Let's Book It Winner - Oct 2015

My appologies - I so forgot about pulling a winner.  Also, an update about Let's Book It.  I have been organizing to prepare projects for next year and thinking about my 'word' for 2016.  Well, it's several words.  Keeping it Simple worked pretty well thru this year and then got out of hand.  So I have thought about what makes me a quilter and makes me happy as a quilter.  So .....

Let's Book It is one of my 'happy' parts of quilting and so it will continue next year.  I will still pull two winners for November and give us all December off - it is just too busy a month. So to that end, October's winner is:

#1 - Debbie of Stitchin' Therapy

               

Sewingly Yours,

Sharon

Whooping Up Friday

I'm joining Sarah with Whoop, Whoop Friday.  I showed these stars all over the house and managed to wrestle them into their center formation.  Not an easy task all week as it seems for the last 2 weeks every one near and far in our family has been ill (including me) with either the flu or one of the several viruses going around right now.  I have been chauffeur for a few to the hospital or doctors - and would have rather been napping on the couch.

Then I managed one border - then another day, another border......  I hate borders............

And then I talked myself into putting that third border on today.  I wanted this done and fabrics picked up.  I would have loved to take a full shot of this, but we went from a glorious, warm day into a horrid storm (tornado warnings) - and at 84" square I have no where in the house to hang it for a photo.  This quilt will go into the tote for a finish in 2016. 

This weekend will have very little sewing as we are rearranging (and cleaning) the shop for Christmas sales.  Maybe I will get to some of those melon blocks for some slow stitching.

Sewingly Yours,
Sharon

Dog Gone Cute Party

Did you follow the Dog Gone Cute quilt along and blog hop with Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts?  I know you could pick up some free patterns and great tutes while the hop was on, but I loved this pattern so much that I bought it.  And I sewed along!

I used some of my deconstructed flannel shirts for my pups.  Kona White for accents and Kona Ash for the back ground.  I used the large block set 2 by 3 for a baby quilt.

I used a CT cotton thread in silver grey for the top and a beige for the back.  Just a free motion wave with my walking foot to quilt it.

I used a paw print ultra fleece for the back and Quilter's Dream ultra-select batt - a nice cuddly finish and it keeps the quilt from sliding off baby and the crib.  The binding is a scrap from stash - black with multi-color paw prints.  It gave a nice little pop of color to frame it all off.

Finished size after a wash and dry:  44.5" x 46.5"

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Sewingly Yours,
Sharon