Link a Finish Friday #72

It is now time for Link A Finish Friday.  Today I would like to start with a big thank you to Fat Quarter Shop who has offered to Sponsor our Link A Finish Friday with Prizes.  This month's winner (June) will win a $15 gift certificate to spend at Fat Quarter Shop. 

Please remember to thank our sponsor by visiting their store at http://www.fatquartershop.com/ their blog http://www.fatquartershop.blogspot.com/ and Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/FatQuarterShop

Vacation this week so unable to put up some pictures from last week.  I will make up for it next week.

See yesterdays post for more pictures if interested.

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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.
4) Monthly random winner picked from all of the months linkups to $15 gift card from Fat Quarter Shop.

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.

Where are we?

Looking Up or is Down?

Here is the diagonal strip quilt that was finished recently.

Tanya and I are on vacation this week so you get pictures but not much else today.  I wish I had more time to talk about this quilt as I love it.  I will be making a pattern out of this that can be done scrappy style or strip stile like this.

Some pictures of the back.

This earth tone quilt looks so much better in person that what the pictures show.  The fabric for this quilt is really interesting it is Natural Instincts by McKenna Ryan a Hoffman Fabrics Line. It was densely quilted in horizontal lines that seem to add a lot more texture.  The back is made with leftovers.  It might be hard to decide which side is the front. It is bound with brown, but because of the gradient colors, it looks like a scrappy binding.

  It has been added to our etsy shop.  There is a table top version coming soon.

Link A Finish Friday #71

Today I am going to start with the quilt top that Tanya finished this week.  This quilt top is made using my Color Blast Pattern  She made a rainbow like quilt and I think it looks fantastic.  

It is now time for Link A Finish Friday.  Today I would like to start with a big thank you to Fat Quarter Shop who has offered to Sponsor our Link A Finish Friday with Prizes.  This month's winner (June) will win a $15 gift certificate to spend at Fat Quarter Shop. 

Please remember to thank our sponsor by visiting their store at http://www.fatquartershop.com/ their blog http://www.fatquartershop.blogspot.com/ and Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/FatQuarterShop

Criss Cross Leftovers - Jo's Country Junction

Purple Chevron - Bedtime Quilting

The Black Hole - Growing Stitches

Are 3 of the fantastic items linked up this week.  Now its time to link your finishes up.

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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.
4) Monthly random winner picked from all of the months linkups to $15 gift card from Fat Quarter Shop.

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.

LAFF Winners and other things

It was pointed out to me that last month on our 2 giveaways that I was some what of a slacker not posting who won.  For my B-day May 13 giveaway The winner was Joyce from North Carolina who said

And on Tanya's B-Day the winner was Gillian from Gloucester UK

And I just pulled the winner for LAFF for may (yes I am way way behind this month) and the winner is...

LAFF Number 67 Quilt number...

Heather is our winner and she has been emailed.

Since I have not given any thing use full to the rest of you I want to offer you a free class on Craftsy.  If you would not like a class but rather a pattern of mine off Craftsy just click this link here and pick a pattern you like from the list and comment here and I will send it too you.  If you want to leave a comment on the pattern I would love that too.

1) Craftsy Block of the Month 2013 with Laura Nownes - As a new quilter I suggest this class.  It will give you some great hints and suggestions on block construction throughout the whole year.

2) QuiltCon Lecture Series 2013 - I am a member of the Salt Lake Modern Quilt Guild and as such was sad that I was not able to go to QuiltCon.  So at my request (OK, well maybe it had nothing to do with me) they were kind enough to put together a lecture series so that I did not have to completely miss out on the experience.

3) Creative Quilt Backs with Elizabeth Hartman - Back in May, HMQS was held here in Salt Lake City, Utah.  SLMQG was lucky enough to get Elizabeth Hartman to come talk to our guild as a guest speaker. I was excited I got to meet her and learn directly from her.  For the rest of you, you can enjoy this free class.