Whooping It Up Week! A Give Away to Celebrate!

This week there were a couple of little surprises for me that gave rise to whooping it up!! It wasn't due to anything I did or accomplished much in the way of sewing or quilting because I was steep into taking care of client's stuff, stuff being reports and budgets this past week.

Karen from Charlotte Modern Quilt Guild asked if she could feature the Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls that I shared during "Share and Tell." Practically jumping up and down I said of course! Want to read more about it you can find the story here by clicking on the button below. 

On the sidebar there are buttons that link to various progress
blog messages about the Rag Dolls.

Woohoo!! I won, I won!

 Lily Pad Quilting hosted Pets On Quilts in August and I was 1 out of 26 who won in their drawing of many sponsored quilting goodies.  

What did I win?

A Stack of 40 precut 10" squares of Bali Crackers - Rum Raisin by Hoffman

Isn't this gorgeous batik fabric?

I am still waiting for delivery. I was contacted earlier in the week by a Hoffman representative letting me know it was being mailed this week.

Maybe today I hope?

This morning I finished the modern Andy Outfits for the 15 inch  and 20" dolls. Below are photos of  the companion clothing for 15" and 20" Raggedy Ann and Andy.

Adorable? Yes!

I managed to add the frames to the star blocks during my busy, busy week! More whooping!

On my dog tired days when I was too tired to sew I pinned an assortment of quilts on display. Inspiration set in. I took a few of the quilts made and displayed across the stair banner. A friend of mine has been asking, "How many quilts have you made? not once but twice. Both times I stated, I don't know I have lost count! Need some ideas on how to display? If so check out my "Quilt Board Display" on Pinterest.

Since it has been a Whooping Up week I thought I would celebrate with a giveaway!

What am I giving away?



Simple Vintage Jellies from JoAnn Fabrics.
There are 20 pieces of pastel florals, stripes and other designs in this roll.

And because it is the reason for the season

 A Bunny Hill Design Pumpkin Pie Pattern
To see the entire pattern go to Bunny Hill Designs

The pattern comes with black and orange checked ribbon, a bunny button and the teeniest tiniest round orange buttons. 

The giveaway begins today September 7th and will run until September 14th.
The drawing will occur on Sunday, September 15th.

So here are 4 opportunities on how to submit your name for the drawing.

• 1. Connect via Bloglovin, Google Connect or your favorite way to follow. Please tell me that you have and how you are going to follow.
• 2. Visit my recently opened "My Etsy Shop." Come back and tell me what you like best.  Please consider following me on My Etsy Shop (this is not a requirement). Since I am so new I need help as to not look so lonely there. :)
• 3. Visit Charlotte Modern Quilt Guild's blog and come back and tell me that you have visited it.
• 4. Answer the 4 simple questions in the survey regarding Raggedy Ann and Andy preferences. Your answers will help guide me. After you have taken the survey please come back and tell me you did take the survey. Click here to take survey

Thanks for visiting and whooping it up with me! 

Linky parties to go to this week. 

Sew Darn Crafty at Sew Many Ways, Anything Goes at Stitch by Stitch, Craftastic Monday at Sew Can Do, Freemotion at the River-Linky Tuesday, Fabric Tuesday at QuiltSory, Sew Cute Tuesday at Better Off Threads, Show and Tell Tuesday at I have to Say, WIP at Freshly Pieced, We Did It Wednesday at Sew Much Ado, WIPS on Wednesday at Esther's Blog, Thursday Threads at 627  Handworks, Needle and Threads at My Quilt Infatuation, and 
TGC - The Creative Girl.
Buttons to the linky parties are here.

Pets On Quilts on Display!!

This is so exciting!  A whole week of Pets on Quilts will be on display at Lily Pad Quilting's place.

Oh my LilyPad has a long list of sponsors giving away prizes!
So hurry up and get over there! You don't want to miss out on that! But best of all we can smile, laugh and grin as we share pictures of our sweet, wonderful and adorable furry friends on quilts!

I have quite a few pictures actually!

Of course at every opportunity I get my camera out and take a snapshot of my Miss Cassie on one of my quilts.
Here she is nestled in 5 quilted pillows on our bed.

This is another favorite picture of mine. She's looking quite pretty and princess-like in the picture below! She is seated on a quilt I made for my hubby. It is densely free motion quilted. The pattern is the Wyoming Star.

I couldn't resist - Here's a couple pictures of when she was a puppy! Look how sweet she looks in the oversized basket.

Cassie's favorite place is under the quilt rack. The quilt is made up of the Star Autograph block received from a block swap.

On our way to my son's house at Christmas Miss Cassie is laying on a quilt that was one of my first quilts to make. I almost threw the top away since the colors mauve and blue were from the early 90s.So glad I didn't!

Miss Cassie always wants to be right in the middle when sandwiching a quilt! My big helper! She is assisting with a quilt made for a very special boy!

 


Alrighty! A quilt to curl up on! It's free reign right if laying on the floor? The blocks in this quilt were from a Challenge block of the month. Each block was paper pieced and each has a muslin foundation. It is quilted with the Baptist Fan motif.

Yesterday Miss Cassie had a hair appointment at her favorite groomers place. She usually behaves quite well but didn't like the tangles being combed out yesterday. When picking her up she was ready to go and wanted go right now! She would hardly allow me to pay for services! Once in the car and in the back seat I looked back at her finding her staring at me, looking quite indignant, and panting heavily let out a loud yelp to inform me that she was not too happy with me for leaving her at the groomers all day!  Inspite of her not having a fun day she is looing good and smells even better! I have her undivided attention here since I am waving a "treat" in her face! She is posed on a quilt made up of blocks from a Christmas block swap.

This is a picture of a quilt I made for my son who has two cats named Mercedes and Beamer.   This quilt was made from David's ties. Notice the kitties are wearing ties.  Many of the blocks are 3 dimensional.with the background fabric being faux suede.





 Here is another tie memory quilt made for my oldest son also made of silk ties and faux suede. Each Ohio Star has either a picture or an end of a tie in the center.  The pictures are something associated with Ty's life. Notice the chocolate lab? That is Hershey. Unfortunately she is no longer with him having gone off to doggie heaven.


I hope you enjoyed looking at my pictures as much as I have reliving them!
Looking forward to seeing your pets at Lily Pad's Quilt Show.