My Christmas Gift To You!

Merry Christmas one and all! Have you been decking the halls in preparation for the holidays? I designed a little project for Moda Bake Shop's 2022 Countdown To Christmas that's perfect for decking the halls or gifting to your loved ones. 

My Christmas Lights Reverse Applique Pillow is a fun, quick and easy project - and it coordinates with my "A Lightbulb Moment" quilt that was featured in "The Best of Moda Bake Shop" book and the accessory projects I have shared on my blog previously.

You can get your free Christmas Lights Reverse Applique Pillow pattern by visiting my pattern shop at www.thistlethicketstudio.com or by clicking here.

Wishing y'all a joyous season and we'll see you in the new year!

~Sharla

Trunk Show Travels

Last week, I was thrilled to be asked to present a trunk show for quilt guilds in northcentral Kansas in Hays on being a Moda Bake Shop Chef. It was so much fun sharing the things I've made for Moda Bake Shop, from designing patterns for their website to co-hosting sew alongs on Instagram to designing patterns for four MBS books.

Moda Fabrics was so generous in providing giveaways for my trunk show. They provided two project bags filled with goodies for door prizes and lots (and lots) of mini charms for every attendee. I decided to dress up the mini charms and placed two mini charms in a cupcake container filled with a liner and shredded paper then topped with a red button and a baker's twine bow. They turned out so cute and really fit the 'bake shop' theme!

I kicked off my presentation with a mixing bowl filled with Moda pre-cuts and talked about each one.

Back in my quilt shop days, the shop had a couple of Moda Bake Shop tablecloths that we cut down to fit a 6' table. My former partners found the tablecloths and the extra fabric cut from the cloths and gave them to me to use. I made a chef's apron from the extra fabric and trimmed it using woven ribbons used to tie Moda Jelly Rolls and Layer Cakes. 

I had a great time and I hope those who attended the trunk show enjoyed it as much as I did!

If your quilt guild would like to book my "Moda Bake Shop Chef" trunk show, please email me!

Happy Quilting!

~Sharla

Rollin' Along

Boy, this summer has rolled right on past me! Where has the time gone? I have been busy sewing and thought I'd pop in and share one of my projects.

This spring, the third Moda Bake Shop book was released and it features projects made with jelly rolls. It is appropriately named "Rollin' Along".

I was blessed to have a quilt included in the book called "Chain Links". It's a fun and easy quilt and the machine quilting pattern (called Modern Ogee by Anita Shackelford) really sets it off.

Moda selected their summer sew along project from the book, which was called "Family Reunion". It is a granny square medallion quilt designed by Christine Weld. The Moda Bake Shop Chefs featured in the book were co-hosts for the summer sew along.

I selected the Fig Tree Favorites fabric collection for my Family Reunion quilt.

Christine cleverly named each round of the quilt. The center medallion is called Great Granny block.

The first round around Great Granny is called the Granny blocks.

The second round is called the Momma blocks.

And the last round is called the Baby blocks. Boy, there were a lot of baby blocks! Only three more sides to go!

I haven't quilted my version of the Family Reunion quilt yet, but it's on the schedule for next week.

If you're interested in the "Rollin' Along" book, you can purchase it through Martingale Publishing HERE.

I'll try to pop in more frequently and share some of the other projects I've been working on.

Happy Quilting!

~Sharla