3 Yards and a Panel

We’re so excited to introduce our latest 3YD pattern, 3YD Andapanel, pronounced “An Dapa Nél” or “And A Panel” 😉

How did we come up with this one, you ask? This pattern doesn’t really fit our 3YD Series; Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, etc. All the patterns in this series strictly use 3 yards, plus 1/2 yard of binding. 3YD Andapanel is like that awkward second cousin with the weird name you can’t remember. It fits in the family, but barely.

While vending at the various quilt shows this past year or so, we came across several of our vending friends looking for ways to sell their panels. I thought how could these be a hard sell? They’re so cute! Am I right? I bet a majority of us have one or two panels in our stash. The problem was there wasn’t an easy panel pattern to kit or sew. Ah, ha! Lora and I bumped our noggin’ and came up with a clever-for-us idea. What if we had a 3YD pattern for a panel? And 10 months later, our panel pattern was born. Okay, honestly, it might have been just 6 months, but it’s here! And we’re so pleased with it!

Lora has already sewn up her entire panel stash using our new 3YD Andapanel pattern. She is sew fast. I’m still digging for an animal alphabet one I know I have somewhere in my quilt room stash.

She didn’t stop there. We have some new panels that we were able to kit so she kept sewing!

Yes, we do have kits if you can’t find your panel in your stash either. Check out our Scarecrow’s Song, Naughty Elves, and Snowman panel kits.

Free Download

And guess what? The 3YD Andapanel is a free download from July 15 – 31, 2024. Yes! Click this link to go to our 2024 3YD Quilt Series Sew Along. Scroll down to the July header. At the end of the July posting is the 3YD Andapanel pattern download. You’ll be able to check out other versions, plus what it would look like if you sewed it scrappy instead of with three 1 yard cuts. Sometimes on tablets or smart phones, there looks to be a big gap between the text and the download link. Just keep scrolling. The link will be located before the June header. On the computer, other tablets, and smart phones, it actually shows an image of the download file. If you have any trouble downloading it between July 15-31, feel free to email me at Lisa@materialgirlfriends.com. Be sure to let your quilting friends in on our 2024 Sew Along to get their monthly free 3YD pattern download too. Jump in anytime.

PIQF

I have such a hard time with acronyms. It took me several years to get PIQF straight! It is the Pacific International Quilt Festival, in Santa Clara, CA. The show has new dates! It won’t be in the fall, but July 24-27, 2024.

Material Girlfriends will have a booth in row 300. If you’re attending the show, we’d love to see you. Lora and I have been cutting and kitting, getting ready. Check out our online store for all our new kits now available.

Color Your World With Quilts

After PIQF, we’ll be vending at our local guild’s quilt show, Delta Quilters of Brentwood, CA. Come see us and the show, August 10 & 11, 2024.

Delta Quilters 2024 OPPORTUNITY QUILT

Material Girlfriends, Quilters Color Therapy 

To help raise funds for Delta Quilters guild programs, Material Girlfriends donated the Quilters Color Therapy Quilt shown above. A drawing is held at the end of the Quilt Show. To win your very own Material Girlfriends quilt, purchase your raffle ticket before August 11, 3pm. 1 ticket for $1, 6 tickets for $5, 12 tickets for $10. To purchase Opportunity Quilt raffle tickets or show tickets, visit https://deltaquilters.org/home for more information. Quilters Color Therapy pattern will be 20% off on our web store until August 12, 2024.

Pattern Sale!

If you’ve missed any of the previous patterns in the 2024 Sew Along, we have all eight of them at 50% off online MaterialGirlfriendsShop.com, as well as 50% off the digital downloads on our Etsy store. All the patterns on our Etsy store are digital downloads. All the patterns online at Material Girlfriends Shop are paper patterns. We have other patterns and kits on sale too!

Coupon Code

Use Coupon Code 10KWOW at check out to receive 10% off any regular priced item! Coupon expires 7/31/24.

Vacation Mode

Earlier this summer we had a family reunion camping trip in La Vita, Colorado. What beautiful country! Tents were set up on my niece’s property (no water/no electricity). Yeah, no. The 30s and under roughed it in that gorgeous bear and wildlife wilderness. Us ‘old folk’ stayed in RVs at a local rv park in town, complete with full hook-ups. Our brother and his wife have a camper that made an amazing outdoor kitchen!

We visited a darling La Vita museum, complete with antique quilts and cast iron stove.

Of course our quilts go camping! Lora remembered to take a picture of hers. This is the Confetti Star quilt in one of the many layouts included in the pattern. Miss Pepper is one good traveler.

A quilt can make a home away from home. Don’t forget to pack yourself one as you enjoy your summer travels!

Happy sewing,

Lisa Norton and Lora Zmak