#93 Announcing the "Wiggle Me Colourful Sew Along"

(Made with a variety of Kona jelly roll strips and Kona Black for the background)

I've been hard at work creating the tutorial to go along with the pattern I designed, and I'm so excited to make the official announcement of the...

Wiggle Me Colourful Sew Along 
start date

 June 29th. 

Not an ideal start date, I know,  with Canada Day and the 4th of July just days away, so I'm going to make the first part of the tutorial a 2 week period, I hope this will give everyone time to enjoy the holidays and order materials, as well as get organized to sew!!

I also made the tutorial in a different fabric choice to show you another option... I'm all about the visual...and seeing is believing....I think it turned out fantastic. (made with Hoffman Fabrics- Splash Bali Pop, and Kona Natural for the background)

and I can't believe it,  I managed to create a sew along button if you would like to grab it...

(hope it works....and thanks  to Erin at Sew at Home Mummy she has great helps and tips and a whole series on Beautify your blog)

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and I have (I think) made a FaceBook Group page called Wiggle Me Colourful Sew Along. I know I said you wouldn't have to sign up(and this is not mandatory), but I got to thinking if there is any issues with the tutorial or you just have a question, it would be easier to to that in one place. That way everyone will see all the questions and answers, and we can all help each other. Also, you can post your work in progress pictures for all of us to enjoy and drool over. I may even learn how to navigate FaceBook itself, lol! (I am so bad at it)

Speaking of pictures if you are posting on social media use the #wigglemecolourful so we can see those too!!

I wanted to take a moment and  introduce you to the wonderful Canadian sponsors for our sew along:

Meet,  Rita from Fabric Please a new online Canadian Quilt Shop who generously donated 2 Bali Pops, one for the tutorial and one that was used in a give away I had here on the blog a few weeks ago!!

I had a chance to meet Rita at the  Creativfestival in Toronto this past spring, and I can tell she is passionate about what she is doing! Rita is a wife and mom that needed a career change and turned her passion for fabric and sewing into a ...."love what you do and you will never work a day in your life", experience!! I love how she describes herself and how she quilts, you can read for yourself here at Fabric Please!! 

Rita is also offering a 15% off code
 "WIGGLEME" 
 on any 2.5" pre-cut strips in store until July 13th.....
But wait
there will be a  Canada Day sale Wednesday July 1-4th
and you can save 20% off any item (excluding sale items) just use code "CANADA20"

and Fabric Please has flat rate shipping rates to everywhere!!

Meet Pam of Mad About Patchwork, an online quilt shop that just recently added a store front at

2477 Huntley Road in Stittsville, Ontario

She ships everywhere, because "creativity has no borders" 

carries lovely quilt quality fabrics, has great customer service

and monthly sales on fabric 

and a monthly stash builder sale (Kona solids) for June it's the Flame Spectrum

*Pam is also offering 15% off all jelly rolls till July 7th with discount code
"WIGGLE15"

(Pam and I were hoping to have kits available with the Kona jelly roll and background fabric, but last I heard the jelly rolls were still on backorder. So I will update you when I have more info.)

Is another online quilt shop with a store front in Toronto at

3961 Chesswood Drive

Meet Judy of Sew Sisters Quilt Shop, a Canadian Quilt Store dedicated to all things quilting.  

Whether shopping online or in person at our store in Toronto, our goal is to provide you with great service and offer top quality products at the lowest possible price.  

We have a large selection of quilting fabric, patterns, books and notions - everything you need to complete your unique quilts!  

Be sure to check out our very large Sale Section with over 400 bolts of fabric for only $7.99/metre!

At Sew Sisters, we believe you should buy fabric, not postage – so we offer great rates on shipping.

Orders over $100 ship for free within Canada!

We're having a charm pack sale going on at the moment - for canada day

And lastly a new 

  American friend Tanya of 

Tanya is offering a 20% off coupon code "SEWALONG20"

Calico Cat Fabrics is a cottage industry quilting supplies shop dedicated to quilters who seek only the best for their projects!! Let us do all the work seeking out your favorite prints and you get all the fun of creating your one of a kind pieces!!

We offer so many pre cut options..jelly roll fabric strips, charm packs, layer cakes, fat quarters and more!! We add new fabric collections all the time so be sure to stop by often and find the inspiration for your next project!! 

Well I think that's all for now, see you all back here on 

June 29th 

#88 Sew Along/ Tutorial Coming in June!!!

I'm so excited that you were all so interested in doing a Sew Along Tutorial with my                       Wiggle Me Colourful pattern (name is still up in the air) 

I'm working out the details of the pattern and coming up with an alternative if you are crunched for time, but still want to join in on a smaller scale.

I am also working on some surprises to make it fun to join up/sew along and stay current with your project, as well as complete the top by the dead line. (Quilting and binding will get you extra entries, but is not necessary to qualify)

My goal is to start the Sew Along in June and run it for approximately 4 weeks. More detailed info will come in the next few weeks, so click the email or Bloglovn button to follow my blog so you don't miss any posts. 

Let me know if there is anything you specifically want to see in the blog posts, for the sew along/ tutorial,  as I will be working on this in the next few weeks, tweaking the pattern and taking pictures as I go, so now is the time to speak up......

#WiggleMeColourful on social media 

so we can see what lovely progress you are making and final projects, I am also looking into the Linksy Tool so we can link up pictures at the end of our SewAlong right here on the UpStairsHobbyRoom blog.

#87 Spring is Here with Distractions of Colour

Even though things are still pretty brown here, there is sun and some warmer days. So I will call that a definite plus and the sun and warmer weather has inspired a new design with lots of colour, totally distracting me from that WIP list I am determined to complete.

I started out to make the One Hour Basket that I have seen lots of IG friends displaying in their feeds, by Kelbysews. If you follow the link you will find the tutorial and download., But.... I got so distracted I still haven't made one yet, lol.

I decided to sew some jelly roll strips together thinking that I could use them up and make an interesting basket. When I finished making 6 sets, I fell in love with the way they looked and I couldn't make the basket.... I wanted to make a quilt. So I sat down at EQ7 and got to work.

This is what I came up with.....Working name...Wiggle Me Colourful

and I'm half way done testing the pattern!!!

How fantastic is this!!! 

So the question I am putting out there is..... Anyone interested in the pattern? It is a great jelly roll pattern (other then the 3.5" border I plan to add) and I think a great beginner project. Even with the matching, if you press each row alternating they nest up easily!
I will be done sewing the test project this week and then I might be setting up for a free sew along with this pattern if there is enough interest!!(leave a comment) It would be a fairly quick sew along too, especially if you use precuts instead of yardage!

In the What I've Been Up To part of the post.......

I've been so distracted by springs arrival, which gave me an urge to work with bright happy colours, my poor WIP list has been a little neglected, so I'm posting it again to inspire me to get back on task.

(After adding the list and updating it.....I've got to say I am in better shape than I thought!! I am going to have to update and remove some of the categories that I've completed!!! Ya, I love lists and seeing the progress!! But with the completion of WIPs comes a longer list of quilt tops that need to be quilted, eek......)

To Complete This Year List

Blocks to Piece (blocks not finished)

• (3)Triple Star Blocks
• Playing Cards (Bee Blocks)
• (?) Scrappy Trip Around the World Blocks 
• Fusion Quilt
• Flower Patch Quilt
• Lattice Bones Quilt
• Colouring Box Quilt
• Sew Kitchy Paper Pieced BOM (one more block, Miss Betty)
• Craftsy BOM 2013

Quilt Tops to Sew Together (blocks are complete)

• Sugar Block Club 2013
• Sugar Block Club 2014
• Block Rock'n
• Classic Meets Modern
• Aurifil Designer of the Month 2014
• Globe Trotting BOM
• Layer Cake Challenge
• Come Together (Bee Blocks)
• Playing Cards (Bee Blocks)

Quilt Tops: to Quilt

• City Sampler
• Churn Dash QAL
• Nested Churn Dash
• Parade (tester pattern)
• Square Deal
• Trifle Dish Moda QAL
• Modern Blocks QAL
• Virtual Quilting Bee
• Triangle QAL
• *Globe Trotting BOM
• *Classic Meets Modern
• *Sugar Block Club 2013
• *Elephant Parade
• *Playing Cards
• *Block Rock'n
• *Auriful Designer of the Month 2014
• *Layer Cake Challenge
• *Sugar Block 2014
• *Come Together Blocks

Quilts to Bind (that's all I have to do, you would think I would just get it done)

• Bloom Bloom Pow
• Craftsy BOM 2012
• Mystery Quilt

New Projects to Do this Year:

1. 15-30 adult size bibs for special needs children at an orphanage in the Philippines (church missions trip in April) (the number turned out to be 21-just need to bind them!!)*6 left to sew
2. Design 2 original projects and write up the patterns ( I am excited about this challenge) more info on this in the future  (I did one and may still try for another, but done for now)
3. 2 quilts (one niece/one nephew )
4. Set of Placemats (12)
5. 4 mini Sew Together Bags
6. 4 Regular Sew Together Bags
7. 6 Duffle Bags
8. 6-11 purses, yup not kidding, I join the Bag of the Month again this year over at Sew Sweetness and last year of the six I only made one of the bags. This year I am determined to complete them all. (1/6 done)
9. New Christmas Stockings (8)
10. Christmas Tree Skirt
11. Misc sewing of pouches, because there is always a need for a simple pouch or 10, lol.
12. *Elephant Parade, because it was so cute I couldn't resist!! Which makes an even dozen new projects. One per month....that's doable.......

*updates