FREE! Is a Very Good Price

When I was a little girl my grandparents use to say "We cannot afford it, we are on a fixed income."  As a working adult I chuckle because aren't we all on a fixed income?  We only have so much money in the till to pay for all the necessities in life.

And yet... don't you just want every single quilt pattern you see?  I know I do. The reality is there just are not enough shekels in the budget to purchase all these lovlies and still pay the rent.




As I cruse around the internet I run into web sites and blogs that offer FREE patterns!  Such a deal!
Here are a few:

Apron pattern from All People Quilt

All People Quilt:  This was the very first site I found when I started quilting about 10 years ago.  This site is a wealth of information on all types of sewing.  I found an apron pattern I still use to this day.



Quilted Twins:  (Requires that you sign up for their newsletter)
If you are committed to sewing up your scraps and crumbs, there are a lot of scrap quilts on this site. 


Nancy Mahoney

Patchwork Square:  They offer a lot of free block patterns.
If you are an EQ* user you'll get a lot of inspiration from this site.

Andover Fabrics

Threadbare Creations:  Look for Bonita Bunny.
She is so cute...and she's free! (I downloaded her just today.)

Sew Can She:  This has to be one of my favorites.  Lots of free patterns, and not just for quilts or quilt blocks.

Jordan Fabrics

Last-but-not-least, Missouri Star Quilt Company.
She has so many tutorials on YouTube!  Will keep you in free quilt patters for years!

The list could go on-and-one but I think these sites are enough to get you started on your treasure hunt.





*Electric Quilt

What's on Your Design Wall? (or Design Floor, or Design Bed)

Do you do "something" in your sewing room every single day?  I travel a lot for work and sometimes I have handwork to take along and complete....sometimes not.  Last week was a very heavy travel, work-with-clients week: In 5 days, drove over 1,000 miles, 4 different clients, 3 different hotels.  I did not do any type of sewing the entire week.  When I returned, there were Easter activities, church and celebrations.

So, I've picked up again this week.

I'm working on a baby quilt for my niece (whose shower is fast approaching.)   This is actually the back.  The pattern started out as a adaptation of "Fresh as a Daisy" from the book Welcome Baby but I had to pick it up off my "design floor" when The Babes arrived and could not get them back in order... so, it is what it is.

The front was a piece of fabric that was just too cute to cut.  It is "Meet The Gang" by Marisa and Creative Thursday for Andover Fabrics.

Too cute, is it not?

I'm still plugging away on the Splendid Sampler 100 Blocks Quilt Along.

I left off on block number 9 and they are now on block 13.  There are a few I don't particularly care for.  Then it hit me!  There are 100 blocks.... if you don't care for one, skip it....What a Thought!

Here is what I have so far:

A couple of the blocks I liked so much I made them twice!

I think I'm going to give this quilt to my sister (I have 7 sisters so if  any of them are reading this blog, they won't know WHICH sister...tee he)

 It's not too late to start.  Good practice for various quilting techniques.

And, just last night I decided I wanted to make the first block of the Gypsy Wife.

I liked this pattern the very first time I saw it, which was at a Desert Lilies quilt show in Yuma, AZ, probably 3 or 4 years ago.


I picked up the pattern at the Road to California quilt show this past year.  It's a great way to use up scraps.

There you have it...three UFOs (by far not the ONLY UFOs I have.)
So, What are you working on?  More than one at at time?