A pot of tea and a drawing. The winner of the neutral bundle is Barb. The winner of the smaller blue and green bundles is Moramargaritaster. Congratulations! Please send me an email with your postal address and I will get this cotton moving!
Thank you to everyone who participated...I wish I had a prize for everyone as you were all so sweet and generous with your comments!
I managed to finish assembling the center of the liberated ladies top. Now it is on to the borders, including free-pieced phrases. I stripped out all the ladies with my stash of small to medium florals and bugs/butterflies. I tried my hand at some trees to fill a few holes.
There were some cool embellishments and "bling" on some of the swapped ladies, which I removed temporarily during construction and quilting. I will put them back in place when the quilting is finished.
Don't you love the chick in the bikini???
As I was chain-piecing all these strips, ladies, trees and doggies, I was sewing through my "leaders and enders" (thanks, Bonnie!) to make these kinds of blocks. Here are 4 little blocks that I have done...2 light chain, and 2 dark chain. It is a great way to get rid of 2 inch scraps! If you don't know about leaders and enders, check out Bonnie's blog. Having scrappy blocks ready to piece as I piece another project, sitting in a basket next to my machine, gives me basically two quilt tops for the effort of one. And I do love scrappy!
Thank you susi! This will be another one of my enjoyable little projects on the go in a magic box (along with my spools and little appliqued baskets).
In stitches,
Teresa :o)
In stitches,
Teresa :o)
Wow the top is wonderful, so much to look at :0) Isn't it fun getting a "twofer" quilt? This got me to thinking about my boxes of 2 inch squares that I collected for a watercolor quilt that will NEVER happen :0)
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dear teresa,your quilt top is very beautiful,and i am glad that you like aunt claras quilt,it`s so much fun for me sewing it,have a nice day,susi
ReplyDeletecongrats to the winners!! and thanks Teresa for your generosity!!
ReplyDeleteWow! I can't believe I won - Thank you so much for such a nice give away!
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Congrats to the winners. Your quilt is coming along great. You will never get bored looking at it. Always something new to discover. (grin) Winona
ReplyDeleteoh, thats fine, that you also makes aunt claras quilt. I am also, with the templates from the nice susi.
ReplyDeletehave much fun by sewing with your scraps. I like it also
much greetings elfriede
Hi Teresa, that quilt top is gorgeous and so cute! Congrats to the winner of your giveaway. I like the blue teapot too - Hugs Nat
ReplyDeleteCongrats to the winners. Your quilt is looking good. I like the one lady with the bad hair day. She looks to be blond in the blue floral dress. A fun quilt to look at.
ReplyDeleteWow,I can´t believe it,I WON!!thanks so much for such lovely giveaway
ReplyDeleteThat is the most adorable quilt I have seen! I love it!!
ReplyDeleteI need to check out Bonnie's leaders and enders, I keep seeing fabulous projects from her method.
love all the closeups of the ladies - marvelous
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