Happy 5th Birthday to Make Modern Magazine

One of my goals over the last few years was to publish a quilt pattern in a quilting magazine.  And my favorite quilting magazine is Make Modern so it was very exciting to have Sequence and Briar Rose show up in two of the issues.  And, I've got another quilt that will appear in the November issue.  (No spoiler pictures though!)

Sequence in Make Modern issue 23 

Make Modern is turning 5 this month and they are celebrating with a massive giveaway and competition.   To enter, follow Make Modern on Instagram, make any project from any Make Modern issue and then share on Instagram with the #highfivemakemodern tag.

There are over 300 patterns to choose from - find one you like and put your own spin on it.  You can get a sneak peak at all of the patterns in the pattern gallery.

If you don't already own the issue with the pattern you want to make, you can purchase that issue, download it instantly or consider their All Access Subscription and get instant access to every single issue ever published!  Any All Access Subscription purchased during the September celebration will get a free enamel pin.

Briar Rose in Make Modern issue 27

You can also consider a 6 month or a 12 month subscription.

Read more about the Make Modern Magazine birthday celebration!

For my project, I chose to make a cute teapot from the 6 Coffees and a Tea pattern in Make Modern issue 18!  With some pebbling of the background and some hand quilting on the teapot, I've got a new little mini for my wall!

Teapot pattern from Make Modern issue 18

Happy birthday Make Modern!

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Have a wonderful day! Patty

Kinship Blocks 57, 64, and 65

You've likely see blocks flowing through your Instagram feed as part of the #100Days100Blocks2019 QAL hosted by Angie at GnomeAngel?   I'm making a subset of the blocks - those with Flying Geese!  Loving my colorful palette  paired with some low volume fabric.

Here are my latest blocks - #57, 64, and 65.

This year's event is based on a pattern called Kinship 100 Block Fusion Sampler written by GnomeAngel and Skyberries.  (There are some absolutely amazing prizes available from this QAL so check it out on the overall QAL page.)  (affiliate link)

My quilt with 13 blocks will measure 24" x 24".  These new blocks join blocks  4, 12, 25 and 27...

and blocks 41, 44, and 46.

Have a wonderful day! Patty

One Monthly Goal September Link-up

Welcome to September!  We had 75 goals linked up for August - lets see what this month brings!  

New to One Monthly Goal?  Welcome!  To join, share a photo of your project, some words about what you want to accomplish in a blog post, an Instagram post (tutorial) or a post on Flickr and add that photo to the link-up.  Return at the end of the month and share your results.  You can read about the event and the rules on the main event page.

We have wonderful sponsors this month - three (3) winners will be randomly chosen from those that link up in both the goal and the finish event.  

Fat Quarter Shop offers a tremendous selection of fabric, notions, books and just about anything you will need for your project. Consider their Sew Sampler box to receive a monthly surprise delivery of fabric and fun.  Fat Quarter Shop is offering a $25 gift certificate to one lucky participant.

I'm excited to introduce our newest One Monthly Goal sponsor - Paper Pieces For over 20 years, Paper Pieces has provided pre-cut paper shapes for English Paper Piecing using quality card stock and exact point-to-point measurements. They strive to provide excellent customer service and sewing to support to our customers and community.  Paper Pieces will provide a bulk package of 1" hexagon papers to one lucky participant.


I am very excited to introduce Camille Rosekey, our designer for September.

Camille is a talented fabric and quilt pattern designer.  With her mom, Bonnie Olaveson of Cotton Way, Camille has designed over twenty fabric lines for Moda since 2008.  Their latest line, Early Bird (pictured below) will be available in October.  Bonnie and Camille fabric lines are just beautiful and all coordinate well together.

Camille has published countless patterns including the extremely popular Swoon.  Camille has also authored two books ( Simplify and Simply Retro) and taught classes on Craftsy.

Camille shares her love of quilting, her progress in house remodeling and decorating, and a bit about her 3 boys on her blog.

(Photo & quilt credit: Camille Rosekey.  Left: Early Bird, Summerville quilt, B&C Wovens

Camille is offering a $40 gift certificate to her on-line pattern shop to one lucky participant.  You can visit Camille at Thimble Blossums, on Instagram, on Facebook, and visit her on-line store

My goal for September is to get started on my quilt top for the QuiltCon 2020 challenge using these fabrics.  I've got a plan and am excited to get started.

Now it is your turn to link up - what is your goal for this month?  (A goal could be to finish a quilt but it could also be to attach a binding.  Whatever it takes to help you move forward and make progress on your projects!  And as long as the project involves making something with a needle and/or fabric, you can link up!)

Make sure you visit the One Monthly Goal event page for the specific requirements for links and social tags.  Your blog post (or Flickr post) must contain a photo of your project, a clearly stated goal and a link back to Elm Street Quilts.  Your Instagram post must include a photo of your project, a clearly stated goal and the tag #onemonthlygoal.  (Entries which don't contain the required information may be disqualified.)

And remember, to be eligible for the prize(s) by random drawing you must linkup at both the goal setting and the accomplishment linkup in a given month.   (The One Monthly Goal accomplishment linkup will be available on September 24.)

Make sure you add a link to this OMG post so others can find the OMG link-up from your blog.  Let's make that easy -  just paste this into your post:  

Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal September Link-up.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thanks for linking up!

Have a wonderful day! Patty