Burst of Color - A Giveaway Quilt

Not that the sky played nice with me today, but my newest quilt Burst of Color was taken outside into the sun cloudy sky for some pictures.  I finished this quilt on Tuesday night at 9pm and then washed it and took it to work and during lunch found a park to take pictures.

The wind made it difficult to sit any where and take a picture.  Flat on the ground worked well and then on the table could not get it to hang the way I wanted.  Every few minutes..

Whoosh and off the table it would fly.  Oh well I gave it a try to take better pictures.

I did find a pretty rock to fold it up and take pictures on.  I still need to work harder at this taking picture stuff , but these are better then some.

Another shot on the rock.














Along with the quilt finish, I also received 2 packages in the mail. The first package I am not going to take pictures of because the results are a surprise.  But I will talk about it.  May For Me info here More info here the gist of the matter is we are playing Bingo.  Marcia's Crafty Sewing & Quilting Blog offered a week or so ago if you sent her a envelop with stamps she would send you some material to help out in making the bingo cards.  So the secret for today is what those materials are, but I will now have to craft up my bingo card and get ready for this.

Oh look I found a link button on Hillbilly Handiwork's to a info page for you to get all the details.

Now on to the next package I found on the door step today (OK my desk, kids bring mail in and shake them all first, before Iget home).  I got a package from http://thepewteracorn.blogspot.com/ A month ago we had a FUGLY giveaway and I scored and won a few different items.  I did not manage to get any thing fugly though.

This package had some Christmas fabric, a panel that's sitting on top and then a bunch of fabric most of which has text and writing and novelty stuff.  This excites me.  For one reason, I don't have much fabric like this.  Two its just in time for the May For Me mentioned above.  I am going to make a cute bingo card out of some of the items listed on this.  And a lot of other cool things my mind is turning on how to use this up.

Speaking of winning there is a huge blog hop party going on this weekend and into next week.  I am going to be involved in this giveaway and would suggest that you stop by and win something from me.  Even more important, throw your name into the hat to win at all of the different sites that are giving and if you have a blog Join in yourself.  Your blog needs to be added soon if you plan to make their master list.

Linking too

WIP Wednesday #5

Today is going to be a Work In Progress Wednesday.   And will be linking up with Freshly Pieced. 

Completed Projects:

1 completes A Twist of Red (almost 2 by the way)

Ready To Quilt:

None this week the almost 2 above is completed except pictures which will be done some time today ready to show off Thursday.

Ongoing Projects:

I am done making the 5 X 5 blocks and the granny squares I only have 2 left to make the first 5 X 5 block quilt is done just needs to have pictures and be posted.

Man Quilts 2 more like Dad's Zag Zag and Paisley Parade I have enough X's sewed for 1 and half of these.

Jared's Levi Quilt - Jeans for Jared I believe I have enough material now just need to make time to finish this one.

Kathy's Jelly Roll Quilt.  Back is bought and the sashings just need to sew it together.

Planned Quilts:

2 John Deer Rag Lap Quilts one for a brother in law and one for my father in law. (started cutting blocks this week)

1 Case Machinery Lap Quilt for a brother in law. (bought the back and then used it on another project sigh need to go shopping again)

2 Bug Jar Quilts for nephews.
Tanya's Lap quilts from her fat quarters.
Autism Quilt for My sons school Silent Auction. (started cutting this one up as the auction is soon will be working on it this week)
Rose Fabric for Mother In Law's Quilt.

Totals:
Finished: 5 March, 10 February, 7 January 22 total for year
On Going Projects: 7 ish
Planned: 6 (though I keep thinking I am missing a couple)

My stash is expanding

I have to start off and say I hate face book and social networking in general.  I do not know why, but today I will have to give it a little slack.

My wife loves to read facebook.  She is not a big poster, but she follows along with every ones life (hum I love my blog, but hate facebook, I guess I don't get this any way) The other day some one our family knows puts a face book post saying that they have some fabric that their mother no longer wants that might be good for quilting.

So my wife asks me if I am interested.  Ya of course I was.  What I got is fantastic.  They commented that its old and out of date, but hey I think its wonderful.  I got a huge bin full of fabrics I went though the whole basket and all I can say is I have ideas for a few dozen projects and I will just dent the pile.

My wife's and my taste differ greatly so it is interesting what excites me and what excites her.  Their are a ton of different plaid fabric which I love (wife does not lol).  All I could think is wow that would be fun to do a quilt with 20+ different plaid fabrics.  Any way some of this material is 10+ years old some is even older and it is cool so excited.

Not to be totally out done, the mail box did bring me a surprise too.  In the mail I got my buttons from Africa I won these 2 months ago (the first crafty thing, while any thing I had ever won).  These buttons made from a company Incomparable Buttons are hand made in Africa.  They are just fantastic I won them as a sponsored giveaway from Sew Cal Gal that link will take you to the post about these buttons.  I was 1 of 10 people to win and I was so excited.  They are worth the wait.

My wife Tanya's Maiden name is Button. Buttons are exciting to me.  I want to make a wall hanging of some type out of them.  My father in law gave me a wall decoration long ago that read "Button Button who has the Button".  He pointed out to me that I got the Button and that I am to honor and take care of her forever. 

 I love her deeply.

A Twist of Red - A Giveaway Quilt

Today's quilt is the 3 of 4 of our giveaway quilts.  We are on the home stretch now and our giveaway is almost ready to end.  Or at least Tanya hopes that it will end soon.  That will  means Julia is out and she can sleep with out her back hurting and not able to get comfortable.

 A Twist of Red is a twist on my Man Quilts.  If you look at the squares the only real pattern is the paisley blocks with red behind them.  All of the black and white squares go in a dark, then light pattern but none of them have more then 6 or so of the same print going across the quilt.  I was able to use up all of the left over blocks from my quilt.  I still have in the Man Quilt box squares in 6 different colors to make 1 more quilt.

 The kids took the pictures this morning while we tried to get ready on the day after daylight savings time. All of us are tired, so sorry for the slightly blurry pictures.  My son says tonight in the sun after school he will take some more pictures.

Tanya thought I was funny when I wanted the red behind the paisley with the gray behind the black and white blocks, but I think it turned out wonderful.  What do you think?

Healey Family Giveaway Guesses

Not a recent picture of us, but this is the Healey family as of the summer of 2009 on vacation (taken some where on the Pacific Cost highway in California).  We are now waiting on a baby to pop magically out of Tanya.
We are having a contest to give away 2 quilts to 2 lucky people.  I have made 2 quilts and have 2 more almost completed as the choice for the winner.

These are the 4 quilts the 2 on the left are completed the 2 on the right are almost.  The rag quilt is now in the wash and should be posted Monday. The 5 X 5 color um what ever (name not yet decided on the not complete ones yet) has all but the green and purple blocks quilted and will finish those tonight and maybe bindings.  So looking like a Tuesday complete.  But before its too late, I wanted to give the 5 of our family the chance to make guesses as to the due date.

Jared's Guess is that Julia will be born March 20th at 2:02 pm.  And that she would weight a few small watermelons.  He has said this a few times now and I still laugh each time.

Rebecca says Julia will be born March 25th at 5 pm and weight in at 8 pounds even.

James Say's Julia will be born March 23 at 7:05 pm and weight 8 pounds 9 ounces.

Richard's Guess is Julia will be born March 23rd at 4:15 pm and weigh in at 8 pounds and 6 ounces.

And not to be last, but the very best, my own personal baby incubator.

I swear she was smiling when I took this that is not a scowl I promise.

Any way Tanya thinks Julia will be born March 22nd at 5:15 pm and weigh in at 8 pounds 6 ounces.  It seems that Tanya and I are in tune with the weight and just 1 day 1 hour in time.

 

Unless we go into labor sooner, you still have time to make your guess so stop waiting. 

Yes I am working hard to get these last 2 quilts done here is a picture to end the post to prove it.