Fabulous Fabric Friday ~ Free Pattern Friday

 

Today I enjoyed these special Tilda Fabrics from my stash:

Windy Day ... have only charm pack and one fat quarter,

Gardenlife ... charm pack ( do I really not have more?),

Cotton Beach ... two small fat quarter bundles, charm pack and two half yards,

Maple Farm ... small fat quarter bundle and three one-yard  prints.

I have never cut into these fabrics before but today I snipped

a few small pieces of these treasures

to add some Maple Farm to my 2024 Temperature Quilt

This little tree combines this lovely pink print with one of the light blues.

It was a gray afternoon today so difficult to show the true colors,

but I really do not think that Tilda Fabrics colors photograph well. 

The colors are soft but they look a bit washed out here.

Tilda Fabrics are best enjoyed in hand.

I hope to add a little bit of every Tilda Collection that I have to this quilt. 

I hope to someday make a small quilt with each of these collections

when I quilty muse decides I must sew them. 

I have always loved this free pattern for Maple Farm:

Maple Farm Windflower Pillow

and this lovely ... 

Free Tilda Windflower Quilt Pattern

Maybe someday.

It would be hard to find the fabrics now and they would be quite expensive,

but I could use what I have and add other fabrics from my stash.

Do you have some fabrics in your stash 

that you are just not sure you want to cut?

Fabric Love and Free Pattern Friday

 

My Wordless Wednesday photo 

showed my recent quilty indulgence purchase

of the Tilda Jubilee Fat Quarter Bundles.

I bought mine at Handcock of Paducah on pre-order 

to add to my Tilda Collection.

The small print bundle has a print with a green background.

The main collection only has green in the leaf details.

As I love green, I went stash spelunking deep in my closet

and pulled out some of my older Tilda Collection gems.

These greens are from the Apple Butter Collection 

and are a nice addition to the Jubilee colors, I think.

I love the way almost all Tilda Collections play well together.

Jubilee is their 25th Collection and Tilda is celebrating. 

Jubilee Collection Catalogue Here

There are, of course, some lovely new free patterns. 

Click Here for Tild's World Free Pattern Page

This lovely applique quilt is my favorite.

It is much too challenging for my skills at this time ...

maybe forever.

Here is the link to just the pattern templates.

But I love to save the patterns and look.

The applique pillow might be within my possibility.

This pieced pillow is much more of a possibility for my capabilities. 

Lollyflower Pillow Pattern Here

It has been added to my very long list of "Things To Sew."

Time will tell. 

Will you celebrate their Jubilee and sew?

Temperature Quilt 2024 ~ Progress and Planning

 

The plan for my 2024 Temperature Quilt is coming together!

This is my January 13th tree block.

High ~ 57 degrees F

Low ~ 33 degrees F

The high is 23 degrees higher than our average temperature for this date.

We have had rain and strong winds.

Locally, we have weathered the storm well.

The forecast is for temperatures to dip into the teens within 48 hours.

I believe I have enough of this beautiful Tilda Fabric

from their Chic Escape Collection for the backing of my quilt.

 This is called Wild Garden Teal.

I purchased it when the collection was going on sale

and was fortunate to find a this still available.

Buying Tilda Fabric on clearance is always hit or miss.

As this is my favorite fabric and color from them, it is a high score.

May you be having a happy weekend of family and sewing and stitching.

I Like Thursday ~ Julep & Jubilee

 The Wordless Wednesday photo yesterday was a top view of this

Tilda Bit by Bit Stash Builder from Serendipity Woods

which is one of my fabric treasures.

I have had this Fat 16ths bundle in my stash for a long time now

and I have had difficulty unrolling and using it.

I have a nice collection of Tilda fabrics in my stash.

I admit to being a bit of a collector.

Jubilee ~ Tilda Fabrics is celebrating 25 years!

with a special new collection to be released soon.

Your know what this means ... many wonderful new free patterns also coming soon! 

This year I have decided to sew some quilts

 with these beautiful fabrics in my stash,

starting with this plan to make a 2024 Temperature Quilt plan.

I am going to use my Tilda prints for the daily temperature colors.

For the background I will be using the ... 

Kona Color of the Year for 2024, which is Julep. 

I purchased my 

Kona Color of the Year @ Fat Quarter Shop

I love this pretty light green fabric. 

While Katniss cat naps on her favorite bed on my cutting table,

I sewed the first 10 blocks for the year.

The tree top is the high temperature of the day.

The trunk is the low temperature.

These angle pieces are cut with my

EZ Tri Recs Ruler Set @ Fat Quarter Shop

This is a favorite ruler set of mine over the years.

This little pine tree block is easy to make.

The block finishes at 4" by 5.5" and I add a 1.5' by 5.5" spacer piece

to each block on the right as I sew.

Then I am adding each block to the strip.

I think I will make strips of 15 blocks 

and there may be some other small blocks between the months. 

Not all the trees in my quilt will be pine trees.

I am designing as I go with this project, although my quilty muse

 has an image of what we would like the completed quilt to be. 

My long time followers know I started a temperature quilt a few years back.

That one is still in pieces and now in storage.

I am hoping 2024 is the year I complete a Temperature Quilt.

Wish me luck!

For more I Like Thursday thoughts and photos,

visit my friends @ Not Afraid of Color

Happy Thursday! 

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Free Pattern Friday ~ Sewing & Stitching & Crocheting

 

Tilda Fabrics Has a New Collection!

It is "Pie in the Sky" ... :) 

and that means many new  ... 

Free "Pie in the Sky" Quilt Patterns!

 

This Fan Bird Pie in the Sky Quilt

is my favorite.

It is all pieced. Templates in the pattern. 

I do love all the new colors and prints patterns.

 

I love the new "Cloudpie" Blenders, too.

These beautiful fabrics are available now in many shops, including 

Pie in the Sky @ Fat Quarter Shop

I am trying not to buy fabrics, but these may prove too irresistible.

I am saving all the patterns and continuing to work on my current WIPs.

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Last year at this time I made a few of the pretty 

Free February  Neighborhood is Twittering Embroidery Blocks

from 

Crabapple Hill Studio

This year's theme is "Time To Stitch" 

Time To Stitch 2023 ~ Free Pattern Download Here

The colors needed for each block are in the 

Daily Posts Here On the Crabapple Hill Studio FB Page

I am not stitching at this time because I am busy with other projects but I have saved the pattern and am enjoying all the beautiful stitching from the sidelines.

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 Added: a Free Crochet Along!

This fabulous free crochet along is happening now! 

The Macaw Wings Shawl TCAL Steps are Free Here

@ 

Yarn Andy

I cannot start this project until I finish my current crochet WIP.

but this beautiful  pattern is now at the top of my list. 

Full Information on this Crochet Along Here

You can also purchase a the .pdf of the full pattern,

which I have done so as I wish to support this wonderfully generous creator whose free patterns I have enjoyed in the past.  It is extra large printable charts which are easy on my limited eyesight.

I love this pattern.

May you have a happy month of stitching and sewing and crocheting!  

Escape to Tilda's World

 

Sometimes I just like to escape to

 Tilda's World

It is a place filled with fantastic fabric quilts and friends.

The new fabric line is Woodland and it is lovely.

It coordinates well with older Tilda Fabric lines.

I have not bought any of the last three new lines 

but I may buy me a few half-yards of the whimsical forest critters

to add to my existing stash.

Here is the Woodland Catalogue

There are several new adorable Free Patterns like these pillow and quilt.

All Free Tilda Patterns May Be Found Here

It is still bitterly cold here and we are expecting a storm coming our way

 that may bring a foot or two of snow in the next few days, 

so I have enjoyed my visit to the warm Woodland forest.

May you stay safe and warm.

Enjoy!