Gratitude and Grace Blog Hop and Giveaway

I am so happy to be the blog kicking off Pat Sloan's new fabric line for Benartex called Gratitude and Grace.  It is a great collection of greens, blues, and oranges (and the plaid prints are fabulous!!).  

Hint, hint - this post is long but there may be a super awesome fabric giveaway at the end...

WELCOME

If you are visiting my blog for the first time, welcome!  I'm Cheryl, a chemical engineer that writes patents during the day and quilts and sews at night.  I live in South Carolina with my husband, two high school aged children, and 4 cats.  

I love the online community and host a yearly free mystery quilt, have an active Facebook group, and create modern traditional quilt patterns.  I hope that you will join me!  You can sign up for my newsletter here to keep up with all of the happenings.

Marble Mystery - my current (and tenth annual) free monthly mystery quilt along.  I even offer a sneak peek of the design :)

CATHEDRAL WINDOW PINCUSIONS USING GRATITUDE AND GRACE FABRICS

Pat asked if we could make something with her fabric and my mind started to think of all of the possibilities, should I make a quilt, bag, or something else?  I decided that I wanted to make something that I could use and see everyday in my sewing room, a pincushion :) 

I used my Cathedral Window Pincushion pattern from my shop and started picking out some fabrics.  I love this pattern because it is charm pack (5" square) and scrap friendly, you only need (3) 5" squares plus some background fabric to make a pincushion.

To celebrate the release of Pat's collection, I am offering the digital Cathedral Window Pattern on sale now through Friday, November 8th for only $9.45 (no coupon code needed).

The Gratitude and Grace fabric collection is now available in shops so check out your local quilt shop or online at the Fat Quarter Shop (they have 10" packs, fat quarter bundles, and 1/2 yard bundles in stock as well as yardages).

Here are each one of the pincushions I made, I love how each highlight the prints from the collection.

QUILT RENDERINGS

I loved Pat's new collection so much that I had to play around with the fabric images to see how it would look in some of my quilt patterns.

Woodshire - throw size  - 2 charm packs or 1 layer cake or 8 fat quarters plus yardages

Wharf Street - throw size - 1 jelly roll or 12 fat quarters

Irish Puzzle - throw size - 2 charm packs or 1 layer cake

GIVEAWAY!!

I want to thank Pat for including me in her fabric blog hop, I had a great time playing with her beautiful fabrics.  I also want to thank everyone that has stopped by my blog hop post!  

If you are new to Meadow Mist Designs, I hope that you will take a few minutes looking around and consider joining my newsletter list (I send out each of the monthly mystery quilt instructions via the newsletter).

The giveaway prize, sponsored by Pat Sloan and Benartex, is a Gratitude and Grace 10" pack (layer cake) and one digital quilt pattern from Meadow Mist Designs (my shop).

The giveaway will end at 10:00 pm on Friday, November 8th EST and is open to everyone worldwide.

Note: if you are reading this post via e-mail or on your phone you might have to click over to the website site to enter.

Gratitude and Grace Giveaway

OTHER TOUR STOPS

Plus be sure to stop by each of the other bloggers in the Pat Sloan's Morrison Park Tour (each with a chance to win fabric or thread)

November 4th - By Annie & Meadow Mist Designs

November 5th - Auriful & Snuggle Bug Stitching

November 6th - Pam Kitty Morning & Fat Quarter Shop

November 7th - Ivory Spring & Pat Sloan

Remember to enter the giveaway and grab your copy of the Cathedral Window Pincushions (they make excellent swap and holiday gifts) for only $9.45.