Moon Star Block

I am pleased to be part of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Volume 11!

There are going to be prizes!

Two Volume 11 magazines will be given away.

To be included in the drawing, please leave a comment at the end of this blog post …tell me what your favorite quilt block is and why. Comments will be open until midnight Friday May 8th.

Click HERE to check out Quiltmaker’s Blog too!

Make a quick table runner – add sashing and cornerstones!

Join us this week for lots of fun and preview the newest 100 Blocks Volume – Number 11!

MINI QUILT SEW ALONG
Join in the Sew-Along each month during the Aurifil Designer of the Month event! Aurifil Thread has asked twelve designers to work up a mini quilt project for the month we are assigned.  Look for the new posts between the 15th and 20th of each month.

WIN PRIZES!
You get the instructions; make the project, post it on the Aurifil Flicker Page to enter the drawing and you can win prizes – a 12 spool box of Aurifil Thread!

Read the interview and get the free pattern on the Aurifil blog here.

MAY DESIGNER
Sara Lawson sewsweetness.com/

DESIGNER LINE-UP
Jan – Gudrun Erla www.gequiltdesigns.com/
Feb – Joanna Figueroa www.figtreequilts.com/
March – Kimberly Jolly fatquartershop.blogspot.com/
April – John Kubiniec https://bigrigquilting.wordpress.com/
May – Sara Lawson sewsweetness.com/
June – Barb Groves and Mary Jacobson www.meandmysisterdesigns.com/blog/
July – Ebony Love www.lovebugstudios.com/blog/
August. – Nancy Rink www.nancyrinkdesigns.com/
Sept – Valori wells www.valoriwells.com/
October – Lynn Harris thelittleredhen.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Nov – Bonnie Christine www.goinghometoroost.com/
Dec – Celine Perkins perkinsdrygoods.com/blog/
Host – Pat Sloan blog.patsloan.com

Come back to my blog each month to see what’s up to for the Aurifil Designer of the Month event!

MINI QUILT SEW ALONG
Join in the Sew-Along each month during the Aurifil Designer of the Month event! Aurifil Thread has asked twelve designers to work up a mini quilt project for the month we are assigned.  Look for the new posts between the 15th and 20th of each month.

WIN PRIZES!
You get the instructions; make the project, post it on the Aurifil Flicker Page to enter the drawing and you can win prizes – a 12 spool box of Aurifil Thread!

Read the interview and get the free pattern on the Aurifil blog here.

APRIL DESIGNER
John Kubiniec https://bigrigquilting.wordpress.com/

DESIGNER LINE-UP
Jan – Gudrun Erla www.gequiltdesigns.com/
Feb – Joanna Figueroa www.figtreequilts.com/
March – Kimberly Jolly fatquartershop.blogspot.com/
APRIL – John Kubiniec https://bigrigquilting.wordpress.com/
MAY – Sara Lawson sewsweetness.com/
JUNE – Barb Groves and Mary Jacobson www.meandmysisterdesigns.com/blog/
July – Ebony Love www.lovebugstudios.com/blog/
August. – Nancy Rink www.nancyrinkdesigns.com/
SEPT – Valori wells www.valoriwells.com/
October – Lynn Harris thelittleredhen.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Nov – Bonnie Christine www.goinghometoroost.com/
Dec – Celine Perkins perkinsdrygoods.com/blog/
Host – Pat Sloan blog.patsloan.com

Come back to my blog each month to see what I’m up to for the Aurifil Designer of the Month event – you might learn something new!

MINI QUILT SEW ALONG
Join in the Sew-Along each month during the Aurifil Designer of the Month event! Aurifil Thread has asked twelve designers to work up a mini quilt project for the month we are assigned.  Look for the new posts between the 12th and 15th of each month.

WIN PRIZES!
You get the instructions; make the project, post it on the Aurifil Flicker Page to enter the drawing and you can win prizes – a 12 spool box of Aurifil Thread!
How cute is this mini quilt? Read the interview and get the free pattern on Pat Sloan’s blog here.

MARCH DESIGNER
Kimberly Jolly fatquartershop.blogspot.com/

DESIGNER LINE-UP
Jan – Gudrun Erla www.gequiltdesigns.com/
Feb – Joanna Figueroa www.figtreequilts.com/
March – Kimberly Jolly fatquartershop.blogspot.com/
APRIL – John Kubiniec bigrigquilting.blogspot.com/
MAY – Sara Lawson sewsweetness.com/
JUNE – Barb Groves and Mary Jacobson www.meandmysisterdesigns.com/blog/
July – Ebony Love www.lovebugstudios.com/blog/
August. – Nancy Rink www.nancyrinkdesigns.com/
SEPT – Valori wells www.valoriwells.com/
October – Lynn Harris thelittleredhen.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Nov – Bonnie Christine www.goinghometoroost.com/
Dec – Celine Perkins perkinsdrygoods.com/blog/
Host – Pat Sloan blog.patsloan.com

Come back to my blog each month to see what I’m up to for the Aurifil Designer of the Month event – you might learn something new!

I was asked to be part of the 2015 Aurifil Designer of the Month Event!

What is the Aurifil Designer of the Month event?? Aurifil Thread has asked twelve designers to work up a mini quilt project for the month we are assigned.  Look for the new posts between the 12th and 15th of each month.

You get the instructions; make the project, post it on the Aurifil Flicker Page to enter the drawing and you can win prizes!

January’s designer is……

Here is Gudrun’s project – the instructions can be found in Pat Sloan’s blog post interview.

PRIZES every month!

Make the monthly project and post it on the Aurifil Flickr Page. Each month one person wins a 12 Spool Kit of Aurifil thread!

These are the designers who will be featured each month:

• Jan – Gudrun Erla www.gequiltdesigns.com/
• Feb – ​​Joanna Figueroa www.figtreequilts.com/
• March – Kimberly Jolly fatquartershop.blogspot.com/
• April – John Kubiniec bigrigquilting.blogspot.com/
• May – Sara Lawson sewsweetness.com/
• June –  Barb Groves and Mary​ ​Jacobson ​ ​www.meandmysisterdesigns.com/blog/
• July – Ebony Love www.lovebugstudios.com/blog/
• August. – Nancy Rink www.nancyrinkdesigns.com/
• Sept – Valori wells www.valoriwells.com/
• October – Lynn Harris thelittleredhen.typepad.com/my_weblog/
• Nov – Bonnie Christine www.goinghometoroost.com/
• Dec – Celine Perkins perkinsdrygoods.com/blog/

Come back to my blog each month to see what I’m up to for the Aurifil Designer of the Month event – you might learn something new!

I’m going to be out of the office for a couple of weeks next month recovering from knee surgery.  While I’m stuck on the couch, I though it would be good to have something to do!  So I’m getting organized.  I’ve been working on getting WIP’s and UFO’s quilted and bound.  I don’t want to worry about pins and clips getting lost in the couch cushions, so I’m GLUING my bindings down!  GASP!

Here’s the scoop:

Supplies

I prefer using the smaller applicator bottle. It’s easiest for me to control how much glue I’m using.

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Thanks for all of the wonderful comments and for participating in the Blog Tour.

I was overwhelmed by the number of responses and have added a third magazine to the give-away.

I’m happy to announce the winners of an issue of Volume 10!

Nicole S.

Debby E.

Nancy

You’ve been contacted by email – please send your mailing address and the magazines will be sent out right away!

10 Volumes ~ 1000 Blocks!

That’s huge!

I am excited to be part of this 10th Volume with Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks magazine.

There are going to be prizes!

Two Volume 10 magazines will be given away.

To be included in the drawing, please leave a comment at the end of this blog post telling me which colorway is your favorite. Comments will be open until midnight Friday November 21st.

Click HERE to check out Quiltmaker’s Blog!

My block is called French Twist and can be found on page 63 of the magazine. The fabric is from the first Downton Abbey line by  Andover Fabrics.

I thought it would be fun to play around with different color ways to see what happens to the secondary designs. To make the topper you need:

4 French Twist blocks 12″ x 12″ (page 63)

4 – 4-1/2″ Outer Border Strips

4 – 1-1/2″ Inner Border Strips

4 – 2″ x 12-1/2″ Sash Strips

1 – 2″ x 2″ Center Cornerstone

4 – 2-1/2″ x Width of Fabric strips for Binding

French Twist Topper

Black – Add high contrast.

Neutral

Fabrics are from Northcott’s Stonehenge Toast Strips.  See what Patti did with my block on her blog HERE.

Brights – the center triangles use the same fabric as the chain.

This has been a busy week with a quilt deadline looming….

You’ll see this project in Quiltmaker’s Quilts from 100 Blocks this spring.  I thought you might like a few tips on some of the quick tricks I like to use when I’m working.

I’m right handed and my table is set up so that it works better to have the bulk of the yardage I’m working with off to the left.  This is a work-around to allow me to easily cut my strips from the right hand end of the fabric. Click on the image for a closer look.

I am also excited to be included in the newest issue of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks – Volume 10!  Join me and Quiltmaker here next week for the Blog Tour.  My day is Monday…there will be prizes too!