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Free Aurifil Designer of the Month September Sew Along Block

Our September Aurifil Designer of the Month is my wonderfully talented friend Lissa Alexander!

This is my version of Lissa's super cute house block.

Remember to make and enter your block at the Aurifil site for a chance to win a box of thread! 

My Interview and block are At the Aurifil Website, read and come back!

The fabric I'm working with

• A set of Green from 'Well Said'
• A variety of peach fabrics 
• Navy fabrics like this Dot & this bow tie
• With some White.

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Pat's Tip

• I cut all the pieces and laid them in place following Lissa's pattern 
• Pick some darling fabrics for the windows, i loved fussy cutting this fabric, the top has a grasshopper!
• The alphabitties help me keep track!

** Design Boards, this is the 14" size

**Alphabitties - 3 colors of them!

TIP:

• sew in units
• I loved sewing the spool!!

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My plan to alternate white/peach is working!  i love how this is coming out. 

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• Each month the Interview, download & Challenge Block entry are done at the Aurifil Website. 
• Download the pattern at the end of My interview 

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• Prior Block INFO

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PLEASE OPEN for UFO Friday and I need your help on something

it's come to this... True confession time... 

UFO (UnFinished Object) Friday

Status: 

The last 6 months life has not been at the normal pace for me with loads of things coming up that I didn't plan for. Which have taken time and energy.  And Energy and Time.. and did I say energy yet? how about time? 

Soooooo For This Week:

• A big fat zero.
• I was not able to work on any UFOs.  I might have actually started a new project. Or two (it's a work project)
• I did sew a few blocks on Traffic jam (my free scrap busting quilt pattern).
• And I also mentioned my box of 'Orphan blocks' on my fireside chat.  That is them above.  It's a FULL box and I'd love to put them all upon my wall to see what they look like. .... but... not today.... not next week either. But I will!
• I'm out of town most of next week again so i doubt much UFOing (is that a word?) will happen.

IN THE SPIRIT of being accountable, at the end share a photo of the UFO you are working on at the end and tell me about your UFO accomplishments in the comments!

 
Bonnie Lane Sew Alongs:

I NEED  your Thoughts on my plan!

I've worked up a plan for the sew alongs and would love your input.  I want to lock in the final dates and publish it with a project page. It's the date part that I need help on. I don't really want to run 2 at a time but I am thinking they need to overlap a bit.  

Our Block Wed starts Oct 2 (details here) and I have another fun sew along I'm in for charm packs (info coming soon) and several will be wrapping up in Oct which lets me run these.  Back to the dates.

Table Runner (above)  - Oct 17 to Oct 24

This would run for 3 weeks.

1. Oct 10 - Sew 2 blocks
2. Oct 17 - Sew 2 blocks
3. Oct 24 - Sew the runner together and quilt

• Nothing Like Home table runner 
• Pattern only incase you already have my fabric = 4 project sizes
• Bonnie Lane Fabric

Glow (above): Oct 24 to Dec 12  

• TIP - if you really love blue or green buy a yard and switch out the border strip and binding color

This runs into the middle of Dec. I'd have the quilt show to finish up first week in January.

1. 1st row of 3 blocks -  Oct 24
2. 2nd row of 3 blocks - Nov 7
3. 3rd row of 3 blocks - Nov 21
4. 4th row of 3 blocks - Dec 5
5. Assemble & quilt share - Dec 12
6. Catch up post early January 

• GLOW Pieced Pattern in Bonnie Lane!
• JUST the GLOW Pattern= which has 4 size quilts
• Bonnie Lane Fabric

Drive Down Bonnie Lane (above)  - Oct 22 to Feb 25

This is the one I'm not sure about starting in October or should I do Nov to March?  My thought is some of you will do the patchwork quilt Glow and some of you will do Down Bonnie Lane with the applique and patchwork. (the houses are patchwork). This is fairly light on applique and as you see I'll spread it out.

I don't really want to push it into Nov, I'd rather run it on these dates so you have a wonderful quilt by March. I can see this being given as a wedding gift. For a special anniversary, A Big Birthday. And of course for yourselves, because.. the car!! The Big Houses!! And those super cute quilts!

1. Big Stars  - Oct 22
2. House -  Nov 5
3. Clothesline- Nov 19
4. Small Stars - Dec 3
5. Trees and light post- Dec 17
6. Catch up time during holidays or I might move the car up a week! 
7. Car  - Jan 7
8. Quilts on the line - Jan  21
9. 2nd Big house  - Feb 4
10. Assemble - Feb  18
11. Final quilt Show off-- Feb 25

• Drive Down Bonnie Lane, Kit and the pattern if you only want that
• Nothing Like Home table runner
• GLOW Pieced Pattern in Bonnie Lane!
• Bonnie Lane Fabric

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Recipe:

This time of year a lot of people love pumpkin, but me, I'm on the hunt for great gingerbread recipes. This snack cake from Smitten Kitchen is divine! I think it reminds me of being a kid when my granny brought back a bakery box of snacks from the farmer's market where she worked. If you have not looked about this website you are in for a real treat. I've followed it for many years. 

THE RECIPE

• CLICK HERE for All the links for what I'm talking about in my fireside chat

** Click the blue button AT THe END to share your UFO project and leave the URL blank

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