Have you visited the sale section on my website lately? Each time I get in a new fabric line, I like to consolidate and clean out some of the earlier stuff because I only have so much storage room in my studio. So now that Dazzle Dots is here, it’s time to clear out the remaining Geo Pop & Gridwork Yardage.
I’m also doing something different this time around. I took about a dozen or so “end of bolt” pieces fabric and am offering them at a better discount.
In addition to offering the larger chunks, I also cut out more fat quarters from my several of my previous fabric lines. Check out the Stitchy bundle right next to Dazzle Dots. Wouldn’t they look fantastic together in a quilt??
Finally, I reissued a couple of popular kits made from my Bling quilt pattern. One showcases Stitchy in a fun random looking layout, while the other version forms huge Hashtag blocks made from my Black, White and White collection. Hurry though, as once these are gone, they’re gone!
Can you believe that both of these quilts are made from the exact same Bling quilt pattern? It’s fun to see how different they can look due to fabric choices and block layout.
In case you missed it the first time around, you can watch this fun video showing how to assemble land quilt the Hashtags version of Bling. Now — don’t you want to make another one (or three) of these??
Can you guess that teaching live, in person workshops is my favorite thing to do? For this week’s video, I’m excited to share my 2024 travel agenda with you! I’ll be heading to some bigger quilt shows like QuiltCon, Paducah, and Pacific International Quilt Festival. Plus I will be headlining a few regional events like a really fun Stitchin’ Heaven retreat along with several shops and guilds around the country. I can’t wait!
Please let me know if you’ll be at any of my events mentioned above. It sure is fun to meet and chat with quilty friends in real life! And don’t forget to grab my books to use as your textbook during class. Each workshop will list the specific book and supplies needed, but of course I highly recommend the entire set, LOL!
I was recently checking out my Etsy shop stats and blown away by how many people love the ease and convenience of PDF downloadable patterns. For the record, I offer my patterns in both print and digital downloads. But the nice thing about the PDF versions is that I can continue to offer them, long after the printed versions have sold out.
These are some of my older patterns that are now out of print, as well as a couple of them that haven’t gotten as much love as some of the others. So add these to your bucket list and get started right away!
Bonus Machine Quilting Video Tutorial Featuring Churn Dash Slide
If you haven’t seen it yet, you can watch my tutorial showing how I made my Churn Dash Slide quilt, which is one of the patterns currently on sale. Even if you don’t make the quilt, you can apply the basting, quilting and binding tips to any quilt in your UFO pile! Click below to watch:
Did you check out last week’s tutorial where I showed how to quilt simple wavy lines with your walking foot? Well, guess what?? In this week’s video I’m taking that concept one step further and turning those wavy lines into a Wavy Grid. Click play below to watch, then scroll down for bonus goodies that will help you whip up a quick and easy quilt in no time!!
Easy Peasy Terrace Tiles Quilt Pattern
I designed and wrote Terrace Tiles to be the easiest quilt pattern I offer. It’s made from fat quarters and you can literally whip it up in a weekend by following the pattern + bonus tips I shared in my video above.
Optional Terrace Tiles Quilt Kits – While Supplies Last
The Citrus and Jewel versions of the quilts shown above are made from my Dazzle Dots fabric collection from Benartex. I’m thrilled that it has been my best selling line so far and so pleased that other quilters love these rich, yummy colors as much as I do! For a limited time I’m offering kits in both colorways and will replenish these as long as the fabrics are available.
First of all, thanks to all of you who chimed in about which quilt along you wanted me to host next. It was close, but Ticker Tape just barely edged out Color Weave. But not to worry, for those of you who voted for Color Weave, scroll to the end of this post. You won’t be disappointed! Take a sneak peek of the Ticker Tape quilt pattern by clicking play below:
So here’s how it’s going to work. Each week, starting on February 6th here on my blog, I’ll share which steps of the quilt you can work on, in order to complete the entire quilt over 6 weeks. You’ll need a copy of the Ticker Tape quilt pattern to follow along, but the quilt along itself is absolutely free! Below is a general overview of the timeline, but remember – you can always work at your own pace!
If you’d like to choose your own fabrics, that’s great too. You’ll just need one standard sized strip roll (40 strips, 2 1/2″ x 42″) plus background fabric to make the double sized quilt shown on the pattern cover.
I actually made a smaller version of this quilt with the dark navy background, and will be making the larger size with the turquoise background along with everyone else. I can’t wait!
Sharing is Caring
Let me know if you plan to quilt along! You can use the hashtag #tickertapequilt on social media, and you can also share pics of your progress and ask any questions you have in my ChristaQuilts group on Facebook.
Now is a great time to gather your supplies so you are ready to roll on Feb 6th!
Bonus Color Weave Video!
I made the original version of Color Weave from an earlier fabric line that’s no longer in print. I filmed a video at the time, so you can still successfully make this quilt any time you wish. Grab the Color Weave quilt pattern, and click below to watch:
And rest assured, I still plan to remake another version of Color Weave using Dazzle Dots, too. So if you had your heart set on making this quilt you still can. I’ll probably start on it after I finish making Ticker Tape, and I’ll still plan to make another video when I do!
Fun fact: whenever I design a quilt made from precuts, I always make sure it works to pull out one of the colors, just in case you want to use that same fabric for background. For me, designing quilts is (almost) as much fun as making them!
I love seeing how the same design looks in different colorways, don’t you? If you make this one, be sure to share pics with me as I love seeing your progress. You can share using #streamersquilt on social media, or post your pics and questions over in my ChristaQuilts group on Facebook.
I love traveling the world and teaching my machine quilting techniques. I have gigs coming up this year from coast to coast and I can’t wait. But for those of you who can’t come see me in person, QuiltCon is offering something new this year. You can purchase a virtual lecture pass to see them all! Even if you *are* attending in person, this is something you won’t want to miss, especially if you are in class during any of the lectures.
Streaming Lecture presales close on February 15, 2024.
You have until March 4th to watch the replays
My in-person workshops sold out the day that registration opened, but I’m also giving 2 live lectures. So if you are going to be attending, be sure to catch those. The auditoriums are large and can accommodate hundreds of attendees so they don’t usually sell out.
If you do plan to attend in person, please let me know. I won’t be having a booth this year, but I plan to do special events in some of the vendors booths, so that should be fun. I hope to see you there in person, or online!
I’m really excited about quilting this year. It’s the first year in awhile that I actually sat down and made some goals for what I want to accomplish in quilting *and* in my business. In my personal quilting I want to push the boundaries more when it comes to modern quilting, and be okay with creating original quilts that don’t need to be patternable. These will be just for fun and will give me more permission to play. I’ve already started creating some improv pieces that have no rhyme or reason to them and it has been very joyful thus far.
Improv color blocks made from scraps of my fabric collections over the last few years.
In my business I want to be a bit more organized. I’ve had ideas for big projects I’ve wanted to execute for *years* and this is finally the year to do it! For starters, I’m committing to creating and sharing new YouTube videos each and every week.
Would you believe I have hours and hours of raw video that’s just waiting to be edited? So starting next week, I’ll be releasing a machine quilting video for each and every quilt that I made from my new Dazzle Dots fabric. These will focus mainly on the machine quilting, with a few bonus tips thrown in just for fun!
Another big project I’m excited about is hosting another quilt along and that’s where I need your help. I put a call out on social media and wanted to drop it here on the blog, too. I’m deciding between 2 quilts I want to make: below is a recolored version of my Color Weave quilt made from Dazzle Dots. See pattern covers above for my 2nd choice of Ticker Tape.
Both are jelly-roll friendly. Leave a comment and let me know which you prefer. The one that gets the most votes will be announced on January 16, and the QAL will begin on Feb 6.
Finally, for years and years, ever since my book 99 Machine Quilting Designs came out, I’ve wanted to do a video series showing how to quilt all 99 designs in the book! My biggest stumbling block was figuring out how to manage that, but I’ve finally got a winning idea.
Starting in May (once I wrap up all of the Dazzle Dots videos I’m planning), I’ll kick off a 16-week video series going over about 5-7 designs each week. Yes, you’ll need a copy of the book to follow along, and I promise that your skills *will* improve if you practice each week. So stay tuned for more details on that front.
By the time we reach September, if I’m not too exhausted, I may even through in another quilt along to wrap up the year. I just may have some new patterns by then, along with perhaps some (cough cough) new fabric. But I’m getting ahead of myself for now. Just know that this is going to be an amazing quilty year for me and I hope it will be for you, too!
Now I want to know – what are *your* quilty goals for the new year?
I hope your holiday was fabulous and you are off to a great start this new year! To kick things off, I’m excited to announce that Dazzle Dots has now officially arrived at quilt shops around the US. For folks that can’t find it locally, I also offer it in my online shop. I created a video showing me unboxing my shipment of fabric and it was quite the fun mess to make. Be sure to take a look below:
Although this is my 9th fabric line with Benartex it’s the first time I’ve made an unboxing video. Let me know what you think and I’ll consider doing this each time I release a new group. It was a little more scrappy than my usual videos but still fun to make.
Well this fall/winter has been a busy time to say the least. I went to market and festival in October, went on vacation in November, and then promptly got sick in December. But the good thing is that I don’t teach in December so I had plenty of time to recover, LOL! (Just a bad cold, nothing serious!) Now that I’m coming up for air, I edited a fun video for you to watch. It’s all about my experiences at market and festival. It runs about 20 minutes, so feel free to click play below to watch!
Dazzle Dots is Here!!
And in case I haven’t shouted it from the rooftop yet, my new Dazzle Dots collection has arrived, whoo hoo!! You can ask for it at your local quilt shop, or get it from me.
Christa Quilts 