Getting the binding ready

Remember my Happy Town quilt?

I'm scrambling to get it finished so that I can send it off to the folks at Henry Glass Fabrics, for the Quilts for Kids effort.

It's been quilted (I'll show you that later) and it's ready for binding.

I had some lovely striped fabric left from the Happy Town collection. I do love me a striped binding. I also love a narrow binding!

 

I cut my strips just 2 inches wide -- I can hear some of you gasping in disapproval, but I really do like how it turns out.

I found a great tutorial at Cherry House Quilts, and joining the strips was a lot easier than my last project! Check this out if you like the look of a narrow binding.  (Thank you, Cherri!)

Personally, I like the binding to appear full, and when I have done a wider binding, part of it seems to be full, and part of it seems empty!
Don't you love the stripes?

I'll be taking some photos before I send the quilt off, so I hope to show you those soon!

Love,

We have a winner!

Someone is going to win this wonderful kit from our fabulous sponsor, Quilt Kit Market! Whoo hoo!

Gorgeous fabrics, from our special friend Michele, who has oodles of wonderful things at her online store!

Padsworth and DragonDrop wanted to try pulling numbers from the hat, but we had lots of entries, so that just wouldn't work . . .

So, we asked Mr. Random to help us out, and he chose:

Now, who could that be?

Why, it's Quilting Granny! She said . . .

Congratulations! I sure hope that you enjoy your fabulous Blitzen kit from Quilt Kit Market! 

And I hope that all of you Lilypadquilters will hop over to Quilt Kit Market and take advantage of her super prices, kits, and sales! It's great to have a good resource for our fabric needs, and Michele offers top-notch customer service, too!

While you are hopping, be sure to check out the giveaway over at Quilting Granny's place! Show her your sewing space, and you'll be entered to win some very nice prizes! You can tell her that Snoodles sent you! (Grin)

Stop back in tomorrow and we'll show you some quilty stuff, OK?

Love,

Quilt Kit Market sponsors HUGE giveaway!

This giveaway is closed now....thank you for your interest, and please take a look around at Lilypadquilting - hope you enjoy your visit!  
I'm so happy that I'm bouncing in my chair! Padsworth and DragonDrop are dancing a jig! Quilt Kit Market is back! Yay!

As we posted yesterday, the fabulous Quilt Kit Market is back in business, and today we're celebrating -- Michelle is sponsoring a wonderful giveaway!

Want to see what is up for grabs? Hold tight and click on this link . . .

A gorgeous kit to make a holiday quilt -- and just look at those fabrics: Blitzen by Basic Grey for Moda!

(That's just a small sampling of the cute fabrics in this line.)

If you're like me, starting a holiday project now makes sense! Then when I get sidetracked by other gotta-do-it projects, there is still time to finish it up for Christmas!

Here's a note to tell you more about this kit:

This wonderfully wintery quilt measures 67"x67" when finished. The kit includes all of the fabric needed to complete the top and the binding.

This kit is over eighty dollars in value, and it is going to have a new home very soon --- one of you special Lilypadquilters will be the happy winner!

I have a feeling that some of you are going to want to tip the odds in your favor to win that beautiful kit, so I'm going to give you several ways to enter the giveaway!

1. Since Google Reader is leaving us in July, many of us are concerned that we might lose Google Friend Connect, too. Please click on the BlogLovin button on the right hand sidebar, so that we will continue to have all of our Lilypadquilting peeps with us. That helps us to attract sponsors, and sponsors mean more giveaways and more fun! Leave me a comment to let me know that you did.
(By the way, you can import all of your favs from GFC to Bloglovin'; click here to get the instructions!)

2. Quick as a wink, click here and sign up to get Quilt Kit Market's newsletter! Leave me a comment to tell me that you did, or that you already receive her newsletter.

3. Visit the Modern Quilt Kits page at Quilt Kit Market, and come back to tell me which one was your favorite!

4. If you help us to spread the word about the giveaway (on your blog, on Facebook, on Twitter, etc) then come back to comment here and leave me the URL for another entry! You can get a separate entry for each way that you spread the news!

5. Just for fun, click on this link and then come back to tell me which of the ten reasons you think is the absolute best reason to shop with Michelle at the Quilt Kit Market! (Grin)

Now, this is such an awesome opportunity that we want to let everyone have a chance, so we will leave this giveaway open for a full week. We'll close the entries on next Monday, April 8th, and we'll announce our winner right after that!

Good luck everyone!

Love,

March NEWFO Party! Rock on!

Barbara at Catpatches always throws the best parties! Today I'm linking up with the March NEWFO party . . .

I started my Happy Town project in March, and I'm hoping to finish it soon enough to send it to the Henry Glass and Jacquelynne Steves effort for Quilts for Kids!

Hop on over to Catpatches and see all of the other fun projects entered in the March party! And say hello to Smitty and Gracie, too!

Love,

The Quilt Kit Market is re-opening!

We had a fabulous sponsor last year, and we were so sad to see the Quilt Kit Market close up . . . but now we are all happy dancing, because

The Quilt Kit Market is re-opening!!

Here is a special note from Michele:

I am so happy to announce that Quilt Kit Market is re-opening.  After a trip to Quilt Market in Houston last fall and much thought and prayer, I have decided to re-open the business without my partner. There has been some restructuring to the website and I have lots of new ideas that I can't wait to share with you.
I have spent the last few months restocking inventory and we have lots of new kits as well as precuts and fabrics by the yard. 

 

Just look at these great kits that Michelle is offering on her site:

 

And for all of us that love our charm packs and jelly rolls and layer cakes, she has those in stock, too!

 

Here's another word from Michelle:

I am extending a special Grand Re-opening discount to all of my newsletter subscribers. You will get 10% off of your entire purchase if you use the code GRAND2013 when you check out.

We're so proud to welcome Quilt Kit Market back as a Lilypadquilting sponsor. (And here is a word to the wise ---- we will have a super giveaway starting on Monday!!)

Happy Easter to everyone!!

Love,