I am doing a happy dance extraordinaire in my corner of QBL: today is the release of my first 'for sale' pattern!
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| Available for purchase on Craftsy |
The Quilts
You may recall
Blue Skies...
which was made from strips cut from a 10-yard fabric bundle of Michael Miller fabrics from
Craftsy which I bought back in December. Blue is my favourite colour, so the turquoises and royal blues in the bundle really attracted me. As did the price, not gonna lie. By now, you know how much I love good deals! Don't we all?
In February I made the flimsy for the
Craftsy Sweetens Up My Quilting Life blog hop, as I wanted to showcase the bundles available; prior to this purchase, I had had no idea you could get yardage, and fantastic deals on said yardage. I finished it in April. It is the first quilt for sale in my
Etsy shop.
Then I made
Sunny Days.
I wanted to add a row to have a rectangular quilt, and I knew I could eliminate some of the seams. I love saving thread, fabric and time as much as I love deals, LOL. I also loved the pink and yellow combination in another Michael Miller bundle from Craftsy, this one a fat quarter bundle, from which I made a
second rendition of their
Three Quarter Patch Tote.
Sunny Days is also for sale in my
Etsy shop.
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| I seem to have developed a thing for quilts in trees... |
The Pattern Tester
I was blown away the weekend that I posted the Sunny Days finish: Tish of
Tish's Adventures in Wonderland, was dead serious when she sent me a message saying that her husband, David, wanted to make my pattern. I had, at first, thought she was joking. Nope. She had shown him a photo of the quilts and he really liked the design. Thought he could maybe make it. And wow, did he!!
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| David's "Hawaiian Stepping Stones" in a tree just for me! |
You can read about David's first quilt, his FIRST QUILT,
right here. There is no stopping this man; before he had even got to the flimsy stage, he was planning another quilt, thinking in colours on the way to work...Tish and I are just so proud of what he has done, our
little, er large, manly protégé quilt-builder! I am pleased that my pattern is beginner-friendly!
I am just so very thankful and grateful and truly amazed at all the help Tish has given me this past month. She it is who did the block and layout diagrams in EQ7 for me from my drawings. She even redid the layout for the background cutting in Sunny Days, not once but oh three times!!! Never one "Nope, can't do it right now, sorry," always a "Let me know if there is anything else you need." Hugs big ones, and a 'mwah!' to you my darling friend.
This week I asked Cheryl of
Meadow Mist Designs if she'd be able to give the pattern the once-over with her expert eye. I am so very very grateful for all the improvements that resulted from her wise suggestions! It means so much that a designer at her level would do this for little ol' me and do it pronto! Thank you Cheryl!
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| The backs |
The Pattern
And now, to make the circle complete, you can purchase your own
copy of the pattern in my
Craftsy pattern store! For the first week, that is until June 10, it
will be on sale for $5. After that it will be $7. I've included
instructions to make both sizes of quilts, as well as two methods of
construction for the quilts, one with jelly roll strips and the other
with strips and yardage. But wait, there is a giveaway....
The Henry Glass Fabrics Desire to Inspire Challenge
Well I must say June 2 has been one Red Letter Day, the day that I made the final tweaks to my pattern, ready for release, and
then... received an email in the later afternoon telling me that they, the
Henry Glass Fabrics peeps, had chosen me,
moi! to be the designer for the month of June!! I am hap-hap-hap-HAPPY DANCING indeedy-do I AM!!! When I saw
the lake-themed fabric, I was like, PUH-LEEZE pick me, pick me, pick me...I live on Lake Erie; I see her every day....and well, they
did pick me! I hope to make them proud. Want to throw your hat into the ring for a challenge? Follow
their blog and watch for the announcement for the July challenge, usually on the blog the 1st of the month.
Here is their announcement Friday morning about moi.
Giveaway
And now to celebrate the pattern release, I am going to give away 3 (my favourite number) prizes: 2 copies of the pattern, and a 13-strip set of 2.5" fabrics that I used in Blue Skies. Sadly, due to the cost of postage, I will only be able to mail the strips within Canada and the US, but the pattern giveaway is open internationally. Just leave me a comment that says in what colour or colour combination you'd make my quilt! Followers can have a second entry, just tell me how you follow me. New followers are always welcome!
**Please check if you are a no-reply blogger (Look below the comments! There's a great, simple fix right there.) and leave your email address in your comment so I can find you. If you don't, I will have to draw another winner.
I will draw on Sunday evening and winners will be notified by email and on my post, Monday, June 6. I hope you understand that due to the volume of comments I won't be responding to them on this post. I faithfully do otherwise, as that is the way I have met such wonderful souls in QBL. :-)
Winners have no been chosen and notified by email. Thanks so much for the lovely comments everyone! :-)
Linking up with
Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Crazy Mom Quilts
TGIFF this week at
Devoted Quilter
