Children's fabric giveaway - winner!

Thank you to everyone who entered the Children's fabric FQ bundle giveaway.


The winner is Sarah @ FairyFace Designs

Sarah said: I think I would use the fabric to make some cushions for the playroom and some fabric toy baskets!

Congratulations Sarah! Sarah has been notified by email.

Thanks again to everyone for participating, for your much appreciated comments and support!

Noga

WIP Wednesday

It's been so long since I posted WIP Wednesday! (June 21 was my last post). I had lots of work but no progress... (ha ha)

At long last I finished the Pretty in Pink quilt. I'm very happy with the result. All I need is to applique baby G.'s name on the back.


I'm working now on a new baby quilt, for baby E., my 3 weeks old lovely grandson. No more pink for now, back to blue/green/yellow and the rest of the color wheel. BTW, who says pink is for girls only? What do think? Would you make a pink quilt for a boy, or dress him in pink?


Enough with gender sociology. I'm trying something new - paper piecing. I'm working with a pattern from Glorious Patchwork by Kaffe Fasset the quilt on the cover. Somehow the instruction are for paper piecing, and I decided to try and master this technique with the help of my great teacher Margot. Well, I discovered I really don't like it. So time consuming! Maybe it's good for other shapes like points and curves, but for this log cabin I'd rather use simple piecing. Do you have a more positive experience with PP? I'd love to hear.


This is the first block I finished. It took me more than 3 hours! At this rate I'll finish this quilt when baby E. will be in school. I don't even like this block, I think the yellow at the end is not great. Well, hope to show some serious progress next week, paper piecing or not.

I'm linking with Lee from Freshly Pieced, who hosts this lovely event week after week. Thank you Lee!

Thanks for stopping by,

Noga

Pretty in Pink - Finished!

At last i finished Pretty in Pink, it's quilted and binded, I only need to applique the label with the name at the back. Baby G. is already 2 months old, and she has a new cousin, baby E. who is also waiting for a quilt, so it's time I continue working!




This quilt is made of my pink stash, some "it's a Hoot" for Moda, and some Ann Kelle for Robert Kaufman. Some of the fabrics are from my collection.




The backing is a sheet from Ikea. I bought few of their children's sheets, they have lovely prints, wash very well, and are very soft and easy to work with.


For the binding is I used one of the pink striped fabrics from the quilt.


The quilt is 91 x 93 cm, 36 x 37 inch. I quilted it minimally - straight lines through the colored squares.


It's very girly, and I'm very happy with the result. This is the first girly quilt I ever made!




I'm linking to Fabric Tuesday at Quiltstory and to Quilt Summer Fair at Gen X Quilters.

Children's Fabrics Giveaway

Here is my promised giveaway, to say a big Thank you! Thanks for stopping by to read my blog, for your kind comments and for supporting my quilt in the Quilts for Little Boys Contest where it won first place.


I have a big collection of children's fabrics, collected over the years, starting in the 90's when my boys were still small. The fabrics are all 100% cotton, quilting quality. Some are designer's fabrics, two are cotton fabrics bought at my local fabric store. Some of the fabrics are vintage, discontinued prints. All are in an excellent condition, not washed.



The giveaway:

10 FQ of children's fabrics, among them:

Michael Miller fabrics
Joan Kessler for Concord Fabrics 1993
V.I.P. Collection for Cranston Print Works
k.p.kids & co. kari pearson for SSI
Aleene's Cinnamon Street bu Delores Ruzuicka for SSI




How to enter:

1. Become a follower of my blog, click "join this site" button of the top right (I like to share fabrics with friends!) and leave a comment. Or tell me if you are already a follower. Also tell us what you will do with these fabrics if you win.

2. To have a second chance share the giveaway in your facebook, G+ or Twitter, and leave another comment.

3. You can have a third chance of winning - post about the giveaway in your blog, link to this post, and leave another comment.

Please make sure your e mail is available in your profile, or add it to your comment. International entries are welcome! One winner will be selected randomly on August 10, 2011.

Thank you so much for stopping by and for your kind comments and e mails, I really appreciate it!

All the best,
Noga

First place! Thanks and a giveaway

My quilt Sunshine and Candy got first place in Quilts for Little Boys contest at the Quilting Gallery blog! Thank you so much for voting for this quilt! I always loved this quilt, and I made it with great joy, but it's very heartwarming to see that other quilters like it as well. Thank you Michele, for organizing this contest!

As a note of my appreciation I decided to have a giveaway, I'll post about it in the next post, stay tuned!

Quilts for Little Boys Contest - could you vote please?

I entered the Sunshine and Candy quilt for a contest at the Quilting Gallery blog. The theme is quilts for little boys. I made this quilt for my 2 years old grandson, H. It's an I Spy quilt, full of little boys' fabrics, and little H. loves spotting all kinds of pictures on the quilt.

I would really appreciate it if you find the time to visit this excellent blog, and vote for this quilt. It's fifth from the end, in this link, so please scroll down.

Thanks so much!!

Noga

New York and a New Baby!

I didn't post anything for quite a while. We had a very busy time. Most important - my son and daughter-in -law had a baby boy, lovely cute little baby E.! Thank God, we are so happy.
Two days before the baby was born his mother and father had their MD graduation ceremony (very considerate baby). And the same day we came back from a visit to New York. No time for sewing.

Summer rain in Manhattan

New York is always wonderful to visit, winter or summer, hot or cold. We had a great time, and on top of all - I had a fabric shopping spree! I didn't have much time, only 5 days, so I ordered lots of solids from the wonderful Jackie of Canton Village Quilt Works. The parcel arrived promptly, and the fabrics were beautifully packed. I can't wait to start cutting into them.



I managed to visit just one quilt store (The City Quilter), and went a bit overboard with fabrics purchasing... My son, who was with me, said: "you're like a child in a toy store". How true, but what a pleasure. I'll show the fabrics in the coming posts.

Now I have to open the machine and start working. Need to finish Pretty in Pink and start a baby quilt for beautiful baby E. (Blue? maybe red? we'll see)


Thanks for stopping by, and for those of you in the Northern hemisphere - enjoy summer!