Joining in on the Fun! Bloggers Quilt Festival Entry #2

And for my second offering to the Blogger's Quilt Festival:

My Night of Hope Heart Quilt

This quilt was made with much love and donated to the Night of Hope, an organization which raises money for Breast Cancer research. My mom and I both volunteer for the Night of Hope, in memory of my mom's youngest sister (and my beloved auntie) who died of breast cancer when she was only 42.

  

NOH Heart Quilt

Finished Quilt Size: 48 x 60

Best Category: Throw Quilt

Quilted by: Me

Thanks for stopping by and have a looky at my entry. Best of luck to all the quilters entered in the festival. Why don't you pop on over to Amy's Creative Side and see what's cooking!!!

 ~Lisa

Joining in on the Fun - Blogger's Quilt Festival Entry #1

Hello all! I want to join in on the fun over at Amy's Creative Side and offer a couple of my quilts up for entry into the Blogger's Quilt Festival. First offering...

My Duplicity Mini

This quilt began as a take off from my original heart mini. Which was created in response to Jolene's beautiful heart quilt and also an interest that I had in trying this fabulous tutorial from Elizabeth at Oh! Fransson.

And peacocks for the back, so colourful!

Duplicity Quilt

Finished Quilt Size: 11 x 11

Best Category: Doll/Mini

Quilted by: Me

Thanks for visiting my entry into the festival. Best of luck to all the quilters. Now head on over to Amy's Creative Side and check out all the wonderful entries!!!

 ~Lisa

And the NYC Fabric Goes to...

Hello all, I am back from my trip to NYC and boy oh boy, did I EVER have a grand time. I truly love that city, it was my third time there. Next time I go, I am taking the small love of my life - so I can brainwash him into loving it too (I am sure it won't be that difficult - given the sheer size of the toy stores!).

I did go to The City Quilter (sooo many fabulous fabrics!!!) and I did pick up these 3 fat quarters of their 'City Line' for the Sew, Mama, Sew! giveaway...

NYC subway in white

Times Square at Night

Susy's New York

And the lucky winner is...Stephanie from 'Quarter Incher' - Comment # 55 (Random numbers generated May 12 2013 at 11:30:54) - Stephanie said,"I would love to go hawaii..still haven't been! I want to go hiking there!"

Congratulations Stephanie!!! Hawaii is one of my most very favourite places - you will love it there when you do go. I will email you to get your particulars, so that I can send you the package of NYC fabric fun. Hope you enjoy!

Thanks to everyone for participating, I had a blast reading through all of your comments - so many amazing adventures, all so unique and exciting. I like best of all that we all define adventure differently.

~Lisa

Posy Share and Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway!

Yay for my Posy finish - she is just such a carefree little quilt. I really enjoyed letting loose and playing with the low volume backgrounds and (ohhh ahhh) NOT matching every background square in each block.

Posy Quilt 40 x 52 in.

How about that Lotta Jansdotter for the backing?! It spoke to me from the bolt and I just had to bring it home - I love how it has both the bright and white of the quilt front.

Favourite block.

And now for my Sew,Mama,Sew Giveaway! This is my first time participating in this giveaway and I post this on the morning of the day I am flying across the continent to go on a great adventure. I am meeting 3 friends in New York City and I am super, bursting with excitement. Sooooo, I thought that a really fun thing to giveaway would be some fabric straight from the Big Apple.

Some time ago, Chrissie, of Made by Chrissie D, emailed me a fabulous list of fabric stores in NYC to visit (thanks, Chrissie!!!) and while I perused one of the store websites I found this undeniably amazing fabric....

Fabric photos from The City Quilter website

...and this amazing fabric is from the 'City Collection', made by The City Quilter in, you guessed it - New York City. I am going to bring home 3 fat quarters (depending on which ones they have in stock, of course) of this fabric to share with one of you, international entries welcome ! 

All you have to do is:

1. Comment on this post. I would love it if you left me a comment telling me about a great adventure that you have been on or would like to go on.

2. Followers get 2 entries. Leave me a second comment telling me you are a follower. New followers welcome!

Giveaway open until 5 p.m. pacific time, May 10, 2013. THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED. THE LUCKY WINNER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW!!!!! I will choose the winner by random number selection. Good luck everyone!!! Thanks for visiting my stop on the Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway and go on over and check out what everyone else is giving away!

Linking up with 'Let's Get Acquainted' at Plum and June.

~Lisa

K Quilt Revisited

Alas, it is time to return to the coveted K Quilt. I shared my creative process here when originally planning this quilt. I packed the K Quilt up into numbered baggies when I needed my design wall to plan and complete my Night of Hope Quilt. The K Quilt is for a friend's B-day at the end of June - so it is not a finish I need to rush. I can just pull out a  little baggie anytime I feel the need and sew up one of these:

3 down, 9 to go. Been having fun with it. I sure am looking forward to seeing it all stitched together. I decided on a small, evenly laid out polka dot for the corners of each block. Gives the quilt a nice overall cohesive look.

Happy sewing all. Hope you each have a wonderful week. I have some new life plans on the horizon and a girls trip coming up next week, so life is pretty exciting around here! Linking up with the 'Let's Get Acquainted' party hosted by Kirsten at Gemini Stitches.


~Lisa

Posy Progress

My weekend sewing involved this...

I went with the scrappy-ish background - it truly makes the stars the centre of the show. I also added some 'Daisy Bouquet' from the Posy line to the backgrounds...the flowers adds just enough girlie to balance out the Architextures. I do after all, want this to be a baby quilt!.

Isn't the 'Bouquet' fabric from Posy the best! It is definitely my favourite. See the wonderful chartreuse colour in those willowy looking flowers? Oh ya, I am so adding that colour into this quilt. That colour rocks. 

First it rained today and I sewed and then it got sunny. My son and I went for a walk in the sun and ran into a neighbour that is interested in Astronomy. He brought out his special 'sun telescope' (so not the technical term) and set it up in his driveway. I looked at the sun through a telescope - ever done that??!! I could actually see the FLAMES. Total highlight of my weekend. Amazing.


Linking up with the 'Let's Get Acquainted' Monday link up - hosted by Kristy at Quiet Play.


~Lisa

Making a Hat

So my niece turned 2 last weekend and I just so happen to me crazy wild in love with the child AND she just so happens to be crazy wild in love with hats. So, what's an Auntie to do??!!! Sew up a hat for the wee girlie of course.

Chose me some fabric.

Purchased a pattern from Butterfly Tree (which was very well written and easy to follow).

And started to sew my very first hat! (It will be reversible, hence the two caps that you see.)

The cap portions of my soon to be reversible newsboy hat.

Next add the brim...

And voila, a hat that is blue on one side...

and pink on the other.

I knew that I wanted to embellish this hat with flowers, so I put a single buttonhole in the   front of the band and purchased some flowers that have clips on the back. The clip is able to slide through and clip on to the buttonhole. That way, the hat can still function as reversible (whereas sewing a flower to one side would not allow this) and flowers can also be changed with outfits or mood.

I may or may not be already sewing another one of these little wonders.


 Happy sewing all!

~Lisa