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Today I am excited to have a fat quarter bundle from Lark Cottons to giveaway.  This is a bundle of Cotton + Steel prints from a few different collections that coordinate nicely together. If you have never ordered fabric from Heather at Lark Cottons, you are missing out. The fabric is always cut so nicely and packaged so carefully and she has put together a great selection of fabrics in her shop.   In addition to the giveaway, the coupon code kitchen8 will get you 20% off storewide at Lark Cottons through Sunday.  Just enter the code on the shopping cart page.  To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment on this post.  For a second entry, like Lark Cottons on Facebook and leave a comment letting me know.  The giveaway will run through Sunday evening.   While the fabric giveaway is for US residents only, if you live internationally and win the giveaway, Lark Cottons will substitute a $30 gift certificate to the shop.   There are also a few bundles for sale.  If you purchase the bund

Welcome to Week 11 on the Pretty Playtime Quilt Along.  For the past few weeks, different bloggers (scroll down for the list) have been highlighting different blocks from this adorable book by Elea Lutz . When I was given a choice as to which block I wanted to make from the book, I knew I wanted to make a pinwheel block.  It is such a simple idea - just half square triangles - but it has such a fun effect. I made my block with a combination of Peppered Cottons and shot cotton solids from Kaffe Fasset. While I chose one of the more traditional blocks, there are cute fairies, a little house, strawberries, a tea pot and other unique blocks in the book. The book is available through the Fat Quarter Shop and contains 6 different patterns with lots of possibilities. Check out the other bloggers on the quilt along to see what they have been making: Week 2 - Erin from  Why Not Sew? Week 3 - Wynn from  Zakka Art Week 4 - Anorian from  Samelia's Mum Week 5 - Amy from  Diary of a Quilter W

Starting today (July 18th) the lovely ladies at FabricCadabra are offering 20% off of everything using coupon code Enjoy20 . I think it might be time for me to pick up some of this Bear Hug print . . . Or some of this beautiful Peacock Peppered Cotton . . . Or some more of these adorable Pandalings .   Head over and check it out, the coupon code is good through the end of the month!

Today I am excited to share another AGF Stitched pattern with you.  This is a collaboration between The Fat Quarter Shop and Art Gallery Fabrics to create a really great free pattern.  I love how many different directions this quilt could go - it is great for solids, larger scale prints, or anything in between. I decided to use mostly Katarina Roccella's Pandalicious collection for my quilt.  This collection uses some great blues and greens and bluish greens and has the most adorable panda print. I had to use the pandas for the center square.  And for the back. I am a big believer that quilts have a healing and comforting ability.  But I can't imagine many things more comforting than a quilt backed in adorable pandas. So. Many. Pandas.  I quilted it with an all over/organic cross hatch (my favorite). Like the previous AGF Stitched patterns, this one is free and there is a video tutorial.  So if you are a fairly new quilter and are a little unsure, Kimberly will walk you thro

A few weeks ago my grandparents moved into an assisted living facility.  My grandma has had dementia for a while and it was becoming increasingly difficult for my grandpa to take care of her. They live in a small town in East Texas near where I grew up, but where none of their children or grandchildren have lived for a long time.  Since I am not able to visit them right now, I decided I wanted to make them a quilt. I pinned this quilt a long time ago and have always wanted to make something similar and I was planning on using a bunch of Denyse Schmidt prints for my grandparent's quilt, so when I was browsing through my Pinterest board, Megan's quilt popped out at me.   Denyse is my favorite fabric designer.  Her prints are so versatile and look good together or mixed with other collections.   I quilted a line through every other diagonal row.  Since I don't know how the quilt will be laundered in their facility, I zig zag stitched the binding on to make sure it is secure.