It's been a gorgeous day in Tennessee!!
Just a quick reminder, if you haven't entered already, I'm having a giveaway
for my 100th blogpost - entries will close tonight at midnight CST -
so come on over and throw your name in the hat!!
Later!
Sarah
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
GIVEAWAY! I've Hit A Milestone!!
Hi, all!!
First off, let's take care of my Friday finish - a flimsy for a quilt ministry quilt going to a 15-year old boy in Louisiana who was in a car accident and has been in a coma. The young man is a huge LSU fan, but I couldn't see making a purple quilt for a teenage boy - so this quilt has ten blocks scattered across it in the purple ad gold colors of LSU! A very scrappy top, it uses the block pattern that Fat Quarterly is using in their current quilt-along. I just pulled fabrics from my 2 1/2" bin instead of using a jelly roll. All of the blocks except the LSU blocks have a light blue oxford cloth center to tie the quilt together. I'll be linking this to Amy's Sew & Tell Friday and Andrea's Lush Friday, so be sure to check out all the beautiful finishes on each of their blogs!!
And now.....
Well, it's finally here - my 100th blog post!! When I started this blog back in January, I had no idea how much fun this would be - and certainly didn't anticipate this day! I wasn't part of a thriving quilt ministry back then, either - something else I didn't anticipate! Blogging has been lots of fun, and I've made so many great friends - and I've found out that quilting bloggers are very generous people! I try to be as generous to all my bloggy friends as they have been to me - - - - and on that note,
Let's get to the giveaway!!!
First up on the giveaway train is Heather Ross's Far Far Away 2 Fat Quarter Bundle in Aqua!! I finally gave up trying to win some of this for myself, and bought it when Hawthorne Threads had it in stock (after missing the first batch that came back in!) then realized it would be the perfect giveaway item - - - so I went back and ordered the last bundle for you guys!! If you haven't had a chance to see it in person, it really is yummy - a beautiful linen-y looking fabric, slightly heavier than regular quilting fabric, but still a great weight to quilt with.
But wait, there's more!!!!
The next car on the giveaway train is loaded with seven half-yard cuts of some beautiful vintage fabrics that came my way recently! All of these fabrics are 36" wide. If I had to date them, I'd say they are probably from the late 1950's to mid 1960's. Personally, I've not seen American-made fabrics in 36" widths since the late 60's. The prints on the fabrics would appear to fit that era. These fabrics are in great condition, too!
And finally, riding along in the caboose.....
....is this sweet hand-pieced pin cushion made from Spun Sugar Quilts' great pattern! I have really enjoyed playing around with English Paper Piecing, something I never would have known about if I hadn't started blogging - so someone is going to be the beneficiary of my new skill set!
So how can you win this great loot?? Easy....
1. Leave a comment! I'd love to know what you'd do with the fabric that's up for grabs....
2. Become a follower and leave a comment saying you have, or leave a comment letting me know you already are one!
3. Blog about this giveaway on your blog, and leave a separate comment with the link to where you blogged about it!
4. And finally, because generosity has its rewards, if you've made a fabric donation to our quilt ministry, please leave a comment saying so for one additional entry!
Random.org will be the one picking the winners. It's a tough job. I don't envy her!
Entries will close no earlier than 5:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, September 12th, Central Standard Time. You have a few days to enter, so get to it! I'll announce the winners sometime Sunday evening.
Good luck!!!
Sarah
One reminder - if you are set to "no reply", you will need to check back to my blog Sunday night to see if you won the giveaway. If a "no reply" entry wins, and they don't contact me by Monday evening, I'll run Ms. Random again......
In Blogger, if you want to change your setting, go into your profile, choose Edit Profile, and click the box marked "Show E-Mail Address". Sarah
UPDATE: There's another great giveaway going on at Chasing Cottons - go check it out!!
First off, let's take care of my Friday finish - a flimsy for a quilt ministry quilt going to a 15-year old boy in Louisiana who was in a car accident and has been in a coma. The young man is a huge LSU fan, but I couldn't see making a purple quilt for a teenage boy - so this quilt has ten blocks scattered across it in the purple ad gold colors of LSU! A very scrappy top, it uses the block pattern that Fat Quarterly is using in their current quilt-along. I just pulled fabrics from my 2 1/2" bin instead of using a jelly roll. All of the blocks except the LSU blocks have a light blue oxford cloth center to tie the quilt together. I'll be linking this to Amy's Sew & Tell Friday and Andrea's Lush Friday, so be sure to check out all the beautiful finishes on each of their blogs!!
And now.....
Well, it's finally here - my 100th blog post!! When I started this blog back in January, I had no idea how much fun this would be - and certainly didn't anticipate this day! I wasn't part of a thriving quilt ministry back then, either - something else I didn't anticipate! Blogging has been lots of fun, and I've made so many great friends - and I've found out that quilting bloggers are very generous people! I try to be as generous to all my bloggy friends as they have been to me - - - - and on that note,
Let's get to the giveaway!!!
First up on the giveaway train is Heather Ross's Far Far Away 2 Fat Quarter Bundle in Aqua!! I finally gave up trying to win some of this for myself, and bought it when Hawthorne Threads had it in stock (after missing the first batch that came back in!) then realized it would be the perfect giveaway item - - - so I went back and ordered the last bundle for you guys!! If you haven't had a chance to see it in person, it really is yummy - a beautiful linen-y looking fabric, slightly heavier than regular quilting fabric, but still a great weight to quilt with.
But wait, there's more!!!!
The next car on the giveaway train is loaded with seven half-yard cuts of some beautiful vintage fabrics that came my way recently! All of these fabrics are 36" wide. If I had to date them, I'd say they are probably from the late 1950's to mid 1960's. Personally, I've not seen American-made fabrics in 36" widths since the late 60's. The prints on the fabrics would appear to fit that era. These fabrics are in great condition, too!
And finally, riding along in the caboose.....
 |
| Check out the cool vintage button on this side! |
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| Here's the other side - It's like two for one! |
....is this sweet hand-pieced pin cushion made from Spun Sugar Quilts' great pattern! I have really enjoyed playing around with English Paper Piecing, something I never would have known about if I hadn't started blogging - so someone is going to be the beneficiary of my new skill set!
So how can you win this great loot?? Easy....
1. Leave a comment! I'd love to know what you'd do with the fabric that's up for grabs....
2. Become a follower and leave a comment saying you have, or leave a comment letting me know you already are one!
3. Blog about this giveaway on your blog, and leave a separate comment with the link to where you blogged about it!
4. And finally, because generosity has its rewards, if you've made a fabric donation to our quilt ministry, please leave a comment saying so for one additional entry!
So - - - you can leave up to four separate comments for this giveaway!! Four chances to win!! Woohoo!!
Random.org will be the one picking the winners. It's a tough job. I don't envy her!
Entries will close no earlier than 5:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, September 12th, Central Standard Time. You have a few days to enter, so get to it! I'll announce the winners sometime Sunday evening.
Good luck!!!
Sarah
One reminder - if you are set to "no reply", you will need to check back to my blog Sunday night to see if you won the giveaway. If a "no reply" entry wins, and they don't contact me by Monday evening, I'll run Ms. Random again......
In Blogger, if you want to change your setting, go into your profile, choose Edit Profile, and click the box marked "Show E-Mail Address". Sarah
UPDATE: There's another great giveaway going on at Chasing Cottons - go check it out!!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Toddlerless Tuesday #4! Tuesday's Treasures, Too!
Hi, all!
It's starting to feel normal not to have a toddler around two extra days a week - but I am still really glad to see her at 2:00! It's a lot of fun to see her face light up when she sees me at the classroom door....
OK - so today, I mailed my Bee Splendid blocks that I made for Carrie - she wanted variations on string blocks, incorporating the Kona Snow and the bright blue square in each block.
I also now have sixty-two blocks for the Louisiana quilt done; there's another twenty-four out in other people's hands; and I've started cutting out the last fourteen to sew up. Hopefully on Thursday I can finish up that flimsy!
I organized this week's new fabric donations, too - all folded and put away in the stash cabinet!
And - - - I finally found a pattern I like for a special quilt for someone's birthday, plus I stopped by my LQS (local quilt shop for those of you who don't have all the acronyms down yet!) and found two more fabrics to add to the mix for this quilt.
Plus - I cleaned out another silver dollar-sized lump of lint from my sewing machine - much to my granddaughter's amazement! She wants to try cleaning it out now!!
So I think all in all, it was a productive Tuesday!!
And now...... Tuesday's Treasures!
This lovely little sofa was a part of my great-grandfather's law office furniture when he was a young lawyer just starting out in Smithfield, North Carolina in the early 1900's! He became a pretty well known name in North Carolina politics, and served as chairman of the board for Nationwide Insurance. I got to know him pretty well as a child; he died the summer I was twelve. But I remember him as a very loving man who played a mean game of double solitaire (and I mean "mean" - he would slap your hand if you played on his cards!); he loved to fish and would always start a competition for who could catch the biggest fish, and almost always seemed to lose. He played the organ and loved his family. When he was with Nationwide Insurance, we got to fly on the company jet with him - I remember how cool that was, because the plane had tables and seats that faced directions other than towards the front! So anyway, this sofa reminds me of all the great times I had with my great-grandfather.
Apparently, Lilli likes it too - she and her entourage play on it a lot!! So I tell her about her great-great-great-grandfather and hope she remembers stories about him when she gets older......
I'm going to hook up with Tuesday Treasures over at Clare's Craftroom - be sure to go by there and see all the neat treasures!!
And don't forget - This is post #99 for my blog - come back Friday for my 100th post and a GIVEAWAY!!
Later!
Sarah
It's starting to feel normal not to have a toddler around two extra days a week - but I am still really glad to see her at 2:00! It's a lot of fun to see her face light up when she sees me at the classroom door....
OK - so today, I mailed my Bee Splendid blocks that I made for Carrie - she wanted variations on string blocks, incorporating the Kona Snow and the bright blue square in each block.
I also now have sixty-two blocks for the Louisiana quilt done; there's another twenty-four out in other people's hands; and I've started cutting out the last fourteen to sew up. Hopefully on Thursday I can finish up that flimsy!
I organized this week's new fabric donations, too - all folded and put away in the stash cabinet!
And - - - I finally found a pattern I like for a special quilt for someone's birthday, plus I stopped by my LQS (local quilt shop for those of you who don't have all the acronyms down yet!) and found two more fabrics to add to the mix for this quilt.
Plus - I cleaned out another silver dollar-sized lump of lint from my sewing machine - much to my granddaughter's amazement! She wants to try cleaning it out now!!
So I think all in all, it was a productive Tuesday!!
And now...... Tuesday's Treasures!
This lovely little sofa was a part of my great-grandfather's law office furniture when he was a young lawyer just starting out in Smithfield, North Carolina in the early 1900's! He became a pretty well known name in North Carolina politics, and served as chairman of the board for Nationwide Insurance. I got to know him pretty well as a child; he died the summer I was twelve. But I remember him as a very loving man who played a mean game of double solitaire (and I mean "mean" - he would slap your hand if you played on his cards!); he loved to fish and would always start a competition for who could catch the biggest fish, and almost always seemed to lose. He played the organ and loved his family. When he was with Nationwide Insurance, we got to fly on the company jet with him - I remember how cool that was, because the plane had tables and seats that faced directions other than towards the front! So anyway, this sofa reminds me of all the great times I had with my great-grandfather.
Apparently, Lilli likes it too - she and her entourage play on it a lot!! So I tell her about her great-great-great-grandfather and hope she remembers stories about him when she gets older......
I'm going to hook up with Tuesday Treasures over at Clare's Craftroom - be sure to go by there and see all the neat treasures!!
And don't forget - This is post #99 for my blog - come back Friday for my 100th post and a GIVEAWAY!!
Later!
Sarah
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