Miss Loreen's Schoolhouse

Sew Along Saturday!

Today is Sew Along Saturday over at my YouTube Channel - Miss Loreen's Schoolhouse.

Today at 1:00 pm, join me on my YouTube channel as we make this quilt as you go potholder. So easy!

http://www.youtube.com/missloreensschoolhouse

Fabrics you will need:

Five - 1 1/2" strips WOF or a bunch of scrap strips

Back fabrics - 6" x 10" and 10" x 10"

Batting - 10" x 10"

Insulbright - 10" x 10"

Ribbon for loop - 3/8" to 1/2" x 6"

Thread for sewing

Walking foot, if you have one - will really work best with walking foot since we have fabric, batting and Insulbright layers.

 

Today, I am using Halloween fabrics for my potholder!!

 

 

Hope you sew along with me today!

loreen

It's A Garden Party Row Along Day Four!

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.

 

For the Love of Geese

 

Kathleen McMusing

 

Ms P Designs USA

 

QuilterChic

 

Fabric Bash/Carpe Blogum

 

If you have a chance, leave a comment below and let me know how you are enjoying this year's Row Along!

Have a great day!
loreen

It's A Garden Party Row Along New Week!!

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!

 

Daughters of Dorinda

 

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

 

Just Let Me Quilt

 

Lovingly Lissa

 

The Quilt Rambler

 

I hope all of you enjoy your visits with the designs and have fun!

Have a great day!
loreen

 

2020 It's a Garden Party Row Along - Day Two

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:

Bobbin in Quilts Blog

 

Kissed Quilts

 

Patchwork Breeze

 

Songbird Designs/Brenda's Blog

 

Stitchin' at Home

 

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!

Have a great day!!
loreen

First Day of 2020 Row Along!!

Here we go!  It is the first day for the 2020 It's A Garden Party Row Along!  Are you ready to start collecting free patterns?  Be sure to click on each designer's link to see his/her pattern.  Be sure to leave a comment, download the free pattern and sign up for the giveaways!!  

If you are collecting all of the patterns during this event or even some of them, be sure to make a folder on your computer under "Documents" and name it 2020 Garden Party Row Along so you can keep all of this great patterns in one place for future reference.  Nothing feels better than being able to find a pattern you saved!!

Here are today's designers:

 

Blue Heron Quilting

 

Just Let Me Quilt

 

Made by Marney

Pumpkin Patch BC

The Devoted Quilter

Again, be sure to visit each designer and leave a kind comment as each designer has taken his/her personal time to create these beautiful patterns for you to have for free.  Don't forget to download the pattern and save it to your computer and don't forget to enter all of the giveaways!!

Most of all have a great time and stop back here on Thursday for a new group of featured designers!

Have a great day!
loreen

It's A Garden Party Row Along

It's that time of year once again.  It's time for our annual Row Along created by Marian at Seams to Be Sew.  This year we have 50 designers who have created 50 different rows using our theme "It's A Garden Party".  Don't let the name fool you.  This isn't just about vegetables and flowers!  You are going to find all kinds of gardens that have come from these talented designers and their patterns will be FREE for you to download during this great event.

Here's how it works.  Every Tuesday and Thursday, starting tomorrow, September 8th through Thursday, October 8th, check in here at my blog and I will have a list of the day's Designers with a link to each designer's page along with a picture of each Row featured that day.  When you visit each of the designer's sites, you will find a link to download the free pattern AND you will have a chance to enter into every designer's giveaways for that day!!  How cool is that!!

Let's talk a minute about sponsors for all of the great giveaways.  I am just naming a few here.  The first is Northcott Fabrics.  I would like to give them a special thanks since Northcott provided the designs with fabrics to use in their samples!!  Thank you! For you in the giveaways from Northcott Fabrics – 5 fat quarter bundles!!

 

Giveaways from  Clover-USA offers a wonderful bundle of notions, especially for the quilter. 

1. Flower Head Pins (Fine) – Value $4.99
2. Seam Ripper – Value $4.50
3. Wonder Pins (Red/10pc) – Value $6.95
4. Fabric Folding Pen – Value $16.95
5. Water Erasable Marker (Thick) – Value $5.25
6. Wonder Pins – Value $18.75

Giveaways from Anita Goodesign:

Anita Goodesign is offering 5 wonderful machine embroidery packs.

1. The Perfect Sewing Room Quilting Designs – Value $250.00
2. Periodic Table of Quilting & Embroidery – Value $179.95
3. Free Motion Frenzy – $250.00
4. Bargellissimo – Value $179.95
5. Autumn Bounty – $250.00

You must own an embroidery machine with at the very least a 5×7 hoop field. In some cases, the hoop field may need to be larger so please check each pack’s url before you enter these giveaways.

As I said, I mentioned a few of the sponsors for some of the giveaways just to give you an idea of what a great event this is! So mark your calendars and be sure to check in every Tuesday and Thursday for new free patterns and have lots of fun!

Have a great day!
loreen