Experimenting with WonderFil Threads

Happy Boxing Day!!

I can't believe that Christmas is over for another year! Today we are spending the day relaxing by the fire, watching movies and enjoying the gifts that we received yesterday from our family. Tonight is turkey soup night at the Baker's and tomorrow turkey pot pie (my favourite)!!

This week I am guest blogging on QUILTsocial and once again I am experimenting with WonderFil threads. This week I am using their Eleganza threads to do some wool applique, embroidery and sashiko!! What a nice treat to do some hand stitching after the busy times leading up to Christmas!

Here are some of the previous projects that I have made for QUILTsocial using WonderFil's threads - hope you find something that piques your interest or inspires you to experiment too!!


Tablerunner using WonderFil's Razzle and Dazzle threads:

Hexagon "Back Porch Pillow" with Fruitti threads:

A machine quilting design sampler with Spagetti threads:

A thread painted book cover with Tutti and Konfetti threads:

Fall fusible web tablerunner with Mirage and Decobob threads:

Christmas Tree wall hanging with WonderFil's metallic threads:

As you can see I've had lots of fun in the past experimenting with WonderFil threads - please join me on QUILTsocial this week as I explore more ways to use these wonderful threads!

FREE Bonus Block - New Beginnings Block of the Month

Happy Valentine's Day

FREE Bonus Block

Our Valentine's gift to you is the next block in our Block of the Month program! Click here to download the pattern from Craftsy!

For this block I chose the following fabrics:

My little cardboard markers work awesome for keeping track of the cut pieces when I take them to the sewing machine.

The trick for sewing the triangles onto the centre squares is to have the points of the triangles hang over an equal amount on each side of the square.

When sewing the triangles onto the sqaures, the trick here is to line up the straight edges of the triangle and the square and let the point of the triangle hang over on the other side of the square.

Here are all of my pieces, all ready to assemble into my block.

My finished block is awesome! Download your pattern from Craftsy and join us on our Block of the Month sew-along!!

Free Pattern Download

Check out the free pattern available to download called HAPPY HALLOWEEN on my website http://uppercanadaquiltworks.com/fairfieldroaddesigns/index.html

What I've been up to continued...

So Reason #3 for not posting on my blog for the last few months is that Nellie and I had lots of quilts to make for Camelot Cottons!! At the beginning of February we received a huge box of fabrics from 4 of their new lines - they needed quilts made and patterns written for each. These patterns are offered as free downloads on their website: http://www.camelotcottons.com/ . Here are a couple of the finished quilts.

Aztec Cowboy

Bridgewater

These quilts are now in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to be exhibited in the Camelot Cottons booth at International Quilt Market. We'll have to get Elana at Camelot to take some pictures of their booth so we can see all of our quilts in action!!

September Free Pattern of the Month

Happy Haunting - by Fairfield Road Designs, is our latest free pattern of the month with any purchase from http://www.fairfieldroaddesigns.com/ ! If you place an order through the website, send me a separate email and quote this coupon code: FPOTM02. I will then include this free pattern with your order shipment. Next month we will have another new free pattern available with a new coupon code, so check back regularly.

Free Pattern of the Month - August

As a way to thank my blog readers I have decided to have a monthly special on my website. Each month I will offer a free pattern with every order placed on my website http://www.fairfieldroaddesigns.com/ . The free pattern for this month is "Birds Beware!":
If you place an order through the website, send me a separate email and quote this coupon code: FPOTM01. I will then include this free pattern with your order shipment. Next month we will have a new free pattern available with a new coupon code, so check back regularly.