Are you ready for some Wednesday FUN?
We are going to kick off 2020 with a super short 3 weeks Scrap Busting Quilt Along!
Followed by My next Block Wednesday Mystery.. read on!
** Scrap Happy Quilt Sew Along **
Do you have a few scraps? maybe a LOT of Scraps?
Let's start off on January 1st sewing some of those up with my super easy 'Traffic Jam Quilt!'. I love sewing on the 1st of the year!
- Jan 1 to Jan 16 we'll make a Scrap Happy Quilt!
- Dig through your fabric
- Decide on Colors
- Get ready to Sew blocks on Jan 1
- Jan 8 we'll sew more blocks
- Jan 16 show off a top and enter in my quilt show and I'll have a giveaway!!
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Download Pat Sloan 2019 Traffic Jam pattern
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** Childhood Games Mystery Sew Along **
The fabric for this sew along will be a mystery just a little while longer as we had some fabric selection changes due to availability.
I hope by Jan 2 to have the fabric bundle ready to show you. I DO have some details for you
- Starts Jan 22
- Runs 19 weeks to May 27
- Several block sizes
- Pieced blocks
- ALL EASY to do!
- Fat Quarter Friendly
- Fun and Happy just like a Childhood game should be!
Each week we'll celebrate a different Childhood game, I can't WAIT for this!!
I hope you'll join me to make a Traffic jam first and then roll right into our Block Wed
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Pat, thank you for the traffic jam pattern. Loved having an idea to use up some scraps. Not sure I can figure it out by myself, but would love to make one similar that I’ve seen called Granny Squares, only without losing the points like I saw online. I’m sure there is a way. Keep up the great work.
Pat, I am participating in a “Scrap Fest” in my local Guild next month.I am bringing tubs of scraps to share. I am challenging a few of my quilting buddies to make “Traffic Jam” blocks for our Community Service Bee. Thank you for all you do!!!!
All the responses sound so great, I so want to get on to a Traffic Jam as I am sure I have enough scraps. Alas, woe is me, my machine foot pedal died on Saturday (picture sad face). Repair shop is open today so I will take it to find out if it is repairable or not, praying for repairable. Until then, happy scrappy sewing to you all.
My project is making a baby quilt for a new baby in the family
I’m excited to start the sew along. I never did one before.
Lol traffic, not tragic
Here is my tragic jam top. I can’t sew them together yet as we’re are moving on Friday is the proposed closing date. Today is Jan 6. I hope I can still be in the drawing. Im doing quilt as you go. Well I’ll post the photo somewhere else
I love scrappy quilts! Traffic Jam is a perfect, quick & easy, and fun kind of scrappy. I am in the process of reorganizing my scraps, and my goal is a scrappy happy creatively productive year for 2020. Thank you for sharing this pattern with us. And I’m looking forward to “Childhood Games”. Happy New Year!
Thank you so much for sharing the pattern Pat , I enjoy your patterns it’s nice to get a a kindness sent our way 😊
Pat, I have all my blocks cut since last week. I couldn’t work on it this week as , 1. My water heater busted on New Year’s Day at 2:30 in the morning, and 2. Same day, my furnace went on the fritz. 🙁 Furnace is now fixed, and we just got back from picking up a new water heater.
Just recently found you on you tube. I very much listening to your chats, and will be joining you on your Parking Lot quilt, and look forward to the Children’s Games project. Have lots of cutting to do tomorrow. Thank goodness for my AccuQuilt Big!
Thank you Pat. I found the fabric I want to use and plan to cut squares and borders tomorrow. Is there anything I need to do to be ready to sew? Do I come to the website for more instructions? I’ve made quilts on my own, but not in a group like this. Thanks so much!.
Vicki
Going to be working on Traffic Jam as quilts for our local children’s hospital. Will be ready to start with you on my first one. I hope to make several from this pattern in 2020. I donated 35 quilts on December 16th this year!
Yippeeee my box full of 2.5 blue and white squares have found a quilt! Thanks so much for this free pattern Pat 🙂 Cant wait to get started!
I think this might just help me to rediscover my quilting mojo. Ive had a year of cross stitch and papercraft so I think its time to return to the squishy side.
I just hope I have enough fabric, my stash is pretty miniscule compared to some Ive seen. I shall have a rummage, clear the decks and start cutting shapes. See you in 2020 folks!
I am so excited about this. I was getting ready to just get rid of a whole bunch of small pieces because I was not sure what to do with them and wanted to make room for the new year of scraps. So Pat, your timing could not be better. THANK YOU!
Spent an afternoon this week going through my scrap bins and used my accuquilt to cut blocks. Have a good headstart but have a couple more colors to go through. This will definately get me started with a clean start for the new year!
I have all of my 2.5 and 4.5 inch squares ready to go! I am using reds for the smaller squares and cream for the larger squares. I have the 9 blocks laid out on 18 x 18 inch design boards that I made from cardboard and covered with white fleece. It’s such a great way to stay organized and to look at my evolving quilt! Can’t wait for Jan. 1st!!
I am ready for some simple sewing with spectacular results! Count me IN.
Happy New Year to us all..
I need to finish something, anything. I’ve been working on organizing the clutter and I can hardly see any progress, although I know that I’ve made progress.
Pat and others, I think that the “Traffic Jam” quilt is going to be fabulous!! I have so much fabric, that will help to make a tiny dent in it. lol Looking forward to January 1st. I am so excited. I probably have the date wrong as I get so mixed up. I need those binders that hold everything so you can plan your day, week and month out—-oh, that is what they are called Planners. I do have my quilt room all cleaned up. Boy, it is like having a breath of fresh air after someone puts their hands around your nose and mouth at the same time!! Sure do have tons of plastic containers—all sizes though!! lol
Hoping you had a very blessed Christmas and a very Happy New Year, Pat and hubz xoxoxo
I have a box of 2 1/2 in squares that were mom’s. I am using them for Traffic Jam and black for the solid color. It will be very scrappy! Looking forward to it!
I’m definitely in on this sew along! Been working on your challenge since Dec 1 on getting fabrics and scraps organized. Started using up scraps the week before Christmas. The Traffic jam will be a nice piece to add to my queen size scrappy I’m working on now!
What a great way to use up some of my scraps – Im sew ready to get started!
Thank YOU Pat
LOL I have not heard Licking my Chops since I was a kid in New York. You really got me laughing my head off. Thanks for the memories…
I missed doing this pattern the first time around. Will try to do it this time as I have lots of fabrics to use up. Thank You so much
I am looking forward to making a couple traffic jam quilts – one darker using up older thimbleberries scraps and one very bright using up scraps from various quilts for grandchildren. This pattern is awesome to use up scraps quickly. I then can donate to a local shelter. Thank you!
Can’t wait to start the traffic jam quilt. The mystery quilt sounds awesome too. It is like having a sew in with friends. Thanks for all you share with us it is sooooo appreciated.
SO you motivated me to organize and clean out my scrap bins–cutting them into usable squares but fell in love with my green batch!! SO I am working on traffic Jam as I go!!! This has been a great therapy for me this season…I am grateful to you for sharing this challenge and helping me stay focused on creating a new and wonderful quilt!
I’ve already started cutting some scraps based on your tutorial of dealing with organization but I have plenty more to cut! I’ll get started this week. Really excited since this is my first sew along.
I haven’t made a quilt in decades. I have many many scraps. I need help with colors please. Thank you. I’m going to start cutting squares asap, once I figure what colors I need. Any ideas? I know scrappy isn’t really planned, right? I’m nervous, can you tell?
I’m excited about the Traffic Jam! I already have a small tote full of 2.5” squares all ready to go!
I have a lot of scraps! Not only mine, but also my mother’s from years of sewing! I love having a quilt where you can pick out that fabric from the dress your mother made you when you were a little girl or the first pair of pjs you made for your little boy. Having a scrap quilt is like having a tangible memory in front of you!
Happy Holidays, you always have such great ideas for your quilts, THANK YOU
I’m looking forward to beginning the year with the Traffic Jam quilt.i have the perfect layer cake, but I’m going to try to go scrappy this time! Out of my comfort zone!
This is another reason I am saving 2.5” sqs! Good to go.
I’m in! Traffic jam looks like a great way to sew up a bunch of my scraps😊
Omg I have so many scraps so I really pleased something like this will inspire me to use them. So looking forward to it, thanks Pat
I’m retiring tomorrow and looking forward to making the Traffic Jam quilt!!
My plan for 2020 is to use what I have and this quilt will be a great start along with another I quilt I have started to make using scraps. So much fun remembering the quilts I have made in the past to generate all these bits and pieces. Thanks for the memories!
The traffic jam will be my 1st quilt. I am excited about getting started. Going fabric shopping after Christmas for some fun fabric.if all goes well this will be a birthday gift for my grandson who will turn 7 next month.
Just may try to work this in before I leave for FL.Will you be sharing hints each week?
I am going to jump in and do this one a great scrap buster my bin of 2 1/2 inch is overflowing. thanks
looking forward to the child hood game blocks since I just cleaned attic and found several old games when we were small: hands down, chitty chitty bang bang,etc. Can’t wait for both. Thank You Pat
I’m in on this one! I’ve got so many scraps and this sounds like the best way to reduce them!!
This will be a great way to start the year. I’ll be using 2″ blocks and 3 1/2″ blocks because I have these cut up in my Joan Ford “Cut The Scrap” collection. Thanks for the encouragement to start the year off with a fun project.
I am sew ready for Traffic Jam. I have my scraps ready. My plan for 2020 is to make scrap quilts only as I am running out of space. I have aways been able to count on Pat to come up with what I need. Many thanks Pat.
Estaré atenta para ponerme manos a la obra. Gracias Pat por todo lo que nos regalas. Besos a todas las quilters
Join in Margaret! download the directions above
perfect Agatha!!