Wish Upon a Quilt Blog

We had a such a great time last Saturday at our first Christmas in July event. Thank you so much for your overwhelming support of our event. We appreciate it very much!

 Santa has delivered some great fabric and the Wish staff did a fabulous job on finishing their holiday quilts before the event!  To continue the fun, we would like to know which quilt is your favorite? Post a comment to let us know and we will draw a winner for a 1/2 yard of fabric from your favorite quilt on Monday, July 20th. The Wish employee that made the winning quilt will get a special gift from me as well as bragging rights until next year’s event. 

If you missed our event, we have a special candy cane coupon for you in the shop for the remainder of this week. Stop by and see these beautiful quilts in person and don’t forget your candy cane

First up, two great wallhangings using the Crazy8 by Sandy Gervais for Moda collection.

Crazy 8 Panel Pattern quilted by Janice McSweeny

Brrr Pattern quilted by Dottie Biery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wendy created this beautiful tabletopper using a pattern from the Sizzlin Sixties book and Moda’s beautiful Majestic Yule. For the table runner, also from Majestic Yule, Wendy used the an X Block pattern for the tablerunner and used the Accuquilt Go! to cut the perfect applique pieces for the center.

Sizzlin' Sixtie Table Topper by Wendy DarbyMajestic Yule X Block Table Runner by Wendy Darby

Majestic Yule X Block Table Runner by Wendy Darby

From Nancy Halvorsen’s I Believe in Santa collection, three beautiful projects:

Nancy Kennedy’s quilt on the left used the Shadow Box pattern by Mountain Peek Creations. Cindy Massey used Nancy Halvorsen’s book I Believe to create this great Christmas card holder. One of our customers, Grace Lents, loaned us her quilt for the day from the Believing Tree book.

Believing Tree by Grace Lents

Looking for a quick project? Kris Harris sewed up these stockings and little bag that are perfect for secret pal gifts, gift toppers or hanging on the tree!

Hollie used Moda’s Figgy Pudding by Basic Grey to create this quilt. FREE Pattern here. This beautiful quilt was quilted by Three Bears Quilting.

Figgy Pudding by Hollie Cox, quilted by Three Bears Quilting

For a fresh, fun look this holiday season, here is Swirly Girl’s Perfect Ten pattern using Michael Miller’s Funky Christmas collection. Quilting by Thread Waggle Quilting.

Perfect Ten pattern-pieced by Cathy McKillip and Quilted by Thread Waggle Quilting

Our Cut Up club continues to be so inspiring and fun! Each month we take different pre-cut fabric shapres and turn them into beautiful quilts. We also have show and tell time, giveaways and more. Join us by signing up here.

Our June quilt used a Summer Fun Turnover by Moda and the Belgian Waffles pattern by Happy Zombie.

Nancy's Belgian Waffles in Summer Fun

Jessica's Belgian Waffle

Kathy's Belgian Waffle in Sorbet

Show and Tell…..

Helen's Circle

Helen's Sweet Treat Bag

Jessica's Locker Hooking

Off Your Rocker

This first time quilter took the Off Your Rocker class with Yolanda and finished this great quilt! See more great designs from Emily Cier of Carolina Patchworks here.

Gracie

Gracie brought in this great bowl using the Bali Bowl technique. Our June Bali Bowl class is full, but we have added two more sessions of this popular class in July. Sign up here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sheryl's Soiree

 

Sheryl is using Lila Tueller’s Soiree in this beautiful quilt. I had the opportunity to meet Lila, a new designer with Moda, at Spring Quilt market.  Lila was showing Santorini which will be in stores in September. Of course I bought the entire line, it was irresistible!

Lila Tueller and Santorini

More inspiring quilts….

Jane's Round Quilt

Karen's Tumbling Blocks

Sharon's College Bound

On Point Fun!

Beautiful Scraps!

Lorraine's Baby Quilt

I am happy to be a sponsor of the first ever Bloggers Quilt Festival! This online quilt festival is open to everyone and has some great prizes, including gift certificates to Wish Upon A Quilt, so make sure you enter! Quilt Dad, John, found this great festival so be sure to visit his blog to see his great virtual quilt!

I’m entering this quilt which was my most recent project. I used a brand new pattern called Jewel Box by Janice Pope of Anything But Boring. This is a great pattern using the disappearing nine-patch technique set on point. The pattern is charm pack friendly and quick! I pieced this top in just 2 hours! My fabric selection was Spring Magic by April Cornell for Moda. I love the bright cheery colors. Many of our customers have wanted to make a quilt like this one, so we do have a kit available. What is on your sewing table today?

Precuts are getting more and more attention as those pretty Jelly Rolls, Layer Cakes, Charm Packs, Sweet Boxes and Honeybuns catch our eyes. Wish recently received new orders of Bali Pops, Neptune, and Fresh pre-cuts. Most quilters recognize the convenience of the pre-cuts but some wonder what to do with them. So we are all searching for the great patterns that are labeled for those beautiful Jelly Rolls, Charm Packs, and Layer Cakes. Moda has  several “cheat sheets” that can show you some common ways to cut Layer Cakes and Charm Packs. They also are very good about offering free quilt patterns for their various fabric lines. Don’t feel like you have to be limited to that fabric line. There is nothing to say that you can’t use a different line.

Moda’s Basic Measurements sheet gives estimates on the size of quilt based on the number of Layer Cakes, Jelly Rolls, or Charm packs.

Loose Change by Claudia Plett and Lee Ann Weaver has some great patterns that are adapted to Charm Packs (referred to as nickels in the book), Layer Cakes (referred to as dimes), and Fat Quarters. Some can be completed with Jelly Rolls too. It’s a fun book. More Nickel Quilts by Pat Speth has twenty patterns for quilts made with Charm Packs.

Today, I’ve been playing with the Neptune and Fresh fabric lines in EQ6. Moda is very good about providing down loadable image files that can be imported into EQ5 and EQ6. You can find their latest swatch samples here. I like to play with new fabric lines in EQ because it helps me get a better feel for the different values and texures in the line.

I tried to pick blocks that would be pre-cut freindly. Here’s a selection of some patterns I explored.

Moda has also provided a braided easter basket project sheet. The sample is done in Swank and stitched by hand. I’m thinking you could acheive a similiar look by machine using the Bali Bowl pattern. This would be a great project for the sweet Honeybuns Cathy has in the shop now. Check out Moda’s Bakeshop for more cool projects with pre-cuts.

 So do you EQ? and what are your favorite precut friendly patterns/projects?

The best thing about Wish Upon A Quilt is that we get to share our customer’s excitement when they complete a project. Jessica loved Amy Butler’s Gum Drop Pillows and decided to make one using the Moda fabric 1974 by Urban Chiks. These are so much fun they bring a smile to everyone who sees them! Now I have to find time to make one myself. What are you making today?