Friday, August 9, 2013

August - Christmas QAL & Challenge







Well last month's Christmas Quilt Along helped me get ready for the 'HoHoHo Hop' - thank you ladies.  Even hid that test piece I did for Bea.  This month's hostess is the Jolly Joanna over at NeedleThreadHappiness - maybe you would like to join in and link up this weekend.


  
Yes, my other mini twister tree was a test run of the pattern.  Some adjustments were made and I am ready to tackle my Challenge piece this month.  That tiny twister takes a lot out of my concentration, so I may only get a third of the cutting/re-piecing done today.

I have a secret swap I want to do some work on - that I can't show because I know she reads my blog.

And I  would like to do some Christmas runners and found this site BayWindow Quilt Shop - and can see a couple of simple runners that I can use some of my holiday fabric scraps.






** I had over 50 no-reply commentors on this hop - way more than I have ever had.  It is mostly those who have a Google + account - thus, I have added a button on the side bar to take you to a tute on how to take care of this problem.  If you never got a response back from any blogs you left comments on - more than likely you are a no-reply commentor. ** 
  The winner of my HOHOHO Blog Hop give away is

sandra said...
I love your min-twister Christmas Tree I bought one of those Twister templates but I haven't used it yet. Where did you get the pattern for the tree? Your cross- stitch is lovely.

I will be contacting her for mailing information.

Sewingly Yours,  
Sharon

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

congrats Sandra,have a lovely weekend Sharon.xx

Hazel said...

Good morning Sharon! I look forward to seeing you give a little 'twist' to this Christmas tree!

Joanna said...

Congrats to Sandra. 50 no reply comments - wow. That's too bad. Hope you enjoy working on your projects today and thanks for joining in. Signed me Jolly Joanna:)

Dana Gaffney said...

Wow, 50! Google with the big push to have people join up seems to be winning and these poor people don't even realize it. It's really frustrating.

Eat Sleep Quilt said...

ooooh that fabric looks tempting, but I can resist, I can resist! Thanks for sharing and congrats to Sandra!

Alcea Rosea 31 said...

I like your tree just the way it is :-)
The fabrics for your table runners are lovely. I hope you will show us the finished runners.

QuiltSue said...

Your new tree is going to look great.I love the colours.

Lesley said...

Your blue Christmas Tree is adorable! Great idea!

Dolores said...

Too bad about all those 'no replies.' I'm sure a lot of people don't realize that they come up as 'no reply' when they change to google+. I love your blue tree and can't wait to see it finished.

Sheila said...

Love your blue Christmas tree. Reminds me of the Christmas tree my mother put up in the living room every year when I was growing up. She would spray our cut tree with snow and then hang blue light and ornaments on it. It was a dreamy tree.

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

I was thinking of you on Friday. I saw a license plate with Vroom on it it. You came to mind.

Rosa said...

Congrats,Sandra.50 no replys?A big milestone.
Your blue tree is very beautiful.Love it.Have a fun weekend.

sandra said...

Thanks everyone for your congratulations . I was very excited this morning when I found out I had one. I am thinking about making a table runner for Christmas and then when I see what fabric is left over I have a couple of other things in mind . Thanks again Sharon.