Blossoms and Buds Quilt

I have a recent finish to share today, and a great new quilting book to tell you about!

This is my Blossoms and Buds quilt - made with a pattern from the new book, Quilt the Rainbow by Amber Johnson

Hexie Flowers Mini Quilt & Book Giveaway

It's been awhile since I've made a new mini quilt for myself but now I have a new one to enjoy! 

The pattern for this little mini quilt is found in the new book by Bev McCullough called Make It Mini. The book has 13 patterns and each one includes a bit of embroidery as a part of the project.

And I have a copy of the book to give away today! (details at the end of the post)

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Modern Beads Quilt Pattern

 Today I get to share a new pattern with you. I've been waiting a while to spill the beans on this one! This is Modern Beads - a fun little quilt that can be found in a new book available through Annie's.

The book is called Small Blocks, Big Designs. It includes 11 patterns from a variety of designers, and all of the projects feature 6" blocks.

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Star Trails Quilt in Nantucket Summer Fabrics

I'm trying to get caught up on sharing more of my finished quilts, and I figured it's about time I shared a little more about the cover quilt for the Star Trails quilt pattern. 

I've shared a pink scrappy version here, and a red white & blue version here if you'd like to see them- but THIS is the one that completely stole my heart and gets to be the cover model for the pattern.

Spot On Quilt in Bird Song Fabrics

Anyone else finding it hard to believe we're almost halfway through July already? 

For the past couple of weeks I've been working on a quilt using some new fabrics from Pat Sloan...and I have some to giveaway at the end of this post so stick around!

Bird Song is Pat Sloan's newest fabric line for Benartex fabrics, and right now she's hosting a fabric tour to help us get to know her new line better. For my project I chose to use some of the blue and green prints:

Lofty Quilt - One Just For Me

Not often, but every once in awhile I make a quilt just for me. And from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to keep this quilt. 

I started working on this quilt last fall, after finding some of the fabrics at the Garden of Quilts event.

I took awhile on the fabric selection (more on that in a minute) and then got the top pieced pretty quickly. Then it took a bit for me to get around to quilting it. When I have other quilts with deadlines then my own quilts have to wait in line for their turn on the longarm.

Star Trails Quilt Pattern the Scrappy Version

 I've been sewing with scraps lately, and loving it. I'm determined to greatly reduce the number of scraps in my bins. I've been saving scraps for years and right now some of the bins are filled to bursting and just can't hold more!

This quilt is a scrappy version of the Star Trails pattern. 

Star Trails has two construction methods to choose from: speedy strip pieced, or scrappy. Both are really fun, and take less time than you'd think.  

(See another version of Star Trails here)