Monthly Archives: May 2009

Flying Geese Baby Quilt

Hello! Wow it’s been busy with the Sew Mama Sew May Giveaway! And what fun! Remember that tonight at 12:00 pm Pacific time the giveaway ends, but you still have time to enter, just scroll down for the post! I will post the name of the winner tomorrow morning, and send out an e-mail! Check back, and good luck!

I’ve accomplished some sewing, not without problems mind you, on the flying geese baby quilt that I am making.

I got all of the triangles cut out last weekend:

Quilt Triangles

Quilt Triangles

And I actually had two rows across completed and sewn together! And that’s when I noticed it… All of my triangle points, which looked great when I sewed them together, disappeared when the rows were sewn together! They were all cut off! To my dismay, I just couldn’t seem to figure out what I was doing wrong. So I put it aside until this weekend. Sometimes it’s best to just walk away!

I took apart the two rows and all of the triangles. Then I sat down with them, and figured out what was going on. I am now marking the points where they need to be joined together. Apparently I was too efficient matching the points! So the first couple of rows were slow, then the next couple faster. I am hoping that things will go more smoothly now. But I take nothing for granted!

Five Rows Done!

Five Rows Done!

I have five rows done, only nine more to go!

Flying Geese

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May Giveaway

MayGiveawayDay

The day has arrived!  Today is the first day of the May Giveaway going on over at Sew Mama Sew!  I am giving away a handmade item filled with things for you to use to craft and/or sew other items.

I am starting with this:

Bucket Made of Anna Marie's Chocolate Lollipop

Bucket Made of Anna Marie's Chocolate Lollipop

Bucket/Basket

I made this bucket/basket with Anna Marie’s Chocolate Lollipop fabric.  It measures about 6 1/2″x6 1/2″x 5 1/2″.  The fabric is 100% cotton with cotton batting.

Inside view of fabric

Inside view of fabric

I love both of the fabrics!  Along with this, I am filling up the basket with this:

Trims

Trims

There is lace, rick rack, eyelet, satin ribbon, grosgrain ribbon, craft trim, bias tape etc.  Here are some more close-ups:

closeup of trims

closeup of trims

More:

More trims

More trims

and more:

and more

and more

They fill up the basket.

Trims in the basket

Trims in the basket

And along with the basket and the trims I am adding:

Chocolate Lollipop fat quarters

Chocolate Lollipop fat quarters

Two additional fat quarters of  fabrics from Anna Marie’s Chocolate Lollipop line, and a large spool of Guttermann’s dark green thread.

The Whole Package

The Whole Package

All that you have to do is leave a comment on this post to enter.  Then blog about this and link back to this giveaway. This will give you another entry.  I will choose the winner by random number.  This giveaway will end on May 31, and I will leave this post up until then.  I will also ship internationally, so if you’re not in the USA  please leave a comment and link back to me as well!

After you leave your comment, please click on the link above or in the sidebar to Sew Mama Sew and go and visit some of the other posts, they’re all having giveaways!

Thank you so much for stopping by! And I hope you enjoy your visit!

Just Us Quilters Blogspot Link

Just Us Quilters

I found a new site today called Just Us Quilters.  With almost three hundred blogs listed, you are sure to find several that would interest you.  So click on the link above, or below, and check it out!

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