Color Girl Quilts by Sharon McConnell

23 Dec

Quilting in Blue and White

December 23, 2016
Posted by Sharon
curved piecing quilt, layer cake quilt, moda fabrics, orange peel quilt
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I am starting a new series of quilts for patterns in 2017 and they will have lots of fun new ways to use my favorite curved piecing! This week I started something new and...

17 Dec

Finished Quilts, Lava Beach Quilt, Published Work

LOVE Quilting, A New Quilt

December 17, 2016
Posted by Sharon
black and white quilt, curved piecing modern quilt, Love Quilting Magazine
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It seems I have waited a long time to share this quilt! I am extra happy that it is my first quilt in the UK magazine, Love Patchwork and Quilting issue 42. The magazine...

09 Dec

Spin!

Spin! Quilt Pattern Now Available

December 9, 2016
Posted by Sharon
Aurifil Thread, Hobbs batting, layer cake quilt, moda fabrics, Spin Quilt Pattern, star quilt
2 comments

So fun to add a new quilting pattern to my shop, right in time for New Year sewing...or Christmas sewing for those extra ambitious folks! Spin was originally published in Quilts and More magazine last...

29 Nov

Announcements

Celebrate 2016! Fun, Photos, Giveaways

November 29, 2016
Posted by Sharon
celebrate creativity, daily photo challenge, instagram
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We are coming to the end of another year of making and crafting! I kind of can't believe how fast 2016 went...and I hope for a happy and healthy 2017. To celebrate the year as...

25 Nov

Quilting Interest, Travel

Quilting On the Road and Thankful

November 25, 2016
Posted by Sharon
quilt pattern sale
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It's the last week of November, and in the U.S. that means it's Thanksgiving holiday and the shotgun start of Christmas shopping. I am so happy that I was able to celebrate the holiday...

18 Nov

Quilting Interest, Work in progress

Quilt in Progress: Hexagon Evolution

November 18, 2016
Posted by Sharon
Art Gallery Fabrics, Hexagon quilt, quilt in progress
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So, I was really excited to get my hands on Pat Bravo's recent collection, Heartland, for Art Gallery Fabrics...the prints are beautiful and the colors are so soft and serene. I always love a...

11 Nov

Curved PIecing, Summer Bloom, Work in progress

Summer Bloom Quilt, take 2

November 11, 2016
Posted by Sharon
curved piecing quilt, modern batik fabrics, Summer Bloom Quilt
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Sometimes a quilt pattern just strikes you. Usually I make a quilt once and that's good, I am ready to move onto the next thing, but Summer Bloom is different. I want to keep...

06 Nov

Finished Quilts, Quilting Interest

Quilts Show and Tell

November 6, 2016
Posted by Sharon
Bright color quilts, curved piecing quilt, scrappy quilts
2 comments

This is a fun post to write...I get to show off quilt not made by me! It's the best to shine a spotlight on someone else for once! I have told you pretty often that...

30 Oct

Giveaway, Quilting Interest

Festival Fabric Giveaway!

November 5, 2016
Posted by Sharon
fabric giveaway, quilt market, Quilt pattern giveaway
70 comments

It is quilt market and quilt festival this week in Houston for fabric and sewing lovers! What a fun time of year, seeing all the new products coming to us from fabric companies and...

21 Oct

Fabric, Favorites

For the Love of Fabric: Lagom

October 21, 2016
Posted by Sharon
Art Gallery Fabrics, choosing fabric for quilt, Lagom Fabrics, quilting fabrics
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When I saw the Lagom fabric collection at Spring Quilt Market in May, I instantly loved the minimal prints and colors! Lagom is a Swedish word meaning, "just the right amount". That pretty much...

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