Happy Mail and a New Leader & Ender Quilt

Talk about Happy Mail!!!   The Bonnie and Camille Quilt Bee book is in the house!!!  I am just thrilled and have already flipped through all the pages of wonderful projects.   And of course, I want to make them all :)

I was super excited to find my name among the contributor's of blocks for the Beehive Quilts in this book.  How fun to be part of 583 quilters from 11 countries and 48 states that helped contribute blocks for Bonnie and Camille's Beehive Quilts.   

Which made me think, why not make my own :)    I just love the layout of Bonnie's Beehive Quilt, and I actually need a new Leader and Ender Quilt and this would be perfect!!  You might recall, I was working on this new project for Leader and Ender's but it didn't work to keep changing the stitch length as it was paper piecing, so it got moved to a long-term project.   So now this Beehive Quilt will be a perfect replacement, I am so excited!!!  What a fun place to start in this amazing Bonnie and Camille Quilt Bee book.

And the good news is, I have a big stack of 2 1/2" squares just waiting.  This is going to be so fun!!!

Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!

It's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!! Let's have some fun :)

First, we need to announce the winner from last Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!!  

The winner of the Simply Sweet November Mat Wool Kit from Shabby Fabrics is . . .   Number #41 . . . Congrats Linda!!  I have messaged you :)    

        

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by Fat Quarter Shop.   Fat Quarter Shop is amazing and they never cease to amaze me with everything they have going on at their shop!!!     And did you know they have a 24 Hour Flash Sale every day with 2 Flash Sales on Tuesdays!!   And not only do they have a daily deal, they have a Fabric Basic, Pattern, and Notion of the Month!!!!     All Matchmade by Pat Bravo are on sale and this is such a great fabric to work with!!!  Also, All Fiskars Products are on sale for the Notion  , and Then Came June Patterns are on sale for the Pattern.   Save 20-30% off of all of them for the whole month of Septembert!!  So great ;) 

And for today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Fat Quarter Shop is giving away this gorgeous Stitch Pink Fat Quarter Bundle filled Grunge Basics!!!  You all know how I just love Grunge!!!  This is going to be one lucky winner!!!    

You have two entry chances here on the blog, 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 if you have made a quilt with Grunge and if so, what was the quilt??  

 ENTRY 2 - Show your Fat Quarter Shop love.   You can follow them on   Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, You Tube or at their Blog.  You can Sign up for their Newsletter which will ensure you catch all of their amazing sales, or you can visit The Shop and then share a favorite item ;)   Just be sure to leave a comment of how you showed your Fat Quarter Shop Love!!!

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

You can also pop over to my Instagram and/or Facebook to enter there as well :)  

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

A Star is Born Class

 I had such a wonderful time this weekend at The Stitching Room.  Friday evening I shared my  Charming Baby Quilts Trunk Show, which sorry, but I don't have any pictures of.  That is what happens when I am talking up front and Barbara is holding quilts ;)  We just run out of hands, tee hee hee.   But it was so fun to finally get to share my Charming Baby Quilts live!! And then Saturday I did a class for the A Star is Born quilt from the cover of Charming Baby Quilts.  And goodness, we had such a great time!!!  These ladies were so much fun to sew with and it was such a joy to be teaching again!!!

And we even had some gals finish their quilts in class!!!   How incredible is that, an entire quilt finish in one class.   This is Amy and she did hers in Back Porch by Me and My Sister Designs.   Isn't that just so cute, and paired with the polka dot background, just adorable!!!

And Sue made her's with some Poppie Cotton Country Road Charms and I love that Sea Glass Country Confetti Cotton background!!!  It just makes all of those beautiful pinks, navy, and creams just pop!!!  Just gorgeous!!!  

And Amy B. went scrappy with some old Christmas charms she had stashed away.  Isn't that gold background she added just amazing!!!  Talk about a rich Christmas Quilt!!!  

You only need 2 Charm Packs and 2 yards of Background Fabric to make this quilt and I just loved seeing all of the different fabric combinations everyone choose.   And those that didn't finish are super close, so I am sure there will be lots more A Star is Born quilts soon!!!   In fact, I have seen lots and lots online so I will have to share more of those soon as well :)    

I am just so thrilled that Randi from The Stitching Room in Richfield Utah had me come and share and teach.   What a joy it was!!!  And if you are in the area, be sure to stop by her cute store, it is just so great, and Barbara and I had some fun shopping as well :) 

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

Charming Baby Quilts - Trunk Show!!

 I am so excited!!!  Tonight I get to do my first Charming Baby Quilts Trunk Show!!!  I have had others scheduled but due to Covid, they were cancelled.  But thank heavens Richfield, UT is Green so I can visit The Stitching Room this evening and share my quilts from Charming Baby Quilts!!!  I can't wait ;)  

And I even finished up the last of my Charming Baby Remix's (like last night) so I am planning on taking those as well and sharing other versions of Charming Baby Quilts in different fabrics and sizes.  It should be fun.  I wish they were all quilted, but this will do for now :)

And quilting shouldn't be far off.   As of yesterday, I have all 10 quilt tops done, all 10 backings made, and all 10 bindings sewn.   Looks like a quilting marathon in the making :)  Be sure to click on the Charming Baby Quilts, All the Quilts, All the Details button on the top right hand side of the blog to see each of the remakes arrive and their instructions :)

If you are in the Richfield area, stop by The Stitching Room  this evening and join in the Charming Baby Quilts fun!!!

Oh, and if you are a quilt shop or retreat and would like me to come share my Charming Baby Quilts Trunk Show or doing a Charming Baby Quilts class, please email me at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com

I hope you all have a very Happy Quilting Weekend!!!

Labor Day Sewing!!

We spent Labor Day weekend at the Cabin  and had a wonderful time at the mountain with family!!   And while my husband was teaching the kids how to chop wood for the winter, I got to sew (the only time it is good to have a sore back :)  I had planned out my Color in the Lines Remake from Charming Baby Quilts, but hap been putting off starting it as I wanted to make it scrappy but wasn't quite up to digging through all my scraps. (I have a lot of scraps!!)    I should have just jumped in, because I didn't even have to cut a lot!!!   I had so many charm squares, jolly bars, and layer cake pieces in there it only took a little bit to have 160 rainbow charms all stacked up :) 

And from there, it only two a few more minutes to cut them into the sizes I needed for Color in the Lines.   Don't those rainbow stacks just look so fun!!!  I have to admit, it was a little hard to mix them all up so I could sew them all together into rows :)

But once I got to mixing, they sure sewed together quick.   I just love the fun rainbow goodness in this.   I plan to use a nice charcoal solid sashing that I think is going to set all of these happy colors off just nicely.   It is going to finish as a twin, so I figured a darker color background will help it last longer on a bed ;)  

And I couldn't help but snap this last picture.  I stacked up all the rows to take them back home to press and I just thought they looked so fun all stacked up.   That stack shows a whole lot of happy quilting at the cabin :)   Now just to get these pressed and the quilt top finished up!!!

And super exciting, this is my last Charming Baby Remake quilt top to make.   I worked on some backings yesterday, so now it is time to do some marathon quilting as I have 10 of these to quilt up :)   It should be super fun and then I will start to share the Charming Baby Remake alterations soon!!

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