Winner of Little Quilts Book!

 We have a winner for the 

Give Away of

Little Quilts

by 

Sarah Fielke and Amy Lobsiger

!!

Thank you Sarah and Amy for letting me

share one of your wonderful books

with my readers

 Big Drum Roll  !!

Random Generator picked

comment #60

from Karen

Karen, I will be contacting you by e-mail

and 

Cico Books will mail out your copy.

Thank you to all who entered !

Last Day to Win Little Quilts Book

As a reminder

TODAY is the LAST DAY

to enter your name in

the drawing 

for

the wonderful Mini Quilts book

Little Quilts

by Sarah Fielke and Amy Lobsiger

If you haven't had a chance to leave a comment

make sure to run over to Monday's post

HERE

The drawing will close at Midnight tonight

and I will announced 

a winner

on Sunday.

Gold Fish Crackers Quilt Blocks

 I've had a very productive few days

in getting caught up making my

Bees Knees Blocks

For the month of September

Melissa Corry  (Happy Quilting)

asked us to make any kind of quilt block

with a Camping/ Outdoor Theme

She sent us the cutest fabrics

from the Smoors Love Collection

by Cosmo Cricket

 I opted to make

Gold Fish Crackers

12 1/2 " X 12 1/2" Unfinished

from a 

Free Tutorial offered by the

Emerald Coast Modern Quilt Guild

HERE

 I even added in a few of my own fabrics

for the backgrounds 

with one in blue

to give it that fishy water look :)

 I hope Melissa likes my choice

because these were so fun to make,

 she is not just getting one block...

 but a School of Fish !!

 I'd love to make a quilt out of these blocks myself.

I don't have any fisherman in my life

but I do love to look at Aquariums :)

The Emerald Coast Guild even gives

a possible layout suggestion.

Bees Knees 9-Patch Blocks

 Once upon a time

there was a lovely lady named

Shari Butler of Doohikey Designs

who sent each of her fellow 

Bees Knees members

a packet of fabric.

That would have been 

last June of 2014

Unfortunately my package was sent to an old address

and never heard from again.

Lots of e-mails back and forth

and we still had no idea where the package ended up.

Now, there is a happy ending to this sad story:

Just this week I 

finally

yes

finally  (!)

located the long lost package  !!

Inside were some 

wonderful Riley Blake Halloween fabrics

with the instructions to make

a simple 9-Patch

 Mission accomplished

 before All Hallows Eve

 Shari also requested that we make a second 

9 1/2 inch unfinished

Half Square Triangle Star Block

 Mission accomplished

 Little snag: 

there was not enough fabric to finish one corner of the block.

Shari said not to worry,

just send as is, and she will finish the rest.

I am happy to report that

these blocks are now on their way to Shari's house

in Layton, Utah

and our Long Lost Saga

has now come to an end :)

Cocktail Shakers Quilt Finish

 One of the nice things about making

Mini Quilts

is that they work up fast.

Cocktail Shakers

21" X 24"

 I love how these

Kaffe Fasset solid Shot Cottons

work together with this pattern.

 I really enjoyed making this delightful little quilt

designed by Amy Lobsiger

in her new book with Sarah Fielke

Little Quilts

  I even braved it and did my own machine quilting

using variegated 

Rainbows

by Superior Threads

a high sheen Trilobal polyester

with a one inch color change interval.

 The binding:

a Kaffe Fasset print

 Cocktail Shakers is now ready to be mailed off to 

one of my co-hosts on this 6 week 

Little Quilts Blog Tour

 The lucky recipient is 

Krista Hennebury, Vancouver, BC

 of

Poppy Print Creates

As a reminder,

you have until Saturday at midnight

to leave your name on my blog post 

HERE

for a chance to win a copy of

Little Quilts