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Happy New Year! (and new patterns!)

2016 is here, can you believe it? Happy New Year!

Although I try to keep Christmastime and the days leading up to it pretty low key in our home, December turned out to be a busy month for us. I traveled to Chicago right after Thanksgiving for the Bernina Ambassador Reunion and learned so much about Bernina, their awesome family and several of their machines.

 

 

I have always loved the Bernina brand and I am so thankful to have had that experience. I love Bernina!!

 

 

Then, a few weeks later, we were off to Long Beach for a few days.

 

 

What a great trip that was!

I did a ton of sewing in December and I'll save those project pics for another post!

For now, I'll leave you with a few new patterns I've uploaded into my etsy shop:

Both the Duke block and the Apple Blossom are 9" blocks and they look great together. Here's an example of a quilt layout you could do with those two blocks.

 

 

In fact, I designed the Duke block for my friend Vicky and several of us made this quilt for her and it turned out fabulous!

I'll try not to be a stranger, xo, Penny

 

 

Scrap Happy Sewing ebook winner...

 

(Isn't this little cloud zip pouch pattern adorable?! The pattern was a freebie in my QuiltCon bag from Cloud9 fabrics. Contact Cloud9 for the pattern.)

 

Congratulations Anita who said

"I love scrappy projects too!  I just love digging into my scrap bins, it brings back happy fabric memories."

You will be receiving your ebook shortly!

xo, Penny

Spring Fever

 

We keep getting glimpses of spring here in the Fort Collins area and it's a welcome change. In a short few weeks, the hummingbirds will be back at my house whizzing around looking for their feeders. In fact, last year they came back mid-April, which is their normal time to return, and a week later we had a huge snowstorm. I have no idea how they survived the 20 degree nightly temps for a few days and the feet of snow we got, but they did! They are hearty little guys!

In anticipation of spring, Kerry and I have just released a new Sew-Ichigo pattern set called "Spring Fever".

 

 

In the set you will find a chaffinch, a hummingbird, a swan, a tall and short tulip, and a spring chick. You can buy the patterns as singles, or as a set. Kerry has done a nice pattern background post on her blog here if you are interested! 

Happy Spring to you!

xo, Penny

 

Post QuiltCon Beachball

 

I don't even know what to say about QuiltCon except it was fantastic. I taught classes 3 days and the students were exceptional. Here's a shot from one of the classes for my sewing organizer project out of my book The Paper Pieced Home.

There were at least 3 students that took this class that had never paper pieced before. I was amazed!

 

Now that I'm home, I'm taking a bit of time to work on a couple of quilts that I want to make just because. First up, a Beachball quilt (one of my patterns out of Essential Guide to Modern Quilt Making)

 

Since I designed this quilt almost 2 years ago, I've wanted to make it. I'm thrilled the time is now!

Happy Monday to you!

xo, Penny

 

 

Congratulations Elsa!

 

For winning the Benartex Manly quilt kit bundle! I mailed it off to you today!

And thank you so much to everyone who commented on the Manly Quilt post, I wish I could have picked more than one winner!

 

Here's a little eyecandy, a saucepan from my book.

 

 

Happy Monday to you!

Penny