Blog Give Away

I'm cleaning out a few things here but some of my things are pretty nice and I don't want to just give them to Good Will.  I'd rather give them away here to someone who would really enjoy having them.

Today's give away is for a little collection of decorative shoes:

The 3 shoes on the left are glass or ceramic.  I bought them years ago at flea markets.  The pink one to the right is handmade.

Also included is a really pretty (and rather expensive) glass Christmas Plum Pudding tree ornament.

The first person to leave a comment here and send me an email can have them.  I will pay for postage.  USA only please.

I have more things, which I'll post as I have time but for now, these little things are really pretty.

UPDATE:  These are spoken for.  I'll have another give away soon!

Give Away!

I have a couple of Crazy Quilt blocks that I don't feel like sewing together.  I just wanted to make them to use the little pictures!  LOL!!

Anyway, I'm giving these 2 away free of charge, as a set.  I will pay for postage.  They are stitched but not finished into anything:

The first person to leave a comment on this post can have them.  Please leave your comment and then drop me an email and I can mail them out in tomorrow's mail (Tuesday).

UPDATE:  The first person to post a comment was Joyce Carter.  Joyce, I will reply to your email.

Thank you everyone!  I will have another Give Away next week.

And The Winner Is..........

The winner of my little Crazy Quilt Cat Doll is:

Carol Delater of Beads And Birds blog!

Congratulations Carol!  Please email me with your street address and I'll send your kitty doll to you asap!

Crazy Button Quilt Progress

My Button Quilt is all sewn together now.  I spent yesterday afternoon at my sewing machine.  The quilt came out good and straight and square:

Now if only I could have gotten my photo straight!  LOL!!!  Anyway, I had planned on putting a light blue border around it but I'm reconsidering that.  It's 30 inches square and at this point, I'm not even sure where to hang it as my empty wall space is limited.  I don't have to decide on that right now.  My immediate goal is to get it assembled so I can take it with me for examples when I teach my CQ class in May.

The quilt is quite heavy too!  It has to weigh at least 8 pounds at this point!  Once I get the back on and add the "support buttons" to the back, that will add a little more weight to it.

The blocks are first sewn in vertical strips.  Then I sewed the strips together horizontally onto a heavy muslin foundation.  This will help to support the weight.  I use Allie Aller's "False Back" technque. You can find Allies technique in her new book called, "Allie Aller's Crazy Quilting" available at Amazon.com.

Do visit Allie's blog!  You'll love seeing her work!

I'll post another update on the Button Quilt when I get the back on.

For now, I thought you'd like to see the cat doll that I'll be giving away when I reach 400 followers:

I'm pretty close to 400 so please spread the word!