"Ongoing Projects"

Every so often I think about listing the projects that I have in progress.  A daunting task indeed.  Up until now I was quite afraid of what I might discover if I tried this. 

However, in the past couple of weeks, as I tided up my sewing room, I found that I was making a stack of fabrics and quilt tops, and blocks to pass on to Serendipity (our Guild's group that makes things to give away).  This made me wonder just what I did have on my shelves left to work on. 

Also, I read Carly's post about making an inventory of her fabrics.  While this was both shocking and awesome, it did inspire confidence that I could indeed inventory my ufo's (unfinished objects).
Last night I photographed what I had on my shelves, and this morning I have made a list of what there is.  Granted, I did forget to take photos of a few things, but I did list them. 

At the end of this, I find I have 30 projects on my list, which is what it is.  I don't pretend that I will finish all of these, and I'll probably pass some of them on at a later date, but it does feel good to have them listed now.  More in control of it all, somehow.  Also, I have a list of photos, mostly that I can refer to, rather than having to physically look through my shelves and baskets. ( they are on the new page, above, called Ongoing Projects) 

Also, I have a new basket of stuff to pass on to Serendipity!

Giveaway part two!

 This is the second part of the post on a fabric giveaway!  the previous post was for blog readers, and this is the part for people who shop at the store in Saskatoon!  This will start tomorrow, Saturday, Feb 16th.

For Customers at the store, there will be 6 jars to place your entry, one for each grouping, and you simply place your entry into the jar you like.

these are the groups:

1.  a cute owl group from STOF fabrics

2.  another cut owl group, but not from stof fabrics

3. Oh Deer!, by Momo for moda fabrics -- (yes there is  another set of these available on the blog giveaway as well)

4. Sew Stitchy, by Aneela Hooley for moda fabrics.  this is quite a lot of fabric, the panel alone is half a yard,

5. Kansas Troubles, by moda, lots of people like these fabrics! it's another duplicate set, also available on the blog giveaway,

6, a black, gray, white and taupe group, this is the biggest amount of fabric, as it has a couple of panels in it, and the pieces are all pretty big.

 How do you get an entry?
simple:
-you can get one entry slip each day you visit the store
-you can get one entry slip for each fat quarter you purchase
-you can get one entry slip for each pattern you purchase
-you can get 3 entry slips for each book you purchase
-you can get 1 entry slip for each quarter meter of fabric you purchase from off the bolt at regular price, (ex. each metre you would get 4 entry slips)

So, you can see you could enter several times each visit that you make to the shop!
Entries can be made up until closing time on Thursday, February 28th!
Good Luck!

Giveaway--Blog Readers

A giveaway draw is something that I haven't done on this blog before, although I have seen it done by others.
However, a few months ago, my favorite fabric rep, Susan, brought me a box with some of her fabric samples to do with whatever I wanted.
I've taken some photos of some of the groupings, and will give them away, some to readers of the blog, and some to customers at the shop at the end of February, (you can enter up until midnight on Feb 28th)
I'll split this post into two to make it more clear which groups are which....

1. For Blog readers, just leave a comment below, saying whether you want to be in the draw for group A, or for Group B, or Group C, and either an email or some way to get hold of you later in case you win!

Group A, Oh Deer, by Momo, for moda fabrics

Group B, A Walk in the Woods, by Aneela Hooley, for moda

Group C, Kansas Troubles by moda

these are all three really nice groups of fabric!!!
Good luck!

three notes

Well, I mistakenly posted the last block early.  It seems that it comes out on this coming Saturday, not last Saturday.  Oh well. 

 I have been working on the paper hexagons, but also started a new quilt, with the Parson Gray fabrics from Westminster.  The design of it is based on a design he had up in his booth at Houston last fall to promote his new line called Seven Wonders.  It has the cross design that has been pretty popular lately..

(sorry for the blurrieness, this is from his website,here, where it was pretty small. )

I made four blocks that are 25 inches large,  I think these fabrics are beautiful, and sort of out of the typical zone for quilting fabrics.  they would be great to use for a "man's" quilt.

 at this point, I've added a border, but somehow I've lost the photo, hmm.
On another note
 I finished this quilt that has the big-stitch quilting in the border!

 I was pretty happy with how it turned out,

Black white and Bright Block 12

Block 12 is called Color in the Corner: