July New Beginnings Block now available

New Beginnings Block of the Month

Happy Canada Day!! The July block for our New Beginnings Block of the Month program is now available on Craftsy!! This block is the ninth block for our quilt - check out Craftsy to see all of the rest - two of which are FREE bonus blocks!!

July Block - New Beginnings Block of the Month

For this block, my accent fabric is this awesome orange batik - I just love it!!

The teal batik that I used for the centre is so amazing!

Here it is - my finished July block!

July Block of the Month

Make sure that you download the General Directions on Craftsy so you can get started and be sure to upload you finished blocks so that we can enter your name into our draw for a free Northcott Quilt Kit. The more blocks you enter, the better your chances to WIN!!

General Instructions for New Beginnings BOM

It's Been a Slice - Layer Cake Quilt

On Thursday I finished teaching my "Sliced Layer Cake" class at Taylor Sewing Centre and I just LOVED how all of my students' projects were coming along. It's so fun to see how my pattern can be made in five other colour schemes!!

Here are some pictures of my students' works in progress:

Assorted sewing themed fabrics cut into 10" squares

Lovely greys and taupes = a present for a grandson

A beautiful batik quilt

Reproduction fabrics

This one is going to be a queen sized quilt when finished

Donna has asked if she could take my sample with her to the Ottawa Quilt Show next weekend, so I have published my directions for the quilt into a pattern - "It's Been a Slice".

I've also just added this pattern to my Craftsy site, so you can check it out there!! ePatterns are so great because you get them immediately AND don't have to pay shipping.

I can't wait to see the finished projects from my students. I hope they send me pictures of their finished "It's Been a Slice" quilts. Seeing the ones they were working on makes me want to start another layer cake quilt!!!

New Beginnings Block of the Month - February

I've just added the pattern for our February Block to Craftsy! Click here to go to the pattern. I am really enjoying making these blocks and really love the way the batiks look!

February BOM

Close-up

 I made these little cardboard tags so that I could show you which fabric I used for which Fabric # in the chart in the pattern.

Here are the January and February blocks - they are looking awesome!! Please check out our Craftsy page and join our BOM program. For every block you make and post the picture on Craftsy, your name will be entered into our draw to win a COMPLETE QUILT KIT from one of our Northcott Patterns!!

Mountain View pattern

Nellie and I have been VERY busy this summer!! Our latest pattern for Northcott, Mountain View, has just been added to our Craftsy Pattern Store!!
This pattern uses Northcott's Stonehenge Aspen Ridge panel and co-ordinating fabric so it is super easy and quick to sew together!!

 Here it is - the finished project!! Look for this pattern and fabrics at your local quilt shop and check out all of our downloadable patterns on our Craftsy site.