FreeQuiltPattern

W.O.W.

March 9, 2022 by Lisa Norton

Enjoy this free pattern download from us, just for you. Isn’t that nice? It is sooooo pretty in the vibrant blues. Scroll down a bit to find the download button.

The fabric designers for Marcus Fabrics are collaborating to bring a new free project each Monday through April 18, 2022 called The Colors of Marcus. Red was a few weeks ago, then there was orange and then yellow. Last week was green and now… drum roll please… our Blue project is the latest free pattern download (publicly promoted by Marcus Fabrics on March 14, 2022). Be sure to visit Mondays with Marcus for the other free downloads.

Bring on the Blue

Our Blue project is called Why, Oh Wyoming or W.O.W. for short! This small quilt, 42″ x 42″, is a super-sized Wyoming Block that shows off the eye-catching blue WOW batik by Marcus Fabrics. The brilliant blue splashes of the batik contrast amazingly with the solid blue to give a spectacular modern look from a traditional block. However you say it, W.O.W. in WOW batiks give WOW results.

Blue contrast so nicely with the yellow cutting table.

Details

W.O.W Kits are available at materialgirlfriends.com for just $40.99. The kit includes all the fabrics you see in the photos for the quilt top and binding. Kit also includes a printed copy of the Why, Oh Wyoming pattern. It does not include backing or batting.

Why, Oh Wyoming Kit

Why, Oh Wyoming W.O.W. quilt size – 42” x 42”

1 yard Blue Batik, sample used WOW Batik #R0612538 by Marcus Fabrics
1 yard White, sample used Marshmallow Solid #5901-0733 by Marcus Fabrics
1 yard Blue Solid, includes 3/8 yard for the binding, Michael Miller Cotton Couture
3 yards of 42” backing or 1 1/2 yards of extra wide backing

Bonus! If you use an AccuQuilt cutting machine, I’ve added the die numbers you’d use to create the quilt.

Download your pattern today with the button below. Free for a limited time. Free download link expires April 30, 2020. Download expired.

Oh, but don’t stop there! Make four of the Why, Oh Wyoming blocks for a bed size quilt.

Or nine of the blocks for a king size WOW quilt! The big splash batiks are amazing with this super-sized block.

Mystery Revealed!

A couple weeks ago we had our annual mystery class. What a blast it was! Bent Bento is our new pattern from that class. If you’re feeling like you missed out, don’t worry. We’ve got you covered. Join us for a Zoom class. Your pattern is included and will be emailed to you with the zoom link.

Join us for a Zoom Class Sat, Mar 2610:00 AM – 1:30 PM PST, $35

Bent Bento Zoom Class

Bent Bent pattern is available as a Printed Pattern on our web store, MaterialGirlfriendsShop.com

Bent Bento pattern is also a Digital Download for instant gratification, Etsy.com/shop/MaterialGirlfriends

Fabrics used in the sample were from Lora’s stash. I know, right? What was she thinking? This week we ordered bolts and bolts of lovely yardage and as soon as they arrive, we’ll cut them up into kits. The new batiks match very closely and are delicious! I can’t wait to receive them. Just email me at Lisa@materialgirlfriends.com if you want me to send you an email when the kits are available.

Sew Happy,

Lisa W. Norton

A Cup of Love

January 31, 2022 by Lisa Norton

Bless his heart. (If you spent much time in the south, you know what’s coming next.) Bless his heart, he meant well. My husband was totally lame at tea parties. After my third son was born, Michael promised to have tea parties with me. I loved my pretty pots and cups, however, I had no little girls to share them with. Our boys were bulls in a china shop. They were not getting near my beloved teacups. Therefore, Mike would sit with a pinkie at attention and have tea with me. It really was just a Cup of Love, not really tea at all.

A Cup of Love Pattern

We have a perfect February project for you. It’s free for a limited time, an instant download, and you’ll be able to share a Cup of Love with someone you love too. (Girlfriends, daughters, and granddaughters are much better at the tea party thing. Just saying.) This mini table topper is 19″ square. The rosy red batik fabric is from the Material Girlfriends Collection, R06 Primo Batiks by Marcus Fabrics.

Let me share how easy it is to make. It sure doesn’t take much fabric. This is what you’ll need.

1/3 yard Red Batik, the sample used Material Girlfriends Collection, R06 Primo Batik #2329-0111 by Marcus Fabrics
1/4 yard white, the sample used Marshmallow Solid #5901-0733 by Marcus Fabrics
1/4 yard solid pink for appliqué and inner border
1/4 yard binding (more than plenty, you really can do it with 5″ x WOF)
3/4 yard backing

Since the mugs are from 5″ squares, you could also pull a few cool prints from a charm pack you bought and didn’t know what you were going to use it for. 😉 The next step is to trim those 5″ squares to 4″ x 5″. Save that 1″ strip for the handle. Sew two little squares on the bottom two corners. Stitch diagonal, trim, and press. They look like little red diapers without their corners triangles pressed out.

Next, sew a rectangle of white background fabric to the top of the cups and appliqué the hearts in the middle.

Lora complained loudly about the tiny handle piecing. Ha! The handle block is indeed painstakingly small when you’re used to 12″ block piecing.

Once your blocks are made and arranged, it is sewn together like a 9-patch. Sew on your inner and outer borders and you’re ready to quilt this mini table topper!

My directions are far too vague! Let’s get you a real pattern download, available until June 2022. Download expired.

A Cup of Love Kit

We have kits available too! Kit includes all fabrics for the front and binding just as shown in the pictures, and a copy of the pattern. Does not include coffee, tea, cupcakes, roses, batting, or backing. A Cup of Love Kit, $19.99

Our sons have grown up to become three handsome young gentlemen. My hope is that someday, they too will have a cup of love, pinky at attention, with their beloveds.

Absewlutely,

Lisa Norton

Don’t Panic

December 8, 2021 by Lisa Norton

Christmas is coming and the list is long. My list seems longer than Santa’s list! Why didn’t I start these projects earlier? “A Mad Russian’s Christmas” is playing on my Pandora station. It isn’t helping! At least my lights are up.

Ha! No, that is not my house. My lights are a tad bit more conservative. Maybe next year, not. Holidays have a tendency to make me feel like I’m leaning back a bit too far in my chair. You know that split second of panic when you know you’ve leaned too far and you’re about to go over? Yep, that’s how I’m feeling. You too? Deep breaths. We can do this.

Quilters’ Color Therapy Sew Along

Let’s look forward to the New Year when this hustle and bustle has subsided a bit. I will definitely be needing some Quilters’ Color Therapy. Breath in. Breath out. How about you?

Quilters’ Color Therapy, The Use of Color Psychology in Quilting is an informative Block of the Month Pattern Booklet by Lora W. Zmak and Lisa W. Norton, the Material Girlfriends.

Color Psychology is the study of color’s impact on human behavior. Color and its effects on the brain, and on an individual’s behavior, have been studied for years by various groups from scientists to marketers. Your personal feelings of color are rooted deeply in your upbringing, experiences, culture, age, gender, and situational factors. The meanings of colors are going to fluctuate and change as you do. With this QCT Sew Along, learn to use Color Psychology purposefully to help you feel and express your emotions through color and quilting. Follow the 12 monthly sessions with us to create an 87in x 87in colorful quilt or don’t. The booklet and quilt project are totally optional and the monthly Zoom workshops are FREE.

Each monthly session includes a lesson on a color, technique instructions for the blocks from the booklet, plus an optional Color project. These mini projects are for digging deeper into color therapy and encouraging quilters to develop self-care through personal small projects. For example, green is an anti-anxiety color. At this moment, green fabrics would be emotionally beneficial for me to work with.

Quilters’ Color Therapy is a Printed Paper Pattern
Final Product: Quilt
Finished Size: 87in x 87in
Technique: Standard Machine Sewing
Skill Level: Confident Beginner

Sign me up!

The QCT Sew Along Zoom workshops will be on the last Sunday afternoon of every month. Except the December 2022 Zoom workshop will be on the 3rd Sunday. We’ll be a little busy on the 4th Sunday. The time? Let’s go from 1 pm – 3 pm Pacific Time. We can talk about color and give block instructions for the first part and then anyone that wants to hang out with us can sew up their block until we log off. The Zoom links will be emailed every month.

Last Sunday of every Month of 2022 (except December is 3rd Sunday)
1 pm – 3 pm Pacific Time
Zoom link will be emailed every month
Workshops won’t be recorded, attendance is optional

Sign Me Up for Quilters’ Color Therapy Sew Along

If you’d like to follow along with the book, click on the button below. Use coupon code MGShip4Free to receive free shipping off your entire order. The coupon is good for US orders only and expires on January 31, 2022. Yes, we have kits available; kits with black background and kits with white background. Quilters’ Color Therapy Kit, kit includes the booklet. (International friends will need to contact me directly at Lisa@materialgirlfriends.com – Our online store won’t process international orders but I’m happy to do it manually.)

I’m using my stash for this QCT Sew Along. I will use scrappy colors and scrappy white backgrounds. I don’t know what Lora chose to do. What will you decide? I can’t wait to see it!

Quilters’ Color Therapy Book $29.99

What do I need for the first meeting?

For the first Zoom workshop, January 30, 1 pm, you will need nothing. However, The Quilters Color Therapy booklet would be helpful and if you’d like to sew the first blocks with us, you’ll need some yellow, gold, and brown fabrics. Invite your quilting buddies. This will be fun!

Christmas Freebie Fix

Merry Christmas! Lora and I want to give you a gift for Christmas. Enjoy a free pattern download, Bella Notte. The size of this quilt is 62in x 62in. Bella Notte is a panel-friendly pattern and is available FREE for a limited time. The download link will expire on January 31, 2022. Link expired. Those of us running around like the “Mad Russian’s Christmas” can download it now and save it for next year. 😉

I ran out of tape and I’ve only wrapped two presents! I’ve gotta run like a Mad Russian. I’ll catch up with you later!

Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!