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 I finally have the pattern finished for the shop sample using the new Wild North fabric collection we received recently. I'm calling it Wild North Zoom Meeting. If you've ever attended a Zoom meeting in gallery view then you get it. I was picturing all these animals in their nests and dens on their laptops chatting with each other.

 While the shop sample is not new, the kits for it are new.

The quilt measures 55" by 55" which is a good lap/wheelchair quilt, large baby quilt, or wall hanging size. The piecing is fairly simple, appropriate for an advanced beginner. The colored fabrics are from a charm pack. You cut the charm squares in half and use a folded corner technique to make four point units required for each block. There is a little sashing in the blocks then the blocks are just sewn together. A small outer border is added from the background fabric so that ...

 Nancy has her version of our Wild Stallions kit completely finished! We have two more kits left and not enough of the fabrics to make up more kits. We do still have some of the fabrics on the bolt and have a few more of the panels left in stock.

Note that Nancy opted to get extra fabric and the border print (which we are sold out of) to make a larger version of our kit. If you want to make a larger version like Nancy I suggest you substitute the all-over horse print for the border print. It's ...

  We have a winner of the 2024 March Meowness Contest. Fabric S Cat in the Box Cats & Boxes is the winner!

The backing fabric is also cat fabric. You can see that back and read about the quilt by clicking ...

  Time for Round Five in my March Meowness Contest!

Today we are starting with the 2 cat fabrics that survived round four. You need to vote for your favorite 1. The winner will be announced on Monday, March 25, 2024. Every time you vote you get your name in the drawing to win a fat quarter bundle of cat fabrics.

  Time for Round Four in my March Meowness Contest!

Today we are starting with the 4 cat fabrics that survived round three. You need to vote for your favorite 2. On Friday March 22, 2024 I will post the most popular 2 cat fabrics and you'll need to vote for your favorite 1. We'll keep whittling down the field until we have winner. The winner will be announced on Monday, March 25, 2024. Every time you vote you get your name in the drawing to win a fat quarter bundle of cat fabrics.

  Time for Round Three in my March Meowness Contest!

Today we are starting with the 8 cat fabrics that survived round two. You need to vote for your favorite 4. On Wednesday March 20, 2024 I will post the most popular 4 cat fabrics and you'll need to vote for your favorite 2. We'll keep whittling down the field until we have winner. The winner will be announced on Monday, March 25, 2024. Every time you vote you get your name in the drawing to win a fat quarter bundle of cat fabrics.

 Time for Round Two in my March Meowness Contest!

Today we are starting with the 16 cat fabrics that survived round one. You need to vote for your favorite 8. On Monday March 18, 2024 I will post the most popular 8 cat fabrics and you'll need to vote for your favorite 4. We'll keep whittling down the field until we have winner. The winner will be announced on Monday, March 25, 2024. Every time you vote you get your name in the drawing to win a fat quarter bundle of cat fabrics.

 I am declaring March 14 - 25, 2024 as "March Meowness." It's time to put on your thinking cat (if you have one) and vote for your favorite cat fabrics we have in stock in the shop.

Today we are starting with the 24 cat fabrics we have in stock. You need to vote for your favorite 16. On Saturday March 16, 2024 I will post the most popular 16 cat fabrics and you'll need to vote for your favorite 8. We'll keep whittling down the field until we have winner. The winner will be announced on Monday ...

 I received a new shipment of border prints in my shop recently so it was time to make some new shop samples with them. These Easy Striped Table Runners are so much fun to make!

Shown are our two favorite layouts, but the pattern includes instructions for four different layouts as well as some smaller candle mats that you can make with the leftovers.

The pattern is called Easy Striped Table Runner. You can see all the border prints I have by clicking the following link: Border Prints. The two we used for our samples are: Groovy Garden Border Print ...

 Well, we have several other patterns that also require 5 half yard cuts of fabrics. The pattern used here is called Baby Links and I used the Maple Woods Half Pack Kit for the sample, but ANY Half Pack Kit would make this quilt.

 My shop is participating again in the FabShop Online BlowOut event. The sale lasts all week long.

The clearance section has lots of great batiks, some Christmas fabrics, some Autumn fabrics, some great basics and blenders, and a few novelty ...

 Scrap Tape is a non-woven wash away interfacing. Have you ever heard of sewing to receipt tape or phone book pages as a foundation for sewing with scraps? Well, Scrap Tape does the same thing BUT, you don't have to take it off before using your scrap piece in your project. This is the part that really appeals to me! I hate ripping paper off the back of pieced fabric units/blocks! It's so time-consuming and messy!

Scrap Tape is currently available in three sizes:

5" by 25 yards Scrap Tape

2.5" by 25 yards Scrap Tape ...

 If you aren't familiar with Sassy Sunflower Half Pack Quilt Kits click the following links to read about them and to see the others that I have shared - First post about Half Pack Quilts and Second post about Half Pack Quilts and Third post about Half Pack Quilts and Fourth post about Half Pack Projects.

The pattern used for this one is the Tippy Tote using our Elephants Half Pack.

   If you aren't familiar with Sassy Sunflower Half Pack Quilt Kits click the following links to read about them and to see the others that I have shared - First post about Half Pack Quilts and Second post about Half Pack Quilts and Third post about Half Pack Quilts.

The pattern used for this one is Candy Lane using our Sunday Half Pack Kit.

  If you aren't familiar with Sassy Sunflower Half Pack Quilt Kits click the following links to read about them and to see the others that I have shared - First post about Half Pack Quilts and Second post about Half Pack Quilts

The pattern used for this one is called Hashtag using our Bird & Bloom Half Pack quilt kit.

 If you aren't familiar with Sassy Sunflower Half Pack Quilt Kits click the following link to read about them and to see the first pair that I shared - First post about Half Pack Quilts.

Our sample of Spin Me Round uses our Kansas Troubles Half Pack Kit.

Next is the Quick Strip Pattern using our Outer Space Half Pack Quilt Kit.

 None of the Half Pack patterns are really what I would call hard, but the Quick Strip pattern is probably the easiest pattern of all of the Half Pack patterns.

 Are you familiar with Sassy Sunflower Half Pack Quilt Kits? It's a fairly new program and I just signed my shop up to participate. I've been busying making up the samples for the last several weeks.

The way it works is there are 9 half pack patterns to choose from and LOTS of half pack quilts kits. You pick the half pack quilt kit you like and then choose the pattern you want. The patterns are not available for purchase separately, only with the purchase of a half pack kit. (Our kits will be $39.99). We are ...

 I've had a nice week at home with my shop closed all last week. I got our laundry room repainted after we had the ceiling in that room repaired and retextured. I also got some touch-up painting done in our main bathroom after we had some work done to one spot on the wall and the entire ceiling.

Our new family member, Sheba, has been busy all week too.

We put up our Christmas tree without any ornaments. Then we were gifted a few ornaments. Since Sheba had been leaving the tree alone we put them on the tree ...