Mountain Meadow Designs

Can you believe it is August already? The Garden Party 2020 RAL event sponsored by Seams to be Sew starts in a month. Yikes! I have to get my row done. I've seen a lot of the patterns, and you're going to love them! Free patterns to download every Tuesday and Thursday in September, wrapping up Show & Tell in October. There will be lots of chances to win free gifts including my Patchwork Partner book! I'm donating 3 books (not downloads, but physical books). I will post more details later, but for now here's a little sneak peak of my row.

January is off to a good start! I'm working on several patterns but first I'm working on some quick (but still pretty) quilts. My friend Shirley and I pieced this whole quilt top in a one day. Team quilting is so much fun and goes so much quicker. We set our machines so our 1/4" seams were exact and had no trouble getting it sewn together. This is laptop size, and we have 2 more cut out that are queen size.. I will post another pic when I get this one quilted..

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Once Upon a Story RAL blog event this year. The winners of my Patchwork Partners books are: Nancy M. in Michigan Phyllis C. in New York Dixie M. in Canada... Congratulations ladies! Your books are headed your way. I was proud to be a sponsor this year, giving away three of my books, and hope to do so again new year!

Once Upon a Story Blog event - today is Show & Tell day. www.seamstobesew.com Also, TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to download your free pattern and enter to win 1 of 3 Patchwork Partner books. ... Just visit website and follow instructions to download pattern. Also, make a comment to enter drawing for book. Comments are all the way at the end of the blog. https://www.pg-mmd.com/blog1

Only a few days left of the 2019 ONCE UPO A STORY blog event. Here's my second pattern of the event. With several different sizes of blocks and rows this year, you're going to need some filler blocks to make a quilt with the cute nursery rhyme and fairy tale blocks. So far all I have done is make plans to make such a quilt. Perhaps over the winter, I can get started. My blocks and rows are paper pieced and Marian Pena also has some ideas for machine embroidery to share. Be sure to visit Seams to be Sew and the other designers for today. Patterns for FILLER BLOCKS and A TISKET, A TASKET are FREE through Oct. 7th. Visit my website to download patterns and enter to win one of three Patchwork Partner books I am giving away. https://www.pg-mmd.com/blog1

Once Upon a Story 2019 RAL Blog Event Hurray! Posted by midnight with no minutes to spare. Nothing like down to the wire! A tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow basket. Hope you enjoy my nursery rhyme block. I had a lot of fun designing and making it. Now I have three RAL designs that I need to get quilted. Maybe 2020 will be the year! ... Visit www.pg-mmd.com to register for giveaways and download this pattern. FREE between now and September 18th.

FOCUS ON CIRCLES FAUX BORDER QUILT I finally got myself focused enough to get this pattern reformatted into a digital download file and posted on my website. Woohoo! This is a beautiful quilt that looks way more complicated than it is! Make it in two sizes: Full - 81" x 81" or Queen - 94" x 115". Mixed technique: regular patchwork and foundation paper piecing. 35 pages.

WAGON WHEELS TABLE RUNNER Just added this new pattern to my website. This is a really fun table runner to make - paper pieced, of course. I made the one with green borders and Debbie Blaker made the one with red borders. Thanks Debbie for helping me test the pattern! I made mine with Christmas fabrics but any seasonal or theme fabrics would work and make really nice gifts for friends and family. ... Just over 5 hours until the Once Upon a Story blog event starts, and I'm going to try to get two more patterns ready to go live. Wish me luck!

ONCE UPON A STORY - 2019 RAL BLOG EVENT Have you been downloading free patterns and registering for giveaways? Tomorrow, the 12th, is my day to present my pattern, and I will have my pattern live on my website by midnight tonight. Check out my other digital patterns while you are downloading your free pattern. Comments and feedback appreciated. Tell me where you're from - I love knowing where patterns are going.... I will be presenting another free pattern on October 1st. Don't miss that one! You will use it in so many projects.

The 2019 Once Upon a Story row along event started yesterday. Did you get a chance to download your free patterns? Here's the link to download the patterns and get all the information you need. Patterns are still available. Each designers patterns will be free for 1 week from their presentation date. https://www.seamstobesew.com/

Just posted this Pinwheel in a Square pattern on my website today. Thanks to Debbie Blaker for testing this one. Debbie has my Patchwork Partner book and took two of my classes at Overbrook Quilt Connection in Kansas. She's testing two more patterns now, so hope to have them posted within a couple weeks. First pic is mine. Second is Debbie's. These are 10" blocks but the pattern also has patterns for 4", 6" and 8" blocks. Visit me at www.pg-mmd.com/shop to view and purchase.

Looking for about 6 or 8 pattern testers! I have some new paper pieced block patterns I would like to have tested before I make them available to sell. You don't have to make a whole quilt, just one block. Here's how it works if you are selected: I email a pdf copy of the pattern to you at no charge. ... You make the block, making notes on the pattern if anything is unclear or if you see a typo or any other mistake You give me your feedback, either by email or a quick phone call If you are interested, send me a note via Messenger mentioning your paper piecing experience. A couple patterns are beginner level and a couple are intermediate. This Double Ohio Star Variation is already available but I have two new stars to be tested.

Do you have the 2019 Once Upon a Story blog event on your calendar? Starting September 3rd, every Tuesday an Thursday during September, look for free patterns depicting nursery rhymes and fairy tales. My day to present my pattern is Thursday, September 12th. Here's a little sneak peek. I will also be presenting another pattern (still a secret) on October 1st. Watch for more info over the next two weeks.