Megan - Quilt Pattern Designer

Never build your own home! I mean I love my new home and I love that we designed it and worked closely with the builders and made all the decisions but I was not prepared for the stress and anxiety that came with this, or frankly the fact that months of my life would become just making sure that things were done or doing them myself. Which we did SOOOOO MANY things ourselves in the end that we never intended.

But I have this beautiful sewing studio that I LOVE!! It is also my office because I have a day job, I work from home here. And it’s also my gym, note the bench, weights and yoga mat tucked into one corner.

I love my design wall and the cutting mats I got from . I have my pressing station with pressing mats and iron.

And most of the furniture is from ! Except my sewing table from .

And along with the new home and new studio, I picked up a new studio cat! This is Dolly! She was living on my mom’s farm, and really wanted to be an indoor cat. I promised once we had a bigger house I would take her in, and she moved right into the studio!

I’m so excited to start sharing lots of things from my new space! Let me know in the comments what you want to know more about, either in the studio or other things!

OMG! I did not expect the response to this that I had! I LOVE this community so much! So…I decided to that I would pull from my Ruby Star stash (which is kinda crazy) and send a few consolation prizes too! Thank you to everyone that commented and shared, I loved reading about how much you love and all their incredibly talented designers! I will agree with the comment many of you made, it’s impossible to pick just one!! I love them ALL!! Without further ado, here are the winners….

Grand Prize Winner Water fat quarter bundle is

And 5 consolation prizes of Ruby Star Sugar Charm Packs go to *tty_quilter and .black.58152

Congratulations! Message me with your mailing information and I’ll get these packages in the mail this weekend!

Want something you can make in an afternoon? Or just have a bundle of fat quarters and no idea how to use them? The Riverwoods Gingham pattern is so simple and comes together so quick! Grab it on my website today! Sign-up for my newsletter and get a coupon code to get this half-off in March!

Have you had a chance to get your hands on the new collaborative collection, Water? If not, here’s your chance! This collection was top on my wish list for my new Riverwoods Gingham Quilt, and I know you will love it too so I’m giving away a fat quarter bundle! Open to U.S. only. Entry ends Wednesday, March 13th.

Here’s the details:
- make sure you’re following me
- Like this post
- Comment which Ruby Star designer is your favorite
- Tag a friend (each additional friend in a separate comment is an additional entry)
- Post in your stories for another bonus entry(make sure to tag me so I see it!)

And if you haven’t purchased your Riverwoods Gingham pattern yet, it’s available now on my website!

This giveaway is sponsored by me and me alone, not affiliated with instagram or Ruby Star.

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It’s here! The Riverwoods Gingham Quilt pattern is now available.

This a super quick make (you really can make it in just a day) and uses 16 fat quarters.

can even use the small remnants from each fat quarter to make a scrappy looking binding.

Hop over to my website now to pick it up! And if you get my newsletter, you already know all this, plus you got a bonus!

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📍Do you pin? I’ve always been lazy about pinning, I’m either in a hurry or just don’t want to have to deal with running over one with my needle. But sometimes they are a necessity!! When do you use pins? When do you skip them? Do you use something else? Let me know in the comments your best tips and tricks with pinning.

Come chat with and me tonight on Twitch. Can’t watch us live? Follow on Twitch and you can watch the replay later, and watch the rest of the design team interviews!

Week 4 of the Sprout 2024 Quilt Challenge has started!! 🌱 Did you sign up yet? ✍️ You still can with the link 🔗 in my bio. Check out this week’s prizes! 🏆

If you already signed up, check your email! You have the next blocks from and me . We have some interesting blocks with paper piecing and partial seams this week. Make sure you get these block patterns for every quilter level!

And make sure you are following all the designers and sponsors for each week. Post your progress here on IG and tag

Week 3 of the Sprout 2024 Quilt Challenge is underway!! 🌱 You can still sign up ✍️ with the link 🔗 in my bio and the prizes 🏆this week pretty stunning! 🙌

If you already signed up, check your email! You have the next blocks from and . They are challenging us with Dresden plates and half rectangle triangles. They have written spectacular block patterns with wonderful instructions for every quilter level!

Make sure you are following all the designers and sponsors for each week. Post your progress here on IG and tag

My first EPP! Thanks to Susan and her fantastic pattern for the challenge 🌱, along with a great shortcut to machine 🪡stitch it (yay)!! I was running low on fabric so my fussy cuts were off just a bit but I’m happy with it!

Week 2 of the Sprout 2024 Quilt Challenge is underway!! 🌱 It’s not too late to sign up? ⏱️ The link 🔗 is in my bio and the prizes 🏆are AMAZING! 🙌

If you already signed up, check your email! You have the next blocks from and . They are challenging us to learn English paper piecing and curves! Their patterns are amazing and they even have wonderful video tutorials to help quilters of every level!

Make sure you are following all the designers and sponsors for each week. Post your progress here on IG and tag

Week 1 of the Sprout 2024 Quilt Challenge has started!! 🌱 Did you sign up? ✍️ It’s not too late! ⏱️ The link 🔗 is in my bio and the prizes 🏆are AMAZING! 🙌

If you already signed up, check your email! You should have an email with the first 2 blocks from and .

They have created stunning hand turned and raw edge appliqué blocks with meticulous instructions and diagrams to help even the newest quilters!

Make sure you are following all the designers and sponsors for each week. And tag

🎉 Don’t miss out on the ultimate creativity boost! Time’s running out!⏱️Join before January 1, 2024 and receive a free mystery block 📦✨ Get ready to level up your skills at the Sprout Skill Building Block Party 🌱 with 11 amazing designers from the Quilt Designers Collective 🪡🎨 Plus, there’s weekly sponsored prizes waiting for you! 🔥

🌟 Ready to level up your design skills? Join us for the Sprout Skill Building Block Party! 🎉🎨🧵 Sign-up today and join 11 talented designers from the Quilt Designers Collective for a 7-week challenge filled with weekly sponsored prizes, link in bio! 🏆💡 Get ready to learn new skills and grow as a designer. Don’t miss out, let’s make this party pop! 💪✨

🥰 It’s more beautiful than I imagined! I got my Christmas present to myself! is so talented, her work is so amazing, I’m afraid to even use it!

What’s Quilt Market? I’m excited to find out this week! I whipped up a tote bag to hold all the goodies I’m hoping to pick up while I’m there, and stitched up a cute block on my jacket (kitten won’t be coming but she certainly tried to climb in my luggage a few times!). So if you’re there, look for my bag or my jacket and say Hi!! And I’ll share all the fun here as time permits!

I’m so honored to be featured on Annie’s livestream next week to present a collaboration we started when we met at back in June. You catch it on on Annie’s website, YouTube or Facebook at https://fb.me/e/66izqey9U. And I have some exciting news about new patterns so you won’t want to miss it!

I went to a retreat last weekend and made a bunch of , and I probably got most of this fabric from Christina too! These will be gifts so shhhh! Don’t tell anyone you saw these! And act surprised if you get a set!

Have you ever made a mistake? Have you ever made twice as many quilt blocks than you needed? Have you ever wonder what in the heck you were thinking??? I’ve spent the last 3 days trying to talk myself out from under covers after just such a mistake! I’m feeling like such a fool! I kept thinking this felt like so many blocks but I didn’t have a real pattern I was following, this was a pattern I’m in the middle of writing. I needed to finish the quilt since it was a commission for my cousin so I didn’t have time to double check my math! Ugh! I guess I have a quilt for myself too!

I’m working on an exciting new project and have been audition fabric for a while. I think I finally found the winner! Watch here for updates and to see how you can become part of the fun!