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 Cow Girl Panel and a Cow Boy Panel from The Scarlet Thread Quilt Co.  is . . .   Number # 87. . . Congrats Charlotta!!!   I have emailed you :)        

  

  

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by Shabby Fabrics!!   Shabby Fabrics has so many fantastic Kits and many of them have awesome You Tube video's to go along with them!!! 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 Self-Binding Receiving Blanket Kit of your choice !!  You can choose the Pink & White, Blue & White, Pink & Grey, or Green and Blue and the Kit includes the Backing as well!!!      And this Kit has one of those great You Tube Video's that walk you through how to make it!!  How fun is that :)  

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 made up a Quilt Kit before, and if so, what was the last one you did??   

 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, September 5th when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

Weekend Progress

This weekend I got in some good sewing time and was excited to really make some progress on a few projects.   Especially this first one as I was able to sew all of my blocks up into the quilt top and add the necessary borders.   Now it is time to head over to the long arm.     This quilt is a fun play on the classic Lady of the Lake block and of course, I used my classic red, white, and black to give is a super modern feel.   Eeekk, I can't wait to share it later this week all finished up ;)

And then I also finished making up my blocks using Joel Dewlberry's soon to be released Florabelle line.  It is just goregous and I have has such a great time playing with these beautiful prints and colors ;)  This is a fun compilation project I am working on with Free Spirit Fabrics so I won't be able to share the finish for a bit, but when I do think along the lines of New Quilt Tutorial!!!!!

And finally, I started piecing the first few blocks for my Bella Solid Challenge quilt I mentioned on Friday.   These blocks are going to take a little while, that is for sure, but I am happy with how they are starting to come together.   And yes, I am going to keep you in suspense a little longer on how they are going to look, but don't you just think the little leftover pieces are so cute!!!

So did you get some Happy Quilting time this weekend??  Tell me about it in the comments ;)  

Bella Challenge Underway

So back in February Moda announced that they would be hosting a Bella Challenge using 12 very bold and fun pre-set colors of Bella Solids.  I decided in March that I wanted to participate and ordered my fabric.   It is now the last week in August and the deadline for the quilts is September 12th . . . so ya . . . it's about time to get this quilt underway!!  Let's just say the design has been percolating for a while ;)   But now I am set  and yesterday was a serious strip piecing kind of day!!!  And it was so much fun :)

I pressed all of my strip sets yesterday evening.  Don't they look so fun in all that bold Bella Solid goodness!!!   And I was so excited, and it wasn't to late (insert wink) , so I headed right to the cutting mat and starting sub-cutting all of my strip sets.  

Then this morning, instead of exercising (because sewing is way more fun!!!) I sewed all of my sub-cut strip sets into giant pieced rows.   Don't they just look so great hanging off the ironing board.  There are 5 sizes and I just love seeing the variation of small to large.   My kids say they look just like their Lego's all pieced into a giant wall. And I have to say, they do indeed make me smile, I mean, how could you not smile at all of the piecing goodness :)

So now, it is time to turn these pieced rows into blocks.   Here is where I am crossing my fingers that the blocks I create will look similar to the concept design that is floating around in my head ;)  It is always fun (and a bit scary) when I piece without a pattern or a set plan.   I mean, there is a basic guidance plan but this project it is still relying a lot on "make it up as you go".   Wish me luck!!  3 weeks to get this one pieced, quilted, and bound, but hey, I always work best with a deadline ;)  

I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Weekend!!!

Roundabout Quilt-Along!!!

It's Here!!!   Are you ready to Quilt-Along with me???   I am just thrilled this morning to share the design for this years annual Happy Quilting Quilt-Along :)   So without further ado . . . Here's the Roundabout Quilt-Along!!!!

I am so very excited for this Quilt-Along!!!  It is going to be so much fun :) Just like in previous Quilt-Along's, there will be easy step-by-step bi-weekly directions, lots of block sizes and layout options, gorgeous (and I might add endless) fabric options, fabulous prizes that include weekly progress prizes and Grand Prizes at the end, but most importantly lots of fabric fun with friends!!!  And as you can see, we are playing with curves again, but no worries if you are new to curves,  I'll show you just how fun they can be ;)

The Quilt-Along will start next Wednesday and run until the end of November with the Parade in December.  That means everyone will have a finish just in time for Christmas and what better Christmas present to tuck under the tree for yourself!!!  Here is the schedule . . .

August 30th -Intro, Fabric Requirements, and Prizes Announcement

September 13th - Cutting

September 27th - Flying Geese

October 11th - Half Square Triangles with Goosed Corners

October 25th - Drunkards Path

November 8th - Building Blocks

November 22nd - Piecing Top and Grand Prize Linky

December 13th - Roundabout Parade and Grand Prize Winners

It all starts next Wednesday!!!  So what do you say???  Do you want to Quilt-Along with me???  Grab a button, share it with your friends, and let's get ready for some Roundabout Quilting Fun!!!

 

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Oh, and for easy access, I will be updating the weekly links on the Quilt-Along Page as well as this post :)

Intro, Fabric Requirements, and Prizes Announcement

Cutting

Flying Geese

Half Square Triangles with Goosed Corners

Drunkards Path

Building Blocks

Piecing Top and Grand Prize Linky

Roundabout Parade and Grand Prize Winners

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 Savannah Jelly Roll from Fat Quarter Shop  is . . .   Number # 44. . . Congrats Kathy E.!!!   I have emailed you :)        

  

  

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by The Scarlet Thread Quilt Co.  Julie has an adorable shop with lots of amazing fabrics and at great prices!!!    And, along with hosting the giveaway, Julie is giving us even great prices with  20% off any purchase with the code HAPPYAUGUST!!!   Yippee, let's have some shopping fun!!!

And the Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is for Two panels to make these two adorable Cow people!!!!  One lucky winner will receive a Cow Girl Panel and a Cow Boy Panel by Stacey Iest Hsu for Moda. Aren't those just to cute for words!!! 

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 a favorite cowboy or cowgirl experience in your life (even if it was just pretend growing up :)       I was a city girl and took a horsemanship class my first year of college, it was my all time favorite class ever, loved it!!! 

 ENTRY 2 - Show your Scarlet Thread Quilt Co. love.   You can follow them on   Facebook,  or Sign up for their Newsletter (just scroll down a bit) .  Or you can visit The Shop and then share a favorite item ;)   Just be sure to leave a comment of how you showed your Scarlet Thread Quilt Co. Love!!!

And that's it ;)  The giveaway will be open until next Tuesday, August 22nd when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!