Pattern Friday ~ Two Quilts Today ~ Tripping ~ Hometown

 

This amazing quilt!

EDIT: Originally, it was posted that the pattern would be free, but parts of this pattern are not free. Had I known I would not have posted it to "Free Pattern Friday."  I am not affiliated with any of these designers and am not a source of the pattern. If you have any questions about the patterns, please contact the designer.

Tripping QAL ~ All Info Here ~ @ Tula Pink 

Here is a list of the designers:  

Jen Kingwell - Part 1: https://www.amitie.com.au/
Carolyn Friedlander - Part 2: https://carolynfriedlander.com/
Anna Maria Horner - Part 3: https://www.annamariahorner.com/
Sue Spargo - Part 4: https://www.suespargo.com/
Tula Pink - Part 5: https://www.tulapink.com/
Sew Kind of Wonderful - Part 6 (Jenny Pedigo & Helen Robinson): https://sewkindofwonderful.com/

Some of the free parts may be downloaded now:

Tripping Block ~ Part 1 ~  by Jen Kingwell

is up and ready for download! 

Tripping ~ Part 4 ~ by Sue Spargo ~ Download Here

Tripping ~ Part 5 ~ by Tula Pink ~ Here

Tripping ~ Part 6 ~ Sew Kind of Wonderful ~ Download Here

Check the info on Tula Pink's site for the other release times. 

The social media tag for this is:

#Trippingquiltparts

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After you go quilt tripping 

and are ready to go back to your hometown

here is another beautiful Free Pattern Quilt Along:

"Hometown"

I love house quilts and this one is sew nice!

This pattern is designed by

Butterfly Threads

 for Quiltmania, 

where the monthly patterns may be found.

The first two parts are up:

Quiltmania Hometown ~ Part 1 ~ Jan 2023

Quiltmania Hometown ~ Part 2 ~ Feb 2023

This is a paper pieced pattern. 

Social media tag for this event are 

 #hometownquiltalong 

@quiltmaniainc on IG

and

  Butterflythreadsquilting.com.

@butterflythreadsquilting on IG

I found both of these free quilt patterns on

Instagram

which is a big beautiful daily online quilt show. 

I have other quilty commitments right now or I would love to sew along.

I will be saving these patterns and hope to be sewing soon. 

Will you be sewing along?

I would love to follow your progress! 

The Eyes Have It

The eyes in this  Pinkerville By Tula Pink fabric

are sew realistic.

This kind of artistic talent always amazes me 

because I do not have the skills to draw.  

I dabbled in oil painting once when I was much younger 

but could not make the paints show what I was seeing.

My quilty muse has helped me to see quilts before I sew them

and sewing a straight line has helped me 

reproduce a reasonable image.

Sew fabric is my medium and quilting is my creative outlet.

My Pinkerville quilt is mostly still in my head

but I am making progress.

This quilt was   Started Here.

It is for a reveal next month 

so I cannot show much more yet.

My Riley Blake 12" Tailor's Clapper has been

helpful pressing down the seams of this one.

I only recently started using a clapper and it does help reduce

use of my iron,

which means there is less chance to distort the fabric.

I have been looking for ways to improve my skills

and make my blocks flat and the correct size.

Another helpful tool for this is this

Alex Anderson 4 in 1 Essential Tool

This works wonders to press seams with 

crisp clean ;ones that leave no fabric in the seams.

My blocks have had less distortion and more true to size

since I started using this when finger pressing.

I received this in my

Sew Sampler Monthly Subscription Box

in February and it has been in constant use since then.

It is not something I ever would likely have purchased.

I have received more than a few such items over the past two years 

I have been receiving these surprise packages.

Originally it was a gift subscription,

but now I renew it every year

because I love surprise packages

full of quilty goodies. 

Many others do, too, which is why there is now a waiting list.

April is the start of a new year of Sew Sampler boxes

which means a new yearly BOM pattern is staring.

I cannot show more yet.

Many of you many still be waiting for your boxes to arrive

and I do not want to spoil the surprise.

It has been rainy and foggy and damp here again

with some breaks in the clouds.

Hoping for some sunshine today.

May you have a happy quilty day ... :) 

It is a Tula Pinkerville Spring in the Scrapatch

This is 

Pinkerville by Tula Pink

I found my

 Pinkerville @ Fat Quarter Shop

I rarely sew Tula Pink, although I love her colors and creativity.

I could not pass up this line with its unicorns and owl eyes.

There is something here that speaks to me of spring and rebirth. 

This is the birth of a new quilt.

Reveal will be next month. 

Happy Spring!