A Sweet Baby Quilt

I, for one, pulled a very late night last night finishing sewing this sweet little thing (and working on a couple other projects).  Turns out my January is a very busy sewing month!

Fat Quarter Shop is showcasing their Top 10 videos of 2015, and I chose to make their Delectable Mountains quilt from that list.

See how many cute ones there are??

I used Arrow Flight from Michael Miller with a couple of Cotton + Steel Basics.  I also used a light aqua crosshatch for the background. I've been going back and forth but I think I like it!

The softer color palette from Arrow Flight matches my little girls room fabulously!  She certainly need more quilts ;)

I will probably add to this and make a throw size, I love it so much!

Check out Fat Quarter Shop's blog to see more quilts made from Delectable Mountains (and quilts from the other Top 10 videos).

Mochi Charm Box Quilt

Hey there! Hope you're headed into a good weekend!  I sure am...my in-laws are driving the 12 hours between us to surprise my husband this evening!  My kids are going to be so excited (and my honey too :). Good thing he doesn't read the blog, hehe :) Problem is to make sure he gets home at a reasonable time!!

I have another awesome free pattern from Fat Quarter Shop to share with you :)

It's called the Charm Box Quilt.

I chose to make mine a lap quilt size. I used charm packs of Cotton and Steel's Mochi line.  I just love jewel tones, and the bunnies in the line just put it over the top for me :)  I also really like the basics from Cotton and Steel, the mint was perfect for sashing.

It comes together super fast like all their short cut quilts...which I LOVE!

Finished Size 54" x 63"

Now I just need to baste, quilt and bind :)

I always stop at the basting part...

Happy Spring!

Find the Free Pattern Here

Find a Kit Here

Find the Tutorial Here (or see below)

Jelly Roll Jam 2 Free Pattern!

 Another awesome free pattern from Fat Quarter Shop!!

It's called Jelly Roll Jam 2.  Needed is one Jelly Roll and it yields 2 baby quilts!!

Check out Fat Quarter Shop here for the pattern.  I've also embeded their YouTube video at the end of this post. 

Us bloggers were encouraged to "make it our own".

Thankfully I had my sister Heather and my mom in town not only to help me whip it together (so fast) but also gave me the brilliant ruffle idea!!

To add ruffles to a Jelly Roll Jam 2 Quilt

-cut one jelly roll strip in half

-fold wrong sides together

-gather along the top edge to 12.5"

-create 6 total

-add ruffle between blocks

My sweet Lucy holding the quilt down when the wind caught it :)

I just love this sweet quilt!

Stats:

36" x 38"

"Into the Woods" by Lella Boutique from Moda

Jelly Rolly Jam 2 Free Pattern from Fat Quarter Shop

Jelly Roll Jam Free Quilt Pattern

I hope everyone had a great weekend. Mine (Megan) was highs and lows :/  I'd prefer an easy going week(end) sometime soon!  All this moving and things that come along with it.  Sigh.  But I did get a good amount done behind my machine and that always makes me smile :)  And I have a new project to share, hooray!

This easy peasy quilt pattern from the lovelies at Fat Quarter Shop.  It came together soooo fast. I wish I timed myself because it was a breeze.

I chose to use a Baby Jane Jelly Roll from Moda.  I just adore these colors together and the vintage feel of the prints.  One Jelly Roll makes two quilt tops...yes please!

PS From now on you will be seeing many a quilt on my weathered backyard fence and gate with the gorgeous green forest behind.  This is what won me over on this home (and the east!).  I am in love.  I can't wait to see it change through the seasons.  After living in Arizona for three years and although I miss it terribly, I am a seasons girl and so excited for Fall!

Like I mentioned, Jelly Roll Jam is a FREE quilt pattern!  There is also a YouTube version if that is more your thing:

When you're in need of a quick baby quilt this should be your go-to pattern, at least give it a try :)  

You can find other versions of Jelly Roll Jam today with these fabulous bloggers, I'm excited to see what theirs look like!  And thank you to the Fat Quarter Shop ladies for including us in this project! :)

Kaye Prince

Sew Mama Sew

Diary of a Quilter

Quilting Gallery

Pile O Fabric

Piece N Quilt

PS I Quilt

Angela Yosten

Pam Kitty Morning

Red Pepper Quilts

Cupcakes n’ Daisies

I’m a Ginger Monkey

Saturday Giveaway!

It's Saturday...let's have a giveaway!!

Fat Quarter Shop was one of my very first online quilt fabric resources.  No doubt....they carry a huge selection, lots of pre-cuts and they also carry books, patterns and notions too.

Have you seen Kate Spain's new line?  I can genuinely say she is in the top of my favorite designers.  Her new line is Sunnyside:

Love the purpley-blues.  Some excellent stash prints in there!!

One of my favorite new things is that Moda is doing Hexi pre-cuts!! Oh snap!!

How would you like to win a lovely honeycomb of Sunnyside?

40 6" cuts.

How to win:
separate comment for each please
1. Visit Fat Quarter Shop and let us know your favorite new line.
2. Sign up for Fat Quarter Shop's newsletter and let us know you did!


This giveaway is now closed.

Our bundle is here!

The day is here!  Our Blogger's Choice Bundle is available at Fat Quarter Shop!  Heather and I got our bundles last week and it has been so fun!  To say we like them is a little weird since we picked out all the pieces right? :)  But it was fun doing it collaboratively, as I'm a little more modern and Heather is more vintage/classic.  I am definitely a blue/green girl and Heather a little more pink...although she has the blue/green bug too :)

Pretty right?  We've got Free Spirit, Moda, Michael Miller...a good mix of fabrics in there.  If you want to know what a specific print is if you check out the bundle on Fat Quarter Shop you should be able to figure it out.  If not let me know and I'll be happy to tell you :)

And I've already got to work on my bundle.  Two of our nieces (they're sisters) are starting college in a few weeks, a Freshman and Junior, and we're putting a little surprise package together for them.  We're wanting to make them a few homemade gifts for fun.  It's prefect because Hannah's favorite color since she was 3 is green and Kianna is 100% a pink girl, so this collection worked perfectly.

Love these totes (tutorial from Jeni at In Color Order) they whip up soooo fast and make great little gifts.  Perfect size for make-up or jewelry bags.  I made one for a friend's birthday and threw in a lotion and candy and it was a great little gift (I think).

There you have it!  Also a little later today they'll be posting about us and the bundle a little later on The Jolly Jabber so you should check it out :)  Edited to add: Go to The Jolly Jabber and you'll have a chance to win a bundle of your own!

Fat Quarter Shop GIVEAWAY!!

Shhh...don't tell me what happened on Idol, I haven't got to see it yet.  My evening that I was planning on squaring up some double hourglass squares ended up with me desperately taking a crash course on facebook---and I failed.  Oh well, I have a QuiltStory fan page set-up and I'm about to bribe you into liking us :)  But if you have any ideas or suggestions for us regarding f-book, we'd love to hear.  *sigh*

We've got a fabulous new sponsor, Fat Quarter Shop.  As if you haven't heard of them, they're so great!  It's one of my go-to places, especially if I am wanting something specific, because they have everything!!  They have so many designers and fabric lines, it really is a destination place for fabric!!

They also have a fabulous blog, the Jolly Jabber where they have a lot of quilting tips, latest fabric deals, contests and giveaways.

Today they've got a giveaway just for us!!  Check it:

5 yards of Sugar and Spice-winner's choice

*gasp*

We loooove this line, I'm especially smitten with the argyle and the aqua and red colorway?  Come on! In fact, Heather just finished a DARLING quilt with these fabrics.  More on that later...

Want to win??  Here's how:

please leave a separate comment for each, it's so much easier for us! thanks :)

1. comment on what you would use the fabric for should you win
2. become a follower, or tell us you already are :)
3. "like" Fat Quarter Shop on facebook
4. "like" QuiltStory on facebook

Ready, set, GO!

Edited to add: I always get so excited about giveaways I forget to add when they end!!  This giveaway will run for a week through Wednesday March 30th, we will announce the winner Thursday March 31st!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED