Hello Everyone! Welcome to Lovingly, Lissa and my turn on the Alexandria blog hop.

Where do I even start with this fabric line? Well, I can tell you I was so excited when it arrived that I totally forgot to take pictures and just started cutting right into it! It’s just luscious. The deep purple blender, with the teals of the main print just mix together and make your eyes go “WOW” and your heart thump a little.

So, without further ado, let me introduce you to my pattern, Plaited Petals, created with the Alexandria line by Lizzie Clark for Sweet Bee Designs.

See? I wasn’t lying at all. Just look at the way the orange and teals just pop against that purplicious background.

My helper and I couldn’t pick which color tulips looked better, so we took pics behind them all!

He’s either playing peek a boo or asking me if we are done yet.

There are so many more choices in this fabric line that I didn’t even get to use in my quilt. You really can’t go wrong with it. In a moment I am going to give you a list of all the other makers on this blog hop just so you can see it all.

But first! I did it! I actually did it! I overcame my fear and wrote a pattern!

Plaited Petals can be made as a 35″ x 35″ Baby or a 56″ x 56″ Throw. You will need to stop over to ColorGirlQuilts and purchase a Classic Curves Ruler to create the quilt.

The last stop on our blog hop is May 30. So I am giving everyone until June 7, 2019 to purchase my pattern for only $5. After that it will retail at $9. For now it is only available as a pdf file through my shop on Etsy. Paper patterns may happen in the future if there is a demand for them.

ShoppeLovinglyLissa <—— Click here to purchase the pattern!!!!!

Want to win a free copy? Head over to my post on Instagram and enter!

And now, the list of links to all the creative makers of this blog hop. You just have to check each one out. It is totally worth the time, I’m not kidding.

• April 25 – Emily – sewdarnclose.com
• April 30 – Meg -megmadesewing.com
• May 2 – Sharon – colorgirlquilts.com 
• May 7 – Lissa – https://lovinglylissa.com <——–YOU ARE HERE
• May 9 – Sherry – poweredbyquilting.com
• May 14 – Jen – dizzyquilter.com
• May 16 – Diane -dianesullivandesigns.com
• May 21 – Steph – stephjacobsonsdesigns.com
• May 23 – Nicole – modernhandcraft.com
• May 28 – Allison -allison-sews.com
• May 30 – Loni – havinsewmuchfun.com

Lovingly, Lissa

This month I had a great time playing with the Fab Five ruler as part of FatQuarter Shop’s blog remix. I was asked to use the ruler to create the pillow pattern included with the ruler. I grabbed the opportunity to use up some of my insane amount of stash.

The ruler is a tumbling block type of template. You alternate the top and bottom of the blocks as you are laying them out to create straight rows.

We love really big pillows in this house, so I added quite a few blocks to each row and a whole extra row.

We also love poofy pillows, so each side of the 24″ pillow was quilted with 2 layers of wool batting and backed with a white cotton fabric. Just look how much poof it has!

I inserted an invisible zipper on the bottom seam so it is easy to take off and wash.

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The final pillow is so cute and used up 110 of these blocks!! I had cut so much fabric though that I made 6 place mats as well for my guild’s charity.

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Lovingly, Lissa

Have you ever heard of Sashiko? It’s an ancient Japanese embroidery. Originally used to mend clothes, but currently used to do so much more.

I can’t remember when or where I first saw Sashiko and just fell in love with it. I took a class in Paducah this past spring and I am hooked.

I’ve mended my daughter’s pants…

I’ve made some wall decor…

I’ve decorated a tote bag…

And I’ve made a whole cloth quilt…

This has to be my favorite.

Sashiko is so relaxing and enjoyable. I am working on having the quilt design printed on fabric with wash-away ink. Stay tuned. It is taking a bit longer than I wanted but I am working on it.

Lovingly,

Lissa

2018 was a great year for me!

I started with my first publication of a pattern in a magazine. Stargazing appeared in Make Modern back in January.

After appearing there it became my first quilt ever entered and juried into a quilt show. And not just any quilt show, but the big one, the main event…

AQS Spring Paducah

For the rest of the year, I had a quilt in every AQS show. And there are two heading to AQS Daytona next month.

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I was invited by designers from Sweet Bee Fabrics to participate in Blog Hops introducing their new fabric lines

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I had a quilt accepting into an art show

And finally I had a second pattern published in Make Modern Magazine. This time using fabrics that were sent to me in advance of stores receiving the line from Free Spirit Fabrics!

Well, I guess I shouldn’t have said finally, because I have also started teaching at a local quilt store. I’m having so much fun with that, there will be class listings up on this website soon!

So, what does 2019 have in store for me? I have so many plans.

Lovingly,

Lissa