100 Blocks & Giveaway

WINNERS have been selected:

Aunt Marti

Miss Moozie (Shawna G)

Yasmin B (of Chile!)

Still awaiting confirmation from 4th winner.

THANKS to all who commented. Stay tuned for another giveaway this month.

 

Even after all these years (18) of having my quilts published, it is still a treat to see them in print. I am especially happy to have one of my favorite magazines feature one of my blocks. This is the third time I've had this privilege and it still makes me smile!

Follow the 100 Blocks Blog Tour daily November 4-9, 2012 at The Quiltmaker Blog Quilty Pleasures for inspiration, ideas and giveaways galore! They have prizes (did I say that?)

Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Volume 6 is  the newest issue of this fabulous magazine. It hits the newsstands on November 13.  Honestly, I think a magazine is the most bang for the quilting buck around. All the blocks in this magazine finish to 12" so the possibilities are endless.

Many thanks to June Dudley, Carolyn Beam, Diane Harris and the rest of the Quiltmaker staff for making each issue somehow better than the last. Kudos to you all!

First, let me show you the fabrics I used. The Normandy Collection by Benartex was perfect for this.

The Normandy Collection by Benartex Fabrics

I selected four fabrics and used a foundation pattern I designed a few years ago that I wanted to finally show off. The size designated was 12" and so I re-sized my pattern. It is paper pieced in 8 sections, then two units are joined to a curved background (the black and tan swirls). The four drunkard's path type units are joined and then the center opening is covered with an appliquéd circle.

12" Divided Diamonds Block

Here is the original block with triangles in the center (instead of a circle):

First block test-drive. Decided a circle in center was best. But I did quilt it!

What would this look like in a 3 block table runner? Allow me to show you . . .

3 block runner. Who says the blocks have to be aligned?

And how about a 4 block quilt with some beautiful borders?

Four blocks in a very traditional setting

And for my favorite setting of all, when 4 blocks hiccup in unison and create a 5th block in the center:

When 4 blocks create the illusion of 5 (by turning 1/4 of each block)

Follow the 100 Blocks Blog Tour daily November 4-9, 2012 at The Quiltmaker Blog Quilty Pleasures blog for inspiration, ideas and giveaways galore (that's another way to say THEY HAVE PRIZES).  I donated copies of my book, calendars and patterns for Quiltmaker to use as prizes. But I'm also going to give away a few myself right here. What are they?

Winner #1: Two copies of the Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Volume 6 (one will come from Quiltmaker in Colorado).

Winner #2: a copy of my book Supersize 'Em Quilts. See a slide show of all quilts here.

Supersize 'Em Quilts - patterns for 22 quilts

Winner #3: a copy of my Block a Day Calendar CD. You can see ALL the blocks here.

366 blocks in 2 sizes each AND 12 quilts

How can you win?
1. Leave me a comment telling me your favorite types of quilt blocks to make (applique, rotary cut, paper piecing).
2. Make sure I have your email. No email, no prize (because I can't find you).
3. You don't have to be a follower, but I do give away a lot of FREE patterns, tutorials and prizes every week, so go ahead and sign up using the "Follow by Email" link over on the right or just sign up using the "Followers" link. Then you won't miss a thing.

I will announce the winners after the Blog Hop is finished, around November 11 midnight November 9. And I use the Random Number Generator, weed out duplicate postings and no-reply bloggers without emails (yes, I do). Thanks for stopping by and now go visit the Quiltmaker blog site (Quiltmaker Blog Quilty Pleasures) for more inspiration!

If you are a no-reply blogger and don't leave an email, you are not eligible to win a prize. So far I've had 67 no-reply blogger comments. I'm sad that there is no way for me to reach you should your number be selected. I DO NOT sell or loan or give away my emails to anyone!