It's Giveaway Day!  I have two giveaways this time around - in two separate posts.

Up here - a colorful spots and dots bundle containing a fat-sixteenth of sixteen different polka dot fabrics from various manufacturers including Moda, Michael Miller, Westminster, and Birch Organics. 

 To enter, please leave a comment noting your favorite dot - large, small, color, pattern - anything that might set one polka dot out from another for you!  (Please only one comment per person.)

Comments will close Friday December 12th and I'll choose winners for two bundles on Saturday!  

Be sure to visit SewMamaSew for more great giveaways!

And best wishes to all for a lovely holiday season!

It's Giveaway Day!

I have two separate giveaways this round:
In this post, enter to win a $25 gift certificate to Lark Cottons.

Choose a gift for yourself or to give from our selection of high-quality quilting cottons, patterns and select notions.

To enter, just leave a comment noting a favorite fabric designer or collection.  (Please only one comment per person.)

Comments will close Friday December 12th, and a winner with be chosen at random Saturday.

 

 Be sure to visit SewMamaSew for more great giveaways!

And Happy Holidays to all!

do good granny.

a charity quilt made by the hope circle of Do. Good Stitches.

a finish.

Finished size approximately 45" x 52".  Mostly scraps from stash, with Bella White 98 for the sashing and Tula Pink Vintage Stars on the back.  Read a bit more about this quilt here and here.

linking up with crazy mom quilts for finish it up friday!

november bee blocks.

This month I've asked my do.  good stitches bee mates for HST blocks in jewel tones with a wonky corner.  Or what I think of as jewel tones:  pinks, magentas, melons, aquas.  Basically anything but primary colors.  I may have gotten a little carried away, making six so far, with some of my favorite scraps.  I'm excited by how vibrant they look, and looking forward to see what my bee mates create!

Linking up with Scraptasic Tuesday this month!

arrowhead times two. 

I first posted about this block back in July, and made the solid version shortly thereafter, but dragged my feet on the tutorial and sewing up the scrappy option until now.  It's not that it's a particularly difficult block, but there is some fussiness and tutorials take a long time to put together!  For me at least.  It's the photos and graphics mostly.  I can never decide which work / look best, and in this case, ended up using both!

I'm feeling pretty "meh" about the solid version.  I think it has a lot to do with my color choice.  

But the graphic of multiple blocks together is rather striking, with the secondary pattern emerging so strongly. And then the ideas of playing with color start flooding in...  this is one that might get made up as a blank coloring sheet.

 The scrappy version is just the opposite.  I love everything about the single block.  It's dynamic and engaging and I love how the squares of the middle "triangle" units are distinct.   

It was a little more time-consuming to make, but not by much.  No strip-piecing for the nine-patches and if you're not paying close attention (like me) this can happen:  

oops.

Several blocks together?  I'm not so sure.  Granted, this is the same block copy-pasted.

Scrappy blocks of different colors? Scrappy colors but single-colored background?  Multiple colors within a single block? Would the secondary pattern emerge?  Would it just be chaos?  Hmm.  More coloring pages perhaps.

For now, the scrappy aqua block is looking more and more like pillow material.  Although I'm not ruling out a single-block quilt yet with large borders.  The red block will be retired to the "dead block files".  For now.


Find the tutorial for a single block here.

october bee blocks.