Fat Quarter Shop - Color Me Happy Giveaway Winner

It's time to announce the winners of the Fat Quarter Shop - Color Me Happy Fat Quarter Bundle!

The winner is..

Tierney!

Tierney please send us your address so we can get your prize sent to you.

Thank you to everyone who entered.

© Blog post written by Julie Herman

For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

It's a color me happy kind of day - with a giveaway!

Disclosure time: This is a sponsored giveaway by Fat Quarter Shop 

Who's up for a giveaway today?!?!?

When the crew at Fat Quarter Shop contacted me to let me know that Mini Disco had been chosen as the March pattern of the month, I was beyond excited! 

I love working with the Fat Quarter Shop, and Mini Disco has been so well received (she's so much fun to make!), I was happy dancing around the studio. 

My Robert Kaufman Kona Solids Sunrise charm pack scraps from the Mini Disco cover sample.

Here are a few of your Mini Disco quilts!

You can share more of them using #Jaybirdmini

So of course when they asked if we could do a giveaway to mark the occasion, I picked Vanessa Christenson's Color Me Happy fat quarter bundle!

And then I found a few #ColorMeHappyFabric posts that were too good not to share:

What sewing or quilting projects color you happy? Tell us about them in the comments for a chance to win that V & Co fat quarter bundle.

Details on how to enter the giveaway are below.

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The Rules

1. Leave ONE comment to enter. Make sure your contact info is in your profile or that you leave it in the comment.

2. What sewing or quilting projects color you happy?  How do you find your quilting joy?

3. Comment entries must be left on this blog, www.jaybirdquilts.com, to be valid. Comments sent via E-mail, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any other social media will not be counted.

4. Simple as that!!

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You have until 9PM PST time Friday, March 7th to enter!

Winner will be selected by True Random Number Generator.

Giveaway now closed. Winner announced soon.

© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

Your #ToesInTheSandQAL photos - A year in the making!

My Toes In the Sand Block of the Month book hit store shelves just over a year ago. Toes in the Sand is my love letter to California. Each block is named for a beach along the California coast. 

And now that the folks who signed up early for a #ToesInTheSandQAL are finishing up their quilts, I thought it would be fun to see what everyone has made over the course of this past year. If you shared your blocks, tops or quilts using #ToesInTheSandQAL, you just might spot your work below!

Let's take a scroll to see what everyone has been sewing and quilting.

Baker Beach

Santa Barbara

Venice Beach

Sonoma Coast

Torrey Pines

Santa Cruz

Pebble Beach

Santa Monica

Long Beach

Hermosa Beach

La Jolla Cove

Big Sur

Some finished tops & quilts:

Thank you so much to everyone who shared their pictures! It's been wonderful to see your fabric selections and your progress along the way. The Toes in the Sand Block of the Month Design is available for purchase. You can ask for it at your favorite local and online quilt shops.

What have you loved about the #ToesInTheSandQAL? Are you a fan of Block of Month projects and programs?

© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

SewDown aka SnowDown...

I travelled to Portland, OR, on Friday, February 7, to teach at The Modern Quilt Guild's weekend sewing retreat SewDown. Turns out, I brought a snow storm with me!

I always travel with a quilt & a pillow. This is a scrappy Chopsticks quilt that Jessica gave to me.

I taught my Sidekick Sampler class. The focus of the class is cutting and piecing blocks using my Sidekick ruler. I had shipped my class kits and supplies to arrive when I was due to make it into Portland, but the snow storm had other plans for class supplies...

Amazing wonder woman that she is, Valori Wells saved the day with a suitcase full of fabric that my students used to make their blocks...

And they made beautiful Night Sky blocks with Valori's new Blueprint Basics line from Robert Kaufman. 

Kathy from Pink Chalk Fabrics made her first block for her Northwest Night Sky quilt.

Valori Wells presented "Life of a Fabric Design."

Violet Craft & Valori Wells LOVE these women.

uh oh...

It was OK. It made for a great day to sew...

Bill Volckening's lunch lecture, "Masterpiece Quilts: Modernism in American Patchwork, 1810 to 1970."

Thank you to my students, friends and the MQG for a great weekend in Portland, no matter the weather!

© Blog post written by Julie Herman

For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/