Exciting news..."BOO-ville" Mystery Scrap-a-long starts soon!

 Hey quilters...hope y'all are having a great week. I'm excited to share that I'll be sharing another fun mystery scrap-a-long with y'all. "BOO-ville" features the fun new collection Boo Bash by Lumin Fabrics/Island Batik and Ghost Town by White Owl Textiles also a division of Lumin fabrics. I always wanted to design a fun Halloween quilt, and this collection inspired the design. I've been dropping some hints on my Instagram page so you may already have an idea of what's soon to be happening. I used Boo Bash 10" precuts and made the design very pre-cut friendly for beginners. I'll be dropping clues along the way so please keep following. This will be a fun lap size quilt, but you can easily enlarge just by adding more borders if desired. I designed the quilt in EQ8 and honestly, I'm not that far ahead of y'all. I've also been working on a fun suprise that I'll be sharing soon as well. I'ts been a fun month...celebrating "summerween" with my daughter's family but it's back to the sewing room for me. I've listed below the supplies that I'm using so you can join in on the fun anytime. I thank y'all so much for following a long with me on my sewing journey. Talk soon!

Blessed Quilting from My Home to Yours,

Cat

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"BOO-ville" supplies...

* Boo Bash 10" precuts by Lumin Fabrics

* Fundamentals Ghost Town 5" squares by White Owl Textiles

* !/2 yrd each of Black, Eggplant & Pumpkin batiks by Lumin fabrics

* Aurifil 50# thread 2692, 2582, 2235

* Accuquilt GO! 2" Letters die & 2" Numbers and symbols die

* Pellon 987F (my favorite fusible)

* Oliso iron ( my fav for perfect pressing)

* Brother sewing machine and sewing supplies

* You will need backing fabric and batting depending on your size.

Note...more supplies will be listed a long the way at stages :-)

Love it when a vacation turns into a sew-cation!

 Hey quilters...hope y'all are having a week. I'm having a mini vacation that has turned into a sew-cation with my daughter. I love being with my family...cooking for my grandson brings me joy. I've been able to shop local at quilt shops with my daughter. I love seeing the new fabric lines in person, It's like walking into a candy store for me. Spending time in a quilt shop brings back sweet memories of teaching my daughter to sew and quilt when she was young. Things have changed a bit and quilting has really evolved but in an exciting way. There are so many resources to really challenge yourself to a new level in sewing and quilting. My summer challenge to y'all is to take a child into a quilt shop to explore all the possibilities and watch how creative they become. Yes...it can be a bit over whelming but trust me the reward of seeing a child get inspired is the best feeling. In fact, seeing the new Halloween fabric line by Lumin fabrics and White Owl Textiles inspired me to make a fun spooky trivet for my daughter while visiting. The fabric prints and color ways are sew fun that I even found coordinates while shopping at another local quilt shop. That's what I call multi-tasking in my mind :-) I also used her "Multiple Size Half-Hexagon Ruler" by Marti Michell. I had a blast using this template. It's clear so I was able to fussy cut around the spider web design on fabric then add stip piecing with the coordinating fabrics. I did fun accent quilting around the center design then created my own spider web quilting on the border. I love it when fabric inspires creativity all by walking into a local quilt shop. Wishing y'all a great 4th of July weekend and check back soon for another fun "Teach the kiddos 2 sew this summer project." Thanks so much for following!

Blessed Quilting from My Home to Yours,

Cat

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