Something a little bit different

Candy Striped Quilt

Good afternoon and welcome to June.  I can’t believe we are already in June.  I am so thankful for a heavenly father to lean on because as we start a new month, I am not sure what each day will bring.  I suppose that is no different than starting any other month but I’ve been leaning much harder this year for sure!

I shared over on Instagram that during the month of May I was participating in a challenge called 5K every day in the month of May.  Each day in May, I walked or ran or did a combo of both to complete a 5K (3.1 miles).  Early in the month, I had decided that I was probably going to continue on in doing some form of this after May.  Last year, I did the challenge but promptly quit once the challenge was over and didn’t start back up again until May rolled around again this year.

I asked, on Instagram, if anyone else would be interested in a 30 day challenge of some sort once June rolled around.  Just about everybody was interested.  So, here’s the deal.  This is going to be low key–but sometimes it’s nice (and encouraging) to know that others are working right along beside you.

You can choose your own challenge.  It just needs to be something that you want to do for 30 days in a row.  I signed up for a Run Across Ohio event.  Since I was already doing just over 3 miles each day in May, adding an extra mile in June didn’t seem like too much of a stretch.  But you can do whatever you’d like; drink more water, get outside, read more, spend time sewing, get your devotions in each day….the sky is the limit.  It doesn’t need to be a hard challenge (unless you want it to be).  If anyone wants to join in on the Run Across Ohio event, you can read more about it here.  But, for reals, if your challenge is to “eat a piece of pie” each day…you go for it. =)

I put together a little calendar you can print out to check off your days if you’d like:

You can download the calendar here.

And if you don’t want to participate, that is great too.  Like I said, this is a low key, choose your own adventure, sort of challenge. =)  If you want to share on Instagram how you are doing, you can use the hashtag #coriander30days . I’ll try to share how things are going on my end here and there throughout the month as well.

The other thing I wanted to share with you was the June $5 pattern of the month.

I opted to go with Candy Striped for this month because I can’t get the idea of a Red/White/Blue quilt out of my head.

So, I went ahead and mocked it up using a couple new collections that either have just come out or are on their way very soon.  First up, in Tres Jolie Laws by French General.  I love the prints in this collection.  And the fact that they are lawns means this will be a very lightweight cozy quilt.  This collection should be shipping to your local quilt shops very soon.

Candy Striped in Tres Jolie Lawns

I also did a mock-up in Fig Tree’s Catalina line.  These fabrics just shipped to quilt shops and I think they’d be so pretty in this quilt.

Candy Striped in Catalina

Sweetwater has a brand new line coming out towards the end of this month called Branded.  This is another line that works so well for a red/white/blue quilt.

Candy Striped in Branded

And the last collection I tried out was, At Home, by Bonnie & Camille.

Candy Striped is such a quick to piece pattern that it would be an easy summer quilt to whip up.  If you’d like to purchase the pattern, it is $5 for June only and it’s available as a PDF or Paper pattern.  You can find both versions in my shop.

I would love to find time to make one of these but we’ll see what the summer holds. =)  I hope you all have a wonderful Monday.  And if you decide to participate in my June challenge, I’d love to hear what you are challenging yourself with in the comments!

Be back soon, Corey