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Oh my word!! I am so excited to share Tillie with you!  Isn't she darling?  She's been in the works for months - it's one of those quilt patterns that takes time, but is so worth it in the end.  I used several fabric lines from Moda designers in this quilt by pulling fat quartersfrom my stash together. The result is this fantastically happy colored quilt.

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Week 4 and final assembly of your own Mama Gypsy should be happening - if not, no worries!  Keep going at your own pace. It has been fun to see the progress on so many darling quilt tops.
 

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When you are ready to piece the top - I like to piece 2 rows together, then piece the two halves together.  It is easier to maneuver that way.

My border for this quilt had...

It has been so much fun seeing all the progress on your quilts!  They are being shared in my Facebook group here and on Instagram using the #mamagypsyquiltqal - be sure to check them out.

You can still join my QAL - get your paper pattern here, or the PDF pattern here. 

Don't forget to be cutting and squaring up your bonus HST's so that you will have the blocks needed to put together a darling HST...

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I hope you are having a fun time putting Mama Gypsy together!  I am happy to announce that Dory Miller has won the $50 gift certificate to Green Fairy Quilts for this quilt along.  Thank you for joining my quilt along!

So, we are working on row 2 for this week.  Thank you for sharing your progress on Facebook and Instagram - your fabric choices and blocks are amazing!  Keep them coming!

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It has been so fun watching the fabric choices coming along and many of you have started cutting and working on blocks.  That is so great! I am going to go over how I pieced my Mama Gypsy. The color choices for my quilt made it so I had to start in the center and build from there. 

You can see in the picture above that I cut the 4 center large print blocks, then cut the accent squares. I drew on...

 

Alright! Here we go! I hope you are as excited as I am about this fun Mama Gypsy QAL - it is going to be fun!  So, for those of you who are still on the fence and haven't purchased your pattern yet, you still have time! Get your paper pattern here (with free collector pin) or if you want to just get started, purchase the PDF version here.

For those of you on Facebook - I have created a groupto...

I have some fun planned for a Quilt Along making my Mama Gypsy Quilt. If you remember my first quilt, it was made with a white background and dark focal pieces.  This quilt has taken on a whole new look with a dark background and bright border, I absolutely love it!

The fun thing about this quilt patternis that there are enough half-square triangles to make a bonus quilt. I changed the layout for...

 

I thought it would be fun to do my own black and white picture challenge for this post. It really has been so hard to keep up blogging and I miss it. Seems like Instagram and Facebook is where I hang out most of the time now. Anyway - I just went to Paducah for QuiltWeek and had a wonderful time teaching 6 sold out classes. I am always so honored to be with so many quilters - it really makes my...

 

 I am happy to share my quilt, Celebrate, with you today.  You may have seen sneak peeks of this darling top on Social Media, but today is the final reveal.  I mentioned a few months ago that I design for a new company, Honest Fabric, and this is one of those designs. Right now, until tomorrow, you can get all of my designs at 25% off by using the code, ILOVEJM25 during checkout at Honest Fabric....

I am so excited to share with you 2 new quilt patterns!  These 2 designs have been in the works for a while, ever since Gypsy was first designed. The first one, Mama Gypsyis a fabulous quilt. This design takes the Gypsy block and makes it the focal point of the quilt. I used yardage for this particular quilt, but it could easily be a stash buster/fat quarter quilt. The large pieces could also be...