Clementine QAL Finish!!!

Eeekkk!!!  I am so excited!!!!   It's the final month of the Clementine Quilt Along hosted by Fat Quarter Shop to benefit St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.   Which means I now get to share my finished Clementine quilt!!!  And I just love, love, love the way it turned out ;) 

The setting for this quilt was so unique and so great!! The pattern for finishing can be found here ;)   The sashing on the smaller blocks realy made them look like they are on point, but you still get the ease of piecing the blocks together in rows.  So fun!!   And I loved that the design called for a second background print as it really make the blocks pop!!

I used Farmer's Daughter Fat Quarters by Lella Botique for Moda in my blocks, and I just love the beautiful color's and prints.   I especially love having the same 4 colors represented in each block as I feel like that really tied each of the blocks together.   And I used a beautiful and soft tan script print for the second background and it is just the perfect finish!!!
 

I had so much fun piecing these blocks each month.  Especially the smaller blocks, those were some tiny pieces going together and it is always fun to challenge oneself with some tiny piecing!!!   And each of the block designs were just so great with so much movement and now to see them all together is just fantastic!!!

When it came time to quilt it, I decided to just keep it simple yet elegent, so it was the all over Loose Feather for the win!!   This is truly becoming one of my favorite designs to quilt.  It is so relaxing to quilt and it leaves a gorgeous texture and design when you are done.  Just so pretty!!!

And that is my finished Clementine Quilt!!!!  It finished at 70" x 90" so it will be a great twin size bed cover or a wonderful quilt to snuggle up with :)    And this Clementine Quilt will soon be packed off and headed to Salt Lake to be donated to the Festival of Trees to help raise funds for Primary Children's Hospital in honor of my sweet nephew who is growing like a weed and a happy little boy thanks to the wonderful care here received there in the first months of his life :)   It is always so great to get to do what I love, and have it make a small bit of difference in the world :)

I just loved getting to be a part of this amazing Clementine Quilt Along!! Be sure to pop on over to the Jolly Jabber to see more amazing Clementine Quilt Finishes :)   And a huge thank you to the Fat Quarter Shop for having me along for this incredible QAL!!!  I am already looking forward to next years Annual Charity Quilt Along!!!

And that's all for today :)  And I just have to say, it feels so great to be back at my sewing machine and finishing up projects!!

I hope you all have a very Happy Quilting Day!!!

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Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!!

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

But first, we need to announce the winner from last weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!!  

The winner of the $25.00 Gift Certificate from  Lou Lou's Fabric Shop is . . .  Number #40 . . .   Congrats Gloria Cotten!!!   I have emailed you :)      

   

     

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by Shabby Fabrics!!   Shabby Fabrics is celebrating Christmas in July in full force, and be sure and check out their No Sew "Quilted" Christmas Ornament video.  These are so fun!!!   And don't forget, Shabby Fabrics  also has an amazing  Clearance Section, you are sure to find some amazing deals here :)  

And for the Terrific Tuesday Giveaway  Shabby Fabrics is giving one lucky winner  a Jingle Pop Precut Strip Set by Hoffman Fabrics!!!!!   It's just perfect for making these gorgeous No Sew Christmas Ornaments!!

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 that tells me if you have been doing any Christmas in July sewing???   (I have a Christmas in July Tutorial to share later this week!!!)  

 ENTRY 2 - Show your Shabby Fabrics love. You can follow them on Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, Pinterest, or Instagram.  You can Sign up for the Shabby Fabrics Newsletter (top right hand corner) or 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 Shabby Fabric Love!!!

And that's it ;)  The giveaway will be open until next Tuesday, July 31st when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

Back to Quilting!!!

I am back from my two weeks of camping and it was so much fun!!!  (even if it was a lot wet)  Thanks for being patient while things were so quiet around here :)   I can't wait to share some new finishes this week.  I have a tutorial in the works, another quilt finish, and I am also working on the last bit of behind the scenes stuff for the annual QAL.    So exciting!!!  And I just have to share this fun picture from our girls camp . . . can you tell what it is??

The 130+ girls at Girls Camp each made a fleece tied blanket to be donated to our local Women's Crisis Center, Care and Share, and the Hospital.   Don't they just look amazing all stacked up!!!  That is a whole lot of warm hugs right there :)

 And of course,  I am totally trying to catch up today.   I have a mountain of laundry, no food in the house, and a ton of errands to run . . .  but you know that can all wait for tomorrow because I haven't sewn in two weeks and my machine is calling my name ;)

Happy Quilting Everyone!!!   I am getting back to it today ;)

Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!!

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

But first, we need to announce the winner from last weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!!  

The winner of the 3 Happy Quilting PDF Patterns is . . .  Number #152 . . .   Congrats dln!!!   I have emailed you :)      

   

     

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by  Lou Lou's Fabric Shop .    Did you know that Jamie makes a new Lou Lou Bundle every Tuesday . . . there are so many to choose from and they are all just stunning!!!  Along with hosting the giveaway, Jamie is having a  Fantastic Sale with with lots of amazing discounts!!!!  You are so going to want to check this out :)    

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is for some shopping goodness!!  Lou Lou's Fabric Shop is offering one lucky reader a $25.00 Gift Certificate perfect to use on anything in the store, including any of the awesome Lou Lou Bundle's!!  Just perfect!!!!

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 that tells me if you like Camping and if yes, where??  (I am certainly getting my fill of camping these 2 weeks :)  

 ENTRY 2 - Lets show Lou Lou's Fabric Shop some Love!!!!   You can follow them on   Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or Instagram.  Or you can follow their blog or  visit The Shop and then share a favorite item ;)   Just be sure to leave a comment of how you showed your Lou Lou's Fabric Shop Love!!!

And that's it ;)  The giveaway will be open until next Tuesday, July 24th  when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

Tidbits :)

So just a few things to quickly mention today :)

1 - It has come to my attention that the comments that you leave on the blog are sadly no longer being emailed to me.  Apparently blogger did some update and this got messed up.   I can click a button to have a notification of comments, but I can't email back as the notification is no-reply.   So until blogger gets this fixed, I will be trying to respond to all comments directly in the comment section of that post.  So if you are super sweet and leave me a lovely comment, you can find my response directly below your comment.  (just give me a little bit to respond :)

2 - It's going to be a little quiet around here for the next 2 weeks.  I have a family reunion and a week long girls camp and I have been so busy getting ready for both I didn't have any time to do some scheduled posts.   Sorry about that, but I know you all get how summer goes :)

3 - But I have a little something to make up for it!!!!   I have designed the quilt for the Annual Happy Quilting Quilt Along!!!   I will be sharing more soon, but I need to get some of the behind the scenes stuff worked out first.   But I just couldn't wait to share that it's in the works and that it's STARS!!!!!  Yup, you know I love em and we all love making them and this Star design is going to be so much fun!!!  I can't wait to share more ;)


And those are the tidbits :)   And just because I think every post should have at least one pretty picture . . . . How about this stack of Rainbow Goodness from Corey Yoder's new Sunnyside Up :)

Happy Quilting!!!