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A free Pattern for you + catch up!

FREE Pattern at the end. 

Catch up day!  

LISTEN to my Sept 16, 2013 show with Liesl Gibson, Barbara Cline, Amber Carrillo & Diane Gilleland. t at the player above. 

With over 6 years of recordings, there are a lot of fun shows and quilters to meet. 

• Prior Shows can be Listened to at MY Podcast Guest List page with link to the station page if you can't get the player to work. 
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DOWNLOAD The 'Sassy Pinwheel Pattern' ... at 40 x 50 it makes a darling lap quilt to showcase some extra fun fabrics!

Check the Clearance section, I saw some fantastic deals!

 

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Jolly Bar DONE! And let's do another!

I am declaring this a FINISH of a UFO for February. Top is done, binding cut, and it's been shipped off to the 'spa' to be quilted. 

This is a fantastic Jolly Bar quilt to do as you 'stop and start' other projects. That is mostly how i did it. Cut it all out, then sewed it between other projects.  

Jolly Bars are a Fat Quarter shop exclusive precut of 5" x 10" rectangles... yummy stuff and... 

Sending off to be quilted is a sweet finish indeed!

I made this quilt using Sundrops.. not much of it left but i spotted this Jolly bar & yardage

The Jolly Bar comes with a pattern, so you can collect those and add them to the super great booklet! it has lots of fun and effect project.

Best of all they showcase the fabric and are fast to make!

And... what do you think arrived in our Sew Sampler Surprise box this month?

A Jolly Bar plus the following goodies

• Sweet Marion Jolly Bar, yardage & Patterns
• Wonder clips - i use for EVERYTHING, they hold your bangs back too!
• thread heaven, used for keeping thread flat if it's tending to twist for handowrk
• Seam ripper ... i am really excited to give this one a try!
• Recipe cards, incase you missed one!

What if you have my Sunday Drive layer cakes?

Cut them in half to make your own 5 x 10 units for all the patterns!

This is my next one.. yep.. Hearts!!!  

If you have not sewn with a Jolly Bar yet, here are the links to the goodies I mentioned

Get the Good stuff!

• ALL the Jolly Bars + patterns and the booklet that use them
• My Sunday Drive Fabric
• Subscribe to the Sew Sampler Box
• Sweet Marion Jolly Bar, yardage & Patterns
• Wonder clips - i use for EVERYTHING, they hold your bangs back too!
• thread heaven, used for keeping thread flat if it's tending to twist for handowrk
• Seam ripper ... i am really excited to give this one a try!
• Recipe cards, incase you missed one!
• Sundrops fabric

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Want to try something new?

Amy of During Quiet Time is a good buddie of mine AND a very talented designer. 

When Amy asked if I'd do a write up of her Improv Paper Piecing book I was honored and thrilled!

You can read it at Amazon.

Her books are amazing teaching tools, and sources for patterns. 

I love how her cover is a cropped version of Paper Trail. Which IS my favorite quilt in the book!

She shows you several ways to layout the blocks. 

So I really wanted to give this a try.. but which quilt? 

I decided on Peacock Crossing. I liked that i could use up strips

So i made a test block..... 

Using my new Sunday Drive in red & green.. I tossed in an older 'one for you one for me' word print. I'm going to fussy cut a word for a space! 

I also decided to keep the template the same size as in the book instead of increasing it. So it's about 5.5"square 

oh my oh my!  YES to this one!  What I love with improv piecing I can alter each one a bit if the fabric requires it or i just feel like it. They don't match up to seam in another block.

THIS is what scrap busting is all about!

Does it feel a bit Christmasy to you? I may need to do a few more!

Get the Goodies

• By Amy's book and you really should have her other book too!
• My Sunday Drive

This has to be the MOST adorable panel .. you can make a fast childrens' quilt.. practice your quilting AND have a gift!  I have a little niece or nephew arriving this summer.. and I do think I need to make this!

• BUY the kit ON SALE
• And then Shop the Sale Fabric
• Visit the Precut of the week SALE too!

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