Blogger's Quilt Festival October 2012

I think I made it in the nick of time!

When I saw Amy from Amy's Creative Side was starting up again,

I knew I had to finish my Facade quilt,

which was a workshop hosted by 

Rachel of ps I quilt.

So here is the big reveal!

I am SO in love with this quilt.

The quilt has been done for quite some time.

I just didn't have the binding on.

(bad me!)

So last night I was running a sweat shop in my sewing room.

All I could hear while I was working on it

was Larry the Cable Guy saying,
"GET 'ER DONE!"

And I did!

I used Julie Herman's tutorial

(as always!)

for the binding.

If you're ever interested in using her

perfect binding tutorial

you can find it 

here.

I LOVE it because it doesn't leave you with any bulk when your binding

ends come together.

You can't even tell where they stop and start.

So,

between Rachel and Julie

I made this little beauty.

Thanks, Gals!!

The fabric is Ruby by Bonnie & Camille.

If you are interested in the Facade pattern,

you can find it here.

Here's a close up of the awesome quilting.

And the quilt spread out in all it's glory.

And for fun,

I thought Mr. O'Lantern would like to snuggle a bit.

(excuse the dead flowers....it's fall!)

Blogger’s Quilt Festival Stats
Entry #601

Finished quilt measures : 56″x 77″

Quilted by : Diane Juehring

Best Category : Throw Quilt

Wish me luck!!

xoxo

Friday Night Sew In Accomplishment

Hey!

Just a quick update on what I worked on last night for the

Friday Night Sew In.

I've had this quilt ready to bind for quite a while,

I FINALLY sat down with it last night

and cut the binding and sewn it on.

I LOVE the tutorial Julie Herman of Jaybird Quilts has on her blog for a perfect binding.

You can find it here.

My bindings come out perfect every time.

No bulk, or humps, when you come to the end of the line.

Just a perfect mesh of fabric flowing smoothly along the sides of the quilt.

I love it!

So here it is

(and you've seen posts on this quilt before...lol)

I need to hand sew it to the back and

put a label on it

then it's all ready for use.

This was a from a quilt along from

Rachel of psiquilt.

If you're interested in making it,

just click here for the tutorial.

This is a link to Rachel's free tutorials.

You will love them!

And make sure to check out the Flickr group to see all the beautiful

pinwheel quilts everyone made.

Make sure to tune in at 7:00 PM (CST) tonight

for my next blog post!

You can start to sign up for the giveaway of:

I have not one, but TWO issues to giveaway! 

Sign ups will start tonight and the winner will be

announced on July 22nd.

So be watching for the blog post tonight!

See you soon!

xoxo

Cindy



GenerationQ

I have been waiting a while for this magazine to come out.

Here it is.

The first issue of GenerationQ,
a modern quilt magazine.

I don't know that it's available yet.

To get the issue early you had to

donate a pledge,

and of course,

I wasn't going to pass that up!

You can keep checking back to this site

(click here)

to see when it becomes available.

So I know you're wondering why I REALLY wanted to get this

new magazine ASAP.

Well,

do you remember how many times I've

bragged about my blogger buddy, Melissa,

from

100 Billion Stars?

Check this out:

I was doing the happy dance for her

when I found out she was going to be published in this magazine.

I told her yesterday I received my magazine,

but she hadn't received hers

What the???

But I heard from her today

and her copies are safely in her hands.

I can't even begin to imagine

the feeling she gets when she looks at her name on the

front cover.

Her quilt that's in the magazine

is

G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S

Here's a sneak peak

You can check out Melissa's blog post here

to get a closer look at the quilt.

I absolutely LOVE it!!

Congrats, Melissa!!!

There's also another one of my favorites in this magazine.

Julie Herman of Jaybird Quilts.

This is her project in the magazine.

You can click here to view her blog.

She is full of great information.

I adore her patterns.

As a matter of fact, her Carnival pattern is next on my list to make.

If you're interested in purchasing this pattern,

or checking out her other one's

you can click here

for a list of shops.

You won't be disappointed.

Her patterns are easy to follow

and fun to make.

I hope you all enjoyed your day!

xoxo

Cindy