Bloggers Quilt Festival 2013

So, this is the first year I have entered into The Bloggers Quilt Festival over at

 If you are new here,  Hello!! and welcome to my little corner of the world.   My name is Amy and I have been quilting for a little over a year.  Last year, I was just starting to quilt and really was completely overwhelmed by the talent I found at last years Quilt Festival.  If you are sitting on the sidelines, like I did last year, don't.  I have met some of the nicest, most encouraging people through my blog and by taking part in great blog hops, parties and now a Quilt Festival.

 That being said, this year, I decided to enter my first quilt of 2013 in the Quilter Photography category.  I have several loves, but some of my favorites (not including family) are windmills, the outdoors and quilts.  So here is my entry....

Quilt Stats:

Pattern:  Beaquilter Quilt a long

Dimensions: 60" square

Fabrics: a huge assortment of stash fabric with a little bit of Noteworthy and Kona throw in .

Machine pieced and quilted by me on my Janome.

Category:  Quilter Photography

Pictures taken in my backyard and the open space near our home.

You can read more about the quilt here.

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy taking a look at all those gorgeous quilts!

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Free Craftsy Class

 Today is Craftsy Free Class Day.
 

 


  This is a day where those that are New to Craftsy can sign up and select a class from a selection of favorite classes, for Free and you will help raise funds for DonorsChoose. Plus, like all classes at Craftsy, you can participate in your class at your leisure and repeat whenever you want.  It is just a matter that this "Free Class Day" is only open to sign up today and you need to be new to Craftsy.  They have huge variety of classes from cake decorating, jewelry making, quilting, to name just a few categories.
 
I just started taking 
 

I can't wait to make a gorgeous Swoon quilt, which is just one of the patterns you will get taking this class.  

Remember that you only have one day to take advantage of your Free Craftsy Class. 

 



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Aurifil Giveaway Winner!!

 

 

 

 

Thanks to everyone who entered.  I'd like to give a warm welcome to all of my new followers, I am so glad to have you here and I hope you will stick around.  To my old followers, you know how I feel about all of you.  *Wink*


I broke a little giveaway record with a whopping 520 comments!!!  I would have loved to reply to them all, but the response to this giveaway was huge.  So with no further ado

Congrats to #302.  Grandma Curly.


 I will be contacting her via e-mail.

 Also a big thank you to  Aurifil for sponsoring this giveaway.

 



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A Little Amigurumi

My kids love little crochet animals.  I had picked up this book a couple months ago because of all the adorable patterns they had. 

 

 

Martingale (the publisher of this  amigurumi crochet book, and also quilting books) is having a Amigurumi Crochet-a-long, so since my crochet hooks were out and handy, I thought that I would work a couple up.  That and my kids were asking me when I was ever going to make anything out of the book, so here are the ones I had time to do.  I used Lily Sugar and Cream thread on all of the little creation. They would make great yarn stash projects. I used up two more little skeins of yarn. 

A little tea cup.  It is suppose to be hot cocoa, but I left the marshmallow off the top.  I also made a little saucer to go with it.  I plan to make myself one to use as a pincushion.

 

 

Next, a super scary snake.  Look out!  Of course, in camo thread.

Lastly a little sea life, which is probably my favorite. Our cat loves to attack it too.  She drug it off the couch to play with it.  I would have loved to have got a picture with her and it, but she always seems to know when I get the camera out and runs away.  I guess she is a bit camera shy.  Maybe, I can catch her attacking it again. 

 

If you have this great book, I hope that you will join the crochet along.  It is running until May 24th.

 

 



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For the Birds Blog Hop

There are a lot of times I join these hops to try something completely different.  For this hop, I chose to do something on time and this hop was my incentive.   Mother's Day is in just a few days and  I am always on the search to make something special for my mom.  Well, she had been hinting that she really liked a bird wall hanging that I had made months ago.  I don't think she realized that I was listening to these little hints she kept throwing my way, but I was.  So, this is what my Mother is getting for her present. 

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Giveaway Day!!! - Closed

Have I got a giveaway for you!!!  If you are like me and love to sew.  You have got to have good tools to get the job done, right?  Well, how about some gorgeous Aurifil thread. Aurifil was kind enough to send this great thread set for me to giveaway. 

 

Isn't just beautiful?  A set of great colors, that any quilter or seamstress would loooovvvveee!   There are 12 different colors of 50wt. cotton thread.  If you haven't seen their selection recently, Aurifil has some really great sets of threads that are just too beautiful.  Go and check out the huge selection that they have to offer. 

Well, this set is looking for a new home and it could be headed your way.

So, what do you need to do to win this beauty?

All that I ask, is that you follow my blog.

1.  Leave one comment telling me with (1) what is your favorite color of thread  (2)which way you are following me.  One Comment per person

2.  I will ship this anywhere!!

3. The giveaway ends on May 10th at  10 p.m. M.S.T.
 

4.  The winner will be announced by May 12.

5.  Make sure that I can contact you!!!

Head over to Sew Mama Sew and check out the other giveaways!!

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