pixie summer home quilt along link up! + giveaway

hello Wednesday!
so today begins something brand new…

my friends – Sally and Julie and I are going to host a quilt along this summer…

just to give you a visual, we all tend to hang out together at Quilt Market…
and speaking of Quilt Market…we decided when we were just together to do a Quilt Along this summer….

for the next 12 weeks, we will be creating an awesome new quilt together
we will have two week assignments AND three different examples to help you choose how you will create your very own Pixie Summer Home Quilt

every two weeks, we will post a new block tutorial (created by Julie Dueck of the Intrepid Thread) from which you can create a series of blocks to use in your very own setting of the quilt. With the block tutorial we will post a linky party for you to show off your progress. After four block tutorials and linky parties, we will post suggestions of how to finish your quilt top, and then the last post will be about quilting your quilt, both with linky parties for you to join in with us.

Each of us will be posting giveaways with the block postings, and we will have a Midway prize and an ending Grand Prize. Each post in the linky party earns you an entry for these two prizes!!

Our main goal with this Quilt Along is to sew together. We know that sewing is an awesome experience, but it is made even sweeter and amazing when we sew together!

mark your calendar….
June 22nd – First Block
July 6th – Second Block
July 20th – Third Block
August 3rd – Fourth Block
August 17th – Finishing the Quilt Top
August 31st – Quilting and Binding your Quilt

Each week, you will:
1. …follow the instructions on our post.
2. …create a piece of your quilt.
3. …post your progress on the linky party.

this is one possible quilt option…
to make this version…
you will need one 40 piece layer cake
and 3 yards for background fabric as this is a lap sized quilt
*I will be offering a limited number of kits…so let me know if you are interested!!*

or you might like this version…
credit to Julie for designing these…

or a runner like this…
so, your task now is to select fabrics…

you can make as many of each blocks as you want and put them in any order you want. You can recreate one of the patterns we have done. Email one of us if you need any help or have any questions.

when you have chosen your fabrics and picked your quilt design OR you’ve just decided you want to join in, link up so we can connect with you. Remember, it’s about sewing together!

We’re excited to join with you to create a fun new SUMMER HOME this summer with you!

remember to grab this button for your blog!

for this week’s linky party…
link up with whatever Work In Progress you are doing…

and I am linking up with Lorna…

and just for fun…
here is this week’s giveaway…
I will draw a winner on Friday!

Happy Sewing!