Weekend Quilting - Showcase Wrap Up! (lots of stunning Pics in this Post!)

I am completely and absolutely blown away by how amazing all the projects that have been made by my Blogging friends are.  I am so inspired by each of them and then to see how they have taken the patterns from my book - Weekend Quilting and made it their own is breath taking.  I am also, so very humbled at the words they have all written within their posts, the time they have all taken out of their busy schedules and family lives and just how willing everyone was to be a part of celebrating my first book.  

Over the past month 23 Bloggers have showcased the projects they made from the book.  Take a look below at these adorable and inspiring projects made by this very talented group of people I am blessed to call friends:

Lisa from A Spoonful of Sugar

Robyn from The Strawberry Thief

Melissa from Oh How Sweet

Emily from Quilty Love

Samantha from Aqua Paisley Studio

Nadra from Ellis and Higgs

Peta from She Quilts Alot 

Stacy from Stacy Olson Design

Sedef from Down Grapevine Lane

Elizabeth from Quilters Candy Box

Suzy from Suzy Quilts

Amy from Nana Company

Jodi from Ric Rac

Ange from A Little Patchwork

Heather from Quilt Story

Elea from Elea Lutz Design

Lauren from Molly and Mama

Claire from Claire Turpin Design

Jennie from Clover and Violet

Fat Quarter Shop

Alisha from Ministry of Fabric

Minki from Minki Kim's Worktable

I also during the Showcase was busy making a new version of my "Hearts on Fire Quilt".  My older daughter, while I was making the book quickly claimed the Denim and Cotton and Steel version that I was making (I took that as a compliment that a 14year was "baggsing" a quilt I was making).  So for my younger daughter I decided I would make a Liberty version and make it quite different in colour and texture from the original.  

These Liberty fabrics from The Strawberry Thief were just so pretty and the Nude Solid background colour just perfect.  It is no secret how much I adore Liberty fabrics - the prints make me so inspired and I love the colour ways and dainty prints.  

I also used Quilt-Lite for this quilt (made by Vilene) which is a really soft and draped almost flannel like batting.  It is much thinner than regular Cotton Batting and is the perfect summer weight Quilt. I used the shape of the heart as the outline for the Machine Quilting.  I quilted 1.5in apart lines around the whole outside of the heart. Said younger daughter has even used this Quilt so much already it has already been washed.

And that wraps up the Weekend Quilting Showcase!

GIVEAWAY WINNER - thank you to everyone who left a comment in the first post.  The winner of the Weekend Quilting Showcase Prize pack is - Anna Short - email me Anna at tiedwitharibbon@gmail.com and we can get your prize out to you.  

There are also so many wonderful pictures to see over at #weekendquiltingthebook, #weekendquiltingshowcase.

There are still a few copies of Weekend Quilting available in my store or you can also order through Amazon. 

I can't wait to see the projects you also make from my book so please tag me @tiedwitharibbon and #weekendquiltingthebook so I can see what you are making.

Thank you so much again to all the Bloggers who created a project but also to you the readers for being so supportive of my first Book - Weekend Quilting.  It means the world to me.  I have such a great and supportive team behind me at Fons and Porter and they have been such a big part of this journey so also a big thank you to Jodi and Kerry especially.

Happy Quilting

Jemima x x

Blooms Garden Quilt - A Free Pattern

When I wrote the pattern for my Blooms Mini Quilt from my book - Weekend Quilting I knew that I would need to somehow turn this into a larger quilt.  I have been just so in love with this design that I wanted to do something on a bigger scale.

Hence I have come up with the Blooms Garden Lap Quilt and even better - the pattern is free.  This Lap Quilt measures 60in x 60in (153cm x 153cm) and is the perfect way to extend the Mini Blooms pattern into a Quilt for on the couch or for a bed or even a beautiful picnic quilt.  

To make this Quilt you will need a copy of 

Weekend Quilting 

and the pattern which you can download from the link below 

Blooms Garden Lap Quilt.

There are also Acrylic Templates available as well for this project which make tracing out your shapes onto your Fusible Web a breeze. 

This pattern is designed as an extension of the pattern from the book so further tips and techniques can be found in the pages as well as all the detailed instructions to Baste and Bind your Quilt of Weekend Quilting. 

For this Quilt I used a Fat Quarter Bundle of Heather Ross' Sleeping Porch  for Windham Fabrics.  It has the sweetest butterflies and snails and was perfect for this Floral inspired quilt design.  The fabrics too - being Lawn are just so soft and work really well against the White Linen I used for the background fabric.

I love using a Triple Stitch on my machine for Raw Edge Appliqué.  I use really shiny threads to give just a bit of sparkle to the design.

I'd love to see any pictures/posts you make of this Quilt so make sure to tag me @tiedwitharibbon in any pics that you post or use the hashtags #tiedwitharibbonpatterns, #weekendquiltingthebook #bloomsgardenquilt.

Happy Sewing

Jemima x x 

Weekend Quilting Book Showcase and a Giveaway

My first book - Weekend Quilting is finally here after lots and lots of work behind the scenes to make and write the 16 Projects for this book, finally I get to share this with you all.  This really is a dream come true and I am so excited about its release.  I know how busy our lives are, jammed packed with all of the work and family things that need to be done.  I very much wanted to create a book that allowed time to sew and quilt so you could start and finish a project in a short time frame.  

Weekend Quilting has 16 Projects including Lap Quilts, Mini Quilts, Pillow, Table Runners and even a Pennant all designed to be made within a weekend.  There are 8 Techniques involved and help you to grow your skills in quilting and sewing - from 9 Patch's to English paper Piecing to Foundation Paper Piecing - there really is something for everyone.  Beautifully illustrated with hand drawn Watercolour drawings, the book gives you all the instructions, Templates and helpful Tips and Techniques you will need. Weekend Quilting is Published by Fons and Porter.

Over the coming month I have asked some of my favourite and inspiring Blogging Quilters and Sewers to share and Showcase the projects in this book.  Here is the amazing line up and all the dates you can see their projects. You will be seriously blown away by the talent of these people.  You can check out all of them here

Mon 29th May	Lisa Cox - A Spoonful of Sugar Designs
Tues 30th May	Robyn Shapiro - The Strawberry Thief
Wed 31st May	Melissa LeRay – Oh How Sweet
Thurs 1st June	Emily Dennis – Quilty Love
Fri 2nd June	Samantha Dorn – Aqua Paisley Studio
Mon 5th June	Nadra Ridgeway – Ellis and Higgs
Tues 6th June	Peta Peace – She Quilts Alot
Wed 7th June	Stacy Olson –Stacy Olson Design
Thurs 8th June	Sedef Imer- Down Grapevine Lane
Friday 9th June	Elizabeth Chappell - Quilters Candy Box
Mon 12th June	Suzy Williams – Suzy Quilts
Tues 13th June	Rachel Howard - Family Ever After
Wed 14th June	Amy Sinibaldi - nanaCompany
Thurs 15th June	Jodie Carleton – Ric Rac
Fri 16th June	Ange Hamilton – A Little Patchwork
Mon 19th June	Heather Andrus – Quilt Story
Tues 20th June	Elea Lutz – Elea Lutz Design
Wed 21st June	Lauren Wright – Molly and Mama
Thurs 22nd June	Claire Turpin – Claire Turpin Design
Fri 23rd June	Jennie Pickett – Clover and Violet
Mon 26th June	Fat Quarter Shop
Tues 27th June	Alisha Orlando – Ministry of Fabric
Wed 28th June	Minki Kim – Minki Kim Sewing Illustration
Thurs 29th June	Jemima Flendt – Tied with a Ribbon

                          
You can follow along over on Instagram and Facebook as well with the Showcase using the hashtags #weekendquiltingthebook, #weekendquiltingshowcase

Copies of Weekend Quilting are available 
here in my Store 
or through Amazon 

I will also be sewing along making one of the projects.  I wanted to make some of the projects in completely different colour ways to show how different they can be.  The Strawberry Thief were very generous in supplying the Liberty fabrics that I used in the book's projects.  This beautiful bundle of Liberty Classics and Blush Solid are going to be used to make one of my favourite quilts from the book. 

The Blooms Mini Quilt from the Book is made using the technique of Appliqué.  I have designed full size Acrylic Templates to go with this project so that you can make the Blooms Mini Quilt with ease (The book includes the pattern these are an optional addition).  The Templates make for easy Tracing of the Blooms and Leaves for the Project.  They are also versatile so you can use them anyway you choose.  These Acrylic Template Sets are also available to purchase in my Store here.

And now time for a Giveaway.  EDIT - Giveaway now closed!

Lets kick off the Showcase with a Giveaway (EDIT _ GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED) - to be in the running to win this Prize Pack (includes a copy of Weekend Quilting, Planner Card, 4 Aurifil Threads, 3 Tied with a Ribbon patterns, 3 Wyndham Fabrics Charm Packs, 3 Moda Mini Charms, 1 Lecien Mini Charms and a Cotton Reel Pincushion) tell me what you would love to Sew,Quilt or make on the Weekends.  Leave a comment on this Blog post and I will choose 1 winner to receive the Prize Pack above (open worldwide).  You have till Wednesday 28th June to enter and I will announce the winner on my Showcase date - 29th June, 2017.  

Happy sewing

Jemima x 

Latest Pattern Releases

After an extremely busy January with both my girls here on Summer School holidays now that routines have started to return to normal I have had some time in my sewing room to design and make and time at my computer to write.   

Ever since my girls were little they had similar Tooth Fairy Cushions that I designed and made out of Felt.  Well they are now both teenagers and I have finally gotten around to converting this design into a fabric pattern.

Introducing my Tooth Fairy Tooth Cushions.

The pattern for these contain both the Tooth Fairy and Shooting Star Appliqué Patterns.  They have a sweet little pocket for your child to put their tooth into and then a place where the Tooth Fairy can leave their coin/note or trinket.

You can choose your favourite method of Appliqué to make these - whether by hand or machine using any stitches like Raw Edge Appliqué or Blanket Stitch - it is up to you.

This pattern will be a handmade treasure for your little one marking a big milestone in their lives.  Also great to make and gift.  

Tooth Fairy Tooth Cushion pattern is available in my store here 

or wholesale through Creative Abundance.

And here is my second Pattern release for the new year. This is my Pinwheel Posies Table Runner and Table Mats.

How pretty will your Table setting look with this Table Runner and Mats to decorate.  Whether your having High Tea, Morning Tea, a Spring inspired event or just want your table to have a sweet touch of floral.

The pattern comes with the Instructions not only to make the Table Runner but also 2 Mats.

Pinwheel Posies Table Runner and Mats pattern is available in my store here 

or wholesale through Creative Abundance.

Happy Sewing 

Jemima x x