Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!!

It's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day . . . let's have some fun :)

First, we need to announce the winner from last weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!!   The winner of the That Patchwork Place 2016 Quilt Calendar is . . .   Number #133 . . . Congrats Amanda Best !!!   I have emailed you :) 

    

     

    

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by The Intrepid Thread!!  Julie is currently hosting her Christmas In July Sale!!!!   You won't want to miss out on these amazing good deals!!!  You can find all of the details and links for the sale here!!    (Can we say super sale on Free Spirit, Art Gallery, and Holiday Fabric!!!!)   Sale will last until Midnight 7/29 so don't be late ;)  

   

Today's  Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is for this stunning Custom Apple Pie and Soda Pop Fat Quarter Bundle  that Julie crated just for this occasion!!!  Isn't it just so happy, makes me totally want to go to the park for a picnic!!!  And oh,  I just love those apples!!!  Oh, and it also comes in a Half Yard Bundle :)  

You have two entry chances, the second being optional, and please leave a separate comment for each.  All Entries are welcome, including International Entries.  Please just be sure to leave an email address if you are a no-reply blogger ;)  

ENTRY 1 - Simply leave a comment telling me what kind of apple is your favorite.   We love Granny Smith Apples around our house ;)  

 ENTRY 2 - Show your The Intrepid Thread love. You can follow them on Facebook, Bloglovin,  or Instagram.  You can Sign up for The Intrepid Thread Newsletter (right side bar) ,  Follow Their Blog, or you can Visit the Shop and then share a favorite item ;)   Just be sure to leave a comment of how you showed your The Intrepid Thread love!!!

And that's it ;)  The giveaway will be open until next Tuesday, August 4th when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

A Boatload of Bee Blocks!!

Well, it was a productive weekend and I can't tell you how wonderful it feels to start Monday Morning all caught up on my Bee Blocks!!!!  Just in time for the new August ones ;)   So here is what I was sewing this weekend.

First, the catch up blocks.   The June block for the Bees Knees group was for Amy of Diary of a Quilter and she asked us to make a 20" Swoon Block, and oh my, I just love the way it turned out!!!  I absolutely loved making this with all of those wonderful points to match up!!  So fun!!!  And the fabrics Amy sent, fabulous!!!!  Every time I make one of these blocks for a bee, I tell myself I am going to make the full quilt . . . someday ;)

The June block for the Beejeebers Bee group were these fun X blocks for Cathy ;)  We used the ever popular Badskirt Tutorial to make these ;)  I love the colors Cathy choose and had a lot of fun putting these together.   I had made them before, so they went together super fast, and yes, once again, I loved all of those points to line up :)

And on to July's blocks!!!   For the Bees Knees group,  Calli from Make it Do asked us to make some traditional T blocks.  This was my first time making the T blocks and they were fun and fast.   I think I might have to make some more of these in the future ;)

And finally, the July Beejeebers block was for Celeste, and she asked us to make a Quasar Star in wonderful Red White and Blue.   I still had all of my scraps out from the Log Cabin Block Swap so this was super easy to pick fabrics for ;)   Here is the tutorial we used for the block, and Celeste whipped up these measurements to upsize it to 12".
White (4) 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" squares (8) 2" x 2" squares  (8) 2" x 3 1/2" rectangles
Blue  (4) 2" x 2" squares  (4) 2" x 6 1/2" rectangles
Red (4) 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" squares  (4) 2" x 3 1/2" rectangles  (4) 2" x 5" rectangles 

 And of course, I totally want to make an entire quilt of these.  So pretty!!!!

I am starting to notice a trend that with each new month's bee block, I add another quilt to my ever growing list of quilts I want to make.  Please tell me I am not the only one that does this ;)

But all is well, because I am all caught up ;)  For the next week at least ;)

Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!!

Weekend Sewing Plans

So this is the first weekend in July and a good part of June that I am actually home for the entire weekend.  Ya, things have been a little crazy busy around here, but in that good Summer Time Fun kind of way.   So I have some big plans for my first weekend home . . . and you better believe they include lots and lots of patchwork.

First up, I am staring a new little Christmas in July project :)   I love Kate Spain's new Jingle line, so fun!!!!   And I have something so adorable planned for this that I will be sharing soon.  Can't wait to start piecing it together!!

Next, I have my Unraveled Quilt from Irish Chain Quilts all pieced together into row, now I just need to get the rows sewn together and then I can move onto the quilting ;)  I have until July 31st to finish this for the MQG Challenge, so I would love to really get a lot done on it this weekend!

And finally, which I should have probably mentioned first, I have to catch up on some bee blocks.  I am normally never late on my bee blocks and these are just itching to be sewn up.   And they are such cute blocks too, I am looking forward to sharing them.    I have June's to get caught up on and July's to get done.   So 4 bee blocks, it is going to be so fun!!

So here is hoping everything plays along so I can spend some serious time in my sewing room this weekend ;)  

So, so you have some Happy Quilting Weekend plans too??  What are you going to work on???

Log Cabin Swap Fun!!!

My good friend Lissa from Moda Lissa put together an awesome Log Cabin Swap this last month and I was so excited to be asked to be a part of it!!!  The idea was pretty simple.   Start off with some beautiful strips of Red, White, and Blue, with a touch of Gold for fun!  Check

Then make those strips into 12 Log Cabin Blocks.   It didn't matter what width the strips were, we could go as scrappy as we wanted (just not wonky) except for the last row had to be a certain size to allow for trimming down the line.  I worked on these last weekend while I was sewing at my Moms.  So fun!!!

I almost got them all finished and of course, ran out of strips on the last border of logs.   I totally thought I had cut enough, but no worries, that just uses up more scraps right ;)  So after getting back home and the house back in order, I finally got to finishing the last outer border of logs on Monday night.    12 beautiful log cabin blocks in festive Red, White, and Blue!!!  

But here is where the fun swap part comes in ;)   As part of the swap, we have been instructed to take our finished Log Cabin Blocks and Quarter them.   Don't they just make the coolest layout once they have been cut and mixed up!!!! 

I keep 12 quarters and send the rest onto Lissa in Texas where she will be mixing them up with everyone else's quarter blocks and before to long I will get a package back in the mail with a whole mix of fun Log Cabin Quarters that I can put with my reserved 12 to make a quilt top that looks like the above, but with even more scrappy goodness!!!  Oh my, oh my, I can hardly wait!!!!  I am so excited, I really have wanted to make a festive July quilt and this swap was just what I needed to shoot it to the top of the priority list ;)

To check out more of the blocks you can follow #logcabinswapfun on facebook and instagram ;)

I be sure and share the new scrappy layout as soon as I get the other blocks back :)

Hope you are Having a Happy Quilting Day!!!

Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day - Miss March Edition!!!

It's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day . . . let's have some fun :)

First, we need to announce the winner from last weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!!   The winner of $20.00 Gift Certificate and the Paradiso Blue Lagoon Fat Quarter Set from  Shabby Fabrics is . . .   Number #43 . . . Congrats Vicki in MN!!!   I have emailed you :) 

    

     

    

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is just a little different.  You see, I have something fun to share and a giveaway to go with it, so why not do it on TTGD!!!!!   A few months ago, I found out that one of my Irish Chain Quilts was being featured in the That Patchwork Place 2016 Quilt Calendar!!!!  EEEkk, So exciting!!!!

So, what quilt was featured you might ask . . . well, the classic black and white, String of Pearls is the quilt and I bet you can guess what month it happens to be on.  Yup, March!!!!   Irish and March just go together, right!!!  And I have to say, my kids got a kick out of me telling them Mom is  Miss March :)

Every quilt featured in the calendar has complete instructions and patterns, and this thing is packed with 12 amazing projects by so many amazing and talented quilters!!!!   You are gonna love it!!!

And the kind folks at Martingale have provided me with a Calendar to giveaway to one lucky Happy Quilting Reader!!!!!   So fun!!!  

We are just going to do one entry today per person.    All Entries are welcome, including International Entries.  Please just be sure to leave an email address if you are a no-reply blogger ;)  

ENTRY 1 - Simply leave a comment that tells me what month is your favorite and why :)  

And that's it ;)  The giveaway will be open until next Tuesday, July 28th when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!