100th Blog Post

Due to a lack of interest, there will not be a 100th post giveaway nor will there be a contest.

Sorry!

Scrappy Elegance

I love getting mail, not bills, not advertisements, but quilty stuff, greeting cards and postcards. I guess that's why I signed up for so many swaps. I have had to stop swapping as it was making me crazy. There are so many postcards and blocks that are due to me (and past their deadlines) that I think I just would rather look forward to the junk mail.
Last year I signed up for a block of the month (more about that in another post). When it was over I got sad that I would not be receiving my monthly package, so I signed up at Keepsake Quiltings medley of the month club. I received this one yesterday and it is called Scrappy Elegance. I have not idea what I will be doing with it. I will most likely cut it up and use it in a charity quilt.

Whole cloth

I cannot machine quilt to save my life. I am especially bad at free motion. So, I either send my tops to a longarmer or I quilt by hand. I bought a template about a year ago, for a crib sized whole cloth quilt. I finally got around to making the quilt. I used some natural colored muslin. It took me about two hours to draw out the design (I took alot of rest your back breaks). I could not decide if I wanted to use white thread on the whole thing or use colored threads. I asked my husband and he said use different colors, so here is the start of my quilting. It is hard to tell (even up close & personal) that I have used pink for the flowers, green for the leaves, a lighter green for the buds, white for the grid and violet on the feathers. I was thinking I might enter this in the 2009 Broward Quilt Expo. Seeing as how almost no one hand quilts anymore (not around here anyway) I just might stand a chance at winning the hand quiliting award by default. When finished, this quilt will be for sale.

Block Lotto

I discoved a block lotto over at the about.com site. I thought maybe if I win some blocks I could make a charity quilt a lot quicker. The rules say I have to post a picture of the blocks so here they are........................

Cute block isn't it?

I was kind of busy yesterday working on these heart blocks and I finished the Roman Stripe I started earlier.

I am fast approaching the 100 blog post mark. I am thinking I might have a contest. No, not just another "post a comment and win a prize" kind of giveaway but a real contest. You make a block for one of my charity quilts, I will post pictures, you vote, winner gets a prize , kind of contest. What do you think? Are there enough of you out there reading this blog who might be interested? Please let me know if you think this is a good idea or not.

Hello New Zealand

Yesterday I added a visitors map to this blog. It's way down there on the bottom. Go ahead, scroll down and you'll find it. I am blown away by the visitors and where they are from. Click on the map and it will tell you. New Zealand, Australia, the Netherlands, British Columbia and all over the US. Thank you all for visiting and I am so glad you like me, you really like me.