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Today is a wide range of quilters working in a Modern style on Chat with Pat!

Guests Emily Thompson, Michael Caputo, Linda Hungerford, and Heather Black join Pat for a chat!

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Emily Thompson of Life Sew Savory write about sewing, crafts, recipes, and more! I love her tutorials and she hosts a facebook live sewing show each week. I know you are going to come away with a quite a few useful tips today

Visit her at https://lifesewsavory.com/ 

Michael Caputo is an author, avid maker of all things, and a quilt designer. I love his modern quilts, they are amazing with great designs and unexpected use of colors. We are going to get some great tips today on quilting.

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Visit him at patchworkandpaper

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Linda Hungerford is an author, teacher, and quiltmaker behind the website Flourishing Palms. Her sunny quilt vibe caught my attention after I saw her sweet Hexagon Pillow in the book ‘Modern Patchwork Home’. She has so many people to quilt with her inperson workshops and online tutorials.

Linda is Featured in this book, and the whole book is fabulous!

Visit her at www.FlourishingPalms.blogspot.com 

I had several friends tell me to visit Heather Black’s Instagram feed for gorgeous modern quilts, they were right! She has a fabulous balance to her modern pieces that I love. Heather enters her quilts in shows, she teaches.

Visit her at https://quiltachusetts.blogspot.com/

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Block #5 Christmas Figs Sew Along

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Here we go, it's time for Block #5 of our Christmas Figs sew along, the super fun to do 9-Patchwork block!

Raise your hand if you want to make a WHOLE quilt with this block! FYI TRUE CONFESSION at the end

We are sewing from Joanna's Christmas Fig book.  Red & Green like the book and I am doing the tips with Something Blue Fabric  as I make a 2nd quilt

How This Works:

• The Book is Required, it has the sampler of 20 blocks and the book has 10 additional projects using the blocks. 
• CLICK HERE for Supply list for both colors 
• Christmas Figs fabric
• Something Blue Fabric designed by my friend Edyta
• On the  2nd Friday & last Friday of the month I'll post notes about the next book.
• I'm doing the blocks in the order they are in for the book, you have all the patterns in the book so you can work on it anytime you like. 
• There are lots of triangles, so pick up my Triangle book to have step by step photos and additional options for making them. 

TIPS for Making the Blue version

• This block is very straight forward, yeah!! I followed the red/green formula exactly. 
• Only change is that I used 5 blue fabrics instead of 3 red and 2 green.  (3 + 2 = 5.. perfect!)
• Mark your cut shapes to keep track. The alphabitties are perfect as they have numbers and letters to match the book. 

Pat's Tips 

This is a super fun block, I'm seriously looking at my fabric for a way to squeeze in a whole quilt. 

Ready? Let's do this!

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TIP

• Follow the pattern to make strip sets.
• You will have some left over. See my thoughts on it at the end. 

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Pat's TIPs:

• I placed 2 darker 9-patch blocks in the center of each side.
• Polka dots at top & bottom, just because

Thoughts on Leftovers

• It was SO worth it on this block to be able to following the cutting directions.  I do not care that I have this little bit of leftovers.
• I think I can make a few 9-patch mug rugs with them.  I'll give it a go and see how many.
• Or you could us the extra 9-patches to put around a white square for a gorgeous label
• Or give them to that friend that sews up everything, we all have that friend.  ... oh.. is that YOU? then sew them up!
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I am IN LOVE with this block in either blue or red & green... I love the simple balance of it 

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Wasn't this one FUN!! very easy

 

I am making the blue blocks weeks... a few days.. the day before.... I write the post using my digital rough draft above. The digital is not exact fabric placement, it's just a draft for me to work from. 

TIP:

• Be sure you download the supply list or read what is used for the blue one
• AT the END share you block in my Quilt show! Several times during this sew along I will do random prizes for people who shared their blocks

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Today is brought to you by the Number 6

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I have been sewing along with Lori Holt and the Fat Quarter Shop using her Sewing Bee book (on sale!) AND the sew along part is almost done.  This is my 2nd time on the tour to share the Number 6...

If you have been CRAZY good and sewed the blocks assigned each week, today is 6 & 7. I'm using the 6" size blocks.

I've made one of each letter and number and some of the images to put into a quilt. Is the quilt ready to show you? mmmmm....

I had GREAT intentions of showing you a top today, but i will in the future! I'm making it for my nieces two little boys

And I made it scrappy 'I spy' kind of a quilt. Most of the fabrics have some sort of image they can hunt for. 

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The book has tons of darling images & projects, here is another block that will be in my Alphabet quilt. 

  

 

Besides making the cover quilt, the book is full of project ideas, these are just a few! I love the idea of a set of letters for learning the alphabet. I can remember teaching my younger brother with flash cards.

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