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“Harry Loves Alice” has Another Block Revealed

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“Harry Loves Alice” 2019 Block of the Month Quilt. An Original Design by TK Harrison, Owner of BOMquilts.com“Harry Loves Alice” 2019 Block of the Month Quilt. An Original Design by
TK Harrison, Owner of BOMquilts.com




I have had SO MUCH FUN making this quilt! 🙂 If you’re not making it, I hope you’re at least downloading and/or printing the patterns, so that you can make them sooner than later!

"Harry Loves Alice" 2019 Free Block of the Month Quilt from BOMquilts.com. Block #4 – Whirlpool..Block #5 – Whirlpool

This block was revealed on May 20, 2019 and it’s a really great lesson in making more half-square triangles (HST). This whole quilt is full of HST so if you’re not so good at making them beforehand, you should become quite accomplished, by the time you’re finished with “Harry Loves Alice”. If you’re already an accomplished HST maker then here’s your chance to perfect your HST craft!




Please enjoy the free patterns at BOMquilts.com! They’re never removed from my sister-site unless the links no longer work. There’s a whole lot of free patterns on that website just waiting for you to find! 🙂

“Harry and Alice” Block #2 Revealed!

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I sure hope you’re following along and making my “Harry Loves Alice” 2019 block of the month (BOM) quilt from my sister site, BOMquilts.com!

"Harry Loves Alice" 2019 Free Block of the Month Quilt and Pattern designed by TK Harrison
It’s a great lesson in half-square triangles (HST’s) ! Whether you’re a beginning quilter, wanting to learn how to get more experience in piecing HST’s, this quilt is the perfect way to brush up on your skills. If you’re a more advanced quilter, there’s nothing easier than HST’s to whip up quickly and painlessly, so this quilt will go together rather quickly for you!

"Harry Loves Alice" 2019 Free Block of the Month Quilt from BOMquilts.com. Block #2 – Girl’s Favorite.Block #2 – Girl’s Favorite

This is one of *my* favorite quilt blocks to make, too! 🙂 Especially with all of the different fabrics that come in the “Harry Loves Alice” fat quarter bundle from Abbi May’s Quilt Shop. Just look at the way the stars & flowers and blues & navy play off of each other! With that punch from the creamy, dreamy stars fabric thrown in to break up the tonals of the combination of fabrics. Makes my quilty heart just sing for joy!!!




It’s not to late to get started on your own “Harry Loves Alice” BOM quilt! Come on, you know you’re just itching to add a quick quilt block to your monthly agenda, I can tell you are waiting for just that! 🙂 Would love to have you join me in making this adorable lap quilt that you can call all your own!

“Harry Loves Alice” Block #1 Has Been Revealed!

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I couldn’t let you forget “Harry Loves Alice” now could I? Nope, not a chance of that happening anytime soon! 😉

“Harry Loves Alice” 2019 Block of the Month Quilt. An Original Design by TK Harrison, Owner of BOMquilts.com & QuiltTherapy.com

“Harry Loves Alice” 2019 Block of the Month Quilt. An Original Design by
TK Harrison, Owner of BOMquilts.com

This entire quilt is a basically a lesson in half-square triangles. For those more advanced quilters, it’ll give you the opportunity to perfect your craft. For beginning quilters, sewing these quilt blocks together should help you see that they’re not as difficult as they appear. In fact, I suggest that you start out by making the first THREE (3) quilt blocks out of your scrap stash, just to see how well you can hone your half-square triangle craft. Once you feel you know how to put half-square triangles together, then make the quilt blocks again using the fabrics from your AbbiMays.com quilt kit 😀 or the fabrics you picked out to make this quilt.

The fabric requirements for “Harry Loves Alice” quilt were posted on January 20th. The first quilt block was posted on February 20th.

"Harry Loves Alice" 2019 Free Block of the Month Quilt from BOMquilts.com. Block #1 – Clay’s Choice.“Harry Loves Alice” Block #1 – Clay’s Choice

How can you resist those luscious, bright & bold fabric colors? Admit it, you can’t! 🙂 Dash on over to AbbiMays.com and put one of these quilt kits in your basket. Who knows? You may find one or two (or five or ten) more items in her online shop that you just can’t live without!

 

“Harry Loves Alice” has Launched!

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The first installment of “Harry Loves Alice” was posted this week!




“Harry Loves Alice” 2019 Block of the Month Quilt. An Original Design by
TK Harrison, Owner of BOMquilts.com
Come sew some fun with us throughout 2019 with another adorable fabric collection that brings out the best in quilty love!

I hope you’ll be joining me in making this lovely, eye-candy lap quilt! It consists of 11 installments, including the fabric requirements, nine quilt blocks and the finishing instructions.

It’s sponsored by the bestest woman 🤗 with the biggest heart ❤️ that I’ve met over the years. OH, did I forget to mention that she happens to have an online quilt shop, and a brick & mortar one too? 😳

Abbi May's Fabric Shop ~ Always Open at https://abbimays.comLinda has been sponsoring my block of the month quilts (along with many other quilts and quilt projects) since 2006!!! ☺️




In fact, I helped Linda launch her first online website. There’s a reason my kids called me the “Quilt Designing Computer Geek!” Prior to that, she was selling her quilt fabric on eBay. For the first year, she continued to sell her fabric on eBay, as well as on her new Abbimays.com website. By the end of that first year, she was able to transition all of her eBay customers to her new website and close down her eBay account. Within five years, she’d outgrown the shopping cart that I’d set up for her so she’s since moved on to bigger and better. But she’s continued to send me luscious, luxurious, eye-candy quilt fabric. Oh me, oh my, do I love what she’s done in filling up my baskets in my quilt studio! ☺️

Introducing “Harry Loves Alice”

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“Harry Loves Alice” 2019 Free BOM Quilt Pattern designed by TK Harrison from BOMquilts.com“Harry Loves Alice” 2019 Block of the Month Quilt.
An Original Design by TK Harrison, Owner of BOMquilts.com




When I first laid my eyes on this eye candy fabric, the first thing that came to my mind was the movie Harry Loves Sally. Then when I got my hot little quilter’s fingers on the fabric, my design just materialized from out of nowhere. Well it came from somewhere, but I let the fabric do the talking for me and the quilt image shown above is what I came up with.

Abbi May’s Fabric Shop has been sponsoring my BOM quilts, and many other quilts that I design, since 2006. Please show Linda some love by purchasing the “Harry Loves Alice” quilt kit from her.

Abbi May's Fabric Shop ~ Always Open at https://abbimays.comThis is the new (and did I mention free?) 2019 block of the month (BOM) quilt for my sister-site, BOMquilts.com. The fabrics are bold and bright, fun and festive and even a little bit romantic, too! It’s an 11-part BOM quilt with one block pattern instruction revealed on the 20th of each month. If you follow along each month, you will have a quilt finished by Christmas next year! Woo Hoo!




The fabric requirements will be posted on January 20, 2019. There are nine blocks that compromise the quilt top, then the finishing instructions. Goodness, I don’t need to type all of this out! Head on over to my sister-site and read it for yourself. Or better yet, if you haven’t ‘liked’ us on Facebook yet, fell free to do so as I always post there when I update the patterns.

PS: I can’t guarantee that you’ll have the same…ummm…reaction that Meg Ryan did in the diner, but I can’t promise you…won’t…either!

“Windowsill Wonders” a 2018 Row of the Month Quilt at BOMquilts.com

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Windowsill Wonders 2018 Row of the Month Quilt from BOMquilts.com, designed by TK Harrison




I had SO much fun designing and making this quilt! If you are not following along and making it, you can find the free pattern at BOMquilts.com. I used the 1930’s retro “Windowsill Garden” designed by Darlene Zimmerman from Robert Kaufman Fabrics colorway. Pastels are my colors! My daughter colored the fabric panels with crayon and I used my iron to heat-set them.

There are only NINE (9) parts to this pattern and I have revealed SEVEN (7) thus far. My goal is to reveal the final two so that everyone who participates has a quilt finished by the end of the year! Woo Hoo!

As in past years, my quilt is sponsored by Aurifil thread and AbbiMays.com. I couldn’t ask for better folks to be my sponsors!




Christmas in July 2018 – Week #4!

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Join me for this year’s “Christmas in July at BOMquilts.com” where I feature free original quilt patterns and will, once again, focus on design sets. There are SO many possibilities by making 24″ (finished size) design sets – increase the sets to create endless possibilities from anything to a table topper to a king size quilt!




“Christmas in July at BOMquilts.com” is sponsored by:

Abbi May's Quilt ShopThe pattern revealed today is shown below:

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Christmas in July 2018 at BOMquilts.com!

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Christmas in July 2018 at BOMquilts.com!

Join me for this year’s “Christmas in July at BOMquilts.com” where I feature free original quilt patterns and will, once again, focus on design sets. There are SO many possibilities by making 24″ (finished size) design sets – increase the sets to create endless possibilities from anything to a table topper to a king size quilt!

“Christmas in July 2018” at BOMquilts.com is sponsored by:Abbi May's Fabric Shop - AbbiMays.comThe pattern revealed today is shown below:

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I used design sets last year, too. I made four design sets for my “Christmas in July 2017” at BOMquilts.com and from those four design sets, I received three custom orders for quilts. One lap quilt and two full size quilts.

Lap quilt made from the Christmas in July 2017 “Snowy Magic” original pattern written by TK Harrison, Owner of BOMquilts.com.

Full size quilt made from the Christmas in July 2017 “Festive Stars” original pattern written by TK Harrison, Owner of BOMquilts.com.

Full size quilt made from the Christmas in July 2017 “Invite a Moose to Christmas” original pattern written by TK Harrison, Owner of BOMquilts.com.

All quilts shown above were quilted by Meloney Funk.




Windowsill Wonders! Ready! Set! CUT!

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The first set of instructions for my 2018 Row of the Month quilt, “Windowsill Wonders” has been posted at BOMquilts.com! This is Part 1 of two parts for Rows #1 and #9. Next month (April), the instructions for piecing the blocks will be revealed.

And as always, many many thanks to my sponsors – Abbi May’s Fabric Shop & Aurifil threads!




2018 BOMquilts.com Row of the Month Quilt Sponsors

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Aurifil threads has been sponsoring my yearly BOM quilts since 2013!

Abbi May’s Fabric Shop has been sponsoring my yearly BOM quilts, Christmas in July projects, baby quilts and sew much more since 2007!

And both of them will be sponsoring my 2018 Row of the Month, “Windowsill Wonders,” too!

YAY for such awesome sponsors!!! Thank you!!!

 

Introducing BOMquilts.com’s 2017 Block of the Month Quilt!

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“Happiness is Quilting” 2017 Block of the Month Quilt.  An original quilt designed by TK Harrison from BOMquilts.com

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2016 BOM “Shabby Love” Block 9 Instructions Posted

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Don’t miss out!  My original FREE 2016 block of the month quilt pattern, “Shabby Love”, block #9 instructions have been posted at BOMquilts.com! Oh so shabby and oh so loveable!

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“Shabby Love” 2016 Quilt Block #9

Here is an illustration of the finished quilt:

This quilt is graciously sponsored by AbbiMays.com, Aurifil thread and The Warm Company!




“Shabby Love” Block #7 Instructions Posted for this 2016 BOM quilt from BOMquilts.com!

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“Shabby Love” is a treasure trove of LOVE blocks, created with the shabby chic Arbor Hill fabric line from Benartex.  Soft and supple, strong and delightful – oh what a precious hug this free 2016 block of the month quilt will give, once it’s made!

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“Shabby Love” 2016 BOM Block #7

This block of the month quilt utilizes both pieced blocks and appliqué blocks.  It’s “Shabby Love”!  This BOM quilt is for confident beginners up to advanced quilters.

This 12 month original quilt pattern was designed for 2016 from BOMquilts.com by TK Harrison and is sponsored by AbbiMays.com, The Warm Company and Aurifil Thread!




“Christmas in July 2016” Free Quilt Along at BOMquilts.com

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Every Friday, during the month of July, a new quilt project and free pattern will be unveiled to celebrate our ninth annual “Christmas in July” celebration at BOMquilts.com.  I started off on July 1st, 2016 by announcing our first quilt along with a set of pattern instructions for “The Marquis Chickadee.”  This is an *adorable* pieced quilt made with Jackie Robinson’s fabrics from Benartex – “My Little Chickadee” & “Chickadees and Berries.”  Inside each of those bird houses is a precious little chickadee, all warm and cozy.

“The Marquis Chickadee” quilt designed by TK Harrison

All fabric for this year’s “Christmas in July” quilt projects is sponsored by AbbiMays.com.  They have the *best* prices online for any quilt fabric.  And their customer service is phenomenal!

Join us at BOMquilts.com for the next installment of this darling quilt along quilt, as well as a new quilt project each Friday in July!




“Shabby Love” Block #5 Instructions Posted for this 2016 BOM quilt from BOMquilts.com!

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“Shabby Love” is a treasure trove of LOVE blocks, created with the shabby chic Arbor Hill fabric line from Benartex.  Soft and supple, strong and delightful – oh what a precious hug this free 2016 block of the month quilt will give, once it’s made!

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“Shabby Love” Free Quilt Block #5 Instructions from BOMquilts.com

“Shabby Love” 2016 Free Block of the Month Quilt designed by TK Harrison from BOMquilts.com




“Shabby Love” is Sponsored by:

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Sponsors Make a Difference

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This year, I have been very blessed by sponsors of my quilting endeavors on BOMquilts.com.  A couple of sponsors have worked with me before and I have some new sponsors this year, too.  I’d like to take a minute to thank those sponsors who graciously give of their wares so that I can pursue my passion of quilting.




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Abbi May’s Fabric Shop

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Aurifil Thread

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Camelot Fabrics

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The Warm Company

Thank you.  Thank you.  Thank you.




“Shabby Love” Block #3 Instructions Posted for this 2016 BOM quilt from BOMquilts.com!

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“Shabby Love” is a treasure trove of LOVE blocks, created with the shabby chic Arbor Hill fabric line from Benartex.  Soft and supple, strong and delightful – oh what a precious hug this free 2016 block of the month quilt will give, once it’s made!

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“Shabby Love” Free Quilt Block #3 Instructions from BOMquilts.com

And in case you missed it, Blocks #1 and #2 as well as the introduction with fabric requirements have also been published.

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“Shabby Love” Free Quilt Block #1 Instructions from BOMquilts.com

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“Shabby Love” Free Quilt Block #2 Instructions from BOMquilts.com

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“Shabby Love” 2016 Free Block of the Month Quilt designed by TK Harrison from BOMquilts.com

“Shabby Love” is Sponsored by:

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2016 BOM Quilt #1: Shabby Chic Love

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My first 2016 block of the month (BOM) quilt for BOMquilts.com has been designed, the fabrics chosen and received from AbbiMays.com and now it’s time to choose what Aurifil threads we’ll need for the quilt.  My “Shabby Chic Love” BOM will be 74″ x 93″ in size.  It will consist of a combination of pieced blocks and appliqued blocks.

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I’m SO excited to get this quilt underway!  I hope you are, too!

“Shabby Chic Love” 2016 BOM sponsored by:

AbbiMays

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Abbi May’s Fabric Shop, Warm & Natural Batting, Aurifil Threads, and ME

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I will not complain about the Christmas decorations and detritus that is already on the shelves at the stores.  I won’t bat an eye when I see a skeleton hanging from light posts.  I will make sure to smile with anticipation at the turkey roasting pans mixed among the charcoal briquettes.   I will vow to do any of these things because I am one of those type of people now.

The prepared.  The over-prepared.  The one that others may look at with disdain (until they see just what I am up to).

I have already designed not one but TWO 2016 block of the month (BOM) quilts, to be showcased on my website, BOMquilts.com.  One quilt is shabby, one is modern.  Both of them should bring hours of quilt therapy and quilting joy to everyone who follows along and makes them!  And then the opportunity to share warm, quilty hugs from the fruits of your quilted labor.

I have also found some super-fantastic sponsors for my 2016 BOM quilts – and I’m SO excited to share their products with you.  I have personally used each and every one of my sponsor’s products long before they were asked to sponsor my quilts!

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AbbiMays.com Fabric Shop will be sponsoring the fabric for both of my BOM quilts

The Warm Company will sponsor their Warm & Natural Batting

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Aurifil threads will be sponsoring the sewing and quilting threads!

Watch out quilters, I am ready to let 2016 begin!

Quilt Shop Love: Quilt Studio Warming Gifts

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I have said it often and I will continue to say it – AbbyMays.com is my all-time favorite quilt shop.  Whether I am making a quilt project exclusively for her or a personal one for me, Linda is always willing to send me fabric for whatever my needs are.  Her prices are unbeatable and if you wait just a few months, most of her current fabrics go on sale on top of already being 10% off the retail prices.  If you don’t have a regular online quilt shop you order from, take a look at AbbyMays.com and take advantage of all Linda has to offer.  I promise, you will not be sorry!

Last week, I announced that my quilt studio was finally ready for me to enjoy all of my sewing, embroidery and longarm creativity.  I have gone out there and stood just inside the door and marveled at how special that space is to me, how blessed I am to have had it gifted to me and my eyes took in the wonder of everything around me.  Just like I like to lay out my new fabrics, just for their eye candy – that’s what I’ve been doing in my studio.  Is almost a shame to start cutting up fabric and making a mess!

And then I asked Linda at AbbyMays.com if I could pick out a few fabrics as a quilt studio warming gift to myself.  Of course, she said yes!  And of course, I have to share my special gifts with you!

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And now for the fun of designing quilts around these fabrics and enjoying the results from the fruits of my quilted labor!

Christmas in July 2015 at BOMquilts.com

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It is never too early to begin your Christmas quilting!  My “Christmas in July 2015” at BOMquilts.com has come to a close with the final Block Set pattern revealed on the final day of July.  And it is an absolute beauty, especially when more than one Block Set is combined to make larger quilted projects:

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“Serene Elegance”

Striped Independence

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I have to say, this is the absolute best quilted piece I’ve created.  With my Sew N’Slash™ method of piecing each block, not only do they come together quickly – the points are near-perfect!  And to have it published in the April 2015 issue of The Quilt Pattern Magazine makes this even more special.  I think it’s a keeper!

Striped Independence – an Original Design and Free Quilted Table Runner Pattern by TK Harrison, Owner of BOMquilts.com
Celebrate every patriotic holiday with this beautiful red, white and blue table runner!  The possibilities for larger quilt pieces is endless!

Special thanks to my longarm quilter, Meloney!  And to my fabric supplier, Linda at AbbiMays.com!

“Garden Veggies” Free Pattern

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Don’t forget, if you subscribe to or want to subscribe to The Quilt Pattern Magazine, my quick and beginner-friendly free quilted table topper pattern is in the August 1st issue of their magazine!

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You will NOT be disappointed by all of the free patterns, stories and articles jam-packed into each issue of The Quilt Pattern Magazine.  It is a downloadable, online magazine – making it super simple to print out just the parts you want, when you want them.

A free pattern of our “Garden Veggies”?  Yes, please!

Christmas in July 2015 at BOMquilts.com: Celebrate Winter

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This is the third Block Set in my BOMquilts.com Christmas in July FREE pattern celebration.  It is stunning.  There’s no better way to describe it.  There’s depth, it’s a little challenging, it’s fun and it’s the perfect use of the light, medium and dark fabrics from designer Sandy Lynam Clough’s “Winter Celebration” fabrics, distributed by Red Rooster Fabrics.

I thank Abbi May’s Fabric Shop for sponsoring another Christmas in July season!


“Garden Veggies” Table Topper Featured in the August Issue of “The Quilt Pattern Magazine”

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If you’re not already a subscriber, make it a point to subscribe to The Quilt Pattern Magazine as one of my original designs is featured in the August 2015 issue – a table topper titled “Garden Veggies”!

I had my “Garden Veggies” table topper sitting on our coffee table one day.  Our second-born daughter looked at it and said she really liked it.  She asked me what the name of it was…I told her “Garden Veggies”.  She studied it for a minute and then let out a laugh.  She said, “Okay, Mom, this fabric is a perfect representation of our garden!  This fabric (center w/dots) are those exploding tomato plants Dad planted, that grew over six feet tall.  And this yellow is the crook-neck squash, the green is the zucchinis and the brownish/orange-ish fabric is the sweet potatoes.”

Can you see what she sees?

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Truly a whole lot of bang for your buck if you are a subscriber to The Quilt Pattern Magazine.  I’ve enjoyed every single issue, whether I have a submission in it or not!

The fabric for this project was sponsored by Abbi May’s Fabric Shop, where ALL fabric is at least 10% off retail EVERY. SINGLE. DAY!


Christmas in July 2015 at BOMquilts.com: Always Stars

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Cruise on over to our Christmas in July celebration at BOMquilts.com and you can download this quiltastic FREE quilt Block Set pattern!  The instructions offer your choice of quilt projects:  Table topper, bed runner, lap quilt – and more!  The possibilities are endless and all you have to do is decide which size to make first.

Always Stars - – an Original Design by TK Harrison, Owner of BOMquilts.com

Always Stars – – an Original Design by TK Harrison, Owner of BOMquilts.com


Pause for a Cause: Breast Cancer Survivor Quilt

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A family member was diagnosed with breast cancer a few months ago.  She is doing well and following the doctor’s orders.  I wanted to make her a simple quilt with just a whole lot of love so I made a very easy patchwork quilt with only two fabrics.  The unexpected is that I put little pockets in the four corners of the quilt.  Then I asked for other family members to write something about love, healing, strength or upbeat to index cards.  When the quilt was opened and held up, everyone came forth with their little love cards and placed them in the pockets.

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How special it will be when the recipient gets home and relaxes with her quilt while she reads all the love from everyone.  Well done family, well done.


Christmas in July 2013 at BOMquilts.com: Celebrate Winter Birds

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Dash on over to our Christmas in July celebration at BOMquilts.com and you can download this quiltastic FREE quilt pattern!  The instructions offer your choice of quilt projects:  Table topper, bed runner, lap quilt.  The possibilities are endless and all you have to do is decide which size to make first!

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“Celebrate Winter Birds” designed by TK Harrison using the “Celebrate Winter” Christmas Fabrics from Red Rooster Fabrics

 


Get Ready for the Annual “Christmas in July” at BOMquilts.com!

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I’m really excited to present this year’s annual “Christmas in July 2015” at BOMquilts.com!  I have already created two very fun quilt projects and have three more planned, am just waiting on the fabric to arrive from AbbiMays.com!  What a fabulous sponsor of all things quilty!

This year, instead of just doing one project theme, such as table toppers or runners, lap quilts, wall hangings, etc.  I am creating projects and instructions that will allow quilters the option of making any size of quilt projects out of my block designs.

I have to share with you, though, the perfection of my points on the projects I’ve already put together – they make me quiver with quilty goodness when I am spot-on with my sewing:

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Watch BOMquilts.com beginning in July for my “Christmas in July 2015” free quilt patterns!

 


 

No Words, Just Phenomenal Quilting!

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I recently received my BOMquilts.com 2015 block of the month quilt back from my longarmer, Meloney.  I had to pick my jaw up from the floor more than once as the quilting detail just blew me away!  I am still in the ‘stroking’ stage, not quite ready to bind the quilt.  I just want to admire her work.  Again, there are no words…

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