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Friday, April 27, 2018

Hancock’s of Paducah New Catalog

Grab a cup of coffee and browse the new Hancock’s of Paducah catalog.

Pause SLOWLY over pages 36-43 and 46-49 for all the wonderful Island Batik inspiration from many of your favorite Island Batik Ambassadors and pattern designers.

Loft Living *hint hint* is available as a kit on page 43!!!

Loft Living is 65” x 65”
Pattern is also available in my Etsy shop.

Pattern requirements…

Would love to share photos of your finished quilts!

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

February Update and a Free Pattern

I just pulled this off the quilting machine. Talk about just making a monthly goal. Since I joined the scrappy fun a bit late it wasn’t a random project although it is from my scrappy box stash.

I just love putting hearts and scraps together in my charity quilts.

FREE PATTERN available my Craftsy shop

Scrappy Lovin
finished size 70” x 88”

My March Scrappy Goal

My goals for the Scrap Attack Challenge

1. Make a string project – March project coming soon
2. Make a strip project
3. Use novelty scraps
4. ~~Use batik scraps~~ – January completion - going to Bright Hopes Organization
~~5. Use red scraps~~ – February completion – not sure what organization it’s going to yet
6. Use blue scraps
7. Use red, white, and green scraps together Ho,Ho,Ho
8. Use food fabrics
9. Use pink and brown scraps
10. Use black and white scraps
11. Use a rainbow collection of scraps
12. Use scraps with the GO butterfly die
13. Use sock monkey fabric
14. Use dottie scraps
15. Piece backs for UFO tops
16. Use geometric scraps

Hand2Help is right around the corner with sign up is March 11th. There are several wonderful charities to pick from including tops only which are needed in Canada.

This year the Quilt Qwazy Queens blog hop over at Seams to Be Sew Blog has an UFO theme. Woot! That starts March 15th.

Confessions of a Fabric Addict’s Scrap Attack 2018 Challenge.

Friday, November 10, 2017

Space Crystals and a Give Away

Some exciting news!

My quilt, Space Crystals, is featured on page 56…

…of the new Jan/Feb 2018 issue of McCall’s Quilting.

Remember this sneak peek of the simple units in lovely Island Batik fabrics?
If you can make these…you can make this stunning quilt. That’s right!!!

Don’t fear quilts that look complicated. Color placement and simple shapes can be combined to create movement that impresses the eye.

Give Away

One copy of the Jan/Feb 2018 issue of McCall’s Quilting to one random winner. Enter Rafflecopter below for a chance to win.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Guidelines and Rules for FunThreads Designs give away.

No purchase necessary.
You must be 18 or older to enter.
While we hope you will leave a comment on the post of the day because we love comments, we want no reply bloggers to have a chance at winning also. Rafflecopter will collect your name and email.
One (1) copy of the Jan/Feb 2018 McCall’s Quilting magazine will be given away to one winner.
Winner picked at random via Rafflecopter at the end of the day on Nov. 17th. Winner will receive notification via email. Winner will have approximately 5 days to claim their gift, if 5 days passes, the gift will be offered to another eligible entrant. Winner who will receive a shipped item will need to provide name, address, city, state. All prizes will be awarded.
Winner will be announced on this blog and in the Rafflecopter window here on this page.Winner agrees to allow their name, city, state to be publicized.
Odds of Winning a prize are based on total number of rafflecopter entries.

You are responsible for claiming and paying any tax owed on the value of any gift that you win where applicable.Some restrictions on gifts will apply based on shipping policies.This sweepstakes is void where prohibited by law.

Monday, September 25, 2017

STBS Christmas Caroling Row Along and Give Away

Welcome back to the Christmas Caroling Row Along! This is my second row.
You can find my first row HERE if you missed it.

Family traditions, do you have them?
We always have fish on Christmas Eve, festa dei sette pesci or feast of the seven fishes, and cannoli’s for desert on Christmas day. Now I’m not talking any ol’ cannoli, I’m talking about a cannoli from Termini Bro in Philadelphia. Anybody know what I mean? My mouth is watering…

This image is not a Termini Bro Cannoli

Can you guess the song I picked this time?
It’s not as popular so you have to REALLY know your songs.

Did you guess Dominick the Donkey?
If you did you’re a holiday song super star!
If you’ve never heard it you can listen HERE ~ warning you’ll be humming it all day

Finished row size is 12” x 30”

Download the FREE row from my Craftsy shop HERE.

Sorry I didn’t get the binding on…

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Background fabric for this row is Northcott’s The Magic of Christmas collection,
sku# 21701-44

A huge THANK YOU to Northcott for generously providing all the designers in this hop, and there are a lot of us, with their row fabrics. Be sure to thank all our sponsors for making fun events like this possible for you.

Helpful Tips

The pattern includes placement guides for the donkey and Santa. I suggest sliding it under an applique pressing sheet like I previously demonstrated with the elves. That way you can pre-fuse your donkey and Santa into one unit which makes placing them on the block much easier.

If you made something from one of my rows I’d love to see and share it on my blog. We all hope you’ve enjoyed this year’s hop!!

Give Away

Michael Miller Llama Navidad Bundle to one random winner.
Enter the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win….

Shipping Is Anywhere / Shipping Cost must be paid by winner.
Value $40.00
Description Link: http://www.seamstobesew.com/?p=13485

a Rafflecopter giveaway

For more great give aways hop over to Seams To Be Sew blog and the other designers listed below.

Guidelines and Rules provided by Seams to Be Sew for give aways. Please take the time to read it.

Give away is for a Martelli Rotary Cutter and 5 Blade Pack to one winner chosen at random.
Giveaways offered by sponsors are assigned to the various bloggers for their featured day. There are no prior announcements on who is doing which sponsor except to the sponsor themselves.
You'll have to visit the blog or the featured blog to enter the giveaways. Not all giveaways can be entered at Seams To Be Sew.
I will start announcing winners on September 12, 2017, and finish announcing winners on October 12, 2017. In most cases, the blog where you won at also will announce their
winners.
Winner picked at random via Rafflecopter at the end of the day October 3. Winner will receive notification via email. You must give a valid email address when you enter the giveaways, any email returned to me, loses the ability to win automatically.
You are given 3 days to answer the email, if you do not answer within 3 days a new winner will be drawn. Check those spam/junk mail folders, you may miss that winning email if you don't do so because there are no exceptions to this rule.
If you are notified that you are a winner, in most cases, you will need to provide your name, address, city, state, zip code, country, telephone number, and email address.
With the exception of Show and Tell Day, all giveaways run for approximately one week.
In some cases, you will be asked to comment on the blog to enter the giveaway... do the right thing and thank them for the time it took to create the pattern, thank them for the pattern and...
Thank the sponsor by buying their products for the giveaways. This helps them continue to offer great prizes for these types of events. You can also comment on their social media pages. Even if you don't win, letting them know you love their products is a huge incentive and they really do love hearing from you.
No purchase whatsoever is necessary.
You must be 18+ in order to win a gift.
You are responsible for claiming and paying any tax owed on the value of any gift that you win. Prizes valued at $500.00 should be claimed.
All winners are chosen at random.
All winners will be announced on the blogs via the Rafflecopter entry form and/or post by the blogger at the site where they won and here at [Seams To Be Sew](http://www.seamstobesew.com). All winners must allow for their first name and first initial of their last name to be announced on this blog.
Odds of Winning a prize are based on a total number of rafflecopter entries during each week and in total for all giveaways.
This giveaway is void where prohibited by law.
Participating bloggers may enter any of the giveaways.
The word giveaways in the rules and guidelines are also known as sweepstakes.
Most of the giveaways are international shipping this year
in some cases, you will be asked to pay for shipping your giveaways. I am not rich and I do not ask sponsors for money, they provide prizes only. If they shipped the prize to me, you will be asked to pay for shipping
All giveaways will be shipped that are in my home within 48 hours of my having heard from you.
An invoice will be sent to you via Paypal, and shipping will take place via Paypal, so your Paypal email will be needed to send the invoice. You will receive a tracking number except for overseas shipments. All shipping will either be first class which averages out at 2.77 to 4.00 up to 13 ounces. Paypal fees are added to that amount to cover that fee. All fabric bundles from Michael Miller, Hoffman, and Moda will be shipped via Priority Mail to protect the fabric itself.
Please note, every effort is made to protect the prizes. They go into a plastic bin when I receive them, and it is covered by an air tight cover. I have a dog in my home and I have a smoker in my home, so I do everything possible to protect the prizes.
Most companies are very good about getting prizes off to customers quickly also, but some companies are overseas, so please allow all sponsors a 2-week time period before you report to me that you still haven't received your prize. When the company is overseas, it can take 6 weeks to 90 days for an item to also arrive.
Whether or not you read the above, the rules for giveaways are in place to protect everyone. I do not want to hear you didn't read them, they will be posted on my blog daily during each featured day. There is no excuse for not reading them.

Please visit all the wonderful blogger/designers
Some rows will only be FREE during it’s featured post time.

Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Quilting Affection
Any Pattern
Just Let Me Quilt
Quilt In Piece
Kissed Quilts

Thursday, September 7, 2017
Daydreams of Quilts
Seams To Be Sew
Be A Quilter
Creatin’ in the Sticks
Fun Threads

Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Sew Incredibly Crazy
Masterpiece Quilting
Sugarlane Designs
Happy Sewing Room

Thursday, September 14, 2017
Barbara Dieges
Cynthia’s Creating Ark
The Quilted Snail
Ms. P. Designs USA (sponsored by Just Let Me Quilt)

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Jaded Spade Creations
Adventurous Applique and Quilting
UlaSewing / SzycieUli
From Blank Pages

Thursday, September 21, 2017
Martina Latimer
Quilt Fabrication
Patchwork Breeze
Patti’s Patchwork
Miss Loreen’s Schoolhouse

Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Cheryl LaPlante (sponsored byQuilt In Piece)
Morning Glory
Pampered Pettit
Fun Threads

Thursday, September 28, 2017
Mountain Meadow Designs
Quilt Art
Made By Marney
Renee’s Quilting Addiction

Tuesday, October 3, 2017
MaryMack’s Blog
Kathys Kwilts and More
Pamela Quilts
Duck Creek Mountain Quilting
Heleen Pinkster

Thursday, October 5, 2017
Seams To Be Sew
A Dream and A Stitch
Upstairs Hobby Room
Words & Stitches

Friday, September 15, 2017

Hot Off the Presses…

Just released….Island Batik’s fall/winter 2017 catalog!!!
Grab a look at all the lovely fabrics that will be shown at Fall Quilt Market in Houston.

Browse lots of new patterns by your favorite designers….look who’s on page 69!!!
My new Loft Living pattern featured in the beautiful Sunflower Serenade collection.

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

STBS Christmas Caroling Row Along and Give Away

Welcome to the Christmas Caroling Row Along!

When I heard this year’s hop theme I knew I had to join!!!
I love all types of Christmas music. When radio stations decided to start dedicating the entire month to playing Christmas music it was like winning the lottery. Of course my holiday isn’t complete until I hear “Snoopy’s Christmas” by the Royal Guardsmen at least once.

Trivia Tidbit…Did you know I’m a Christmas Carol? That’s right…my birthday is Christmas Day and I’m a Carol. ROFL.

Can you guess the song I picked for my first row?

Did you guess Rockin Around the Christmas Tree?
That was an easy one!

Those rockin little elves with an Elvis vibe were designed by my daughter.

Finished row size is 12” x 30”

Download the FREE row from my Craftsy shop HERE.

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Background fabric for this row is Northcott’s Best Tree on the Lot collection,
sku# 21763-63

Helpful Tips

The pattern includes placement guides for the elves. I suggest sliding it under an applique pressing sheet. That way you can pre-fuse your elves into one unit which makes placing them on the block much easier.

You can use applique or substitute buttons to decorate your tree.

Stop back on the 27th for my second row.
But brush up on your Christmas songs it won’t be an easy one

Give Away #1

Martelli Rotary Cutter and 5 Blade Pack to one random winner.
Enter the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win….

Shipping Is Anywhere / Shipping Cost must be paid by winner.
Value $67.98
Description Link: http://www.seamstobesew.com/?p=13481

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Martelli_Crest_Logo

Give Away #2

Northcott 1 FQ Bundles 2yds total
Enter the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win….

Shipping Is Everywhere
Value $20.00
Description Link: http://www.seamstobesew.com/?p=13596

a Raffle copter giveaway

Give Away #3

Calibre Art 24” x 36” Mat
Enter the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win….

Shipping to USA only
Value $99.99
Description Link: http://www.seamstobesew.com/?p=13556

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Guidelines and Rules provided by Seams to Be Sew for give aways. Please take the time to read it.

Give away is for a Martelli Rotary Cutter and 5 Blade Pack to one winner chosen at random.
Giveaways offered by sponsors are assigned to the various bloggers for their featured day. There are no prior announcements on who is doing which sponsor except to the sponsor themselves.
You'll have to visit the blog or the featured blog to enter the giveaways. Not all giveaways can be entered at Seams To Be Sew.
I will start announcing winners on September 12, 2017, and finish announcing winners on October 12, 2017. In most cases, the blog where you won at also will announce their
winners.
Winner picked at random via Rafflecopter at the end of the day September 18, . Winner will receive notification via email. You must give a valid email address when you enter the giveaways, any email returned to me, loses the ability to win automatically.
You are given 3 days to answer the email, if you do not answer within 3 days a new winner will be drawn. Check those spam/junk mail folders, you may miss that winning email if you don't do so because there are no exceptions to this rule.
If you are notified that you are a winner, in most cases, you will need to provide your name, address, city, state, zip code, country, telephone number, and email address.
With the exception of Show and Tell Day, all giveaways run for approximately one week.
In some cases, you will be asked to comment on the blog to enter the giveaway... do the right thing and thank them for the time it took to create the pattern, thank them for the pattern and...
Thank the sponsor by buying their products for the giveaways. This helps them continue to offer great prizes for these types of events. You can also comment on their social media pages. Even if you don't win, letting them know you love their products is a huge incentive and they really do love hearing from you.
No purchase whatsoever is necessary.
You must be 18+ in order to win a gift.
You are responsible for claiming and paying any tax owed on the value of any gift that you win. Prizes valued at $500.00 should be claimed.
All winners are chosen at random.
All winners will be announced on the blogs via the Rafflecopter entry form and/or post by the blogger at the site where they won and here at [Seams To Be Sew](http://www.seamstobesew.com). All winners must allow for their first name and first initial of their last name to be announced on this blog.
Odds of Winning a prize are based on a total number of rafflecopter entries during each week and in total for all giveaways.
This giveaway is void where prohibited by law.
Participating bloggers may enter any of the giveaways.
The word giveaways in the rules and guidelines are also known as sweepstakes.
Most of the giveaways are international shipping this year
in some cases, you will be asked to pay for shipping your giveaways. I am not rich and I do not ask sponsors for money, they provide prizes only. If they shipped the prize to me, you will be asked to pay for shipping
All giveaways will be shipped that are in my home within 48 hours of my having heard from you.
An invoice will be sent to you via Paypal, and shipping will take place via Paypal, so your Paypal email will be needed to send the invoice. You will receive a tracking number except for overseas shipments. All shipping will either be first class which averages out at 2.77 to 4.00 up to 13 ounces. Paypal fees are added to that amount to cover that fee. All fabric bundles from Michael Miller, Hoffman, and Moda will be shipped via Priority Mail to protect the fabric itself.
Please note, every effort is made to protect the prizes. They go into a plastic bin when I receive them, and it is covered by an air tight cover. I have a dog in my home and I have a smoker in my home, so I do everything possible to protect the prizes.
Most companies are very good about getting prizes off to customers quickly also, but some companies are overseas, so please allow all sponsors a 2-week time period before you report to me that you still haven't received your prize. When the company is overseas, it can take 6 weeks to 90 days for an item to also arrive.
Whether or not you read the above, the rules for giveaways are in place to protect everyone. I do not want to hear you didn't read them, they will be posted on my blog daily during each featured day. There is no excuse for not reading them.

Please visit all the wonderful blogger/designers
Some rows will only be FREE during it’s featured post time.

Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Quilting Affection
Any Pattern
Just Let Me Quilt
Quilt In Piece
Kissed Quilts

Thursday, September 7, 2017
Daydreams of Quilts
Seams To Be Sew
Be A Quilter
Creatin’ in the Sticks
Fun Threads

Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Sew Incredibly Crazy
Masterpiece Quilting
Sugarlane Designs
Happy Sewing Room

Thursday, September 14, 2017
Barbara Dieges
Cynthia’s Creating Ark
The Quilted Snail
Ms. P. Designs USA (sponsored by Just Let Me Quilt)

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Jaded Spade Creations
Adventurous Applique and Quilting
UlaSewing / SzycieUli
From Blank Pages

Thursday, September 21, 2017
Martina Latimer
Quilt Fabrication
Patchwork Breeze
Patti’s Patchwork
Miss Loreen’s Schoolhouse

Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Cheryl LaPlante (sponsored byQuilt In Piece)
Morning Glory
Pampered Pettit
Fun Threads

Thursday, September 28, 2017
Mountain Meadow Designs
Quilt Art
Made By Marney
Renee’s Quilting Addiction

Tuesday, October 3, 2017
MaryMack’s Blog
Kathys Kwilts and More
Pamela Quilts
Duck Creek Mountain Quilting
Heleen Pinkster

Thursday, October 5, 2017
Seams To Be Sew
A Dream and A Stitch
Upstairs Hobby Room
Words & Stitches

Sunday, September 3, 2017

Back To School Blog Hop

It’s that time of year again…

What does back to school mean to you?
Are you a teacher excited to be molding young minds?
A parent jumping for joy that summer is over?

Back to school always made me happy yet sad at the same time. Happy that my babies were growing up yet sad that my babies were growing up. A mother’s dilemma.

I love this time of year. It means fall, fall, fall. I love fall!

Let me introduce you to a collection that just screams fall projects!

Beaujolais Collection

My friend Carole whipped up some FUN notebook covers.

A perfect gift for teachers, students, and….

…all your sewing bee friends *hint,hint*

Pattern can be found at the Orange Betty Blog.

THANK YOU to her husband for the great photos. You’re hired

If you can’t decide on just a few fabrics then use them all to make a fall quilt!!

Sorry it’s not bound yet

The quilt above was made using my new Loft Living pattern available in my Etsy and PatternSpot shops.

Give Away

Three (3) half yard cuts from the Beaujolais collection to one random winner. Open to USA residents only.

Enter the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win….

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Guidelines and Rules for FunThreads Designs give away.

No purchase necessary. Open to residents of the USA only.
You must be 18 or older to enter.
While we hope you will leave a comment on the post of the day because we love comments, we want no reply bloggers to have a chance at winning also. Rafflecopter will collect your name, state, and email.
Three (3) half yard cuts of the Beaujolais collection will be given away to one winner.
Winner picked at random via Rafflecopter at the end of the day on Sept 8th. Winner will receive notification via email. Winner will have approximately 5 days to claim their gift, if 5 days passes, the gift will be offered to another eligible entrant. Winner who will receive a shipped item will need to provide name, address, city, state. All prizes will be awarded.
Winner will be announced on this blog and in the Rafflecopter window here on this page.Winner agrees to allow their name, city, state to be publicized.
Odds of Winning a prize are based on total number of rafflecopter entries.

You are responsible for claiming and paying any tax owed on the value of any gift that you win where applicable.Some restrictions on gifts will apply based on shipping policies.This sweepstakes is void where prohibited by law.

Be sure to visit all the Island Batik Ambassadors each for more FUN