I fell in love with this new fabric line,

Kitty Loves Candy by Poppie Cotton

the moment I saw swatches of it at the

International Quilt Market last fall.

It has such a fun, unique color palette for Halloween and the prints are

sweet and whimsical.  There are so many fun details like Candy the witch, 

barns, chickens, kittens + pumpkins, pigs, stars, florals, and ginghams.  It's just darling!

I decided to use some Kitty Loves Candy fat quarters to remake

my Cross Stitch pattern.

It's a Layer Cake friendly pattern

and the quilt finishes at 62" x 81".

A nice throw/twin-size quilt!

The blocks are big - a great way to show off those cute prints!

And the scrappy binding is a fun way to finish off the quilt.

(I really can't decide which print is my favorite!)

You can snag the Cross Stitch pattern in my shop HERE.

Who said Halloween has to be dark and scary!?!

I love these bright, happy prints and can't wait to snuggle

under this fun quilt come October.

Thank you to Poppie Cotton for asking me to participate

in this fabric tour and for the darling fat quarter bundle!

Want to see more Kitty Loves Candy?

Visit the other stops on the fabric tour:

Wednesday, May 10 http://blueribbondesigns.com

Friday, May 12     http://neverlandstitches.blogspot.com/

Monday, May 15 https://www.cardinalcreekquilting.com

Wednesday, May 17     https://amerooniedesigns.com/

Friday, May 19     https://charismascorner.com/category/blog/

Monday, May 22  http://theredfeedsack.blogspot.com

Wednesday, May 24 http://www.gigisthimble.com/

Friday, May 26     https://bretquiltdesigns.com/

Monday, May 29 https://www.sewmariana.com/

My Favorite Things Fabric Tour

I have been a fan of Elea Lutz' designs since I first discovered her in 2015.  

Her first fabric line was Milk, Sugar, and Flower (which was absolutely adorable; 

I'm sad I missed out on it!)  However, I did end up making a 

Christmas quilt with her second fabric line, Little Joys.

 Today I get to share some projects I made with her

most recent fabric line, My Favorite Things.  It has that 

sweet, vintage style that Elea is known for.  And she is now a designer for 

Poppie Cotton which I think is a match made in heaven!

As you can see the line is full of soft pinks, blues, buttery yellows, creamy whites

and tans...with a little pop of red!  Such a cute color palette!  There are lots of 

different florals in various scales and one of my favorite things - text prints!  

But the main print features many of Elea's favorite

things (which I'm sure most of us can relate to.)  See THIS post

on Elea's blog for more pictures, the inspiration behind this collection, 

the darling coordinating cheater print, and a free mini

quilt pattern that Elea is offering to members of her new Facebook group. 

The first project I made with My Favorite Things

was a throw-size version of my Rough and Tumble pattern.

It comes with instructions for 5 different sizes!

I had so much fun playing with 5" squares of

My Favorite Things + a few solid fabrics 

and a tan with a white dot background fabric.

I love this pattern because the blocks go together really quickly

and there is no sashing!  So it's a very fast make, overall.

I bound it with the red Good Measure grid fabric from my fabric line, 

Treasured Treads with Poppie Cotton and backed it in a

large green gingham fabric from Riley Blake.

My friend, Jen Ostler in Highland, UT quilted it for me.

She did a fantastic job, as always!  The quilting pantograph 

she used is called Fluffy Lumps.  It's a new-to-me design

that I thought complimented the scalloped/floral print in 

My Favorite Things really well!  She also quilted a tiny heart 

on the quilt for me to find - in a little game of quilters' hide and seek.  

Can you see it?

I just couldn't get enough of My Favorite Things so I decided

to make one more project with the remaining fabric I had.  But don't

worry, it was a super fast baby quilt that just takes a couple of hours to put together.

I've had many requests for this pattern called, Big Baby.

It was originally in my book, Vintage Vibe

but it's out of print now so I decided to make Big

Baby into an individual pattern which you can find in my shop, HERE.

The pantograph is called Cartwheels and the quilt finishes at 38" square.

It's a big-block baby quilt version of my Scrap Jar Stars pattern.

It goes together so fast and looks cute in any colorway!

Perfect for gift-giving!

I love this fabric line and am so thankful that I got to be a part of

the My Favorite Things Fabric Tour.  My Favorite Things is in stores now

so be sure to run out and grab some before it's all gone!

Treasured Threads is in Stores Now!

The day is finally here!

Treasured Threads is in stores now!

 My new fabric collection with Poppie Cotton

is full of sweet prints in varying shades of pink,

butter yellow, aqua, orange, navy, and creamy white (with a little

touch of red!)  It's bright and happy, vintage and modern -

all at the same time!

The following stores are carrying Treasured Threads:

Ace Sew & Vac

Al's Vacuum & Sewing

Cardinal Creek Quilting

Cherry Tree Cottage

Cornwagon Quilt Company

Country Sampler

Crimson Confection

El Cajon Sew & Vac

Farmhouse Fabrics, INC

Good Vibes Quilt Shop

Hunnie Quilt

Lou Lou's Fabric Shop

Mountain Stitches by Susan

Olie and Evie

Orange Quilt Bee

Precuts Quilt Shop & Craft

Quality Time Quilts

Sew It Seams

Sew Let's Be Quilty

Sweet Daisy Quilt Shoppe

Teal House Quilts

The Backstitch

The Quilted Cow LLC

The Quilting Studio & Fabric Mercantile

Thread Play Quilt Shoppe

Tilly Dee's Quilts and Embroidery

Under the Garden Moon

I've created 3 companion patterns

to go with Treasured Threads:

Flora's Baskets

A 10" square friendly pattern.

3 quilt size options 

Beginner-friendly

Sprout

A 10" square friendly pattern.

3 quilt size options 

Beginning applique

Positive Vibes

Fat-quarter friendly

2 size options

Quilt-along starts March 1st

See QAL details HERE.

You can check out all of my paper and PDF patterns HERE.

If you're a shop owner and would like to get

bulk quantities of any of my patterns at wholesale prices

please email me at gigisthimble@hotmail.com.

If you get your hands on Treasured Threads or

make anything with it please email me or tag me on

Instagram @gigis_thimble.  It would make my day

to see it in your home.  Happy shopping!

Flora's Baskets

Hello, hello!  Today I am sharing my

third (and final) pattern that I designed

for my upcoming fabric collection 

with Poppie Cotton called, Treasured Threads.

Meet - Flora's Baskets.

It's a Layer Cake (10" square) 

friendly pattern and it comes with instructions

for 3 different size quilts - lap, twin, and queen.

It's my spin on a vintage-inspired

Basket pattern and I love this particular

basket block!  Quilting and basket blocks

go hand-in-hand in my opinion.

Basket blocks are just classic.

The quilting was done by Jen Ostler in Highland, UT.  

I always love crosshatch quilting.  It's timeless!

Last night I got the itch to make a scrappy

version of Flora's Baskets using lots of different 

low-volume fabrics for the background.

I'm loving where it's headed!  It's a bit messier

and more time-consuming to make those 

blocks.  But you know me, I love scrappy! 

I'm thinking about doing a tutorial for the scrappy

version of these blocks that you could use in

conjunction with the pattern?  Maybe newsletter

subscribers would get it first??? 

You can join the newsletter HERE.

It's so surreal to be able to play with my own fabric!

I'm loving seeing it pop up in the wild by people

that received advanced yardage.

To follow along with the Treasured Threads

fabric tour click HERE.

To snag a copy of Flora's Baskets  -

click HERE for the paper pattern

or HERE for the PDF pattern.

Do you have a basket quilt? 

Are you more of a scrappy person or not?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Plain and Simple (a new pattern)

Look at me, blogging twice in one week!  Who am I?!?  

It's just that I have another new pattern to share with you!

I'd like to introduce you to Plain and Simple.

I had the opportunity to design a pattern with fabric from the 

Daisy Mae fabric line by Poppie Cotton.  It was interesting designing

a pattern with just THREE fabrics!  That's so not like me!

But it was a fun challenge trying to come up with a pattern for them; I love the way it

it turned out and now I want to make Plain and Simple in ALL the colors! 

It's a pretty easy pattern; one that I think would be great for beginners.

Plain and Simple comes with instructions for 5 different size options -

Baby - 34" x 34"

Throw - 51" x 51" 

(cover quilt and sample)

Twin - 68" x 85"

Queen - 85" x 102"

King - 102" x 102"

Cathy Barney quilted this for me using the Elegant Orange Peel design 

by Karlee Porter.  It's such a pretty design - it works well with the angles in the

quilt pattern but has a softness about it that I love!

I had so much fun making this pattern that I've already made a second one (the twin size)

using a V. and Co. ombre jelly roll I had on hand.  The pattern only includes instructions

for the three color version but I wanted to see what a scrappy version would look like.

Pretty fun, right?  Here's a peek at the quilt top.  I just dropped it off at my 

quilter's house today so I'll show you more pictures of it when it's finished.

Isn't it amazing how different it looks in solids with dark stars!?!

Check out this blue and white version (I was having fun mocking up different

versions of Plain and Simple in EQ7).

I think this pattern will be great in any color scheme for any occasion.  

What color scheme would YOU do if you made it?

Plain and Simple is now available as a PDF in my Etsy shop (click HERE)

The paper patterns will be available very soon!

Daisy Mae fabrics are in shops now.

Happy quilting!

Gingham Farmhouse Fabric Tour + Tutorial and Giveaway!

I've been waiting for this day for weeks now!

It's my stop on the Gingham Farmhouse Fabric Tour and guys, I absolutely LOVE 

this fabric line by Poppie Cotton!

It's full of florals, orange peels, houses (not shown here), gingham and gingham BUNNIES!!!  I mean, can you even!?!  All things I love in soft, beautiful colors!  But I especially love the navy!  

Gingham Farmhouse also includes the sweetest alphabet panel that you ever did see.  

It's available in 3 different colorways!

I couldn't resist making a little something from the panel and a "HOME" pillow seemed to be the perfect thing.  Click HERE for the tutorial! 

I also made a quilt!

The pattern is called Sugar from my book, Vintage Vibe.

(Click HERE to get an autographed copy.  

It's on sale right now for $14.99 for 14 project patterns!)

Sugar calls for 8 fat quarters for the blocks but I used 18 and made it really scrappy!

It finishes at 64" x 80".

I had my quilter, Cathy Barney in Alpine, Utah do an orange peel edge-to-edge design on it.

It's one I hadn't used before and I love the way it turned out!

Look at that texture!

I finished this quilt off with a scrappy binding.  

I think it adds a fun touch and is a great way to use up fabric from the line.  

Do you ever do scrappy bindings?  They're my fave!

I want to share the love of Poppie Cotton with you

so today I am giving away 2 darling Gingham Farmhouse 

panels with coordinating house print fat quarters! 

You can make a pillow (like mine!) using THIS tutorial 

or you can incorporate these letters and numbers into a quilt.  

There are so many possibilities!

Two lucky winners will be chosen.

Just leave a comment below telling me what you love about your home.

I will announce the winners next Wednesday, November 20th here on the blog.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Be sure to visit the other blogs for more Gingham Farmhouse inspiration!

Wanderings Fabric Tour

Hello! Hello!

Today I get to share a recent finish I made out of a new fabric line called 

Wanderings by Poppie Cotton.

This is my second project with the new company Poppie Cotton and I am such a fan!  The sweet, beautiful, traditional fabrics in soft colors really speak to me.  And just a hint for what's to come...I said yes to a third project with their third line!  I only say yes to lines I really love and I think their lines keep getting better and better!

Wanderings is a sweet, feminine line of fabrics that includes flowers, butterflies and a few basics.  

It incorporates darks and lights in a really beautiful color scheme of pinks, blues, greys, and whites.

I wanted to pick a pattern that really showcased the fabrics so I chose my Lulu pattern.  

It's normally a Jelly Roll pattern but I was able to easily adjust it for fat quarters.  

I loved the way it turned out.  Many of my patterns have a lot of background fabric 

showing but I think it's a testament to the beauty of this line that it's not too busy 

even though I didn't use any other fabric lines or solids to break things up.

I used a coordinating gingham fabric from my stash for the back 

(sorry, I've had it for a few years and can't remember what company made it).

I used the remainder of the blue fat quarters to make a scrappy binding.  

I love a good scrappy binding, don't you?!?

Denae Hansen in American Fork, Utah quilted this for me using a classic orange peel design.  

She did a great job as always!  The orange peel is one of my all-time favorite go-to designs!

Wanderings is available in stores now.  

Click HERE for a list of shops carrying Poppie Cotton.

Lulu is based on a vintage quilt I once saw.  

It's a very simple pattern; one you can whip up in a day or two.  

Like I said, it's Jelly Roll friendly and comes with instructions 

for two different sizes - a lap and a twin.

Click HERE to visit my Etsy shop.  

Well, that's it for my stop on the Wanderings Fabric Tour.

I feel so honored I got to work with this beautiful fabric line alongside

the other designers on this tour. 

Poppie Cotton	July 9th	https://poppiecotton.com/
Kelsey Evans	July 11th	www.foxfishe.com
Lindsey Weight	July 16th	www.primrosecottagequilts.com
Dori Troutman	July 18th	theredfeedsack.blogspot.com
Sherri Falls	July 23rd	https://thisandthatpatterns.typepad.com/
Andy Knowlton	July 25th	http://www.abrightcorner.com/
Debbie Homick	July 30th	http://happylittlecottage.blogspot.com/
Melissa Corry	August 1st	http://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/
Amy Chappell	August 6th	https://amerooniedesigns.com/
Amber Johnson	August 8th	http://www.gigisthimble.com/
Poppie Cotton	August 13th	https://poppiecotton.com/

Be sure to check out their blogs for more Wanderings inspiration!

Have a great day friends!