Ok the mystery is now out of the box and hopefully subscribers are starting to get it in their mailbox!  The primary technique is what I call "Crayon Applique".  Both of the quilts featured in the magazine are playfully appliquéd with crayon work and then satin stitched to appear like more challenging quilt appliqué methods!

and the winners of the My Quilt is a Cover Quilt Giveaway are........

Janet, Carol, Monica, Katy M and Jennifer E, Congratulations Ladies!  You did not get the whole technique down but I totally admire your enthusiasm and therefore I am declaring you winners!!!

This issue is all about summer fresh quilts, lettering, framing small quilts, Victoria's Quilts Canada and much, much more.

What is really great about the magazine is that they also feature Canadian designers and share resources and information about Canadian quilters.

The only place you can get patterns for Hot Summer Fun and Summer is Gardening is by purchasing the magazine!

If you are not already a subscriber, I recommend you look into subscribing to this magazine here

I am so excited to announce that Quilter's Connection Magazine has published one of my newest pattern designs on the cover of their magazine for the "Summer" issue and thats not all!!!!!  Another of my designs is also published and in the magazine. 

I joked with my daughters when I said:

"Does This Make Me A "COVER GIRL" ?  LOL!

 Seriously! The cover quilt is called "Hot Summer Fun", page 10 and the one featured in the magazine on page 36 is called "Summer is Gardening"

I was asked to create a summer quilt with lettering and so I was totally thinking hot sun and fun summer activities with a modern vibe when designing the quilts for the magazine.  I hope you like both of them!

The magazine will be mailed out to subscribers very soon or you can purchase it at your local quilt shop.  Check out www.quiltersconnection.ca to find a store near you.

Also, see  the original story of how this came to be in this blog post here 

So...... the first 5 people who can tell me what the primary "technique" is included in the quilt shown above on the cover, will get a free magazine!!

Please comment below and also give us your email address so we can contact you if you are the winner of this giveaway - we will contact you to mail it out to you.

​Quilter's Connection Magazine is a great magazine for quilters by quilters, I encourage you to read all about it below or check it out for subscription information here

I can't wait to get this magazine in my very hot hands.

​I really hope you enjoy reading it and are inspired!

Have a Great Monday, I hope your long weekend has been fantastic, the weather here was beautiful!☀️😊

FYI everyone, Connecting Threads has been sending out emails with the slogan  "52 weeks of Free Exclusive Patterns".

So...... I went to their website to see what it is all about and there are absolutely free wonderful patterns to download including the ones below.
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Click here to look at the free patterns and simply download them to your computer and use at a later date.

Each week this year they will be introducing a new free pattern, you cannot get better than free and be inspired weekly. So mark your calendar to remember to check back often.

They also currently have a vast array of quilting colouring books at 20 to 35% off! Check them out if you are interested.

Have a great week everyone and Happy Monday!😊

All month long (April 2- 30th), you have a chance to enter to win a prize or your choice from the Craftsy site, worth up to $100! Giveaway begins 4/2 @12:30am MDT and ends 4/30 ​

Click here for details

Need some motivation for new spring projects? How about some "moda-vation?"

​For seven days, Craftsy is giving away different Moda fabric yardage every day. Giveaway begins (April 4) 4/3 @12:30am MDT and ends (April 9) 4/9 @11:59pm MDT, open to residents of U.S. and Canada only.

​Click here to get more info and free fabric

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