Hopscotch it is!

The votes are in...and the name of my quilt:

HOPSCOTCH

Winning 71% of the vote!

Thank-you all so much for participating & voting!

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Oh, yes! And how could I forget the winner of my lovely little bird zipper pouch?

Total of 41 comments: The winner is....#26!!!

MONICA!!!

Congrats!!! I'll be emailing you shortly!

Thanks again everyone for playing along!

Name My Quilt Giveaway

Thanks so much to those that posted some suggestions to name my Wonderland quilt.

I've created a poll on the right hand side for everyone to vote on their favourite.

Linen Dreams

Dreams in Wonderland

Geometric Freckles

Hopscotch

I included Hopscotch, because the pattern kinda reminds me of the playground hopscotch game...remember jumping from block to block??? Anyhoo, that's my suggestion.

So I thought, why not make this a giveaway!!! Fun right!!! I've set aside my lovely zipper pouch to giveaway to one lucky winner.

How do you win?? Follow these simple rules:

• Vote on the Poll: look to the right hand side of my blog, and you'll see the poll question. Vote for which name you feel best suits my quilt.
• Leave a comment on this post. Make sure you let me know you voted, so leave a comment here...it's the only way I can enter you in the contest. Please include contact info (email address, blog, something, so that I can get ahold of you if you win).

The poll is open for one week from today...closes July 29th!

At that time I will randomly choose a winner!

It's that easy. Contest is open to EVERYONE!

?? Wonderland ??

Well thank-you to all who helped me decide on sashing for this quilt...as you can see I went with the neutral off-white linen.

I love the way quilts look when their blowing in the wind.

(Please excuse the poor pictures...I had to use my old ancient camera as my new one is MIA)

Things I love:

- It's sashed with linen!!! I love linen!!! I used a home-dec weight though so I think quilting may get a little tricky.

- Wonderland collection! It's so fresh and youthful. I used a layer-cake for this one, and just created some basic blocks and threw them together.

- It's competely square, about the size of a small throw, which is nice enough to cuddle with on cool nights.

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So once again, I call upon my dear friends out in the blogosphere...I need to name this baby.

Any ideas?

To entice you even further, I think I'll collect my favorite names, then create a poll for others to choose...perhaps a giveaway involved??? Yes, yes?

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Have an awesome weekend...I'm off to camp and canoe. Hopefully the rain will hold off.

SEWN Giveaway Winner!

The winner has been chosen!!!

why not sew?

who said:

"Thanks for entering my giveaway and letting me know about yours! I love your bag. I think brown and blue look so good together. For inspiration I usually save any crafty website or blog in my favorites and when I get a chance I check them out."

Congrats!!! I'm sending you an email right now!

Thanks to all of you who entered! This was a lot of fun, and I will definitely being doing it again soon! I found some great links with all of your help!

SEWN is up and running!!! Click here to go check it out!

SEWN Giveaway!

Well I finally decided what I'm going to giveaway for the SEWN website launch....

The Charlie - Manzanita Clutch!

Named after my beautiful niece Charlotte, this is my first original bag design, and it's looking for a new home.

All sewn with Joel Dewberry's manzanita collection in robin egg blue and brown. I love the lily's on this piece.

All 100% cotton.

10"length x 7.5" height, darted for a width of 2.5" with a 4.5" strap length.

The contest begins NOW! Open till June 8th at midnight EST. I will randomly choose a winner and announce it the following day (June 9th). Please make sure you include an email address or link to your blog so I can contact you if you win. International contestants welcome!

So here's how to enter:

-For one entry: leave a comment on this post by June 8th at midnight EST. Tell me something interesting, random, whatever your heart desires. One catch: tell me where you find inspiration. Include a link to a blog, website, shop, whatever, where you look for inspiration. I'm always looking for new inspiration.

-For an additional two enteries - blog about it! Just let me know in your comment so I can go check out your crafty blog!

-For an additional three entries: follow-me by clicking on the Follow-Me button on the right hand side. (To my current followers - you are already in the race!)

So in total - that's six enteries for your chance to win!

It's that easy!

My first giveaway on this blog, and I'm getting excited!!!

Be sure to check out all the other giveaway's underway. Click here for the directory of blogs involved in the giveaway, and enter to win great stuff.

Good luck to you all!

Help please...

So I'm trying my best to get some unfinished projects done and off my list. I finally completed all the blocks for this Wonderland quilt and squared them up...now I just need to figure out some sashing. But I'm torn. I have two options...



Light or dark? Both are linen/cotton blends that I've never used before in a quilt, but thought it would be good to put them to use. The dark is a flecky grey, and the light is like a natural white (not stark white). I like them both and I can't decide.
Any thoughts? opinions? advice?

On another note, I planted my first garden ever this past weekend.

This being my first house, and also my first real yard, I decided to create a whole new flower bed. I choose perennials (because I don't really want to be doing this every year), and I was told they are pretty low maintenance...perfect for the gardening novice. So I guess I'll just have to wait and see how they spread, grow and bloom. I'm pretty happy with the outcome...

Other random tidbits:

- I got an email from Elizabeth at Ambiance in the Netherlands, and she's creating something really neat...a quilt for her soon-to-be niece/nephew with fabric from all over the world. I sent her some pieces today...if you want to help her out, check out her blog (it's in dutch I think...lol) and email her. She's got fabric bits from around the globe...what a unique and special gift.

- I also signed up for Swaptree. It's a site where you can swap games, music, movies and books with others. I listed a few of my crafty/cooking books that I no longer use. I've been scanning the site all day finding books I'd love. What a great way to share your gently loved items and receive some new stuff in return!

- I found out about Amy Butler Midwest Modern Contest (pdf file). Starts in June and runs through till September. Make anything using Amy's Midwest Modern collection and enter to win great prizes! I guess I better restock on some more fabric.

- Tomorrow is May Day Giveaway over at Sew Mama Sew. Make sure to check out all the action starting tomorrow...

- Lastly, keep watching for my SEWN launch giveaway...it's all in the works and I'll be posting about it soon.

Have a great week everyone...I'm starting up another round of 4 shifts...lucky me.

Baby Blooms Quilt

So the quilt top is complete!!! I had a lot of fun piecing this one. It made me fall in love with 1930 reproduction prints. TOO CUTE!

So I'm in the process of quilting it...mostly stitch in the ditch, and maybe some echo around the flowers. I opted not to make faces or smilies on the flowers...I kinda like it better this way.

And another great quilting adventure coming up: Old Red Barn Quilt-a-long! Check this out:

And I'm totally in the market for a new machine...how cool would it be to win one??????