Tying The Knot Quilt - Pattern Coming Soon!!!

 Today I am thrilled to be sharing my newest quilt finish with you featuring the gorgeous Moonbeam Dreams Fabric Collection by Amanda Grace!! I just love Poppie Cotton's collections, and am always so happy to sew with them.  If you haven't tried Poppie Cotton, I highly recommend it.  The quality of the fabric is amazing, and the colors and prints are always just gorgeous!!!   As soon as these prints arrived at my house I knew just what I wanted to make with them!!!  This Tying The Knot quilt is a design that I have been working on for a new pattern (that is coming very soon), and I was just so excited to see it made up with a dark background!! 

This Tying The Knot quilt is so much fun to make and it is Fat Quarter friendly, so you can just grab a Fat Quarter Bundle and get to cutting and piecing in no time!!!   All you need is to add some background fabric. I used Licorice Black Country Confetti for my background fabric and I just love how it  makes all of those beautiful prints and colors just pop :)   And the pattern will have an option for a scrappy binding, which is always my favorite.  Howe cute are those pops of colors around the edge!!! 

And while this might look a little complex, it truly is a great beginner quilt with some easy to learn techniques.   It is made with Stitch and Flip units and basic piecing.   And everything in the block "floats" so you don't have to worry about lining up an y points :) So fun!!!

And when it came time to quilt mine, I opted for all over open centered swirls.  I haven't done these in a little while, and I forgot just how fun they are to quilt ;)   And a beautiful black thread blended perfectly in the background, and added lots of fun texture to the prints.  So great!!

 And the nice thing is, the Tying the Knot pattern will have multiple size options, so you can make whatever size you need. The pattern will be released the week after Thanksgiving Holiday (Along with a few more new patterns!!)    I would have loved to have them in my shop already, but I'll be honest, I am still finishing the quilting on the original ;)  But soon, very soon, and you can look forward to an "After Black Friday - Black Friday Sale"!!!  

And that is my Tying the Knot quilt! I hope you have enjoyed this post and consider making your own Tying the Knot Quilt very soon!!! And if you do, I would love to see them! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags  #happyquiltingwithmc and #tyingtheknotquilt and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can't wait to see your Tying the Knot Quilts!!

Thank you so much for popping by and sharing this finish with me and thank you to my wonderful friends at Poppie Cotton's for always letting me play with their gorgeous fabrics!!! 

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

GO! Welcome to our Hive Quilt and Free Pattern!!!

 I am just buzzing with excitement to share a new finish today!!! Isn't it just so cute!!!   I was so excited when my good friends at AccuQuilt asked if I wanted to make a project using their new Bee & Beehive Die, I immediately knew I wanted to use Half Hexagons, to make the quilt because what goes better with bees than Hexagons ;)  Then I added the adorable applique to make my Welcome to our Hive Quilt!!!   And there is a free PDF Pattern that you can download right here :) 

I used Deb Strain's new Honey and Lavender Fabrics for this quilt and they are a perfect fit with all of their cute bee prints and lovely yellows and blacks!!  I especially love the hexagon prints for making the little bee wings and bodies.  So cute ;)    The binding and applique letters are done in Charcoal Solid so they would really pop! And of course, cutting with AccuQuilt is super fun and fast making all of those applique letters and bees a breeze to cut out ;) 

I used 1 Honey and Lavendar Layer Cake to make the quilt and  I am just so happy with how this came together :)  And the Half Hexagons mean no Y-seams, yippee :)     The Welcome to our Hive Quilt finishes at 37" x 41" so it is a Wall Hanging or Baby Quilt.   How adorable would this be hanging in a Bee Themed Nursery!! 

 I just love my AccuQuilt for cutting applique!!   Can you imagine having to trace and then cut out all this applique by hand.   You also attach the fusible before you cut, so it is super easy to layer and stack your applique to the quilt and then fuse it .   Below is a list of the dies I used, see which ones you already have in your die library and maybe add a few more ;)   

APPLIQUE DIES

 GO! Bee And Beehive Die (55419)            GO! Carefree Alphabet Lowercase (55491)

PIECING DIES

GO! Half Hexagon - 4 1/2" Sides (55437)         GO! Strip Cutter-2-1/2” (2” Finished) (55017) - Binding

And when it came time to quilt it, I decided on an all over swirl.  Whereas the applique was over the whole quilt, I did not secure stitch around each applique,  rather I decided to secure stitch it with the quilting.  So a nice dense swirl ensures all of that applique stays nice and neat.  I love all of the texture it adds to the quilt as well.   

And that is my Welcome To Our Hive Quilt.   I hope you love it as much as I do ;)   Isn't this picture AccuQuilt took of it just so great!!!  I love seeing it styled in a home setting.    And if you want to make your own, you can download the free PDF Welcome to our Hive Pattern Here.   And when you are done I would love to see it!!!    You can share a picture on social media with #happyquiltingwithmc and tag me at @happyquiltingmc or you can always email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com.  I can't wait to see your Welcome to our Hive Quilts!!

Oh, and fun little side note . . . if you want to see this shared on YouTube, you can visit the Sweeter Than Honey Die Launch video.  It is shared towards the end of the show at 34 minutes in :)  It is just so fun to see your projects loved so much, just makes me smile.   

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

Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!!

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

First we need to pick a winner from last week ;)  

The winner of the BOO! Table Runner  from Happy Quilting is . . . .#628 . . .Congrats amaurer65!!       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  and Precuts of the Week!!   You can also save big on the Basics of the Month!!!!     This month Twinkle Basics by April Rosenthal are on sale.   Also, Stash N' Store Products are on sale for the Notion, and all  Stacy Iest Hsu Patterns  are on sale for the Pattern.   Save 20% off of all of them for the whole month of September!!  So great ;)   

And for today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway  Fat Quarter Shop is giving away a gorgeous True Colors All Hexy Fat Quarter Bundle by Tula Pink for Free Spirit Fabrics!!!     This is such a great blender and would make an awesome quilt ;) Good Luck to you all!!!  

 

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 Hexy Quilt before?? 

 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, November 14th 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!!!

Staring some new Projects!!

Well, I am finally feeling like I am starting to catch-up from summer and fall.  Not bad since it is now November :)   But you know I can't stay "caught up" for long, so of course, I started 4 new projects this week!!!  Did you see all of the awesome Market pic's this last weekend??   Well one of my favorites was Hey Boo by Lella Boutique!!!  I so love Halloween when you add in Lilac, Rose, and Lime!!!  And what better time to start a new Halloween Project than on Halloween day!!!   I am working on a remake of one of my new patterns and I can't wait to share more, but first, I got a whole lot of trimming to do with my HST Bloc_Loc :)

But my new Pineapple project needs no trimming as I cut it all out using the AccuQuilt Pineapple BOB Die.   Its so nice that everything just fits so perfectly.   And if you are going to make a "Pineapple" quilt, why not make it in Yellow scraps :)   This will eventually be a new project for my friends at AccuQuilt and I am having so much fun going through my yellow scrap drawer!!!

I also just finished cutting out a new Willow Layer Cake.  This line comes out pretty soon, and I can't wait to get sewing on it.   This will be a new pattern I hope to release in the next month or 2, and you better believe all of those pretty strips are going to make the cutest scrappy binding!!  So fun ;)

And last but not least, I now need to cut into this beautiful Blossom Lane 10" Stacker.  You know I couldn't resist those beautiful cabbage roses on that great purple background!!!   Anything with purple and I am all in ;)   This will soon be a new quilt that I will be sharing as a free pdf pattern.  So I best get back to cutting!!! 

So those are the 4 new projects I am starting this week!!   What are you starting to work on??

Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!

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

First we need to pick a winner from last week ;)  

The winner of the $25 Gift Certificate from Thousands of Bolts is . . . .#298 . . .Congrats Shari Tuttle!!  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 ;)  And I have a Halloween Surprise!!!  One lucky winner will be receiving a BOO! Table Runner made by me ;)  I made 2, so I have one to share and you might just get super lucky and win this one!!!  

You have two entry chances, the second being optional, 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 telling me your all time favorite Halloween Costume ;)  

 ENTRY 2 - Show your Happy Quilting love. You can follow Happy Quilting on Bloglovin, or Email Updates, to get daily updates.  Or you can like Happy Quilting on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or Flickr.   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, November 7th, when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!