Quilter in the Closet

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Charming Rainbows - Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day

Hi there! It's been a crazy time, and I'm a little late to the party. I hope it will give readers new and old a better chance to win.

If you are new, welcome to Quilter in the Closet and my giveaway for the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day. Sew Mama Sew's website has great content, and this semi-annual giveaway day is always a great time for me to find new blogs to follow, even if I don't always have time to keep up with reading them. I've already added about 15 this morning, just don't tell anyone.

For this giveaway, I'm giving away 50 charm squares in a rainbow of colors (possibly not the exact fabrics below)!! Yes, it is a similar prize as the last giveaway day. I've been cutting a lot of charm squares lately and it doesn't seem right to keep them all to myself. Plus, who could resist this rainbow of color?

****This giveaway is now closed. Thank you for participating.

If you are new here, feel free to look around. I love making stuff, especially quilts, in my spare time. Here are a few of my projects from this year.

1. IG Mini Quilt Swap item, 2. Hexy flag quilt, 3. Doll Quilt Swap 14 finish, 4. 15 Shades of Gray mini, 5. Michael Miller Challenge quilt close up, 6. Monet Inspired wall quilt, 7. Doll quilt turned wall hanging or sewing mat, 8. Discontinuity 2, 9. finished shams, 10. Montana state mini, 11. Washington DC mini, 12. Ashley's 1st Communion Banner, 13. Massachusetts Mini, 14. Tinker Tote #4, front, 15. Mondrian inspired modern mini quilt, 16. New York state mini, 17. Alber's inspired modern mini, 18. Louisiana State mini, 19. Rothko inspired modern mini, 20. guitar block with skinny border

Geez, some of these projects seem like ages ago!

I also host a weekly linky party for other quilters to show off any blocks they have made recently. It is called Building Blocks Tuesday and it is posted every Tuesday whether or not I have any blocks to share. You don't even have to follow my blog to participate.

Now, I'm not going to make you jump through a dozen hoops to win. Just leave a comment below telling me what your favorite Free pattern or tutorial is. That's all. I'm on the lookout for some new things to make for some upcoming swaps.

This giveaway will run until Friday, December 12th at 5 pm PST, when I will randomly choose a winner. I will notify the winner via email by December 14th. Please leave your email address as part of your comment in the form of Name(at)domain(dot)com). It seems like every giveaway I host, half of the entries are No-Reply bloggers, and if I can't get a hold of you, you can't win.

This giveaway is open to International entries!

****This giveaway is now closed. Thank you for participating.

I look forward to reading your comments.

Thanks for reading,

Jen

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Holiday sewing - Building Blocks Tuesday

Whoa, slow down there! It's already the 2nd week of December. How did that happen? I feel like I just stepped off a plane from Thanksgiving, and like Christmas is tomorrow. I haven't really started shopping and my tree is only half way up, BUT I did start some holiday sewing, so THAT is something. I've been making some more of these Vintage Holiday blocks. My plan is to make them into placemats this time instead of a full quilt.

This pic is from the quilt I made a couple of years ago. All my new blocks are currently under a large blanket of plastic. We started re-piping our house yesterday, yikes! I didn't realize that the plumbers were going to be cutting holes in the house, literally everywhere, looking for stray pipes. My sewing area is in a corner of the garage, but just close enough to get thoroughly covered in the dust from the construction. The guys were nice enough to put plastic over my machine, table, and of course all my glorious fabric. But it might be a day or two before I can uncover it again and get back to work. What's that saying, "Oy vey".

What blocks have you working on this week? I would love to see. Link up your fabulous blocks. You put a lot of hard work into them - show them off! This free linky will stay open until the first Monday of next month, but I will repost it every Tuesday until a new month starts.

Rules:

1) Please link up only to the page in your blog showing your wonderful blocks, not just the blog homepage. Flickr pictures are also OK.
2) Make sure to put your blog name as the description so people know where they are going or the name of your block!
3) Please grab my button and post it in your blog post or sidebar.
4) Visit other linky participants!

Thanks for reading!

Jen

An InLinkz Link-up

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Bee Questions - Building Blocks Tuesday

Interested in joining a bee for the New Year? The bee that I've been participating in for the last few months is looking for some new faces. Head over to the Mrs. Pickles Garden blog to check it out. I am currently in the We Be With It group, but I've also had a great time in the We Bee Learning group in the past. There is also a group just for Canadians, who make the most lovely blocks that I wish I lived north of the border.

Joining a bee is a great way to meet people, get some diverse fabrics into your quilt, and a way to not have to do all the work yourself!

Since I was travelling all last week for Thanksgiving, I didn't get a chance to start on any new blocks to share this week. Instead, I put together a little mosaic of some of the bee blocks I've made in recent years to tempt you into answering a few questions for me:

1) Are you interested in joining a bee for the New Year?
2) Which kind of bee do you prefer - one where you choose the block and general colors (so you end up with all the same kind of blocks in your quilt), or one where you choose the color palette and your bee mates choose which block to make for you (so you end up with a sampler at the end).
3) Is there a particular design aesthetic that you prefer your bee to adhere to; for example, a modern bee, paper piecing only bee, improv block bee, classic blocks bee, etc.?
4) What platform do you prefer to post/share/generally communicate to your bee mates through - Flickr? Instagram? Linky parties?

Thanks for taking the time to answer a few little questions. Every so often I get the idea in my head to start a bee or swap. I know what I like, but I am curious as to what you like.

I also wanted to remind you that the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day is coming up next week, starting on December 8th!

What blocks have you working on this week? I would love to see. Link up your fabulous blocks. You put a lot of hard work into them - show them off! This free linky will stay open until the first Monday of next month, but I will repost it every Tuesday until a new month starts.