Today is the day!!! Garden of Quilts registration officially opened. Now you can sign up for all of the wonderful Classes, Special Events and of course, the amazing Exhibit of Quilts hung throughout the gorgeous 50-acre gardens!!! It is going to be such an amazing event !!! The Garden of Quilts is held at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi Utah on September 14th - 17th, 2022.
Monday, May 2, 2022
Garden of Quilts - Registration Open!!!
Saturday, April 30, 2022
Halloween Sparkly Stars Quilt - HQM Quilt 4 (And FREE PDF Pattern)
It's the end of Week 4 of the Happy Quilting Marathon and after sharing this quilt on Thursday, I knew exactly what quilt I wanted to finish up this week!!! I started today's quilt back in 2019and it has been waiting to be finished for some time. So without further ado . . . here is Halloween Sparkly Stars and it because I have made it a few times, it also has a free step by step tutorial as well as a FREE PDF Pattern with 6 size options!!!
Sparkly Stars is such a fun and easy quilt to make. I call it "Sparkly" because the points of the stars overlap, so you don't have to worry about matching any points. Each Fat Quarter makes a Block Star and a Block Background. And with the Free Sparkly Stars Pattern you can choose to make just the size you want!! This is the twin size :)
And when it came time to quilt it, I decided to take advantage of the face that all the blocks are 9 patches. And that makes it super easy to do a wavy orange peel. I used a medium grey so it would blend well with the black and the prints, and I just love how it gives the effect of spider webs, but not in a scary way :) And it makes for some amazing texture, so fun!!!
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Super Soft Sparkly Stars Quilt and Free PDF Pattern
Hello Quilting Friends! Today I am thrilled to be sharing this adorable Sparkly Stars quilt as well as a Free PDF Pattern for it!!! This quilt features the Hello Winter Flannel line by Tara Reed. As soon as I saw this fantastic fabric line, I just knew I had to make a snuggle quilt with it. My children love, love, love Flannel Quilts, and want a bunch of them to have at the cabin for winter snuggles around the fire place. And I just knew that Sparkly Stars was the perfect pattern to share these fun flannels in!!!
Sparkly Stars is a Fat Quarter Friendly quilt, so I grabbed a super soft FQB of Hello Winter and got cutting. I just love how soft Riley Blake Designs flannels are. Have you ever created with them before?? They are just so wonderful!! I even used Designer Flannels in the background and binding!! Riley Blake has so many to choose from, making this an adorably, snuggly quilt!!!
Sparkly Stars is such a fun and easy quilt to make. I call it "Sparkly" because the points of the stars overlap, making it easy for you to sew together as you don't have to worry about matching any points. So great!!! And the alternating block layout gives it so much fun movement. I just love it!
My original Sparkly Stars quilt was done in purples and greys and I made it back in 2018. (Purple is my absolute favorite color!!!) When I made it, I also shared a free Happy Quilting Tutorial, that walks you through how to make it step by step. This is a great option to check out, especially if you are new to quilting!!!
And as I mentioned, there is also a free PDF Download of this pattern and I included 6 size options, so you can make this quilt in just the size you want without any quilt math. I just love doing quilt math, I know, weird, but I really do just love it!!! All you need is a stack of Fat Quarters, a Background fabric, and you are good to go!!! To get the FREE PDF Sparkly Stars Pattern Download just click here :)
And when it came time to quilt mine, my son told me to make sure I don't quilt it so much that it isn't soft anymore. So I went ahead with a simple loop de loop in a fairly large scale. And he even gave his Softness seal of approval when I was done. This is the same kid that as a toddler used to put his head between the bolts of minky at the fabric store and rub up and down, tee hee hee :)
And I added another little surprise in this quilt. I just love adding a panel into the backing. Just simply adding a border to the panel totally makes for an adorable, two sided, quilt!!! And you better believe the panel and border are more flannel, softest quilt ever!!!!
And that is my Sparkly Stars Hello Winter quilt!!! I hope you have enjoyed this post. Oh, and if you make your own Sparkly Stars quilts, I would love to see them! You can share your quilts in any size with me on social media using hashtags #happyquiltingwithmc and #rileyblakedesigns and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can't wait to see your Sparkly Stars Quilts!!
Thank so much for popping in today and sharing this finish with me!!!
I hope you all have a very Happy Quilting Day!!!
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!!
It's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!! Let's have some fun :)
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 . . . a Lou Lou Bundle is 8 fat quarters curated by Jamie and they are always gorgeous! I love this new Lovely Blooms Bundle, isn't it just gorgeous!!! And be sure to also check out all of Lou Lou's Sales, she has just marked 100's of Bolts down to $7.00 a yard and $8.00 a yard!!! So many beautiful fabrics to choose from :)
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!!!
Saturday, April 23, 2022
Mon Cheri Quilt - HQM Quilt 3
Well, it's the end of Week 3 of the Happy Quilting Marathon and I am excited to share my third Happy Quilting Marathon Quilt. It's Called Mon Cheri and I just love, love, love this quilt!!! The design is just awesome and the fabrics fit the design so perfectly :)
And this week almost got away from me, but luckily, this was a smaller quilt so I was able to quilt and bind it all this morning. I quilted it with an all over feathered swirl. I just love all of the flow this design gives a quilt, just so pretty!!! And it makes for some amazing texture, so fun!!!