Can I Get a Whoop Whoop? Progress, and a Giveaway!

 

Hi, all!

Well, it's Friday once again, and we all know what that means!  It's time for us to get our whoop whoop on.  Are you ready?  Let's go!

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Summer is drawing to a close - the kids go back to school next week - and soon we'll be hot and heavy into quilting season!  I'm busily trying to finish up some things so I can move into the next season with a clear conscience.  

I started out this week working hard on this t-shirt quilt, a commission for a local elementary school principal.  I got the borders on it, and had planned to spray baste it Thursday afternoon.  But first, I needed to vacuum the floor.  As soon as I started the vacuum cleaner, Bree came rushing upstairs to give that nasty machine a piece of her mind!  And then when I finally finished vacuuming, dodging her all the time, she decided to stay upstairs and protect me from the wicked thing.  Which meant I couldn't lay the quilt out on the floor to baste it, because she would have been all over it trying to see what I was doing!  

So then I moved on to this - my second go at the wall-hanging size of this year's 12 Days of Christmas in July quilt.  We made these at our sewing day last Saturday - eleven of my sewing sisters got together before we start up again for our quilt ministry, and this was our project.  I was helping teach people some of the new techniques and didn't get all my blocks finished, so when I couldn't baste that quilt, I made the last two blocks and assembled the whole top.  it's ready for quilting now!

Then I took a cute panel I found at church on Tuesday and turned it into a little baby quilt.  Fortunately we had a great teal at church for the outer border, and I had a gray that matched perfectly for the inner border.  And after I left on Tuesday night, Piper found the perfect piece for the backing.  I'll share a picture after it's finished!

Wednesday Lilli came over and spent the day.  She pressed some scraps for me to cut up, and then we spent most of the rest of the day making fresh peach hand pies!  I say we - what I really mean is that I watched her perform magic in the kitchen without a single recipe.  Don't they look wonderful?  She also made this delicious spiced caramel from scratch, and it was so good I didn't even remember that I had bought vanilla ice cream to go with the pies!

And now - would you like something to whoop about?  I've got a couple of extra kits made up for the Christmas tree wall hanging and I'd love to give them away!  

I will draw two winners from the people who comment on this post.  The kit contains all the pieces cut to make the top that I showed above, and a copy of the instructions.  There's also a candy cane to get you in the spirit!  So leave a comment and be sure to leave your email address in the comments just in case you come through as a no-reply blogger.  (You can list it as "name (at) domain (dot) com" to avoid getting spam.)  I'll draw two winners and announce them next Monday, so don't delay in leaving a comment!

So - - - can I get a whoop whoop?

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And now it's your turn!

What's got you whooping it up this week?

What's making you do a little happy dance?

Share!  We want to dance right along with you,

And it's always more fun to dance with friends!

The party will stay open until Sunday midnight.

Hope to see you there!

Hugs!

Sarah