Monday Goodies

GIVEAWAY!

Hop on over to PAT SLOAN's BLOG for a chance to win a 

fat quarter challenge collection from me.

Six fat quarters of some of my favorite fabric, and

a Virgin Mary panel, which is one of my own designs made by spoonflower.

(will be available soon...)  I challenge you to play with these, 

and make your own mini quilt with these great fabrics! 

I'll be on my friend Pat's show today along with Sue Sprago, 

come listen in at 4pm est.

http://toginet.com/shows/creativetalkradio

(comments for the giveaway must be left at PAT'S blog)

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Stripes Dots, and Plaids challenge, is going strong...  

 I keep playing and moving these around... So many possibilities!

Everyone is sending two blocks...

one of this quilt, and one to go into the batch that will be

raffled off to one of the lucky contributors.

CLICK HERE for more info.  Blocks must be rcvd by March 16th.  

I want to give the other set away to one of you before I go to PERU!

I have hadmy little singer for about a year, and today I finaly plugged her into sew!  

She works like a sweet little dream! I had to break her in with some 15 minute fabric, of course!

My pal Shelly  is doing a crazy necktie social... (and challenge with awards!)

hop over to her site for more information... These were fun to make, and now I am off to

do some embellishments on them.  She is making these into a quilt to be auctioned off for charity...

Brilliant idea, and a beauty of a quilt it will be!

I couldn't part with the tiny scraps leftover from my two blocks so I had to make

them into a 6" pineapple block...

 Fun fabrics to play with!  I may need to start collecting old neckties too...

but as you can see below... I really don't  have more space for yet another thing to collect...

 I pulled 7 bins of SCRAPS out of my studio in preparing for a sewing retreat here this weekend... 

oh what fun!!! At least my studio is clean now!

My Friend Helen is making some of my Christmas Hex Flowers as well!
See her SPRING FLOWERS, she is adding triangles to set them...
I love the lights in with the greens...

What are you doing today?

Various quilty things...

 HELLO QUILTER FRIENDS!

I'm stippling away over here...

(taking a break, rest those shoulders!)

What are you working on today?

 My pal KIM, send me  a copy of her book SCRAP BASKET SENSATIONS!  

She's so sweet...  She included a note saying..

Wonder what would happen if you made either of those quilts "Victoria-style"?  

Sewing the pieces free-form and trimming the blocks?  Hmmm . . .

 hahaha! she was referencing two quilts I saw in the book that I absolutely loved!

Is that a challenge Kim? ;-)

 First one was this TOOL SHED quilt.. Look how scrappy and fabulous it is? 

And it's a pattern!  Very easy and looks so free and wild...  I may need to figure 

out my own version of this... KIM!  you've got my brain working.... 

I really don't need to start another quilt right now!

 This quilt, Is my favorite in the whole book.  I may be swayed to try this, 

and follow the pattern... I think it's stunning... She said it almost did not 

make it into the book...

Good thing Karen got this together... I love the brown... Well done Karen.

And way to go KIM!  Another great Quilt book with Lovely patterns....

Speaking of patterns... My Christmas FLOWERS HEXAGONS is being made by

a reader, Katherine... Look how cute they look in spring colors! 

Love the color modulation she used...

If anyone else is making them please send me updates! I'd love to see them!

OK, I gotta put away all the fabrics off my cutting tables...  

I had two stacks of fabric splayed out all over the place...  good grief...  

I couldn't see the top anymore... 

Yippee! I am seeing my green mat again!

I'm curious, are you a clean upper as you go sort of sewer?

Or do you make a mess like  a hurricane came through, then go back and clean up?

Please tell me I am not the only HURRICANE QUILTER!

Christmas Flowers tutorial

 CHRISTMAS HEXAGON FLOWERS!

Yes. I've started my 2011 Christmas Quilt... Early I know! I realized I had MARCH

crazy right?