Autumn Stars

My Autumn Star quilt is finished!

I made quick work of this one with my walking foot and a serpentine stitch.

Autumn Star is one of twenty patterns in The Jolly Bar Book by It's Sew Emma. Jolly Bars are Fat Quarter Shop's exclusive 5" x 10" Moda precut. I highly recommend the spiral bound book because of the numerous stress-free, well-illustrated patterns and economy pricing (under $10).

I used Chestnut Street by Fig Tree Quilts and a chocolate solid for my top, but there are limitless possibilities for this design.

See other patterns from the book by checking out the sew along. If you make your own, share on social media using the #jollybarbook hashtag.

Picture Day

Now that we are a family of five, I've reached an entirely new level of negligence when it comes to taking pictures of the kids. Fortunately, I've made a routine of getting family pictures taken by Jessica Inman a couple times a year. Now my kids won't wonder if I actually raised them, due to the lack of photographic evidence.

Of course, I tend to bring a quilt along. This time, I brought my Summer Breeze quilt (pictured above) made with Pat Sloan's Hometown Girl fabrics for the Fat Quarter Shop's blog hop. Jessica was kind enough to take a few shots of the quilt at the Albuquerque Botanic Gardens where we had our shoot.

Photo by Jessica Inman

Summer Breeze felt right at home with the Farmall tractor. If you're interested in making your own, the pattern can be purchased from Fat Quarter Shop. There's a video tutorial and kit featuring Kate Spain's Latitude batiks available too.

Photo by Jessica Inman

Here I am with my husband Rob, and kids Bryce (7), Linnea (3) and Cade (1). Thanks for humoring my show and tell of the familial variety. 

Photo by Jessica Inman

Quilting Mod Challenge #1

A couple months ago, I issued a challenge to my readers to create a project using Art Gallery Fabrics Round Elements and link up the first week on October. Seven challengers unveiled a broad assortment of beautiful projects. You can see their process shots on social media at the #QMChallenge hashtag.

Melanie of Mostly Crafty is a pro at making flying geese! She used the Heading South pattern by Material Girl Quilts to make a beautiful quilt. It has the perfect backing too! I think it could function in summer too; just turn it upside down, and call it Heading North.

 Jayne from Twiggy and Opal made Get to the Point, a wall-hanging incorporating her free Star Thistle pattern. The geometric quilting compliments the paper-piecing so nicely.

Renee of Quilts of a Feather made Curvy Clutches using the free pattern from Pink Door Fabrics for some appreciated teachers. As a teacher turned stay-at-home-mom, I think this is an awesome gesture.

Betty Cruikshank at Sew What Now made a quilted jacket for one very lucky four year old great granddaughter. I admire this project greatly, as I have very limited apparel-making experience, and an almost four-year-old daughter who would adore such a jacket, if only her mom had Betty's sewist skills.

Sharon at Yellowcat Quilt Designs multi-tasked on the challenge, using blocks from Tula Pink's 100 Modern Quilt Blocks she made as part of the #100Day100Block Challenge with the Shadow Block Mini Quilt pattern from Studio Dragonfly to make this gorgeous quilt.

This table runner was created by Connie of FreeMotion by the River using her Piano Keys pattern, which is available for purchase on Craftsy.

Susan of Super Mom No Cape made a tissue box cover and an adorable Halloween treat bag.

You can check out all the great projects by clicking through the linky below:

An InLinkz Link-up

I had mentioned some prizes. Jayne and Susan won a rainbow bundle of fat quarters.

Betty won a prize bundle featuring all these goodies.

Thanks to all who participated. I enjoyed the wide variety of inspirational projects, and was impressed by each and every one of you!

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