Do you remember last year, when Debi organized the Quilter’s Fall Blog Hop event and how much FUN we all had? Debi’s decided not to continue, so after talking to her, I’ll be hosting an event here in honour of our 4th Birthday on December 10th.

Head over to the Blog Hop Party page for all the info. Register your blog as a participant and on December 10th, start blog hopping.

Let’s have some FUN!

Block 35 of our quilt-along is Tree Toppers designed by Anina McMurdo of Twiddletails. Our friends at Fort Worth Fabric Studio have a fabulous 40% off Super Deal for you to enjoy too.

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Featured Designer: Anina McMurdo

What is your quilting style?

It’s hard to define my quilting style, but overall I’d definitely say it’s more modern. I love designing patterns, but I also have a passion for using traditional patterns in a modern way.

Currently I’m working on two (actually three) “Dear Jane” quilts. The original quilt is a Civil War quilt, but I’m not a fan of Civil war fabrics.

How did you get started quilting and/or designing?

I grew up knowing how to sew. My mom used to sew a lot of my clothes and she would help me make outfits for my Barbies.

I got into quilting when I noticed one of the other soccer moms working on a quilt next to the practice field – way back when my son was five and the moms spent every single practice and game next to the field. I asked her about it and she very kindly agreed to show me.

This was my first project:

I started off very country and thought that was how all quilts looked. In the beginning I also made quilts only using patterns.

And then I got “brave”…

Do you have a favourite quilt?

I’d have to say that my favorite quilt is the Christmas Zig Zag quilt I made in 2008. My how time flies!

I made a pieced back which I love almost as much as the front.

Especially the little “oops” in the corner.

Quick and fun questions:

• Favourite colour: DEFINITELY pink
• What part of the quilting process do you like the most? making blocks
• What part of the quilting process do you dislike the most? basting
• Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, or: strawberry, of course
• Favourite super hero or comic book character: I love Tigger. Always upbeat and full of energy.
• Most exciting place you’ve travelled: don’t know about exciting, but I love Maui. I’d move there if I could. I’ve been to Africa (actually I grew up in Africa) – that’s exciting in most people’s eyes.
• Favourite quote or mantra: This changes constantly but I love all quotes by Dr. Seuss. An all time favorite is: “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.”

Block 35 – Anina’s Tree Toppers

Here’s Anina’s Tree Toppers block. Don’t worry, it’s not as difficult as it might look. Anina’s created a great photo tutorial to help you create this block. Be sure to download the PDF file then follow along the photos to create the star triangles. Head over to her blog for the info.

Share Your Photos

Upload your completed blocks to our Flickr group for a chance to win some adorable buttons from Button Mad – Incomparable Buttons. One winner for each of our quilt-along blocks will be randomly chosen. You have three weeks to complete Anina’s Tree Toppers block to be eligible to win.

Quilt-Along Links

• General Info
• Featured Designers
• Super Deals for Quilters
• Upload your blocks – Flickr Group

It’s the last week of our Celebrate Christmas Quilt-Along. I’m sorry to see it end. It sure has been great fun meeting so many fabulous designers and seeing all the gorgeous blocks they’ve designed and that you’ve created in the Flickr group.

Block 34, Snow Cristal, has been designed by Joanna of Shape Moth. The Fat Quarter Shop also has a fabulous 50% off Super Deal for you to enjoy too.

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Today’s Super Deal:

50% OFF Reindeer Games by Sandy Gervais for Moda Fabrics. Enter code REINDEERGAMES at checkout. Expires Monday, December 5th @ midnight CST.

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Featured Designer: Joanna – Shape Moth

What is your quilting style?

It depends on the project. I like modern quilts with simple, geometric shapes and bold colours or rainbows. On the other hand, I create art quilts and use batiks there. In my projects I use a lot of raw edge appliqué, paper piecing and sometimes embroidery:

How did you get started quilting and/or designing?

It was purely an accident. I did my first quilt in May 2010 for my friend’s baby. And since then I can’t stop.

Do you have a favourite quilt?

That was my first try on raw edge appliqué. I love wolves and this one became special to me.

Quick and fun questions:

• Favourite colour: rainbow (my moods for colours change quite quickly)
• What part of the quilting process do you like the most? Sewing the binding. In an art quilts – creating the appliqué. It’s similar to puzzles.
• What part of the quilting process do you dislike the most? Free motion quilting. Itself it’s not so bad, but I have really tiny sewing machine and quilting bigger projects can be a nightmare.
• Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, or: chocolate. Lots of chocolate ;)
• Favourite super hero or comic book character: I’m more an anime/manga fan, and my favourite is Alucard from Hellsing.
• Most exciting place you’ve travelled: Paris.

Block 34 – Joanna’s Snow Cristal

Here’s Joanna’s Snow Cristal block. It will look gorgeous in many different fabrics. Head over to her blog to download the paper piecing pattern and learn how to put together this unique block.

Share Your Photos

Upload your completed blocks to our Flickr group for a chance to win some adorable buttons from Button Mad – Incomparable Buttons. One winner for each of our quilt-along blocks will be randomly chosen. You have three weeks to complete Joanna’s Snow Cristal block to be eligible to win.

Quilt-Along Links

• General Info
• Featured Designers
• Super Deals for Quilters
• Upload your blocks – Flickr Group