Trish & Birdie Blog Tour

It was a pretty fun email that came unexpectedly inviting me on a blog tour to introduce a new fabric line !

What happened after that was receiving a fat quarter bundle of this delicious fabric, we were asked to make something with it.
This is the collection called 'Trish and Birdie' by Deane Beesley at Sweet Bee Designs
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It is a delightful collection of all things sweet, flowery and full of sunshine.

I thought and thought of what to make. I didn't want to make something that would end up in my closet as the fabric was just too cute! Placemats, tablerunners, wall hangings all ran through my mind. 

As many of you know, I have a bit of an addiction to circles, modern quilting and the drunkards path block.   I decided that the best way to create with this fabric was to combine all of that together. 

Using a template that gave me a 5 1/2" block of drunkards path, I started. 

I pulled out 5 different fat quarters from the bundle and coupled that with some dark grey solid fabric. From there, with no exact plan I began cutting the 2 different parts of the block out using the print fabric.  The solid grey fabric I just used for the 'L' shape piece of the block. 

When it came time to sewing, I simply mixed and matched the pieces together. One tip  I have when sewing drunkards path blocks is start in the middle and stitch out in one direction and then go back to middle and stitch out in other direction. 

When you finish a block, press and trim. 

Then I just started laying them out on my design wall and rearranging until I found something I liked.  

I filled in the spaces with more grey fabric and sewed up the top.

As I was wanting to show off the print fabric and keep it traditionally modern if that is even a phrase, I went with straight line stitching! 

I do love the straight line stitching!

Please be sure to check out the other amazing items made on this tour by such talented quilters!  

@jinabarney

@be_so_crafty

@abrightcorner

@allisonsews

@thelittlegreenbean

@lilyshinecreates

@pipersgirls

@poweredbyquilting

@stephjacobsondesigns

@lovinglylissa

@jackiesartquilts

Thank you so much for the invite Deane!  It sure was fun!

Blog Tour

Are you ready?   I am co-hosting my first every blog tour!   And there is a giveaway at every single stop along the way.  How fun is that.  We are showing off the book Amanda put together filled with 9 projects that each of the design team members made.   It is a totally fun and inspiring palette of patterns.  A simple must have!

Here is how it works.   Listed are the team's blogs, go to their blogs on the date given and enter your name to win something groovy.   A book for sure, and maybe something else too!

Sunday, July 1st: The Quilted Fish 

 & Jana's Blog (pillow tutorial)

Monday, July 2nd: Julie's Blog 

Tuesday, July 3rd: Sally's Blog (snack mat tutorial)

Wednesday, July 4th: Candice's Blog

Thursday, July 5th: Stephanie's Blog (binding tutorial)

Friday, July 6th: Johanna's Blog

Saturday, July 7th: Jackie's Blog  (that's me=)

Sunday, July 8th: Brooke's Blog (centerpiece tutorial)

If you don't win, and I really really hope you do, you can buy the book here.