Author name: Melissa Dunworth

My family and I spent the weekend under the weather…or at least Anne and I did. My hubs waited until today to wake up sick (on the upside – he is in the Army and has Columbus Day off).  I thought I would share some of the quilting projects I have been working on recently with you and give you a sneak peak at an upcoming pattern AND a tutorial! Read to the end to see my first pattern!!!

(Don’t think that this was all done in one weekend…I am NEVER that productive!)

Here are two of my swap blocks from September:

Here are the blocks I have made for Sew Bee Blissful – one of the Virtual Quilting Bees that I participate in.

I’ve been working on something special this past week. I have finally started work on my Bottled Rainbows blocks, and in an effort to make them my own – I have decided to do my quilt top Quilt As You Go! As I get more blocks completed I will put up tutorials on how I am doing it and I will hopefully be able to give you a general idea of how to do it!

And for the piece de resistance – my first original pattern – this will be published in next month’s Intrepid Thread newsletter – so if you want this pattern – go sign up for the newsletter over on Julie’s Blog!

 

What do you think?!? I am really excited about it. I have the purse all made and a ton of notes…now for the fun part of writing up the pattern!

Don’t forget to go enter my giveaway from The Intrepid Thread for a Delighted Rollie Pollie!

Also, did you see that SassyPacks – one of my awesome sponsors is offering Free Shipping on orders over $20.00 to everyone in the US who uses the BitterSweet coupon code at check out! They are awesome and ship so quickly! For all my international readers – please email contact@sassypacks.com – they have a special deal just for you!

What did you do this weekend?

 

 

UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed – 10/12/2011

Do you know The Intrepid Thread? The Intrepid Thread is a family owned and operated online fabric store.  I love their name – maybe it is because I am from a military family, but there is something to be said for the fact that they named their store after the USS Intrepid, the ship that Julie’s father was stationed on while he served in the US Navy.

I can’t even remember how I found The Intrepid Thread Blog, but as soon as I found it, I was hooked. Julie and the team regularly post tutorials, giveaways, links to charity projects and sneak peaks of fabric lines that are about to be released.

Here are a few of my favorite fabrics that are currently in stock:

 

Don’t you just love their fabrics?  Would you like to have some of their fabric?  How about some Delighted?

 

Delighted is the newest release by The Quilted Fish.  Isn’t it gorgeous?  I have some and I’m working an a beautiful quilted purse – you will have to sign up for The Intrepid Thread Newsletter to get the pattern!  Julie is giving away one Delighted Rollie Pollie to one of my lucky followers!

 

To enter: (you must be a follower of my blog)

1.  Visit The Intrepid Thread website and tell me what collection you are looking forward to most in the Coming Soon section!

2. For a second entry go follow The Intrepid Thread blog – say hi and come back here and tell me you did!

For a bonus entry, blog, tweet, or facebook about this giveaway, come back here and send me the link!  (That’s 3 entries total!)

Good luck! This giveaway will be open until Wednesday at midnight – October 12, 2011.

 

I call this a variation on the Ohio Star block because in the corners I added half square triangles (HSTs). I liked it because it allowed me to add a little more color to the block and it allowed me to add more visual interest. This block is part of my Vintage Christmas Sampler…which I am really hoping will be done before Christmas!

Get the know how after the jump!

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