Sew On The Go by Michelle Renee Hiatt

It is time to kick off my annual Holiday Medallion Mystery Series!  This year's mystery is Holiday Solstice.  Are you ready to get started?    Today I'm revealing Clue #1 - Block 1 - Ting-A-Ling-Ling.  It is actually a Square Cubed (Square-in-a-Square-in-a-Square), however I given it a fun name for this series.  You will be using the Square Squared for this Clue. Here are both my versions.  Below I'm going to talk you through why I selected the fabric I did, to help you pick the ones for your quilt. Block #1 - Ting-A-Ling-Ling - Christmas Fig II Block #1 - Ting-A-Ling-Ling - Sun Prints 2020

Happy Friday!  Welcome to Day 5 of the "Tuckerize Your Quilt Blog Hop"!    Rosella Hanson ( Guest Blogging for Tammy Silvers )  and I are hosting the Blog Hop today!  The  "Tuckerize Your Quilt Blog Hop"  runs through  July 20th.  Eleven of the Deb Tucker Studio 180 Design Certified Instructors have been or will be blogging about the S180 tools.  Plus,  providing you with some great tips and tricks.   Be sure to check out the bottom of the page for a complete list of bloggers and their scheduled blog dates. First, I just want to give a shout out to the fabulous time I had teaching at my 6th MAQ (Mid-Appalachian Quilters).   I had the honor of hanging out with 16 fabulous ladies in my 3 day Oh-Hi-O My Star class.   We had a blast and they made huge progress.  You can check out the slide show of our Class and of the Show and Tell they brought with them from previous classes and Mystery Ser...

Whew!  What a busy day yesterday.  MAQ (Mid-Appalachian Quilters) moved to Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA) and it was an adjustment for all of us, including us teachers.   Change is hard, however the Board has performed a great job in answering every crisis!  The campus is beautiful.  We had a great ice cream social last night.  It was wonderful catching up with so many of you! Thank you for all the   Birthday wishes, several of my MAQers even brought me a cupcake and had half the Ice Cream social sign me Happy Birthday.  As a Quilt Instructor, I'm often on the road for my birthday, my husband's birthday, my wedding anniversary.... you get the picture.  So, a special thank you to my husband for putting up with me being away on so many special occasions. So, next, I have to apologize for two things. One, I underestimated my time this week.  I failed to get the second Sunset on the Sound slide show completed between fa...

Happy 4th of July Weekend!    I'm sure many of you are busy with family and friends celebrating!  Me too!  So, I made this week's Holiday Extravaganza Clue 7 fairly easy.   This way you can keep up, but also enjoy your family and friends. Last week, I had the pleasure of teaching for (I think) my 5th year.  I loved catching up with so many of you!  I taught four classes and had a blast in each.  Moonlight Garden Periwinkle Swirl Ooops missed formal Summer Star Class Photo Be Dazzled Additionally, it was great catching up with some fellow Certified Instructors.   At times, my stomach hurt from laughing so hard!  Always good times with these ladies! Plus, I entered Be Dazzled and was lucky enough to received a Blue Ribbon!  I designed and pieced Be Dazzled, and had my good friend Carol Perkins quilt it.  I just love it! This week is the 4th of July Summer Invasion, as my husband so lovingl...

Earlier in the week, I spent a few days with the Lady Bug Quilt Guild of Newark, DE.  What a great group!  I gave my When Life Gives you Fat Quarters lecture on Monday evening.  On Tuesday, the ladies worked on my Sparkle pattern and everyone did a fabulous job.  We were so busy sewing that I didn't get as many photos as I usually do, but you can check them out on my Facebook Page . I'm in the process of getting organized and prepare for the Vermont Quilt Festival next week.  I still have room in most of my classes, if anyone is interested I'd love to see you in class! Speaking of VQF, it is an event fill week.  The teachers set up on Tuesday, it runs through Saturday.  The teachers have 2 evenings of participation in addition our all day classes.  So, I planned a Bye-Week next week....  However, I'm giving you some homework.   😁 Clue # 6 ~ Block 6 ~ Lemoyne as Triangle Block Block #6 ~ Lemoyne as Triangle ~ Both of my Fabr...

Yeah another pretty Friday here in Connecticut!   Hopefully the weather holds up for a nice Father's Day weekend. Another busy week here! Majesty Lemoyne is off to the printers!  To create the Majesty Lemoyne I've taken strips of different sizes to create a fabulous looking block, and paired it with a more modern Log Cabin Block.  I added an Empire Border and I love it!  It really comes together easily with the Studio 180 Design's  Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star and Tucker Trimmer III .   You can pre-order your copy here .  They should ship Friday, June 21st. Majesty Lemoyne!

You have to admit, it seems a bit odd working with Holiday fabric in June!  However, I'm loving it.  I feel like I'm accomplishing something, knowing that by the end of September I will have not one but two (since I'm making two different versions) Holiday Quilts completed. I hope everyone is enjoying the this late Spring, I feel like we've finally had a series of sunny days here in my part of New England.  My flowers are starting to bloom.  My much beloved Peonies are just fabulous this year, I guess April (and May) showers really bring May June flowers!😉 Peonies 2019

Yeah, it is Friday and you know what that means, Holiday Extravaganza Mystery Clue Reveal Day! I had a busy week as I'm sure many of you did.  Last weekend, I was up in Westminster, VT at the Twin State Modern Quilt Guild .  What a wonderful group of ladies!  Very talented, I got a sneak preview of their Lobby Lights Quilt display that will be hung at VQF (Vermont Quilt Festival).  Wow, just fabulous! Before we get to the Holiday Extravaganza Clue, I want to take some time to reflect on the last Mystery, Sunset on the Sound.   My first official online Mystery Series and once again I was blown away with the participation and the stunning results. Over the last few weeks, I requested that the participants email me their completed quilts and I received over 90 completed quilts tops! I put together this slideshow and I hope you take the time to check it out.  They really did a magnificent job! Sunset on the Sound Mystery  ~ Completed Quilts:...

Whew!  What a week so far! Apologies for my delay today, I'm moving a little slow this morning.  I spent the last two days in Middletown, PA (just outside of Hershey) and got in a bit late last night.  This weekend I'm heading up to the Twin State Modern Quilt Guild in Westminster, VT.  By the end of the weekend I will have traveled through six states in 4 days! Wednesday night I gave a lecture and trunk show to the Piecemaker Quilt Guild of Middletown, PA.    Yesterday, I taught my Bloom Quilt Workshop to these fabulous ladies.  Apologies, several of the ladies left by the time we thought to take a photo.  Great times!  Everyone enjoyed learning the S180 V Block and Square Squared. Piecemakers Quilt Guild of Middletown, PA   Now for Holiday Extravaganza!  Clue #2 brings Block #2 ~ A variation on Flying Triangles.

Yeah!  May 17th and I'm kicking off another Mystery Series!  This is going to be so much fun, I promise, plus it will build your quilting skills and I hope you learn something new! Holiday Extravaganza will star with the Lemon Star, a Lemoyne Sta r with Cornerstones.  Holiday Extravaganza ~ Clue #1 ~ Both of Michelle's fabric selections While I know many of you just want to get right to the first Clue, I'm hoping you will read through some important items , learn about Medallion Quilts and take time to understand   how this series will work .  Important Items - Please read Please read the Blog each week.  Each week I will provided additionally tips for each week’s clue.  It is important that you read it to get those extra tips.   During Sunset on the Sound and Timeless with a Twist series I received an average of 20 emails/instant messages/text, each week, with questions that were answered in the blog.  A lot of ti...

Spring Getaway 2019 is underway at Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, VT.  The Quilter's arrived yesterday.  Everyone is having a fabulous time.  We had Show and Tell last night, it was fabulous.  I hoped to show some photos today, but the internet isn't cooperating, so I will have to post them next week. For my Sunset on the Sound followers, there is a Bonus project this week, to use up those cut-offs from the Corner Beams.  Summer Days ~ Bonus Project The Bonus Project Download will be available through until May 3rd.   Wow!  Is all I can say about the completed Sunset on the Sound Quilts being shared on the SOTS Facebook page!  I can't wait to show them to those of you that aren't following along.  If you are following along, please be sure to  email me your completed photos of your SOTS quilts by May 17th.   My email is Michelle.hiatt@sewonthego.net For those thinking about joining in on my next Mystery Seri...

Yeah!  Sunset on the Sound Clue #16 Revealed!   I hope you all love it as much as I do!  I had hoped to get my version quilted before the reveal but it didn't happen.  Life!  Plus you may remember I wanted to make mine a Queen after I saw it coming together.  Try as I might to find more background fabric to make my Throw a Queen, I was unable to find enough.  I thought I could "make it work" with what I found, but after recalculation I could not fanagal it (I know you know what I mean- 😁).  Therefore, I will have Throw and a Wall.  Which actually works out, as I can hang the Wall in my Sunroom/Studio while the Throw goes to work in my Trunk Show for a bit. Sunset on the Sound ~ Reveal! Note:  Only the this week's clue is available fo r downl oad.   Make sure to download your clue, as next Friday, it will be removed.   If you  love Sunset on the Sounds as much as I do , and didn't participate in th...