We are on month 5 of this wonderful quilt, have you been keeping up? This month we will be working on block 12 Charity. This block involves a wonderful basket and just a few leaves and stars. Many have asked for a tip or two on those stars. We have found this great site that has a nice tutorial on stars. Enjoy!
In Stitches,
The In Between Stitches Crew
Hi Everyone,
This month you will be making the Panda Bear block, it will be fun to see them grow during Lynn's next Toyland Tree Class on Sunday April 28. Visit the swatch page to see placement for each fabric.
Is your fabric stash out of control? Here’s your chance to finally put that mess to work for you! Snap a photo of your fabric stash, upload it to our contest, and the stash with the most votes wins the Colorful Stash Busters pattern book from In Between Stitches!
Every month we will be offering a new stitcherific contest to you our loyal fans! Here's how to enter this month's contest:
1. Snap a photo of your room/drawers/cabinets filled with fabric
2. Upload your photo to our contest
3. Vote for your pic and encourage your friends to do the same
4. Win a great book that will help you widdle away at that beautiful crazy stash of fabrics!
You have until March 30th to enter our photo contest - then the voting begins in earnest!
This month we are doing the Community Block, below is the link to the swatch sheet for the fabrics you received. Enjoy!
It is time to begin another Block of the Week...
this time we are doing Scrappy Baskets from Edyta Sitar's "Scrappy Firework Quilts" . We are offering this block of the week in either 1930's or Civil War Scrappy, the blocks finish at 4".
Each week you will make 12 baskets. The program will run for ten weeks. We have prepared a cutting guide to assist you in making these small blocks. Lynn at Sewn Wild Oaks has a great tutorial for making the HST from the 4" square, visit her site for instruction. She has also posted a blog posting about our new block of the week.
Enjoy!
Today is another gorgeous day in our gorgeous little town of Livermore but there are certainly more rainy days ahead. We'd like to help you prepare by starting up our February contest just a tad early. Here's how it works:
Every month we will be offering a new stitcherific contest to you our loyal fans! For a chance to win, leave ONE comment on this blog post with your answer. Be sure to include an email in your comment. One winner will be selected and will receive the pattern for free to make their own raincoat! (Your choice of adult or children's size patterns).
You have until Tuesday, February 19th, to submit your response. The winner will be announced Wednesday, February 20th, so be sure to come back to see if YOU are the winner!
Saturday, February 23rd, Instructor Jennifer Ellis will be teaching a class designed for sewers of all levels to learn to make a rain coat. Peruse our laminated cottons, then tell us which of our laminated cottons would you chose for your raincoat?
Of course, don't forget to sign up for Jen's raincoat class too! For those that are curious about what exactly this raincoat looks like, I tried my best to model it for you - did anyone happen to catch me playing mannequin last week?
I know that this is going to seem a little crazy but I am already thinking about next holiday season. Now that the 2012 hubub is over, I realize that I should have really planned ahead better (what was I thinking saving so many gifts 'till the last minute when I knew I'd have a 2 month old baby?!)
So in the spirit of helping others not have this same fate befall them, I thought I'd encourage you to start chipping away at your gift list early this time around. If you think something hand-made is in order, take a look at these classes where the end result will be a beautifully hand-crafted gift:
Sallie's Quilt Class - Begins Jan 23rd
Toyland Tree Quilt Class - Begins Jan 27th
Travel Iron Tote - February 3rd
-- In Stitches, Ananda
