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And now to Part C of my posts on Kokomo (Stars Upon Stars)

C. Assembly

The journey begins, now! October marks the official kickoff for Fat Quarter Shop’s Dragon Fruit Block of the Month, exploring the vibrant world of brilliant color and timeless quilt blocks. If you aren’t already a fan of paper piecing or Tula Pink’s modern fabric, get ready to develop a taste for both!

The Dragon Fruit Quilt is queen-sized, finishing at 84.5″ square, and inspired by the beautiful Hibiscus flower. Suitable for intermediate to advanced quilters, getting accurate points will be a cinch with the help of our foundation paper pads! To join the Dragon Fruit Block ...

This is Part B of a series of posts explaining how I make my version of Stars Upon Stars.  

B. Planning the colours

 1. External stars in the blocks. 

A key design feature of the original Stars Upon Stars quilt is that each block is unique.  I decided replicate that idea by using different fabrics and colours for the external stars of each block. I opted for tone on tone fabrics in most cases, and tried to use every colour within my limited colour range - blue, aqua, green, pink, orange and yellow.  If I repeated a colour I used a ...

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Thank you for all the lovely comments on my Kokomo quilt.  As promised I'm going to explain more about how I made it - both for anyone thinking about making one themselves, and for my personal record, because after all, that's what blogs are for.

A. Fabric selection

Where do I even begin to describe my happiness with how this quilt has turned out?

I'm thrilled with it and I'm not going to let it out of my sight.  I've even considered sewing an Apple AirTag into it so if it goes missing I can track it down! I've spent so many hours making this quilt but I've enjoyed them all. 

I started this quilt back in January 2020.  I've spent four years working on it in the background.  I haven't once put it on social media or even shown my ...

Are you ready to immerse yourself in a tropical paper-piecing paradise? Get ready to explore a vibrant world of brilliant color and timeless quilt blocks with Fat Quarter Shop’s Dragon Fruit Block of the Month!

Dragon Fruit pairs Tula Pink’s modern fabric with Fat Quarter Shop’s Foundation Paper Piecing Pads. Your blocks will quickly take shape with detailed cutting guides and fabric placement instructions for the Log Cabin, Courthouse Steps, Square in a Square, Economy, Flying Geese and Snail Trail Foundation Papers that finish at 4″, 6″, and 12″. With our foundation paper pads, getting accurate points ...

Here's my latest finish - Pretty in Pink. As I said last week, I had to rescue my Tilda fabrics from a plan gone wrong.  There's little snippets of Tilda in this quilt, but they seem to have been over taken by Tula Pink!

I've just picked up this quilt from my long arm quilter at Busy Bee Quilt Shop and I love it.

I don't want to post a photo of the whole quilt yet because I'm going to put the binding on this weekend and it will be worth the wait.

Tilda meets Tula

I didn't set out to make a pretty pink quilt, but now that I have I'm really happy with it.   

You may remember that a few weeks ago I started puddling around with some pretty Tilda fabrics.  I rushed in to making a ...

Last week I showed you the sights of Tekapo.  This week I'll show you what we did at the retreat.  

I taught 14 ladies how to make my Summer in Tekapo tote bag.  We had a great time experimenting with wool felt, Perle 8 threads and ombre fabrics. Everyone's bags are going to look so different because they applied their own artistic flair to the design. 

Tula Pink lining

It was a great weekend with good people and very good food.  And of course the scenery was gorgeous with all the snow on the mountains.  I definitely hope ...

 I love it when a plan comes together. 

I always wanted it to be cornerstones, very happy it worked out.

Because of course, sometimes the quilt says something else.  

We know you’ve been waiting for it! Tula Pink Everglow has arrived!

The neon fabrics from the master of the rainbow is officially at Quilt Addicts Anonymous! We’ve got fabric bundles, yardage backing fabric and coordinating backgrounds from True Colors. We stocked up for you all.

I loved adding this collection to my Tula Stashin and seeing how it makes all the other collections pop for what will someday be a truly epic Tula Pink quilt.

Tula can sometimes go very fast, especially for much anticipated collections like Everglow. So shop now for the best selection, especially the ...

It's so nice to have time without a looming deadline! I have loads to do, but with no deadline, I had a great visit with my colleague yesterday. Of course, that put me behind with the day's schedule, and only ONE piece of paperwork disappeared, so this morning will be devoted to paperwork. 

However, loads still got accomplished once she left. I'm still working on the cutting table, which is like a revolving door. Something might get placed there, and it's gone within a day or two. This is its current state. 

The current state of ...

This amazing quilt is a free pattern! 

Tripping QAL ~ All Info Here ~ @ Tula Pink 

Here is a list of the designers:  

Jen Kingwell - Part 1: https://www.amitie.com.au/
Carolyn Friedlander - Part 2: https://carolynfriedlander.com/
Anna Maria Horner - Part 3: https://www.annamariahorner.com/
Sue Spargo - Part 4: https://www.suespargo.com/
Tula Pink - Part 5: https://www.tulapink.com/
Sew Kind of Wonderful - Part 6 (Jenny Pedigo & Helen Robinson): https://sewkindofwonderful.com/

Some of the free parts may be downloaded now:

Tripping Block ~ Part 1 ~  by Jen Kingwell

is up and ready for download! 

Day 10 and it's my Tula Pink Holiday Homies quilt.  

I made this cute quilt back in 2017 when Tula's Holiday Homies range was first released.

I didn't want to lose any of the motifs so I designed my own pattern which you can find here in my original blog post. 

Tula Pink has re-released Holiday Homes in flannel, but I was fortunate enough to get the original cotton version. 

Another long but successful day! An extraordinarily productive and worthwhile meeting, which took way longer than planned, but I'm OK with that. If good comes from it - I'll meet all day. Now I have some work and new samples to make, but I'm super excited! Don't worry -- you'll get to see it all someday!

Something weird is happening in our neighborhood, and it's about deliveries. For whatever reason, the couriers can't seem to find this house. We had that issue with the package a week ago, where the box was supposedly refused, then ...

How often do we laugh and joke about Plan B, and let's face it -- how often do we actually have a Plan B? Well, the story of my life seems to be - find Plan B! DH ordered those three things from Amazon, but I'm very skeptical that they will arrive in time. I'm watching the order, and if I don't see movement by Monday, I'm canceling the order, and I have to find Plan B for those three items. All of them are critical to my trip. Yep -- that's me -- leave it to the ...