35% off!

What do we love more than quilting? 

Think hard...

A sale on fabric!

Click here to purchase Color Defined on sale - 35% off! That means it is only $6.69 per yard!

This fabric is just lovely - here are a few quilt pattern we thought would work great with Color Defined!

The Hoots

Megabits

The Hoots is a completely adorable quilt that is perfect for the special little girl in your life...you can of course, pick out a blue line of fabric and it is perfect for little boy! (We Avignon or Odyssea would be cute! Click here to view our Blue Fabrics!)

 We added photos of baby's family to the owl tummies on the wallhanging. This quilt pattern include instructions for two versions, a 49" x 59" quilt and a 40 1/4" x 43 1/2" wallhanging. The full alphabet is included so you can customize the name on the wallhanging. The technique is fusible applique.

Megabits is from Swirly Girl Designs. All you need are 14 half-yard cuts...and at $6.69 per yard this quilt is a great gift made out of color defined! Finished size 80" x 90" (You can also use 28 Fat Quarters!)

So while Sandy and Sue are at market we can have some fun too by making these oh so adorable quilts!

Happy Quilting,

QBTB
 

35% off!

Market!

Sandy and Sue are off at market having the time of their lives!!

Aren't we all a little bit jealous? Yes, you can admit it...don't you wish you could have tucked yourself into their suitcases!?! ...well, maybe we can't bend that way anymore...but it would have been fun to go with them!

So some of you have asked what market is...

Market is a quilter's heaven! Close your eyes and picture what a quilter's heaven would look like...you would see beautiful fabrics, nifty notions, creative patterns, and just miles upon miles of booths filled with quilt paraphernalia! ...and that is just what market is!! Everything good in the quilt world comes together for an amazing quilting adventure...oh yeah, and LOTS of shopping!

Since we can't all go to market...cause you have to be a store owner or in the industry to attend...the wonderful people of Quilts, Inc also plan a HUGE quilt festival! The festival begins just as market is ending - so this is something to add to your bucket list!...and they do more than just one quilt festival per year so check your calendar, gather a few friends, and book a plane ticket or load up the RV!

You can join the International Quilt Fest on Facebook and check out their website to learn more about market and the festival in general!

As Sandy and Sue mentioned earlier they will be posting all kinds of fun updates over the weekend - when they get back we will do one big blog post with pictures and if we can, some sneak peaks!!

...and while they are away we will have some fun here at the shop for Halloween so also be ready for some quiltin' fun...and next week we start sharing lots of great Christmas gift ideas!

Happy Quilting,

QBTB

Market!

Quilt Aid USA

 

Here at Quilting by the Bay we realize that we are truly blessed. We spend hours upon hours fondling fabrics, piecing quilts, and sharing our love of quilting with all of you. Not everyone is as fortunate so we have joined Quilt Aid USA 2010! 

There are 6 shops in total participating. Each shop had the opportunity to team up with 2 designers - so there are 12 quilt blocks all together.

Below are the two blocks we are offering and also our finishing kit! The quilt finishes 100" x 100" and it just so special! Click HERE to visit our website with all of the Quilt Aid details!

Happy Quilting,

QBTB

Quilt Aid USA

Judy Niemeyer's Celtic Wave Quilt

Celtic Wave

70" x 70" Quilt Kit

90" x 90" Quilt Kit

Quilt Pattern for 70" x 70"

Extra Foundation Pieces to make 90" x 90"

I think we may be speechless when it comes to this quilt - it is so beautiful the picture does not do it justice!

Judy Niemeyer's Celtic Wave Quilt

Amazon Star Kit!!

Amazon Star Kit

Judy and Brad designed the Amazon Star for foundation paper piecing. 

A collection of Bali Batiks designed by Hoffman California Fabrics were used to make the quilt shown on the box cover. 

A sewing technique called foundation paper piecing is used to assemble the units required to make this quilt. A strip piecing technique designed for foundation paper is used to piece the Lone Star units. A template layout piecing technique that I teach for foundation paper piecing is used to piece all the border spikes, Mariner's Compass and circling spikes. Traditional piecing skills will be required to join the units after the foundation piecing is completed.

Quilt Size: 104" by 104"
Kit includes fabric for top and binding.
Pattern sold separately.

Amazon Star Kit!!

Honoring Our Quilting Heritage Block of the Month

Honoring Our Quilting Heritage Block of the Month

Register Now! Honoring Our Quilting Heritage is a fifteen month program designed by Lori Smith of From My Heart to Your Hands. 

Our program begins November 2010. 

This quilt features a beautiful variety of Civil War reproduction fabrics. 

Challenge your quilting skills with these 59 - 6" finished sampler blocks.

• Registration fee $25.00
• $19.95 plus $4.95 shipping and handling each month for 15 months
• Ships on the 8th day of each month
• Includes all fabric for top, binding and pattern
• Finished size 60” x 79”

Honoring Our Quilting Heritage Block of the Month

House Hunting Block of the Month!

House Hunting Block of the Month

House Hunting Block of the Month Quilt. Twelve month program begins December 2010. Make this handsome quilt that combines classic log cabin blocks with easy fused applique house blocks.

• Registration fee $25.00
• $22.95 plus $4.95 shipping and handling each month for 12 months
• Ships on the 1st day of each month
• Includes all fabric for top, binding and pattern
• Finished size 76” x 76”

House Hunting Block of the Month!

Strip of the Month Sampler!

Strip of the Month Sampler

This Block of the Month is composed of rows of blocks and add-on applique for a traditional look. 

Strip of the Month is a 12-month series quilt designed for those who love to machine piece and enjoy a bit of applique. 

You will work on the applique panel a little at a time as you complete the ten rows and flying geese border for this bed-sized quilt. Each month you will receive a pattern plus all the fabrics to make a complete row of this quilt!

Month 11 is the flying geese border and month 12 is a Log Cabin Spring Wall hanging that uses your leftover scraps from making the rows. When complete this quilt measures 64" x 96". 

This quilt is a great project for new quilters to build their skills. 

You can choose your border/sashing color blue or green.

Strip of the Month-12 Month program
• Registration fee $20.00
• $17.95 plus S&H each month for 12 months
• Ships on the 1st day of each month
• Includes all fabric for piecing and applique, borders, binding and the pattern
• Finished size is 64” x 96”

Strip of the Month Sampler!

Starrs Block of the Month!

Starrs Block of the Month

Register Now and we will ship your first block right away!

Starrs Quilts designed by Shelly Suetta. Make this large 108" x 108" quilt in your choice of the rich country shades in Desert Starrs (left)or the pastel jewel tones and darker borders of Shattered Starrs (right). 

Starrs Quilts-12 month program-

• Registration fee $10.00
• $29.95 plus shipping and handling each month for 12 months-2 blocks per month.
• Ships on the 10th day of each month
• Includes all fabric for top, borders, binding and the pattern
• Finished size is 108” x 108”

Starrs Block of the Month!

Hop To It Block of the Month!

Hop To It

Beautiful applique quilt by Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts.

Hop to It-12 month program-Register now and your first block ships right away!

• Registration fee $20.00
• $19.95 plus shipping and handling each month for 12 months
• Ships on the 7th day of each month
• Includes all fabric for top, binding and the book
• Finished size 63” x 78”

Hop To It Block of the Month!

Halloween Pets!

We know that many of you love love love your pets. Some of our best selling quilts are those that feature dogs and cats. 

So...today we want to know if you dress you favorite pet(s) up for Halloween?! Do any of you quilt a costume?

 

A Little Pumpkin

 

 

Halloween Pets!

Adorable Scarecrow and "Quilted" Carved Pumpkins!

Need something to put in your foyer or on your buffet? This adorable Stick Scarecrow is just what you need to add some height to your Halloween and fall display!

Happy Hollow Stick Scarecrow finishes 32" tall so he is just right to stand behind a beautifully carved pumpkin or two! You make this scarecrow using an easy fusible grid technique. We have a fabric kit, the fusible grid, and the accessories available on our website. It is a perfect project for a Sunday afternoon - open your windows, enjoy the weather, and quilt away!

We also had a great fan photo emailed to us yesterday! Two of our quilting customers carved pumpkins to mimic a quilt block! They were so creative we had to share them you! (Note that there is a quilt on the table and hanging on the chair in the back - they are definitely quilters!)

How did hey do this? We had to ask because we bet you want to try this, too!

They simply drew a basic quilt block on the pumpkin using a sharpie. Then they cut off the top of the pumpkin and cleaned it out really well just as if they were carving a regular Jack-O-Lantern design. They said the only thing they did different was use a strong metal spoon - not their regular silverware or serving spoons - and thinned out the area inside where they were going to carve. Since the design is a little intricate it makes it easier to have a "thinner" pumpkin wall. They did use the carving kit tools that you can pick up at any Target or Walmart - it made it easier to carve the small circles they had in their design.

So now it is your turn to make a little scarecrow and "quilt" your pumpkin! How fun to pick your favorite quilt block and use it as your pumpkin design this year! This will certainly be a hit with all of your quilt friends!

If you decide to "quilt" a pumpkin please share your pictures with us on Facebook!

We hope you enjoy the Scarecrow and the pumpkin idea!

Happy Quilting (and Carving),

QBTB

Adorable Scarecrow and "Quilted" Carved Pumpkins!

Spooky Trio Door Decoration!

Spooky Trio Door Decoration

Want to spice up your home for Halloween? Try this adorable Spooky Trio Door Decoration! You have a fun Frankenstein, a cute Pumpkin, and a not so scary Ghost featured on this little quilt.

This will look great hanging on a door in your home or even to fill a little wall space near a reading area, your quilt room, a guest room, or kitchen! ...This is also a great gift!

...and if you love Batiks then this is your opportunity to make a Halloween quilt using not just traditional halloween fabrics, but also Bali Watercolor Batiks!

Here are a few ideas that would work for this pattern:



Bali Watercolor "Halloween" by Hoffman Fabrics



"October"



Cypress

Pecan

Have a blast picking out your fabrics!

Happy Quilting,

QBTB

Spooky Trio Door Decoration!

Spooky and Silly Halloween Quilts!

Spooks on Parade

Have a stash of Halloween fabric that you are just not sure of how to use? Or maybe you just want to make a Halloween quilt that is both spooky and silly!

...if you answered yes to either question then this is the quilt for you!

Spooks on Parade is an easy, fast, fat quarter friendly quilt pattern that finishes 56" x 68" making the perfect lap quilt. The pattern also includes instruction for a table runner - so a little "Halloween Treat!"

Want to have this quilt just as it is? No problem, we have kits made up for you, too!

We think what makes this quilt so fun - besides the spooky ghosts on it - is that you can pick so many different fabrics! There are so many great Halloween lines this year...like "Seen on Halloween" so you can really satisfy your "fabric tooth" and pick out some new fabrics and some fabrics from your stash and just make a quilt that takes very little time to complete but will make you smile everytime you see it!

Stay tuned to tomorrow's post - we will have another quilt idea for you!

Happy Quilting,

QBTB

For the pattern click HERE

For the kit click HERE

Spooky and Silly Halloween Quilts!

Hot Cakes!

Yesterday on Facebook we asked what you all were working on...and you said Christmas Gifts!

So, since we have some adorable fabrics on sale right now we thought we would share a cute pattern that works with them - Hot Cakes!! 

The Arabella line of fabric would be too cute for these pot holders. Here is how we see it working:

Picture this as the chocolate icing

This can be the orange slice on top of the cupcake (the pot holder hanging handle)

and this can be the base (or cake) of the cupcake (where you slide your hand in)!

This pattern is very easy to make, fat quarter friendly, and you can make a bunch of these and keep them ready as gifts during the holiday season. You could even use these as Thanksgiving hostess gift - that is if you somehow get lucky enough to no be the one slaving away all day in the kitchen! 

Oh, and if you are doing a cookie exchange for the holidays - what a great little gift to include with your bags of cookies!

...and this would be a great project to share with your little ones or grandkids when they are over to visit!

Hope you like the ideas!

Happy Quilting,

QBTB

Hot Cakes!