Please join me in welcoming guest blogger Jacquelynne Steves to the blog today. She’s sharing her upcoming free block of the month project with us, plus she’s giving away two fabulous digital pattern bundles! See below for how to enter the give-away.
Thank you, Michele, for having me as a guest here today!
Today, I’d like to talk to you about a brand new FREE Block of the Month which I’m hosting, called Cozy Afternoon. When I designed this project, I was thinking about spending a cozy afternoon, curled up with a cup of tea and a favorite stitching project.
You will have 3 different options for making your blocks:
- you can just piece them
- OR you can applique them (hand or machine – I did machine applique)
- OR you can do simple hand embroidery (just 2 super easy stitches – the backstitch and French knots – plus I have a YouTube tutorial for those stitches)
There’s something for everyone and the choice is yours!
The first block will be released on June 15th (tomorrow), and it will run for five months (not too short, not too long – just right!). We will have featured bloggers who will be showing you how their project is coming along and giving you ideas for fabric choices, plus there will also be lots of give-aways. If you did my last Free Block of the Month (Sew Sweet Simplicity), you know that there are also bonus patterns and other surprises for this event…
And, just like last time, we will have a really fun Sew Along Day! What’s a Sew Along Day? Well, on that day we will get together and have a virtual sewing party, showing our projects, sharing tips and suggestions, and giving out cool prizes. This is an international event – it’s really fun to see what our friends on the other side of the world are working on at the same time as us!
This is really going to be fun and I’d love it if you would join me for this fun event! Just click here to sign up, and every month the patterns will be delivered to your inbox.
Of course, you can use any fabric that you love! Here is the quilt done with some different fabrics – amazing how different the same exact quilt pattern looks when you play with the fabric choices:
And just for fun, today we are giving away two fabulous digital pattern bundles! This bundle includes patterns for quilts, embroidery and stuffed animals, plus recipes and fun craft projects. Did I mention that it’s fabulous?? See below on how to enter!
Once again, thanks so much to Michele for having me as a guest here today! I’m sure you love her blog and web site as much as I do, it’s such a great resource for quilters and sewists.
Please note: You can sign up for the FREE BOM at any time, so don’t worry if you sign up after the start date (June 15th).
Updated Monday Afternoon
The first two blocks have been released. Aren’t they just adorable?? Read the blog post here.
What version are you making? I’m thinking about trying my hand at the embroidery. I have some yummy 12wt Aurifil threads to use.
Enter the Give-Away
There are two steps to enter the give-away to win Jacquelynne’s fabulous digital pattern bundles:
Step 1 – Sign up for the free Cozy Afternoon BOM project.
Step 2 – Leave a comment below, letting me know that you signed up and also what you have been doing this weekend? Gardening, stitching, visiting with family, whatever.
Two random winners will be selected from the comments on this blog post on Thursday, June 18th, 2015. Winners will be notified via email, so please be sure to enter your email address correctly both when you sign up for the BOM and when you enter a comment below.
Have a wonderful Sunday afternoon,
Michele
Winners Announced
Thanks so much to everyone that entered the give-away. The winners have been chosen and have already received their wonderful bundle of PDF patterns. Here are the lucky recipients:
Signed Up!
Packing up a box of red, white and blue goodies, to send out for a swap. Later having dinner with a friend :)
Signed up for the BOM Sew along awhile ago.
Thanks
I signed up yesterday for the Cozy Afternoon BOM Project. So looking forward to this!
I really wanted to be sewing this weekend, but I came down with a nasty bug, so am just sitting in my recliner, resting.
i signed up last month :). This weekend has been full of errands, the only stitching I have done was piecing the back of a quilt. I did make some more progress trimming up my HSTs for another quilt though. Yesterday three of those errands were at different quilt shops at least! I picked up tear away and material for binding a quilt at the first shop, two BOM kits at the second, and at the third I got batting for one I was piecing the backing for, thread for quilting it, background fabric for yet another quilt, and a few fat quarters and notions.
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i signed up
Finishing touches to VBS. No sewing for a week – Get to sow for a harvest instead. Looking foward to starting soon.
Unfortunately, I’m spending the weekend preparing for my younger sister’s funeral. I’m also thinking of ways to make keepsakes for her teen-aged children.
Signed up! Hand stiching – owls…
Greetings from Germany, Munich
I signed up for the Cozy Afternoon BOM. A month ago, our friend decided to make a solo motorcycle trip to Namibia. On the way, in the middle of the Namibian desert, he was hit by a rather large (2 metric tons)kudo that darted onto the road. Our friend lay for six hours before another car drove by and found him. After being in the hospital for three weeks, he is finally back in Cape Town with a shattered wrist, a fractured ankle and three broken ribs. So Saturday we went to visit him and to hear all about his adventure. (the kudu by the way, is fine, not even a scratch but the bike is totaled). Oh, and I sorted and organized fabric scraps by color and size and cleaned my sewing room so I’m ready for June 15! Thank you Jacquelynne for making the Cozy Afternoon BOM available to us!
Greeting from Munich/Germany
Signed up! Hand stiching – owls.. ?
Always stitching. I signed up.
Such an attractive site, want to learn more – soooo signed up!
I just signed up for Jaqueline’s block of the month. :)
This weekend, I finished the border on a Veteran Quilt that I donated to Quilts of Valor. Today I am working on some items for a baby shower next weekend.
Thanks for all you do!
Signed up, I have been gardening this weekend
Michele, I signed up a while ago. I did the first Aming For Accuracy and loved it very much. I can not wait for this tea inspired quilt.This week I finished a top (Knitter’s Gifts – another from the internet) and trying to complete another UFO. They just seem to accumulate. Thank you for sharing your patterns with us – it is much appreciated.
Julie
I just signed up!
Have been signed up and anxiously awaiting tomorrow! Love your patterns. Will be visiting family this weekend, so no sewing, unless I do it late tonight. =)
All signed up! Thank you!
i just signed up for the BOM, I can’t wait for the first block! I’ve been to a wedding and a graduation this weekend, now I’m relaxing!
I signed up and am looking forward to some hand applique while sitting on the porch sipping iced tea! Today was a family lunch followed by a short nap!
I signed up for the BOM. Looking forward to this project. I have been unpacking after a 2-week road trip from Nova Scotia to TN. Wonderful trip, but it’s nice to be home….
i signed up for the June BOM. This afternoon I’m pulling weeds, planting flowers and organizing my sewing room!
I had signed up already as I enjoy your last one. I didn’t want to miss out on anything. I am thinking I might to the embroidery version this time. Over the weekend I did some sewing (not enough) and cooking.
All signed up! Went to a four-year old neighbor’s birthday party yesterday. Today, been catching up on reading my quilt magazines.
Signed up
Busy weekend here….just finished getting my veggie and flower garden in….finishing up a market bag….then getting ready for my week at work!! :)
I’ve been signed up for a while!! Can’t wait to get started!!!
Signed up & excited about this! Today I’ve been sewing…blocks for Delightful Stars. (My main focus was on adjusting any of the points in the many blocks that I have made, before I get too far along and forget to correct them). Yesterday as a very busy Yard day of work, then sewing at night. :) I’m a happy girl if I can do it all !
Signed up! Have spent most of this beautiful Sunday browsing quilt blogs and feeling very inspired! Thanks for a great give-a-way!
I signed up a month ago on Jacquelynne’s site and can’t wait for tomorrow’s pattern. Thanks for the giveaway.
I signed up today. I’ve been to two birthday parties this weekend but also managed some stitching and some floss tubing.
Just signed up! I am baking a giant carrot cake using my Grammie’s amazing recipe and am making my son’s favourite recipe – ribs in cola. Laundry and getting acquainted with my new-to-me embroidery machine is filling out my day! Happy day everyone!!!!
I signed up for the new BOM last week. I’ve been watching baseball and playing on my Kindle Fire. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I signed up for the quilt along long ago. Today, I am with both of my daughters, husbands and my 4 grandchildren. 4 grandkids 5 and under. Life is good.
Just signed up. Doing Laundry. Just put house up for sale so doing lots of de-cluttering. Right now browsing on FB.
I signed up and enjoyed browsing thru her site. Thanks for the introduction! No sewing for me this weekend….too many other things to get done.
I signed up, it sounds short and sweet. This weekend I finally was able to get quilting some of my own quilts.
I signed up. Thank you. My weekend was visiting with out of town friends
Signed up-looks like fun! Spent the weekend working for a friend who got sick-oh, well, can use a bit of extra pay!
I signed up for this as I collect teapots, and quilts. I spent the weekend quilting, cleaning, and visiting my grand daughters, and the 9 year old loves her sewing machine that she named Rosie.
I have just signed up for for the BOM. I can’t wait. I used to quit a lot, stopped for a number of years and ma just now getting back into the groove as I am retired and have lots of time to quilt. I’ve been busy today getting my quilting area ready and looking at patterns and such on Pinterest. Can’t wait!
I have signed up for the BOM! Today we have been celebrating Flag Day!
Just signed up and I’m excited to start My cozy Afternoon block. I’m rearranging and refolding my fabric so I can find it faster. Well at least I hope this well work better for me.
Signed up a couple days ago. Resting and cutting pieces for blocks for Michele’s A4AII quilt along.
All the way download from Brazil i want to join this BOM, participate of the giveaway and have fin with the patterns. This weekend I finished quilting and almost finished bondinho one of My UFOs : a table runner +6 table mats
I signed up. Not doing much this weekend.
All signed up. I’ve been piecing a new quilt top and watching Downton Abbey season one DVDs.
Signed up for the BOM super excited as I have not done one before. Today I finished two blocks that had been in my to do stash for 3 mos. yay me!! Thank you for sponsoring this BOM can’t wait to get started!!
signed up
Went to a quilting class which will be a block of the month, taught by my friend Liz. Finished quilting a baby shower gift with a lot of help from my friend Liz.
Looking forward to this.
I am already signed up for this BOM…since you first opened Sign-up’s! lol
This weekend, we had our Grangirlie here & we made Loom Bracelets, Stamped & created fun Homemade Cards,made dinner for Grandpa, & she is learning to Crochet! :) Wonderful time spent together! :)
Worked all morning at the monastery, and this evening with a private client, but for 2 hours in between I went home to work with fabric to find just the perfect colors for a quilt top. My neighbor and I share this passion, so we played in her fabric room and then in mine.