Link a Finish Friday #13

The Goal for me this year is 52 Finishes in 52 weeks help keep me honest and show off your own finishes at the same time its a Link A Finish Friday!!

The most popular link last week was Curves and Curves which is a cute mini quilt.

I finished only 1 quilt last week. But was out of town half the week so that was not bad.  I also am doing a giveaway which is open still for any one interested.

So for the rules.

1) Who likes rules. Toss them out.
2) Add a link to your finish blog or where ever you show off your finishes (Not limited to quilts but I like them the most).
3) Visit a few of the finishes and comment or encourage them on.

Not Required but fun to do

1) Follow my blog.
2) Follow the blog of all those that link.
3) Link back to my blog.
4) No finish, go quilt and stop reading the web.

Sponsored Giveaway from Angel Baby Boutique

Last weekend I visited family in Southern Utah.  While there I got a bunch of bows from my Sister in Law who runs Angel Baby Boutique.  She is a stay at home mom of 2 kids trying to make some money selling bows and flowers and other baby items.  She hooked me up with some bows for Julia and Rebecca. I want to help her by buying some of her stuff to giveaway to you my followers. 

First what you will win is up to $10 in bows or other items from Angel Baby Boutique Etys store , the store currently has 50+ items listed from 4 dollars on up (so for example you could get 2 $5 dollar bows).  Because I am am offering this (As a great brother in law I am trying to get her some business) I can only afford to ship these to the US.  But I will let 2 winners be picked.  I will, like my other drawings in the past, put every ones name into a bowl and have one of the kids pick the winners.  Drawing will be open until Friday May 4th when I get home from work.

There are 3 ways to enter and you do not need to be a follower of my blog to win.  So please share this with your friends.

1) Go to Angel Baby Boutique Etys store and find your favorite item and come back here and comment about it.

2) While at Angel Baby Boutique Etys store favorite the store and come back here and comment about it.

3) Like Angel Baby Boutique on Facebook or comment on your Facebook wall about this giveaway and come back here and comment that you did.

Linking up with

A train ran through it

If you are looking for the giveaway go here. For Link A Finish Friday Go Here.

A Train Ran Through It is another quilt made specifically to sell on my Etsy Store.  My first quilt looked so lonely on sell by its self and it needed company.  You can view it here http://www.etsy.com/shop/RichardQuilts Julia in pink on the blue quilt was kinda funny but she is a looks cute even if its a boys quilt.

linking to 2nd Quarter Finish Party As listed on  My 2nd Quarter todo list

Bye Bye Traveling Stash

Last night I did the drawing for the traveling stash.  We were out of town the last 4 days and when we got home late last night my normal name puller Jared had fallen asleep.

So Julia filled in for Jared (with the help of mom) she was more interested in eating the binky then the name she picked.

Ella from http://throwawenchintheworks.blogspot.com/ is the next to receive the traveling stash.  It will be leaving Salt Lake City, Utah on its trip across the entire county to Atlanta, Georgia (I lived in Georgia once, a pretty state)  My wife says she will try to get every thing stuffed into the box and get it shipped off in the next couple days.

The pile on the left is what I am taking the pile on the right is what I am adding.  If you follow my blog for long you will know that my wife Tanya is conservative she picked the 3 light blue and pink prints on the top left corner of the pile.  I of course grabbed all of the bright flashy stuff (the 2 DNA color prints) and the blue wavy line thing and the pink dots below it.  My daughter Rebecca had to have the pink flower thing.  I also took the bright blue scrap (their was 3 in the box and I took the smallest scrap) and then the bottom right that little pile is a stack of like 6-7 2 1/2 half inch strips I took off some of the remenent pieces of material so that I can add them to my 2 1/2 inch color stashes to make more of the granny squares.

The pile On the right is my Re-Stash.  A yard of my wife's dragonfly's  some floral conservative materials to make up for my wife's take.  Then as some may know, I have a thing for the bright orange.  So i added yardages equal to about half yard each of 4 orange/red  materials from my orange stash.  Then a vanishing 16 block to inspire them to use them.  Also for good measure 2 of my left over granny squares.  Depending on how well we can pack I might have to take a little bit more as that box was quite tight on arrival and my re-stash is bigger then my take at the moment.  Will just have to play around with the packing.

Granny has some Granny's

Tanya and I had the privileged this weekend to visit her family down in Southern Utah about 300 miles from our house in Salt Lake City, Utah.  This was the first opportunity for Tanya's brothers and sisters to see and hold the baby.  But most importantly for us is Grandma Shakespear Julia's oldest living Great Grandmother was able to hold her.  We also took this opportunity to deliver Grandma her quilt we made for her which I named Granny's Gone Wild

She loved her Quilt but Julia stole the show.  Grandma held her for more then an hour.  I wish she was closer so that she could see her more often.  Sadly with being gone for 3 days I am behind on getting every thing done for the Traveling Stash.  I will pull the name tonight before going to bed and email the winner.  And I will post in the morning the winners name and maybe if I have figured it out by then what I am taking and what I am putting in it.  And depending how fast i get a response for the winner can get it shipped off in the next couple days.