If you want to start the year off making a dent in your scraps bins, Farmhouse Porch is a great pattern to make that happen. I have created a new video tutorial to supplement the pattern to help you in squaring up Granny Square quilt blocks. You can check it out here and get a peek at the pattern!
Read MoreFarmhouse Porch Scrappy Quilt Pattern Coming Soon
Are your scraps
OVER
WHELMING
?
OVER
FLOWING
?
Or
are you
OVER
JOYED with scrappy possibilities
?
My own bins are overflowing with scraps and I've realized my family's favorite quilts are those made with scraps and backed with flannel. I'm making it my mission this year to design more scrappy quilts.
Do you make scrappy quilts? Need to use up some scraps or stash?
If so,
mark your calendar! I have a
new pattern coming out next week
on Tuesday, Jan. 16! I promise it will use up your scraps in a fantastic modern traditional style.
Thank you to all those who helped answer the Scrappy Survey I sent out in my newsletter. 200+ responses! Your answers are going to help me design more scrappy patterns for you this year.
The Results.
- most quilters have a scrappy project or two each year
- love to use up the bitty bits
- want a controlled scrappy design (meaning not completely random - but something to pull all the scraps together)
The
hits all these wants and is available now.
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for the new pattern. Don't miss out!
Chocolatier Sampler BOM Finish
It's always rewarding to get to the end of a Block of the Month program. It feels like such a big accomplishment to get to show off a year's worth of work. This year's Chocolatier finish makes my heart smile. I mean, how could I not love this collection of rainbowy goodness.
Get your copy of the Pattern - it's now available as a sampler (receive the entire pattern all at once) here (PDF or Printed).
The 6" blocks within the LeMoyne Star really shine. They are a great collection of skill builders. With small blocks, they are not as complex as some of my other BOMs. I really enjoyed piecing these. I used RJR's Cotton Supreme Solids to make this quilt - with a just teeny tiny scrappy print thrown in each block. (See the list of skus at the end of this post to replicate this rainbow.)
The scrappy binding completes the rainbow around the quilt.
I backed this quilt in an aqua houndstooth flannel - which means my family will be chomping at the bit to cuddle up in this one this winter. Don't mind those birthday balloons still hanging up from August birthdays at my house! They went perfectly with the rainbow quilt hee hee.
SHOPS: If you are interested in running Chocolatier, please contact me at annemarie@genxquilters.com. I have limited hard copies of this pattern left!
Quilt Stats.
Size: 72" x 72"
Fabric: RJR Cotton Supreme Solids
#217 Hot Pink
#181 Rhododendron
#209 Cantaloupe
#159 Mandarin
#337 Citron
#326 Sunny Delight
#249 Sprout
#347 Grass is a always Greener
#274 Riviera
#354 Horizon
#330 Tickled Pink
#333 Bougainvillea
#356 Moulin Rouge
#110 Red Wagon
#313 Carolina
#251 Anemone
#033 Optical White
#217 Hot Pink
#181 Rhododendron
#209 Cantaloupe
#159 Mandarin
#337 Citron
#326 Sunny Delight
#249 Sprout
#347 Grass is a always Greener
#274 Riviera
#354 Horizon
#330 Tickled Pink
#333 Bougainvillea
#356 Moulin Rouge
#110 Red Wagon
#313 Carolina
#251 Anemone
#033 Optical White
Piecing: Me
Quilting: LAQ Kathy Balmert of Quilty Pleasures, Dublin, OH