Squishy Yummy Goodness

I got a wonderful package in the mail  from Modern Yardage.  Modern Yardage is a new fabric company based in Salt Lake that actually prints your fabrics when you order them, cool huh :)  They have lots of in house designers with so many collections, including a lot of fantastic blender collections, to choose from.

More on Modern Yardage's fabric and what I do with it to come, think Tutorial :)  

Wood Grain

I spent the weekend trying out a new Free Motion Quilting design, which I absolutely love!!!  It is called Wood Grain and is from the Machine Quilting Negative Space with Angela Walters craftsy class.  I so enjoyed this class and really felt that I learned a lot of great helps that have given me more confidence in my quilting.

I choose to mainly focus on the "knots" which is a little different from the original design, but I like the overall effect.  The design was really easy to get the hang of and went relatively quick for such a dense design.

The design so lends itself to the quilt, which sadly I can't show anymore of for a while.  But I will say, that I am just head over heels happy with the way this quilt turned out.  So excited!!

Hope you had a fabulous weekend!!  Did you get in any time at your sewing machine??

They're Finished!! I'm Celebrating with a Giveaway!!

I have been procrastinating making my class samples for a while now.  The specific class ones weren't to bad, but the basic ones,  I just had a hard time getting excited about making them.  But, now that they are done, I am so excited!!  I got the idea at Market to display them on foam board, don't they just look so awesome!!  These will be my go to samples for the standard quilt "building blocks".  There are flying geese, half square triangles, goose in the corner, and lattice blocks.  Yippee Skippee!!!

So . . .  I feel like we need a little finish celebration!!!  And my good friend Aubrey at Southern Fabric is helping me out with that :)

You can find all the latest and greatest at Southern Fabric.  Check out these great new lines that just came in.   

Happy Go Lucky by Bonnie and Camille.   You'll find it in both yardage and precuts! 

Flats by Angela Yosten, they even have the adorable Doll and Clothing panels!!

And if you hurry, You can get an additional 10%  by using the coupon code:memorial10  (This code expires at the end of today)

And you can always find great sale fabrics, including the memorial day sale fabrics that are marked 20% and 30% off yardage and precuts!   It's a great time to get some fav's before their no longer available to get.  Maybe some of this . . .

 So . . . how about a chance to win some some free fabric from Southern Fabric??  Aubrey is sponsoring a $25.00 Gift Certificate to one lucky reader!!

So what do you have to do for your chance to win???

Leave a comment here of what you might like to spend your gift certificate on at Southern Fabric.

For a bonus entry, you can subscribe to Southern Fabric's newsletter (on the left hand column) and leave a comment here that you did so :)

That's it.  Up to 2 entries per person. Giveaway will close on  It will close on Tuesday, June 4th and a winner will be selected randomly and announced shortly after.

Thanks for stopping by and celebrating my happy finish with me :)

Linking my sample finishes up to Sarah's and Amanda's

More Beejeeber's Blocks!!!

I can't tell you how fun it is to check the mail and have squishy packages.  I get all smiley before I even open them up :)  And then I open them and just get per-ma grin!!!  It's my month for the Beejeeber's Bee and my fabulous bee gal's are making me blocks from my Star Value tutorial :)  Here are the newest blocks that came in this last week :)  I really have some of the best bee mates!!!

From Colby

From Erica

 From Joelle

From Kris

Sorry, somehow I missed ironing this one :)

 From Laura

From Susan

And, of course, I couldn't help but lay them out to see it all coming together.  To say I a excited about this quilt would be a massive understatement.  Only 3 blocks to arrive and then I get to start stitching it up.  Yippee Skippee!!! 

And in other Bee news . . . I was invited to join another bee group, The Bees Knees.  Like my current bee, these are some amazingly talented quilters.  I already know some of the ladies and am looking forward to getting to know the others :)  So exciting, I just can't wait to get started :)

Quilt-A-Long

So remember the Star Surround Quilt-A-Long idea???   I know, it has been a little while since I brought it up, but I promise, I haven't forgot it.  I have been working on it trying to get all that behind the scenes stuff done.  I plan on having fabric bundles available like we did with the Starburst Quilt-A-Long as many of you seemed to like that, and I think this time there will be bundles in both prints and solids :)  Now, I am just looking at the calendar, trying to find a time that work well where I can post each week without being out of town.  And that is looking like End of July . . . Beginning of August.   So here is a reminder, that it is on the way. I am so excited, I just love Quilt-A-Longs and I so love this pattern.

This won't be the fabric I am using, but i was just giving you an idea of how a multiple layout could look.

If you are looking for a Quilt-A-Long in the meantime . . Christa from Christa Quilts, one of my good friends and sponsors is staring a Quilt-A-Long featuring Pear Bracelets by Lizzy House.  (Which I just adore!!)  The Quilt-A-Long is called String of Pearls and will launch Wednesday, June 5th, That's next week!!!  You can find out all the details at Christa's Quilt-A-Long Page.    And, if you find you need some Pearl Bracelets, Christa has kits available that are even 10% off with the coupon code CQA2013 at checkout. So pop on over to Christa Quilts and check it out, it sounds like a lot of fun!!!

And I am off to take child #1 to the orthodontist ;)  Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!