Giveaway just because...

I have been cleaning out things from my house to sale in a garage sale this weekend. I found a few things that I couldn't sell to  just anybody. So, I am doing a giveaway of things that I no longer need and want to pass them on to someone who will use them.

And it is fun to give things away!

ITEM #1

I have been saving selvages for a couple of years, but I have not made anything with them, so I'm going to split them up to at least two quilters .

ITEM #2

This was a BOM a few years ago, so I will not be making it again, so the pattern goes on to the next quilter.

ITEM #3

I've had this book for a long time. It even has recipes in it. I like the concept of the blocks, but never seem to want to make a quilt from it. So, on to the next quilter it goes.

ITEM #4

This Slider has not even been used more than once that I can remember. Now that Ruby lives at my house I don't think I will be using my home machine to quilt anything big. So,it goes on to the next quilter.

ITEM #5

I received this  watercolor wall hanging as a gift about four years ago. It has everything except the border fabric to make the wall hanging as pictured. I find that I just don't want to make a watercolor quilt, so I am passing it to someone who will make it and love it.

Now all you have to do is tell me which item you would like to win. I will choose the winner of each item by Saturday October 8th. If you want to you can blog about the giveaway to your friends for an extra chance in the drawing.

Tuesday's progress...

Scotty helped me finish assemble the back for the Winner's circle quilt.

I started putting these squares together last night. It is a Jinny Beyer quilt called Serendipity. The skill level listed on the pattern was "beginner", I found it to be quite tricky to cut out the blocks. Now that I have started putting them together and cutting the striped material for the borders, I would definitely not recommend this pattern to a beginner. Even putting the blocks together is tricky, because of all the points that have to be matched. Enough complaining, I now am well on my way to getting this long time UFO ready for quilting.

I am almost ready to give the details of the coming giveaway to you. I plan to post about it on Friday. Hope that you are having a good week.

Tried a new tool...

I learned about this Quick-Easy-BORDER-Mitering-Tool

at my Tonga BOM meeting in August. I just got the chance to try it out on the border of this top. It really did make it easier to make a mitered corner that lays flat.

Chipper helped to take pictures.

Here is a close up of one of the corners.

 I think I am in need of a large design wall, so I can get better pictures of the large quilts I make. I now need to piece the squares that I cut for the quilt as you go into one large back to load onto the machine. In conclusion if you get the chance try out the quick miter tool, it really does make it easy to do.

Happy Quilting!