Crazy WIP Wednesday!!!

So I am a little late posting this.  It has been crazy around here today :)  I will get to that in a minute   

So I mainly have 3 WIP that I am frantically trying to get done to take with me to the Sewing Summit so I can give them to Kate for the 100 Quilts for Kids Campaign.  

Quilt #1 is all quilted up and just waiting for a binding.  

Quilt #2 has just a tiny bit more to be quilted.  And yes, those are feathers on the green print.  I finally tried them. I will post more on them when I link these quilts up :)  (Just promise in the mean time not to look to close, this was my first attempt at feathers :)

Quilt #3 is basted and waiting to be quilted.  I am hoping to get to that tonight after bed time :)

And the big WIP that has kept me from getting to quilting these quilts today was packing!!!  See, I got up this morning ready to start packing for the Sewing Summit (I have to pack for 6 as the kiddo's are going to Grandma's.)  But before I got started,  I decided that I didn't want to wear maternity clothes to the conference so out came the boxes of my regular clothes.  To my ultimate frustration, I found that one of the boxes had been stored at some point in the move in a pile of water.  Half of my clothes smelled of mildew!!!  Ewww!!

 So what was going to be a load or 2 of laundry to get ready to pack turned into 5 loads :(  And just when I thought I was making some serious progress I came to find that one of the kids left a crayon in their jeans pocket and I learned that crayons melt in the dryer.   So a bunch of those  "Some day I plan to fit in these Jeans again" jeans ended up being trashed jeans.

What ya gonna do??  I can't tell you how relieved I am now to have clean clothes in everyone closest, and suitcases sitting out on beds.  Now all I have to do is put the clothes from the closet to the suitcases.  And I am here typing instead.  I wonder how long I will procrastinate packing???

VIBee Block for Angela

Yippee Skippee for being on top of things again!!! (at least for a day, right :)  Angela's month is October and here it is October 3rd and I already have my block done!!!  Okay, I admit, This is mostly due to the fact that I will get to meet Angela this weekend at the Sewing Summit and I plan to hand deliver it to her.  (I am so stinking excited for this weekend, hoolay smokes it is going to be fun!!!)

We spent yesterday as a family at my In-Laws cabin.  Autumn is in full-swing and it is absolutely breathtaking.  I just had to share!!

My five little kiddo's.  At least almost everyone was looking at the camera :)

STARS Quilt Along Parade!!! And Winners!!!

So the STARS Quilt Along has officially come to an end :)  Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to all those that have participated along.  I had so much fun with it and I hope that you equally enjoyed making this super fun STARS quilt :)  Now, if your not quite done no worries, (I am not done mine either, le sigh)  just keep posting those pictures, I can't wait to see everyone's finish :)  (And we can always have a second parade with more completions, hopefully mine will be in that second one as well :)

SO . . . ON TO THE PARADE!!!!

from sunnybecwildfern

from Deb4430

from Nanners1222

from Sandy R2011

from sewcando

from fmlcrochet

from Mary/Maria

from quilterbug

from quilting linda

from sewinglyalong

from Quilted Seasons

from beeps!

from Krislovesfabric

from mamajes

from chocolate_isthe_best_medicine

WHAT A GREAT PARADE!!!!

Isn't it just so fun to see how much you can make a design your own.  Each project is unique and so very wonderful!! I just love seeing everyone's individual take on the set design :)  Great job to everyone that completed!!  Your projects are fantastic!!! Thanks for making a super fun STARS Quilt Along Parade!!!

I am looking forward to the next quilt-a-long already :)  Any suggestions???

Onto the GRAND FINALE!!!!!!  Let's choose some winners.  Everyone that completed their top had their name put into a hat and my 2 year old drew out the three lucky winners that will each receive a $50.00 to the Fat Quarter Shop!!!  Thank you so much to Kimberly and the Fat Quarter Shop for sponsoring this Quilt Along!!!  

 AND THE WINNERS ARE . . . . 

chocolate_isthe_best_medicine

sewcando

Deb4430

Congrats to you three!!  Please send me an email with your mailing address and preferred email address so I can get it sent on to Kimberly and you ladies can start surfing around the Fat Quarter Shop to figure out how you plan to spend your $50.00  

AND THAT WRAPS IT UP!!!  Thanks a million times over for all you wonderful quilter's out there that make doing a Quilt Along sew much fun!!!  You are the greatest!!!

STARS

This quilt is my second Quilt-A-Long here at Happy Quilting!!!  However, I had so many requests that I turned it into a full PDF Stars Pattern / Tutorial .  To go to the Printable PDF please click here :)

If you prefer, you can use each of the links below to go through the individual Quilt-A-Long tutorials.  The individual tutorials have a bit more detail that could be helpful if you are a beginner.  Each of the tutorials will walk you through each step of putting the quilt together :)  And when done you will end up with a beautiful STARS quilt :)

For the Quilt Fabric Requirements please click here.

For the tutorial on Block 1 please click here

For the tutorial on Block 2 please click here

For the tutorial on Block 3 please click here

For the tutorial on Block 4 please click here

For the tutorial on Block 5 please click here

For the tutorial on Block 6 please click here

For the finishing the quilt tutorial please click here

Winner of the Intrepid Thread Sponsored Giveaway!!

Thank you so much to Julie for sponsoring this wonderful giveaway!!  I think we had a record number of comments :)  Yippee Skippee!!

And the winner is . . .  . #261

 Who happens to be . . .   Bente - I like to QuiltBlog!!

Congrats to Bente!!!  Please send me an email with your mailing address and whether you would like the blue or red colorway and I will get it off to Julie :)


ONE FINAL NOTE***  - Today is the last day to get your quilt entry done for the STARS Quilt-A-Long.  So make sure to either email me those pictures or get them on the Flickr group!!! (you can add them as late as you need, I am sure I won't get to this until late, late, tonight or early tomorrow :)    I am so excited for the parade tomorrow!!  There are so many amazing finishes :)