Fast & Fun Lap Quilts - Bonus Quilt!!!
Posted by Melissa Corry on Apr 4th 2023
HI C&T friends. This is Melissa Corry from Happy Quilting and I am so excited about the release of Fast & Fun Lap Quilts with C&T Publishing!!!
Each of the nine quilts in Fast & Fun Lap Quilts is made with one Layer Cake/10" Stacker and a background fabric. I have had a wonderful Fast & Fun Sampler Quilt Along at my blog. You can see all the details of each quilt here. Isn't it incredible how one Layer Cake/10" Stacker can make so many amazing lap-size quilts?
One of my favorite things about Fast & Fun Lap Quilts is the helpful tidbits shared along the way. I know we cannot all attend quilt classes, so when writing this book, I tried to give you all the hints, tips, and tricks I would share if you were in my class. The book is just full of these happy little highlighted boxes that share lots of quilty goodness, so making these quilts truly is Fast and very Fun!!!
And in celebration of Fast & Fun Lap Quilts new release with C&T Publishing, I am sharing a brand new Bonus Fast & Fun Lap Quilt: Thunderbird. You can get the FREE PDF Pattern of it at my blog, Happy Quilting.
Like all the Fast & Fun Lap Quilts, Thunderbird is made with one Layer Cake and some background fabric. And while this quilt might look a little complicated, it is pretty Fast & Fun to make. Surprise, surprise! The quilt is made with No-Waste Flying Geese (which, if you haven't made yet, you will love!!) and Half Square Triangles. Those go together with some basic piecing of 20 blocks laid out in alternate rows to give you this fantastic Thunderbird quilt.
As you might have noticed in the first picture, this bonus quilt comes with a bonus pillow! There weren't enough leftovers in the Layer Cake to do a scrappy binding (like several of the quilts in Fast & Fun Lap Quilts ), but there was just enough to make this matching pillow/mini wall hanging. And yes, the FREE PDF Pattern also includes instructions for this bonus.
When it came time to quilt my Thunderbird quilt, I decided to do an all-over echoed paisley design. I love how it adds so much movement to those crisp points. And if you love this design, I have a free Video Tutorial for creating this free motion quilting design on your home machine. It's always fun to be Happy Quilting!
I hope you love this Thunderbird quilt as much as I do, and if you make your own (or any of the quilts from Fast & Fun Lap Quilts), I would love to see them! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags #happyquiltingwithmc and #fastandfunlapquilts and tagging @happyquiltingmc. Or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can't wait to see your Quilts!
And one last note before I sign off . . . Just a reminder of The Fast & Fun Sampler Quilt Along that starts tomorrow!!!
You can see all the details of this Fast & Fun Sampler Quilt Along in this post. I can't wait to Quilt Along with each of you.
Thank you to C & T Publishing for having me on their blog. And to see more of my Happy Quilting adventures, you can visit my Happy Quilting Blog, follow me on Instagram @happyquiltingmc or visit my Happy Quilting Facebook Page. I love sharing lots of quilting goodness daily and would love to share it with you. I hope you all have a very Happy Quilting Day!
I hope you all have a very Happy Quilting Day!
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Melissa Corry began quilting as a hobby in 2005, but since starting her Happy Quilting blog in 2010, her hobby has become a passion. Her enthusiasm for quilting has led to her creating designs that she shares as tutorials, published works, a pattern line, and even her books. She lives with her husband and their five children in Cedar City, Utah. happyquiltingmelissa.com
