I have a blogger account with the same blog name and address. What kind of feedback can blogger users provide me? Your blogs look better than mine and it seems to be more popular than wordpress. HELP a Quilter out.
Giveaway Mania
Everyone must be suffering from cabin fever and anxiously awaiting spring. Many quilter bloggers are having giveaways currently. How exciting.
For my giveaway from this week, I’m still waiting for Patty to contact me. If you know Patty, tell her to email me. I have Monday off and would love to get her award out to her.
Here is another giveaway going on. http://kvintaquilts.blogspot.com/2010/02/tiny-giveaway.html. I love the colors in this fabric. They would make a cute table topper for a little girl’s tea party.
What makes a great giveaway? What do you like to see as a reader?
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Congratulations to…
Thank you so much for all the submissions. We had a great time reading over them. Mrs C has chosen a winner.
Patty Says:I learned to sew from my grandmother. We always teased mom that she couldn’t sew on a button. But grandma had all the patience in the world and showed me so much. I was the oldest granddaughter who lived near by, so I must have been chosen! When I was still too young to actually run the machine, I would pull out the pins right before they got to the needle. And I did a great job of it according to grandma. Both my grandmothers are deceased now, but I have a wonderful treasure from them. When mom was cleaning out her mother’s house she found appliqued sunbonnet sue and butterfly blocks. I didn’t know grandma had ever appliqued, so they must have been put away a long time before I was born. They are hand button hole stitched and 30’s fabric. But since grandma was gone and I really wasn’t old enough to quilt by myself yet, my grandma on dad’s side of the family, who also quilted, set the blocks together and quilted it. So I have this beautiful quilt of 30’s fabrics lovingly put together by both of my grandmothers. I am now a grandmother myself and have made lots and lots of quilts and clothing. My oldest granddaughter turns 8 this month and I am going to give her one of my older machine and teach her how to sew. She was so excited when I asked her if she wanted to learn. And that makes me think of my mom not liking to sew and my daughter not liking to sew…..so it must be true that it skips a generation in my family.
Patty…please email me at [email protected] with your address and your 5 fq selections.
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New Fabrics from Timeless Treasures
The groundhog saw his shadow yesterday, yuck. I do know a few people that threaten to drive to PA and beat up poor Phil for his prediction. The skies have been very gray for the last two weeks. Makes me wonder why I left Florida again? Just kidding. I LOVE Indy and being back.
For today’s inspiration I went wondering around on fabric manufacturer’s Web sites. I wanted to see how I could get myself into trouble with shopping. Timeless Treasures has a lot of new fabrics out for spring. I think the cold dreary weather is drawing me to the bright spring colors. Here are the collections that I liked the best…so far. There is no stash busting going on here.
Strawberry Field by Alice Kennedy. My favorite is the blended print fabric. These have to be in my stash. For what project, I’m not sure.
The other line that caught my eye was Lily by Alice Kennedy. It has a great blend of pink, green and black. These are bolder hues and not delicate springy colors. A fat quarter collection of this collection wouldn’t be the worse thing. These are great accent pieces for any project, don’t know that I would use them as a project as a group.
The Strawberry Field line reminds me of the Hoffman Color Splash line that I talked about a couple of months ago. Very interesting, could just be a “Spring” trend.
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Giveaway still going on
You have until 5pm today to tell me your favorite sewing memory. See the post below.
Memories…giveaway
Good Monday morning. Were you a productive sew-er this weekend? I admit I was not. Once again, life got in the way. Actually, I was busy working on my wedding invitations so I can get them out this week. Stuffing over 150 takes more time than I aniticipated.
I received an email this morning from Joann’s about a contest they are holding. It’s about Decades & Memories. They are showcasing a project from a different decade. Right now it is the 60’s. That is not what got me thinking…the memories tugged at me a bit.
My grandmother is the person that taught me to sew. One of my favorite memories with her is from when I was around 5. She had the sewing machine out and these circles in a variety of colors. I started sewing them together. She was behind me cooking dinner and there I was playing around on her sewing machine, no real clue what I was doing. I love my grandma for letting me learn my way through new things. I can tell you those circles looked like crap, but for a 5 year old I was really proud of my accomplishment. I can see this memory like it was yesterday. I’m currently sewing on her old dining room table at my parent’s house.
My grandma gets the majority of my first time projects because no matter what she will love them. She is showing off her quilt currently to all the ladies at her nursing home. Now, she’s 96 and doesn’t have much else to do. She has always been my biggest cheerleader. She was my assistant on my first quilt.
The first complete quilt that I made went to my parents for Christmas about 10 years ago. I had bought the fabric and while I was home on break from school I would go over to grandmas to sew. On Christmas Eve I wasn’t quite done with the top so I had to sneak it into my parents house. It felt like my parents would NEVER go to bed that night. There I was in our family room sewing up a storm trying to get this done before Christmas morning. At 3am, I ran out of binding and called it a “night.” My parents were very surprised by their gift. They still have it in a closet, but it did not hold up so well to washing. I had a lot to learn.
So readers, what are your memories? What is your favorite sewing memory? I will let my quilting friend in North Carolina decide based on your responses. My giveaway item will be 5 fat quarters, pick 5 of the 7 below. Sorry, more of my collection is still in Florida.
You have until Tuesday 2/2 at 5pm to post. I will annouce the winner on Thursday!!
