Liberty of London Giveaway #1

I am on a roll with my Liberty of London tana lawn hexies.  I feel in a sharing mood.  This week I have twenty 5" squares to give away.  These are the various pink florals that I have been using for my pink hexagon quilt.

I purchased my Liberty of London tana lawn from various sources.  This week I want to highlight my favorite Liberty of London tana lawn on-line shop.

My go to for Liberty of London fabric is Jones and Vandermeer.  You get a quarter yard that is around 11" X 53" for $9.00.  They do not have as good a selection as some other on-line shops but you do get more fabric than a standard quarter yard of 42" fabric or a fat quarter and they have a $5.00 flat shipping rate.  You can see all their luscious fabric at https://www.jonesandvandermeer.com/categories/Fabric-Shop/Fabrics/By-Brand/Liberty-of-London/.

The giveaway ends next Sunday, March 2.  You do not have to be a follower to win but if you are a follower you get one more chance to win with a second entry.

Hexie Queen Blog Hop and Giveaway

Today is my day to be at least a princess for a day.  I have just recently come to love hexies.  It all started when I was doing the 2012 block-a-month quilt on Craftsy with Amy Gibson.  One of her blocks had 1 1/4" hexies that she appliqued to a block.  I had just finished a quilt for my daughter in shades of blue.  I had to use up the extra scraps somehow, right.  I ordered some 1 1/4" hexie paper pieces from paperpieces.com.  I checked out several tutorials and then off I went.  I was planning on making a pillow to match her quilt.  Did I say that my daughter is passionate about blue.

Here is a close-up of the quilting.

You see a lot of Amy Butler Cameo and Jason Yenter Camelot in this pillow.

Here is the quilt that inspired it. 

I am so inspired that I already have another project lined up.  I cut up my small stash of original Flea Market Fancy into large hexagons.  I am going to make the Russian Rubix quilt.

Now for the fun part. The Giveaway.  I had some large polka dot fabric that would make really cute large hexagons.  I have three fat quarters in three different colors.  Please leave a comment and I will pick a winner on August 29.

Hope you are enjoying the blog hop.  Here is a list of the other Hexie Queens for today:

Thursday, August 22    

Negligent Style 

Sue Mac Seeds   (you are here)

The Tilted Quilt  

www.sewwequilt.com

Just Let Me Quilt 

More Stars in Comanche 

Be a Quilter 

Sew Me Something Good 

Cherrys Prairie Primitives 

Words and Stitches

Traveling Stash Giveaway-A Lot of New Fabric, Patterns, Etc.

I won the Traveling Stash box from Shannon at Nunu's Quilt World. I got it Thursday.  What a giant box of goodies.  I would like to pass this on to one lucky reader.  The only requirements for this traveling stash is that you post that you received it, take out what you want and replacement it with quality quilt store fabric and notions and then send it to a winner on your blog on a timely basis.

I went through the box and I have to admit the fabric was not exactly modern.  Very nice fabric and good quality goods but not necessarily my style.  There were some really cute kid prints, and other prints which I can use for my string blocks and some princess panels.  I do a lot of charity quilting so all of the fabric and panels that I took out of the box will go into making some really awesome quilts for my friend's charity Friends of Annie.  I am not all that into Christmas fabric so there is some really cute Christmas fabric left in the box.  Also some very cute pink panther and super hero yardage is still in the box. I took out some cute notions, needle threader, some decorative bias strips (for pillows),  some 1" hexie templates, a bobbin holder (which I really need - I have them in a box and loose thread is everywhere).  Also in the box was a Kindle Fire cover.  Since I have Kindle Fire and like to change out my covers that was a good fit.  I also took out some patterns that I would like to try.  

Below is a picture of what I took out of the box.  It ended up to be 9.5 yards of fabric.

I replaced it with 12 yards of fabric.

Fabric in One Yard Pieces

Red Rooster FQ's

Various FQ's 

Two Charm Packs

Notions

Thread and Zippers

Patterns

Includes three Villa Rose Post Card Patterns

I use these Villa Rose patterns all the time.  Great for charity quilts using FQ's, charm squares, jelly rolls and a little background fabric.

Japanese Fabric Panel - This is just half of the panel.  The other half is identical

Drawstring bag from Madrona Road to replace Kindle Fire cover.  I made this for the Madrona Road Challenge.

Plus one more little book

I hope you enjoy the traveling stash box and for every item you take out please replace it with something comparable.  This gave me a chance to destash fabric that I liked but had no plan for and patterns that I bought but have not used.  Again thank you to Shannon for sending me the box. Good luck.  I will pick a winner of Thursday, July 25, 2013.

Quilt Labels and a Give-Away

I just spent most of the afternoon and evening churning out four quilt labels that I needed to get done.  As usual, it was hit or miss with my Singer embroidery machine and the chosen design.  Urghh.  Done at last.  Here is one ready to be finished.

I finished my two blocks for my Block Swap Adventure this morning.  My partner wanted scrappy and I didn't know if that meant scrappy modern or scrappy traditional so I made one of each.  

I finished up blocks 5 and 6 for my City Sampler QAL last night.  The pieces were not so teeny so they went together smoother.  Had to give that project a rest today to get the rest of my stuff done.  

Block #5

Block #6

I am feeling motivated to share some of my swag from Quiltcon.  Please leave a comment and I will select at random on Friday the 26th.  It is a 6" charm pack by Free Spirit called Essentials.  Mostly dark blenders.  

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I have a winner.  Number 1.  Gina I am sending you an email.  Please send me your address so I can send you your charm pack.

Pass-Along

I recently signed up at Nati's Little Things blog for a pass-along.  She committed to making five handmade items for the first five people who signed up on her blog.  I received my item all the way from Luxembourg last week.  I got a beautiful mug rug with hand embroidery and two small pincushions.

I made the commitment to pass along some handmade items to my readers.  So, the first five people who express an interest in getting a handmade item from me please leave me a comment.  I am excited to share my passion for quilting with everyone.  Quilting has changed my life and I can only express this in my quilts, purses and other quilty items that I make and pass along.