Schools Out!

And the Winner Is....

#105 Meg of Fashioned by Meg!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by and to those of

 you who were gracious enough to become followers!!

The new DS fabric is fabulous!!  Take a look at

what I made with some of the prints I had from the line

 last week during a few rainy days.

The pattern is one I found while browsing the magazines at Walmart.

The pattern in called "Welcome" and it is from a McCalls Quilting magazine.

SEW MAMA SEW GIVEAWAY DAY!

Hello everyone!  I'm so excited to be a part of another "Giveaway Day."  What fun!!!

I am giving away a fat quarter set of the new Denyse Schmidt line.  There will also be some surprise goodies included.  To enter, just leave a comment and make sure that I can link back to your email so that I can contact you if you are the winner.  Everyone State side and abroad is welcome to enter!

Also, if you are so inclined, I would love to have you as a follower of my new blog.  We are going to have lots of fun in the coming months!!

A BIG, BIG thank you to Sew Mama Sew for hosting such grand events!

Bloggers Quilt Festival Entry - Spinning Star

I wanted to make something new for the Bloggers' Quilt Festival, but just didn't get around to finishing my latest quilt. I will have to share it with you another time. In the meantime, here is the quilt I made for round #9 of the Doll Quilt Swap on Flickr.

I am calling this quilt "The Spinning Colorwheel Star."  It is inspired by a quilt I saw online.  Sorry, but I don't know where I saw it, so I can't give a link.  But what I can tell you is that I was intrigued by the design.  The original was done in solid colors with a black background  and had a pieced outer border.  I've seen spinning colorwheels before, but never a star.   I tried going online and googling a pattern for it, but couldn't find one so I had to make my own.  If someone knows the correct name for the pattern and can tell me where to find one, I would LOVE it!!  Let me just say that I felt like chasing the mailman to get it back after he took it today.  I decided to break in to my FMF stash.  I am trying to use what I have and not be such a hoarder when it comes to certain fabrics.  It took me FOREVER to figure out how to get this to work.  The first time I made it, I couldn't get the colors in the right sequence,  I had to add it to the scrap pile.    After more trial and error, I got the final quilt.   I am happy with how it turned out and  I hope my partner likes it!

The quilt is approximately 20"x20".

Thanks for visiting my blog! Come back on Monday and see what yummy goodies I will be giving away for Sew Mama Sew's Giveaway Day.

A New Home

I'm in the process of making this a wonderful new home to showcase my craftiness. It has been a long time since I have blogged on a regular basis, so I wanted a fresh start. If you would like to see my previous blog posts on typepad, check them out here: http://pinkchicks.typepad.com . Otherwise, come join me as I embark on this new journey....