Spring Quilted Coasters

Who's ready for spring?

I know I am ready 

and 

to help that happen I'm stitching in spring colors!

Today I have a free pattern and tutorial over at

Therm O Web

to make super fun Spring Coasters.

Thermoweb has the best fabric adhesive products

and the coasters use both

HeatNBond® Fusible Fleece

and

 HEATNBond® Lite iron-on adhesive.

The coasters make a great gift or can just bring a little spring color to your decor.I hope you will check my post out over at Thermoweb (click here)
 and download the free pattern!

Winner - Colorpop

Blog hops are a great way to show

new quilting methods, patterns, fabrics, projects,

and

products you may not have seen before.

Last week we had so much fun with the

Color It Red Blog Hop

and the week before I participated in the

Island Batik Log Cabin Blog Hop.

There were so many awesome comments.
Thank you!

I'm a little late to visit each and every post in both blog hops, but I will soon.

I can't miss the inspiration!

Now it's time to announce the winner of the

Giveaway!!

I am happy to share a sampling of the 

Colorpop
Island Batik fabric collection 
with one lucky reader.

I have cut a 42 piece charm pack from the fabric I have left

and

Katlyn K. is the winner!

Our random draw winner follows Creatin' in the Sticks on Facebook.

Congratulations, Katlyn.

I am emailing you right now!

Color It Red Blog Hop - Red Dutch Doors

Welcome
to

the first day of the

Color It Red Blog Hop.

I'm happy to kick things off with

my

Red Dutch Doors Quilt.

Carol of Just Let Me Quilt invited bloggers to make a project with red in it.

That was it, just make something with red in it.

Thank you, Carol, for inviting me to join this super fun blog hop!

Sometimes the simplest rules can cause me such dilemmas. 

There are so many things I think of when I think of a way to use "red".

My Chiefs are red...

BUT, I know, I know, I've been making and chatting them up for a long time.

Even I am running out of ideas for supporting "my" Chiefs.

One of my favorite dolls from my childhood needs a little revamping and a redo...

but Little Red Riding Hood has waited this long and I just couldn't come up with a plan for her.

So,

one of my goals is to make all 30 quilt blocks from 

my

30 Quilt Blocks in 30 Days 
challenge

into 30 individual quilts. 

I decided on the Dutch Door quilt block pattern - block #4.

Click HERE if you would like the free pattern for the block.

I used stash fabrics in red and my other favorite color, teal, to make a super fun and modern quilt.

(Teal is neutral with red, right?)

Rotate every other block in a 4 x 5 block grid (20 blocks) 

and

 add a 1" border for a 42" x 52" throw.

I quilted with straight lines with Aurifil 40wt 3ply long arm thread in Red.

I love how the straight lines and the red thread really just blend into the quilt

 but it gives great texture.

I made extra blocks and added them to the backing so there would be 

Red Dutch Doors on the back of the quilt, too.

It's fun to play with blocks and rearrange them into designs.
I love the modern look of this quilt and all the fabrics used were from my stash.
That's like a free quilt, right?

Be sure to check out all the RED projects over at these blogs today:

February 17^th

Creatin' in the Sticks You are here!!

Websterquilt

Vroomans Quilts

Hill Valley Quilter

Selina Quilts

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Samelia's Mum

Here is the rest of the schedule:

February 18^th

Ms P Designs USA

Podunk Pretties

DayBrook Designs

Cynthia's Creating Ark

Bumbleberry Stitches

Sew Many Yarns

Karen's Korner

Stitchin At Home

February 19^th

MooseStash Quilting

Quilted Delights

Everyone Deserves a Quilt

Storied Quilts

Just Sew Quilter

Kathy’s Quilts

Just Because Quilts

Words & Stitches

Scrapdash

February 20^th

Life in the Scrapatch

Songbird Designs

High Road Quilter

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Patchwork Breeze

Lynn's Blog

DesertSky Quilting

Seams To Be Sew

February 21^st

Just Let Me Quilt

Quilt Fabrication

Beaquilter

All Thingz Sewn

Karrin’s Crazy World

Den syende himmel

Daughters of Dorinda

Quilt to the Edge

Becky’s Adventures in Quilting and Travel

What will you color red?

I'm sure by the end of the blog hop, you will have more ideas than time.

I always end up that way...

There's only a couple of days left to enter my giveaway for a charm pack of the

new Island Batik fabric collection 

Colorpop

(There are a couple of great red fabrics)

I'm covering the postage so this giveaway is limited to U.S. only.  (sorry)

Entries are open until February 20th.

I'll announce the winner by February 21st.

and how 'bout them CHIEFS!!

Valentine Snuggle Quilt

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today, I’m happy to be back over on the 

Thermoweb blog

 to share my 

Valentine Snuggle Quilt

created with the Thermoweb Valentine Sew Along Quilt Blocks

Combining patchwork with applique is one of my favorite ways to make quilts. 

When it came time to put the blocks together, I took advantage of the bright colors of the 

Michael Miller Fabrics Garden Pindot collection and made framed blocks.

Did you enjoy the

Thermoweb Valentine Sew-along?

Nothing makes fusible applique easier than
HeatNBond EZ Print Sheets

Check out all the details of the finished projects today at Thermoweb.

Have a loving day.

Log Cabin Blog Hop with Island Batik - Point Me to the Cabin and a Giveaway

Today is the 4th day of the

Island Batik 

Log Cabin Blog Hop

where all the new fabric collections are being showcased.

What better way to show the gorgeous new Island Batik fabric collections

than with log cabin quilt blocks?

I'm thrilled to share my quilt today,

"Point Me to the Cabin"

I was so excited to receive the fabrics in my first 
2020 Island Batik Ambassador Box

and these Colorpop fabrics are certainly one of my favorites!

Colorpop

 by Kathy Engle.

I fell in love with the Colorpop fabrics at first sight. 
 All that color made me want to use each fabric from the collection.

I chose to piece 1/4 log cabin blocks with Island Batik Foundation fabric in solid white

and the colors in the Colorpop collection.

Each block was stitched with Aurifil 50 wt #2021 and a Schmetz Microtex (Sharp) Chrome 70/10 needle.  If you haven't tried these needles, they are perfect for the tight weave of the Island Batik fabrics.

Rainbow is my favorite color and I loved the opportunity to piece the blocks on point and let the colors travel down the quilt.

I don't set blocks on point very often, but I love how it can totally change to look of the blocks.

I had so much fun watching this quilt come to life with each row
and
love that it's colorful and bright.

I quilted circles in an edge to edge design with 
Hobbs Tuscany Collection cotton wool blend batting in the middle.

I found out I really like this cotton and wool blend batting for the way the quilting pops

 and the soft drape of the quilt.

I did the quilting with my Handi Quilter Avante long arm pro-stitcher

using Glide Trilobal Polyester 40 wt white thread.

The backing and binding fabrics are from the Colorpop collection and I used an extra block on the back for a label.  
The name of the quilt came from setting the blocks on point.

The fabrics featured in this blog hop are from the Island Batik Fall 2019 collections 
and 
will be coming to stores very soon.  
Be sure to ask your local quilt shop for Colorpop!

Giveaway Time!!

I am happy to share a sampling of the 
Colorpop
Island Batik fabric collection 
with one lucky reader.
I have cut a 42 piece charm pack from the fabric I have left.

I'm covering the postage so this giveaway is limited to U.S. only.  (sorry)

Entries are open until February 20th.

I'll announce the winner by February 21st.

Thank you for visiting.

Check out all the new Island Batik fabric collections,
sign up for a giveaway,

 and

see the complete Log Cabin Blog Hop schedule by clicking HERE.

I try to reply to every comment, but with giveaways and blog hops I may not get to reply every time.  Please know that I read each and every comment and appreciate all the sweetness.