving!!! 

Perfect 5 Quilts Book and Short Macaroon Quilt!!!

Today I am super excited to share an adorable new finish for the Perfect 5 Quilt Along hosted by Fat Quarter Shop.   I am calling it Short Macaroon and you will soon see why :)  

Perfect 5 Quilts is the newest book from It's Sew Emma.  Yup, they are the same publisher helping me create my Charming Baby Quilts book!!!    Perfect 5 Quilts has 16 quilt designs that are all made from Charm Packs.   And you know I love Charm Packs!!!   And the cool thing is, they even created a Perfect 5 Ruler from Creative Grids to make cutting out all 16 projects quick and easy!! 

So each week of the Perfect 5 Quilt Along focuses on blocks from two projects, and over the 8 weeks you will have enough blocks to make the Perfect 5 Sampler quilt.   How fun is that!!! 

I am Week 8 of the Quilt Along so I get to share the Macaroon Block

And the Shortbread Block.    (Hence the name of my quilt, Short Macaroon :)  

Both of the blocks were so fun to make, easy to cut, and turned out so super cute.   I made them using two Wonder Charm Packs by Kate and Birdie for Moda.   Aren't those soft colors and prints just dreamy.  Perfect for a baby quilt ;)

I decided to add sashing and cornerstones because the Macaroon blocks had an awesome "chain" look to them that I wanted to connect that across the quilt.  Because we all know I love "Chain" quilts just as much as Charm Packs :)     And didn't it just make these two blocks come together perfectly!!!  I added a 1" border on the Shortbread blocks so they would finish at the same size as the Macaroon blocks and then just stitched it all together.    So cute!!! 

When it came time to quilt it, I wanted something soft and subtle, just like the Wonder Fabric, so I decided on an all over Curly Q.   I love how it just adds so much movement and wonderfully soft texture.    Seriously, this quilt just kept getting cuter and cuter!!!

 All of the information on this fun quilt along can be found on the Jolly Jabber.   It will go over fabric requirements, each week's blocks, and the single block instructions.  Of course, you will still need the Perfect 5 Book to quilt along for the cutting sizes ;)   

And that is my Short Macaroon quilt!!!   It finished at 38" x 38" so it is the perfect size for a baby quilt.  And this quilt already has a special little wee one in mind for it and that just makes me smile.  

Thanks for popping in today and sharing my newest little baby quilt :)

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

Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!!

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

First, we need to announce the winner from last weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway :)

The winner of the Stiletto Fat Eight Bundle from Green Fairy Quilts is . . .  Number #150. . .   Congrats Rachel C!!!   I have emailed you :)    

 

          

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by  Lou Lou's Fabric Shop .    Did you know that Jamie makes a new Lou Lou Bundle every Tuesday . . . there are so many to choose from and they are all just stunning!!!  Like how fantastic is this new Down the Chimney Bundle!!!    Along with hosting the giveaway, Jamie is having a  Fantastic Sale with with lots of amazing discounts!!!!   And don't forget to pop over to Lou Lou's Fabric Shop each day for the Daily Deal!!!   And of course, you won't want to miss the Black Friday Sale that starts Midnight Friday Night!!!  And you can use the code FREESHIP for Free Shipping on all $20 min orders until Sunday!!! 

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is for some shopping goodness!!  Lou Lou's Fabric Shop is offering one lucky reader a $25.00 Gift Certificate perfect to use on anything in the store, including any of the awesome Lou Lou Bundle's, Sale Fabrics, or on the Daily Deal!!  Just perfect!!!!  

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 tell me one thing you are Thankful for Today :)  

 ENTRY 2 - Lets show Lou Lou's Fabric Shop some 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, December 3rd when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!