Quilt Blogger's Festival 2015 ~ Original Design Category

I would like you to meet Morgan!

Morgan is my grand-darling Everly's first cousin.

I have been blessed to occasionally take care of this adorable baby boy.

Morgan loves the color red.

I designed and made this red, white and blue quilt for him.  

Morgan and I welcome you to our entry into the

Original Design Quilts

category in the

A big "Thank you!" to Amy @ Amy's Creative Side

for putting this big beautiful online quilt show together for us!

Here is Morgan's Quilt ...

This is my 

Airmail Envelope Quilt,

 an original block and layout designed by me. 

I designed this Envelope Block for this quilt.

Quilt Size:   47 inches by 55 inches

Fabrics: 

Airmail from Moda Fabrics

Aurifil threads: 50/2 Mako Cotton, 

Blue 2730, Red 2250, White 2024 and Gray 2605

Quilted on my home machine, Janome 6600p

back of quilt

The tutorial for this quilt appears in four parts on the

 Bear Creek Quilting Company Blog 

where I was guest blogging.

A free pdf for this tutorial is available at the end of Part 4.

The matching Airmail Envelope Pillow was made with extra blocks and fabric from the quilt. 

A tutorial for this pillow may be found HERE on my blog.

The layout and setting requirements for this quilt may be found HERE.

Layout and fabric requirements for alternative colorways for this quilt may be found HERE

Morgan is very happy with his quilt and sew am I.

We hope you have enjoyed this quilt, too.

May you enjoy the Spring 2015 Quilt Bloggers Festival as much as I am.

Sew many beautiful quilts!

Thank you for stopping my my blog today ...  :)

Kitty in The Cabin ~ Free Quilt Tutorial

"Kitty in the Cabin" Quilt Top Done!

Here Kitty Kitty! 

I have been enjoying working with these soft and pretty fabrics

by Alyssa Thomas @ Penguin & Fish

from  Clothworks.

Fabric Requirements

Cutting and Sewing

Please click on the links below for complete cutting

 and piecing instructions: 

Kitty Block Instructions Here

Make One

Log Cabin Block Instructions Here

Make 8

Block layout

Outre borders:

Cut two 2.5 inch strips of each 

Sew on sides as shown.

The top measures 41" square.

The  Y1418-73 Pink Kitty and Yarn Print  fussy cut for the log cabin centers

 is also planned for a regular 2.5" binding.

I bought a fat quarter bundle and a few extra half yards of fabric 

and will be making a pieced back 

and a special binding so finishing this quilt will be a few days away. 

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.

This free tutorial will stay up on my blog.

If you make your own version of this quilt I would love to see a picture.


Time For A Giveaway!

Edit:  
This giveaway is now closed.

Winner Announced Here

Thanks to all who left kind comments ... <3

I am giving away these kitties.

Katniss says, " What!? You are giving away The Kitties?"

Butterfly says, "No way!  No giving away any kitties!"

  Katniss says, "Remember when I bit you in the shelter?
I will bite.  No giving me away."

Butterfly says, " I will show my dark side.
Remember I am also called The Claw.
No giving me away!"

No worries, Butterfly and Katniss.
I would never give you away.


I am giving away these fabric kitties ...

Ten 10" squares from the "Here Kitty Kitty" line.

As these are cut from the extra fabrics in my stash, they are washed.

If you would like to adopt these kitty fabric squares ...

please leave one lovely comment.

Tell me if you have a kitty quilty helper or two. 

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.

2nd chance ... 

As a extra thank you to my followers, you may leave an 
additional comment telling me how you follow.

This giveaway closes on

Monday August 18th at Midnight EST

I will use a random number generator to choose the winner and 

Giveaway closed ... winner announced Here

Linking up today with

Let's Bee Social

and



Linky Tuesday

Time to sew!

I have a Stitchin' Sisters RR Border to sew and send this week.

Linking up also to

Feline Friday @ Sarah Did It!

Happy Sewing!

:) 

Here Kitty Kitty Quilt Tutorial ~ Log Cabin Block

"Kitty in the Cabin" Quilt ~ Log Cabin Block

Here are the cutting instructions to pre-cut

 log cabin strips to size.

  

That said,  I used my preferred method ...

I cut WOF strips ... 

... and sewed and trimmed as I went along.

I fussy cut 3.5" center squares

I set the squares on he strips and sewed. 

Press

Trim

Repeat

 Continue this for each addition. 

I always trim and square my blocks after each strip is added.

I would do this even if I had precut my strips to size to keep my block square

back of block

My pressing preference is to press all seams inward.

front of block 

Block measures 12.5 square unfinished.

Make 8 log cabin blocks. 

layout of blocks

Here is my top without the outer border strips.

This is Part Two of this tutorial

Part One ~ Kitty Block

may be found Here

Part Three ~ Finishing the Top

will be posted tomorrow.

Happy sewing!

:)