Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!!

 It's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!! Let's have some fun :)

First, we need to announce the winner from last Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!!  

The winner of the Swell and Sweet Christmas Jelly Roll from Fat Quarter Shop  is . . .   Number #169 . . . Congrats ShirleyC!!  I have messaged you :)    

   

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by Olie and Evie.  Rhonda's shop is so fun and full of so much amazing quilting goodness!!!!  Of course, there is the amazing fabric shop we all know and love along with longarm quilting, gift certificates, preorders, and an awesome Clearance Sale!!   Be sure to pop on over and check it out!!! 

And Rhonda's has a fantastic Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!!!     Olie and Evie  is giving one lucky winner a $30.00 Gift Certificate to use in her shop!!!    So awesome, someone is going to get a wonderful shopping spree for some end of the year fun :)  

You have two entry chances here on the blog, 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, How many pillows do you sleep with??  (I use one but my sweetheart likes 3 :)  

 ENTRY 2 - Show your Olie and Evie love.   You can follow them on  Facebook, Instagram  or Pinterest or you can visit The Shop and then share a favorite item ;)   Just be sure to leave a comment of how you showed your Olie and Evie Love!!!

And that's it ;)  The giveaway will be open until next Tuesday, August 25th, when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

You can also pop over to my Instagram and/or Facebook to enter there as well :)  

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

Sewcialites Quilt Along - I'm In!!!!

 Did you see Fat Quarter Shop's announcement of their newest free Quilt Along starting next month???  It is called Sewcialites and the idea is that we can all sew together even if we can't all be together.  Love it!!!   There are 18 designers that have come together to design 36 blocks in a super cute sampler.  

Isn't this just the cutest!!!  I love all of those fun blocks.   And Fat Quarter Shop is sharing each of the blocks in 3", 6", or 9" so you can choose what size you want to make.  My plan is to do the 9" blocks so I can have a good picnic size quilt when I am done.  

I debated for a bit about joining this quilt along because I have so many WIP at the moment  . . . but then I realized, I really need to work on a stash buster.   And that was all the rationalization I needed ;)   I can barely close my blue drawer of scraps at the moment.  It is literally overflowing and I have to keep just shoving it all in there.   And it was like everything came together . . . why not an all blue sampler!!!!!

I think it is going to be amazing!!!  Now, I just have to decide on my layout.  You know I always have to change things around a bit ;)   I really like the layout of the sampler blocks but needed a bit more symmetry on the Half Square Triangle Setting blocks.   But know I can't decide which I like best.   So what do you think??

Option 1 with the Diamond Layout

Option 2 with a the Corner Pyramids and a few Solid Squares

Option 3 with the Corner Pyramids and Setting Corner Triangles

I can't wait to get going on these sampler blocks!!!!   I just love a good scrappy project!!!   The fun starts on September 25th with a new block each Friday until June 25th :)  You can read all about the announcement of the Quilt Along here, See the Landing Page here, and join the Facebook group here ;)   It is going to be so much fun!!!  

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

More Mask Making

 Last night was spent making more Masks, only this time, I was teaching the amazing Young Women in my church how to make their own masks.   School is a few weeks out and they all need masks.   It was fun to see the different personalities come though in their picks of fabric.  A lot just wanted simple black, (it goes with everything!!!)  but some also picked some fun and funky ones :)

They all did such an amazing job!!!  For quite a few, this was their first introduction to a sewing machine and they really did great :)   The other young ladies got introduced to a sewing machine when I taught them how to make Charming Totes a few years back ;)    I just love that this allows me to pass sewing on to a new generation.    Thank heavens there are so many of us that know how to sew right now, I can't even begin to imagine how many homemade masks have been sewn in the last few months by all of you amazing sewers!!!  

Oh, and just in case you missed it, I added the link for this pattern on my Monday post, and will also share it here.   Link to the PDF Templates.   I have found this to be an awesome pattern for fit.   I just used 4 of the Part A Pattern and don't do the fitter pocket.  And I love using old T-shirt 1" strips that have been stretched and made into loops for the ears, it is so much softer than elastic.  And today, My plan is to make some masks for me ;)  

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

Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!!

 It's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Day!! Let's have some fun :)

First, we need to announce the winner from last Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!!  

The winner of the $30.00 Gift Certificate from Shabby Fabrics  is . . .   Number #269 . . . Congrats the_unicorn_quilter!!!  I have messaged you :)    

   

And on to today's

Today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway is being sponsored by Fat Quarter Shop.   Fat Quarter Shop is amazing and they never cease to amaze me with everything they have going on at their shop!!!     And did you know they have a 24 Hour Flash Sale every day with 2 Flash Sales on Tuesdays!!   And not only do they have a daily deal, they have a Fabric Basic, Pattern, and Notion of the Month!!!!     All Essex Linen are on sale and this is such a great fabric to work with!!!  Also, All Cake and Cupcake Mixes are on sale for the Notion (I just love these papers!!!) , and Elizabeth Hartman Patterns are on sale for the Pattern.   Save 20-30% off of all of them for the whole month of August!!  So great ;) 

And for today's Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Fat Quarter Shop is giving away this super cute Swell and Sweet Christmas Jelly Roll by Urban Chicks for Moda!!!  Isn't that just so pretty!!!   

You have two entry chances here on the blog, 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 how long does it take you to get ready in the morning??  (I like to just get it done and over with so I am about 35 minutes ;)  

 ENTRY 2 - Show your Fat Quarter Shop love.   You can follow them on   Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, You Tube or at their Blog.  You can Sign up for their Newsletter which will ensure you catch all of their amazing sales, or you can visit The Shop and then share a favorite item ;)   Just be sure to leave a comment of how you showed your Fat Quarter Shop Love!!!

And that's it ;)  The giveaway will be open until next Tuesday, August 18th,  when I will announce a winner at the beginning of next weeks Terrific Tuesday Giveaway Post :)

You can also pop over to my Instagram and/or Facebook to enter there as well :)  

Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!

Making Masks

 With all the kids going back to school in a few weeks, it was time to get busy on some masks making.  They will be wearing masks while they are at school, so I wanted them to have enough to get them through the week.   So  the last few days has been a mask making party!!!!

This is a mask pattern from Barbara.  I am not sure where she got it from, but I just love it!!  Here is the Link to the PDF Templates.     (I just used 4 of the Part A Pattern and didn't bother with the filter pocket :)  They are super easy to sew and the fit is great!!   The kids found this pattern the most comfortable of the few that we have tried, so it was a winner of school masks.  

And this party consisted of a lot of assembly line!!!  Seriously, assembly line mask making is the only way to go.   We made 25 masks, and they are so much easier to crank out when you do the same step over and over, rather than making each mask individually.   And it was fun to have us all working as everyone had assigned jobs whether it was pressing, clipping, serging, or sewing, which make it go really fast!!!!

Don't they look so fun laid out in a line!!!  I let my kiddo's go through my stash to pick fabrics.  They quickly found that they really liked the hand of the Art Gallery Fabrics against their faces as it is so soft.   I was grateful for that, as it was easier to just go through my Art Gallery stash, then having them raid my entire stash.  (they don't always keep things folded and neat, ha ha ha!!!)  

So now we are all set for Back to School!!!  Although, I am sure there will be much, much, much more mask making going on.   Got lots of family and friends that are going back to school as well ;)  Luckily, it feels like I could make these in my sleep already, so we will crank them out in no time!!

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