Welcome to the 2019 Mystery Quilt Along brought to you by Partners in Design! This year our quilt along is called Sew Let's Quilt Along and features a sewing/quilting theme. For an overview of the quilt along, including how to enter the win giveaways, please see my Introductory Post. If you miss a block along the way, my Quilt Along Page will tell you where to find it. 

We are excited to announce that Partners in Design's newest mystery quilt along will begin March 12, 2019! It is called Sew Let's Quilt Along, and it is full of surprises. 

Welcome to the Pieceful Sunday Linky Party! This week I am so excited to announce the release of my new pattern- Christmas Tree Farm Table Runner. It is in plenty of time for Christmas! I am really happy about how this pattern turned out. It was inspired by my Christmas Tree Farm Block which I designed for the I Wish You a Merry QAL quilt along sponsored by Partners in Design. If you the would like to read about this block and the QAL, click here.  Of course, the original block was inspired by living at JANDA Bend Christmas Trees. My husband and I love living and running a Christmas Tree Farm.

The Christmas Tree Farm Table Runner measures 25" by 52". However, you can easily reduce or increase the length by reducing or adding the number of larger trees and the smaller tree border. The pattern is available as a pdf digital download in my online Quilt Shop. We accept PayPal and major credit cards at our McAfee secure checkout. Currently, we can only sell to US customers. However, we will be opening an Etsy shop in the next few weeks. We will be able to sell internationally from that shop. Stay tuned!

The pattern contains templates for the Christmas Tree blocks. However, information concerning which Quilt in a Day (not an affiliate link) rulers or Accuquilt (affiliate link) dies to use to cut the trees is included as well. 

Hope you like the new pattern! Please let me know if you have questions.

Now it is your turn! I enjoy seeing your posts! You can link up your in-progress or completed piecing projects using the Pieceful Sunday Linky Party button below. Please note that the thumbnail photos and links will not show up on this page. You will need to click the Pieceful Sunday Linky Party button to see the photos and links. This may be a little different from what you are used to.  The link-up will be available until Saturday, February 23, 2019 at midnight. If you prefer, you can also link up on Instagram using #PiecefulSundayatJANDABendQuilts. ​

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Now it is your turn! I enjoy seeing your posts! You can link up your in-progress or completed piecing projects using the Pieceful Sunday Linky Party button below. Please note that the thumbnail photos and links will not show up on this page. You will need to click the Pieceful Sunday Linky Party button to see the photos and links. This may be a little different from what you are used to.  The link-up will be available until Saturday, February 16, 2019 at midnight. If you prefer, you can also link up on Instagram using #PiecefulSundayatJANDABendQuilts. ​

​The Starling Quilt Along by the Fat Quarter Shop (affiliate link) is finally here!  There will be giveaways too! I am thrilled to be a blogger for the Starling Quilt Along. It is a fun quilt to make, and I was able to use fat quarters from the Life Is Pink Edition by Art Gallery Color Master fabrics. It was really hard to pick the fabrics because there were so many choices. See my choice in the photo. 

To make your own version of the Starling Quilt and participate in the quilt along, order the Starling Quilt pattern from the Fat Quarter Shop (affiliate link). 

Color Master Giveaway
The Fat Quarter Shop is including a Color Master Giveaway in this quilt along. To enter, take a photo of your completed Starling Quilt and post it on Instagram using the hashtags #AGFColorMaster and #starlingquilt by Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 11:59 CST. On Friday, February 8, 2019 the Fat Quarter Shop will select two participants at random from these hashtags to win an Art Gallery Color Master Fat Quarter Bundle or Box. The winners will be announced on the Fat Quarter Instagram Story on February 8, 2019. 

For more information, see the Fat Quarter Shop Blog.

I am also going to give you some tips on making the quilt here. The quilt is made from two Starling units. I wanted the starlings to be balanced, so I separated my fat quarters so that the units would each be half lighter fabric and half darker fabric. I also separated them so that tone-on-tone prints were balanced by prints. See photo.

As I was cutting out fabric, I noticed that many of the pieces were similar in size. So to help me correctly identify pieces as I sewed, I labeled them. See photo.

I also found it useful to think about the piecing in two units. I did all of the piecing for Unit 1 and then did the piecing for Unit 2. That helped me keep the small unit pieces in the correct unit. See photo of Unit 1 and Unit 2.

Once the units were complete, I tried out my arrangement on my design wall. Once I was satisfied with the arrangement of the units and the background pieces, I sewed the top together. Using my longarm, I quilted the pieced units in the ditch and free motion quilted the background squares. See photos.

I hope that you enjoy making your Starling Quilt as much as enjoyed making mine. 

Don't forget to enter the giveaway!
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​​I am linking up with
Wednesday Wait Loss @ Inquiring Quilter
Friday Foto Fun @ Powered by Quilting

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This post was originally published by JANDA Bend Quilts.

I can't give away too many details yet, but I have provided a couple of hints in the photos below.

Interested? Check back soon to see my completed Starling Quilt and to find out how you can participate in the Fat Quarter Starling Quilt Along and win giveaways from the Fat Quarter Shop!

Now it is your turn! I enjoy seeing your posts! You can link up your in-progress or completed piecing projects using the Pieceful Sunday Linky Party button below. Please note that the thumbnail photos and links will not show up on this page. You will need to click the Pieceful Sunday Linky Party button to see the photos and links. This may be a little different from what you are used to.  The link-up will be available until Saturday, January 12, 2019 at midnight. If you prefer, you can also link up on Instagram using #PiecefulSundayatJANDABendQuilts. 

​Today on Pieceful Sunday, I am linking up with Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs' Best of 2018 Linky Party. I linked up last year and enjoyed reviewing my favorite blog posts. Join me in my review of 2018! I selected five of my favorite posts (in no particular order). To see the other participating bloggers' posts, click on the Best of 2018 Linky Party button.

Thanks for joining me for my trip down memory lane!

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How Did I Do in 2018?
Overall. I think that I did pretty well, but some of my goals will be moved to 2019.

Specific Goals:
Workshops. I accomplished this goal! I taught seven Saturday Quilting Workshops at the Tahlequah Armory and Municipal Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Most of them were Quilt in a Day (not an affiliate link) patterns, but two were of my own design!

Pattern Designs. I am counting this as partial completion. I did complete two new designs. However, they are not for sale in my store yet.

Online Stores. I still only have an Online Quilt Shop at JANDA Bend Quilts. I dd not create an Etsy or a Craftsy store as planned.

Web Site. I accomplished this goal! I did reorganize my website and make it more user friendly as planned.

Social Media. Accomplished! I did start a JANDA Bend Facebook Group, and have used it to promote my workshops! In addition, I have improved my use of Instagram.

Quilt Alongs. After our successful I Wish You a Merry QAL quilt along, We decided to form a more formal group called Partners in Design.

Here are the members:
Abbie at Sparkle On 
April at JANDA Bend Quilts <--That's me!
Bobbi at Snowy Days Quilting 
Jennifer at The Inquiring Quilter 
Karen at Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats 
Kathleen at Kathleen McMusing 
​Laura at Slice of Pi Quilts
Sandra at Sandra Healy Designs 
Sandy at SandyStar Designs
Sherry at Powered by Quilting  
Vanda at Quilting with Vanda 

We completed ourFall into a QAL quilt along in November.

In addition, I have continued to participate in the Fat Quarter Shop Quilt Alongs.

Quilt Market and Quilt Festival in Houston. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend this year.

What Are My Goals for 2019?

Pattern Designs. I want to complete at least four new pattern designs this year and sell them at my Online Quilt Shop and on my new Etsy and Craftsy stores.

Quilt and Quilt Kit Sales. This year I sold my quilts at ourJANDA Bend Christmas Trees Shop and sold Pre-cut Quilt Kits at my Online Quilt Shop. Next year, I want to sell Quilts and Pre-cut Quilt Kits at my new Etsy Shop as well and expand my Pre-cut Quilt Kit offerings.

Workshops. I want to continue to offer monthly Quilt Workshops. I have already scheduled workshops through July. 

Quilt Alongs. Partners in Design has scheduled a quilt along for this year. I am hosting and designing two blocks. In addition, I would like to try my own quilt along using a pattern that I designed.

Quilt Market. I want to attend either the Spring Quilt Market in Kansas City or the Fall Quilt Market in Houston this year.

Looks like another challenging year! That's the way I like it.

Now it is your turn! I enjoy seeing your posts! You can link up your in-progress or completed piecing projects using the Pieceful Sunday Linky Party button below. Please note that the thumbnail photos and links will not show up on this page. You will need to click the Pieceful Sunday Linky Party button to see the photos and links. This may be a little different from what you are used to.  The link-up will be available until Saturday, December 29, 2018 at midnight. If you prefer, you can also link up on Instagram using #PiecefulSundayatJANDABendQuilts. 

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​The photo below shows a close up my version which I call "Peppermint Christmas". It is the sample that I am making for the workshop. The quilt top is complete, but I still need to quilt it. I wanted to show you what the pattern looks like in fabric other than solids or tone on tone. There is a lot going on in this version!

You can see the workshops that I have scheduled so far for 2019 by clicking here. I can travel to present these classes as well.

Now it is your turn! I enjoy seeing your posts! You can link up your in-progress or completed piecing projects using the Pieceful Sunday Linky Party button below. Please note that the thumbnail photos and links will not show up on this page. You will need to click the Pieceful Sunday Linky Party button to see the photos and links. This may be a little different from what you are used to.  The link-up will be available until Saturday, December 22, 2018 at midnight. If you prefer, you can also link up on Instagram using #PiecefulSundayatJANDABendQuilts.