One Pack Doll Quilt Challenge winner

There were 9 entries for the One Pack Doll Quilt Challenge.  They can be seen on flickr group One Pack Doll Quilt

1. carols one patch quilt, 2. mini hexagon doll quilt 001, 3. Mary on Lake Pulaski, 4. Mary on Lake Pulaski, 5. hexie contest, 6. Hexagons-Nov2009, 7. One Pack Doll Quilt, 8. DSCN0454, 9. 05112009(003)

I numbered each entry and used a random number generator.

The winner is

Mary on Lake Pulaski....

Mary, I will email to get your information. Thank you to all who participated. You are all winners for trying a new technique and you have your lovely quilts too!

I won a giveaway....

I was so fortunate that I won fabric during the 12 Day of Christmas Blog Hop.  Then I forgot about it, being so busy at my office.  Atleast I forgot until this arrived...

With these awesome fat quarters of Frolic by Sandy Gervais and Pieces From My Heart.  I have a bit of this from market (Sample box) and so having fat quarters is awesome to coordinate with what I have. 

 It was also fun to chat with Sandy and discuss Iowa.  I'm from Iowa....just visited my home town at Thanksgiving.  Anyhow, check out Sandy's blog...she updates it with her latest fabric fun....and we all love a sneak peak at what our favorite designers are up to.

about those sneak peaks

Before quilt market, I had shown 3 sneak peaks of quilts that I was working on. I thought that after market I would be able to show you each quilt. I still haven't shown them...

because....
It turns out that a magazine company is interested in publishing my quilt designs....so unfortunately you'll have to wait until the magazines are released to see what my designs are! Fortunately, I will be published in a quilt magazine!!! OMG! I am so thrilled with this. To be honest, I didn't know IF any of my designs would be liked. We are our own worse critic. When I can tell you about these quilts I will. When I can reveal which magazines...I will. Until then, there will be more online giveaways, exclusive projects, Moda Bakeshop projects and so much more.
Thanks for stopping by...
p.s. I will be announcing the One Pack Doll Quilt challenge winner Friday!

Gift Idea

My friend Karen has recently done a tutorial on her blog about Placemat Purses. I thought it was such a great tutorial that I decided to post the link here.  If you need a quicker Christmas gift this is your item!

I know it's Christmas time but...

I have been feeling very springy lately. I used scraps from my Verna jelly roll cut them in half so that they were 1.25 inches X 5.5 inches and tied them like Rachel's tute onto a 12 inch wreath frame. I REALLY love Verna...

****Note**** MY Estimated yardage for anyone interested...

12 inch wreath uses 300 - 1.25 inch strips X 5.5 inches {total 1 yard and 14inches}

14 inch wreath uses 360 - 1.5 inch strips X 5.5 inches {total 1 yard and 24 inches,roughly a Moda honey bun}

these are estimates since I did the 12 inch with scraps.

Now I have a goal to do one in Christmas fabrics BEFORE Christmas if that's possible. Thanks for stopping by!

p.s. TODAY is the deadline for the One Pack Doll Quilt Challenge Giveaway.  So far there are 7 entries. Don't delay...post your project on Flickr for an entry to win 2 Moda jelly rolls of your choice from the Fat Quarter Shop

Lauren and Jessi Jung

have you seen this website?

 It's Lauren and Jessi Jung's new site.  They are a mother and daughter team that has a new fabric line being released by Moda. It's called Botany. I have a bit of it from market and it's going to be a fun line to create with.  I just wanted to share their link because they have 4-5 free craft, applique and quilt patterns on their site now. Enjoy!!

Fabric Wreath

I whipped up this fun little fabric wreath during our road trip to Iowa for Thanksgiving. Rachel gave a tutorial on ModaBakeshop.  I used a Sultry honey bun and a 14 inch wreath frame.

p.s. don't forget to enter my 400th post giveaway!

400th - ish post giveaway.....

*****NOTE****
Comments are now closed.

It's my 405th post! So I didn't realize how far over 400 I really was...but Wow! 405 I can't hardly believe it myself.

I have been kinda holding on to some cool stuff that I picked up at market just for this etc.

10 FQ's of FreeBird by MoMo

(2) Fat Quarter packs of 1930's fabrics of my choice 

 {but they will awesome! ;) }

Jelly Roll of MakeLifeSweet

1 yard border fabric plus 2 charm packs of Summer's Basket of Flowers fabric.

So if you'd like to win one of these 5 awesome prizes....

Here are the 5 ways you can win.

1. leave a comment on this post, make sure your email is accessible via your profile or you include it with your comment so that I may email you if you are a winner.

2. become a follower of my blog/website http://www.spunsugarquilt.com/and leave me a comment to let me know. If you are already a follower comment to let me know :)

3. follow me on twitter and let me know you are by leaving a comment too.

4.Tell me what tutorials you would like to see here and leave me a comment :)

5. Blog about my giveaway and leave me a comment with the link.

I will use a random number generator to choose the 5 winners on Saturday, December 5th.  Good Luck!!

And yes you have read correctly. I have changed by blog to Spun Sugar Quilts. I decided on a name that was more quilt related. I hope you like it.

Happy Thanksgiving

There's so much to be thankful for....

We are in Iowa and I have sooo much to blog...

stay tuned...

Transition

I am in the process of changing my blog to a web blog Spun Sugar Quilts!  I have been in transition here. I hope all the information transfers! Yikes. I just want a website/blog gear more toward quilting and designing and all the things I love. I have a new etsy site as well and hope to open up "shop" there in the future.
Stay tuned as I have a giveaway coming VERY soon!

New Tutorial on Moda Bakeshop!

I've got a new project on the ModaBakeshop...

I used Aster Manor from a Petit Four box...

which can be found at The Quilt Shoppe.

It was suppose to be a table topper...but it was so pretty hangin' over my new IKEA desk chair...that it transformed into a "chair scarf".

Scrap Saturday...

I've been sewing here and there, for something special.

Can't quite show you yet ;)

...this is the pile of 'scraps'...wonder what I could make with the scraps?

p.s. getting VERY close to my 400th post giveaway and an announcement!!!

And then there was IKEA.....

A friend and I, plus our 2 girls, set out to IKEA a couple of Saturdays ago...can it be THAT long ago? Time is zipping by these days. I have been soooo busy at my office..which is good...but I'm exhausted every night. At IKEA I purchased a few fabric items...these are my first IKEA fabric buys. I haven't used them yet...I have only been using MODA lately LOL. I hope to make my intended project this weekend..we shall see. The picture shows a fraction of what I came home with. I bought some Christmas decor, 2 bookcases, a desk chair (post coming soon) and a small table. I really love IKEA. If only it were closer.

Progress..

Are you in need of more inspiration? Here are the first 4 entries in the One Pack Doll Quilt Challenge...
1. Hexagons-Nov2009, 2. One Pack Doll Quilt, 3. DSCN0454, 4. 05112009(003)

These are so special. I am amazed with the skills, quilting, quilting designs, and fabric choices. I am so inspired I'd like to go home and make another...oh but darn I can't win the 2 jelly rolls! But you can so I hope you all decide to enter your one pack creation.

You have until November 30, 2009

Mmm Lollipops...

I found a tutorial on One Pretty Thing on the felt food round up for felt lollipops from One Inch World...I couldn't resist making some....

I used my GO! cutter to cut the circles. I think they took me 20 minutes start to finish. My little girls love them!