I have the happiest news ever today.
I was one of the 2015 Row by Row winners!
If you didn't know, the Row by Row is a nation-wide competition where you visit participating quilt shops, they hand you a free pattern, and then you complete a quilt using 8 different patterns from any of the shops. If you are the first to hand in your quilt to one of any of the participating shops then you win 25 Fat Quarters!
Hooray!
This sweet, sweet lady that I'm standing with owns the quilt shop in Hurricane, UT. By the time we got to her shop it was closed. This couldn't be! We were on our way to CA and would not be back this way and I needed her pattern! Why? Because it was a easy pieced pattern and not hard appliqué. Lucky for me I noticed the sign that you see right next to her head that says 'for fabric emergencies' and the number underneath.
So I called it and she came. She saved the day! I wish that I could remember her name because she truly was the nicest person.
One of the highlights of our trip to CA was this shop called M & L Fabrics Discount Store. It has all the name brands at a deep discount. I was in fabric heaven!
The top row of Sail Boats is from Main Street Quilt Cottage, Hurricane, UT.
Right below that is Quilt Etc. in Sandy, UT.
The row with the blue, green, yellow, red boxes is from Allen Drug in Malad, ID.
Damon quilted an octopus!
The fishy row is from New Moon Textiles from Pasadena, CA. It was a paper piecing pattern. I loved this one. Such fun!
The one below that is from Scrap Apple quilts from St. George UT.
In this row Damon quilted a turtle and a crab. I love Damon's quilting!
The row with all the fish swimming up (I don't know what to call it…the school of fish one?) is from ETC. in Mesa AZ.
We were there in June because our dear friend, Monk Bailey, passed away. We love the Baileys so much. Even though it was unfortunate circumstances that brought us there, it was good to see Jenielle and her mom Kristine.
The row below that with the green, yellow and orange squares is from Simply Quilts in Mesquite, NV.
Finally, the last row is from Tranquility Quilts of Cypress, CA.
All of my patterns were pieced. I avoided appliqué like the plague. I worked as hard as I could to find shops that offered pieced patterns and only went to those ones. It wasn't easy as most every shop sports appliqué.
The back.
I was also able to use the sashing for almost all the backing. I had four yards of this chevron fabric that I got for free when I bought four yards of any other fabric from My Girlfriends Quilt shoppe. I thought that was a deal so I went for it!
Little Bradley is the lucky boy who got to be the proud owner of this quilt.
I took my quilt in to Allen Drug in Malad, ID. Since I used one of their rows in my quilt I got an extra prize from them!
They so graciously gave me this cute Tote Bag.
It says Downton Abbey on it.
That's how you know it's awesome.
My 25 Fat Quarters!
They let me pick the ones I wanted.
That was awesome!
I'm a winner!
