I haven't sewn all week...

I've been spending some time with my twin sister. Especially today since it's our birthday!

Till next time... :)
Dara

What I've been up to...

All last week while I was blog hopping I was trying to finish up some of the quilts i've been working on. I realize i'm a slow quilter, but thats ok...

I was able to finish quilting and binding this quilt:

I was able to start quilting this quilt:

And I was able to finish piecing this quilt:

   

I also started a kaleidoscope quilt:

I used  the pattern form Don't call Me Betsy. 

 I'll be back to show some more of my progress.

Dara

And the winner is...

First, this Blog Hop giveaway was so fun! It was great to "meet" so many new friends. It was such a joy to read every single comment. Thank you all so much! To all my new followers WELCOME and I hope you like what you read and i'll be reading your blogs too.

Ok, now lets get to the winner:

The winner is comment #203: Kathie (Prairie Stitcher)Mar 21, 2012 03:00 AM

Kathie (Prairie Stitcher) I will be contacting you soon for your information.

Thanks to all who participated! I will definitely be doing more giveaways.

Till next time,
Dara

Time for a Giveaway...

Update: This giveaway is now closed.

A Quilter's Blog Hop Party Give-away!!
Quilting Gallery is hosting a blog hop giveaway to celebrate St. Patricks Day.

Click HERE  to check out all the other wonderful bloggers who are participating in this giveaway (The list of participants will be posted by Saturday, March 17).

I'll be giving away a Mug Rug and 5 (18x21) fat quarters in a bundle. I'll ship internationally, so everyone is welcome to enter. The giveaway will close on Friday, March 23 at 11:59pm (U.S.-EST). On Saturday, March 24th I will use the Random Number Generator to choose a winner and announce the winner.

5- 18x21 pieces

This is the fabric inside of the bundle.

The Mug Rug I made just for this giveaway.

Now...here's how you enter:
You have 2 chances to win, PLEASE leave a separate comment for each entry on this post. You don't have to do both things to win, you have the option to do one or the other. However, if you do both your odds of winning are higher. It's up to you. :)

• 1st chance: Leave a comment telling me if you celebrate St. Patricks day and if you do, how do you celebrate it?

• 2nd chance: Follow my blog or tell me that you're already a follower. Leave a comment telling me please.

Remember:  If you're a "no-reply blogger" please leave your e-mail address within the comment(s) so I can contact you if you're the winner.


This is so much fun, good luck!

Have fun blog hopping,
Dara

It's March, already...

It's March, and I'm back. Even though it was a very tough time for myself and my family it was great to see so many family members come together. Where has the time gone. It feels like March came extremely quick. This is what my machine was doing for the latter part of February...

I made that machine cover, to keep the dust bunnies out and...yes, I know the little doll I made next to my machine needs hair and proper clothing. :) I'm a bad doll Mom.


I'm almost done with my New York Beauty quilt. I think I'm going to add a black border all around it. What do you think? Then, maybe a scrappy color border.

It looks almost exactly like what I designed in EQ...

I also worked on some applique. It came in handy while I spent so much time at my Mother's house. This WIP started when I wanted to practice making a Lone Star, then I decided to add applique. I think I'll add on a border or maybe something else to add more color. It's nice sometimes when quilts have no particular direction. It'll be interesting to see what the finish quilt will look like.

Till next time,
Dara