NEW Quiltmaker 100 Blocks Winner!

That's right!  We have a new winner!  It turns out that Nancy has won 4 times!  She is a lucky one this go around.  She is also generous and asked me to pick a new winner.

So our new winner is:  just4bees

who said...

can"t wait to get a copy, nice job
May 6, 2011 7:42 PM

I don't have your email address, so send your mailing address to kluckau@moosequilts.com and I will have that sent right out to you.

Thanks!

Going Coastal Preview

Got a call from a friend last night -- UPS had made a delivery!  So I rushed over to pick up a bundle of her new fabric line:

http://crazyoldladiesquilts.blogspot.com/2011/05/introducing.html

Couldn't even wait until morning.  I had to start playing with it right away!  I paired it with a bright orange solid print.  Yummy!!!

Orange has really been growing on me lately.  I can't see it being my favorite, but I am glad I have found uses for it.

I hope to have a quilt to show you by Monday out of this new fabric!  FUN!

Quiltmaker 100 Blocks Winner!

The winner of the Quiltmaker 100 Blocks magazine is Nancy!!!

Nancy said...

Great block - and thanks for the giveaway!
May 4, 2011 10:10 PM

Congratulations Nancy!  Email me (kluckau@moosequits.com) with your mailing address so we can get that to you.  Thanks to everyone who stopped by and said hello!

HMQS -- Home Machine Quilting Show

Yesterday I went to the Home Machine Quilting Show here in Utah.  Because it's only an hour away, I have made sure to go every year.  It is always a great show.  This year and last year I haven't been able to stay too long, but it is always worth the trip.  I have a few pictures to give you a taste.

The first thing I saw when I went was a special exhibit of chocolate quilts.  Oh my were they fun!

Then there was an alphabet exhibit.  These were miniatures representing every letter of the alphabet.  I made sure the piece of paper was in the picture to give a size reference.  I would guess these quilts are 16" x 20." 

I couldn't believe the detail in these two.  Others were detailed as well.  These just caught my eye.  I think the nine patches in the quilt below are 3/4" finished.

I had a quilt in this exhibit.  It looks like there were 20 of us who made the exact same quilt and quilted it different ways.

This quilt really looked like a child's quilt so I quilted it accordingly.  I quilted it with a sock monkey design of mine.  Here's a close up.

One of my favorite exhibits was this glow in the dark exhibit!  I have never seen this before! 

It's hard to catch on camera, but you can almost tell in this one.  The quilt straight back was black and white with lime green accents.  The lights are black lights.  The quilts on the left and right were quilted in glow in the dark thread.  It was so cool!

Of course, there were quilts by the masters there as well.  My favorite was this one by Sue McCarty.  No surprise that she came up with a masterpiece, but amazing none the less!

I think if you click on the pictures they may enlarge for you.  Here are a couple close up pictures.  It was embellished fabulously with a gazillion crystals.

There are pearls in the border.  I don't even know how anyone has the patience to do all of that background stitching!  Amazing!

Of course, the vendor mall is always fun.  I didn't think I needed anything this year and came home with a bag full.  Here is a friend of mine who has started designing fabric for Henry Glass.  Kari Ramsey with Fresh Cut Quilts also designed for one or two of our quilt a longs.  The quilt behind Kari is made from fabric from her first line and is a free download from Henry Glass.

But the skirt has fabric from her new line that she will be showcasing at Market next week.  So fun!

If you are in the area, the show runs until tomorrow, or plan to come next year.  It's usually the first part of May.

Quiltmaker 100 Blocks Blog Tour

 Today is my day on the Quiltmaker 100 Blocks Blog Tour! 

I'm excited to finally get to show you my block!  I used Joel Dewberry's Modern Meadow along with some gray solid fabrics.  It is Block #285.

Some of you who did the Jelly Roll Quilt Along may think it looks vagely familiar.  That's because the block I designed for the JRQA was the inspiration for this block.  Here is my Jelly Roll block:

I added some cornerstones in the nine patch to add a repetative element.  I made a quilt using sashing between the blocks to echo that repetative element one additional time.  You can see another picture of my quilt on page 21 of the same magazine in the Designer's Gallery!

You can create your own sampler quilt from this magazine.  It will be in quilt shops next week.

Leave a comment below for a chance to win a copy of this fun magazine!

And check out others on the tour today:

Susan Guzman

Scott Hansen

Bonnie Hunter

Toby Lischko

Sharon Pederson

Heidi Pridemore

Gina Reddin

Monica Solorio-Snow

Debra Taylor

Jenny Foltz

Toni Kay Steere

Thanks for stopping by!

Final Layer Cake Winners

We have three final winners!  What do they win?  They each will receive a layer cake, of course!

Two of these winners each made two quilts.  Making two quilts must have increased their odds.  All three of these lucky winners are extra lucky because this is the second time all of them have won.  What are the odd of that???  Just an FYI, it was random.org that picked the winners.  Sometimes completely random works that way.

So who are the winners?

First, Lismar02!

Second, VickiM35!

and third, Wilma's Craft Corner!

Her quilt was one of the bright ones.  She used the Lollipop fabric line by Sandy Gervais and had her quilt quilted and bound!  Wilma, I still couldn't grab your picture.  It says you have disabled downloading. 

I know I should have your contact information, but please send it to me again so I know you are expecting your layer cake in the mail.  

Thanks everyone for quilting along!  I welcome your feedback and comments on this quilt along.  I appreciate how willing everyone is to share on the flickr site.  I love how the sharing helps us all feel part of this wonderful quilting community.  

Happy Quilting!

A Couple Updates

As I was sitting down to write this post, I almost forgot what I was doing because I got side tracked looking at the fun quilts in our flickr group! 

Tomorrow is the last day to post a finished quilt on flickr!

At least to get in the drawing.  I have THREE layer cakes waiting to see where their new home will be!

In non-quilting news, I though I should give an update on my half-marathon.  My sister took this picture for me.  This is what the morning looked like:

Fortunately, it just got better from there, and it was actually a nice day to be out running.  A little cool, but no wind -- that's a good thing.  I use to think people who ran half-marathons were crazy.  Now I know they are!  I did just exactly as I expected I would.  I, of course, was hoping for better, but oh well.  That was one of the hardest things I have ever done.  My sister-in-law who ran it with me was almost half an hour ahead of me!  She is already trying to talk me into another one.  I'm not so sure.

Then, in other quilting news, the Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Blog Tour has started.

I will have a post up on Wednesday.  They are giving away a bunch of stuff if you are interested!