The results are in and there is a winner

Well, first off:

I'm in total shock because I was totally convinced it was a girl! But, I was also convinced my girl was a boy before the ultrasound. So that just proves that I shouldn't guess at things!

I'm really excited to have one of each though. And thank you all for such great fabric ideas! I'm ready to shop.

On to the giveaway.
For the pink stack of fabrics, Mr. Random Generator pulled:

 

Number 7 which is Laura!

For the blue stack, Mr. Random Generator pulled:

 

Number 70 was Lorri who said:

 

Congrats ladies, I'll be sending you an email for your address!

A little celebratory giveaway

The other day I realized I missed my blogaversary at the beginning of this month. It's been one year for my little blog and I still can't believe I actually have people who come and read what I have to say! I appreciate all of you who stop in to read my ramblings so I thought I'd do a little giveaway to show my appreciation.

At the same time, Monday is my big ultrasound where I found out the gender of my baby (provided they cooperate!). So in honor of that I'm giving away two fat quarter stacks.

A pink one:

And a blue one:

Here's what you do:

Leave me a comment and tell me what your favorite fabric line right now is for a boy or girl quilt (a little market research for my own selfish purposes). You do need to be or become a follower (sorry, it's a follower appreciation giveaway!). And if you want, you can guess if I'm having a boy or girl.

One entry per person and I will pick two winners. If you are a no-reply blogger, please make sure I have a way to reach you.

I'll be closing the giveaway on Monday at 2pm, eastern time and I'll announce the winners shortly after.

WIP Wednesday {34}

I know I've been really sporadic with these WIP Wednesday posts, but I'm actually taking a different approach to my sewing lately. I think with the few months I took off from sewing I feel like I really want to get some of my deadline stuff done. So I've been focusing on one project at a time rather than just sewing what I feel like.


So last night was our PMQG meeting. I wish I had brought my camera. Jessica Levitt is one of our members and she brought the projects from her new book, Modern Mix for show and tell. The projects in this book are really fantastic, but you'll have to check out her blog to see them since I have no pictures!

We also had a pincushion swap. We could make any kind of pincushion we liked. I decided to make a pincushion from Last Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts. What I loved about this pincushion is that I was able to use all scraps for it. It's mostly a Neptune and Prince Charming pincushion. And I added a little bling in the center to cover where all the points meet.

Here's the awesome pincushion I received. I was super psyched to get a Neptune pincushion!

The other deadline project I've been working on is picking out the next block for the October do.Good Stitches quilt. I'll show that one once I've posted it for the group. I can't believe October is so close!

I also had time to squeeze in an order for commissioned burp cloths for a friend.

And what I've been making most progress on is my mothers king size Aviary Birdbath quilt. I've feel like I've been working on this one forever. But I got another bunch of blocks done this week.

I've been doing this one print at a time. I have one print left - which means only 12 blocks! Here's my pile of blocks so far without the ones on the wall. It's about 2.25" high!

Then comes the daunting task of trying to lay this out! I think I'm going to have to move some furniture around just to have room to lay out all these blocks.


Waiting for my attention:
Curtains for sewing room, kitchen, great room and bedroom (these WILL be done before the baby comes)
Teacher gifts for christmas
beach bag for my sister


Lee is taking a break from her WIP link up this week. Stop by and wish her well in her fabric design efforts if you have a moment!

Hexagon Quilt finished

I had the privilege of being a quilter for the Bliss Group of do.Good Stitches in July. This means that in addition to stitching the usual couple blocks, I got to chose the pattern and colors and then assemble the blocks for the group. I chose to use the Hexagon Quilt-a-long from Jaybird Quilts. It's been on my to-do list for a long time and I know Julie's tutorials are always well written.

Our group benefits Wrap Them In Love and since we don't know who specifically will get our quilts I wanted to do a color scheme that could be good for a boy or a girl and even for an older child.

The only place that might have gotten a little girly was the binding. I had a fairly large stash of Parisville that worked perfect. Hopefully it's not too floral.

Here are some close ups of the quilting and some of the beautiful blocks.

I did a printed label for the back.

 The back is pieced mostly with Kona Ash.

I had a few learning moments with this one. When I lined it up on the design wall, it looked wide enough, but once I sewed it together it became very narrow so I added the two borders to even it out a bit!

I'm really happy with how this turned out and I hope it will make some little girl or boy very happy too!

Quilt stats:

Size:  62"x52"

Pattern: Hexagon Quilt a long - Jaybird Quilts

Pieced: Members of Bliss, do. Good Stitches

Quilted: by me

Finished: 9/15/11

September Bee Blocks

Over the long weekend, I was able to get my Bee Blocks done for the month of September.

For Sew Modern Bee, Rachel is doing the Fresh Lemons Quilt and sent us all fabrics from Sherbet Pips. She did all the cutting for us, so this was super easy to put together.

Then for do.Good Stitches, Carol gave us a challenge. At least it was a challenge for me! We were to make log cabin blocks out of string piecing via this tutorial. She requested medium to dark blue, green and purple with a contrasting center. I'm hoping my centers aren't too big. They could range in size from 6-9 inches and mine do just that.

 

All the centers are the same size (2.5" finished) so you can see the difference in my photos.

I also got my backing done for my do. Good quilt and just need hubby to help me spray baste it. Yay for progress!