BASKET TOP FINISHED AND ANOTHER KIT FOR SALE

I'm so happy to have my Baskets for You quilt top finished!!  All the 128 baskets are appliquéd!  Yippee!!  I can't believe I hand appliquéd a whole quilt top.  I never thought I would do that, but I'm glad I did.  I plan to baste it later this week.

 
Another first for me will be the scalloped border.  We shall see how that goes…..

I have another quilt kit for sale.  It isn't really a kit, but is a pattern with the fabrics that D's aunt had picked out to use for the quilt.  Pattern is by Valori Wells, from the Stitchin' Post in Sisters, OR.

There are lots of bright fabrics in this kit in various size cuts.  I looked at all of them and I think there is enough here for the smaller size quilt in the pattern, which is 52" x 52".  The larger size is  70" x 70" and it calls for 14 different fabrics, which is the number of fabrics in the bag, not counting the backing piece.  The pattern is one of the nicest patterns I have seen lately, with a page to paste swatches of each fabric so you can keep it all straight.

Most of the bright fabrics are from St. Jude's Hospital Quilt of Dreams line.

Others are from Hancocks.  There is also 2 fat 8ths bundles.

This green is Quilters Crayons by Hancock fabrics is probably for the backing and there is about 3 yards, but it's in 2 pieces.

Price is $80.00 for all the fabric and the pattern.

Shipping $11.30 Priority Mail

We were lucky to have DS#1 visit us for 24 hours over the weekend.  He was in Houston for his yearly job training and testing (he's a pilot) and stopped here on his way back home.  

Thanks for visiting!

ABUNDANCE AND A GIVEAWAY

Lori at HumbleQuilts had another quilt along, this time for a replica of an small antique doll quilt.  I figured I could squeeze it in between my other priorities, so here it is.  I tried to use similar fabrics that were in the original quilt - at least color wise, but of course, mine aren't faded by age.  There are four different pinks and four different blues.  Lori has made so many gorgeous quilts, so if you haven't checked out her blog, you need to do it now!  Especially since she had a show at a quilt shop and displayed a lot of her quilts in her last post.

Here are my basket blocks for January - which I appliqued using a few different prep methods.  I'm afraid I might have to go with the spray starch method as it is the easiest to applique down.  When I get the February BOM in the mail, I think I'll prep all of them that way and see.

And now, dear friends, I am having a giveaway to celebrate my fourth year of blogging as well as passing 400 posts!  Blogging has been such a wonderful experience for me and I can't believe how many friends I have made and how much I have learned from them.  My giveaway consists of a pin cushion that I made ( pattern is in the Winter 2011 Primitive Quilts Magazine) and a small bundle of fat quarters (and no, they aren't reproductions).  I will also add a few other little goodies.

To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment on this post and on Valentine's Day I will draw.  Anyone who doesn't have an email address attached to their comment will be disqualified, so make sure you include your email address.

Good Luck, everyone!