Sunday Stash ... Take 2

Apparently I did some late night sale shopping at Fat Quarter Shop and forgot.  Oops. Well actually no oops, these beauties were a very pleasant surprise! I just had to share.

- Patch & Chels

Looking Glass Tester

Cheryl over at Meadow Mist Designs asked for testers on one of her latest patterns. Of course, I volunteered. The pattern is called Looking Glass and will be up for sale on her Craftsy site. 

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. 

For mine, I had a bunch of layer cakes with no purpose just hanging around so I settled on on Honeysweet by Fig Tree. The quilt is lap sized and required 30 squares in total, plus 1.5 yards for backing (Kona Snow). The remaining squares will get pieced into the backing. So far I really like my choice in fabrics :) Now I just need to find a backing and a binding so I can finish this one! 

- Patch & Chels

Quilt Bloggers Festival - Entry

Ok, I went back and forth as to enter a quilt in the Quilt Bloggers Festival over at Amy's Creative Side. This will be my first time entering my quilts into any type of competition. To sum it up, it's really quite nerve-wracking! I decided to enter my Modern Maples quilt into the Small Quilt competition.  Head over to the links to see all the action. Voting starts next week! 

Doubling Up

This year I have been o.b.s.e.s.s.e.d. with the Sugar Block of the Month club from Stitchery Dickory Dock. Each month Amy has came out with great patterns. I am so in love that I am making a twin sized quilt from the January block for my sister!

While creating October's block I realized that at the end of the year that would only be 12 blocks and with sashing would amount to a baby quilt or a very small throw after adding a border. This just wouldn't do! I ordered more secondary fabric and cut into my stash. I went back and made doubles and sometimes triples of each block, with the goal of 30 blocks by the end of the year.  Right now there are 24 done.  Whew! 

Every time I lay all these blocks out I fall in love in a little more. Only 6 more to go!

-Patch & Chels