Storybook Quilt & Giveaway

 I did these crinolines a few years ago. Even had it put together.

I am trying to knock out some UFO's and this was just begging to be quilted.

When I put it on the frame I wanted to make it special for one of my granddaughters.

So when I settled on this design I knew it was perfect.

You might have to zoom in a little to see the design

Makes it look like a storybook.

So I named it the Storybook quilt.

I think she will love it.

 I have spent 2 days working in my sewing room trying to get it organized AGAIN.

So when I was putting up fabrics I decided to take a bunch of the smaller pieces and strip them up with my GO cutter.

This took all day today

I ended up with a nice size mess and even nicer pile of 2.5" strips.

I still have a stack of 1.5" I need to do but that will have to wait.

I've played around long enough now I need to get back to work.

I have a project I want to attempt and it will probably take me a couple of weeks.

So in the mean time.....................

 I would like to have a small giveaway.

I have set aside a little more than 100 2.5" strips to give to one of my followers.

Just leave a comment 

I will pick a winner next Sunday Feb 28. 

 

Blog Hop Party Giveaway

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Blog Hop Party with Giveaways

 

I put together a Christmas collection to Giveaway

A yard of Christmas felt

a nice piece of quilted Christmas fabric

4 Christmas fat quarters

1 yard of Christmas fabric

around 75 2.5" strips of christmas fabric cut on the GO cutter.

 

This giveaway will is good from today until November 26.

 

To enter just be a follower.

Everybody is welcome.

Good Luck

 

 

Giveaway is now closed

Lady Bug Finished

I finally finished the ladybug quilt. I took it out of the frame a month ago and haven't had time to put the binding on.

Now it's done.

I love it when I finish one and I can stand back and see how it turned out.

I usually stress over all the mishaps as I'm quilting but I didn't have any with this one.

 

Don't forget to enter my GIVEWAY it ends Friday.

 

GIVEAWAY

I have been so busy lately I haven't had a chance to blog.

So this is a two-fold GIVEAWAY.

I have been using my GO cutter to cut up some scraps and I have around 90 2.5" strips that I will giveaway using the random number generator. next Friday 10-11-13.

All you need to do to enter is comment with a name for a new business. My mind is a total blank. I will be quilting, sewing and doing embroidery. You don't have to follow or be a follower (it would be nice).

I have been reading up on it and I need something with a positive spin to it and Average Quilter isn't as positive as I would like. Although I do feel like it fits me.

 

Anyway just leave me a suggestion and I will draw a winner next Friday using the random number generator.

Thanks

 

 

GIVEAWAY

I did a little cleaning over the weekend (hard to believe) and I had 4 gallon zip locks in a drawer taking up space with these fabric strips.

So I thought about all my followers. Maybe one of you might want some of my scraps.

Most of the strips are 1.5". Great for making a log cabin quilt.

If I remember right that's why I have them.

I way over cut when I made my log cabins  - and I made a king and 2 doubles.

I also had a baggie left over from a courthouse steps that my daughter did.

One of these bundles is 2" and the rest are 1.5".

It's not top of the line fabric but it is nice.

If I was really nice I would have pressed all of it.

Who knows how long they have been tucked away in the drawer.

And if I haven't used them by now, I could at least use the drawer.

Anyway, I thought I would offer these up to one of my followers if anyone is interested just leave me a comment.

 I will draw a winner on Groundhog Day (Feb 2)

I finally won

I can't believe it I finally won a giveaway. I'm still pinching myself.
I won Layer Cake, Jelly Roll & Charm Quilts by Pam Lintott from Jen at http://thequiltyhome.blogspot.com/.

Go by and check out her site. I can't thank her enough, it sure made me feel good at a bad time. And I almost missed it by not checking my emails as good as I should - I need to watch that better in the future.

People Fact

Children born in the month of May are on the average 200 grams heavier at birth than children born in any other month

Dresden Plate Clock Giveaway

When I 1st got my embroidery machine I made this Dresden Plate thinking I would do a quilt as you go. Well needless to say I've been side tracked with a variety of other projects and the quilt as you go never went. I have always wanted to make a quilt type clock and here it is. My brother came over this past weekend and made the frame for me and I took a picture in the sun and one in the shade. The block measures 7 x 7.

So here's my thought - I will give this clock to one of my followers on Monday October 24. All you need to do is leave a comment letting me know you follow my blog.

Here is a People Fact:

During the casting of the film Gone with the Wind, more than 1,400 candidates were interviewed for the part of Scarlett O'Hara, and more than $92,000 was spent in the search

Toni's Round Robin

A few years ago we (family members) did a round robin and this is the one my daughter ended up with. She gave it to me to quilt and I thought I would practice on a pantograph. Now that I've done one I can say I don't really care for them. I don't like working from the back side of the machine. Maybe later it might be more fun.
Now I need to bind it and it will be finished. I'll just put it in my to-do stack for later.

I had the worst time with the tension. I was ready to just take it out and say forget it and then I decided to change the bobbin. Amazing what something simple like that will do. No more pre-wound bobbins for me. It works so much better winding my own. I had read somewhere not to use the pre-wounds and now I know why.

Don't forget My Double Giveaway ends Saturday

Double Giveaway

I haven't had a chance to put much out here lately so I decided to have a Double Giveaway. Two people will win one of these items.

The 1st is 2 books - Quilter's Complete Guide and Skillbuilder Companion. I just bought the Skillbuilder thinking I could get some ideas for machine quilting. But it is geared more for sewing machine quilting.

Second is this box of embroidery floss. My husband got 4 of these off of craig's list thinking I could use them but I already had a good supply. I have noticed that alot of people are doing sticheries and someone is bound to be able to use this. I will give the other ones away later.

All you need to do to win one of these is be a follower and let me know which item you would like to win 1 or 2.
I will draw a winner on October 1st.

U2 Can Q-Pon Giveaway

I just visited U2 Can Q-Pon - a new bolg about Q-Poning. It looks like it might be fun. Just think of all the money we can save using coupons that we can spend on fabrics. Go check it out and enter her Giveaway

prizes include:
Dawn dish soap
Colgate Totaltooth paste
2Oral-B tooth brushes
3 bars of Ivory soap
2 packs of clorox wipes
cuard bandages
NYC nail polish
Cover Girl concealer
2 sided NYC eyeliner
Lady Speed StickDeodorant
Advil
UP2U gum
Herbal Essences volume shampoo/condit.
2 Magic erasers
Skintimate shave cream and razor
Nivea lipgloss
1 bar of Yardley London soap
Tylenol precise heat patch
Zeast bodywash
40 load of Surf detergent

Fat Quarter Giveaway

It's not BLISS

It's not MODA

It's just...

A FAT QUARTA

I ran across these the other day and thought they would be nice to give to one of my followers. I'll draw a winner next Saturday July, 9, 2011. Let me know if your interested and are a follower
One winner for both fat quarters

Dresden Plate Giveaway

I've been busy making my Dresdens for my quilt and having fun with my embroidery machine. I need 14 more 6" plates to have enough for a full size quilt. After it's finished I will put it up for sale. Which at the rate I'm going will be awhile. I have a quilt for my daughter, 2 customer quilts and the Hoffman quilt that I need to finish 1st. Whew - what a list.

Anyway I have made 6 8" Dresden plates that I thought one of my followers might like. They are on 12" blocks and could probably be made into pillows or with a good size border maybe a lap quilt. Or even a tote -

I have listed 3 pictures but there are 6 total 8" blocks (and one 6" if interested). How about we go til the end of the month of May. I will pick a winner from one of my followers that is interested on Tuesday, May 31st. Maybe I can get a couple more made by then.

Sewing room #2

If anyone has been keeping up with my progress I have got room #2 almost finished. I decided to just convert the spare bedroom instead of taking down the wall between that room and my sewing room. I still would have liked to take the wall down and have one big room but this was easier. I still need to put up my light and I put a table top ironing board in after I took pictures.

This is where I put the embroidery machine and all its accessories

It probably will never look this neat again

I still have a ton of fabric to bring in here from another room. I'll probably have to buy another bookshelf
DON'T FORGET THE GIVEAWAY

May Giveway @ We love Quilting

WE LOVE QUILTING is having a giveaway - go check it out.

DON'T FORGET MY GIVEAWAY