Quilters Meet and Greet

>> Tuesday, September 3, 2019



Welcome! Today's the day!


Click on the image above to be taken to the long list of quilters to meet:)

I'm so happy Benita reached out to include me in this year's meet and greet. I've been blogging for ten years this year and know that blogging has been a big part of my development as a quilter.

You can read more about my story here

Feel free to look around as I have tutorials and patterns too :)

liberated churn dash quilt


One of my more successful patterns was created from a quilt bee that I joined online. My beemates followed my tutorial to create liberated churn dash blocks and then I made the BIG blocks and put the quilt together. 


eat with joy placemat sewjoycreations


I also relied on the friendship of other bloggers to promote my Eat with JOY placemats. You can still visit our Placemat Party by starting here! Blogging has helped me meet quilters from around the world and to be inspired by people I will only ever meet online.


And sometimes we do meet! I've been quilting with an online group of friends for years now and even got to meet up with one and have her quilt one of my quilts! Quilters are the best :)


PFAFF quilt expression 720 quilted banner project

Now I even blogger for others! I've been fortunate to make connections with all kinds of people because of my blogging. I am currently creating projects over at QUILTsocial using the PFAFF quilt expression 720. Lucky me!

You can see my latest project, a quilted banner, here.

The online world has changed a lot since I started blogging, but the desire to connect with another quilter's story remains and blogs still fill that need. I hope that if you have a blog you'll share it in the comments so I can come and visit you!


Enter the Giveaway!



Thanks again to Benita, there's a Great Grand Prize for visiting the blogs on this tour! 
Head over to Victoriana Quilt Designs enter or 
click on the image above to be taken to the page to enter.

Good Luck!


Thanks for visiting,

With Joy,

Sarah V.




19 comments:

Karen - Quilts...etc. September 3, 2019 at 9:36 AM  

interesting how you did that placemant

piecefulwendy September 3, 2019 at 11:13 AM  

I'm always drawn to churn dash blocks, so I really like that liberated version. Fun!

Sarah Vanderburgh September 3, 2019 at 11:29 AM  

Thanks, Karen! I like to design placemats that use precuts now. This was one of my first placemat patterns :)

Sarah Vanderburgh September 3, 2019 at 11:30 AM  

Thanks Wendy! The churn dash was the block I made for my first online swap. It has become my default block for designing and I still love it!

Danice G September 3, 2019 at 8:42 PM  

'Love the liberated churn dash blocks. Those placemats are cute as can be too.

GranChris September 3, 2019 at 10:16 PM  

I love the wacky churn dash. A little bit of fun.

Sheri September 3, 2019 at 11:44 PM  

Good to meet you! Love your churn dash/nine patch tutorial!!

Velda at the Freckled Fox Quiltery September 4, 2019 at 6:50 AM  

Nothing makes me smile like a churn dash block, and these ones made me giggle. Wonky is wonderful. Well done.

Shirley in Canada September 4, 2019 at 7:49 AM  

So much fun that churn dash is! Thanks for the call out to join in on the meet & Greet!!

Pam @Threading My Way September 4, 2019 at 8:04 AM  

Your liberated churn dash blocks look great - love the blue/green combo.

Lisa J. September 4, 2019 at 9:26 PM  

I'm glad to have found you through this hop Joy. I love the liberated Churn dash and that fun banner as well.

Kris September 5, 2019 at 9:23 AM  

Your churn dash is super fun.

Nann September 5, 2019 at 10:15 AM  

The wonky churns are great! I will check out the placemat project. Nice to meet you!

Debbie September 6, 2019 at 11:37 PM  

Especially love your wonky churn dash!

Karrin Hurd September 7, 2019 at 7:40 AM  

Great projects, thanks for sharing!

The Joyful Quilter September 8, 2019 at 1:30 PM  

Congrats on being a featured artist on the Bloggers Quilt Festival! I'm really glad that you are participating in the Meet and Greet. You've got some great projects, patterns, and tutorials! Off to take another look around your blog...

Beth@IHaveANotion.com September 19, 2019 at 8:49 AM  

Love the liberated churn dash!!! I have been online since the days of a blank screen and a cursor... It really has CHANGED!!!

Nancy J September 20, 2019 at 3:46 AM  

To meet an online quilter in real life, what a treat. Love all your tutorials, and the churn dash, bright and beautiful.

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