Untamed quilt by Sharon McConnell color girl quilts
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15 Oct
Classic Curves Ruler, Curved PIecing, Finished Quilts, Quilting Interest

Go Untamed: A New Pattern

It's here, it's here! I always love sharing a new quilt design with all of you and seeing what you make with it. This month the big reveal is Untamed, the newest quilt pattern for the Classic Curves Ruler. I feel particularly fond of this quilt because I think there is a lot of potential for interesting variations by changing the color placement or fabric style. It's a really fun one to sew and see the pattern come together. This quilt was born when Sarah of No Hats Quilts contacted me to ask if I wanted to sew something with...

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How to cut a full circle from fabric with the Classic Curves Ruler
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27 Sep
Classic Curves Ruler, Classic Curves Ruler, Curved Piecing, Using the CCRuler, YouTube Video Links, YouTube Videos

Full Circle Hack: A Closer Look

Popping in today to show you some detail on how to use your Classic Curves Ruler to cut and sew full circle blocks. Many of you have enjoyed the YouTube video on Color Girl YouTube where my friend Cassandra shares her expertise on this (sometimes tricky!) technique. Some have had questions about adding the tape on the ruler to mark the cutting lines. Here's a bit of explanation and close up pic to help you understand. As you know, the Classic Curves Ruler gives you such accurate and easy cutting of curved shapes because of the concave/convex lines. These lines...

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Black and white Irish chain quilt by Color girl Quilts Sharon McConnell
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06 Sep
Black & White Quilt, Quilting Interest, Work in progress, YouTube Video Links, YouTube Videos

Planning Failure, Creative Success!

So, I write this post feeling a bit sheepish. I had such a good intentions of finishing up my black and white quilt to submit to Curated Quilts for their black and white challenge and hopefully to be featured in their black and white issue. Well, a few things converged to thwart my success. I LOVE that some of you did it, though! More on that later. Time constraints aside, I was well on my way to finishing my quilt when I hit a speed bump in the creative process. When I had all the blocks sewn up and I laid...

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figo fabrics sold by Color Girl Quilts
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23 Aug
Giveaway

Grand Finale Summer Weekend #8

**Giveaway closed, Thanks for entering! The name drawn is Chandra! Thanks for a fun summer of giveaways, everyone (-: So excited to add a new designer and company to the shop! Figo Fabrics are here and they are SO FABULOUS! No surprise, the Mountain Meadow collection by Pippa Shaw looks fabulous with other prints in the shop. I've made a new Sew Colorful bundle that includes the new Figo Mountain Meadow prints as well as coordinating prints for a gorgeous mix of jewel tones and this week you can win it. The Jewel Fat Quarter bundle and lots of other Bundles...

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Bright fabric bundle sold by Color Girl Quilts
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16 Aug
Giveaway

Summer Weekend Giveaway week 7

**GIVEAWAY CLOSED** The winner is Gale B! She has been contacted via email to claim her prize. She chose the Bloom pattern and I hope she loves sewing it!! Thanks for all who entered, stay tuned for the next giveaway.** This week, it's all about bright colors! Because, after all, we ARE Colorful Quilters! Our summer weekend prize is a Sew Colorful Brights bundle **but wait, there's more! see below**. This is a group of fabrics I've put together from prints in the shop. It'll give your quilt a put-together-but-not-too-matchy look (-: The Brights and lots of other Bundles are for sale...

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curated fat quarter bundle for quilters sold by Color girl quilts
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09 Aug
Giveaway

Summer Weekend Giveaway week 6

**GIVEAWAY CLOSED** name drawn is Daenette. She chose the Coral Reef bundle, wahoo! I love the colors in that one (-; I sent an email to Daenette to claim her prize. Thanks for joining in and tune in Friday for another chance to win** This week, up for grabs is a Sew Colorful bundle of your choice. As you probably know, I LOVE mixing colors and prints and creating fabulous fabric palettes for quilts. I've put together a number of curated bundles that you can only get here. I also have several designer collections and color stash bundles from manufacturers. Bundles...

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Art gallery Fabrics curated fabric bundle sold by Color Girl Quilts
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02 Aug
Giveaway

Summer Weekend Giveaways are here!

**This giveaway is closed. the winner is Rachel and she's been contacted by email. Tune in each weekend in August for a new chance to win!** July was a fantastic month of summer giveaways over on Color Girl Facebook! For August, we are bringing the fun here to the website. Each Friday, I'll post the giveaway and what you have to do to win. That's all there is to it! So tell your friends to visit, like and follow Color Girl Quilts on Facebook and Instagram so you'll be able to enter every #summerweekend . This week, up for grabs is a...

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Magic Star hexagon Quilt with Everlasting Fabric by Color Girl Quilts
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23 Jul
Finished Quilts, Patchwork, Quilting Interest

An “All-Star” Quilt

An all-star is the athlete who has it all and looks great doing it....and I am thinking that this newest quilt fits that description. When you take fabulous fabric (prints, colors, the whole package) and mix it with an interesting design that's also super fun to sew, THAT is an all-star quilt! Today is my turn on the tour of projects to show off the new Everlasting fabric collection by Sharon Holland for Art Gallery Fabric. Sharon was inspired by the idea of marriage, of "everlasting" love. That romance is reflected in the fabric, and the whole collection is gorgeous. I...

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irish chain quilt block by Color girl Quilts with tutorial
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28 Jun
Color Girl Challenge 2019, Free Quilt Blocks, Quilting Interest, Work in progress, YouTube Videos

Two Color Quilts: Better Than…

Two color quilts (specifically black and white) are better than I expected! I thought it was going to be more challenging for me to avoid using ANY color but black and white in a WHOLE quilt. I suppose that my love of pattern and the amazing variety of super cool B & W fabrics made up for the lack of color. I've seen a few projects come up for the Color Girl Challenge 2019 (#colorgirlchallenge2019 if you're on Instagram or FB). What do you think? could you make a quilt with only two colors? Sadly, I had planned on having my...

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26 Jun
Giveaway, Quilting Interest

Puzzle Mystery Quilt Sew Along

<<Giveaway Closed>> Winner drawn is Delain! congratulations! Cotton Cuts will contact for shipping details to send your prizes. Thank you, everyone for joining in. Cotton Cuts Fall 2019 Puzzle Mystery "Cosmos" Quilt Along starts in July! Cotton Cuts is hosting a charity quilt along and I am helping as a host one of the months. Our quilt along lasts nine months and each month is a different clue shared by some of your favorite instagrammers and bloggers (that's me!). We are starting it all off with a GIVEAWAY! But first: the details. Each month, one of us will assemble a Puzzle Mystery Quilt...

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