Wow - A terrific Giveaway

What would you do if you were given 30 Fat Quarters? What are your favorite fabrics?

Oh what easy questions! I can answer those.

Now if you can answer those too, and blog about it with a link back, you can enter and maybe win the 30 FQs. (but wait, I want to win! ) Okay if I don't win, (did I mention that I would LOVE to win) I would be happy if you won.

So what are you waiting for?

Oh. my my. Okay it is at Pigtales and Quilts and she is doing it in honor of her daughter turning 30. Now GO, and tell her Gene sent you.

One Giant Step Closer

My Quilt as you go project is nearing completion. I am so excited! Once I get it trimmed and put on the binding, I will have a nice bright colorful new quilt for my bed.

I was told that I should have kept the first quilt I made. However, I was making that first quilt as a present for my niece. I had a deadline and even though I tried to machine quilt it, I gave up on that and tied it.

My second quilt top is still in the bag waiting for a trip to get longarm quilted. I am not sure when that will happen.

But, this one is bordering (pun intended) on a finish! I used a semi-crazy quilt technique. It is also a stack and whack technique. So there are four blocks of each "design." The blocks are nice and large, roughly 16 by 18 inches, so I could finish quickly. I basically used fat quarters and then trimmed the blocks to size.

The back of each block is made of a solid piece of fabric. For joining strips, I just cut strips off the edges of fabric in my stash and/or leftovers from making the blocks. (Hey, I didn't buy it all as fat quarters. Some of the FQs were cut from yardage as needed) Here is a peek at the back.

In case you are wondering, I have a room divider next to the sewing table. I use it as a place to hang strips or pin pieces if I need to. It is a frame with off-white fabric as the divider and it is very handy right there!