Looking Glass Giveaway

It's finally my turn! This week a group of us have been blog hopping to celebrate the release of Meadow Mist Designs new pattern Looking Glass. If you're interested in a quick, easy, beginner pattern with no fuss, but still has the pizzaz of a more complex pattern. This is for you. 

*If you want a chance to win your own copy of the PDF pattern, comment how you follow this blog! The giveaway closes in one week, the winner will be announced December 3rd.

Quilt Stats: 

• Finished Size: 54 inches x 64 inches 
• Pattern: Looking Glass
• Fabric: Honeysweet by Fig Tree
• Batting: 100% Cotton - Natural 
• Thread: Connecting Threads - Cream

Here are some things I loved about this pattern ... 

• Quick and easy to assemble,

• The whole top was constructed in one afternoon,

• The directions are for both charm squares and layer cakes,

• Directions for a variety of sizes (baby, lap, twin, and queen), 

• Super easy to chain piece, 

• You do not have to stop and iron frequently,

• Great way to use up pre-cuts with no plans. 

Check out the others participating in the blog hop and for other chances to win the pattern! 

Friday Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs

Saturday Lin @ Lin's Quilts

Sunday Beth @ Cooking Up Quilts

Monday Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty, Anna @ Fresh Dew Drops

Tuesday Chelsea @ Patch the Giraffe

Wednesday Shauna @ Shauna's World
Friday Shelley @ The Carpenter's Daughter Who Quilts

- Patch & Chels

Round Trip Quilts ... Border 2

This month was a stumbling block for me. A writer's block for sewers. Is there a name for that? Sewer's block? Either way this month I felt a depletion of my sewing creativity with this border. Don't get me wrong, I love what is going on here, I just didn't know how to add to this one. The block sat on my coffee table for two weeks as I waited for some stoke of creative genius. That never happened.

Leanne requested stars, but other than that gave us the creative liberty to go crazy. When I am given the rights to go bonanza, I love to take advantage of the situation. That was my exact, downfall. I also was stumped on the yellow background. It's not my thing, but I really liked how it was working out. I wanted to be me, but still adhere to the original intent of the quilt. This left me perusing through Pinterst looking for inspiration, my handy 500 Quilt Blocks book, even the new Moda Modern Blocks patterns. Nothing was drawing my attention.

Eventually I settled on the idea of a shooting star, but how?! I really needed a great block to start from, and eventually settled on the Farmer's Wife block #23 - Country Life. I dug out the templates and got tracing. Then design also has flying geese radiating outwards. 

It. finally. just. worked. 

Hopefully, Leanne will like the newest border.

Another PSA: I am involved with the blog hop going around at Meadow Mist Designs. Click on any of the links in the schedule below to check out who also pattern tested Looking Glass for Cheryl. My post will be this Tuesday.

Friday Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs

Saturday Lin @ Lin's Quilts

Sunday Beth @ Cooking Up Quilts

Monday Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty

Tuesday Chelsea @ Patch the Giraffe

Wednesday Shauna @ Shauna's World

-Patch & Chels

Swell

The time change is killing me, the lack of daylight is making it difficult to take pictures of quilts. This quilt has actually been finished for some time, but I haven't had good weather to take pictures. Blah. I finally found a sliver of sun to get some pictures, before it dived behind a cloud.

Swell comes from the book Simply Retro by Camille Roskelley. Instead of using the 2.5 inch square in the pattern, I changed it to use 5 inch squares. It was great to use up some scraps. I made a quilt following the real Swell pattern too and liked it ... a lot. 

Quilt Stats: 

• Finished Size: 57 inches x 57 inches 
• Pattern: Swell
• Fabric: Assorted prints pulled from scrap bucket
• Batting: 100% Cotton
• Thread: Connecting Threads - Parchment

My very picky friend actually like ALL these colors in this quilt, so she finally gets one! Now off to conquer the rest of my WIP list. 

-Patch & Chels

Sunday Stash ... Take 3

Molli is back folks, and just in time. This stash post has been growing. I almost resorted to posting this one with a "I miss you Molli" memo, but super excited that I can link up! 

These lovelies were picked up at Sew Fresh Fabrics going out of business sale. The top two prints I got from Missouri Star Quilt Company. They are not intended to be used in one single quilt, but they do play nice with one another! Lately, I have had better luck with purchasing 1/2 yards of the fabrics.  This just works with my style and current stash. With the discounted prices, I feel no guilt with this purchase.

This next group is a gift of scraps so I am not breaking any fabric fast rules for myself. Michelle over at From Bolt to Beauty graciously gave me a HUGE bag of small scraps to use in projects.  Here are some of my favorites in the pile. You can see there are many, and it was hard to narrow it down this much!

I have gone back to re-arrange these beauties a few times, just because I like looking at them! 

Last, was damage done at yesterday's sew-in with the New Hampshire Modern Quilt Guild. I regret not bringing my camera so I can share all the amazingness that surrounded me. Also check out my instagram to see the charity quilt the guild has been working on! It's pretty awesome. 

New additions to the stash include, some awesome clearance fabrics, a couple newer fabrics, Patchwork City book (insert squeal), Fancy Fox pattern, and Hazel Hedgehog pattern. You could say I spoiled myself with some Elizabeth Hartman.

All these fabrics are going to be used in my Patchwork City quilt. More on that later, probably won't get around to this quilt until next year.

Ok, now I am back to never buying fabric ever again.  Or at least until the end of 2014. These last couple months I have been been bad. No more, everything for holiday sewing is purchased.

-Patch & Chels

Linking up with Molli Sparkes Sunday Stash!