Corey's VIBee Block

This Month for VIBee Corey asked us to do a Dresden plate.  I have done made two other Dresden plates and loved them each time so I was super excited to do another one.  Corey sent amazingly beautiful prints that she had already cut into the Dresden wedges, thanks Corey :)  I was so happy with the finish result.  My plate laid down perfectly and who doesn't just love polka dots!!!! Isn't it just beautiful :)

Maybe I should go out of town again :)

Okay, so who knew going out of town and being offline for a week equaled the giveaway fairy shinning down on you??  Let me show you what I mean.

Right before I left I got word that I had won this from Bee in my Bonnet.   Don't you just love those unbelievably adorable cute 30's prints.  I am going to have to find a cute project for these.  She also sent an adorable pattern with them.  Thank you Lori!!!

While I was gone I got an email from Sue at Quilt Times that I had won this.  I can't wait for it to arrive.  I have heard so much about Schnibble patterns but have never had one.  I cant wait to whip a few of these quilts out.  Who knows, I bet the perfect pattern for those 30's prints is just waiting in the pages of this book. Thank you Sue!!!

And lastly, when I got back home, I got word from Darlene at SewCalGal that I was one of the winners of the Golden Quilter Awards.  Not one of the winners of the category but one of the winners of the giveaway :) Immediately I started getting excited wondering what I had won.  So I headed on over to check the winners list of prizes.  Now when I saw this prize, I started jumping up and down and screaming!!!  

Oh yes, I won the Fat Quarter Bundle of Amy Butler's Soul Blossom prints!!!  Ahhhh!!!!  Now I am stalking the mailman each day just waiting for it to arrive.  Thank you Darlene and Fabric.com (Sponsor of this prize.).  I am just thrilled!!!  

And VIBee Ladies, I am pretty sure this will be my fabric for my month :)  Won't it just be perfect!!!  Now to find a pattern.  Any suggestions for a great Bee month quilt with these amazing prints???

So ya, maybe I should go offline again if this is the result :)

Better late then Never

So I was organizing a bit in the sewing room yesterday to get ready to do some serious sewing :)  While organizing I realized I had 2 copies of the Pre Cuts magazine.  I thought to myself  "I thought I mailed this out before I left."  Then it hit me, I was supposed to pick a winner for the second copy on Monday.  Oops!!!  Sorry, Sorry, Sorry.  I blame it on a week being gone and second trimester brain lapses.

So, without further ado . . . the winner of the Pre Cuts magazine is . . . .

Congrats to Quilter In The Gap!!!!!    .  I have sent you an email to get your address.
Do you want me to sign my name right here? Tee Hee Hee :)

WIP Wednesday

So it is another Wednesday and I figure maybe writing down what I should be working on will help me to get things back together.  Ever notice when you go out of town for a while how long it takes to get back into the swing of things.  So, what's on the sewing desk now . . .

 I am working on a spring table runner for my sister-in-law.  I wanted to get it done before going to Utah but that didn't happen, le sigh.  But I need to get it done asap as it is Spring :)  I am Making it with Sweet Divinity that I won from Amanada at the Quilted Fish.  I love these prints!!!  More on it to come :)

I am also starting to play with some Christmas fabric!!!  I love Christmas and there is nothing like some beautiful Christmas fabric to brighten your day and make you cheery.   And when it is Kate Spain's new Flurry collection . . .Well lets just say Josh Groban's Noel CD is spinning right now :)

There are a few things put off that will probably stay that way at the moment.

I need to quilt up my Quilt-A-Long quilt.  How sad is that, it is my Quilt-A-Long and I can't seem to get the finished top turned into a finished quilt.

I also got way behind in Block-A-Palooza.  It's all done and I only have 1/2 of the blocks done.  Another project for another day :)

So that is it for today :)  Here is hoping I get my house all clean and ready for the showing I have tomorrow so that I can have a few minutes to get some sewing done.  Selling your house is tuff work :)

Project Modern - Challenge 2

I have been so excited to reveal this finish. So without all the story behind it, here it is!!!!

Now onto the story :)  This time the Project Modern Challenge was to create a Monocramatic quilt.  About a week after this challenge was posted I got an email from my Sister-In-Law saying that they found out that they baby they are expecting is going to be a little girl.  They have 3 little boys already and this is their last one so they were super excited to find out they were finally going to get their little girl.  Now these three previously mentioned little brothers love Super Heroes.  They can't get enough of Batman, Spiderman, and especially Superman.  So, wanting this new little bundle of joy to fit right in, my Sister-In-Law asked me if I could make her a Supergirl quilt.

As soon as I saw that request I started smiling to myself.  I instantly knew what I wanted to do and that it would be perfect for a monochromatic quilt.  You know how you just get that picture in your head.   Then it was just figuring out how to take that picture from my head and turn it into a design of a superman logo in a scrappy strip setting all in pink.  Super cute!!!  

I knew I wanted the logo to really pop so I decided to do it in light tones of pink.  And then I decided to use the dark tones of pink for the background to really make it stand out.  I was so happy with the result when it was all pieced together.  I decided to take the whole pop idea one step further by only quilting the background in a super small loopy pattern so that the symbol just jumps off the blanket.  I am so happy with the finished results. 

This quilt just fits my Sister-In-Law and her family just so perfectly!!  I got to give it to her and my brother this last week while I was in Utah.   And to say they loved it would be a vast understatement.  I wish I would have remembered my camera when I gave it to them :)

So in conclusion . . . . This quilt was a blast to design, sew, and quilt.  It will be greatly loved by it's new little owner that will be arriving in a few short months and her whole family.  Does it get any better than that??