#1 on 1-11-11

Yeah!  I got my 1st quilt top for the year together just in time for 1-11-11! Something to cheer about, I think!

 Jennifer hosted a quilt-a-long back in the fall with simple lines and simple fabrics....a charm pack and two contrasting solids.  I used Kona snow and taupe plus a Moda Boutique charm pack. The blocks  were finished by Thanksgiving and then put away until yesterday.  

 It all went together very quickly. In the end, I chose to add a border of Kona snow to make it a tad larger and plan to use a colorful binding to carry out the color in the squares. Hopefully, I have something in my stash that will work!

I'm tickled pink to get this cute top together and will quilt it soon because I plan to gift it to someone special who is having a very special birthday in the spring. 
  Did you finish up any project to celebrate 1-11-11?

Give-Away for #50!!

I just passed 50! Did you notice? Probably not....but I did!  Not 50 years, silly (that happened a while back....that's all I'm saying). I meant 50 blog posts....and in my book, that's a reason to celebrate!! So................I thought it might be time for another give-away. Here's what I got, that you might like..........

                                           Some Hope Valley by Denyse Schmidt.


Here's how it will work:  There will be two prizes.  To enter, just be either a follower or a reader and leave a comment telling me so as well as your favorite summer treat.
The give-away will close at midnight on Saturday and I'll draw two names on Sunday.
The first name drawn will get 4 FAT QUARTERS OF HOPE VALLEY.

The second name drawn will win a CHARM PACK OF ALL THE HOPE VALLEY FABRICS.

I've had a lot of fun with this blog since I began in March.  Several of you have become great invisible friends.  I'm looking forward to getting to know more of my quilting buds! Thanks for taking the time to stop by, Oh, and my favorite summer treat.......Breyer's Natural Vanilla ice cream with fresh raspberries on top! Mmmmmm.... What's yours?