Giveaway day winner!

It's time to announce the winner of our giveaway!

Many thanks to SewMamaSew for organizing this and hosting the linky party! I'm sure that everyone had a blast . . . I know that I got quite a few chuckles from the comments using the word "elf"!! That was fun!

We had 517 comments! Whew! Y'all were seriously excited about these charm packs, weren't you? (Grin)

Mr. Random chose #114!!

And that is KD-Quilts! Here's what she said:

So, KD-Quilts, I hope you enjoy your four charm packs! I'll be contacting you by email to set up the shipping! Congratulations!



Thank you to everyone who stopped by, and those who commented, and especially those who are new followers!

We love all of you!!
(Padsworth and DragonDrop are blowing kisses!)





Love,

As promised!

Imagine my surprise when I came back to my sewing area and found Padsworth tucking DragonDrop in for a nap . . .

 
(Grin) That's my finished runner --- as promised, I'll show it to you now!

Oh, and in the interest of true transparency and accountability (and just letting you know that is is perfectly OK to make mistakes . . . oh, you knew that already?) here is what happened yesterday. 

This is what we would like to see, no? 
Yes.

 
Remember the "need for speed" that I mentioned? Well, this is what happens when you are focusing more on the Nutcracker Suite music that is playing, than on the tension of your thread. 

Sigh. Hie thee hither, my trusty seam ripper. Dost thou see the job thee must do?

After that, we ended up with this:

And this:

So, as they say, all's well that ends well. 

I wanted to show you the whole thing, but the wind started up when I got outside (kind of a gray day, too) but I think you can see most of it:

Now, it's off to create with some scrumptious Jacquelynne Steves fabrics . . . her Fruitful Hands line! I'm seriously in love with these gorgeous fabrics.  Click on those linkies to see a sampling!

See you soon!

Love,

 

Sewing, sewing, sewing . . .

Imagine that title sung to the tune of the Rawhide television show song; you know, "Rolling, rolling, rolling, keep those doggies rolling...."
You don't remember? Aww, take a peek, and leave it playing while you read!  (Whispering) Those of you that are checking blogs at work can either turn it way down low or leave it up --- you might get the beady eyes of your manager fixed upon you, or you might start an office sing-along . . . then you'll be known as the person that they simply MUST invite to all the parties, because you are so much fun......maybe you'd better play it at your own risk. I assume no liability here. (Wink)



Well, after a short delay to have some blog-hopping fun, I'm ready to show you my table runner -- almost finished!

But first, let me show you how I made it!

This is what I showed you before . . . lovely strips of fabric. For those of you who are going to ask, I'll beat you to the punch and tell you that I cut them 1.5 inches wide!

This is what I did with those:

Then I chopped 'em up!

And then I sewed 'em back together!  That's what we quilters do, right? Take perfectly good fabric, cut it up and then sew it back together! (Grin)
Here's an example of what I had then:

Aren't they cute? Now, what is in my devious little mind? How am I going to arrange these?

Hmmm . . .

Sorry about the wonky edge, there. Pay no attention . . . just like the wonderful wizard behind the curtain, pay no attention and everything will turn out OK in the end. (Don'tcha love obscure movie references?)

Something is amiss here, though. In addition to the wonkiness.
I'm going for "Scrappy."
I think instead I'm getting "Busy."
What to do?
Put in some blocks of solids, so the eye has a place to stop and rest and enjoy the pretty fabric.

Now we're getting somewhere!
Houston, we now have "Controlled Scrappy."

Then I placed some bars of fabric in between the scrappy sections, and got this:

The Force is with me, now. I'm liking how this looks!

It's my very own design. My own. My preciousssssss!

Here's the whole runner, sandwiched and ready to quilt:

I feel the need - the need for speed! I'm ready to quilt this puppy!

Next time we meet, I'll show you the finish!

Love,

Giveaway Day December 2012!

Whoo hooo! Let the fun begin!  This giveaway is closed now, but thank you for your interest!

First, though, let's thank the wonderful folks over at SewMamaSew because they organize and host this event twice a year! It's an awesome opportunity to hop around and find fun new blogs to visit, and perhaps win some neat prizes, too!

Here at Lilypadquilting, we are offering up four charm packs of Jovial, by Basic Grey, for Moda. Yep, you read that right --- four charm packs!

Take a look!

Padsworth and DragonDrop thought it was great fun to play with the fabric, but I can assure you that no charm packs were injured in the writing of this post. (Grin)

They loved making a house, and playing King on the Mountain, too!

(These charm packs came from our special friend Michelle who ran the Quilt Kit Market. She is now focusing on developing patterns for sale.)

Want to win these? Oh, you know you do!! These packs just make you feel all jingle-bell-y all over!  And I can just SEE the smoke coming from your ears, as the gears turn and you dream of creating a quilt, a runner, some placemats, or other Christmas-y things!  You didn't know that I could see you, did you? That's one of my super-powers, don'tcha know?!   (Maniacal laughter fading away . . . )

Ahem.

Leave me a comment using the word "elf" or "elves" and you will be entered to win!!  Easy peasy!

Now, you don't have to be a follower to win, but we do love our followers, so if you are one of these special peeps, you can leave me a comment to tell me so, and that will be your second entry to win!!

This giveaway will be open until 5pm (PST) on December 7, and the winner will be announced on the next day!

Now, be sure to go over to SewMamaSew and see all of the other fabulous giveaways, and fun blogs to visit, too!

Last time we played this fun game, we had so many comments that we just couldn't keep up! Please forgive us if we don't reply to you --- we'll give it a shot, but we might not get around to everyone!
I'm also linked up to Royal Legacy Tuesday Treasure Giveaway Linkup!

Love,

It's my favorite!

(And they didn't even ask me......they just knew!)

How did they do it?

I go by this museum fairly frequently, and they now have a quilt block displayed at the front entrance. Recently they hosted a speaker about the Quilt Trails in various areas of the country, and I guess this is a good start for getting this going in our neck of the woods!

But somehow the quilting goddesses knew, and the block that the staff chose for their gorgeous sign was my absolute fav . . . Blackford's Beauty!

Take a peek:

Isn't it pretty? That's a real day-brightener, for sure!

Stop back in tomorrow for our Giveaway! It's the Sew Mama Sew event that you've been waiting for!

Love,