Finally... The Winners!!!

 

 

Today is the last of the last for the BOM 2015, I have enjoyed seeing everyone's quilts. Everyone did such a beautiful job and put their own personalities into their quilts. Everyone.... amazing job! Super amazing job! Thank you to everyone that followed along and sewed along with me.

Now onto picking the winners.... hey Wilson! Come on over and bring the bucket of entries.... Maddie, let Wilson bring me the bucket...... I know you want to help too! Ok... let's pick the winners, you guys can take turns. The winner's are....

 

 

Judith won the $75 gift certificate from Fat Quarter Shop!

Lori won the Stonehenge Stone Strips!
Sherry won the Bali Crackers!

And from our sweet followers....
Dody won the Bali Snaps
Dody had these sweet words to say...

DodySaturday, 27 February, 2016

All the quilts are great! I look at them and think about how fun it must of been to make them. Quilting is just most awesome hobby! Quilt on ladies!

 



Winner's please contact me and give me your snail mail addresses so that I can get these packages out to you! Congratulations!!!!

I also want to take a moment and thank everyone who participated in last years BOM. I had a great year watching everyone's progress. Thank you! Thank you! You can see more pictures on the Flickr Group.

Happy Quilting,

 

The Last of the Show and Tell

 

 

Today is the last of the show and tell for the BOM 2015, I have enjoyed seeing everyone's quilts. But this is the last of the show and tell that will be eligible for the end of the 2015 BOM prizes. I will be picking winners and posting them on Monday, February 29th. I've got some fun prizes and they are listed below.

I haven't posted in a while, life is busy, not in a usual way. I have been juggling more than usual. Some of you know I work in a library during the day and 'quilt' by night (and weekends too) but since before Christmas I have been doing double duty at work. My supervisor took a fall on the ice and has been out since suffering from a head injury. I have been holding down the fort at school since. I keep hoping that she'll recover soon. We all miss her smiling face at work. So I come home at night and collapse in my chair. To add to it all, my blood pressure has spiked, really spiked so I'm on meds. ----big sigh---- This morning is one of the first mornings I actually feel good. Feel like I can conquer the world. At least my little quilt world. I didn't know I was feeling crappy until I woke up this morning feeling great! I know things will get better and I'm hopeful that my co-worker will be back soon. The kids and I really miss her. So thank you for listening...
 

Penny's quilt... I love the pink fabric. Here's a little note from Penny... "Loved this quilt when I saw it...still love it after sewing the blocks together...still need to sandwich and binding will be in the blue in the quilt.."

Judith's quilt, so cute! The added flower border on the top is adorable. Here's a little note from Judith..."I kinda did my own thing with the layout. This quilt makes me happy! Haven't had a chance to quilt it yet. But soon!"

Lori's quilt, I love how she fill the spaces with hearts, bows, flowers and stars. So cute and a nice way to tie some of the colors together. Here's a note from Lori... "I made this quilt with a super group of ladies. We enjoyed each others company through the year. I changed the dog block to a kitty and added some fun applique in the blank blocks."

Helen's quilt is so cute too. I love her birthday cake, it looks like chocolate! Yum!!!
Here's a sweet note from Helen... "The sewing group I belong to, was as excited as I was for the first of the month. 20 of us say "it is a very cute quilt." Thank you...Thank you!" Helen, you are very welcome... it was a fun quilt to design and I have loved seeing everyone's results.

Now onto Prizes!

 

 



 I have some wonderful prizes to give away..... A $75 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop, a batik layer cake from Hoffman Fabrics, a Bali Snap and a package of 'Stone Strips'. Leave a sweet comment for today's quilters for a chance to win too. (Remember you need to participate to win)

I also want to take a moment and thank everyone who participated in last years BOM. I had a great year watching everyone's progress. Thank you! Thank you! You can see more pictures on the Flickr Group.

Happy Quilting,

 

Love Show and Tell!

 

 

Welcome to the third day of our virtual show and tell of our quilts from the 2015 BOM. I have been having troubles with the pictures displaying, so I've been a tad bit frustrated but really hope that I have it resolved. Please take the time to check out the past couple days posting to see the fun pictures. It's so much fun seeing the quilt done in different fabrics. Today's quilts are from Kathy and Sherry.

Sherry left me this sweet note;  "...just got the perfect backing fabric today for my 2015 BOM. I do have the top, mostly done too. I still want to do something with all the empty spacing though. I am thinking I will embroider "These are a few of my favorite things" on those spaces.
I really enjoyed the journey and loved seeing some notes of yours regarding Minnesota. I lived for over 40 years there!
I am not sure what I will be doing with this quilt when it is done. I will probably let my adult kids fight over it after I am gone. I have several quilts like that! hahahaha
Thanks again for the wonderful BOM!"



Sherry's Quilt
Check out her blog at The Lazy Quilter

Kathy's Quilt

 

I love Kathy's quilt, actually it looks a lot like the one I have done. :) Mainly because I did offer fabric kits at the beginning of last year in the same fabrics that I was constructing mine in. Some of you may know, 'Kathy' is my sweet mom. Mom worked on putting her quilt together over the Christmas holiday. It was so much fun helping her. It was like a little mini quilt retreat at my house. Mom and I spent a couple of days just sewing. I'm always amazed how quickly the days fly by when mom visits. I'm always sad when it's time for her to go back home.

 Stop by again tomorrow for more of our virtual show and tell. I look forward to showing more of the Quilt Doodle BOM 2015 blocks and finished quilts!

Even if your quilt top isn't finished, please join and show off your blocks. At the end of our show and tell I will announce the GRAND PRIZE winners for the BOM 2015.  To join, please EMAIL ME your pictures so that I can add them to the postings for the virtual show and tell.

 I have some wonderful prizes to give away at the end of the Quilt Doodle BOM Blog Hop. A $75 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop, a batik layer cake from Hoffman Fabrics, plus a few other fun things. Leave a sweet comment for today's quilters for a chance to win too. (Remember you need to participate to win)

Make sure to pop over to see Nicole's quilt too over at her blog,
Quilting Like a Maniac. She's showing off her beautiful quilt!

Happy Quilting,

 

More of My Favorite Things!

 

 

Welcome to the second day of our virtual show and tell of our quilts from the 2015 BOM. It's so much fun seeing the quilt done in different fabrics. Today's quilts are from Janice and Helen. Both have done a beautiful job and I love the stitching and use of fabrics.

A note from Janice... "Many thanks for designing and sharing the 2015 BoM patterns for My Favorite Things.  I looked forward each month to the release of the new block.    My top will be quilted at a quilt retreat at the end of February and I look forward to using it."




Janice's Quilt

Helen's Blocks for her 2015 BOM Quilt

 Stop by again tomorrow for more of our virtual show and tell. I look forward to showing more of the Quilt Doodle BOM 2015 blocks and finished quilts!

Even if your quilt top isn't finished, please join and show off your blocks. At the end of our show and tell I will announce the GRAND PRIZE winners for the BOM 2015.  To join, please EMAIL ME your pictures so that I can add them to the postings for the virtual show and tell.

 I have some wonderful prizes to give away at the end of the Quilt Doodle BOM Blog Hop. A $75 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop, a batik layer cake from Hoffman Fabrics, plus a few other fun things. Leave a sweet comment for today's quilters for a chance to win too. (Remember you need to participate to win)

Remember to also hop over to visit Nicole at
Quilting Like a Maniac tomorrow. She's showing off her beautiful quilt!

Happy Quilting,

 

Show and Tell Time

 

 

Welcome to the first day of our virtual show and tell of our quilts from the 2015 BOM. It's so much fun seeing the quilt done in different fabrics. Today's quilt is from Karin. I love the colors she used and I love her story....

"Enjoyed making it with nobody in mind. The last winter storm here in Kentucky snowed us in. Both seniors and my husband not in good health the driveway was covered and seemed to stay covered in snow. Unannounced my next door neighbor and her daughter showed up and shoveled us out. This is where I am going to donate my quilt to. The perfect home."

Karin's Quilt



 

Stop by again tomorrow for more of our virtual show and tell. A group of us will be showing off our Quilt Doodle BOM 2015 blocks and finished quilts!

Even if your quilt top isn't finished, please join and show off your blocks. At the end of our show and tell I will announce the GRAND PRIZE winners for the BOM 2015.  To join, please EMAIL ME your pictures so that I can add them to the postings for the virtual show and tell.

 

 I have some wonderful prizes to give away at the end of the Quilt Doodle BOM Blog Hop. A $75 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop, a batik layer cake from Hoffman Fabrics, plus a few other fun things. Leave a sweet comment for today's quilter. (Remember you need to participate to win)

Happy Quilting,

 

Quilt Doodle BOM 2015 Blog Hop!!!

 

Mark your calendars for February 12-14 for a virtual show and tell. A group of us will be showing off our Quilt Doodle BOM 2015 blocks and finished quilts! Won't it be fun to see the quilts in different fabric choices. I'm really looking forward to it. Not only will it be fun to see everyone's projects but there is also some swag to giveaway to our lucky blog hop winners!

Even if your quilt top isn't finished, please join and show off your blocks. At the end of the hop I will announce the GRAND PRIZE winners for the BOM 2014. But to win you need to join the hop. To join, please EMAIL ME 

your name and email 

 

your blog if you have one

 ( if you do not have a blog)  I will host for you..

 

your url of your blog

 

More details to follow soon!

I will email a listing to all of our participants soon!

Mark your calendars for February 12-14th and post the BOM 2015 button on your blog or website. I have some wonderful prizes to give away at the end of the Quilt Doodle BOM Blog Hop. (Remember you need to participate to win)

Happy Quilting,

Hack-Hack- Hacking Away.....

I bet a few of you have wondered if I have fallen off the face of the earth. No not quite, but I have been hack, hack, hacking away. I have the mother of all colds.... currently going on week three with the crud. I've never been so worn out from coughing... when I'm not hacking away, I'm sleeping in my comfy chair. But the huge problem is, I have tons to do! Christmas is only a few days away!  Today I actually woke up feeling like I could actually get something done and join the living again! So I'm trying to play catch up. Let's see how much I actually get done...

I have received many emails on the 'December' blocks for the quilt. There are no December blocks. What is written on the layout for December are long rectangle sections on the quilt. Here is what my thought was at the time.... I left these spaces for you if you want to personalize your 'Favorite Things' quilt. You can embroider in these areas a favorite quote. You can embroider words you live by.... special quilting can be done in these areas. Whatever your heart desires. I left these areas plain on my quilt. So I left December pretty 'free' so that you can have time to piece your quilt together and quilt it if you want to have it done for a Christmas gift. I hope that you have had time to piece the quilt together. Here are some photos of when I worked on the border pieces on my quilt.

sewing corner to corner....

My stack of squares... trimmed up. Do I keep the trimmed off pieces?

Sewing corner to corner on the opposite sides.

 Please continue to post your finished blocks and quilt tops to the Quilt Doodle BOM flickr group.  You can post any pictures of past blocks if you are playing catch up. You can also post pictures if you are working on the square in a square blocks that surround each month's blocks. The directions can be found on Craftsy and also my website for free. (Links are below)

If you missed any of the blocks they can be found in my Etsy store for a small fee.

A printable supply list can be found HERE!

Cutting instructions and quilt construction for the quilt can be found HERE!

There will be a blog hop in January to show off our quilts. (They don't have to be quilted to show them off) Please email me your blog url, name, blog name if you would like to participate in the January blog hop.

Let's have some quilty fun!
Happy quilting,

 

December Quilt Wrap Up

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

It has finally snowed here in Minnesota and the Christmas lights outside looks so pretty. I'm late with posting... again I am feeling like Lucy at the candy factory. There are days that I can certainly use an assistant! or arms like an octopus! I have received many emails on the 'December' blocks for the quilt. There are no planned December blocks. What is written on the layout for December are long rectangle sections on the quilt. Here is what my thought was at the time.... I left these spaces for you if you want to personalize your 'Favorite Things' quilt. You can embroider in these areas a favorite quote. You can embroider words you live by.... special quilting can be done in these areas. Whatever your heart desires. I left these areas plain on my quilt. I had thought of appliqueing some flowers in this section, repeating some sections from my quilt block, but then I decided not to. So I left December pretty 'free' so that you can have time to piece your quilt together and quilt it if you want to have it done for a Christmas gift.

This month's prize is a copy of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks, Vol. 12 magazine. I'm pretty thrilled about it, I've been published!

 

This month's winner is;
Cindy Repasky!!!
Congratulations!!!!
(Cindy please email me your address so I
can send out your magazine)

Cindy's quilt top so far.... love the fabrics....

 Please continue to post your finished blocks and quilt tops to the Quilt Doodle BOM flickr group.  You can post any pictures of past blocks if you are playing catch up. You can also post pictures if you are working on the square in a square blocks that surround each month's blocks. The directions can be found on Craftsy and also my website for free. (Links are below)

If you missed any of the blocks they can be found in my Etsy store for a small fee.

A printable supply list can be found HERE!

Cutting instructions and quilt construction for the quilt can be found HERE!

There will be a blog hop in January to show off our quilts. (They don't have to be quilted to show them off) Please email me your blog url, name, blog name if you would like to participate in the January blog hop.

Let's have some quilty fun!
Happy quilting,