Okay, People! It's a Giveaway!!!!!!!!!

Happy 200 followers giveaway!!!  I have for your fabric happiness, a glorious Liberty fat quarter and a scant half yard of a Henry Glass print that just wandered home with me the other day.  How can you win this bundle of fabric-wonderfulness?

1.  Leave a comment telling me what fabric you are currently drooling over and have on your wish list.
2.  Leave another comment if you are a follower or if you are a new follower!  So exciting!!!
3.  Blog about it and that it will get you another chance!!!!  Woo hoo!

There you go!  Three chances to win.  International entries are welcome!!!!

I will keep this giveaway open until Tuesday, March 13,  5 pm Pacific Standard Time.  Good luck everyone!!!!   Giveaway is now closed.

Yippee!

We woke up today with a skiff of snow on the ground.  Husband planted peas nonetheless!  That's a real farmer!  Planting the peas when the snow is still on the ground.  I might add that the snow is all gone and we actually had a gorgeous sunny day!

I noticed today that I have 200 followers!!!!!!  Yippee!!!!  Thank you everyone for following along.  Woo hoo!  I think this will mean a giveaway will be just around the corner.  I have been watching the little counter go up from 195 until today with 200!!!

Next on the agenda, voting has begun over at the Modern Mini Challenge, pop on over to check out the wonderful minis.  My mini didn't make it into the finals.  Boo hoo!  The competition is stiff!

Trying again...

Yesterday, I put posted pictures of my granny squares.  Yesterday, I had a headache. I was not really in my real brain.  I was in headache brain. It is truly a wonder that these blocks came together and that I didn't mess up at all.  Except with the picture.  I put the blocks on point for some reason and kept thinking they look funny.  I figured it out this morning that they really should not be on point so I am going to try this again.

Sigh.  That makes me happier.  They look more fun.  Like they are ready to party and have cake.

Have a super rest of your day.

What's on the design wall?

Granny Squares!!!  I want to tell you what went on in sewing land today.  It took me awhile to get going because I was messing around with scraps for most of the day.  Sawdust as Husband calls them.  I made this square the other day from a Fandango Candy Bar.  And I have to say.... mmehh...

It just didn't do it for me.  I think the fact that it was all from the same line, it just looked all sort of the same.  This line didn't have the ... "Kabam!"  that I seem to like.  So I put it aside and did this...

I cut a bunch of scraps into 2.5" squares.  And I mean a bunch of scraps.  Then I piled them in block piles. That is, a centre square, the 4 inner squares and the 8 outer squares.  I decided not to be super scrappy just scrappy scrappy.  I don't know how many blocks I will need.  I am just going to make a whole pile of them until I have enough.  The quilt will just grow until it is done.  

It really helps to have a space to lay out the block as you sew.  I add the 4 corner setting triangles at the very end.  I used a combination of tutorials for these granny squares.  Blue Elephant Stitches for the initial inspiration.  Tracey for the measurements.  I like her setting triangle method which is the same as my book.  My book calls this Grandmother's Pride and has the measurements for all different sizes of this block.  I think mine finish at about 7.5 ".

 This is a great book people!  I have said it before and I'm saying it again!!!  And then we have the start of a scrappy Granny Square quilt!

Linking up with Judy's Design Wall Monday!

Just a few little flea market finds...

I have such a fondness for vintage linens.  Husband and I were out and about today and I found these lovelies in a thrift shop 2 towns over.  They are delicate and lovely.  Guest towels apparently.  And 50 cents each!  Cheap!!!  See the proof below!

I also picked up the little card of yellow buttons and 2 metres of quilting cotton in blue for another $2.

It is a blustery day.  I didn't count how many bald eagles we saw, never mind the swans.  I got to stop in at one of my favourite quilt shops.  The one in the country next to the farm based cheese shop.  I found some great scrap bags.  They have awesome scrap bags and then we found some great cheese.  Black peppercorn gouda!  Seriously yummy.    The cheese and the fabric!

Across the road from the quilt shop.  Raspberry canes, all tied up and a chicken barn in the distance.  This is serious farm country people!

Have a lovely Saturday!  I will link up with Sophie's Flea Market Finds later today and Apron Thirft Girl's Thrift Share Monday!

Modern Mini Challenge!

Here it is!  My Modern Mini was inspired by an optical illusion Husband saw in one of his online science jounrals.  He has often thought that some of these might be quilt-worthy.  This one was!  It measures 24" by 24" and has 72 little 1 1/4" paper pieced and appliqued squares on  fine blue cotton from Britex in San Francisco.  The whole idea is that the rings of squares will look as if they spiral.  It was so difficult to figure out the angles to place the squares at but if you look at it at the right angle, you see the optical illusion!

I stippled it really, really closely with fabulous Aurifil 50 wt in  Bluet., #5007.  I like how the squares have become almost three dimensional because of the quilting all around them. 

This is my first mini quilt other than doll quilts and the first time I have made a quilt to hang on a wall. 

I am linking up with the Modern Mini Challenge over at Ellison Lane Quilts!  Fabulous!!!!  I am will also link up with Sew Modern Monday and Fabric Story Tuesday!  

Candy Bars and Granny Squares

I had a brain wave the other day.  I remembered that I had this...

I bought this last summer for 1/2 price and tucked it away safely.  I had an idea about what to do with it just the other day so got it out and had it sitting out in my sewing mess.  Husband walked by and saw the box which said...

It caught his attention because who doesn't like candy bars?  (Me, except the quilting kind because I don't eat chocolate.  Ya, strange, huh?)  He stopped, thinking that it was really candy bars and took a peak.  He was disappointed to open it and see fabric.  I think he felt supremely ripped off.  But I like what is inside just fine!

Yummy! These little guys are 2.5" by 5" and if I cut them in half, they will make perfect little granny squares pieces!!!!!  Isn't that a great brain wave!?  

And check this out... Husband's Christmas Cactus is blooming again!  It is just so lovely!