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“Windowsill Wonders” a Free 2018 BOM Quilt Pattern

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Have you been following along with my “Windowsill Wonders” free 2018 BOM quilt on my sister-site BOMquilts.com?




It’s never too late to start a new quilt, now is it?!! This quilt features the fabric line “Windowsill Garden” designed by Darlene Zimmerman from Robert Kaufman Fabrics. It’s a 1930’s retro colorway that is oh so pastel. I love it, I really, really do! But any pastel fabrics will work! Or retro fabrics! Or make it scrappy, that works, too!

Every once in a while I design a quilt that I want to keep to get a quilty hug from for years to come, and this one fits the bill. I don’t keep very many of the quilts that I make, preferring to give them to others so as to spread the love. I only have four quilts that I’ve made over the years, that I’ve kept and use. Because what good is a quilt if you don’t use it? I don’t want the eye candy, I don’t need it either. Not to mention that I am a pastel person. It’s the best coloring for me to wear and to wrap around me.



"Windowsill Wonders" free 2018 BOM quilt at https://BOMquilts.com an original design by TK Harrison

If nothing else, download my free pattern and save it for future use. It sews together fairly quickly and is a fun quilt top to make because it’s not your average ‘same blocks used over and over again’ quilt pattern.

Happy New Year Aurifil Thread Giveaway

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Since I have dubbed my 2015 year to be my year of JOY, I’d like to offer some very special joy to you!

In case you haven’t followed my blog for very long, I am a brand snob when it comes to thread.  An Aurifil brand snob.  I have tried many, many different brands of thread over the years and have had many problems with them.  It was love at first stitch when I used my first spool of Aurifil thread.  It didn’t leave much dust residue in my machine, it didn’t break during sewing, it is 100% Mako cotton so I am not allergic to it and the big spools last a long, long time.  All of those are important to me but the last one is especially important because we live 45 minutes from the nearest quilt shop that carries Aurifil thread.  There is nothing like being in the middle of a project, in the middle of the night and in the middle of nowhere…and running out of thread.  I can easily see the amount of thread remaining on a spool and add it to my shopping list the next time we go to town – BEFORE I run out of thread!

NOW, THE GIVEAWAY!  Aurifil* has sent me this amazing collection of Pat Sloan’s “Eat Your Fruits n’Veggies” thread collection.

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Pat Sloan has collaborated with Aurifil to design a thread collection to inspire quilters with her vision of color. Available in specially chosen weights to support the style of the designer. Designer collections are suitable for any project.

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This collection includes 12 large spools of Aurifil 50 wt., 100% Mako cotton threads

Thread Giveaway Rules

  1. You must comment on this blog thread, stating what you would make with this collection of threads.  Be sure to fill in your main email address in the comments so we can notify you if you win.
  2. You must sign up to be a subscriber (or already subscribe) to BOMquilts.com’s monthly eNewsletter (sign-up found here).
  3. No double (or more) entries are accepted.  If you comment more than once or sign up for the newsletter more than once, you are automatically disqualified.
  4. Contest starts NOW.
  5. Contest ends at 12 o’clock midnight CST on Monday, January 19, 2015.
  6. Winner to be chosen, at random, on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, notified via email and posted on this website on Wednesday, January 21, 2014.

That’s it!  Follow the instructions in the rules and then get back to your quilting!

(*Aurifil has gifted this thread collection to me as a giveaway.  I did not earn nor take any compensation for this giveaway.  I really am an Aurifil thread brand snob.)