WINNER

I picked a winner today via Random.org and the lucky number was #22

AmyMay 21, 2012 7:15 AM

This quilt is charming. I especially love the detail in the actually quilt stitching. Thanks so much for the chance to win. Crossing my fingers! Have a great trip to New England. I've never been there, but you may want to look for places to see and eat on Yelp or Tripadvisor. They are my two favorite traveling sites. =)

Amy, I sent you an email requesting your mailing info.

Thanks everyone that stopped by and entered and I truly appreciate all the tips on what to see and do! It's going to be a fun trip and maybe I'll even get some pictures on here after our trip!

May Giveaway Day!!

Sew Mama Sew is hosting their May Giveaway Day again! I haven't participated in the last couple ones and since I've been so absent from my blog lately, I figured I'd make this a good one! (well at least I hope you all think it's a good one!)

 I'm giving away my "Love in a Mist" quilt!

It's been folded sitting in my crafting closet for about a year and I think it's time to let someone have it that will appreciate it!
This quilt measures 35"x39" and it's hand quilted!
I love this quilt, but I'm willing to part with it.
More pictures and the original blog post for this quilt can be found here.

(you'll have to excuse the 'fold' pucker in the middle. that's just from being folded in my closet for some time!)

How to enter, you ask?

Well...here are the rules:

One entry per person

and all you have to do is leave a comment. (Please make sure if you are a "no-reply" blogger that you leave your email address. If there is no way to contact you, I'll draw another person)

This giveaway is open to anyone, anywhere in the world.

IF you are so inclined...I'd love some suggestions on places to go and see in the New England area! We are packing up our travel trailer and hitting the road for the whole month of July to explore New England: Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire and anywhere else nearby! So if you know of a great spot to camp, visit, see, eat at, shop at, whatever...please share!

Giveaway will close May 25th 8pm EST/5pm PST

I'll randomly draw a winner after that. (oh and that should be interesting since with this new blogger change I lost my numbered comments!) ;)

Good Luck! 

*COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED*

April's mini

Here's April's Mini Quilt for Crystal. As most of you know I love Vintage Sheets. So I gathered a bunch of scraps and made this little string quilt. 

 It measures 18"x18"

Here's the back. I love this print!

We had some real nice weather here and I was excited to work with the vintage sheets again. Now, of course, we have horrible, raining, dreary weather and it's put a damper on my quilting. I actually did some sewing last weekend but I'm now at a standstill since I need to do my basting outside and it's all rainy! Hopefully it clears up soon, because I'm excited to show you the other stuff I've made!

March Mini

I got to this one late. We had some friends from California visiting last week, so of course in the days ahead I was getting the house ready and then had packed the sewing machine up for a couple weeks. Anyway,  I got this one finished and mailed and it's been received so I can show it!

This one is all wonky starts of varying sizes. I had a lot of fun making this one because I love wonky stars! I tried something new using rectangles to make a few of them. I loved the way those turned out! It's made all with Kona solids with exception to the butterfly print.

I forgot to measure it, of course! I think it's around 18"x18".

Now I need to get busy on April's!

I'm still alive...

Seriously? .....

It's April????

My last post was in February???

Oh my! Ok, so I'm alive and well and I'll have a new blog post with pics on a project I completed soon. It's off in the mail today, so I have to wait until it's received to post it.

I've never gone this long without a post. I've never gone so long without a completed project. I've received a few inquiring emails and I appreciate it! I am ok. But it lead me to do a little thinking. I'm in such a funk right now and have NO MOTIVATION to sew. This is a first for me! So I really thought about it and I think I've realized having hubby home and not doing the "usual" Navy work has really cramped my sewing time! (For those that don't know...my hubby is in the Navy and usually wherever we are stationed for however long, he's home maybe half the time. We are now at the Naval War College in Newport, RI and he's getting his Master's Degree, so he's home by noon most days now....everyday....no deployments....here all the time....always around...no breaks.... Oh, wait...does that sound bad?!) Don't get me wrong, I love having him home and not deployed, but I never sew now. I do most of my quilting when he's gone as I have the time, and I find myself way more creative during the absences. So as hard as deployments and time apart is, it works for us. I don't mind being alone....because then it means I SEW!

I'm determined to get back in the groove of things. My goal for this year was to finish up some WIPs and I've got quite a few. So I'm going to buckle down and get some quilts FINISHED! Stay tuned and I'll show you my latest completion in a few days!

February Mini

This one is my favorite mini quilt I've made, so far. I love this block so much that eventually, I'll be making a whole quilt out of these, all with DS Quilts fabrics.Tutorial found here.

These "Granny Squares" quilts are popping up all over, and every time I see one it makes me smile because every single one is so cute!

I hand quilted this one and washed and dried it to give it the soft crinkly look before sending it off to Crystal.

I haven't been motivated lately to do much sewing and yet I have so much sewing to do. I'm hoping that this coming week I'll get back to my machine and crank out some of my unfinished projects I've got going on!

January Mini Quilt

Here's my January Mini Quilt for Crystal. 

I could not think of an idea at all! So I came up with this just using some scraps. I think I need to start coming up with several ideas and write them down since I have 8 or so more of these to make! But boy are mini quilts ever fun! Making mini quilts has got to be one of my most favorite projects I've done! They are fast and practically instant gratification!

measures: 16"x19"

fabric: "California Dreamin" by Jenean Morrison