My Art Gallery Fabric Garden

My Fabric Garden in Blooming!

This is 

Bloomsbury by Bari J for Art Gallery Fabric

There is an inspiration and pattern filled

Bloomsbury Fabric Lookbook Here

I bought this fabric 

Bloomsbury @ Fat Quarter Shop

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Fat Quarter Shop

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I receive a very small percentage of the sale.

This is my only affiliation.

I am a long time fan of FQS and I feel they know me and appreciate me as a customer.

I believe they strive to make every customer feel that way. 

Here is the background fabric  and some other 

Art Gallery Fabrics

that I bought to make a summer quilt.

The peacock print is from Petal and Plume by Bari J for AGF

This background fabric is "Gossamer"  by

Sharon Holland for Art Gallery Fabrics

I found this fabric at 

Needle & Foot Fabrics on Etsy

I am not an affiliate of Needle & Foot.

I am just a very happy customer.

As you can see, 

Bernie @ Needle & Foot

writes me notes.

When I bought all she had left in stock of this fabric 

and mentioned how it is my favorite new background fabric,

Bernie enclosed a skinny quarter yard of the Gossamer fabric

 for me to sample for free.

Here is another note that Bernie enclosed when I ordered more of the 

Gossamer fabric along with the other AGF that were on sale in her shop.

Bernie always sends little gifts in her orders,

a pen, a small bag of jelly beans or mini chocolate bars.

Receiving an order from Bernie is always a treat. 

Here is some more Art Gallery fabrics that I found at Needle & Foot

These fabrics are Virtuosa by Bari J for AGF

I love all these beautiful floral and colorful fabrics.

I worked in my real garden outside today

and then I came inside to enjoy my indoor fabric garden.

No piecing today, but I have done some quilting on my long arm.

Time for sleep and dream of the beautiful flowers that will bloom outside my windows

and the beautiful quilts that will bloom indoors.

May you have happy quilty dreams. 

The Mystery Is Building

Clue 3 Sewing Is Done

Clue 4 is cut. 

My Coffee & Quilts Mystery Started Here

I am sewing along with the quilters at the

Coffee and Quilts Mystery QAL @ QATW Forum

Here are all the pieces of this puzzle so far.

Sewing for Clue 4 will be released on Monday 

and that is the last clue.

Almost time for the mystery quilt reveal!

I am really enjoying the slow and easy pace of this quiltalong.

It has been a busy day outside working in the yard and I am tired.

In the middle of the day it suddenly started thundering 

and there was a downpour and even some hail.

It was all over very quickly and then the winds blew the clouds away.

Tomorrow is forecast to be another sunny day.

I will be outside cutting back bushes and planting some summer flowers 

in the rest of my windowboxes.

I hope to get some quilting done before sleep time. 

I am also trying to decide if the scale of this 

Curio by Betsy Olmsted for Windham Fabrics

are too large scale for my quilt for the 

#100days100blocks2019 

@ GnomeAngel

The pattern info says the blocks are 8.5 square and 8.5 by 4.5.

The largest curio jar is smaller than my 8.5"

so I think they will work.

 

There are some interesting motifs in this fabric line that would be fun to fussy cut into the blocks.

I think I will find some solids and tonal fabrics in my stash to use with these fabrics.

I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

Pineapples On Point ~ My Method

This is my Pineapple Block On Point.

This 6.5" Pineapple Block, trimmed and squared, now measures 9.5" square.

I stared my 

Pinkerville Pineapple Day Quilt Here 

I am sewing along with

Pineapple Day Quilt Along @ Fat Quarter Shop

I am using these easy "sew by number" ...

Pineapple Papers @ Fat Quarter Shop

I love them because I can make precise blocks by sewing on the pre-printed lines,
a big help to me with my vision issues.

Here is one of my 6.5" unfinished blocks. 

Here is the back of my block reday to set on point. 

To set on point I first removed the papers.

Then I sprayed with Best Press and pressed my block. 

I also sprayed with Best Press and pressed my background fabric.

This is an important step as there are a lot of bias seam in this setting

and starching and pressing helps to keep the block from being distoted.

I cut my pressed fabric into 8.5" strips.

Then I cut in 8.5" squares.

I use a 3lb. weight to hold my long cutting ruler to keep it from slipping.

Then I sprayed with Best Press and pressed my squares,

being careful not to stretch or distort the squares. 

This I cut my 8.5" squares on the diagonal twice to get my setting triangles.

This is the layout of my on point block.

The long outer edge of the triangles aligns with the edged of the block.

This is the straight of the grain of the cut triangles.

The bias edges are the points on the outside.

Then I sewed opposite sides and pressed outward.

Then I sewed on the last two sides.

It is important not to stretch the fabric in the triangles as you sew 

so that the bias edges do not become distorted.

Here is my block sewn into my top!

I am sew happy with this quilt top and cannot wait to show it to you next week on June 27th.

I hope to have my top quilted by then.

Edit:

This fabric line is 

Pinkerville by Tula Pink

I found my

 Pinkerville @ Fat Quarter Shop

Have a happy quilty weekend.

Project Remix ~ Road Trip Bag ~ Kindred Spirits

Here is my Project Remix Road Trip Bag 

all ready to ride! 

I sewed this fun pillow and book bag for the
Blog Remix 

@
The Jolly Jabber

You may find the original tutorial by clicking on this link ...

FQS Road Trip Bag Tutorial



For my Road Trip Bag I used
Anne of Green Gables Kindred Spirits Fabric by Riley Blake

These fabrics are sew pretty!

These are the pieces to my bag.
I added a couple of design options.  

I added a flap with snaps to the outer pocket.

It still fits a good sized hardcover book
and you can snap it closed to keep it from sliding out
on the ground.

If you are like me, you are always dumping bags
at the beach or in the park and have to pick them up
and clean them off.

So I also added ...

an inner zipper pocket to keep small items, like a pocket wallet, secure.

I cut a 10" by 18" rectangle
and used a 10" zipper for the inner pocket\.

I cut a 14" by 4.5" rectangle for the outer flap

I used my Babyville Boutique Snap Pliers

... to add pink flower shaped snaps to the outer flap.

The reverse side of my bag is plain and the inner pocket is on the same side
as the outer pocket so this side may be used as a pillow in the car.

Even though my bag may be used as a pillow case,
I could not resist making a special pillow  from these pretty fabrics.
to go into my bag.

I cut blocks from the panel border for the front of my pillow.

I made an envelope style pillow back
to which I added snaps to hold it closed.
This is one of my favorite pillow back methods.

My Road Trip Bag and Pillow are ready for summer adventures.

I will be gifting this bag to a girl who is of the age I was the first time I read
Anne of Green Gables.
It is still one of my favorite stories.

What are your favorite child hood books
that you would like to make a Road Trip bag 
for a young reader that you know?

I Like Thursday Post # 16 ~ Simple Gifts

I like these blocks.

They arrived with these Happy Swap Blocks in the mail this week.

The theme for the Happy Block Lotto was "flowers"

but my friend Meg decided to add birds and bird houses to my garden of blocks.

They make me smile.

Here are the real birds in my garden.

I snapped this shot through my kitchen window 

of Mr and Mrs Cardinal on my feeder.

Mr Cardinal was feeding his lady.

She is looking expectantly for the next treat. 

I moved this flat open feeder to the plant hangar  by the window 

and this was my reward.

Cardinals are ground feeders or like plank or open feeders. 

The coral rose is blooming and climbing up the trellis.

This was another bargain rose bush a few years ago.

These simple things that give me joy.

Simple Gifts By Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss

This is one of my favorite versions of this song.

I actually have a playlist that has several versions of this Aaron Copland tune. 

Since today is Thursday,

I will be sharing the simple gifts of the life and times of the

I Like Thursday Bloggers @ Not Afraid of Color

Later this morning  I will be sharing my version of a simple sewing project

which will be featured on 

The Jolly Jabber @ Fat Quarter Shop

So if you are an early riser, y'all come back later.

Happy Thursday!