Giveaway Winners

Thank you all for stopping by and entering my giveaways!  I will be emailing the winners later today.  I had so much fun reading through all of your responses.   In case you are curious about my own answers to the questions, they are below the winners.

Giveaway #1 Winner is:

# 134 Treasuresofjoy
I Love to read my Bible

Giveaway #2 Winner is:

#30 Jenniffier Kramer

 "I want to make a purse this summer and finish some UFOs not too much to ask right?"

Giveaway #3 Winner is:

#89 CarrieM

Right now--coral

My favorite books include: "Bel Canto", The Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy, The Sevenwaters books, "Snow Falling on Cedars", "Pillars of the Earth", "Enders Game", "Chocolat", The first few Wheel of Time books, The Elm Creek Quilt Books...I could go on and on.  Currently I am reading "The Phantom of the Opera" and "The Eyre Affair" (a friend lent it to me when we were swapping books). I recently finished "A Discovery of Witches" and "Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes"

This summer I plan to finish up several UFOs and make myself a purse.  The last one I made was from a pattern I drew up and it was for a swap.  I wish I could have kept it.

My favorite color is red but I am having a lot of fun with orange lately.  I tend to buy a lot of Riley Blake fabrics because they are cute and I do most of my sewing for children.

I hope you have a fabulous weekend.  Feel free to stop by again.

I am counting...stay tuned

I promise I haven't forgotten.  I did the random generator thing and have my numbers for each of the giveaways.  However, after searching for an easy way to apply numbers to my comments and failing at a few attempts...well I am doing it by hand.  I will have the results for you all soon.  Thank you for your patience.  Too bad my computer guy husband isn't home to get it done in a minute.  :( 

The good news is that I have 2 tutorials I will be posting this weekend! So if you like feel free to drop by again. 

It's Giveaway Day!

It is giveaway day!  I am so excited! Below are 3 giveaways you can enter.  The giveaways are open until the 25th.  Winners will be selected May 27th.  Good luck.

This weekend I took a little time to try a few things.  I set up a fun envelope challenge for our quilt guild which included these colors:

Our guild members have until July to complete the challenge - which could be either creating a 12 1/2" block inspired by these colors or else just making something fun for themselves with them.  I started sketching up some ideas this past week and came up with around 10 different blocks.  I fell in love with one of them and sat down to try it out.  I didn't measure or get too fussy, I just went for it.  What do you think?

I adore it!  It reminds me of: gummy worms, car trips, and summer!  It just makes me happy.  It doesn't meet the guidelines for the guild challenge with the baby blue incorporated.  I think I am going to make a few more of these squares and create at least a lap quilt out of these. 

The other thing I tried this weekend was ladybug nails!
 

My daughter's were thrilled!  I found the tutorial here:
http://brandyscrafts.blogspot.com/2012/05/ladybug-nails.html
I don't paint nails very often so I definitely need more practice but, oh the possibilities!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Giveaway # 1 - *Updated*

Hello, Sew Mama Giveaway Day visitors!  Prize number 1 is: 1 Mod Medallions quilt pattern from Gigi's Thimble and a variety of 10" Riley Blake Fabrics (can be used to help you make the Mod Medallions quilt).

*I only ship to the U.S. (I am sorry international readers)

To enter please leave a comment including an email where I can reach you. If you like you can tell me what your favorite book is (doesn't have to be sewing related).  This giveaway is open until May 25th.  I will announce the winner by May 27th.  If I cannot reach the winner and they have not contacted me then I will select another winner 1 week later. 

Good luck and remember to check: Sew Mama Sew for more fabulous giveaway day giveaways!

 *Updated - Comments are now closed for this giveaway.  Winner announced here:

http://www.kadybugcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/05/giveaway-winners.html

Giveaway # 2 - *Updated

Hello, Sew Mama Giveaway Day visitors!  Prize number 2 is: a copy of "One-Yard Wonders" and  Omnigrid Easy Rounded Dresden Templates.

*I only ship to the U.S. (I am sorry international readers)

To enter please leave a comment including an email where I can reach you. If you like you can tell me what you plan to sew this summer.  This giveaway is open until May 25th.  I will announce the winner by May 27th.  If I cannot reach the winner and they have not contacted me then I will select another winner 1 week later. 

Good luck and remember to check: Sew Mama Sew for more fabulous giveaway day giveaways!

 *Updated - Comments are now closed for this giveaway.  Winner announced here:

http://www.kadybugcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/05/giveaway-winners.html

Giveaway # 3 - *Updated

Hello, Sew Mama Giveaway Day visitors!  Prize number 3 is: 1 fat quarter of the blue Birds on Chairs, 1 fat quarter of the purple Birds on Chairs, and a little more than 3/4 of a yard of jumping frogs.


*I only ship to the U.S. (I am sorry international readers)

To enter please leave a comment including an email where I can reach you. If you like you can tell me what your favorite fabric color is.  This giveaway is open until May 25th.  I will announce the winner by May 27th.  If I cannot reach the winner and they have not contacted me then I will select another winner 1 week later. 

Good luck and remember to check: Sew Mama Sew for more fabulous giveaway day giveaways!

 *Updated - Comments are now closed for this giveaway.  Winner announced here:

http://www.kadybugcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/05/giveaway-winners.html

Helping Out

I have been staying up really late (early morning) helping/teaching a friend how to quilt.  She is leaving to bring the quilt to her sister on Friday...so we are trying hard to get it all finished up by then.  All that is left after last night is the binding.  I promise to show photos of the completed quilt after she gives it to her sister.  In the meantime here are two more blocks I made:

This one is for "The Boxcar Children" - The book has a shadow picture and the cover doesn't show much either so I had to sketch/wing it as best I could.

The next block was "Harold and The Purple Crayon".  I embroidered the outlines and then began to fill it in.  I joked that I could stop and just leave the rest unfilled so it looked like he was still coloring and my friend decided that was good.  So here it is. 

I have also managed to sneak in making 3 more Farmer's Wife blocks:

This is one of my favorites:

I adore the little beehive in the corner and the "Build Your Own Greenhouse" ad in the center.  On my table are centers for the "Dresden Plate" quilt and pieces for the Half Square Triangle Quilt Along.