"Curve it up" QAL

Let's talk "Curve it up" QAL!!  

For those of you that participated, how are your blocks coming along??

Helen finished her "Curve it up" Quilt Top last week and it looks fantastic!

 Here are a few more finished tops!

 Charlotte Peterson @ Enchanted Quilting

MStohr

 Retired to Quilt

 Laura's

My Top

Aren't these just awesome!  Helen and I want to challenge you to finish your "Curve it up" quilt top by July 1st!!  We will create a "Curve it up" Mosaic of all the finished tops and post them on my blog the first week in July!  If you have a Flickr account, be sure to share your quilt tops on the "Curve it up" QAL Flickr Group. 

If you don't have a Flickr Page, you can email me a picture of your quilt top to jennypedigo@comcast.net and that way I can include it in the "Curve it up" Mosaic. 

What do you get if you finish your "Curve it up" Top by July 1st??  A chance to win three "Sew Kind of Wonderful, QCR Patterns!  

The "Curve it up" block tutorials will be removed from the internet in a couple of weeks, so be sure to download any pdf's of your unfinished blocks!

...okay, so.... stop bloggin and get back to those "Curve it up" blocks!!

Remember....we need some finished quilt tops by July 1st!

~Jenny and Helen~

Fun Interview with Pat Sloan!

Listen to Pat Sloan and I talk today!

4 pm eastern time.

Click here to listen.

~Jenny and Helen~

Medallion QAL

I chose my fabrics last night for the "Medallion QAL".  I'm doing 16 different prints for my Medallions.  I'm using 11 prints from Ty Pennington's line and added 5 prints from my stash.

I can't wait to get started!

Just one more day for the "Medallion Sale"!

There have been a few of you that can't checkout on our website and it shows your cart is empty.  If this is happening to you, the browser you are using is putting a "block" on our website.  Try "activating" the block or try another browser.  We are so sorry if you are having issues.  If you still can't check out than just email Helen or I and we can come up with another solution for you.

We've also started a Flickr Group!  Click here to join!  Can't wait to see what fabrics everyone chooses to use!

~Jenny and Helen~

Medallion Sale!

We are super excited to host the Medallion QAL!!  Looks like we will have some good participation....so first things first and that is a 3 day sale over at Sew Kind of Wonderful!

 

Remember to put the discount code MEDALLION in before checkout!

You will need the Quick Curve Ruler to participate in the "Medallion QAL".  

This quilt will measure at 52" x 64" when finished.  We will offer a free tutorial for this block design and the QAL will start Monday, July 1st and will go for 2 months.

Here are the fabric Requirements:

Print fabric:  (16) 6" x 20" rectangle (required for 1 medallion) 

 -or-

6 fat quarters (you will get three medallions out of 1 fat quarter)

Gray curves:  2 yards

White outside fabric:  3 yards

...and of course a fun button to add to your site!!

 Let us know if you have any other questions?

Jenny and Helen

Metro Medallion ~ QAL...maybe??

I've loved this block ever since I came up with it and now I even love it more!

I think this second version is really going to show off the medallion!  

After I put this together....I got really excited to put the next one together and thought maybe you would want to share my same excitement and put one together yourself...along side of me!!

I guess...that means a summer QAL.  What do you think?  It's a super easy block to put together and it would also mean you would have to pull out that Quick Curve Ruler!!

We will be offering a free tutorial for this block and if we can get 100 people to say they will be joining the "Medallion QAL" then we will host the QAL and will run a sale on our website for the ruler and patterns, starting next week!

....so do we have any takers??

Jenny and Helen

Metro Medallion

Life has been crazy busy lately and I've really missed blogging!  I love it so much!  My mom even asked me yesterday if everything was okay....because she noticed I hadn't blogged lately.....so this is for you mom!  Love you mom!

I've had this darn quilt done for over a year now.

Why I haven't quilted it yet?? ...and why I haven't written a pattern yet??

I fell in love with this design and at the time wanted to make a quilt using this color combination.  

I did the diamonds kinda funky...easy for me, but I'm not sure pattern worthy??

...so what I'm getting at, is although I love the design and love...love...the medallion looking shape in the design, I'm not sure this quilt gives it justice.

....so I'm going to re-do it in these fabrics by Ty Pennington...

....which I think will really show off the medallion.  I'm going to eliminate the diamonds and I think the quilt will take on a totally different feel and look!

I plan on cutting it out this weekend.  It's a super easy quilt to put together!!

We recently put in a "Sports Court" for the kids....the kids have had a blast playing basketball on it and we also have it set up for a pickle ball court!  Jared and I played against Brittany and Taylor the other day.....5 straight games in a row.  We won all the games.  We are a very competitive family and our two older kids were determined to beat us...maybe next time!  ;o)

~Jenny~

Metro Hoops

Malini was one of our testers for the "Metro Hoops" quilt. 

I really love how her quilt turned out and she also gave us some really good tips and advice on this pattern.

She had 4 blocks left over.  Perfect for a pillow or wall hanging.

Love how she quilted it too!

Thanks for testing this for us Malini!

 

~Jenny and Helen~

Jodi's Beautiful Quilt

I quilted this quilt up for Jodi right before my computer crashed and was lucky I didn't download these pictures yet! I've been anxiously waiting to share these with you and knew it was okay after seeing Jodi's post on it today.  Congrats to her, this quilt pattern is available in the latest issue of "Quilt It", a quilting magazine!

I believe this quilt was the first Jodi had ever sent out to be longarm quilted and I didn't want to disappoint her.  I think she liked how it turned out.  Her husband liked it and that's always a good sign.

   

I wanted the quilting to have a partriotic feel to it, I like the scallops around the border.

I always love to add some curves to my quilting, I think they accentuate straight lines really well. 

Jodi had mentioned she likes feathers, so I knew I wanted to add some feathers.

I wanted to keep the quilting simple in the red/blue print fabric.  I did some straight line quilting and it wasn't the easiest...I had to start and stop quite a bit....but it's exactly what it needed and I'm happy with it!

I met Jodi at Quilt Market this last weekend.  She really is an amazing and talented quilter.  I loved this quilt!  It was a hard one to let it go.

~Jenny~

    

Portland Quilt Market

Quilt Market was so much fun and always overwhelming!

We were only there for a couple of days, but I think that's all baby Ty could handle anyway.

Here's a couple of pics of our Schoolhouse presentation with Checker.

 

We made some great story boards explaining how the Quick Curve Ruler works.  We also showed all of our quilts.  It was lots of fun and went really fast!

I was so occupied with my baby that I didn't even think about taking pictures this time....wish I would have, because I met so many great people and saw so many great booths!

We just got a couple of pictures.  Here is one of Helen and I standing in front of some "totally", "radical", "awesome", "get out of here" fluorescent quilts!

...and here is Judi and I

Judy is an amazing person and I wish I could have spent more time with her, but I'm glad we got this picture taken of us!

We left Saturday morning and I could have easily spent another day!  It was fun having a baby and all the attention he got.  I only saw 2 other babies while I was there.  Lot's of mom's, dad's and grandparents missing there little ones.

Ty is just over 3 months now...

...and loves to smile!
 
 ~Jenny~

   

    

Metro Patterns Available!

Couldn't wait till tomorrow!!

The Metro Patterns are available for purchase!  

You can find Metro Waves, Metro Hoops and Metro Rings at sewkindofwonderful.com.

The PDF's are available for immediate download and the paper patterns will be shipped out on Monday.   

All Sew Kind of Wonderful patterns are designed to be made using the Quick Curve Ruler.  A fun, fast and easy approach to sewing curves!

Jenny and Helen 

"Curve it up" Finished Top!

I'm so excited!  I got my "Curve it up" top done and couldn't wait to post pictures of it!  Not the best lighting and the colors are a little off....but I couldn't wait.

Okay all you "Curve it up" quilters, has this inspired you to finish your blocks and quilt top?  I hope so! 

~Jenny~ 

"Metro"...here we come!!

Since releasing the Quick Curver Ruler about a year and half ago, the number one request has been "You should do up a Double Wedding Ring Pattern"!!  Helen was asked the same request too, so we started playing around with the idea.  That was last October and 6 months later I am happy to say "Metro Rings" along with "Metro Hoops" and "Metro Waves" are being printed right now!

My talented friend Andrea did the photography and like always did an amazing job!

There were also some great quilters that tested these patterns for us.  I woke up to a special treat this morning from Jennifer.  She tested "Metro Rings" for us and used a "Happy Go Lucky" Jelly Roll by Bonnie and Camille.  

Isn't this fantastic!  I love it so much!  I love the red and aqua setting triangles.  This is officially the 2nd Metro Rings quilt done up and Jennifer did a fantastic job!  

...and just in case your wondering, the patterns will be available for purchase this coming Thursday at sewkindofwonderful.com and if you've never made a sewkindofwonderful pattern, each pattern is made using the Quick Curve Ruler.  A fast and easy approach to sewing curves!!

Have a wonderful day and Happy Mother's day!!

~Jenny and Helen~ 

  

Mother's

I had to share this very touching video on Mother's today.

 

Kathy's Curved Sashing Tutorial

I have met some amazing people through blogging and Kathy@Tamarack Shack was one of the first blogs I followed.  Kathy is an amazing longarm quilter and a smart quilter also.  She took my border/sashing concept for the "Curve it up" blocks and made it so you wouldn't have a seam running through the oval or the diamond! 

Here is Kathy's diamond and oval sashing (without seams).

Beautifully done Kathy!

You can follow her tutorial here.

~Jenny~