We Be Stringing Too

Moda's having a String Along and

I'm kind of excited about it.

These are my first few blocks.  

They're made out of my Sweet Violet Fabric line

that will be in shops in February.
It would work well with Lilac Ridge also.

I've never made a string quilt since I usually make appliqué quilts

so this is waaaaay new to me. 

If you want to join the fun and need more information 

you can get it by clicking here.

I'll keep you posted on my progress as I go along.

Come join us.

Merry Day after Christmas

As I'm sure all of you know 

the week before Christmas is

rather hectic.

Sooooo...

instead of posting Sherri's

beautiful but complex block for

Blockheads 2

I decided to have a drawing for 

the Blockheads 1 book

and post 2 blocks for Blockheads 2 

next week.

To enter the drawing for the Blockheads

book simply make an 

"after Christmas" comment

and next week we'll announce who the

Random Number Generator picked.

Good luck and have a great week.  

Meantime, lets go see how many of

the other designers were more organized

than I am (bet they don't live on a farm)

and what they did with Sherri's block.

Lynne of Kansas Troubles
Barb & Mary of Me and My Sister
Brigitte Heitland of Zen Chic
Vanessa of Lella Boutique
Betsy Chutchian
Stacy lest Hsu
Laurie Simpson of Minick & Simpson
Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life
Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings
Corey Yoder of Coriander Quilts
Carrie Nelson of Moda's Cutting Table

Jo Morton of Jo's Quilts probably won't be posting
in Blockheads much except when it's her block
 but you might just want
to drop in and see what she's doing.

If so, click here.

Moda Blockheads 2 - Block #36

Rolling Stone

by Jo Morton

You can go to her blog

to download the pattern 

by clicking here

And as we head into the

week of Christmas

our special for 2 weeks

is the Bible Quilt.

The pattern for the Bible Quilt 

will sell for 1/2 price for 2 weeks.

You can go to the website 

to purchase it by clicking here.

Its the special for 2 weeks because I 

won't be posting a Blockheads block

on the week of Christmas itself but

instead will post 2 blocks the week

after Christmas.  

And from all of us at Jan Patek Quilts we wish you

a Very Merry Christmas.

So now lets go see what the other designers 

have done with the blocks -

Lynne of Kansas Troubles
Barb & Mary of Me and My Sister
Brigitte Heitland of Zen Chic
Vanessa of Lella Boutique
Betsy Chutchian
Stacy lest Hsu
Laurie Simpson of Minick & Simpson
Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life
Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings
Corey Yoder of Coriander Quilts
Carrie Nelson of Moda's Cutting Table

Moda Blockheads 2 - Block #35 is

Gibby

by Laurie Simpson

You can go to her blog to 

download the pattern by

clicking here.

And because this is Blockheads Wednesday

Martingale & Moda are having a free book and

fabric giveaway on Martingale's blog.

Here's the link to go to it. 

http://blog.shopmartingale.com/?p=43842 

This is Tree Dancer

I had some extra Lilac Ridge

fabric and decided to stitch another

Mini Quilt out of it.

You can purchase a kit to 

make one of your own by clicking here.  

It's 15% off this week.

And here's a sneak peak at a 

pillow I'm stitching to go with the quilt.

Now for the really important stuff -

who won the kit for the Moonlight

Serenade Tablestand.

Drumroll - 

And the winner it

Margaret who said

"I love your block.  Excited its a 12" block.  

Thanks Jan.  Your video is very helpful".

Margaret, if you will email Tammy at 

janpatekquiltsinc@gmail.com and give her 

your phone # and snail mail address, we'll

get your kit right out to you.

Now lets go see what the other designers 

have done with Laurie's Block.

Lynne of Kansas Troubles
Barb & Mary of Me and My Sister
Brigitte Heitland of Zen Chic
Vanessa of Lella Boutique
Betsy Chutchian
Stacy lest Hsu
Laurie Simpson of Minick & Simpson
Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life
Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings
Corey Yoder of Coriander Quilts
Carrie Nelson of Moda's Cutting Table

Jo Morton of Jo's Quilts probably won't be posting
in Blockheads much except when it's her block
 but you might just want
to drop in and see what she's doing.

If so, click here.

Moda Blockheads 2 - Block #34

Block #34 is

Basket and Vine by Jan Patek

To download the pattern 

click here.

Usually I make a 2nd block and take pictures 

as I go along to do a tutorial.  

This week however, we have had a blizzard 

which has taken up most of my time.  

And ladies the month of Christmas is upon us.

So instead I'm going to refer you to a tutorial I

did on You Tube on Baskets.

The basket itself is a different shape but the principal

is the same.  And dealing with the basket handle,

stems and leaves is exactly the same.. 

To watch it go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC9gfRDNXKE.

I believe we have already covered circles (berries) and stars

in other blocks.

This is Midnight Serenade - a TableStand (Or Table Top) Quilt.

Each little quilt is really 2 quilts so if it's 

sitting on your table it can be seen from both sides.

This is the front

And this is the back.

Or viva versa.

It's being featured in my book by Martingale 

that's coming out soon.

To celebrate the book - I'm having a drawing for a kit.

Make a comment, any old comment

and I will have the random number generator

pick one to be announced next

Blockheads Wednesday.

Now lets go see what the other designers 

have done with my Basket Block.

Lynne of Kansas Troubles
Barb & Mary of Me and My Sister
Brigitte Heitland of Zen Chic
Vanessa of Lella Boutique
Betsy Chutchian
Stacy lest Hsu
Laurie Simpson of Minick & Simpson
Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life
Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings
Corey Yoder of Coriander Quilts
Carrie Nelson of Moda's Cutting Table