Christmas Quilt Along

Saturday was the Christmas Quilt-Along with Hazel and Sue. I was able to join along in the afternoon. Most likely, Hazel and Sue had shut off their machines and gone to bed by the time I started sewing.

I've been working on a quilt for my daughter based on this Sugar Garden Throw from Moda Bake Shop. The orginal is made from a layer cake.

My version is using yardage that I purchased on one of my California trips, so there is a little less variety in the fabrics. I've decided that I'm going to make more blocks without a red piece. I think the red should be a little less prominent.  It only requires a little bit of resewing, and I already have some of the replacement pieces cut.


I should have it done by Thanksgiving, maybe.

Luck

I have been so lucky the past two months. I won the honey bun at the last Arizona Longarm Quilters' Guild. I used it to make this quilt for my daughter's family for Christmas.

I won the charm pack from Pat Sloan, and because of my contact with Pat one of our local quilt guilds has scheduled her for a lecture and workshop. Cool!
 

On Monday, I got a call from The Quilter's Coop in Temecula. It seems that my name was drawn for their monthly drawing to win a $20.00 gift certificate.

Then today I got an email from Jo Krammer. My name was picked to win a $50.00 gift certificate to The Fat Quarter Shop! Unbelievable!

I'm thinking that I might have to buy fabrics to join in with Sue's Lone Star Quilt Along. The link is the button on the side of my blog.

I have won more in the past two months, than I have in the past 20 years. My family is urging me to go out and buy a few lottery tickets.

To all of the donors, thank you for my wins. You have been incredibly generous.

Design Wall

I've been working with some pre-cuts. At the longarm guild meeting I won a honeybun of Christmas fabrics. I got the crazy notion to make a Christmas quilt, for this year! I visited Moda Bake Shop, because they have great designs using pre-cuts. I typed in honeybun in the search engine, and up popped Counting by Fives. Perfect! Quick, easy, and best of all I would only have to buy backing fabric.

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 Here is my version. It's a flimsy. The only problem now, is getting it quilted. Hmmm, just a little snag, right?

Happy Birthday!

Yesterday was my youngest grandson's birthday. His party was Saturday. You know how that scheduling thing goes. Doesn't he look sophisticated in his suit vest and tie? He was a little overwhelmed with all the attention. Well, that and wearing big boy shoes.












And as for the design wall? I've put other projects on the back burner while I try to get a couple of baby quilts done. Two babies are due at work, and I need to get cracking to get them done. This one is Chinese Coins. The recent tutorial at Moda Bake Shop inspired me. I'm using a pack from the Eva line, though I think I like the hush-a-bye fabrics better now that I've been putting fabrics together. I may go back and take out the darkest fabrics and just try it with the lighter fabrics. I think that will help, I think.