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Sew Delightful from A Little Bit Biased

Hi friends! Today I have a new/old pattern I want to share with you!

It's the red pattern from my book, Quilt the Rainbow. That book is out of print now

so I am trying to release all of the patterns from it as stand-alone patterns.

(It was such a bummer that Martingale Publishing went out of business

right after they published Quilt the Rainbow due to ramifications from the Covid-19 Pandemic.)

I didn't get a chance to talk about the patterns in the book very much because

I didn't have anywhere to send people to ...

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Oh What Fun Fabric Tour from A Little Bit Biased

The day is finally here that I get to share the project I made with the

darling fabric line, Oh What Fun by Elea Lutz for Poppie Cotton.

I first saw this line at the 2023 International Fall Quilt Market.

I was immediately smitten with Elea's signature

vintage style, the unique color palette, and the

fun details of this fabric line.

Oh What Fun features Santas, snowflakes and text, polka dots,

plaid, stockings, Christmas trees, snowmen, flowers and holly, and my personal

favorite...ice skating reindeer. It's just so whimsical and sweet.

I thoroughly enjoyed working with this ...

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My Red, White, and Blue Quilts from A Little Bit Biased

Hey friend. I've been meaning to share with you all of my

red, white, and blue quilts - together in one place.

Hopefully, if you're wanting to make a

patriotic quilt, you'll find some inspiration here!

First up is my Star-Spangled Pineapples quilt.

This is a free pattern that Amanda Niederhauser (@jedicraftgirl)

and I created for our Five Fat Quarter Fun series a few years ago.

HERE is a link to the free PDF pattern and

HERE is a link to the original blog post with more photos and details.

Next up are my beachy, faded Stars and ...

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Blossoms and Buds - Emily Belle Version from A Little Bit Biased

Good morning!

I've been wanting to share this quilt with you

for a while now; I finished it back in

September of 2022, I think.

I love this quilt because

A. It's a classic design

B. It's scrappy

C. It uses lots of my favorite fabrics from my stash

and

D. The Baptist Fan quilting gives it a very vintage vibe.

This is the original version:

It's the Blossoms and Buds

pattern from my book,

Quilt the Rainbow.

It's amazing how different this

version looks compared to the orange version!

In the orange version

the ...

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Quilt the Rainbow 2023 Challenge from A Little Bit Biased

Hello!

Today I have a fun announcement to make!

In 2023 I will be hosting a

Quilt the Rainbow Challenge on Instagram!

I hope this will be a win-win situation for both of us!

I'm dying to see your versions of the patterns from my book, Quilt the Rainbow

and this will provide good motivation for you to whittle down your stash

and make some cute quilts!

Here's how the challenge will work:

First, you will need my book, Quilt the Rainbow.

If you don't already own it, I have autographed copies in my ETSY SHOP.

And ...

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Seaside Quilt from A Little Bit Biased

It's Friday, December 23rd, 2022.

Two days until Christmas.

This month I've hosted two family parties,

bought, wrapped, and delivered all the neighbor/friend gifts,

purchased and wrapped a good portion of our family's gifts,

ate my weight in toffee, made two batches of cinnamon rolls,

made two batches of caramels (both of which ended up in the trash, sadly),

had a girls' night out/favorite things exchange with my besties,

did two puzzles, and lots, lots more! It's been a great month overall.

[My favorite Christmas puzzle by Cavallini and Co.]

Today, I have been ...

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Crowning Glory Quilt from A Little Bit Biased

Today I want to share one of my favorite

quilts that I made this year! I finished it a few months ago

but just recently got some pictures of it.

The pattern is called Crowning Glory and it's in my book,

Quilt the Rainbow, available HERE. The original one

was made in all yellow fabrics from my stash.

[photo courtesy of Martingale Publishing]

I really love the yellow one. But the darker version

just speaks to me! I love the blues, browns, and creams on the dark gray

background. Most of the fabrics I used were from the line ...

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Sew Delightful Baby Quilt from A Little Bit Biased

Hello! I am trying to finish up some

blogging before the end of the year. I have about

5 finished quilts that I want to share with you (so stay tuned).

Sometimes snapping nice pictures is the hardest part for me!

Today I have a little baby quilt I want to share.

This pattern is called Sew Delightful from my book,

Quilt the Rainbow. The original quilt (the red one) is quite large

finishing at 90-1/2" x 90-1/2".

Sew Delightful is easy to make bigger or smaller, square or rectangular.

I made just 4 blocks to make the ...

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Box Elder Trail Quilt Finish (Multi-Color Version) from A Little Bit Biased

Hello! I finally snapped

some pictures of the multi-color version

of my Box Elder Trail quilt.

For reference, here is the original version:

[ Photo courtesy of Martingale Publishing]

It's the green quilt in my new book,

Quilt the Rainbow.

There are 10 projects in the book to help you whittle

down each color of your stash. Nine are monochromatic

quilts and one (the cover quilt) is multi-color.

Box Elder Trail is a great scrap buster project!

The only fabric I specifically bought for this quilt was the floral

background - a Tilda fabric from the line Daiseyfield.

For the small ...

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Quilt the Rainbow Book Tour from A Little Bit Biased

The Quilt the Rainbow book tour just wrapped up

so today I want to share all of the finished quilts/quilt tops

here - in case you missed them on Instagram!

First up was Barbara's quilt

(@sewstitchindarling on Instagram). She chose to make

Tile Revival - the black and white quilt in the book.

If you know me you know I love red, white, and blue quilts so I absolutely fell

in love with this. It was fun to see Tile Revival in a two-colorway. The panto she used is

Mike's Swoosh and I think the whole thing turned out ...

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Quilt the Rainbow Book from A Little Bit Biased

Good morning friends!

My new book, Quilt the Rainbow is hitting stores TODAY

so I wanted to take a few minutes, here on the blog, to tell you all about it!

THE INSPIRATION

One day, back in October of 2020, I was looking at my pretty little stacks of fabric

organized in rainbow order and thought to myself, wouldn't it be nice if there were patterns

to help me whittle down each color of my stash? (If you've been following along with me

for a while you know that I LOVE using my stash and I love scrap ...

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