Busy, busy, busy is my name these days. But I thought you might like to see the other winning butterfly quilts. Above is first place traditional.
And first place art.
Then second place art was mine, and second place traditional is above.
Third place traditional above.
Third place art.
And one honorable mention.
Oh you should have seen all the wonderful challenge quilts from our guilds challenge. They were all a lot of fun. Above is most of us with our quilts.
We could enter our quilt into either an Art category or Traditional. No rules for which category you had to put them in, you could just choose. So my joke quilt which I put in Traditional is above. I wanted to do Tonya's letters and title it - The Best Butterflies are Dead Butterflies. But I just have been too busy at work so went with small and sweet.
My real entry was placed in the Art Quilt category. So what do you think! I thought it was really funny! And so did a lot of people! Not bad for throwing it together in a week huh!
Must not have been since I won 2nd place! And here I am with my butterfly ribbon! When I get some time I'll post some more quilts - they were amazing! Below is the Grand Champion of across both categories. Oh man - was it GORGEOUS!
Here are a few fun things I got done this week along with my challenge quilt. First off I made a lunch bag! Holly asked me if I could make one like her grocery bag only smaller for her lunch at school. I thought hers turned out so cute and it was such a great idea I made myself one! Now instead of carrying my lunch down to the lunch room at work I have a cute little bag to carry it in!
And I also got 2 Premie Quilts made for our guild. These are always so much fun to make because you can be creative on a small quilt and see the finished product fast! And I always put a lot of love into them for their new owners.
I didn't want you all to forget me, so I'm posting a few teasers today. As I said, I've been way too busy, but have dabbled with a few things. Above is my ongoing back-basting applique project. I just couldn't stand it any longer and had to get some of the blue flowers on it yesterday!
And above is my joke challenge quilt. The theme is Butterfly Fantansy. Butterflies are beautiful in real life, but I don't care for them on quilts or "things" - just too cutesy for me. I really thought about making a quilt with dead butterflies on it and with words saying "Dead Butterflies are the Best Butterflies". But then I thought it might be a bit too bitter for some ladies - so I did a toned down version for a joke. You'll see the whole thing after Wed night.
And then these last "pieces" are my real challenge quilt. I"ve shown Laura a picture and she loved it. Nothing like getting this whole thing made, quilted and bound in a week! I"ll leave you wondering and with these peeks. Thurs I"ll share the full quilt!
All the surprises from my 500th post give-away have arrived! I hope the winners have many happy hours enjoying their goodies.
Feel free to go check out their goodies!
I"ve been so busy with work and what time I have had at home the last week has been spent trying to make my guild challenge quilt. Yes - it is due Wednesday and I started it just this past week! Nothing like the last minute to kick me in gear! So I can't share pictures yet - but I will be able to in a few days! Oh and to make things harder I had a touch of a bug this week and was sooo tired and dragging. I guess all the work I"ve had hasn't helped that! Well I"ve slept many more hours than I"ve been up the last few days and am starting to feel better! Thank goodness!
Judy at Quilting with Ragdolls got her 500th post surprise yesterday in the mail! She made my small gifts look so lovely on her blog! Go check out what I had been busy doing!
It is here! The result of the big 500th post giveaway.... can you feel the tension mounting? I was so excited. I even got Emily to draw for me under the condition I did not show her hand doing the draw - geez, teenagers. Above THE BOWL with the entries.........
And the winner is...... Christine at Liberty Star Farm!
It is finally here, the 500th post. My family has been making fun of me all morning about this. But not Chloe! She is jumping for joy!
So leave a comment on this post and your name will go into the drawing. The prize is a surprise, but I guarantee it is fun and quilting related. I"m hoping Jenna (who is home for spring break), Emily and Chloe will draw the name sometime Wednesday night after 6pm Central time. But since they are making fun of this I may have to resort to a random number generator.
And here she is trying to patiently wait for Wednesday night......
Why is Chloe hyper? Because this is post 499!...... You know what that means for the next post!
And I caught up with the civil war blocks! Just in time for next weeks new ones! Oh these are so much fun to make!
Its been busy, busy, busy at work this week, so just a few Civil War blocks I got done this week. The one above, was suppose to be all black and red on the outside corners. I got the first black strip on and then was doing this so late at night I forgot and put white instead of black! Oh well, I kind of like it so it is staying this way!
I finally finished Marcie's Williamsburg Medallion top! Now to figure out how to quilt it! I flipped the way the HST border went to give it more light space and then a more definate darker outline. Doesn't it look fun! I had told Marcie the other day that this pattern would make an awesome baby quilt if you had the right baby fabrics, don't you think!
And here is a Civil War block I made last night called Panic. Ummmmm do you see anything wrong with it! A lack of sleep, too much work and stress and this block said "PANIC"! I thought about leaving it, but ummm, I couldn't do it! So I did fix it! Below are a few more blocks I got done!
