Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Fat Quarter's 2015 Designer Mystery BOM

Hello and welcome to Fat Quarter's 2015 Designer Mystery BOM blog hop.


Myself and 11 other Moda designers/design teams will be blogging today.

This year's mystery quilt features different town/building blocks. To tie in with this theme the fine people over at Fat Quarters asked us this question. “Out of all the places you’ve visited, which place is your favorite?”  My favorite is NYC without a doubt.

I love everything about the city. I love that you can walk into a retail store and not only find cool things to buy but see other cool things that might be part of a display or just part of the building.

 Like a very interesting floor made out of pennies. 

Or an interesting tile display in a store - the tile are not for sale. We were told that they have been hanging there as long as the shop owner could remember.

Or a sign made out of mannequin arms and legs.

You can be walking along and a flea market breaks out right in the middle of the street.

You can find all kinds of cool things at Hell's Kitchen Flea Market
One of these years while the DH is on one of his fishing or golf trips I want to rent someone's apartment in the garment district for about 10 days and do nothing but shop garment fabric by day and sew garments by night.
How fun would that be...my dream vacation for sure. Anybody out there in the NYC garment district who is game to rent me their apartment for a week or two?
We also were sent a link to a test to determine which 2015 Designer Mystery Quilt Block We Were?

The test determined that I am a Row House Quilt block: You are the “Row House” quilt block. DIY is your domain; you appreciate giving new life to vintage things. (Pretty right on I would say)

 Which 2015 Designer Mystery Quilt Block are you? Take our personality quiz to find out, plus catch a sneak peek at the mystery block in your result. To find out more about our 2015 Designer Mystery Block of the Month club, visit www.fatquartershop.com!
Go here and here to find out more about the the Mystery.
What is your favorite place to visit?

 Leave a comment in the comment section to have a chance to win a Jelly Roll from my new fall line Perfectly Seasoned.
Happy Quilting.
From my heart,
Sandy

49 comments :

  1. Don't you wonder where that art teacher is today? Growing up we were told girls could do ANYTHING; yet got the negative vibes from the teachers. Similar to the kids being told you can't make a living playing video games, and they now design games for the next generation. Lucky you reached out and followed your instinct!!

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  2. Sandy, not surprisingly, I got "Quilt Shop Block" in the quiz. My favorite place to visit is anywhere I've not been before!

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  3. I love your new fall line, love those colors. Thank you for a chance to win a great prize. vkh6210 at gmail dot com

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  4. I got Row House Quilt Block... interesting!!! I love your Perfectly Seasoned fabric line too - would be an awesome win!!

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  5. That is a wonderful quilt and love how you used the fabric for othe block, I do have some of that for a future project.

    Debbie

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  6. My favorite place to visit is anywhere that is a vacation!! Love the new fabric and the chance to win some!!

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  7. I love your new fabric line! Thanks for the chance to win some of it!

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  8. Love your work...glad you followed your heart!

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  9. I sure hope you get to have your dream vacation in NYC and share with us all your finished projects!

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  10. I got the Church Quilt Block! Fun : )
    I would love to revisit the North Shore of Lake Superior. Love it there, especially in the fall but really any time.

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  11. I got the church block. Thanks for the chance to win some of your beautiful fabric! :0)

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  12. Your new fabric collection is gorgeous. My fave place to visit is anywhere in Hawaii.

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  13. My favorite place to visit is a beach, any beach will do. I love the water, the sand the sunsets. Oh, I need a vacation! Perfectly Seasoned looks great. Love the teal colors. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  14. Fantastic fabric line. Love the quiz - I am the Clock Tower block.

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  15. Love the fall colors....anything purple for that matter....Thanks for a fun filled blog and chance to win a jelly roll !

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  16. Your fall fabric line is beautiful. I need a vacation...someplace with an ocean or I'd love to go to Disneyland with my grandchildren. My absolute dream vacation would be England. How's that for a variety! Thanks for the chance to win the jelly roll.

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  17. Clock tower is what I got. I love your dream vacation! It sounds awesome. Thank you for the chance to win the lovely fabric.
    Kim
    tnjmom1 at gmail dot com

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  18. I loved the food in NYC, as well as the flea markets. Your new line is simply stunning. Thanks for the chance.

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  19. I got the "Grandma's Cottage"' block....guess that's me! Looking forward to making the 2015 Block of the Month. All my favorite designers!!!

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  20. I'm a quilt shop quilt block and love to sew ... yeah that's true!
    My favorite place to visit is Rhodos, the greek island. The city of Rhodos is so beautiful and the sea just invite you to swim all day long. My dream island I've been there several times already and hope to visit a lot more in the future!
    Thanks for a chance to win your new line looks great!

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  21. I'm Grandma's Cottage block...since we are blessed with 11 grandchildren I think it is perfect. I love visiting Alaska. Thank you for the chance to win

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  22. I am a Hawaii girl! I love the beach and he calming sound of ocean waves.

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  23. I got Grandmas cottage quilt block. Okay. I LOVE your fabric collections, ALL of them. Thank you for sharing your talent.. Cindy from sc@sccarlson.com

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  24. I got the church block. Your fabrics are gorgeous!

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  25. I love NYC too!! I have kidded (well just kind of kidding) that if my hubby dies first I am going to live in NYC for a year. I say it so often though that my hubby has now suggested that WE go live in NYC for a month!!! When we decide on THE month I am going to go thru AirBnB or something like that and get 4 different places for a week each! Now I need to put Garment District on the list. ;) I LOVE your new fabric line! ohhhh, fall in NYC...

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  26. I can`t wait to see this new fabric line! I have enjoyed sewing with many of your past lines! Love your style! Personally, I`d place Paris way ahead of NYC, though.

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  27. I took the quiz and got "Grandma's Cottage" which was perfect because at this stage in my life, being a Grandma is my favorite part! I just returned from a cruise in the Caribbean, which I love, but honestly there are so many beautiful places in the world, it would be hard for me to choose. I enjoyed reading your biography and could relate with much of it! I have sold and taught classes for Stampin' Up! for over 11 years, so I understand your enjoyment of creating with both paper and fabric. I am a fellow "Iowan" and I look forward to reading more of your blog. I would LOVE to see and play with your new fabric line!!!

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  28. My favorite place to visit is the beach, any beach. I love them all. Thanks for the chance to win

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  29. The quiz said I had the Grandma’s Cottage Quilt Block.

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  30. My favorite place to visit is the Dominican Republic, a wonderful respite from Minnesota winters. ⛄️�� I took the quiz : grandma's cottage quilt block. Thanks for the chance to win!��

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  31. My favorite place to visit is a quilt store in whatever town I'm in! Little wonder that my "block" for the mystery quilt was "Quilt Shop Block"!! :-) Love your new line, at least by the colors I see: the purple looks lovely!!! Hugs, H in Healdsburg

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  32. What a fun quilt! Your fabrics are lovely. carolann427@aol.com

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  33. Wow, I love your new line of fabric! I wish I could say I had a favorite place to visit but I don't get to travel much. I'm hoping to be able to go to the Pennsylvania Amish country this fall and someday I would love to visit NYC.

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  34. I don't really have a "Favorite" place to visit, my hubby and I love to jump in the RV and hit the road. Love fabric, you new line looks fantastic, thanks for the chance to win!

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  35. I love your collections; there always seems to be a surprise color I never would have connected with the others but looks great.

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  36. Love all of your great collections! I took the quiz and I'm a Townhouse block....really like the mystery quilt and that all the Moda designers contribute...what fun! Karen @ libertystarquilts

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  37. NYC is definitely on my "go back to" list. Great pictures. Thanks for the chance to win your giveaway.

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  38. Can't wait to head back to the Portland, Or. area. We visited a couple of fabric stores last year, Bolt and Diamond Fabric in Canon Beach. Would love to visit NYC someday, but would have to bring along an empty suitcase for all of the goodies I would buy. Love the new fall fabric, so fun and love the purple!

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  39. I love the mountains of North Carolina! Go as often as possible and plan to retire there in 7 yrs! Thanks for the opportunity to win your lovely fabric. Ani

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  40. LOOOVE your new line! Can't wait to play with it. I got the Grandma's Cottage Quilt Block on the quiz. Even though I'm not a grandma yet, I love everything about families and will love being one someday. My favorite place I've visited was Tuscany.

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  41. My favorite place is the UP of Michigan along Lake Superior! London is on my bucket list.

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  42. I have never been to NYC, but really want to go there some day. My favorite place that I have visited is Paris. The artwork in so many of the buildings is just amazing to me. How they could possible make such beautiful carvings so many years ago, with just hand tools, just boggles my mind! And the Eiffel Tower was my favorite spot. Loved it all!

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  43. I took the quiz and I am the Townhouse! I have been on the fence about doing this mystery because I have a few BOM's that are UFO's, but I can't stand it. Going to have to have it!

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  44. I'm looking forward to the BOM starting. Fat Quarter Shop has excellent BOMs.

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  45. I have to say I have never traveled much, but I did go to NYC a few years ago and would love to go back.

    Good to see you blog again!

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  46. I hope you get that NYC vacation! My brother lives there and we love visiting ! Such a fun city.

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  47. I got the Church Block on the quiz! Favorite place to visit.....Grand Canyon! Your new line of fabric is so pretty! Thank you for the chance to win!!
    DiAnn

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  48. Always love your seasonal jelly rolls and fabric lines!!!! I've never been to NYC!

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  49. Love, love, love your new fabric line. Beautiful!

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