Friday, May 21, 2010

Sew & Tell Friday #30

I am so behind on just about everything, but I do have a giveaway winner to announce, a completed project for Sew and Tell Friday! and my quilt for the Blogger's Quilt Festival (in another post - two for one)!

Out of 440 comments, the magic Random Number Generator picked #297 which is Michele Bilyeu!!!



Michele Bilyeu said...




Throw my number into the mix. I love batiks and have almost none right now. I've checked out Karla's 'Color Shuffle' from the library and it's fabulous. I would love to own it especially since Karla belongs to my Guild! The book is awesome...as are you!

Yeah Michele! I will be contacting you for your mailing address and putting your goodies in the mail to you Monday.  Now on to Sew and Tell.


A while back I celebrated my 100th post with a giveaway and a charity quilt.  Originally the charity quilt was going to Craft Hope for Haiti, but their Etsy shop closed before I could finish the quilt.  So it sat for a while ignored under a pile of other WIPs.


Later, I pulled it out, decided I didn't like it, trimmed it up some, basted it, and then put it back in another pile of WIPs.


Thanks to Victoria's newest project, this crib sized quilt has been rescued from the forgotten and lonely stack of unfinished quilts and is completely quilted and bound!  I am so glad it is headed to another very worthy cause Basics Inc.  Want to make one?  You might even win a sewing machine!  Go here to learn how.


I free pieced the 100 into the quilt top to commemorate my 100th post....the idea being if you look closely you will see the 100...but if you don't know it is there it just looks like a rectangle and two squares.  I'm not sure if you can see the quilting lines in these pictures, but I played around some with this quilt.  Most of the lines are wonky random straight lines, but here and there are a few surprises.  Inside the "zeroes" is one example.



These pictures are before the washing so you may see a few stray pencil marks.  I quilted a star in this block in addition to the random straight lines.


There is a little wonky swirl in this pink block.   I used a new machine for the quilting which probably wasn't the best idea.  The walking foot didn't play nice ;-)

There is always something creative to see during Sew and Tell Fridays.  Make sure you see them all.  Also, don't forget about the Blogger's Quilt Festival.  See you there!

Have an amazing weekend!

16 comments:

  1. I think you made a wise choice chopping off the border; it looks great as a binding. Congraatulation on finishing an old top in the midst of your crazy packing and moving house week!

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  2. THANK YOU RENE!!!! it will be much appreciated! Your fabulous! I hope your move goes smoothly!!

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  3. I love this little quilt, simple but beautiful. congrats to the winner as well

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  4. this is a very beautiful quilt, love the purple. I had the same kind of dog when i was young

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  5. Hey Rene', A beautiful quilt that is sure to be used and loved. A great thing for a quilt. Well done! Have a great weekend!

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  6. I love your quilt! You've got to practice on those new machines! It makes sense to me to practice on a quilt!

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  7. I love the binding fabric! It's so cute!

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  8. That is a very pretty little quilt, and great that it went to a worthy cause.

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  9. I agree--you ended up with some good choices. Hope things calm down for you :)

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  10. Thank you so much, Rene'...as I said in my email I wondered if you could hear me yelling all the way from Salem, OR....forgot to mention that jumping up and down at age 60 is not a sign of advanced wisdom. Love your generosity, your lovely new quilt, and your dear and giving heart!

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  11. I agree with your border/binding decision - that fabric makes the cutest binding! Good for you for finishing it - and even the most disappointing quilt top looks so much better when it's quilted and bound.

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  12. This is a great quilt! I do like it more without the border. Have a great weekend too!

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  13. oh i really like this. it is such a great finish

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  14. What a great little quilt, Rene'! Love all of your creative little touches. Good for you getting this one out of the UFO pile! :o)

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  15. What a neat quilt! So glad it made it out of the WIP pile!!

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  16. I would have to agree, it looks much better with out the borders. I have heard of Victoria's project. I'm actually working on a quilt for her. Maybe I'll be able to finish it up by the end of the month. Maybe... :o)
    Thank you for sharing and the is perfect in those colors.

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