Sneak Peek New Project

I have a new project coming up mid September. I'll share sneak peeks of my work in progress as I go along. I chose to work with these beautiful 30's fat quarter bundle from American Jane's Bread and Butter collection for Moda Fabrics.

Fabric Destash

I have been busy cutting up my fabric scraps and destashing them. If you are interested, please leave your e-mail and zip code for a shipping estimate. I will combine shipping for multiple items. E-mail me at lilypatchquilts at yahoo dot com.

Assorted 2.5" strips. They are all various lengths. These are the three photos  for it. There are a few strips of batiks, novelty and a lot of other cotton prints. There's quite a bit of them. Weighs 1.2 lbs. Will go by priority mail

$20.65 includes shipping (US Only)

New Fabrics

On our weekend family getaway, I stopped by The Intrepid Thread and picked up some fabrics and patterns for a couple of sewing projects. DD wanted these Tim Holtz fabrics for a tunic.

Happy Monday and a Thank You

Happy Monday! We've been spending time at the beach every week this Summer and it feels so nice to be outdoors. I love the ocean and watching my family play in the water. It never gets old. I have been really fortunate to win fabrics and sewing goodies from generous sponsors. This lovely fat quarter bundle is from Lima Sews. I won a $50 gift certificate and I chose Art Gallery Fabrics' Emmy Grace bundle by Bari J.

Sidetracked and a New Accessory

I got sidetracked with organizing and moving things around so alot of the things I planned to finish had to wait. It sure feels nice to throw things out that have been sitting around for far too long. I still have to find a place for all my fabric scraps and weed through my craft cabinet which hasn't seen the light of day in a few years. 

Anywho...I signed up for Art Gallery Fabrics' Sept. challenge so with all the mess, I had to get the challenge project done. I mean I don't have to, but once I sign up for something I will get it done and done it is. This is my submission, a laptop sleeve with a pocket. I bought these fabrics a couple of years ago when my local quilt shop was having a huge sale. I bought yards and yards of it for some home sewing projects, but sadly did not get around to doing. I figured this is a great challenge because I need a laptop sleeve to protect my computer and I want a zippered closure to prevent any mishaps. The hardest part about this challenge was sitting down and drafting up my own pattern, not that I can't. It just takes me a while to think of something. I didn't want just a plain old sleeve with a pocket. I wanted to add some sort of quilting to it. I sketched many different ones and I finally settled on this design. I hope I win. It would be sew much fun to have some of their new fabrics to play with. 

I will be back this week with the final tutorials for the Homecoming Table Topper. Thanks for hanging in there with me while get my things in order :-)

Fabric Shopping

I was looking for some Hometown yardage and none of my LQSs carried them. I found this grey print while we were on our trip. I also scored on the white and black fabrics. They were on sale at 50% off so I got some to make myself a bag. I've already sketched the design for my bag. I just need to make time to sew it.

I bought some of these Classic Spots fabrics from Kaffe Fassett. I bought 1/2 yards of these to split them into fat quarters to give half to my friend and half for me to keep. 

I fell in love with the batik fabrics so I bought a bit of yardage to make some bags. They will be small. I would like to make one for myself so I don't carry around a big bag all the time.

Hexagons and a Giveaway

This Giveaway is Now Closed.


I have been so fortunate to have won alot of awesome quilting tools and supplies this past year. I would like to give back by having a giveaway to start off the new year. If you are into hexagons or just wanting to start without all the cutting, this ones for you.


I've got a charm pack of Lark by Amy Butler and a charm pack of London by Dena Designs that I've cut up into these lovely hexagons. There are a total of 30 hexagons measuring 5"W x 4 3/8" H with 2 1/2" sides. 

 Lark by Amy Butler

London by Dena Designs

All you have to do to win one of these hexie packs is leave a comment telling me which hexie charm pack you would like to win. The entries will close at 10 pm Friday Jan. 6th and the winner announced shortly after.
Make sure there is a way for me to contact you if you win.


If you would like to get your hands on one of these lovely hexagon packs, I have them listed in my shop.

Day After Christmas Shopping

I got up early (8:30 am) this morning and went to Target to pick up some wrapping papers for next year. We finally finished ALL of our wrapping paper that I bought 14 years ago. I went hog wild because they were $.25 per role. Now it's all gone. It sure was fun to buy new ones. 


I also stopped by my LQS and bought some Christmas fabrics at 40% off. I bought more than I planned to, but I really don't have alot of Christmas fabrics in my stash and I have plans to complete a Christmas project each month next year. I guess you could say "Christmas Through the Year" for me. 
Here's what I bought:

A Charm Pack of Flurry by Kate Spain.

A Flurry Jellyroll and Countdown to Christmas Jellyroll by Kate Spain and Sweetwater.

Flurry fabrics by Kate Spain and Snowflake tonal print from Moda.

 More Countdown to Christmas by Sweetwater.

I have plans to make a couple of quilts, Christmas stockings and some little accessories with these fabrics. Can't wait to get started.

Hometown Fabrics

Just a quick post today. It's been a busy summer. I am getting all sorts of new fabrics. It's so much fun! So many projects dancing in my head. This is a fat quarter bundle from the Hometown collection by Sweetwater. I love all the prints in this collection. I am thinking a bag, a quilt and maybe some small accessories. Can't wait to have time to make them.