I love Tanya - Happy B-day

Today as most of you know is my wife Tanya's B-day.  This is the 20th Birthday that I have celebrated with her.  Some might find this funny, but she has only celebrated 19 with me.  Our birthdays are only 2 weeks apart, but we met between our Birthdays.  The first b-day party I went to with her, it was 2 parties in one. Tanya and her then roommate Laurie shared the same B-day and we put candles on a watermelon and celebrated her 19th birthday and Laurie's 29th b-day.  What fond memories I have back when there was no cares in the world and all I had to do is make sure I got to school on time and made enough at the part time jobs to date.

I did let Tanya take the pictures again today on her quilt.  She seems to do such a better job.  Don't you just love the cat in the pictures.  Our cat (one of 6 I think? we have a couple strays that eat our cats food) Rat cat (yes a story behind that name but that's for another day, no it did not catch one we thought it was one).  Rat thinks that he is Tanya's guard cat.

I do not know why but I have just been dragging on getting this quilt done we have had it in the works for a few months now we got the fabric as a half win half overboard buy (got a $50 dollar gift card and spent 70+) at Fat Quarter Shop.  It is made of a line called Twirl by me and my sisters, a moda fabric.

I finally finished piecing it last night, Tanya basted it and then I quilted and bound it.  I finished about 1:30 am on Tanya's b-day. I then stayed up after throwing it in the wash and waited to put in the dryer, so that she could have it B-day morning.

Any way Happy B-day Tanya.  I love you and here is to another 20 birthdays.

Love Richard Healey

Tanya's Birthday Giveaway

Richard told me it was my Birthday, so my drawing.  I am making the post today and responding  to emails regarding it.  How thoughtful, right (?) In his defense, he has promised to finish the lap quilt with pinwheels that he is making for me as a Birthday gift.

To enter, please leave a comment with the month your were born. If you are follower, put a second comment for a second chance. I will put all twelve months or how many are mentioned in a bowl and have Jared draw out the month.  Then I will put all the listed names for month drawn in bowl and have Jared draw a name. This starts on my birthday, May 27th and ends Monday June 4th, which happens to be Jared's 8th birthday.  You have a day extra to enter than you did with Richard's Birthday Giveaway. If you haven't noticed all the birthdays seem to run together in this family. This time of year is almost as expensive as Christmas. This drawning is open to anywhere in the world. Enough about rules and my rambling, what do you win. 

You have a chance to win a five pack of Batik fat quarters by SewBatik.  It is called Golden Glow Multi (isn't it pretty, my favorites are the swirls and polka dots) and a cute miniature ceramic bowl, handmade by my sister Tosha Hoyt.  I know, what does a mini bowl have to do with quilting (it could hold pins).  Anyways good luck in the drawing.

 P. S.  Here is a quick peek at the quilt Richard made me.  I'm sure he will blog about it soon.

SMS Giveaway Winner

I am pleased to announce that we have picked a winner.  To review I requested that every one pick a quilt from my etsy store and you had 3 ways to enter.  Just to let all know any one that entered something that was other then one of the 10 quilts (err and hot pad) listed in etsy you were re-assigned to the quilt listed by the user above you.  First off we started with the drawing of the 10 quilts.

You might find it funny that when my son first came in the room he said Ahh do I have to do this again.  Which I thought was funny.  Jared is one busy child and yes that stirring of the bowl is a normal reaction out of him to something like this.

Jared when we had him come back in to pick the name after the long time trying to make sure we did not miss any one just walked in the room and picked a name.  No drama, so we had to make him try again but had to share it with you because it cracked me up.

And the winner is (assuming that you could read it as it was smashed into my camera lens) Melissa Palmer I have emailed her and will get her the prize off after I get her snail mail address.  Remember that on Sunday May 27th we are giving more stuff away.

Link A Finish Friday #16

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 LAFF was Strings from http://www.tarnyiamarycatherine.blogspot.com.au/  (One not of reminder on the links make sure you link to the specific post so that those following the links later can find the item they were looking for.)

I have completed 2 quilts this week one for my dad and the orange quilt.  There  is one more finished, but I have not had time to post it and give it a name (by the way when do you guys pick names for quilts I tend to make them and quilt and bind before I ever even consider the name).

Please remember also I have a giveaway going as part of the may giveaway week.  I on my B-Day gave some batiks away and this Sunday 5/27  is my wife's B-Day and we have more to give then.

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.

Fire in the sky

This quilt was made from a block pattern called Disappearing 16 patch and following that link you can read about these blocks that I made in that post.  This quilt top was was completed April 3rd and shown in my WIP wednesday post the funny thing I posted this quilt first yesterday on my etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/richardquilts  so that it could be picked as one of the choices on the giveaway I posted yesterday.

The responses to this quilt are happy to me.  When I first made these blocks my wife told me they were horrible and ugly and only some one that is trying to keep from being shot while hunting would like it.  I think its amazing and I hope all of you like it too.

Just in case your wondering no she does not think its so horrible now.  In fact my wife Tanya is the one that took all of these wonderful pictures.  

Which picture by way do you like best?

linking to 2nd Quarter Finish Party As listed on  My 2nd Quarter todo list \ Color Blast Quilt Pattern