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Sweet Treats Blog Hop: And We’re Off!

Sweet Treats Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sweet Treats Blog Hop, where myself and 5 wonderful bloggers will give you some ideas for using those adorable new mini charms from Moda! We each have 2 mini charm packs and a half yard of coordinating fabric to use, plus any bits and pieces like binding, or backing or whatever else our projects needed to finish them off. After this week, you will have 6 complete patterns or tutorials to follow to create your own mini charms masterpieces!

I’m super excited about my project. Even though the idea for this blog hop came whilst staring at a mini charm pack of Vintage Modern, I knew I needed to use Simply Color by V & Co. Playing with little bits of rainbow is what my dreams are made of!

Blue Birds Fly supplies

What you will need:

2 – mini charm packs of Simply Color
1 – fat quarter Bella Turquoise
1 – fat quarter backing – I’ve used a multicoloured spots from Timeless Treasures
5″ x WOF binding – I’ve used ‘Girl’ Small Chevron by Riley Blake Designs
Optional: 7 – 1″ hexagon papers

From your mini charm packs, you will need:
– 4 pinks
– 4 oranges (optional: 7 oranges)
– 5 yellows (optional: 9 yellows)
– 6 greens
– 7 light blues
– 8 dark blues
– 9 purples
– 13 greys

Cut your Bella Turquoise into 2.5″ strips and subcut into the following lengths:
1 – 8.5″
1 – 7.5″
1 – 6.5″
1 – 5.5″
2 – 4.5″
2 – 3.5″
3 – 2.5″
4 – 1″

Arrange your squares and strips like the following image. I found it best to have the more solid grey prints in the corner, and work out from there.

Blue Birds Fly layout

Sew together in columns, alternating seam directions as you go.

Sew the columns together, pressing seams open.

Optional: Create a hexagon ‘sun’ (flower) using a yellow square in the middle, and alternating orange and yellow around the outside. Applique to the backing.

Layer your top, binding and backing. Baste, quilt, bind!

Blue Birds Fly

I continuously had ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ in my head as I was making this quilt, and for some reason, kept singing ‘Somewhere over the rainbow, blue blirds (sic) fly…’ so I thought the correct lyrics should be the name of this mini quilt!

Blue Birds Fly

I love the cheery little sun on the back! Sure it’s now hanging on my sewing room wall and I can’t see it, but these mini charms are the perfect size for hexagons, and just knowing that it’s hiding behind my rainbow makes me smile!

Blue Birds Fly

Rather than overload this post with photos, check back here on Friday for TGIFF where you can get the full scoop – detail photos, highlights, frustrations and all!

Check out the rest of the hoppers throughout this week! Each blogger has a $25 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop to giveaway for you, and come back here on Satuday for the grand final giveaway of a $50 gift certificate!

Monday 8th – Beth at Plum and June

Tuesday 9th – Jennie and Clara at Clover and Violet

Wednesday 10th – Lindsey at Happier Than A Bird

Thursday 11th – Kristy at Quiet Play

Friday 12th – Jane at Want It, Need It, Quilt

Saturday 13th – Wrap up back here at Blossom Heart Quilts

See you here on Saturday, if not before! Enjoy!

Comments

  12. Kay says

    Anything with aqua makes me happy as it is such a cheerful colour, love the name of it too. I like doing mini qults as I am still very new to sewing and find large projects daunting, so I am really looking forward to this week.
    ks(dot)eyles(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk

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  13. Lisa Marie says

    Very pretty! I’ve wanted some Simply Color fabrics since I first saw an online photo and this makes me want them more. Even just small bits of them are gorgeous.

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  18. VickiT says

    OH how fun. I can’t wait to see all the great things this week. I’m really looking forward to buying some of those adorable little mini charm packs.

    I love what you’ve created and will for sure be back to check out more pictures from yours and for the wrap up. Thank you.

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  34. jmniffer says

    Fun, colorful project using the candy charms. I haven’t seen any in person yet but they do look easy to use. Thanks for sharing.

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  37. Anita says

    How beautiful and exciting! I just found out about this hop over at Clover & Violet’s blog. Thanks for getting together some great ideas through various blogs!

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  39. SewLindaAnn says

    Love your mini, so cheerful and well designed. I do like your idea of the sunflower too with the yellow center. I’m excited about mini charms, they’ll be fun to play with.

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  42. Carla G says

    Love your mini quilt! And the bright colors are fabulous! 🙂 Would love to win some mini charms to play with! 🙂

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