Bountiful Quilt Along - Release 2 - Wildflower & Center Blocks

 Today is the second release of the Bountiful Quilt Along and I am just so excited with how this quilt is coming together!!!  This is Fat Quarter Shop's 10th Annual Charity Quilt Along and they are always my favorite :)  The 1st Friday of each month will be a new release for blocks and today are the Wildflower & Center Blocks.   And how cute are these blocks, and how big as well!!!

I am using Meadowmere for by Gingiber for my blocks.  I decided to make all of my tulips the same print, and I love how they play off of the red and black flowers below.   And all of that gold metallic in the stems just has me so happy.   I really think this is just going to be so chic when it is all done :)    

So are you joining in with the Bountiful Quilt Along fun???   You can download the block pattern right here and it is requested for each pattern you download to donate $10.00  to the Make a Wish Foundation :)  And I am super excited to say that even though it has just started,  Fat Quarter Shop's annual charity QAL has already raised over $  45,000!!! The goal is $1000,000 which will allow for 16 wishes to be granted.  How awesome is that!!!  And Moda Fabrics and Fat Quarter Shop have joined to match up to $30,000 :)  So many amazing wishes :)  

Be sure to share all of your Bountiful progress on social media with #bountifulqal and check out Fat Quarter Shops post for the Wildflower & Center Blocks for lots more Bountiful Inspiration!!! 

And that's it for the Second Release in the Bountiful Quilt Along!!!!      

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

Fast & Fun Sampler Quilt Along - Week 1

 **  NOTE  - This post is part of a series of posts for the Fast & Fun Sampler Quilt Along.  If you would like to join (and have a chance to win some fun prizes ) you can find a list of the post links here :)  Here is the schedule

Introduction and Details

April 5 - Dash and Diamond Blocks - You are Here

April 12 -  Puzzle Box Blocks

April 19th - Treasured Blocks

April 26th - Jacks Blocks

May 3 - Dutch Days and Three O Blocks

May 10 - Aurora Block and Key Blocks

May 17th - Merry-Go-Round Blocks

May 24th - Putting it All Together

June 7th - Parade of Finishes

WEEK 1 - DASH BLOCKS AND DIAMOND BLOCKS

It's the first week of making blocks for the Fast & Fun Sampler Quilt Along and I am so excited!!!  And just a reminder,  I am making 2 versions of the quilt, so I will be sharing extra blocks.  You only need to share one set of blocks ;)     You will need your copy of Fast & Fun Lap Quilts (which is available in both hard copy or e-book format)  for the piecing instructions as well as the Week 1 - Dash & Diamond Block Pattern  supplemental directions for making your blocks ;)  This week we will be 8 blocks  from the Diamond Dash quilt!!!

We will get started with the Dash Blocks from the Diamond Dash Quilt.  We will be making 4 Dash Blocks.   You will be using directions from pages 19-24 in your book and the Week 1 - Dash & Diamond Block Pattern  for supplemental directions to make your blocks.  

And as you can see, we will be adding sashing to the blocks so they will be ready to fit into the sampler layout ;)

And now, it's time to make the Diamond Blocks also from the Diamond Dash Quilt.  We will be making 4 Dash Blocks.   You will, again, be using directions from pages 19-24 in your book and the Week 1 - Dash & Diamond Block Pattern  for supplemental directions to make your blocks.  

And again, we will be adding sashing to the blocks, just take note that two blocks are sashed top and bottom, and the remaining two blocks are sashed just on the bottom. 

WEEK 1 - SHARE YOUR BLOCKS

And just like that, you are done with Week 1!!  And now, you get to share your progress!!!   It's always fun when we share so we can see each others progress and cheer each other on!   It's also how you will enter to win prizes so be sure when you finish your Dash & Diamond Blocks to share them!  Here's how

If you use Facebook or Instagram  be sure and use the Hashtags #fastandfunsampler and #fastandfunsamplerqal  in your post. And you can tag me @happyquiltingmc as well, if you like ;)    

If you don't use social media, no worries.   Just email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com and I will post a picture for your with the hashtags included so you will be eligible for prizes as well.  

WEEK 1 - PRIZES

 And just a reminder, everyone that finishes their quilt top between May 24th - June 7th will be eligible to win one of three amazing Grand Prizes of  $75.00 Gift Certificates to Fat Quarter Shop!!!  Thank you to Fat Quarter Shop for these generous grand prizes to help keep us all motivated to keep up!! 

   

And just to keep you motivated each week, we also have a giveaway for everyone who finishes their Dash & Diamond Blocks!!!   This week, you can win this beautiful Fruit Cocktail Layer Cake by Fig Tree & Co!!!  Green Fairy Quilts is sponsoring this giveaway and I thank them for helping to keep us motivated!!!  

To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is share your Diamond & Dash Blocks with Hashtags #fastandfunsampler and #fastandfunsamplerqal  on  Facebook or Instagram or email me a picture of your blocks to happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com by April 11th at midnight.     I will share the winner at the beginning of next weeks QAL post :)  
                           

And that is it for Week 1 of the Fast & Fun Sampler Quilt Along!!!  I can't wait to see your Dash and Diamond blocks.   And of course, if you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to leave them in the comments below, or email me at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com

I hope you all have lots of Happy Quilting times as you Quilt Along for Week 1 :)  

Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!

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

First, we are going to announce the winners of last week's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!!  

The winner of the $25.00 Gift Certificate from Thousands of Bolts is . . . #117 . . . Congrats to koolchemist!!  I have messaged you :)

     

         

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by Happy Quilting!!!  Yup, little ole me today ;)    In Celebration of the start of the Fast & Fun Sampler Quilt Along beginning tomorrow . . . I am giving away a signed copy of my Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book today!!! 

You have two entry chances here, the second being optional, and please leave a separate comment for each.  All Entries are welcome, just leave an email address if you are a no-reply blogger ;)  

ENTRY 1 - Simply leave a comment telling me what have you done this week that was just fun ;) 

 
 ENTRY 2 - Show your Happy Quilting love. You can follow Happy Quilting on Bloglovin, or Email Updates, to get daily updates. (see on right side of blog)  Or you can like Happy Quilting on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest   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, April 11th, 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!!!

Fast & Fun Lap Quilts - Bonus Quilt with Free PDF Pattern!!!

In celebration of my Fast & Fun Lap Quilts being newly released with C & T Publishing, I am sharing a brand new Bonus Fast & Fun Lap Quilt!!!   Here is Thunderbird and you can get the FREE PDF Pattern here ;)    

Just like all of the Fast & Fun Lap Quilts, it is made with 1 Layer Cake and some background fabric.  (I used a treasured Persimmon Layer Cake and Grunge Paper background :)   And while this quilt might look a little complicated, it actually quite Fast & Fun to make, surprise, surprise!!!   The quilt is made with No-Waste Flying Geese, (which if you haven't made yet, you are going to love!!) and Half Square Triangles.  Those go together with some basic piecing of 20 blocks that are laid out in alternate rows to give you this amazing Thunderbird quilt.  It finishes at 60" x 72" so it is a great lap size quilt ;)

And you might have noticed in the first picture, this bonus quilt comes with a bonus pillow/mini quilt !!!  There wasn't quite enough leftovers in the Layer Cake to do a scrappy binding (like several of the quilts in Fast & Fun Lap Quilts ) but there was just enough to make this matching pillow/mini wall hanging.   And yes, the FREE PDF Pattern also includes instructions for this bonus :)  

When it came time to quilt my Thunderbird quilt, I decided to to an all over echoed paisley design. I love how it adds so much movement to all of those crisp points. And if you love this design, I just happen to have a free Video Tutorial for creating this free motion quilting design on your home machine ;)  It's always fun to be Happy Quilting!! 

I hope you love this Thunderbird quilt as much as I do and if you make your own (or any of the quilts from Fast & Fun Lap Quilts) I would love to see them! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags  #happyquiltingwithmc and #fastandfunlapquilts and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can't wait to see your Quilts!!

And one last note before I sign off . . . Just a reminder of The Fast & Fun Sampler Quilt Along that starts on Wednesday!!!   

You can see all the details of this Fast & Fun Sampler Quilt Along in this post.   I can't wait to Quilt Along with each of you :) 

 

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

Barn Star Sampler QAL - Block 3

It's Month 3 of the Barn Star Sampler Quilt Along and I am just so excited to share another set of blocks!!!  Thanks to Fat Quarter Shop' for hosting this awesome quilt along, I just get more and more excited with each passing month :)    On the last Friday of each month I will be sharing my new Barn Star Sampler blocks, and this month we are sharing Block 3 :)  

My Barn Star Sampler will finish at 100" x 100" square, so sometimes I will be making more blocks, but this month, it's just 2 like everyone else.  And I am just loving the blocks in their Rainbow of Ombre goodness!!!   This month's Block 3 is made . . . 

in Strawberry 

and Green

I just love these Carpenter Star Blocks!!!  This month's colors had lots of contrast in them, and I think it just really makes these blocks pop.  I just loved getting to line up all those points as well, so fun!!  Now I get to look forward to Month 4, where we will be making more than one type of block, so exciting :) 

So are you quilting along with all of the star fun as well??  Be sure to share all of your Barn Star Sampler progress on social media with #BarnStarSamplerqal and check out Fat Quarter Shops post for Block 3  for lots more Barn Star Inspiration!!!   

And that's it for Block 3 - The Carpenter Star Block in the Barn Star Sampler Quilt Along!!!!      

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