I Spy a Ladybug Giveaway

I am so excited to share today's post with you.  No, it's not a finished quilt....we have a fabulous new advertiser to our site!

Ladybug Quilt shop has some adorable prints!  She has quilt kits to bundles to precuts and yardage.  She is very flexible and workable on what you need.  Check out this really sweet quilt pattern and kit:

 

Which has one of my very favorite Christmas lines from Riley Blake.  And still plenty of time between now and the holidays to work this one out.  Hmm...it's seems very familiar, like from a tutorial I did once...

And have you seen this print?

I can't even tell you how many Owl quilt pattern Heather and I have imagined, sketched and maybe even started working on.  {Stay tuned}

There is even this really cute panel in the Hooty Hoot Kangaroo by Riley Blake line that would be a darling and easy baby gift.

Please check out Ladybug Quilt shop, she has so many really cute prints and very competitive prices....and

Could this get anymore fabulous?  Do you think I've been reading your diary??

Sara from Ladybug Quilt shop is giving away a fat stack of a new line of fat quarters!!  In fact, she's giving away

TWO SETS OF 8 FAT QUARTERS EACH!!! (2 Yards!)

How cute are these prints!!  It is called Melodies by Exclusively Quilters in mint green and pink.  I am really loving the damask, as always.

HOW DO YOU WIN?

separate comments for each please, makes it so much easier to tally!

1 entry: comment here

1 entry: hop over to ladybug quilt shop and tell us your favorite product

1 entry: follow us (or tell us you are already following)

5 entries: blog about this giveaway and tell us

We will announce the two winners this Friday, August 27th.  Check back! 

If you are interested in advertising with us, please check here.

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

Purple Wonky Quilt by Merry Made Quilts

Rebecca from Merry Made Quilts created this oh so happy purple quilt for her grandpa. It really caught my eye because I've been going back to the days were I love purple!  I love the look of this wonky bento box, very fun and refreshing.  And what's more?  This girl likes to hand quilt!  Amazing! Hop on over to her blog to read about her love of fabrics, quilting and her cute kiddos.

Never, mind the crazy baby in the background!!

Over the course of about 3 months (mostly evenings) I hand quilted this lapsized quilt. I really enjoy the look of a hand quilted quilt. They just look so much more cuddly!

I made this one from scraps of purple mostly from Joanne's fabric, some from my mom's stash, some from mine. I love the feel of a "wonky" quilt so that's why I chose to do a variation of a wonky bento box.

There are a ton of examples of this online so after some blog cruising I decided to make it up as I went! I made this one for my Grandpa because he LOVES purple. That's his favorite color and I decided it would make great payment for a wooden quilt hanging he recently made for me!

I think my favorite part of a finish (besides getting to start the next) is the photo shoot!!

I just love the feeling of accomplishing something!

Linking to amylouwho

 

Thanks Rebecca.  I still can't believe you hand quilt...so talented. :)

 

AND be sure to check back Monday!!  Some of you may have noticed our new sponsor in the corner, Ladybug Quilt Shop...she has an absolutely amazing FABRIC GIVEAWAY for you on Monday.  And there will be more than one winner, so check back!

P's Double Pinwheel String Quilt

Paulette from The Way I Sew It has a great quilt to share today, and not only that but a tutorial too so you can make your own!  I love the color combos in this quilt, light blues and reds can really do it for me!  And, she figured out how to make this quilt all on her own...seriously.  Make sure to check out her cute blog, look at these cute potholders she just whipped up!  Nice!  Now on to the quilt:

Double Pinwheel String Quilt

Back in late winter, when the sky and remaining snow cover were often the same shade of gray, I dreamed of making this colorful double pinwheel string quilt. It was pictured in a book called String Quilts with Style, by Bobbie Aug and Sharon Newman, and it was just that—a picture. There were no instructions for this particular quilt. It was just a gallery example of an awesome string quilt.

 

 

Personally, I think ALL string quilts are awesome. I’ve never met one I didn’t like, a LOT. I feel the same way about pinwheel quilts. And scrappy quilts…and bold color? Bring it on! This quilt hit all my happy buttons!

 

 

Without instructions and just the photo for reference, I was left to fly by the seat of my pants. So I busted out the old plastic protractor to determine the angle of the inner red pinwheel, did some fiddling to create a template, and away I went.

 

I used all kinds of scraps for the strings—modern, traditional, vintage—which were pieced onto paper ripped out of the phone book. The blue fabric in the pinwheel blocks was a vintage fabric found at the thrift store. I ran short when it came time for the border, but fortunately there was a Kona blue that was an almost perfect match. It was quilted by my long arm quilter, Sandy, with multicolored variegated thread in an allover design that reminds me of windblown pinwheels.

You can find the details of how to make this quilt on my blog. I posted a four-part tutorial here. And if you make one, let me know—I’d love to see it!

linking to amylouwho

Thank you, Heather and Megan for the invitation to share this quilt on Quilt Story!

 

Thanks so much Paulette!  We really love this quilt and were so happy you would share :)

Lavendar Quilt finish FRESH POPPY DESIGN

Hi, it is me from FRESH POPPY DESIGN...our other great blog, where we show off all our other crafting, quilting, and decor projects. Come check us out...

I have to interupt all the great quilt stories to bring you my (Heather) latest finish...If you know me at all I have ADD. I can't focus on one thing. I want to go from one thing to the next and some projects take me years to finish, or sometimes I just don't finish it at all...

This one I was proud of...

Here is the beginning stash...you can read about it here

Here is the finished quilt top...you can read about it here

The basic story behind this quilt is that I realized if I take a few minutes here and there when I can focus my ADD.  I can sew a stack of blocks. Or I can pin a pile of fabric while I am watching a show with my husband. Or I can iron a little pile in the 15 minutes while I am waiting for the carpool to pick up my daughter and have to be downstairs anyway. I always think I need 4-5 hours in peace, maybe a girl's craft weekend, Or a late night. But if I take advantage of the 15-20 minutes I can sneak off and do each day, I can actually accomplish a quilt rather quickly.

So here you have the final product...

This is going into my daughter's room after I finally finish the nursery they are next!

Check out the gorgeous quilting done by my fabulous nice Aunt. Love her! Love her quilting!

Details: Pattern from Livin' Large by Anka's Treasures. Designer Heather Mulder Peterson. Pattern "Modern Day Diamonds"

Fabrics: Most from Little House by FreeSpirit. Various other lavendar prints.

Thanks for looking. linking to amylouwho.
Heather