FMQ Challenge

I am signing on to participate in the Free Motion Quilting from SewCalGal. You can read about it here.

Traveling Stash

Phyllis is having a stash giveaway. You can check it out here.

Giveaway

Go on over to Colleen's Quilting Journey for a giveaway. She is my sil has taught me so much about quilting. Go check it out.

Fat Quarter QAL

Konda over at Moose on the Porch is hosting a Fat Quarter QAL. My sister in law designed a block for it. All of the blocks are a star pattern. I am going to use Rural Jardin and think it will patriotic with the red, white, and blue fabric.

Give Away

Melissa from Happy Quilting is having a giveaway from one of my favorite online fabric stores--the Fat Quarter Shop. You have the chance to win a great FQ bundle. If you want the chance to win some fabric click here.

Kaleidescope Quilt Along

I am going to participate in my first Quilt along. Don't Call Me Betsy is hosting it. It is a new to me blog, but is a new favorite blog. There are several great tutorials. You can follow along here

Claira's Quilts

My niece is pregnant (cute--just looks like she has a volleyball under her shirt) and her baby shower was today. I of course made a quilt for baby Claira. I love the name by the way!! Here is the quilt.

The pattern is a disappearing nine patch (one of my favorite patterns) and the material is from scraps that I had. I love the bright colors and the way it turned out.

I also made her quilt for her crib. This is only the second dresden plate pattern that I have done. I love the way it turned out. What do you think?

And here is a close up of the dresden plate.

Easter Flowers

So Easter this year was all about Pink and Brown. Every year, we coordinate clothes on Easter with myself and children. I made flowers for my 3 daughters to wear in their hair. I am pretty pleased with the way they came out. I was even asked by someone if I sell them. Hmmm...maybe I should start. What do you think?

Giveaway at Raggedy Station

Raggedy Station is a new shop that is offering an awesome giveaway.

Sign up and visit the shop Raggedy Station.

"Whole Missionary Quilt"

To completely understand this quilt, you need to understand the story behind it.

Last year when I talked to my son at Christmas, he mentioned that he was sleeping with 2 half blankets. One across his legs and the other across his torso. He is 6'3" by the way. I of course asked if he would like to have a quilt and he said that it'd be nice. So I started right away making a quilt for him. It had to be manly and to find a pattern and fabric that was manly was not an easy task. I was finally able to find one I liked here. Then it was off to find the fabric. I started collecting greens and browns and it finally came together. The entire time I was working on it, I told myself I was making him a "whole" quilt and so the name of this quilt naturally became

I loved working on it and thinking that he is sleeping under it. It may be crazy, but the mom in me thinks of it a little bit of home for him.

Here is the back of it. I didn't want to buy more fabric for it, so I used the scraps to make the back
**excuse the pictures...they were taken before I thought of putting them on a blog and until he comes home, I will not be able to get new ones.

Memory Board

I made this memory board last year for my 14 year old daughter's birthday. She absolutely loves it and it was fun to make. I used this pattern. It really is a fun project and I want to make one for my classroom also.

Great Giveaway at Pink Chalk

Jaybird quilts is hosting a giveaway for Pink Chalk fabrics. It is a great giveaway for a FQB. While you are at it, check out Pink Chalk fabrics. You can find the giveaway here.

Giveaway at Freckled Whimsy

There is a great giveaway at Freckled Whimsy. She is giving away a Fandango charm pack, a Fandango jelly roll, and a Verna jelly roll to celebrate the 1st birthday of her blog. Stop by and see it.

The Progessive Dinner Giveaway

At the Polka Dot Chair is a stop on the MBS progressive dinner. You can find all of the info here. It really is one of the best give aways I've seen.

Lila Tueller Design Giveaway

There is a great giveaway over at Lila Tueller Designs. She is giving away a fat quarter bundle 2 layer cakes, and 2 charm packs of her new fabric. You can take a look at the fabulous fabric here.