Wishes Quilt Along

Picture used with permission from Fat Quarter shop

 WISHES fabric collection is designed by the creative team at Sweetwater.
I am sure that when they were creating this fabric line that it would be the
inspiration
 of Fat Quarter Shop's latest quilt along project
supporting the Make a Wish foundation.

This project is special to me because of my youngest brother. He was born with a rare birth defect, Arthogryposis, which is basically shortening of the muscle tissue.  He has very little muscle tissue around his elbow and knee joints.  His entire life he has know nothing other than full leg braces and the ordeal of being different. 

I did grow up seeing the struggles and blessings that families go through.

The help and support for families, especially children, whether  through Scottish Rite Crippled Children's Hospital (which is what brought my family to Dallas) or Make a Wish Foundation or any of the many great organizations is a perfect reason to quilt along.

So I decided this was a Quilt Along that I wanted to be a part of. 

 The blocks are 14" and easy to put together. Each month FQS also has a 

youtube video on how to make the block. Here is a link to block 1. 

Thankfully, my brother is a a feisty, happy and healthy man to this day.
To learn more about the quilt along, visit Fat Quarter Shop.
To make a donation to Make a Wish, visit Kimberly's Quilt-Along-Donation-Page.

Here is info for block 2. Yikes, I am already behind.
To read more about the inspiration behind this project, please visit moda's blog.

enjoy
-modalissa

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Quilt Acronyms

Don't you love quilt retreats? I I do know that I do not get to go on enough of them.

This past weekend one of the gals in my office went on her bi-annual retreat with the same group that she has been retreating with for over 25 years.

She brought this Quilt Acronym game in to work.

 I am sure you have seen this all over the internet but I thought I would share with you here.

An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial components in a phrase or a word. 

These components may be individual letters or parts of words. There is no universal 

agreement on the precise definition of various names for such abbreviations.

Can you fill in the answers above?

Example: BOM- Block of Month

I have included a link to a printable PDF if you want to print it 

and test your fellow quilters knowledge.

Ready for the answers?

Here is link  to the answers .

 I hope you had fun exercising the brain. 

Now get back to quilting.

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Traveling Patch Worldwide Fabric Exchange

 Do you love Dots?

Kim and the crew from Prairie Stitches Quilt Shop have come up with a fun idea. A worldwide traveling fabric exchange to celebrate National Quilting Day, March 15, 2014.

 Kim has done these types of exchanges before. They are the quilt shop that did a massive

 triangle exchange with Edyta Sitar making and exchanging thousands of sewn half square triangles. They definitely have the logistics experience.

This swap is much easier. 

You don't have to sew a thing to swap.

Just send  60- 10" squares of "quilt store quality" fabric to the shop. 

The squares can be cut from one fabric, cut from your stash or an assortment 

of dots as long as it totals 60.

Package each of your squares in a separate envelope and send all 60 to Kim. 

Here comes the fun part..... as if dots are not fun enough.

Write a little note and include it in the envelope introducing yourself or 

just saying hello to a new friend somewhere in the world.

Kim's crew is going to handle all the shipping here and abroad. 

(details about shipping costs on attachment below)

Each person will receive 60 separate "Polka Dot Pal" envelopes.

Once you have all these fabrics, there will be inspiration and projects 

with what to do with your new treasures.

If you are interested in joining the fun, please read the complete set of guidelines, please click here. Must sign up by March 15, 2014.

-modalissa

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Blogger Girls BOM month 2

Today is the day for the second installment of blogger girls block of the month brought to you 

by Monique of Open Gate Quilts.

Blues and whites certainly seem to be the colors of the year. They colors are everywhere including the cover of the pottery barn catalog. 

Indigo, indigo indigo. 

 So I have chosen an upcoming 

collection from Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts for my blocks. 

The line is called Snowbird.

TIP: There are only 2 sizes of triangles used for these blocks. One size is cut on the half diagonally. The other is cut diagonally in half twice. This makes the triangles be cut on the bias going the right direction to avoid stretching, but it also makes them almost the same size. So be careful when sewing them together. It is easy to get them mixed up. Ask me how I know. Yes, I had to redo my blocks.

Here is a link to patterns and the other quilter's Girls BOM blog posts, 

so you can see all the possibilities.

Sorry my post is late.

Thanks to Verizon for fixing my wifi, 

Enjoy,

Modalissa

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