Wednesday, October 15, 2014




This is day three of Vicki W.'s Fall Giveaway. And today you have the chance to win a baker's dozen (13) of fat quarters featuring novelty prints. I'm in the process of making an I-spy quilt and I had enough novelty prints to make a two-sided quilt. Sheesh.

So help me out by leaving a comment telling me if you have a favorite subject for your novelty prints.

You have until Oct. 22, 2014 to leave a comment for each day and the daily winners will be posted on this blog on Oct 24, 2014.

Over at Sane, Crazy, Crumby Quilts you can see a Flowering Snowball quilt in progress that features novelty prints featuring cherries.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

I promised I wouldn't give away free kittens, and I'm sticking to it. So for today's Fall Giveaway, I'm offering a chance to win a baker's dozen (13) of fat quarters of black and white fabrics.

For your chance to win, just leave a comment telling me if you have ever participated in one of Vicki W.'s quilt-a-longs and if so, which was your favorite. 

Black and white fabrics can really take bright quilts uptown. Check out this quilt in progress: Julie's Happy Happy Joy Joy quilt.

Monday, October 13, 2014

This week I'm joining Vicki W.'s Fall Giveaway, offering the chance each day to win a baker's dozen (13) of fat quarters. Last spring I had a single giveaway, where the winner got to specify what type of fabric they might like. This time I've joined for the full week...and so there will be six days to sign up to win a variety of fabrics: batiks, novelties, black and white etc.

Today is batik day. Just leave a comment (such as your favorite color or type of batik) and you may be the random winner of a baker's dozen of batik fat quarters. Then come back tomorrow to sign up for the next day's giveaway.

You have until Oct. 22, 2014 to leave a comment for each day and the daily winners will be posted on this blog on Oct 24, 2014.

And if you've noticed that this giveaway is severely lacking kittens, cat toys, and Tommy, then I suggest you leave a comment and then head straight to the QuiltingArtist blog where you can get your fill of the Tommy-approved adorable cat Lucy, who is posting today for the world blog tour.

Saturday, October 11, 2014

This morning began with a power outage so I was a bit worried about making my contribution to the Rainbow Scrappy Challenge. This is the week of the origami crane.

These cranes are gray, not brown. But they matched the rainy day and at least match the more subdued tones for the month.

But I've had bigger concerns to deal with...the kittens that were born at the beginning of the year are changing size and shape. And I think at some point all these kittens are supposed to become a quilt. But each color will be a different size and shape.

So I thought I would make some kitten preserves.

Whew! Quite a job, but at least I don't have to worry about the kittens spoiling and becoming cats. And this also means you can come back on Monday for the Fall Giveaway and know that this time I won't be offering free kittens.