Lovely & Lacey

I love these lovely fabrics! 

Wild Bouquet by Citrus and Mint for Riley Blake Designs

I am adding this lovely lace.

I am sewing a project that will on my blog soon.

Looking forward to showing you more!

Clementine Quilt Along ~ Block 6

Clementine Quilt Along Block 6

Strawberry Star

This one was fun to sew.

All of these blocks have been a skill building challenge for me.

This is the last set of blocks for my red and white quilt.

Woo-hoo!

I will soon be sewing my top together.

I know I am going to love this quilt.

I have been sewing these blocks for the 

sponsored by the 

Fat Quarter Shop

For all the info please visit the

Clementine Quilt Along Main Page

For this month's block pattern go to today's post on the

The Jolly Jabber

The Clementine Quilt Along benefits
 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 
This charity quilt along pattern measures 70.5″ x 90.5″. 
Fat Quarter Shop asks only for a $5 donation to St. Judes 
each time you download one of the patterns.

There are some very inspiring quilts in the making in the links.

This block was my favorite to sew.

I really like this star pattern.

Strawberries are in season locally and my hubby brought home these
baskets of juicy berries this week.

Yummy!

Strawberry Stars Forever! 

Fat Quarter Cubes Quilt Along

Here is my Fat Quarter Cubes Quilt!

I love this pattern in these fabrics!

This fabric glows!

It started with this beautiful fat quarter bundle

of Ombre Metallic Confetti fabric from

V and Co

These fabrics are luminous,

not just because of the metallic dots

or the sun in this photo.

The colors seem to glow in any light.

This photo was taken inside at midnight in shadowed light.

I chose these fabrics into the wonderfully easy 

Fat Quarter Cube Quilt @ The Jolly Jabber

from the

You can learn how to make this quilt at the

Fat Quarter Shop Quilt Video

Purchase the

Fat Quarter Cubes Quilt Kit

or choose your own fabrics for the

Fat Quarter Shop Cubes PDF Pattern Here

For  my quilt, I sorted my 18 Fat quarters into sections
and opted to use three yards of the confetti ombre metallic fabrics
for  my sashing and borders.

Here is the completed quilt top.

Here is the back of the quilt.
I used the gray ombre confetti and a piece of metallic Star Wars fabric from my stash.

When it came time quilt it, I wanted to accent the colors I used in the sashing strips,
so I chose three matching Aurifil thread colors.

Katniss was very helpful making and quilting this quilt.

One of the things I loved about this pattern is the fact the cutting directions
included cutting the strips to make this great multi-colored binding.

This photo was taken at the very end of daylight after a cloudy, rainy day.

Luminous! 

I made this quilt for a Millennial who loves Star Wars.

Think this quilt hits the mark?

I feel a great sense of accomplishment when I complete a quilt.

I piece and quilt my quilts entirely on my home machine.

I have been having some health/medication issues that have been

keeping me and my doctor and pharmacist busy for awhile

and I have two followup appointments with my doctor

and need to see a couple of specialists

in the next few months.

Sewing keeps me going one stitch at a time.

Quilting is my happy place.

The sun came out today and I enjoyed my cup of java 

on the swing with my new quilt.

It is a good day.

May you have one, too. 

Thank you,

  Fat Quarter Shop

for another wonderful quilt along!

A Sneak Peek

Katniss says,  "No peeking!"

Okay, Katniss, I will give no more sneak peeks.

I am really looking forward to showing off this one, though!

Come back soon to see the pretty project 

that Katniss and I are sewing.

Clementine Charity Quiltalong ~ Block 3

Block 3 ~  Peaches and Plenty

Peaches & Plenty Block Pattern Here

for the

Clementine Quilt Along

Click on this link for all the free patterns for this quilt

and donate to the FQS St Jude Charity initiative.

This has been my favorite block to make so far.

In part because I have a new ruler ...

Mini Folded Corner Trimmer

I received this ruler in my 

Sew Sampler Box

In the past I have used a skinny ruler 

which was  much harder to hold securly and safely.

As you can see the new trimmer is so much easier to use!

This "cutting corners" method helps me to piece more quickly and accurately.

I liked it so much I also bought the
8" Simple Folded Corners Ruler
for larger units.

Here are both the large and small 

of my Month 3 Blocks.

Click Here for Video to Make This Block

I love this quilt in the making!

Thank you, Fat Quarter Shop !

Getting Ready to Make that 1st Cut

The fabric plan.

Getting ready to cut.

Still the toughest part of the quilting process

after all these years for me.

Making that first cut into that beautiful fabric.

Wanting to do right by that gorgeous color and design.

Do you feel that way, too?

New Fabric ~ New Project

Now what could I be making with these fabulous

V and Co Ombre Confetti Metallic

fabrics ??

You will have to wait and see,

hee -hee  .... ;) 

I am sew happy!  


Aurifil Winner:
Sharon A.

announced @ 

Day 4 of QQQ Blog Hop


Here are today's entries for the 
Fat Quarter Shop 
$150.00 Gift Certificate

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Enjoy all of today's projects!

:-) 

Mini Charm Chocolate Quiltalong

Here is my Mini Charm Chocolates Baby Quilt.

My quilt is featured today on

The Jolly Jabber

I love this quilt!

I started Here with these wonderful

Fragile  fabrics

and added Bella Bright Turquoise Here

from

Fat Quarter Shop

Free Pattern Here

You may purchase this lovely quilt kit Here

or choose your own fabrics and follow the free video tutorial Here

The center of my quilt was made following the fun and easy pattern.
When it came time to finish my quilt top ...

I picked a few extra mini charms and sprinkled them into my border.
I used four rounds of 2.5" strips and mini charms to sew my border.

My finished quilt measures 46" by 39"

For the quilting I chose
Aurifil 5006 - a pretty light aqua.

For the quilting I used my heavy duty walking foot
and stitched easy waves for a windblown effect.
I used two layers a=of Dream Puff batting to give it extra pouf.

When it came time to bind my quilt I added ribbon tags
for baby fingers to play.

My thoughts on baby quilts are that they should be oversized,
placed on floors, on the ground at the park
and shared with furry friends.

I finished it with a two-color machine finished binding
and added an extra line of stitches in the flange
so the ribbon tabs would hold up to lots of tugging.

A tutorial is coming soon of how I make this binding.

I love this windswept backing fabric!

I love this bold and graphic fabric line!

I do not know for whom I made this quilt.

It is going into a plastic storage for the baby to come along.

A big Thank You to the wonderful people at the

Fat Quarter Shop

for another wonderful Quilt Along project!

Giveaway Time!

So one of my readers may enjoy making 
a "mini-mini" chocolates quilt,
I am giving away one Fragile Mini Charm Pack. 
There are forty two 2.5" mini charms in this pack.

To be eligible to win his giveaway:

please leave one lovely comment!

I will mail anywhere in the world.

You do not need to be a follower to win.

You do need to leave an email address where I can contact you to let you know if you are the lucky winner and to get your mailing address.

My blog does not allow anonymous comments to keep away the robots.

If you do not have an ID to leave a comment, you may email me

at the address under "Contact Me" at the the top of my blog 

and I will enter your comment for you.

As a extra thank you to my followers, you may leave a second comment 

telling me how you follow and why you like to visit my scrapatch 

or tell me a favorite of my projects or tutorials.

This giveaway closes on Thursday,

November 16th, at Midnight EST

I will use a random number generator to choose the winner

and I will announce a winner on Friday, Nov 17th.

This Giveaway has now closed.

Winner announced Here.

Thanks to all who stopped by and left me lovely comments!

Thank you for visiting me today

I am with my family at Disneyland today!

I will respond to comments after I return on November 15th.

Click Here
and follow the links
to my fellow bloggers who have joined in this
lovely quiltalong.
Many beautiful quilts ... sew inspiring!

Hope to your version of this fun quilt soon!

:)

Quilted and ready!

Quilting!

The quilting had to be scheduled around the cat naps.

But is is now done ...
and ... 

... ready to bind!

This pretty Binding Baby is from 

Doohikey Designs

It fits over my extra spool holder and peeks at me as I bind.

Cuteness ... :)

I have a surprise in the binding for this one

and can't wait to show you!

Reveal is November 3rd. 

Please stay tuned ... :)