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The Sewing Sisters of Manahawkin Baptist Church Sewed my 2017 “Happiness is Quilting” BOM quilt Together!

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

The Quilting Ministry of Manahawkin Baptist Church, New Jersey call themselves the Sewing Sisters. Our town is very close to the beach.

We have been meeting for many years off and on and some of our women are involved in a summer sewing camp for the girls at church eight and older.

In 2011 I was asked by a mom to start a sewing group for young girls. Sewing seems to have skipped a generation. After much prayer and trepidation, a one week summer camp for girls ages eight to 16 was formed. Many of my sewing friends said “Yes” and volunteered as leaders. Over the past 11 years we have made quilts using charm squares, a rag quilt and a recently a race quilt. Along with many cool items the girls like to wear, use or give away.

In 2018 I invited the ladies in our church to join me in a mystery quilt class. About 11 ladies responded.

We Sewing Sisters enjoy sewing charity quilts, nursing home bags, pillowcases for cancer patients, craft items to sell to raise money for missions at our church and other fun projects.

Our ladies have a strong bond of love. We share devotions and pray with and for each other as life throws troubles our way. God is faithful in all our circumstances. He has truly blessed our ministry.

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Margot A.

Here’s a look at the “Happiness is Quilting” Quilts that the Sewing Sisters Made:

Margot A., Evelyn H, Diane R, Nancy A.,, Maria R. & Sue K. all sewed my "Happiness is Quilting" 2017 BOM quilt together! She's with the Sewing Sisters Quilting Ministry of Manahawkin Baptist Church!

“Happiness is Quilting” Sewn by Margot A., Evelyn H, Diane R, Nancy A., Maria R. & Sue K.

Such talent amongst the various members of the Sewing Sisters of the Quilting Ministry of Manahawkin Baptist Church! Thanks for sharing these wonderful, gifted & colorful creations with us!

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The Quilt Guild of Metro Detroit Sewed my “Happiness is Quilting” BOM Quilt Together!

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

The Quilt Guild of Metro Detroit is a traditional quilt guild but have a wide variety of talent amongst us. Normally we meet at a church in Harper woods, Michigan, but yet again due to Covid we are meeting exclusively digital.

Each month we usually feature speakers from all over, and we hold a retreat once a year, and a quilt show every other year. This year, as all of the above have been canceled – we are trying to get more hands-on. So we are going to be doing your BOM, as well as offering a mystery quilt and a few member-led workshops.
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Stacey B.

Here’s a look at the “Happiness is Quilting” Quilts that the Quilt Guild of Metro Detroit Made:

"Happiness is Quilting" a 2017 BOM quilt from the Quilt Guild of Metro Detroit. It's an original quilt design by TK Harrison from BOMquilts.com!

Such talent amongst the various members of the Quilt Guild of Metro Detroit! Thanks for sharing these wonderful, gifted & colorful creations with us!

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A Timeless Quilt Pattern: Cinnamon-teen Chocolate Figs & Roses

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Cinnamon-teen Chocolate Figs & Roses Block of the Month Quilt designed by TK Harrison from BOMquilts.comCinnamon-teen Chocolate Figs & Roses Block of the Month Quilt designed by TK Harrison from BOMquilts.com




This was the first block of the month (BOM) quilt pattern that I ever designed, and it’s what launched my sister-site, BOMquilts.com. Back when I designed it in 2006, I did it with a different sponsor than the one who’s sponsored my quilts for the past 12 years. And when I released the pattern, she sold out of the kits that she had cut for them. So she cut more kits, and sold out of them. Then she ordered more bolts, made more kits, and once again – she sold out of those kits as fast as she could cut them. She called the secretary of her salesman and literally made her go to their warehouse – all the while keeping her on the phone – in search of more bolts of the fabrics that may have been left on the shelf, got shelved wrong, anything anywhere? Nada. None. Zip.

But the story of my Cinnamon-teen Chocolate Figs & Roses quilt design doesn’t end there. I can’t tell you how many times people have sent me their thanks for this quilt design. I even stopped into a quilt shop in a very large city about an hour away from where live and introduced myself to the owners. When one of the sales ladies heard my name, she came over and asked me if I was the one who designed that quilt. When I said I was, she hurried off to the break room and came back with the quilt that she had made using my pattern!

Through the years, I’ve had various quilt groups & guilds ask for my permission to make my quilt. One of the two things I always say is that in order to use my patterns, you must provide me with a photograph of your progress, or your blocks, or your finished quilt tops or your finished quilts. I have never received any photos from quilt group or guild that I granted permission to use my pattern.

That is until 2018!

The “Maidstone Quilting Squares” quilt group from Maidstone, Saskatchewan, Canada are making my Cinnamon-teen Chocolate Figs & Roses quilt as a mystery quilt instead of a block of the month quilt.

They meet every two weeks in a local church hall. In the winter, they make stone soup for lunch, and everyone brings one item for the soup pot. In the summer months, they do the same with salad. It makes for a delicious and easy lunch and it’s different every time. And no bag lunch this way!




Here is the progress that they’ve made thus far, three months into their mystery quilt program:

Month One

Month Two

Month Three

Stay tuned for the continuing saga of the “Maidstone Quilting Squares” and my Cinnamon-teen Chocolate Figs & Roses quilt!