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If you haven't heard, Craftsy is changing.

Craftsy has been the host of my online store for over five years.

NBCUniversal acquired Craftsy in 2017 and has been making changes to fit its brand, Bluprint.  As a designer for Craftsy, I've known changes were coming.

This week the changes have been announced that will affect independent designers.

In an email, the company explained that some independent stores will be deleted and some will be downsized.  I was a lucky one and will still have a store.

BUT:

I don't know which patterns will remain in my store and which ones will be deleted.

SO:

If you have any patterns you have been thinking about downloading, now it the time to do that because, after December 28th, I don't know which of the 45 patterns I offer on Craftsy will still be in the store.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE

Take the time today to download all the patterns you have saved in your pattern library at Craftsy
to your own computer.
ALL of them so you will have no worries.

Make this your Friday Finish.

That's what I'll be doing today while I bake up some Christmas goodies.

Sometimes, change is good...

challenging, but good.

It's a FREE Weekend

Stream over 1300+ Classes for free this weekend on Craftsy.

I'm stitching and watching one of my favorite designers, Amanda Murphy.
(Oops, I guess this is a sneak peek of my small little quilt for 
the Small, Smaller, and Smallest blog hop next week.)

I'm watching and learning for FREE!

All classes, not just sewing and quilting.

If you want to learn a new skill, you can.

For three days only, take advantage of everything Craftsy Unlimited has to offer, including thousands of expert-taught video classes in more than 16 different categories. From quilting and knitting to baking and photography, watch as many Craftsy classes as you want and experience the thrill of unlimited learning and inspiration, totally free.

While you are over there, you can pick up my newest pattern
which is also FREE through the month of March.

Deer Meadow

Because everyone needs time to "meadow" out.

It's block #2 for
 It's a "Wild" Life Block of the Month.

Happy sewing and viewing,

Happy New Year Mini - Let the Ball Drop - Free Pattern

Today I am over at the Thermoweb blog

sharing a free pattern.

 It won’t be long before the ball will be dropping in Times Square and the new year will begin. If you can’t be in New York for the celebration, why not bring a little Times Square to your own New Year Celebration.  

This fusible applique Let The Ball Drop mini quilt can hang on the front door to greet guests or would be perfect to decorate the party table.  

The secret to making this one quickly is Heat N Bond Lite EZ Print Sheets.  The pattern is ready for you to print without tracing anything.

The finished size is 16” x 20 ½”

I used Moda Grunge fabrics for this one and Aurifil 50 wt thread for the piecing and quilting.

The quilt is sandwiched with StitchNSew Fleece to really show the quilting.

I would love for you to try this pattern and give your feedback.

Dancing Triangles Foundation Paper Piece Block Pattern

I would like to thank everyone for all the sweet comments for my

flags and flag stands.

 

Hubby and I were overwhelmed by the response.

 

When cleaning the "inbox" on my email,

I didn't get very far when I ran across several requests for

the pattern to the

little dancing triangles

at the bottom of

Triangle Confetti.

 

Triangle Confetti Quilt

 

The pattern

Triangle Dance Paper Piece Quilt Block Pattern

is now available on

Craftsy. 

 

Here are some other ideas for the block:

 

Dancing triangle pattern grouped in 4 blocks to form a circle of triangles.

 

Dancing triangles place randomly with random colors.

 

Dancing triangles in one color grouped in 4 to form a circle. 

 

This one would look great in the cabin.

 

And that is what I have for my Friday finish.

Linking up with
Sarah
at
and Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts.
And for one luck reader and follower who has made it this far and is still reading...

I am sneaking a giveaway.

You can recieve a PDF copy of this pattern
if you
are a follower
and
leave a comment.

I'll announce a winner Friday, April 11th.

The winner of the giveaway:

Beth Strand said...

I follow on BlogLovin' and I love that block! Beth @ Words & Sttiches

Have a happy weekend

and

thank you, again,

for all the wonderful encouragement.

 

 



Football Fever - Go Chiefs! With the i...

Thank you, everyone for the very kind comments you made on my last post.  Those quilts are really special to me.

Football Stadium Quilt

My Friday finish is the pattern for the Football Stadium Quilt that was made for the "For the Boys Blog Hop" this week.  I worked all day today on writing the pattern properly and have almost finished another football quilt for my son.  I'm not as enthusiastic about the Tennessee Titans, but it's fun to make something for another love of my life.

Chiefs quilt and cushion for football watching

 

It's been awhile since my Kansas City Chiefs have been on the winning side, but I'll take a 9-0 record.  I'm really good with that since the team only won 2 games last year.

Hopefully, the fine folks at Craftsy won't mind a Chiefs quilt on the site...lol  You won't be finding me making a Denver Broncos quilt, but maybe someone will want to.  The pattern is available HERE.
You could use the pattern for any team if you have licensed fabric.  It could be made as just a football without the logo on the front.  The best part about the pattern is that it's so fast to put together.


I've had requests for the stadium cushion pattern and I will be putting that together as a tutorial soon. 

Thank you, everyone for making me all warm and fuzzy inside,

Linking up with:  http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/

And trying to get a Whoop, Whoop over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Peace and Harmony Pattern

The pattern is ready. I've posted it on Craftsy and if you would like to have Peace and Harmony in your life, it is free for the taking. The pattern to the quilt, that is. The pattern is HERE.

A quilt cloned

Source: Peace and Harmony Quilt via Carlotta Jean on Craftsy

 

 If the link does not work, give it a few more hours.  I just put it on the website. 

I plan to have Peas and Hominy available soon, also.  (these things take time)..lol

 

It is time to announce a winner from the "Let's Twist to the 60's with Batiks" Blog hop.  Mr. Random chose Julie. 

 

Julie said...

I love your quilt... those bright colors are great !!!!!

October 1, 2013 at 3:40 AM

 

 

I just sent you an e-mail Julie.  Congratulations. 

 

This is what Julie won:

 

Everyone is a winner today.
Go get your FREE pattern,

Athena - Block of the Month Sampler Quilt

I told my hubby how much knowledge was gained from start to finish on this quilt and he suggested I name her Athena, the goddess of knowledge.  Pretty clever, I think.  So here she is.

 

 

This is my first sampler quilt and was started last year when I took the2012  Block of the Month class at Craftsy.com.  Amy Gibson was the instructor and she was so inspirational.  If you want to learn basic piecing, this is a great class to take and it is completely FREE.  The class has instructions to download as well as videos to take you from fabric selection to binding the quilt.  It is still available to use anytime.  I added lattice and cornerstones to make this a full size quilt.  I wanted more of the teal color and thought the stones brightened it.

 

I blogged about all the blocks: January; February; March; April, May and June; July, August, September, and October.

 

 

 

When it was time to begin quilting I decided to go ahead and purchase the class by Leah Day,  Free Motion Quilting a Sampler on Crafsty.com because this is the quilt that is used for the class and I really want to be better at FMQ.  Leah is a great instructor and I have followed her blog for over a year.  She gives lots of tips on everything from basting the quilt, tweaking your pressure foot, thread, to making free motion shapes your own.  I learned over 16 shapes and used them in over 30 ways.  This class isn't free, but is worth every penny.  She encourages you to quilt your blocks the way you want but you can follow her exactly if you please.  There are course materials for download and hours of fabulous, up close videos of Leah's quilting action.   Leah is very encouraging and after the class, I feel like we are great friends...lol

 

 

Athena Stats:

Size:  68" x 86"

Pattern:  2012 Craftsy BOM

Quilting:  FMQ on my Janome 6600 (with instruction by Leah Day class)

Started- February 2012 Finished- April 30, 2013

Made in Dodge City, USA

 

Look at all the bumpy goodness on the back.  That's a lot of quilting..

Athena through the trees

The sun is shining and maybe spring will stay,



 

Linked up with FMQ Friday, Crazy Mom Quilts, Can I get a WHOOP WHOOP?, Richard and Tanya Quilts.

A Lovely Year of Finishes - April Goal Done!

Just a quick post for A Lovely Year of Finishes over at Fiber of All Sorts.  I just finished my April goal with 23 hours to spare.  My 2012 Craftsy BOM class quilt is FINISHED!



Craftsy BOM 2012

She deserves a proper name and post.  That will come in a few days.  I just wanted to post for the finish.  I've just finished a quilting marathon and now on to a crazy work week.  I have so much to share about this quilt so I'll post it soon. 

 

Love

 

She's ready for snuggling..

Progress for April and Paying it forward

I've made progress on the April goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes 2013.  The Craftsy BOM 2012 is almost a complete top.  I need to add borders and then on to basting and quilting.

The intention for this day was to build borders for the Craftsy quilt top and to work on my donation quilt for the Hands2Help Project until I was distracted by interested in this blog post over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.  Sarah is such a giving inspiration and in her ministry "Piece*Love*Quilt" her group makes quilts to give to people in need.  Fabric, quilt tops, and anything to help make the quilts is needed, so I went to work to find a few things to donate.  I will send them and include this quilt block, I made today, to be included in "The Helping Hands Project". 

The fabric is leftover from the Craftsy quilt and I have more to donate. So many of my online sewing friends are givers.  It's incredible what loving hearts quilters have.




Thank you Sarah at  "Confessions of a Fabric Addict" for all your inspiration,

Craftsy BOM 2012

It is time to tackle my Craftsy Block of the Month class from 2012.  The blocks ( 20 of them) are all finished and sitting in a box.  My April goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes is to finish this UFO.

The class was a  great experience for me with Amy Gibson as the instructor.  I even signed up for the Craftsy Class, Free Motion Quilting a Sampler by Leah Day to fmq this particular quilt.   It is time to finish.

Past 2012 BOM posts:

 


July, August, September, October Blocks

April, May, June Blocks



March Blocks

February Blocks

January Blocks

April looks to be very busy,