Positive Vibes Quilt-Along

Get ready for some fun because it's time for another quilt-along!

The Positive Vibes Quilt-Along is for one of my newest patterns,

Positive Vibes.  I designed it for my new fabric line,

Treasured Threads with Poppie Cotton, which is in stores now.

Positive Vibes comes with instructions

for 2 size options - baby and throw.

For the quilt along, we'll be making

the throw-size quilt that finishes at 71-1/4" x 85-1/2".

You can get the paper pattern HERE.

Or the PDF pattern HERE.

Positive Vibes is a fat quarter-friendly pattern,

perfect for a Treasured Threads fat quarter bundle!

You are welcome to use whatever

fat quarters you'd like, of course, but if you would like

to make the same quilt version that I'm making, there are

3 awesome quilt shops that are offering kits!

Corn Wagon Quilt Co.

LouLou's Fabric Shop

Good Vibes Quilt Shop

[This Positive Vibes block features Bloom True fabric by Terri Conrad for Poppie Cotton.]

The fabric requirements for the throw-size quilt are:

Bright Print Fat Quarters (Includes Scrappy Binding) - 20

Good Measure Natural Background Fabric - 6¼ yards

Optional Non-Scrappy Binding - 2/3 yard

Backing - 5¼ yards

Batting - 80” x 94”

The quilt-along will start on Wednesday, March 1st, 2023

and last for 12 weeks.  The weekly assignments

will be posted on Instagram every Wednesday.

Here's the schedule:

Week 1: March 1st - cutting, fabric mix and match

Week 2: March 8th - make 6 blocks

Week 3: March 15th - make 5 blocks 

Week 4: March 22nd - make 6 blocks

Week 5: March 29th - make 5 blocks

Week 6: April 5th - make 6 blocks

Week 7: April 12th - make 5 blocks

Week 8: April 19th - make 6 blocks

Week 9: April 26th - make 5 blocks

Week 10: May 3rd - make 6 blocks

Week 11: May 10th - assemble rows

Week 12: May 17th - assemble quilt top

May 24th - show the completed quilt top!

I'm so excited to announce that we have one fabulous prize 

sponsored by Katie's Quilting Co.!  Katie has so generously offered to give 

one winner - free quilting (does not include batting or shipping).

She is also offering all QAL participants: 

20% of quilting (quilt must be received 

within 30 days of the end of the QAL).

I will choose the winner at the end of the QAL from the

#positivevibesqal hashtag pool on Instagram.  

Only people that post a picture of the finished quilt top 

by May 24th will be eligible to win.

To participate, you can do one or more of the

following things:

1. Print off the schedule and follow along privately.

2. Check in with me on Instagram @gigis_thimble

every Wednesday to get the assignment for the week.

Tag me and post your progress on Instagram

using the hashtags #gigisthimblepattern and

#positivevibesqal.  This is a great way to find and

encourage friends!  I love it because I get to see your

version of Positive Vibes, too.

3. Sign up HERE for weekly email reminders.

In case you're wondering, the skill level for this pattern 

is confident beginner.

And finally, I've created a Positive Vibes Quilt-Along PDF

with all the pertinent details and a coloring sheet!

Click HERE to get the PDF. 

Please let me know if you have any questions!

I can't wait to sew along with you this spring!

Treasured Threads is in Stores Now!

The day is finally here!

Treasured Threads is in stores now!

 My new fabric collection with Poppie Cotton

is full of sweet prints in varying shades of pink,

butter yellow, aqua, orange, navy, and creamy white (with a little

touch of red!)  It's bright and happy, vintage and modern -

all at the same time!

The following stores are carrying Treasured Threads:

Ace Sew & Vac

Al's Vacuum & Sewing

Cardinal Creek Quilting

Cherry Tree Cottage

Cornwagon Quilt Company

Country Sampler

Crimson Confection

El Cajon Sew & Vac

Farmhouse Fabrics, INC

Good Vibes Quilt Shop

Hunnie Quilt

Lou Lou's Fabric Shop

Mountain Stitches by Susan

Olie and Evie

Orange Quilt Bee

Precuts Quilt Shop & Craft

Quality Time Quilts

Sew It Seams

Sew Let's Be Quilty

Sweet Daisy Quilt Shoppe

Teal House Quilts

The Backstitch

The Quilted Cow LLC

The Quilting Studio & Fabric Mercantile

Thread Play Quilt Shoppe

Tilly Dee's Quilts and Embroidery

Under the Garden Moon

I've created 3 companion patterns

to go with Treasured Threads:

Flora's Baskets

A 10" square friendly pattern.

3 quilt size options 

Beginner-friendly

Sprout

A 10" square friendly pattern.

3 quilt size options 

Beginning applique

Positive Vibes

Fat-quarter friendly

2 size options

Quilt-along starts March 1st

See QAL details HERE.

You can check out all of my paper and PDF patterns HERE.

If you're a shop owner and would like to get

bulk quantities of any of my patterns at wholesale prices

please email me at gigisthimble@hotmail.com.

If you get your hands on Treasured Threads or

make anything with it please email me or tag me on

Instagram @gigis_thimble.  It would make my day

to see it in your home.  Happy shopping!

Scrappy Pink Irish Chain Quilt

Today I am finally sharing my scrappy pink Irish Chain quilt that

I started in December 2021.  I finished it shortly

thereafter but just recently got some pictures of it!

But first (before I share the details of this quilt),

thanks to all of you that watched my LIVE Thursday Trunk Show

that I did on Instagram this past week and that wanted to see more

of this quilt!  Several of you reached out and gave me just the

motivation I needed to get this quilt photographed and blogged.

FYI:  I do Thursday Trunk Shows once in a while.

It's something fun I came up with to share

5-10 quilts within a certain theme.  It's a fun way for me

to connect with my Instagram followers, show who

is behind all the little squares, get outside of my comfort zone,

and hopefully, inspire and teach a few things I've learned

from my 24 years of quilting experience.  I usually announce them

in my Instagram stories a day or two beforehand.

You can follow me @gigis_thimble if you're not already.

So let's start back at the beginning...  

THE INSPIRATION:

In August 2018, Janine of @happyhappynester shared the

gorgeous photo above on her Instagram feed.  I was immediately smitten and 

saved the photo.  (By the way, Janine's whole IG feed is lovely and I have been 

following her for a long time.  She is very sweet and gave me permission to share her photo.)

About a year later I was feeling like I "needed more pink in my life" 

and came back to that photo as the inspiration for a quilt color palette!

I just wanted a simple project so I went with the classic 9-Patch block.

I paired them with 6-1/2" low-volume squares

to create an Irish Chain.  My quilt finished at 66-1/2" x 78-1/2".

Click HERE for a simple PDF for this pattern.

This sweet color palette definitely cheered up my

sewing room during those winter months!

I had some of that sweet pink and white daisy fabric in my stash

(but not enough so I ended up ordering a bit more) to use for the backing.  

It's called Flower Glory Morning - Wonderful Things by Bonnie Christine 

for Art Gallery Fabrics.  It reminds me of a vintage sheet!  I love it!

I also had this pink herringbone fabric in my stash

that I used for the binding.  Sorry, I can't remember what it's called!

My quilter, Jen Ostler, used the Interlocking Orange Peel

pantograph by Karlee Porter for the quilting.

It's one of my favorite all-over designs and I've used it many times!

This quilt was so fun to make.

Partly, because - mindless sewing for the win!

And partly because I got to pull out all of my really girly

low-volume prints.  If you're on Instagram,

I shared a reel this week where I scanned over all the fabrics

so you can check that out if you want to see more.

They're so whimsical.  It was the type of thing where I'd 

pull one out of my stash and say, "Oh, I love this one...

and this one...and this one!"

I wanted it to be mostly pink with little hints

of green, orange, and yellow - so I spaced out those accent colors

sporadically through my 9-Patches.  One thing I've learned

over the years is that colors don't always have to be in equal amounts.

That's what makes a quilt unique and interesting sometimes.

So that's it.  I am very happy I pulled this out

for the Thursday Trunk Show the other day so I could be

reminded of just how much I love this very simple,

very scrappy Irish Chain quilt!  I would be happy to make

more of these in the future.  

If you feel inspired and decide to make one

and share it on Instagram, please tag me @gigis_thimble.

Again, here's the Scrappy Irish Chain PDF

and thanks for stopping by today! 

Flora's Baskets

Hello, hello!  Today I am sharing my

third (and final) pattern that I designed

for my upcoming fabric collection 

with Poppie Cotton called, Treasured Threads.

Meet - Flora's Baskets.

It's a Layer Cake (10" square) 

friendly pattern and it comes with instructions

for 3 different size quilts - lap, twin, and queen.

It's my spin on a vintage-inspired

Basket pattern and I love this particular

basket block!  Quilting and basket blocks

go hand-in-hand in my opinion.

Basket blocks are just classic.

The quilting was done by Jen Ostler in Highland, UT.  

I always love crosshatch quilting.  It's timeless!

Last night I got the itch to make a scrappy

version of Flora's Baskets using lots of different 

low-volume fabrics for the background.

I'm loving where it's headed!  It's a bit messier

and more time-consuming to make those 

blocks.  But you know me, I love scrappy! 

I'm thinking about doing a tutorial for the scrappy

version of these blocks that you could use in

conjunction with the pattern?  Maybe newsletter

subscribers would get it first??? 

You can join the newsletter HERE.

It's so surreal to be able to play with my own fabric!

I'm loving seeing it pop up in the wild by people

that received advanced yardage.

To follow along with the Treasured Threads

fabric tour click HERE.

To snag a copy of Flora's Baskets  -

click HERE for the paper pattern

or HERE for the PDF pattern.

Do you have a basket quilt? 

Are you more of a scrappy person or not?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Sprout - A New Pattern

 Hello!  Today I want to share

a new pattern I designed called Sprout.

It's a simple applique pattern that uses 10" squares.

It comes with instructions for 3 quilt sizes - 

baby, throw, and queen.  This is the throw size.

I used fabrics from my upcoming fabric line,

Treasured Threads by Poppie Cotton

(which ships to stores at the end of January).

The background fabric is from my line too.

It's a great low-volume grid print called

Good Measure in the color Natural.

The backing is a pink Country Confetti by Poppie Cotton.

The simple custom quilting was done by

Wren Woodland in Highland, Utah.  

Do you applique?

Have you ever wanted to learn?

This is a great pattern to try with!

I share my favorite method -

a freezer paper method to make the templates

and then I hand-appliqued them to the background squares.

However, you could use a different method, if desired.

If you're a quilt shop owner, Sprout

would be a great technique-based class project!

You can snag the Sprout paper pattern HERE

or the Sprout PDF pattern HERE.

I'd love to hear what you think of Sprout.

Are you a fan of applique?  Let me know in the comments!

Treasured Threads Fabric Tour

I can't believe the day is almost here!

My first fabric line EVER is shipping to stores

at the end of the month.  It's a dream come true!

I would like to introduce to you - Treasured Threads

by yours truly, for Poppie Cotton.

This is a bright, happy fabric line

inspired by my love of crochet and quilting.  

A sweet sparrow bird is the mascot.

Some of the prints give a nod to graph paper,

doilies, and gingham.  And of course, there are lots of

florals thrown in too!  The colors include different

shades of pink, aqua, and yellow, with little pops of red, orange,

teal, and navy.  There are some creamy whites too, 

to round out the collection!

Today marks the start of a Treasured Threads

Fabric tour.  Many of my friends have made items

with advanced yardage of Treasured Threads.

I can't wait to see what they've made!

Here's the schedule; I hope you'll follow along!

Monday, January 9	http://www.gigisthimble.com/	Amber Johnson
Wednesday, January 11	@pinkdesertblossoms.shop	Leah Sande
Thursday, January 12	@jenfinquilts	Jen Williams
Friday January 13	http://happylittlecottage.blogspot.com/	Debbie Homick
Monday, January 16	JessicaDayon.blogspot.com	Jessica Dayon
Wednesday, January 18	http://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/	Melissa Corry
Thursday, January 19	@melissaraej	Melissa Jensen
Friday, January 20	@aniva_rose	Aniva Willoughby
Monday, January 23	https://www.nannygoatquilts.com/	Lisa Garlic
Tuesday, January 24	Website: http://blueribbondesigns.com	Belinda Karls-Nace
Wednesday, January 25	https://verityvintagestudio.typepad.com/my-blog/	Kristin Clay
Monday January 30	http://www.abrightcorner.com/	Andy Knowlton

I have 3 new patterns that I've designed

in honor of Treasured Threads.

First, Positive Vibes:

It's a fat quarter-friendly pattern that comes with instructions 

for 2 sizes (baby and throw).  I'll be hosting a quilt-along

for the throw-size starting March 1st.

Details coming in a separate post soon.

Grab the pattern HERE.

The second pattern I designed for

Treasured Threads is called Sprout:

It comes with instructions for 3 sizes

(baby, throw, and queen) and it's

a great pattern to learn how to applique.

It's Layer Cake (or 10" square) friendly!

You can grab the Sprout pattern HERE.

The third and final pattern is called

Flora's Baskets.  It's my spin on a

vintage basket pattern.

Again, it's 10" square friendly and comes with instructions 

for 3 different-size quilts - lap. twin, and queen.

You can grab Flora's Baskets HERE.

I'll share more details soon

about each of these quilts.  To stay in the know

you can sign up for my newsletter HERE.

I'd love to hear what you think

about Treasured Threads!  And be sure,

to ask your local quilt shop for it, if you

want to get your hands on some!

Thanks for stopping by today!