Tuesday 11 March 2014

WIP Wednesday and a Birthday Giveaway

First things first - a progress report:

The first item on my WIP list, a cushion for my new niece, is complete, but I'll share that when I have access to a better computer and don't have to use the Blogger app...

I've also been working on my paper pieced star quilt. The blocks are finished, the quilt is basted and I'm working on a mix of hand and machine quilting. I was very well behaved and switched to hand quilting when I needed to do some paper piecing and didn't want to wreck my nice shiny new quilting needle :-) I was less well behaved (more like lazy) when I decided not to vac up before basting and managed to get avocado from lunch on my quilt - oops!

It's my birthday today, and I have to admit that I'm a big birthday person - I love birthdays whether it's mine or someone else's. My Mum's birthday is tomorrow, so I'm quite used to sharing celebrations.

On this note, and because I've not done it in ages, I thought I'd have a giveaway to celebrate. I love charm packs and haven't had much chance for fabric shopping recently (I wonder why!) so, I'd love it if you could tell me what charm pack you'd pick if you were buying yourself a little present. Next Wednesday at 8pm I'll randomly pick one comment and buy two packs, one for me and one for my winner. Happy birthday!

10 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday!!! Have a lovely day.
    I still need to get some Hello Petal, I'm sure you do too! xxx

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  2. Happy birthday to you! I want to get my hands on some Modernism by Barbara Brackman for Moda.

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  3. Happy Birthday! Hope you have a fabulous couple of days celebrating you & your mum!!! Mmmm, tempting charm packs! I think I would have to go with April Showers (although secretly I'm hoping for more sun than rain!) x

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  4. Happy birthday, yummy mummy. I'd go for anything Lotta - mormor?

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  5. That's easy... Sweet as Honey!!! Happy Birthday!

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  6. Cute quilt! I love, love, love that star pattern. I've made two blocks, and though I love it, I'm amazed at your patience to do six! But the effort is well worth it. I'm obsessing over April Showers right now.

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  7. Happy Birthday hope you have a lovely day! Kate Spain's Daydream would be a welcome addition to both our stashes!

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  8. Happy (belated!) birthday to you and your mam!!!!! I love your quilt! I think I'd get either 'Hello, Posy!' (Aneela Hoey) or 'Happy-Go-Lucky' or 'Scrumptious' (Bonnie and Camille). Sorry, I can't narrow it down any further!

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  9. Happy Birthday! I hope you've been spoilt! What a gorgeous quilt you've made. And thanks for the chance to win the giveaway, I'd love Kate Spain's Daydream too. Have a good weekend celebrating :-))

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  10. Hope you had a brilliant birthday. Those starts are gorgeous. Picking a charm pack is hard. Maybe something from Tula Pink, Lotta or Kate Spain? You should pick :)

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