Fellow Quilters,
What’s under your needle today? After months of being away from my sewing space, I am itching for some quilting therapy. Today is Day 2 of a long weekend here in Canada as we celebrate our country’s birthday (officially tomorrow). It also happens to be quite cool and cloudy, with a threat of rain – sounds like the perfect excuse to hunker down in my sewing space! And I’ve got a fresh new project to boot! Let me tell you about it 😊
A couple years ago, I participated in Jen Shaffer’s Monthly Color Challenge by blogging about one of the monthly blocks. Jen of Patterns by Jen, or PBJ for short, has been running this free program for several years – each month she designs a 12” block and provides the instructions for it for free for that month. Once the month is over, the instructions are $1, a reasonable price for well-written instructions. There is a yearly theme – it was veggies the last time I participated. Late last Fall when Jen announced this year’s challenge, I signed up to blog for a month (August), then promptly put it in the back of my mind.
I popped onto the Patterns by Jen site a couple days ago to re-acquaint myself with the challenge and check out the blog posts to date. (By the way, while scanning Jen’s blog, I also saw her terrific post from June 20 on decoding quilt patterns (or how to pre-read a pattern before starting a project) – some excellent tips!)
FIGO’s new Stash collection, coming in August
I was very pleasantly surprised by the 2024 MCC – Jen’s posts include lots of colorful photos, cool trivia about colorful fish, and the monthly patterns also include a link to a how-to video. Inspired, I perused the new collections at my favorite quilt shop (Northcott’s warehouse 😊) and selected the brand spanking new Stash blender program from FIGO, Northcott’s modern division, and some coordinating background fabric from Serenity. I printed off the first 6 months of patterns (newsflash! – the June pattern is free until tonight). Armed with fabric and patterns, I’m now heading down to my “space” for a few hours. Happy me 🙂
My stash of Stash, some background fabric and the first 6 months of MCC patterns – the fun starts now!
Stay tuned for photos of my progress and please join me on this fun monthly challenge. Pop over to the MCC site now to get the links to the patterns and let’s make something fun 😊.
Cheers,
Patti
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