Quilting Gallery's Blog Hop Party and Giveaway Winners!!!

I really enjoyed being a part of the Quilting Gallery's Blog Hop Party and Giveaway.

It ran from December 10th - 17th, 2011.

I want to welcome all my new followers. 

I really enjoyed reading all the comments that I received about which of the books you would like to win!!

My DH radomly selected numbers and 2 winners were selected!!!

The winner of The Devil's Puzzle by Clare O'Donohue is Kd!!

 

I love these books! I'd give the book to myself and then give it away to my daughter to read. Thanks, Kd

 

The winner of The Wedding Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini is Jennifer.

 

It would be a gift for me, i've heard lots about The Wedding Quilt and i'd love to read it!

I have e-mailed the winners and will mail out the books as soon as they send me their addresses!!

I want to wish everyone a Merry Chirstmas and Happy New Year!!

Nook Tablet and Handmade Cover

My DH very generously presented me with a Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet for Christmas.

I found a pattern by Birdiful Stitches on etsy for a Padded e-Reader Cover.

Of course I used my favorite colors Scarlet and Gray!!!

It went together pretty easily a few hours.

It has 3 pockets inside.

My blog and Garfield look pretty good on the Nook Tablet!

Christmas is a Cakewalk and Vote!

I have enterd my Cakewalk quilt in the Quilting Gallery's Christmas Quilts contest.  You have the weekend to vote for up to 7 of your favorite quilts!

This is a pattern I tested for Barbara Chojnacki of Six Gables Designs back in the spring. The majority of the fabric is Robert Kaufman Holiday Flourish 3 by Peggy Toole. It's beautiful holiday fabric with gold embossing to give it a very rich look!!

I used EQ7 to help me to decide the fabric choices.

And Garfield tested it for softness!!

 

Christmas Tablerunners and Vote

I have entered a tablerunner in the Quilting Gallery's Christmas table runners contest you still have a couple hours to vote for your favorite.

In June of 2010 I started volunteering as a pattern tester. It gives me an opportunity to perfect my skills and create items from patterns that I might not have purchased.

 

This is the first pattern I tested, it was a tablerunner called Every Day's A Holiday An Artful Table Runner. She sent me the fabric, Benartex Noel, pattern and a return envelope. I tested this pattern for Sarah Whitney at Quilt Patterns from Sweet Clover Canyon. I used e-mail to communicate with her and send her comments on the pattern. Upon completion I sent her the table runner and a picture. She used my name in the pattern as one of her testers.