Monday, November 21, 2022

2022 Jolly Box and Sew Gifted Quilt!!!

 It's that time of year . . . when the Annual Jolly Box arrives in the mail and today is the day I can share all of it's amazing Holiday Quilting Goodness!!! And can I just say, Wow!!!   This year's Jolly Box had me so very Jolly, and super duper excited to sew, more on that to come ;)   

I was thrilled to find 2 adorable Cup of Cheer Charm packs and a Panel from Kimberbell Designs for Maywood Studios!!!   These are just the cutest holiday prints, I mean, isn't everything from Kimberbell :)   And I just love the Sew Gifted Quilt Pattern that came with the fabric.  In fact, I loved it so much, I already made it up, again, more to come ;)


And the notions that  Fat Quarter Shop sent along with the Jolly Box are just so amazing!!!! I love this OmniRack Mini.  I have so, so, so many rulers, and storage for them is always fantastic :)   And I am just tickled about this Lori Hold Red Quick Change Rotary Cutter.  I will admit, I  pretty much collect rotary cutters, so this was a super special surprise!!!   And I know lots of people say "how many rotary cutters do you need??", but for me, the answer is the more the better.   And I do use them all too, I like rotating through the different colors and grips ;)


And this exclusive Holiday Mega Stash N Store is just so festive!!!  This will be a special addition in the sewing room this month to hold all of my seam rippers, snippers, and marking pencils ;)   And these Fabric Marker's were new to me, but hat a smart way to keep cut piles together.    And I am just loving the Kimberbell Playing Cards.  We love playing family games, and we can always use another deck of cards, ours get a little well loved during intense games of Nertz.  


And that is the fun of the Jolly Box!!!  But I have more to share.  Like I said, I just loved this box's fabric and pattern so much I couldn't wait to whip it up.   So here is my Sew Gifted Quilt as well!!! Isn't it just so cute!!!   


This quilt went together super quick, considering I started it on Saturday :)   I just love these little gifts all in a row.  And the way the bows were designed was just so smart.  Way easier to make than they look for sure.   And doesn't the Kona Pool background just make all of those cute Cup of Cheer Charm Squares just pop.  


And I actually added an extra 2 gifts to each row so that I used up almost every single charm square and made the quilt more of a square shape.  I love how this gives it a nice Lap Size square feel now.  Mine finished at 56" x 60".  


I quilted it this morning with lovely open centered swirls.  I love how this gives it a look of snow flurries dancing across the quilt.   And of course, it adds lots of wonderful texture making this a super snuggly quilt for the Holiday's.  


And that is my Sew Gifted Quilt from the 2022 Jolly Box!!!   I can't wait to put up the Christmas tree on Friday and have this draped next to it.   Sew Gifted indeed :) 



Thanks for popping in today and sharing this fun Jolly Box and Sew Gifted quilt with me ;)

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


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Sunday, November 20, 2022

Keystone Corners in Ciao Bella

 Hello Quilting Friends! Today I am thrilled to be sharing another quilt finish from my new Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book :)  I just love the fabrics by my good friend Carina Gardner so when I saw her new  Ciao Bella fabrics I just knew I had to make a quilt with them.  And here it is, Keystone Corners in Ciao Bella

What I really love about the quilts in my Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book is that they are all made from one 10" Square Stacker. So all I needed to get started was a Ciao Bella 10 Inch Stacker and some background fabric and away I went.

I decided to pull out the midnight prints in the line and use them for the focal print and the binding. I love how it just really makes all of those beautiful blush, seafoam, yellow, and peony prints just pop!! And I always love using Riley White as a background to really make the colors just shine.

And like I said back here when introducing the original Keystone Corners quilt, it might look a little tricky, but looks can be deceiving. It truly is super fast and super fun to make and is a beginner friendly quilt. It used No-Waste Flying Geese Units to make up the blocks, and a fun Snowball in the center of each. And I have sized up the geese so you use up your 10 Inch Stacker with next to no waste. Keystone Corners finishes at 60" square, so it truly is the perfect lap size quilt :)

And when it came time to quilt mine, I couldn't pass up the square grid made in the piecing. Whenever I have such a great "grid" in the seams, I always opt for wavy orange peel. It gives the goregous look of an orange peel design, but without the fuss of having to use curved rulers. I just love how fun and fast it is to quilt as well.

And talk about some amazing texture!!! How great is that ;) Makes me want to snuggle up in this Keystone Corners quilt in front of a fire.   And now, since the original has more of a "masculine" feel to it, I have a totally "feminine" feeling Keystone Corners quilt as well.   We could snuggle up in His and Hers Keystone Corners :)  

And that is another Jacks quilt, the seventh lap quilt in my new Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book !  You can find the Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book in your local or online quilt shops,  Martingale Publishers, or if you would like a personalized signed copy, you can order from my Etsy shop.  

And if you make your own Keystone Corners quilt, I would love to see it!!  You can share your quilts with me on social media using hashtag #happyquiltingwithmc and #fastandfunlapquilts and tag me @happyquiltingmc or you can email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com.  

And that is all for today.   Stay tuned for more Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book tour later this week.  

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

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Friday, November 18, 2022

Jacks- Fast & Fun Lap Quilts

 It's Week 7 of my Fast & Fun Lap Quilts Book Tour and today I am sharing a second version of the Jacks quilt! And this week, it is all about scrappy!!! And you know, I love nothing better than a scrappy rainbow of blocks ;)



For this version of Jacks, I was really trying to show how even if you aren't using Layer Cake pieces, you can always have fun playing in your scraps!!!   Scrap quilts can often be overwhelming in balancing color, which is why my favorite kind is to pick a color for each block.  The easiest way to start is to grab twenty 2 1/2" squares of varying colors and lay them out in the "color order" you want your quilt to be in.  From there, simply sort though your scraps and add a scrap to whichever 2 1/2" square it matches best.  Don't overthink it to much, as long as it is in the same realm of color, it will look awesome :) I mean, how can you not just love a scrappy rainbow :) 


And using a dark background and white cornerstones just made all of those happy colors pop!!!  I used white scraps for the cornerstones, and the background is Lead Grunge.  It is an all time favorite for rainbow quilts.  The dark grey is just so lovely, but it still has whisps of light grey to keep it fun and add texture. And don't you just love the scrappy binding, I matched the binding color to the block color!!   There is a tutorial here on how I do that, just in case you want to do the same ;)  Jacks finishes at 62 1/2" x 77 1/2" so it is a great size to cuddle up in, and your toes will still be covered ;)   

Since I custom quilted all the quilts in the Fast & Fun Lap Quilts  I thought it would be fun to do all over designs for these second versions.   For this Jacks quilt, I quilted all over paisleys.   It is such a fun design to quilt and I even have a video tutorial of how I quilt that design here.   And for dark grey backgrounds and happy light prints, I am all about a medium grey thread to blend with it all ;)  


And that is another Jacks quilt, the seventh lap quilt in my new Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book !  You can find the Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book in your local or online quilt shops,  C&T Publishing, or if you would like a personalized signed copy, you can order from my Etsy shop.  And if you make your own Jacks quilt, I would love to see it!!  You can share your quilts with me on social media using hashtag #happyquiltingwithmc and #fastandfunlapquilts and tag me @happyquiltingmc or you can email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com.   


Thanks so much for popping in for another Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book day of fun.    And if you haven't had a chance to enter Melanie's Fast & Fun Lap Quilts Giveaway for a beautiful Dwell Layer Cake that you can use to make your own gorgeous Jacks quilt like Melanie's, be sure and pop on over and enter.  





I hope you all have a very Happy Quilting Day! 

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Jacks - Fast & Fun Lap Quilts Book Tour

 It's Week 7 of my Fast & Fun Lap Quilts Book Tour and today I am sharing the Jacks quilt! This quilt is the cover quilt on the book and I just love it.  This is probably the last "fast" of all the quilts in the book, but it can still be whipped up with lots and lots of chain stitching ;)  There are some more no -waste lattice units and a whole bunch of stitch and flip corners.  And you have to love the scrappy binding to finish it all off, so cute!!!


Here is the introduction I wrote about Jacks in the Fast & Fun Lap Quilts Book.  "When I was a child, whenever we had recess indoors at school I always wanted to play jacks.  It was the best.  Designing this quilt brought back many fun memories of playing my favorite game.  I hope it will for you as well.  Jacks is made of a lot of tiny stitch-and-flip squares, but don't be overwhelmed.  They're fast to finish with chain piecing, and the result is a great quilt to snuggle up in."


When writing this book, I tried to give you all of the tips and trick that I would share if I were teaching a quilting class.  This is my favorite tip from the Jacks quilt.  Cutting out quilts is actually one of my favorite parts of making a quilt.  I know, kind of crazy, but I just really enjoy it.   And some of the reason I so enjoy it is because I can do it super fast.  Below is a tidbit on how I cut so many squares so quickly, hopefully it will help you speed up your cutting as well  :)


Jacks was made using Paisley Rose fabrics by Crystal Manning for Moda Fabrics.  All the quilts in Fast and Fun Lap Quilts are made with 1 Layer Cake/10" Stacker and a background fabric.   You will use 40 of the 10" squares for this quilt so you really use up just about every last piece.  This quilt finishes at 62 1/2" x 77 1/2", making it a perfect lap size quilt for snuggling up in.    


I had so much fun custom quilting each of the quilts in Fast & Fun Lap Quilts .  For this Jacks quilt, I quilted little loop d loops in the main part of the background and echoed the center "star" of the block with pebbles.  Then I quilted wishbones on the spokes and left the center unquilted so it would pop.  a I used 402 So Fine thread to blend perfectly into the white background and all of the prints.   I know, your shocked right :) 


And that is my Jacks quilt, the seventh lap quilt in my new Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book !  You can find the Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book in your local or online quilt shops,  C&T Publishing, or if you would like a personalized signed copy, you can order from my Etsy shop.  And if you make your own Jacks quilt, I would love to see it!!  You can share your quilts with me on social media using hashtag #happyquiltingwithmc and #fastandfunlapquilts and tag me @happyquiltingmc or you can email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com.   


And speaking of making a Jacks Quilt, my good friend,  Melanie Call has made up her own Jacks Quilt using Dwell Fabrics by Camille Roskelly for Moda.    She used Chambray Grey on the background and I just love the way it makes all of those beautiful colors from Dwell just sing!!  Didn't Melanie's quilt just turn out amazing!!!   It is an absolutely stunning finish!!    You can see all the details at Melanie's Instagram, ABitofScrapStuff


And while you are visiting Melanie at ABitofScrapStuff, be sure to enter her giveaway. She is sharing a Dwell Layer Cake with a Happy Quilting Reader so you can make a Jacks quilt just like Melanie's!!!  How fun is that, You can enter the giveaway at her Instagram.




And that is it for today, thanks for popping in for Week 7 of the Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book!

I am just so happy to share this Jacks quilt and be sure to pop back in on Friday when I will share a second version of the quilt.  

I hope you all have a very Happy Quilting Day! 

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

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 Moon Garden 10" Squares Precut  from Fat Quarter Shop   is . . . #290   . . . Congrats to  jmnech!!!  I have messaged 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 . . . here is the latest, isn't it just Festive!!  Along with hosting the giveaway, Jamie is also offering all Happy Quilting readers a special Early Black Friday discount of  20% off your Entire Order with the code HappyQuilting!!!  (code will expire on  Nov 22) Oh, so much fun shopping!!!  


And speaking of Bundles, for Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway,  Lou Lou's Fabric Shop is letting you Pick any 2 Lou Lou  Bundles!!!  That's right, the winner will get to choose their favorite 2 Lou Lou Bundles that Jamie has in stock!!!   Oh my goodness, how will you ever decide :)   What fun the winner will have this week!!!!   


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 when do you put up your Christmas Tree and decorations??  

 ENTRY 2 - Lets show Lou Lou's Fabric Shop some Love!!!!   You can follow them on   FacebookTwitterPinterest, 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, November 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!!!
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