Color Girl Quilts by Sharon McConnell

27 Sep

New Quilt Pattern: Festival, in Quilt Now

September 22, 2015
Posted by Sharon
Art Gallery Fabrics, Hexagon quilt, Quilt Now magazine
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This month's issue of Quilt Now magazine features my new quilt pattern, Festival. My quilt (shown below) was made with fabrics from the "happy home" collection by Caroline Hulse for Art Gallery Fabrics (on...

20 Sep

Free Quilt Patterns, Work in progress

A Finished Quilt Top! Talia

September 20, 2015
Posted by Sharon
free quilt pattern, patchwork quilt, talia quilt
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So happy to mark one quilt top off my Work In Progress list: this is my Talia quilt top, made from a pattern I designed last winter for Hoffman Fabrics (you can download it...

16 Sep

Giveaway, Quilting Interest

Machine Quilting With Style: Broken V Quilt

September 28, 2015
Posted by Sharon
free motion quilting, machine quilting with style, quilting books
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It is my turn to write about the new book, Machine Quilting with Style, by Christa Watson and the quilt I made using one of the patterns, Broken V. The book was just released by...

13 Sep

Giveaway

Giveaway! fabric and quilt pattern

September 20, 2015
Posted by Sharon
fabric giveaway, quilting pattern giveaway
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Things are crazy busy in my world right now, so let's do something just for fun: a giveaway! I have six fat eights (9" x 21") of prints by Joel Dewberry plus a copy of...

09 Sep

Quilting Interest, Work in progress

Quilt in Progress: Broken V FMQ

September 8, 2015
Posted by Sharon
free motion quilting, learning free motion quilting, machine quilting with style, quilt in progress
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Last week I shared that I am working on finishing some Quilts in Progress, and while I am working on getting my Talia quilt top finished, I am alternating some time for free motion...

06 Sep

Finished Quilts, Gossamer Quilt, Quilting Interest

Quilt Inspiration and Making Yours Unique

September 5, 2015
Posted by Sharon
Art Gallery Fabrics, Gossamer quilt, Minimalista quilt
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This post is a bit of a throwback (only about a year), but I realized I never shared this finished quilt! I wanted to show the quilt today as an example of one quilt...

02 Sep

Work in progress

Quilt in Progress: Talia

September 1, 2015
Posted by Sharon
free quilt pattern, quilt in progress
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I am a week into my University design courses and I am filled with feelings of excitement, but also a little overwhelmed! My classes are pretty demanding, more so than the art classes I...

30 Aug

Fabric, Quilting Interest

For the Love of Fabric: “Curiosities”

August 29, 2015
Posted by Sharon
Art Gallery Fabrics, choosing fabric for quilt, what goes with Curiosities fabrics
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When I first saw the sneak peeks of the Curiosities fabric collection from Art Gallery Fabrics last spring, I knew I would love it. Then, at quilt market in Minneapolis in May, I got...

26 Aug

Aviatrix Medallion Quilt

Finished Aviatrix Medallion Quilt

August 23, 2015
Posted by Sharon
Aviatrix Medallion quilt, bright colors quilt, modern patchwork quilt
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I know what you are thinking..."it's about time this quilt top is finished!". I am so happy to finally have my Aviatrix Medallion quilt finished, because it kind of feels like I've been plodding along forever. Medallion...

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