We’re taking a break from Monday Madness and concentrating today on Monday Blues . . . patterns and fabrics.  Turn your Monday blues into a beautiful quilt.

Cornflower Blues is a 24″ x 28″ wallhanging that will help you through the winter with a promise of Spring flowers.

Gather your blue (and blue/green and blue/purple) scraps for Blue Sherbet.

Carol Hopkins, whose inspiration is Civil War era quilts, says this Uniform Blues quilt represents all the blues to be found on the battlefield. . .faded uniforms, new uniforms,  worn uniforms, soiled uniforms.  Jacob’s ladder blocks are surrounded by a pieced chain border to create 29″ square wall hanging.

And a few fun blue fabrics . . .

Medieval Medallions Blue

Midnight Cowboy Dots & Moon

Maisy Blue Stars

There are soooo many more blue fabrics and lots more quilt patterns to see.  Browse your blues away.

Village Green is the name of the 2010 Thimbleberries Block Of the Month.  We are offering the quilt in two different color ways.

Dawn

or Dusk

You can also choose the size: a large lap quilt 72″ x 84″ or a queen size 96″ x 106″.   Each quilt has a village of ten homes along with trees, flowers and stars.  The queen size quilt has an extra border of stars between the two borders shown here.

Unlike other Block of the Month quilts which don’t matter when you start, the Thimbleberries will begin in January and continue through December of 2010.  So don’t miss out!

Here’s how it works.  Join the Thimbleberries Club.   Each month you will receive a pattern for a portion of the quilt along with all the fabric you will need for that portion.  The finishing kit will include the binding fabric; you will need to purchase the batting and backing separately.  Also included will be a pattern for a separate project.  Sometimes it will be a table runner, or a small quilt, or a wallhanging.  Something different each month.  Both of the patterns will be in one full color booklet with plenty of illustrations to make construction easy.  You will also receive a personal newsletter from Lynette Jensen of Thimbleberries.  Membership in the Thimbleberries Club entitles you to take advantage of special discount offers.

An eclectic selection of patterns . . .

What little boy wouldn’t love this quilt?  All the vehicles they love to spot on the road.  Emergency vehicles, working vehicles, cars, and a school bus can all be found on this quilt that has just about anything with Wheels.  Fat quarters will work great for the background squares and you can use up some of your scraps for the applique. 

The Peek-A-Boo Car Seat Cover will keep a little one warm and cozy between the house and the car without the need for lots of bundling and fussing.  Then it can be removed after you get to the car so baby can be comfortable and not all sweaty from a lot of  extra clothes. Elastic edges make it a snap to put on and take off.

This purse pattern, To Patch Or Not To Patch, has five design choices with complete instructions and plenty of color pictures to help you choose which style you like best.  You can patch or not, you can quilt or not, but I bet you can’t stop at just one!  Two pockets outside and lots of pockets inside that you can customize.

Mosaic Medley uses three variations on a nine patch block to give you three very different looks.   Lots of sizes from which to choose.  These quilt go together quickly – great for a baby quilt or Project Linus.

Celtic Wedding Rings is an easy to make quilt – just three basic blocks – with an dramatic payoff.   This quilt finishes at 86″ x 112″.

Save yourself some time and trouble and use the Apple Core Die Cut Quilt Kit. Each kit contains 11 different fabrics and enough pieces to make a 40″ x 40″ quilt. 2 kits make a throw, 4 kits make a twin, and 6 kits make a queen size quilt. You select the color way from four choices.

This twin size or lap quilt, Nine Patch Seasons, is traditional nine-patch blocks set on point and surrounded by your choice of applique . . . leaves, stars, birdhouses and flowers, or presents  and stockings. 

 These Fusible Fabric Boxes will help with storage and with decorating!  Make them to match your decor.  Use bright fabrics and make them stand out in the kids room or subtle fabrics to blend in with your family room.  Make some for you sewing room too.  And, get this, no sewing!

Calendar Baskets will always be in season.  12 different baskets filled with seasonally appropriate items are surrounded by a beautiful flowery vine.  If you love applique this will keep you happily busy, and the result will be a quilt that will be treasured for years.

Worth The Hike . . . with scenery like that I’d have to agree! By Granola Girl Designs this wall hanging will make you want to hit the trails. One of the tone on tone fabrics from the new Nature’s Bounty line would work great as the border for this quilt.

Cat Purses are just purr-fect for when you only need a couple items with you. And what little girl wouldn’t love to have one . . . or two?! Have fun with the embellishments – can you make them look like your cat? Keep with the theme and use a cat lead for the handle.