Are You Feeling LuckY??? Well,ArE yoU???

Give away Day is here at last!!!

Sorry but due to shipping costs this giveaway is for USA residents only.

First up are three FQ's of Quilters Linen in Taupe,Sunflower,and Lime,by Robert Kaufman.

Would you be interested in a few patterns??

Perhaps you would like a Shamrock yoyo maker and a bow maker too.

Last but not least (as they say)  a couple of books for you to enjoy.
Details,Details.....

How do you win you ask???

Although I would Love for you to follow this lil blog,that is Not a Requirement for this, or any, giveaway hosted here.

To have a chance to win,please leave a comment telling me what got you into blogging,and what state  you live in.

Yes,that's it!  No hoops to jump through,so to speak ;0)  (I really dislike Hoops)

This giveaway is part of the Sew Mama Sew Give Away Day,so hop on over there and check out all the other give aways.
This giveaway will be open until Friday evening May 25th.  Good Luck!!!

PLEASE make sure that I have a way to contact you!! Make sure that you are Not a no reply blogger!!
If you are not sure,leave your email in your comment!  If I can not contact the winner,I will have to re-draw for another winner.

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

Three finishes!!!

Even tho Saturday was spent at the quilt guild,this was still a very good sewing weekend :)  All my May blocks are done,the last two will be on their way to the bee queen in the next couple of days.  On to my Three Finishes....

Here is Jaxin's finished quilt.  I am loving the one block that is outlined in bright red!  Since there was so much black it needed something to make it pop,and the red did the trick :)

All three baby quilts.  The one in the front is for little Gracie,then Jaxin's,and the folded quilt with the X is  baby Matty's :+)  All three are backed with fleece,because I wanted to use only fabric and batting from my stash.  Since I didn't have any/enough batting for all three,and I also wanted the backs to be soft for the babies fleece was the perfect backing!

Be sure to come back tomorrow evening for my contribution to the May Giveaway Day!!!  Thank goodness the last of the goodies arrived in my mail box on Friday afternoon.

The block that KicKed my butt

This month at Stash Bee we were asked to make a block based on one of the quilts from the Block Party book by Alissa Haight Carlton and Kristen Lejnieks.  The quilt is called "falling to pieces" and is by Ashley Newcomb.  

The block above was my first attempt at making this block.  The measurements are supposed to be 12 1/2 x 15 1/2,mine measures 11 1/4 x 15 1/2 ish.  Not to mention,it is Ugly,and backwards.  The "triangles"should be facing the opposite way.


So I emailed the queen of the month Jamie Lee to ask for some guidance/HELP!  She was such a sweetie,replied quickly,gave me step by step instructions,and even said that "it would be cool to have a different block".  She even said that it would be okay if it was backwards.

Well,I hope she was serious,cuz the second one is backwards too!  Although I don't think that I did the block justice,it is my best.  So I will be sending these on in hopes that she can at least use them on the back of the quilt.
One of the nice things about making bee blocks,is that you get to see if you would/wouldn't want to make an entire quilt using a particular block.  Although when these blocks are made correctly they are very pretty,I for one will NOT be making a quilt like this!

Today was our monthly quilt guild meeting.  The LQS gives a 10% discount on meeting day!  So of course I Had to purchase some things ;)  This is my First Ever FQ Bundle,and also my First Ever Solids purchase,Really!  Lately I had been wanting to try using a lot more solids in my projects.  (I must be the only quilter with a stash of solids you could count on one hand)  They are All Kona :)

After making so many quilts lately,I am feeling the need to make something else for a change!  Some of the ladies in my guild have these really cool bags that they bring their "show & tells" in.  While at the LQS I found this "Sassy Connie" bag pattern,which fits the bill :)  The fabric was already in my stash,the accessories were purchased today

This book should be very helpful with the above bag and any/all bags in the future :)

Quilt progress

This weekend was very productive in the sewing room!  With Matty's quilt top all done,I decided to start on big brother Jaxin's.

Here are 6 of the 12 blocks that will make up the quilt top.  They still need to be sewn together,but I need to decide on sashing or no sashing.  If I do decide to go with sashing between the blocks it will be a narrow sashing.

Remember that I was making 3 baby quilts?  One each for the boys and also one for the neighbors baby girl.  So this is part of the quilt for Gracie,the top is about 3/4 of the way finished!  So far this one does not have any MARPAT fabric in it.  I am still debating on using some,or keeping it totally girly!

Of course I did not sew these blocks!  They are the latest round of Gothic Windows blocks to show up
in my mail box :)  I am getting really close to receiving all of them,which is very cool and exciting!!  Once they have all arrived,it will be time to decide on the layout/design of the quilt top.  Depending on how many blocks I end up with and the layout,there just might be enough blocks for 2 quilts!!  We will just have to wait and see how it works out ;)

Follower Friday

Hey everyone,Happy Friday!

This week the follower Spotlight is on Lucy at...

She is a funny,charming,(pun intended ;) talented blogger!  I first came across her blog through a likny party.  All it took was one visit to her blog and I was following her back!

Right now she has a swapping party going on here go check it out!  You just might find some Fugly fabric you just gotta have ;)

Lucy is always sewing up a new quilt  such as her Stained quilt, which is only the latest in a long line of awesome quilts.

Check out this super cute matching game she made for her kids :)  These are just a few of the great things you can find Lucy posting about on her blog!

I don't always comment on her posts,but I Do read each and every one,how could you not?  When she always has something going on!  So Thank You Lucy for being a follower on my little blog :+)!!!

Now go check out Lucy's Blog and show her some Blogger/Comment Love,and if you like what you find,be sure to click the follow button ;)