A New Month means $5.55 Friday

It's August already.  Tomorrow (Aug.7) is the monthly $5.55 First Friday sale.  Come see us and save.

See ya tomorrow.

July Mystery Quilt

Draw a diagonal line on the back of each of the 2 ½” squares.

Place one on each corner of a 6 ½” square with the right sides together.  Sew on the drawn line and trim ¼” from the line.  

Press the corners back.  Repeat to create 31 blocks. 

Sew the  background strips together with the contrast fabric strips.  You will need 4 sets of background, contrast, background and 2 sets of contrast, background, contrast.  Press toward the contrasting print. 

  Sub cut each of these strips into 16) 2 ½” sections.  Sew three of these sections together to create a nine patch block.  (You will use two background, contrast, background and one contrast, background, contrast for each block.)  Create a total of 32 nine patch blocks.

Arrange the balloon blocks and the nine patch blocks into nine rows with 7 blocks in each row.  The first row begins and ends with a nine patch block.  The second begins and ends with a balloon block.  Alternate the rows in this fashion to assemble.

Sew on the border.  Quilt as desired.  Bind and enjoy! 

Don't forget our $5.55 fabric sale this Friday.

August mystery quilt fabrics

So sorry we haven't posted the June mystery quilt tutorial yet.  It will be coming soon.  It seems to have been a little busier around here lately.  Thanks so much!

We will be using the Romancing the Past collection for the August mystery quilt.  Some of the fabrics are shown below.

It's a beautiful collection.  Call us at 801-465-9133 to reserve a kit.

25% off on the 25th!

We are offering 25% off of all kits, yardage and patterns today only.
Come in and save - we are here until 1:00 pm today.

Also....

Cutting the kits for Tuesday mystery quilt.  Call us if you want one (you know you do!).   801-465-9133

Next Block Party Starting

 Never Enough Pumpkins.  

Will begin August 1 and run every other Saturday for 12 sessions.  Cost is $25.00 to sign up and $5.00 per session.  Price includes fabric and instructions for all 12 sessions. Borders and finishing will be an additional cost.

Call us at 801-465-9133 to reserve your spot.

Happy July 4th

Start your holiday off with a big bang at our $5.55 first Friday sale tomorrow (July 3).

Have a safe and happy Holiday!

Garden Bouquet

It' mystery quilt time again.  I've gotta say, Becky has created another fine one this month.

As you can see, it is created with alternating applique and pieced blocks.  Let's start with the pieced blocks. 

Follow the directions in the pattern for cutting.

Draw a diagonal line on the back of all of the 4” x 4” background blocks.  Place the squares right sides together, with the 4” x 4” print blocks.   Sew ¼ inch on each side of the drawn line.

Cut on the line.  

Square the blocks to 3 ½”.  (We love the Quilt In a Day triangle square up ruler for this.)  Press toward the print.  

Assemble the ½ square triangles and other components to create 10 pieced blocks.

To create the flower blocks, trace blossoms and stems onto the paper side of fusible web.  You will need enough for 10 blocks.  Trim between the traced shapes and press to the wrong side of chosen fabric.  Cut out on the lines.  Peel the backing and arrange flower, stem and leaves on the  backgrounds. Press in place. Stitch the edges to secure.  Sew print strips to the flower blocks. (You may find it easier to border the background squares and then do the applique.)  Create 20 applique blocks.

Alternate the pieced and applique blocks to create 4 rows with five blocks in each row.  Sew the rows together and add the border.

Quilt as desired.  Bind and enjoy!

 This is what happens to our beautiful daughter when asked to help cut and package multiple mystery quilt kits. 

We are planning on using the roots and wings collection from Riley Blake designs for the July mystery quilt.  A sampling of the fabrics are shown below.