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March Color Challenge Block!

Happy March! This month’s color is YELLOW!  If you want more details on the challenge read about it here. Jen from Patterns by Jen designed a block that can be made in 6″ and 12″ finished.  I opted to make all the blocks 12″ to match the blocks I designed.  You can get Jen’s block pattern from her blog here. The goal of the challenge is to have an entire...

February Color Challenge Block!

Happy February! This month’s color is BLUE!  If you want more details on the challenge read about it here. Jen from Patterns by Jen designed a block that can be made in 6″ and 12″ finished.  I opted to make all the blocks 12″ to match the blocks I designed.  You can get Jen’s block pattern from her blog here. The goal of the challenge is to have an entire...

January Color Challenge Revisited

January is almost over and the linkup for entering to win the January prize opens tomorrow on Pattern By Jen’s blog! If you missed the kickoff of the challenge, you still have time to make something RED and enter!  Read about the January Challenge here. I decided to make Jen from Dizzy Quilter’s block as well with a slight modification.  I did not have the...

I Wish You A Merry QAL – Completed Quilt

This quilt along has been such a great learning experience for me, and I even used this opportunity to stretch my quilting skills.  I am so proud of the finished quilt, as I straight-line and free motion quilted the entire thing! I used straight line quilting to stitch-in-the-ditch for outlining the different blocks and secure the basting before free motion quilting each of the different...

January Color Challenge Block!

Happy New Year everyone! Let’s kick this year off with this Monthly Color Challenge.  This month’s color is RED!  If you want more details on the challenge read about it here. Jen from Patterns by Jen designed a block that can be made in 6″ and 12″ finished.  I opted to make all the blocks 12″ to match the blocks I designed.  You can get...

Introducing the 2018 Monthly Color Challenge!

So what exactly is this challenge? The challenge is to make something in a specific color designated for the month, either a quilt block or something else. Jen will be hosting a link up party at Patterns by Jen for the last week of the month.  Share a photo of your project for the month, and you will be entered into the drawing for a prize.  Jen will...

I Wish You A Merry QAL Block 1!

I Wish You A Merry QAL Block 1!

Today is the day! Block 1 is released, and I am so excited to share my version of this week’s block.  Vanda Chittenden of Quilt in Piece is the designer of this week’s Snowflake Block.  Check out her blog post for the tutorial and the pattern of the block. My block is made of Moda Grunge Basics Navy with the snowflake in Grunge White Paper. ...

I Wish You A Merry Quilt-A-Long!

I Wish You A Merry Quilt-A-Long!

I wish you a merry quilt-a-long, I wish you a merry quilt-a-long, I wish you a merry quilt-a-long, and a happy new year!  I’m already caroling for this holiday season!  Join me along with a dozen other bloggers in this fun quilt-a-long adventure this fall to get a Christmas Quilt done before Christmas! So what exactly is a Quilt-A-Long? A Quilt-A-Long (or QAL) is a...