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.

We have a winner!

And the winner is Sandy! Sandy, please email me (my email is in my about on the right hand side) your address and I will send you your new pattern and charm pack off to you. :) 

I will be participating in SewMamaSew's giveaway day so there will be no giveaway next week.

But, check back on May 21st!  In the meantime I look forward to sharing more story blocks and farmer's Wife blocks!  I wish I could do more than a few blocks here and there, but there just isn't anymore time in my day.  In a few months though I am sure things will pick up. :)

Right now I am enjoying taking my 4 children for walks and shedding more baby weight.  I am so glad that all of the snow is finally gone!  My yard is starting to look green.  It has been overcast and a little damp the last few days but it just means more green right?  How is the weather where you are?

Giveaway

Before I get to the giveaway I am going to quickly share 3 blocks I finished up for a friend's Storybook quilt:

The first is from the book "Someday"by Alison McGhee illustrations by Peter Reynolds (I love his stuff).

The second is "Down By the Bay" - a whale with a polka dot tail.

And here is the giving tree block all finished up.  My friend and I think 4 more blocks would balance the quilt out nicely...now I am trying to figure out if I have enough time to whip up a few more by Thursday.  I have visions of "Madeline", "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie", "The Box Car Children", and many more floating through my head.  I might just have to make one of these for my children.

Now on to the giveaway:

I am giving away one "Square Dance" pattern by Gigi's Thimble away along with "A Walk in The Woods" Charm pack.  Next week I will give away a second of Amber's patterns along with different fabric so be sure to check back and enter then too.

To enter just leave a comment telling me what your favorite children's book was.   I will leave this giveaway open until Friday May 11 and announce the winners on Saturday.  Good luck!

And What Have I Been Stitching?

I finished hand stitching this block and am going to add the green leaf border all around.  This one is for a friend of mine who is putting together a story book quilt for her niece.  She ran short on blocks and I offered to make one up for her.  I thought embroidery would work well for "The Giving Tree", since all of the illustrations look pencil drawn.  What do you think?

I also managed to stitch up 4 more Farmer's Wife blocks bringing my total to 10.  10 seems pretty good...that's only 101 more to sew right?  What have you been making?  

Some Fun Mail

I have received tons of fun mail lately!  First up the rainbow charms from the swap hosted by sweet diesel designs.

Next up I got my order of books!  Among the large stack of children's books was this one:

I would love to buy a copy of this one for everyone I know!  It has so many fun projects in it.  I can't wait to show some of them to you all. So many unique ideas and fun ideas!  I might be making some cards this year.  The kids have been getting postcards for a geography project we are doing and they have more on the way:

I also got a really wonderful surprise!!  Remember how I won a pattern from Amber over at A Little Bit Biased?  Well she didn't just send me one pattern she sent me three!!!

So all of this fun mail got me to thinking...it is time for a giveaway!  So check back here next week and I will have my first giveaway!