Riley Blake Designs "Fab-boo-lous" Blog Tour

I never think it's too early or too late to sew Halloween projects so I was totally in for creating

and sewing with Riley Blake Designs "Fab-boo-lous" fabrics. "Fab-boo-lous by Dani Mogstad 

for Riley Blake Designs is great for quilting, apparel and home decor." I love them all!

"Halloween Boos"

Finished size is 50" x 65"

This quilt has a cat, hat, shoes, and spider.

Spooky house, boiling cauldron, with a bag of tricks and bowl of treats.

Of course, there is a ghost, Jack-O-Lantern, and bottled spells.

The fabrics are just amazing with just the right amount of Halloween fun in them!

You can find the PDF pattern for "Halloween Boos" in my Etsy store HERE.

You can find Fab-boo-lous at several local and online stores including:

Fat Quarter Shop - HERE (affiliate)

Farm Fresh Fabrics - HERE

Cute Little Fabric Shop - HERE

Stash Fabrics - HERE

Quilt In A Day - HERE

I LOVE using Heat n Bond EZ Print Lite Sheets when I make my applique projects. 

The EZ Print sheets can be run through an inkjet printer and then ironed on your fabric.
No tracing all the pieces! Plus, the protective backing peels off
 so easily without having to use a pin to score the paper...I love that and think you will, too!

Riley Blake Designs John Wayne Blog Tour

I grew up watching western type shows on TV, including ones with John Wayne, so it was a sweet

treat to sew Riley Blake Designs fabric with my favorite TV cowboy in the panels. John Wayne 

was born Marion Robert Morrison, but a fireman in Glendale, California, "started calling him 

"Little Duke" because he never went anywhere without his huge Airedale Terrier, Duke. He 

preferred "Duke" to "Marion", and the nickname stuck." We all knew who "The Duke" was!

Starring “The Duke”

Finished quilt measures: 60” x 72”

I love those small panel sections from John Wayne's movies!

The beautiful quilting was done by Quilted Works.

The background is an abandoned shack in Washington, Utah. 

The colors in the RBD fabrics are so bright and vibrant in any setting!

So many amazing prints!

"The John Wayne collection for Riley Blake Designs is great for quilting, apparel and home decor. This print features small scale stars, lassos, and other cowboy motifs. Official licensed product."

You can get the free pattern HERE.
Fabric can be found in these and other stores soon:
Over The Rainbow Fabrics, Missouri Quilt Star, Pine Needles in UT, Common Thread, 
Arizona Quilts, Fabric Shack.

A Time For All Seasons June Block Of The Month

It's my turn to share blocks for the "A Time For All Seasons" block of the month and I had so much 

fun creating them. I hope you'll enjoy them, too! Each block is unfinished at 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" and 

will be free for one month. After that, they will be available in my Etsy store HERE for a small fee.

Father's Day

June means celebrating Father's Day and what dad hasn't received at least one tie 

on his special day. This poor dad received way more than his share of ties!

Dad's Tie Overload

Summer Solstice 2019 

"The first day of summer 2019 arrives with the solstice on Friday, June 21st at 11:54 a.m. EDT. 

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, this marks the longest day of the year and the 

moment when the Sun reaches the Tropic of Cancer, its highest point."

Sailing Into Summer Solstice

Sailing away during the summer solstice sounds like a sweet idea to me!

June Weddings

"June was traditionally the most popular month to marry, and still very common. Why? The goddess 

Juno (for whom June is named) was the protector of women in all aspects of life, but especially in 

marriage and childbearing, so a wedding in Juno’s month was considered most auspicious."

Bonus Block - June Bride and Groom

Here's the optional finished quilt information:

62” x 74” quilt top 

5 rows across, 6 rows down

30 blocks (6 bonus blocks)

 2” sashings

 4 yards background fabric (allows for extra if needed)

2 ½ yards sashing fabric

Miscellaneous fabrics of your choice for appliques, etc. 

(A fat quarter bundle works great for this)

Do you want to sew all the blocks? Check out the links below:

(I redid a few of my blocks because I was so inspired by the other blocks I saw.)

February blocks by Amy at Sew Incredibly Crazy

can be found HERE and HERE.

 

Both of the March blocks by Just Let Me Quilt

can be found in my Etsy shop HERE.

April blocks by Carla at Creatin' in the Sticks

can be found HERE.

May blocks by Joan at Moosestash Quilting

can be found HERE.

June blocks by Carol at Just Let Me Quilt

Dad's Tie Overload HERE

Sailing Into Summer Solstice HERE

June Bride and Groom HERE

There's a Facebook page to share your finished blocks HERE.
Amy has a giveaway each month for those that link up their finished blocks, too!

It's never too late to join in!

ThermOWeb's Food For Thought Project Week Begins

ThermOWeb's “Food for Thought” sew along projects begin today! This week ThermOWeb
will show you what we made with the four free 10 ½” x 10 ½” blocks we shared a couple of weeks 
ago. I hope your blocks are sewn and ready to use in these projects! Free patterns are available with
 a list of supplies and instructions for all four projects. Today is my day to share!

Sweet Shop

I had the best model for this photo!

This yummy looking quilt uses all four "Food For Thought" blocks by ThermOWeb designers.
My block is the sundae dripping with chocolate fudge.

You can find all the sew along projects with free patterns on ThermOWeb's blog this week.
You can find the Sweet Shop pattern HERE.

Here's the project dates...check them out!

May 27 – Carol Swift from Just Let Me Quilt

May 28 –Amy Warner from Sew Incredibly Crazy

May 29 – Stephanie Brown Cunnyngham from Sissy Belle Sews

May 30 – Carla Henton from Creatin’ in the Sticks

If you want to sew along with us, you can find the block patterns from each designer below:

Designer Carol Swift from Just Let Me Quilt

Pattern found HERE

Designer Amy Warner from Sew Incredibly Crazy

Pattern found HERE

Designer Stephanie Brown Cunnyngham from Sissy Belle Sews

Pattern found HERE

Designer Carla Henton from Creatin’ in the Sticks

Pattern found HERE

All of us will tell you that we LOVE using Heat n Bond EZ Print Lite Sheets when we make 

applique  projects. The adhesive comes in larger sheets, too. The EZ Print sheets can be run 

through an inkjet printer and then ironed on your fabric. No tracing all the pieces! Plus, the 

protective backing peels off so easy...I love that and think you will, too!

Thanks for stopping by!

Little Dog Takes On Big Dog

We had Gage for a week and loved all 56 pounds of him.

The little dogs, Bruster and Bella, never took to him the way we did.

A 17 pound ten year old dog vs a 56 pound ten month old dog in a battle isn't good.

Bruster lost the battle with Gage and it wasn't Gage's fault.

We're not sure if Bruster's jaw hit Gage's hard head or caught his tooth on his collar,

but Bruster's jaw was dislocated and his tooth was broken. Of course, it had to happen

after the vet was closed so it ended up being a trip to the vet ER. Bruster had the tooth

removed and got three stitches in his mouth. He was in a lot of pain...poor baby!

Things didn't get any better, so we were lucky my son's ex-roommate wanted Gage back.

We miss him, but the constant vigilance to keep them apart has ended. Whew!

Gage was a great dog and without Bossy Bruster, he would have been a great for us.

Luckily, I'll still get to visit him once in a while!

Food For Thought Sew Along With ThermOWeb

Every other month at ThermOWeb has been a sew along where four free block patterns are shared

 and then a week or two later, four free projects are shared to use them in. This month's blocks have 

the theme, "Food For Thought" and all four designers must have had a sweet tooth because they are

 all yummy treats to sew. My block is "Every Day Is A Sundae" and it's dripping in hot fudge.

You need to go check out the other sweet blocks at ThermOWeb and get the block patterns!

These are the designers (including me)...I love working with these creative ladies!

Carol Swift from Just Let Me Quilt

Amy Warner from Sew Incredibly Crazy

Stephanie Brown Cunnyngham from Sissy Belle Sews

Carla Henton from Creatin’ in the Sticks

All of us will tell you that we LOVE using Heat n Bond EZ Print Lite Sheets when we make 

applique  projects. The adhesive comes in larger sheets, too. The EZ Print sheets can be run 

through an inkjet printer and then ironed on your fabric. No tracing all the pieces! Plus, the 

protective backing peels off so easy...I love that and think you will, too!

During the week of May 27th to the 30th we'll all be showing projects to sew.

May 27 – Carol Swift

May 28 –Amy Warner

May 29 – Stephanie Brown Cunnyngham

May 30 – Carla Henton

Here's a little snippet of my "Food For Thought" project with my new quilt model, Gage:

We'd love for you to join us in this sew along!