Winner - Nest Charm Pack

Thank you to all who entered the giveaway for the Nest Charm Pack. 

The winner is...

JenJohnson who said... 

Congratulations Jen. Please check your email and send me your address so I can get your charm pack out to you!

Threadbias Design Competition

Have you heard about the Threadbias Design Competition using Heather Ross' Briar Rose fabric line?

The fan of paper piecing that I am, I designed this quilt that you see here. You have the chance to vote for your favorite and Heather Ross will pick her absolute favorite to win enough fabric to make the quilt. Hop on over and check out all of the great quilts.

And while you're there, check out the patterns I designed, which are available for instant download on Threadbias. 

Giveaway Day: Nest Charm Pack

As part of Sew Mama Sew's giveaway day, I decided to part with some very hard to find fabric. For those who follow my blog, you might remember this top, which I still need to quilt.

I had four Tula Pink Nest charm packs that I had been hoarding for quite some time. I finally found the right pattern, slightly modified, to really showcase the fabric without having to cut it up. Fortunately for someone, this quilt top only required three charm packs, meaning I still have one left over to give away. 

Now, this is pretty hard to find these days and I've seen these for sale for 4-5 times what it originally retailed for. 

To enter, leave a comment below telling me who your favorite fabric designer is. 

Followers of my blog are eligible for a second entry, just leave a second comment telling me you're a follower. If you're not a follower, have a look around and stay a while. Make sure you check out the details for "Quilts for Boston" - an effort my guild, the Boston MQG is putting on to help those affected by the bombing and subsequent events. 

If you are a no-reply blogger, please make sure I have a way of contacting you if you win by leaving your email address in your comment. 

I will pick a winner on Friday, May 10th. 

Good luck!

Mod Hex 2 - Finished

Last week I put the finishing touches on my Mod Hex 2 quilt. Before work this week I swung by a local park and snagged some great pictures of this quilt. I love how the early morning light hits the quilt in some of these pictures.

I made this quilt using the Hex N More ruler for a class I taught at Quilter's Way.

This picture really shows the true colors of the fabrics. I love the lighting here.

I made this quilt using a Blogger's Choice Fat Quarter Bundle from the Fat Quarter Shop put together by Elizabeth Hartman of Oh Fransson!  I added a solid off white fabric from my stash for the background.

After much debate, I ended up binding this quilt using the perfect Flea Market Fancy print. When I finally pulled this print from my stash, I couldn't believe I didn't think of it sooner. I was determined to use a print from my stash, and because these aren't my normal colors, I was struggling with it. Once I pulled this print, I knew it was meant to be.

As you can see in a bunch of these pictures, I used one of my new favorite quilting designs - a spiraling circle. I used my walking foot to maintain even spacing. I drew a small circle in the middle and just moved out from there. This quilt finishes at around 46" square.

I'm really happy with how this turned out and I'm even more happy to have it finished! 

A Lovely Year of Finishes - May Goal

My goal for May is to finish and blog about this secret project.

Right now the top is almost complete. I just need to finish the top, based, quilt and bind this baby. I hope to have this complete sooner rather than later, but we'll see. Work has been super crazy, but hopefully things will slow down towards the end of the month.

I also hope to make a few additional quilt blocks for the Quilts for Boston effort, but those won't be finished projects, so I'm not counting those.