A Finished Circle Quilt

There are two fun events coming up at my local quilt shop!  First is the "Fabulous Four Fat Quarter Tour", a week-long shop hop that includes four quilt shops in this part of the Pennsylvania countryside, from June 7-14.  The participants will collect fabrics at each shop, and each shop will offer a pattern that can be used with those fabrics.  This is the quilt that I designed and made for Needles Quilt Shop.

I really enjoyed quilting this one.  As many of you know, straight-line quilting on my domestic machine is my favorite style of quilting - but it HAS to be straight.  Crooked lines drive me crazy (unless they're supposed to be crooked, or course...).  I didn't want to mark the lines if I didn't need to, yet some of these lines were to long to stitch by eye, or use a ruler.  Blue Painter's Tape to the rescue!  I just stuck it down, from point to point, then stitched right next to the tape.  I could peel it off and move it several times before it would lose it's stick and need to be replaced.  It worked like a charm.  Blue Painter's Tape is my new best friend!

Now I can't wait to see what the other three shops have come up with!  Check in with Tracy at Needles for all the details about this shop hop and join the fun!

The second event that's coming up is the PA State Row by Row Shop Hop.  It's a HUGE shop-hop throughout Pennsylvania, as well as many other states.  It starts July 1st and runs through Labor Day.

Here is the row that I designed and made for Needles this year.  The theme for the festival is "Seasons", and Tracy chose summer, so here is "Summer Sailing".

Cheers!

Shop Hoppin'

Are you ready for the state-wide Row-by-Row Shop Hop that's happening this summer?  Many of the shops will be selling collectible fabric "license plates".  Here's what I made with the plate you can get at my local shop...

 

 This flex-frame pouch is just the right size to hold your rotary cutter when going to a retreat or workshop!  Or sunglasses, or anything else you can think of...

So go to their Facebook page to download a list and map of participating shops in PA & NY and get hoppin!  What will you make from the plates you collect?

Cheers!

PA State Shop Hop

There's a Shop Hop coming up this summer!  It's called the PA Row-by-Row Shop Hop, and my local quilt shop, Needles Quilt Shop, is on the list.  Each participating shop in the state of PA gives you a pattern for their "row", and it runs from July 1st thru Sept. 2nd.  And there are prizes involved, so be sure to check it out!

As a volunteer for Needles, I designed and pieced this "Row" for the event.

I've called it "Laurel in the Mountains".  The theme for this event is Fairs & Festivals, so the inspiration for our row should come from a local fair or festival.  Every June, the town of Wellsboro hosts the PA State Laurel Festival, so that was the obvious inspiration for this row.  I've finished the sample row, but still have to create the pattern - but I've got some time yet, since it doesn't start until the beginning of July...

Follow along on the Shop Hop's Facebook page to see all the great rows being offered at the quilt shops throughout the state of Pennsylvania.  You'll find all the details there as they develop over the next month.

Cheers!