Monday, February 16, 2015

Single Wedding Ring Blog Hop

I am so happy to be joining the Fat Quarter Shop Single Wedding Ring Blog Hop.  Well, I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day weekend.  I certainly submerged myself in coffee, chocolate, and quilting.
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The Single Wedding Ring block is 13-inches unfinished. I decided to make two placemats for Valentine's Day. They look so good that I will keep them out for a few more weeks!
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I used Riley Blake's Lost and Found Love in Pink Main and Riley Blake Designs Basic Shades in Wagon Red. I also used Lost and Found Love in Black Stripes for a contrasting binding. I love those doilies in pinks and reds.  
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This is a free block pattern by the Fat Quarter Shop, and you can download it here. This block is super simple and truly lovely. Kimberly at the Fat Quarter Shop even made a video for the Single Wedding Ring block which shows how to quickly make all those half square triangles.
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The block pattern is free, but if you would like to make a quilt from crib-size to king-size, then you can purchase the quilt pattern at http://www.fatquartershop.com/single-wedding-ring-pdf-quilt-pattern. There is also a lap-size quilt kit available for purchase at http://www.fatquartershop.com/single-wedding-ring-quilt-kit. The colors of this kit are absolutely exquisite and perfect for Spring.

Also, the Fat Quarter Shop has two new fantastic books available for pre-order...


The first book is Winter Wonderland by Sherri Falls of This & That Pattern Company. This book has instructions for 12 cozy Christmas projects including 9 quilts, 2 table runners, and a tree skirt. If you pre-order today, you will receive an exclusive Mini Nordic noel Sampler pattern for free!

The second book available for pre-order is Farm Girl Vintage by Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet. This book includes complete instructions for 45 sampler blocks in two sizes (6” and 12”), 10 quilts, 2 table runners, a table topper, and a potholder. If you pre-order, you will receive the Canning Season pattern!

Thank you so much for visiting Good Golly Ginger on the Single Wedding Ring Blog Hop!

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Shattered Plus Quilt

With 121 quarter square triangles and 20 different colors of Kona Cotton arranged in a plus pattern...the Shattered Plus Quilt is finished!
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The finished quilt measures 67" square. The backing, which I regret that I did not take a picture of, is white pin dot on black. Nothing fancy, and I have had the polk-a-dot fabric in my stash for a long time. The binding, however, is fancy. I used the left-over fabric from the QSTs to make the binding just as colorful as the quilt top.
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I used Hobbs Heirloom Premium 80/20 Cotton Blend Batting for the first time on this quilt. I figured a loftier batting would make the quilting pop more, and it sure did. I also used gold Isacord thread for the all-over free motion swirls. Gold is the new neutral in case you haven't heard. I just made that up. 
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And since I never feel like adding labels to my quilts, I have decided that I should just quilt my signature into the quilt. :) My last d is a little cut off by binding, but oh well. Are you the quilt police?! At least I signed it, right? And it's better than just signing with permanent fabric marker.
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Thank you all who have commented and said hello since the Grow Your Blog Hop post. I am so thankful for all the new followers and loyal readers, and I apologize for not responding very quickly to all the new and sweet comments. I'm working on that, though. The Aurifil thread giveaway is still going on here until February 15.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Swirls & Color

Yesterday, I finished free motion quilting pretty swirls on my Shattered Plus quilt. I have wanted to do this free motion design for forever, and now I can! Practice, practice. The new stitch regulator helped a lot too. I'm so happy with the results!
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I have scrappy binding ready to go. With plenty of left-over scraps, it seemed silly not to use them for the binding.
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I'm getting brave with my quilting skills...I signed my name in thread! The little d in my name will probably be covered by binding. Oops! I didn't feel like unpicking it. It will make me laugh anyways.
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