The Road Home RAL, Day 3!!!

Oh my goodness wait til you see these rows - and give-aways!!!  You will not be disappointed, believe me!  Marian from Seams To Be Sew has two posts today - visit them both - you won't want to miss either one!


Here's the schedule for you for today:

September 13

Tweety Loves Quilting
creates Edinburgh, UK
Quiltscapes
creates Heber City, Utah
Seams To Be Sew
creates Idaho Falls, Idaho
Pine Valley
creates New Zealand

Also, I'm going to give you the full schedule every time, to make sure you're not missing any rows or give-aways.

September 6

Allie-Oops Sweet Happy Life creates Harrisville, MI Sunrise Coast
Cynthia’s Creating Ark
creates Adelaide South Australia
Kissed Quilts
creates Grand Coulee, Washington
Renee’s Quilting Addiction
creates Alberta, Canada

September 8

Sew Incredibly Crazy
creates Colorado
3 Patch Crafts
creates Bulgaria
Just Let Me Quilt
creates Las Vegas, Nevada
Quilt in Piece
creates Amanzimtoti, South Africa

September 13

Tweety Loves Quilting
creates Edinburgh, UK
Quiltscapes
creates Heber City, Utah
Seams To Be Sew
creates Idaho Falls, Idaho
Pine Valley
creates New Zealand

September 15

bdieges designs
creates Road to Tehachapi (CA)
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
creates Worcester County in Central Massachusetts
Cloth and Paper Studio
creates North Georgia Mountains
Patti’s Patchwork
creates Toronto, Ontario Canada
Seacoast Quilter
creates New Milford, Connecticut

September 20

Beaquilter
creates Denmark
Heleen Pinkster
creates Netherlands
Seams To Be Sew And Batts In The Attic
creates Hollywood/LA
Rebecca Mae Designs
creates Northern Maine

September 22

Words & Stitches
creates Beaches of California
Quilt Art
creates Africa
I Can Quilt 2
creates Baltimore, MD
Any Pattern
creates Port Angeles, Washington

September 27

Creatin’ in the Sticks
creates Dodge City, Kansas
MooseStash Quilting
creates Alaska
Patchwork Breeze
creates West Michigan Shoreline
Sue Griffiths Featured At Just Let Me Quilt
creates Northern Rivers Region, NSW, Australia

September 29

Quilted Fabric Art
creates Burlington Vermont
Westend Quilter
creates Manitoulin Island, Canada
Pamela Quilts
creates Oregon
Quilt Fabrication
creates Silicon Valley, CA

October 04

Patchouli Moon Studio
creates Central New Mexico
Linda Robertus
creates Netherlands
Elm Street Quilts
creates North Carolina
Sarah Quinn Featured At Seams To Be Sew
creates Outer Space

October 06

Cheryl LaPlant Featured At Quilt In Piece
creates York, Maine
Miss Loreen’s Schoolhouse
creates New Hampshire
Bumbleberry Stitches
creates OklahomaNeedle in a Hayes Stack
creates Mojave Desert

Never Forget.

Never forget.

9/11

Bloomin' Love

Introducing - 

Bloomin' Love!!!

Thank you so much to Beth, for the winning name.  It was hard to choose, let me tell you - you gals are incredibly creative, and all came up with such good ones!!  I am so thankful to all of you!!

Now, about the pattern - there are actually 3 patterns here.  This is the Snack Mat [because mug rugs aren't big enough sometimes!].  It measures 16"x 8", great size for tea and cake!

Next up is the table runner.  It measures 24" x 10", although you could easily enlarge it by adding more squares!

And lastly, the Wall-Hanging or Table Topper!  It measure 18" x 18".  I still haven't decided if I'll hang it or use it as a table topper.  The patterns are all quick and easy, and you could use a charm square pack or scraps, up to you!

I may re-do these in Christmas fabrics, I think they would brighten mum's holiday table, although I'm not sure if they'd fit; every Christmas she puts out everything I've ever made for her!

This pattern is available in my craftsy store as an instant pdf download - click below!

Allie-oops Designs Craftsy Shop

I want to thank you all again for your wonderful suggestions for names, you gals rock!

I'm going to disappear for the weekend, we have a busy one...the old house needs more paint, carpet has to come up, and I'll be spraying the new house for the last of the fleas.  I'm getting tired just thinking about it...I'll be back though with the Road Home RAL schedule for next week, oh just wait til you see the new rows to come!!!

Love,

Allie

Day Two, The Road Home!

It's day 2 of The Road Home Row-Along!

Which means more great rows, more great give-aways!!  Here are the links to today's designers:

September 8

Sew Incredibly Crazy
creates Colorado
3 Patch Crafts
creates Bulgaria
Just Let Me Quilt
creates Las Vegas, Nevada
Quilt in Piece
creates Amanzimtoti, South Africa

What amazing designers!  You're going to love their rows!  I know I do!

I've been writing the pattern for no-name flowers, and making a list of all your awesome suggestions - you gals are so creative!  So far, after 7 hours of pattern-writing, the pattern is 14 pages long....but I still have to take some pictures, and do some proof-reading.  For the sake of my family [and the people who look at them] I need to take a break and fold some laundry....

My backyard this afternoon during the monsoon

My backyard after the monsoon

By the way - for you blogger bloggers out there - have you ever had comments not come to your email inbox?  I've noticed 5 comments that didn't show up in my email!  I'm looking a lot closer now, so I can catch them - and wondering if anyone knows a fix for that!

I'll see you on Friday to announce the new name of my pattern, and the winner!

Love,

Allie

Wow [And HELP!]

What a great response to The Road Home Row-Along - I wish you all luck in the give-aways!!  I've done my best to reply to all comments, if you haven't heard from me, you've come up as a no-reply blogger.  There are ways to fix that, just google!

Foggy morning

Isn't that a pretty picture?  I never get tired of looking out the windows here.  That may change come winter, though.  I can almost guarantee it.  

I've been keeping busy with my latest applique pattern, I'm stitching down binding now and it's making me SO cheerful - I just love red!!

Although it looks a bit more orange in that pic, doesn't it?  Still, it's a cheerful project, and keeping me happy.  But you know what?  I don't have a name for it!

***give-away alert***

So - if you have a suggestion for a name, leave me a comment, and if I pick your suggestion, you'll get the pattern free!   There's a table runner, a snack mat [because sometimes a mug mat isn't big enough, right?] and a wall-hanging or table mat.  I really need your help with this one!


As soon as the binding is down, I'll write up the patterns - you'll get three for the price of one!  Gotta love a bargain.

And speaking of bargains, do you know I haven't made it to ONE garage sale this year?  Not that I need anything, I'm realizing with this move that we already have everything.  I broke my stick vacuum shortly after we moved in, and just the other day hubby found another one in our old basement.  That's right, the old house is still not empty.  Somebody needs a deadline.  And it's not me.  Just sayin'.

I'll be back in a couple of days with more blogs for you to visit, more rows and more give-aways - and don't forget to comment with a name for me!!

Love,
Allie

The Road Home Row-Along

It's been a busy few months here in Allie-land, and one of the things that kept me busy has been a secret - but now, the secret is out!  It's time for an awesome row-along and lots of give-aways, hosted by the incredible Marian from Seams To Be Sew, and Amy from Sew Incredibly Crazy!

Twice a week, bloggers will have free pdf row patterns for you - all depicting our Road Home.  You'll have the opportunity to meet wonderful bloggers and designers, enter give-aways, and pick up the amazing rows - there's paper-piecing, regular piecing, applique, and embroidery.  Something for everyone!  I'll post the schedules here, and of course Marian will have them on her blog as well.

My row depicts Harrisville, MI, a tiny harbor town where I spent my summers growing up.  It's always been "home" to me.  I wanted to keep it simple, just piecing and applique....

Harrisville is home to the Huron National Forest, and is situated on Lake Huron.  It has a Harbor of Refuge, and we used to walk along the beach from the cottage to the harbor.  Sailboats abound, and my row is a picture of what you see along US23 [the Sunrise Side Coastal Highway], my favorite drive in the world.  I remember driving up, hanging my head out the window like a puppy [before seat belt laws] at the first glimpse of big water, knowing that before too long we'd be "home"!

My row is simple to re-create - just batik squares pieced together in columns, then adding the applique.  I machine-stitched around the applique with blanket stitch.  The pattern contains complete instructions, with pictures, and you can get it at Marian's blog as a free download, click here:

The Road Home RAL Gallery

and scroll down below the pictures.

Now, how about a give-away??? Giveaway closed!

Calibre Art

U.S. residents only

How about an 18x24" cutting mat from Calibre Art?!  [Sorry, open to US residents only...]  You can enter this give-away here, by clicking on the link:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thank you, Calibre Art!!

And another:

Anita Goodesign

A gorgeous machine embroidery design cd from Anita Goodesign!  

Enter at the link:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thank you, Anita Goodesign!  They make such wonderful machine embroidery designs!

There are three other designers uploading their rows today, all with give-aways to enter as well - check them out!!

Cynthia's Creating Ark

Kissed Quilts

Renee's Quilting Addiction

And of course, you need to visit our fearless leaders, Marian, from Seams To Be Sew and Amy from Sew Incredibly Crazy for more!!!

So - what are you waiting for?  Get busy clicking links, downloading patterns, and entering give-aways - I'll be back in a couple of days to give you more links!

Love,
Allie