McCall's Quick Quilts - Against the Grain

Introducing Against The Grain, available now in the August/September issue of McCall's Quick Quilts. 

This pattern is made from one block and three colors.

I love this cover! Find it in stores now. OR! Scroll down to enter for a chance to win a copy.

Find more information on this pattern HERE.

As an added bonus I have a little miniature pattern for you. There are a lot of trimmed HST pieces left from these blocks. Go HERE to see how I trim my HST units. These trim nicely to 1 1/2" squares.

Using leftovers from the top you will need:

Twenty-four 1 1/2" HST units

From yellow:

Four 2 1/2" squares

Four 1 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangles

From grey:

Two 2 1/2" x 8 1/2"

Two 2 1/2 x 10 1/2"

Backing and Batting:

One 12 3/4" square each

Binding:

 One 2" x 56" strip

To make a hanging strip for your mini go HERE.

Ready to win a copy of the August/September 2017 issue of McCall's Quick Quilts?  Simply leave a comment sharing your favorite quilt size to make. A winner will be announced Wednesday, July 5th. Please leave an email address, many commentors are "no-reply" and that means I cant tell you if you are a winner. Good luck!

Happy Stitching!

Jen

If this is your first time visiting you might like to check out the Beginner's Unite! Series as well as the Muggamo Quilt Along, which has a new pattern coming on Sat!

WINNER!

Congratulations to Angie&Gary Short!!  

Seaside Steps - A McCalls Quick Quilts contribution

I am so excited to introduce you to Seaside Steps.

You can find this pattern in the February/March 2017 issue of McCalls Quick Quilts. In an upcoming blog post I will have another idea for this pattern to be used for college students. Currently, though, there is a free download provided by McCalls Quilting to make this quilt in multiple sizes. Score!

Seaside Steps uses my favorite block, the Half Square Triangle, with a quick and easy block in between that is perfecto for fussy cutting. The HST and I have a love/hate relationship, but once the squaring up is done it's nothing but love. This is a great pattern if you have a large print you want to show off, or if you have a smaller print you would like to fussy cut for the centers. Or hey, do both like the original. Those mermaids are adorable!!

Fabrics for this quilt come from the Camelot Fabrics collection, Under the Sea. Those little mermaids are adorable, but check out the other little sea animals that are just too cute. Those crabs! Aack! So cute! The colors in the collection are so amazing and saturated and the fabrics so soft and enjoyable to work with. 

The Feb/Mar 2017 issue is available for purchase online here, the hardcopy will hit stores by December 27th, 2016. 

To celebrate the awesomeness that is having your pattern printed in a magazine, I am having a giveaway. I have TWO magazines for two lucky quilters. Leave a comment below with the colors you would choose to make Seaside Steps in and the Random Number Generator will choose two winners. Contest ends Friday, December 16th at 11:59 PM. 

Do you know what is really cool? Going into your download folder and finding two WOW buttons, because you have been in McCalls Quick Quilts twice. That is pretty WOW!!

Now go comment and good luck!!!

Happy Stitching!

Jen

Guess Who is a Guest Blogger at McCall's Quilting! Plus Two Lucky Winners

Yes, that would be little ol' me. Head on over to McCall's Quilting Blog for a little inside story of Criss Crossing. 

I have included in the guest post  instructions for an envelope pillow pattern. My favorite kind, obviously, since this is the second one I have put together. The first one is here and based on my newest pattern, Star Light, Star Bright Sampler. Can you have too many pillow covers? Possibly, but if you don't count them, who would know?

See, how cute is this? I couldn't NOT make it, could I?

Two winners were chosen for the McCall's Quick Quilts Aug/Sept 2016 issue. Congratulations, Merrilee J and Ioleen! An email has been sent. If you didn't win and would like a copy, you can purchase a printed or digital copy here.

 A coupon code from Phat Quarters is still available in this post. This is the perfect time to pick up some pretty fabrics for a project. Or to just add to your stash. 

A big thank you to McCall's Quilting and Phat Quarters Fabric for a great week. What a way to finish off June. July has a lot to live up to.

Happy Stitching!

Jen

Winner of the Foxglove Fat Quarters

We have a winner for the "choose your 3 fat quarters" giveaway from Phat Quarters! Congratulations,  Kathy B! An email has been sent with instructions. Enjoy those  Foxglove fabrics, I'm kind of jealous. Like a lot!

Are you jealous, too? Well, Phat Quarters is giving you a special coupon code to receive 25% off an order of $20 or more. Head to their etsy shop here, and when you check out, use the coupon code: PBJ25 This coupon code is good *Through The End Of July*!

I hope you show them some love, because they showed this new-to-the-blogging-world designer lots of love and support.

I'm not done yet, though! This giveaway may have ended, but there is still a chance to win a copy of McCall's Quick Quilts Aug/Sept 2016 issue. Head back to this post to enter.

I mentioned here that it was a busy month, and it's all coming together now, so don't forget that in that post I offer my own coupon code for a discount on my patterns.

Is it time to breath yet? I don't know, but it is definitely time to get back to sewing. Thank you to everyone who left a comment. You are all extremely busy little quilters. I hope you you continue to have projects to keep your machines humming.

Happy Stitching!

Jen

I'm in a magazine!

Yes, it's true! Can you believe it? I can't. I've been pinching myself since February when I heard from McCall's that they would be putting Criss Crossing in their McCall's Quick Quilts Aug/Sept issue. Yeah. Crazy! I can't tell you how crazy. Goosebumps, crying, laughing, jumping up and down crazy! 

Criss Crossing was such an adventure for me. Something you will hear more about in a few days. For now, I am going to be giving away 2 copies of the McCall's Quick Quilts Aug/Sept 2016 issue. That's right, 2! Yes, I know, this is the 3rd giveaway in 2 weeks. I told you here it was a crazy month. The culmination of it all is happening now.

This was such a great experience. Everyone I talked with (i.e. emailed) was helpful, quick to reply and made my first magazine submission smooth and enjoyable. 

McCall's supplied me with this awesome WOW button. How many places do you think I can get a way with placing it and not look like a crazy person?

Teal and orange is quite a step out of the box for me, but there was just something about the combination that drew me for the quilt. I'm slowly checking those 2016 goals off my list.

 McCall's Quick Quilt Aug/Sept 2016 issue should be in stores June 28th (that's Tues)!  If a store near you doesn't carry McCall's you can order your own copy, digital or printed, here.

Here's your chance to try for a copy of your own. Good luck!

Happy Stitching!

Jen

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