Ma Maison at the Moda Bake Shop

EDITED:  It seems like the tutorial has not posted on the Moda Bake Shop yet due to a scheduling error.  Once the tutorial is published on the MBS, I will link to it from here.

I am very excited to have another Moda Bake Shop tutorial posted today, please hop over and check out Ma Maison. Thank you to all who are visiting from the Bake Shop!

My goal for this pattern was to expand off of my Brick Border pattern that was part of the Trifle Quilt-a-long at the Moda Bake Shop.  I made a lap sized quilt using one jelly roll of the Petite Prints Deux collection by French General (along with some background yardage). This is a very beginner friendly pattern which comes together very quickly with almost no seam matching.

I had a lot of fun quilting this quilt.  I used a meandering feather in the sashing and a diagonal cross-hatch pattern in the brick rows.  

I had originally called this pattern Yellow Brick Road, but then discovered that was already the name of a very popular pattern.  Many thanks to Stephanie of Late Night Quilter who suggested the new name of Ma Maison.  I also want to thank Paige of Quilted Blooms for reviewing and helping to improve the pattern so much.

One of things I love best about quilt design is playing with the effect of color and fabric have on the overall look to the quilt. Here is Ma Maison rendered in three different popular Moda collections.

Ma Maison in Hello Darling by Bonnie and Camille (I love this collection!)

Ma Maison in Tucker Prairie by One Canoe Two

A holiday version of Ma Maison in Winterberry by Kate and Birdie

This quilt is going to be gifted to a co-worker who has had a tough year heath and family-wise.  I think that quilts are hugs made of fabric and I hope that my co-worker feels my hug when she gets this.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I am linking up to Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts, Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation, WIP Wednesday @ Freshly Pieced, Link a Finish Friday, Whoop Whoop Friday, Thank Goodness Its Finished Friday, Finish It Up Friday, Fabric Frenzy Friday, and Show Off Saturday @ Sew Can She.

Building Blocks quilt variation by Shari from Bear Creek Quilting Company

Shari, the owner of the Bear Creek Quilt Company and one of my sponsors, was kind enough to offer to test and review my pattern Building Blocks that was posted over at the Moda Bake Shop earlier this week.

Shari made her version over the winter holiday using Somerset by Fig Tree & Co by Moda.  She used a more complex middle block adding a fussy cut flower print and a small border.  Shari also added extra print strips and charm square strips to the top and bottom of the quilt to bring it from the original baby size to a nice lap size.  I love her changes and the resultant quilt top! 

Thank you so much Shari for testing the pattern for me and allowing me to share your wonderful quilt top!

By the way, the Bear Creek Quilting Company just announced its new Block of the Month, Aura Morning Glory starting in February and just got in a fat quarter bundle of all of the new 2014 Kona colors (I am drooling just a little over this one).

Happy Quilting!

Building Blocks at the Moda Bake Shop

I am very excited to have another Moda Bake Shop tutorial posted today!!! Please hop over and check out Building Blocks. Thank you to all who are visiting from the Bake Shop!

I love all of Bonnie & Camille's fabric collections so I was incredibly excited to get to play with their new line Daysail.  I especially love the dark blues in the line, the are so rich and saturated.  

From my survey during the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day I found that many many people had trouble deciding what to with the charm packs they had hanging out in their sewing rooms.  For the pattern, my goal was to create a fun and beginner friendly quilt that uses only 1 charm pack.

The quilt is actually pieced as one large court house block with a center square and a number of borders.  The center square is also perfect to personalize using an appliqued or embroidered name.

I used a different quilt pattern for each of the types of borders:

In the center, I quilted pebbles using a white thread.  For the background borders, I quilted straight lines using a white thread.  For the charm square borders, I quilted a wood grain pattern using a light gray thread.  For the print borders (the dark blue boat print), I quilted a stipple pattern using a dark blue thread.

I hope you hope over to the Moda Bake Shop to check out the quilt and tutorial :)

I am linking up to Link a Finish Friday, Whoop Whoop Friday, Thank Goodness Its Finished Friday, Finish It Up Friday, Fabric Frenzy Friday,  Sewjo @ My Go Go Life, and Show Off Saturday @ Sew She Can.

This was also my January goal for ALYoF  Here was my January goal setting post.