Before I get too far into this post I have to admit something. I’ve never seen or read the Game of Thrones. When the Game of Quilts challenge came out I quickly got the first Game of Thrones book so I would have some idea on what I was getting myself into but it was […]
Winners for the Focus Through the Prism Pinwheel Challenge
Before we get too far into the Flying Geese challenge I’m going to announce the winners for the Pinwheel Focus Through the Prism. I strongly encourage you to take a few minutes to look over all the amazing challenge pieces created for last months challenge. Just click on the thumbnails to take a closer look […]
Gigantic Geese Block Tutorial
Each month with each new Focus Through the Prism Project QUILTING Challenge, I am sharing a fun 20” quilt block tutorial based of that months block inspiration. This month we are to be inspired by the Flying Geese. I came up with a block – Gigantic Geese. Sometimes you just need to make a block […]
Back to School Blog Hop Starts Tomorrow!
Sam Hunter has done it again. She had a great idea to do a ‘back to school’ blog hop for quilters and sewists. All month long (and a little into Ocotober) folks from the sewing and quilting industry will be sharing their tips and tricks of the trade with you! The Back to School Blog […]
Hope Blooms Log Cabin; a Classic & Vintage Series with the Fat Quarter Shop
I always have a lot of fun making the ‘Classic & Vintage Series’ quilts with the Fat Quarter Shop. It’s good to go back to your roots and remember where this quilting craziness all began! This round … we’re going back to the ‘Log Cabin’ block. The Log Cabin block is a fabulous block which […]
Pinwheel Focus Through the Prism Link Up Post
August Project QUILTING Focus Through the Prism Challenge: Pinwheel Are you having trouble linking up? Check out my post ‘How To Link Up to a Link UP‘. If you don’t have instagram/flickr/or a blog please email me: lapaceksorchard {at} gmail {dot} com a picture of your finished project and a paragraph or so on how […]
Winter Wonderland Giveaway Winner
For the Winter Wonderland Giveaway I asked … Which fat quarter bundle from the ‘Christmas Fabric’ category at the Fat Quarter Shop would you use to make your #verysherrichristmas quilt? Click HERE to see your options. It was fun reading through all the different holiday fabric bundles were finding. Of course – I put together […]
‘Centered in the Orchard’ a Pinwheel Focus Through the Prism Quilt
I actually finished my quilt ‘Centered in the Orchard’ for the August Focus Through the Prism Pinwheel challenge a few weeks ago but I just haven’t had time to share it with you until now. So … voila! Here is my pinwheel quilt … ‘Centered in the Orchard’. It’s a half of a trunk and […]
#WhatShadeRU Cameo Flagstone Giveaway Winner
It’s time to announce the winner for the RJR Fabrics Cotton Supreme Solids Giveaway! The question I asked to be entered in this giveaway was simply, “What’s your favorite apple?” Of course – I had to make an ‘apple’ pie chart to show the results. Honeycrisp was the winner … but just by one vote […]
Apple Season Update
I have to admit it … I haven’t been sewing very much these last few weeks. We’re into apple season again … so I’ve been doing apple season type things. I’m going to try to update you weekly on what’s going on at the orchard but you can always stop by my orchard blog or […]