UpStairsHobbyRoom: Dave's quilt

Friday, April 18, 2014

#52 Celebrating 500 Instagram Followers with a Giveaway!!!!!

I can't believe that I posted my first Instagram picture 72 weeks ago (Dec 2/12.),

and now 835 posts later, and I have 500 followers and counting!!

I love the quilting community, and I have learned so much from following other quilter's blogs and joining QAL (quilt alongs) and BOM (block of the months) . When I first started quilting I signed up in my local quilt shop for their beginner blocks series, but too many of their other classes weren't what I was looking to sew. Which sent me searching online where I came across Craftsy.com One of my first projects was the Craftsy 2012 BOM, which is free, and taught by Amy Gibson!! Bonus for me, she is a great teacher! I learned so much doing that sampler quilt!! Then I joined any quilt along or block of the month that looked fun and interesting and different!! I have learned from so many talented quilters over the last 2 years !! Amy Smart Diary of a Quilter (virtual quilting bee), Amy Gibson Stitchery Dickory Dock (Sugar Block Club), Lee Heinrich Freshly Pieced (Bloom Bloom Pow) and can't wait to tackle Vintage Quilt Revival! and I have to mention Julie Hirt 627 Handworks (Block Rock'n -paper piecing) fantastic learning experience!!
I have tested patterns for a paper piece pattern designer, Kristy Quiet Play, so fun!! I have participated in a few blog hops too.One for an online friend, Frances Newcombe, who was introducing her first line with AGF. Who now has two more coming out, Cherie and Utopia!!! Amazing, so much talent out there!!! And another hop, Holiday Hullabaloo, for Jacquelynne Steves that inspired me to create a pattern I shared here. And I have virtually met all of you too!!!

So don't let geography limit you from enjoying and learning more about piecing and quilting, check out your local shops, but search around online too, and have fun learning and sharing!!!

*I want to add here that I do not have any sponsors for my blog, I receive nothing from any company or product I may mention in my post today, I just wanted to share what I have liked and learned from my quilting journey to date.

Link Here

Saying that, I did round up a sponsor for my giveaway to celebrate and say thanks for "500 Instagram Followers" and counting!!!

I love Pam and Mad About Patchwork and she is celebrating too!!

I shop here all the time! Love the speed of delivery, love the fabric and ever growing products she carries, love the customer service, love the fact that I can buy Kona by the bolt!!!

So for those of you who may not be familiar with Mad About Patchwork here is a little bit about the online company....

Mad About Patchwork is a Canadian online shop with a focus on fabric and patterns for modern quilters. With personal customer service, fair prices, and same day shipping from Ottawa, it’s a sweet deal for Canadian shoppers. (Pam ships everywhere, though)

Lots of modern basics are always in stock – Kona cotton, Essex Linen, Westminster shot cottons and Marcia Derse Palette. You will also find fabric from popular designers, along with patterns, books and notions. Recent arrivals include Meadow by Leah Duncan, Fox Field by Tula Pink, and Mormor by Lotta Jansdotter.
Take a look at the Curated Bundles – fresh fabric mixes from Pam and her team, as well as the Stash Bundles – helping you augment your fabric stash by colour or pattern.

Mad About Patchwork is celebrating 6 years in business with a series of weekly sales throughout the month of April. Save 16% on polka dots until April 23.

So if you haven't checked out Mad About Patchwork, or her Blog, or FaceBook Page, you should!!

What I've Been Up to:

My check list!!

1. Sugar Block Club 2014

2. Sew Kitschy BOM

3. Classic Meets Modern BOM

4. ~~Modern Blocks BOM~~ Top Complete!!

5. Globe Trotting BOM

6. Layer Cake Sampler QAL (Only 2 more blocks to go)

7. ~~Triangle QAL~~ Top Complete!!

8. Scrappy Trip Around the World Bee (still waiting for 3 blocks from this round!)

9. Modern Insta Bee (~~Feb~~, ~~Mar~~, ~~Apr~~, May, June, July, ~~Aug~~, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan)

10. Diamond Tread (quilt )

11. ~~Batik Quilt (just moved from UFO to WIP!!)~~ Top Complete!!

~~I haven't sewn the~~ Layer Cake Sampler blocks (17 and 18) yet, so I will post them later!! Only one more week to go!!

The Give Away: (2) Twenty Five Dollar gift certificate from Mad About Patchwork!!!

Give Away is open to everyone, Canadian and international!!! Good LucK!

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Monday, March 31, 2014

#49 WIPs and UFOs My List

Ok so this is just for me really! Lol!! I need to get organized and get old projects completed. If just to the completed quilt top stage, being as I still do not have a working long arm!! (sad, frustrated face should be displayed here)
I can't seem to help myself and keep joining new QAL. Which is find and lovely and creatively inspiring. But when I look at the projects that use to stir up those same feeling that have never been completed, they are mocking me and raining on my other wise lovely parade of new projects, lol!!! So a list to inspire me to check finishes off was in order.

WIPs (Current):

1. Sugar Block Club 2014

2. Sew Kitschy BOM

3. Classic Meets Modern BOM

4. Modern Blocks BOM

5. Globe Trotting BOM

6. Layer Cake Sampler QAL

7. Triangle QAL

8. Scrappy Trip Around the World Bee

9. Modern Insta Bee

10. Diamond Tread (quilt )

11. Batik Quilt (just moved from UFO to WIP!!) How to make the block, can be found here!