Browse through all the photographs of my 2021 April projects. Lots of fun to see new projects and ideas.
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Today is the official closing day for the 2020 It's a Garden Party Row Along. Click on the featured designer links below to see each of their Show and Tell items.
Before you start visiting these designers, I would like to take this time to thank all of you for visiting my site and the sites of the other designers all during this event. I have so enjoyed reading your comments and I appreciate that you took the time to leave such kind words.
Here are the designers. Just click on each name to visit!
My pattern is still available to download for free until October 31 so please be sure to get your free pattern.
My pattern is called "GARDEN HARVEST"
You can clickHERE for the link to my free pattern. If you would like to read more about my pattern and see some of the up close applique stitching, you can head back on my blog page a few days to the blog "It's My Day...."
If you are new to machine embroidery or want to watch some sewing tutorials or sew along with me on Thursday nights or Saturday afternoons, be sure to stop over at my YouTube Channel. I'll be also be adding more tutorials in the coming months so be sure to subscribed and click on the bell so you will receive notifications of new video tutorials.
All good things come to an end they say! Today is the last day of highlighting new featured designers each week. If you check in with Seams to be Sew, Marian will have information about Show and Tell Day scheduled for Tuesday, October 13th I hope all of you have had a great time and collected lots of patterns. My pattern will be a free download until the end of this month...October to give everyone a chance to get it.
Please be sure to leave a kind comment as you visit with each designer. If you have a chance, leave me a comment and let me know how you have enjoyed this event and if you are looking forward to a new theme for next year. You can find my free pattern on a blog below for Tuesday, September 29th and, again, my pattern will be a free download until the end of October.
Don't forget there is still time for this special discount!
Electric Quilt is offering each and every Garden Party hopper a 20% discount on any of their products except for EQ Academy during the row along. The coupon code is: GARDENPARTY20. If you’ve been wishing for this software, now is the time while you get this great discount!
Have a great time visiting today's featured designers! loreen
Be sure to leave a special message at Seams To Be Sew. This is Marian and she is the one that puts this event together every year, keeps all the designers on track and rounds up all the great giveaways. Thanks so much Marian!!
Just a reminder that my "day" was last Tuesday and you can still download my free pattern. Just check below to last Tuesday's blog for the free pattern link.
Hope you are all having a grand time. Thanks to all of you for visiting my blog and your great comments. I enjoyed hearing from you!
We are nearing the end of this great event. I hope all of you have been visiting, downloading and entering into all the great giveaways. Today's It's A Garden Party featured designers are listed below.
Please be sure to leave a kind comment with each designer as you visit, download the free patterns and enter the giveaways. Maybe you will win a great prize!!
My day was this past Tuesday and my pattern with pictures and free download are in my last blog below.
It is Day Seven of the 2020 It's A Garden Party Row Along and it's MY DAY!!! I have been looking forward to sharing my block pattern with you! The size is 12" x 18". It is a great size if you just want to make a smaller wall hanging instead of a big quilt. You decide.
Before I get down to sharing my pattern with you, here is a list of the rest of today's featured designers along with a link to each of their sites. I will add the pattern pictures as soon as they become available on each designer's site.
Be sure to visit with each designer, download the free pattern, enter the giveaways and, please, leave a kind comment!
Here we go!
My pattern is called "GARDEN HARVEST"
You can click on the picture for the link to download my pattern for free while the Row Along event is going on. I will also have a link at the end of this blog. Don't forget to enter the giveaway at the end of my blog!!
Instead of designing a growing garden, I decided to showcase what we get from our gardens at the end of the growing season! With this pattern you can easily change any of the applique shapes around, add more, etc. so that you can make this block truly your own Garden Harvest. The pattern has step by step instructions along with lots of illustrations including illustrations of my applique stitching.
I started with a great sky fabric and grass fabric, both from Northcott Fabrics. The wagon and fence fabrics were from Northcott as well. I have to say a big THANK YOU to Northcott for providing me with these great fabrics!
Following the instructions, you will make your grass fabric a bit curvy to give your block a more natural look. Very easy!
Next comes the fence, sunflowers and wagon! You could have your wagon placed to the left or right!! You can easily curve your stems without cutting curved stems!!
Next, let's add some pumpkins and a crow!
And, finally, all the fruits and veggies you want!
Once you have placed all of your applique shapes, you would press everything to permanently adhere it to the back fabrics! Pretty easy so far!!
Next is the applique stitching. The stitches used will depend on two things. First, what stitches your sewing machine has and, second, what stitches you like to use! Pretty simple!! I used several different stitches in this project. The applique stitch (varies on different machines) is basically like a blanket stitch but with two or three straight stitches in between each "bite". So some of you may ask, what the heck is a "bite"! That is when the stitch will go left (or right) into the applique fabric. You will see some close ups below to give you a better idea. The pattern has quite a few pictures of the different stitches. I also used the triple stitch for the detail inside of the pumpkins to show how the pumpkin curves.
For the grass, I used one of my machines decorative stitches! I love to use decorative stitching so I don't have to be perfect straight like I would with straight top stitching!! The fence has the applique stitching.
Here is a close up of the pumpkin stitching so you can see where the triple stitch is. The outside stitching is the blanket stitch.
When it comes to smaller pieces, a simple straight stitch is best so I finished off the smaller pieces and the sunflower stems with straight stitching. Here is a close up of the sunflower stems straight stitching.
I hope all of you enjoy my Garden Harvest pattern! You can click HERE for the link to my free pattern. The pattern will remain a free download until the end of the Row Along event! Enjoy!
Now for the giveaway!!
I am fortunate enough to get to give away an Anita Goodesign machine embroidery design set every year for our annual Row Along and this one is a fantastic prize!! It is Anita Goodesign's biggest design set -- a Premium Plus with a retail value of $250.00!! WOW!! I have been stitching Anita Goodesign machine embroidery designs for many years and they are the leader in machine embroidery designs. Every set has multiple sizes of all the designs, right down to a 5x7 hoop!! With any Premium Plus design set, there are loads and loads of designs and projects. This year it is "The Perfect Sewing Room"
This giveaway requires the winner to own an embroidery machine with a 5x7 hoop size or larger.
In addition to the prize draw,Electric Quilt is offering each and every Garden Party hopper a 20% discount on any of their products except for EQ Academy during the row along. The coupon code is: GARDENPARTY20. If you’ve been wishing for this software, now is the time while you get this great discount!
Good luck everyone!!
For all of the rules, regulations and list of sponsors, please click on this link to go to the SeamsToBeSew webpage. Winners will be paying for shipping of any product that requires it. There is more information at the SeamsToBeSew link for you to read.
Thank you again for following along with the Row Along event this year and I hope you are enjoying visiting with designers all around the world, downloading the free patterns and crossing your fingers to be a giveaway winner!!
If you are new to machine embroidery, be sure to stop over at my YouTube Channel for some tutorials. I'll be adding more in the next few months so be sure to subscribed and click on the bell so you will receive notifications of new video tutorials.
See you Thursday for the next list of featured designers! loreen
PS. I have learned that some browsers aren't allowing comments to be left so I have contacted my blog provider to try to correct this problem. Not the browsers' fault. I appreciate all of your comments and those who have emailed their comments. Thank you so much! If you wish to email me with your comment, here is my email address: schoolhouse@therightspot.com
Here it is day six already and we are half way through this great event! Are you having fun visiting with all of the designers and seeing all of the different patterns?
It's Day Five! Have you been enjoying the annual Row Along - It's A Garden Party? There are five new featured designers today. You know the drill by now - please click on the link for each designer, leave a kind comment, download the free pattern and enter the giveaway! Do that times five - once for each designer.
I hope you are having a great time visiting with these designers from all around the world!
In addition, Electric Quilt (https://www.electricquilt.com) is offering a 20% discount code off any products except for EQ Academy during the row along. The coupon code is: GARDENPARTY20.
Wow! We are already on day four and the end of the second week of our annual row along - It's A Garden Party! I hope you are all having a great time visiting with designers you may not have known about before. Have you downloaded the patterns and entered the giveaways? Don't forget. You can still go back to my Tuesday blog and click on the links for the designers for that day and get your free patterns.
Here are the five new featured designers for today.
Here we are on the second week of our annual row along - It's A Garden Party. Have you visited with the featured vendors from last week? I hope you had a chance to download the free patterns and sign up for the great giveaways.
This is day three with five new featured designers. Listed below are the links for each designer so you can just click and go visit! Be sure to leave a kind comment, download the free pattern and enter for the giveaways!
Here we are at Day Two of the 2020 It's a Garden Party Row Along! Did you visit each of the designer's on Day One? If not, just go to my post below and click on each designer's link. You still have time to get their free patterns!!
We have five new featured designers today and here they are:
Click on each designer's name to go to his/her page and read all about how the pattern came to be. Be sure to leave a kind comment as every designer reads what all of you have to say. Download the free pattern and be sure to enter the giveaways.
If you have time, leave me a comment and let everyone know how you are enjoying this great event and what your favorite pattern might be so far.
Have a great time, share this blog with the links with your friends. See you next Tuesday, September 15th for a new list of featured designers!
