Dinkydoo Fabrics GIVEAWAY!

Welcoming Sew Fresh Quilts' newest sponsor... Dinkydoo Fabrics!


Dinkydoo Fabrics is a new online fabric shop and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Alicia and her husband carry lots of pre-cuts, so all of you layer cake and jelly roll lovers will be happy, happy, happy! Featuring Moda, Cotton + Steel and much more!

Did I happen to mention... They offer $5 flat rate shipping.... For Canada and the USA? And that you get 15% off your first order by signing up to their Newsletter?
I went browsing in their shop and look at what I found! Bundles....
Precuts....
And look here.... Scrumptious solids! By. The. BOLT.

You can find Dinkydoo Fabrics on all your fave social media sites

such as instagram, facebook, twitter and pinterest.

And be sure to follow their blog here!

You don't want to miss a thing!

Alicia has offered this gorgeous Moda Canyon Layer Cake for the giveaway prize.
Yum-m-m-O!

How do you enter the giveaway contest? 

 

Follow the instructions on the RaffleCopter.com widget below!

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This Giveaway is open internationally.
Winner will be randomly chosen on September 7th and notified by email.
Be sure to leave your email address on the Rafflecopter widget.

Best of luck in the Giveaway!

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Dog Gone Cute maxi quilt finish

Only four more days... And the Dog Gone Cute Quilt Along Blog Hop begins!

I am PAWS-atively super excited! And the response to my request for participants has been overwhelming! Which is a good thing. Thank you all for wanting to join in the fun - cheerleaders included!

The Quilt Along starts on September 1st. You can find all the details on the Dog Gone Cute page tab just below my blog header.  And the Blog Hop begins in October. There will be a linky party in November. So it's certainly not to late to join in the quilt along fun!

This is my second finished Dog Gone Cute project. It's the maxi size version of the pattern.

Finishing at 60" x 60" using 12 of the large size blocks, these little pups were made using Kona Coal for the background. I chose from 12 different fabrics for the pups, and each uses much less than a fat quarter. These large size blocks finish at 18" x 12".

I quilted my fave organic wavy lines with my walking foot using a 3.3 stitch length using a light grey Superior Threads' So Fine! #30 on top and plain white Guetermann polyester thread in the bobbin.

For the backing, I used the absolute last remaining yardage of this sweet print. This is Windy Day in Aqua from the Backyard Baby collection by Patty Sloniger for Michael Miller Fabrics.

The coordinating binding is also from the Backyard Baby collection - Birch Forest. I am in love with the colours and design of that Backyard Baby collection! This same combination was used on my Dog Gone Cute mini quilt and also on my Squirrels in the Park quilt back in May.

This Dog Gone Cute maxi quilt was the 51st use of my 100 labels

ordered from Ikaprint.

Hope you will be joining us for the Quilt Along and Blog Hop! This is going to be so Dog Gone FUN! I have been seeing some sneak peeks showing up on instagram and some of the blog hoppers have been sharing progress posts to their blogs. You will be amazed at their creativity! I am so proud to have them in my kennel! I will be introducing all the blog hop participants in my first post for the quilt along on September 1st.... So be sure to take some time and hop around to their blogs and meet them!

Linking up to Finish it up Friday with 

Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts

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My Kona Coal arrived. As you can see, I got my sashing and borders cut and pieced onto my maxi size Dog Gone Cute quilt. Unfortunately, the new Coal does not quite match the old Coal. But that's okay! I am looking forward to getting this quilted up soon!

I am really getting excited for the Dog Gone Cute quilt along blog hop!

The blog hop schedule is filling up fast - only five two spots left open - so if you are still considering participating in the blog hop portion, please send me an email at sewfreshquilts{at}gmail{dot}com today! Then grab a button below and share it on your blog!

Edited to add: Thank you to all the 40 people who have joined in the Blog Hop.... We have a full kennel now. But that doesn't mean there isn't room for you! Looking forward to having you Quilt Along during the month of September and then to join in the linky party that EVERYONE can join in for November! This is going to be so Dog Gone FUN!!!

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And for those of you who have expressed an interest in quilting along....
Only six more days to go!

I have been visiting lots of blogs with the dogs on their sidebar and it makes me so Dog Gone HAPPY! Thank you so much for sharing the news of the quilt along! Some of you have also been sharing sneak peeks. And your blocks are so DOG GONE CUTE!


Hope you will be quilting along and cheering us on!

Cheerleaders are a very important part of a quilt along, too!

Lots of sponsors are ready to cheer us on...
These wonderfully generous folks have all offered to supply us with Prizes!


Please leave me a comment if you are planning to participate in the Quilt Along.
Send me an email if you would like to be on the schedule for the Blog Hop.
Please add the button to your blog to help spread the word!




Now it's time for the linky party!!!!! What's buzzing at your hive?

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• Click on at least a few of the others who have linked up.  Take a social tour of their hive and really get to know them!  Before you BUZZ off.... Leave a friendly invite in your comment....  Encouraging them to make a BEE line to your blog.

• Your blog post does not have to BEE about something you worked on during the past week.  Linking up an older post that you are particularly proud of, or that you thought was really funny, or inspiring, or worth revisiting is totally okay.

• In your blog post, please include a link back to my blog or grab the "Let's Bee Social!" button from above and put it on your sidebar.  This way others who visit your blog that week can join in the fun!  Share the news of this new linky and Let's Bee Social!

• Following the Sew Fresh Quilts blog is not required - But it sure would BEE nice!

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Fox & Friends - one more time!

Who doesn't like to make the same quilt twice? Most of us....

But this is my third time making the Fox & Friends equilateral triangle quilt. This quilt will be the sample quilt brought to class when I teach at the Kincardine Sunset Quilters' Guild this fall. It was just as much fun making this time as it was the first. And it was a much quicker process! Experience can work in my favour if not too much time has passed. You can see the first Fox & Friends here and the second finish here.

I chose a darker grey for the raccoons and one darker shade of blue for the background. But all are Kona Cotton Solids. Would have gone with a green background this time..... But the backing fabric persuaded me into sticking with the blue!

The owl minky backing was still in   (my stash) from the second quilt made back in September of 2014. I could not resist using it again. It's so soft! And suits the colours of the front so well.

And for the binding, I wanted to change things up a bit. Last time I used Kona Black for the binding. This time I dug into  and picked out this lovely blue Chicken Wire Texture from the Bright and Early collection by Evelia for Wilmington Prints. Gives it a softer edge and blends in so nicely with the background. This print hasn't been hanging around for long. I just picked it up in May from Sew Sisters Quilt Shop during their Mother's Day Sale.

This Fox & Friends quilt was the 50th use of my 100 labels

ordered from Ikaprint.

If you would like to make a Fox & Friends quilt, too...
The pattern is available in my shop here.

Free tutorials for cutting and piecing an equilateral triangle quilt can be found here.

Linking up to Finish it up Friday with 

Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts

Craftsy is having a SALE this weekend....

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