Guess what? It’s Tuesday. But it is not just any other regular dull and boring Tuesday because it is Quilt Pattern Release Tuesday! Which means it’s a party during the week, in mid-morning kind of day!! As you know, my pattern release days alway have a bang, and that’s the giveaway. We will get to …
This quilt is called my QuiltCon reject. It was one year ago today when I nailed down my design for my first-ever entry into QuiltCon. I was so excited. I had heard about the Michael Miller Challenge for QuiltCon (here is a link to this year’s challenge), and although I didn’t get the free fabric, …
I am done!! My Whole Lotta Love Quilt is finished. Working with Art Gallery Fabrics was a joy. The quality of their fabric is wonderful. It is softer than most quilting fabrics and lighter, too. It is almost like a lawn. Quilting the Whole Lotta Love Quilt Something that I did that was different with …
How this quilt came to be I love hearts!! All types and all forms. I don’t think anyone can have enough of them. Nor do I think we can have enough love. I have wanted to create an English Paper Piecing project for Valentine’s Day for a long time now. This is definitely not that …
Holy Moly!!! I just found out that this quilt that I made for the Hoffman Challenge 2016 (called Garden Star 2 – A Butterfly Enchantment) has made it to the next stage. What does this mean? Well, I need to add a sleeve to the back of the quilt, as well as add a label to …
What is black and white with thread through and through??? The Me + You Virtual Fabric Challenge by Hoffman Fabric and Sewtopia Luckily I saw the post about this challenge as I was scrolling through my Instagram feed. Sewtopia hosted it along with a sponsor, Hoffman Fabric. The first 80 people that signed up …
If you follow me on Instagram, you will see that since I moved to Arizona I have joined Block Busters, as well as a club called Loose Change Club (which just ended). They are both so awesome and occur on the first Saturday of each month at my LQS called Quilters Market. Block Busters is …
**I MOVED!! For the last month and a half I’ve been consumed with packing, purging (putting things aside for a garage sale or Goodwill), house rental hunting, getting our home ready to sell, and unpacking. It’s been complete madness! I think I’m still tired from the whole ordeal. My sewing machine was one of the …
Flowers are blooming, plants are growing, days are getting longer, and it’s getting super hot outside. Summer is in full swing, and so is wedding season. A childhood friend of mine is getting married this fall, which can only mean one thing — bridal shower time! In my eyes, the perfect gift is a quilt. Always. …
I just wanted to say thank you all for your participation and wonderful comments. I wish I could send each and every one of you these gifts, but I would go broke. I will give away three extra sets for a few bonus reasons. We’ll get to that in a moment… I had a lot …
Say hello to Take Flight, the third and last quilt from May’s rollout month. This quilt features fabric from Jack and the Beanstalk designed by me, Elisabeth DeMoo. This block has been on my mind for about a year. I’ve had this urge to create something with it. I first used it on a pillowcase, but …
Hi, thanks for stopping by! It’s May Rollout Month here at Brown Bird Designs, and today I’m featuring the second quilt (see the first quilt) using Jack and the Beanstalk fabric. This quilt is my favorite out of the three that I’ll be showcasing this month. I call it Garden Star, and it’s a one …
Welcome to the second rollout (rollout #1) of the month. Today I’m featuring Vines, the first quilt out of three, made using the Jack and The Beanstalk design by Elisabeth DeMoo. I wanted to talk a little about the colorway I used when I designed this line. My color choices were yellow, green, coral, …
As I was shopping for my giveaway goodies, I found a charm pack of Into The Woods by Vanessa Goertezen. She is an up and coming designer that recently released her first collection for Moda. I don’t think I have seen such a magical blend of colors since Neptune from Tula Pink. The mint green …
By now I am almost positive that you have seen this pattern. It has been spreading like wildfire on Moda blogs. I saw it first on Thimble Blossoms, then hopped around to all of the Moda Designers to find out what they loved, on the Moda Love Blog Tour. The idea of one block to equal one quilt, …
After I finished Tractor Quilt #1, I skipped Tractor Quilt #2 and moved right on to Tractor Quilt #3. This quilt is the one that I am gifting to my nephew Case, it needed to get it done faster then the rest. For this quilt, I was up for anything. I shifted through my tubed pieces and found all …
Tractor Quilt Set. Three Quilts in one. Crete a new pattern. A quilt for my nephew, a quilt for my other nephew, and a quilt for a show. All of these thoughts were floating around my head. I had such excitement. This was going to be great!! The sky was the limit. And it was …
I finished this baby quilt just in time for Christmas. It was a gift for Valentina, my nine-month-old niece. You may remember it from past posts like Sugar Pop and Status update. It features fabric by Liz Scott from her Sugar Pop line. I love, love, love it! The colors are so bright and fun. Perfect for a precious …
I am sure you might be tried of seeing this pattern on my blog BUT I’m not. This is the 3rd square off quilt that I made and I just love it. I found this whimsical fabric at Bernina in Las Cruces. California Girl is a collection by Fig Tree from Moda. It was the …
After much cutting, arranging, rearranging, sewing, taping, ironing, pining, sewing, laying-out, pining & more…. I am almost done. At the moment I am machine quilting this cross or plus quilt. I hope to finish that tonight. Before I pined all of the layers together (in preparation for quilting), I marked lines directly on …