Giveaway from Fort Worth Fabric Studio

Hello and happy Friday! I'm happy to announce a giveaway from Jodie of Fort Worth Fabric Studio! She is offering a $50 gift certificate to one of my lucky blog readers! There are wonderful things in her shop right now, too. A few of my favorites right now are:

The lovely Country Girls Collection...

And another fun group, The Littles by Michael Miller Fabrics.

Some fun fabrics for spring can be found in this collection: Bloomin' Fresh by Moda

And...if you're looking for low volume prints...there are several in stock with more available for preorder!

To enter the giveaway stop by Fort Worth Fabric Studio...have a look around...and then come back here to leave a comment mentioning some of your favorite things from the shop.

For a second entry, sign up for the Fort Worth Fabric Studio newsletter (it's easy to do...just enter your email in the box at the top right corner of the homepage).

That's all! I'll keep the giveaway open through Tuesday, March 11th!

Good luck...and thanks so much for stopping by!

Blue and White Quilt

 I was able to pick up my blue and white sampler quilt from my quilter (thanks, Val!) this week, and I am so very happy with it! This quilt is a full-sized quilt, and I used the blocks and setting from Monique Dillard's Blogger Girl's Block of the Month in 2013. There are actually just six block designs, each repeated twice with different fabric placement.

 Monique's beautiful setting is one of my favorites ever, too!

 I think I might need to make another blue and white quilt to go with this one soon! The fabrics are all from Indigo Crossing by Minnick and Simpson for Moda.

 I've been pondering the binding for a couple of days since getting the quilt home, and I think I'm just going to bind it in the outer border fabric. I don't think any additional "framing" is needed around the edges, so I'd like the binding to just blend with the border.

 Hope this isn't too much picture overload...I couldn't decide which photos to use!

 And it's a pretty cloudy day outside, so the colors are actually a bit brighter than they appear.

Hopefully I can get the binding at least sewn on by machine tonight...

Thanks so much for stopping by!

More Alphabet Quilt Blocks

 I just can't stop making those "Spell it with Moda" alphabet blocks. They go together so quickly, and I'm making them all from my scrap bin! I'm supposed to be finishing up some things with deadlines, so I've been using these blocks as my "reward" sewing.

 Every fabric in my blocks is from a Bonnie & Camille collection: Bliss, Ruby, Vintage Modern, Marmalade, Happy Go Lucky, Scrumptious, and April Showers are all represented in this quilt! I'll be using Moda Bella white for my block sashings.

 I have the rest of my fabric combinations set aside...I just need to take some time to cut them out.

 It seems like once I have them cut out I can sit down and sew several in just a short time.

 There will also be a few other "non-alphabet" pieced blocks in my quilt...I  haven't decided on those yet, though.

 But the plan is to have this quilt all put together this weekend...and hopefully quilted soon, too!

It's just been one of those fun projects that caught my eye...and that I couldn't put off!

Thanks so very much for stopping by!

Quilty Fun Sewing Spools

 Hello, and welcome to my stop on the Quilty Fun Sew Along and Blog Tour! If this is your first time here, I hope you'll linger a little to see a little of my Quilting Life! I love fabric and quilting and have been sharing my quilting life on this blog since 2008.

I was lucky to be able to drop by Lori's beautiful home this winter and had so much fun seeing all of her beautiful quilts in person. Her home is truly delightful, and I spent a wonderful couple of hours visiting and having lunch.

When Lori first shared her row-along quilt I was quick to jump in and participate and had a lot of fun making the row along quilt using scraps from a variety of Bonnie & Camille fabric collections.

 It's a favorite quilt, and I'm honored to have been asked to participate in this blog tour.

This week it's time to make Sewing Spool blocks. This week's special cutting instructions can be found in this pdf download.

 We will be making 6 blocks this week, and of course I had to make some Sewing Spools blocks to share. I thought Gina Martin's Sewing Box collection for Moda would be the perfect fabric.

I used a grey diagonal stripe from Bonnie & Camille's April Showers for the spool ends.

I also get to give away some Clover Wonder Clips to two winners and a packet of Alphabitties to one winner. The three winners will be chosen from the pool of submissions for the Sewing Spools on the Flickr group and will be announced on the Jolly Jabber next Monday.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Small Quilts Parade for March

If you are looking for the Blogger Girl's Block of the Month Block 3 post, please go here...otherwise...hello again!

 Happy March 1st, and welcome to the "Free Choice" Schnibbles quilt parade! This month we have a  variety of Schnibbles patterns made with beautiful fabrics. We'll start off with this gorgeous quilt by Andrea.

And next we have this Gentle Art Schnibble by Carol Fun.

 Deb sent in this gorgeous version of Bibelot.

 This month Kristen made two gorgeous Schnibbles...the beautiful Bibelot pictured above...

 And this gorgeous Summer Day so pretty in the snow!

 Dee made a Little Bites pattern rather than a Schnibbles...love this version of Tickle.

Hazle's Cheap Trick quilt.

Helen's beautiful quilt.

 Judith's Chicken Feed

 Jen's Bungalow

 Karen's Center Stage

 Gerri's Full House

 Hildy also made Chicken Feed (Sorry I couldn't get the photo to turn, Hildy).

Jackie's Cindy Lou Who

JoAnne's beautiful Short Story.

 Jodi made a mini Domino.

 Karen made this beautiful modern Roundabout.

Barb's gorgeous Squared quilt.

Carol's Chicken Feed

Dorothy's made a small version of Spin City.

Be sure to stop by Sinta's blog to see the rest of the parade of wonderful Schnibbles quilts designed by Carrie of Miss Rosie's Quilt Company!

Oh, and one more thing...next month we will be making "Hook!" Hope you can join us!

Thanks so much for stopping by!


PS...If I've missed any quilts...please drop me an email with your photo attached, and I'll get your quilt added right in!