Wordless Wednesday - Can You Share a Quilt, But Not a Chair???

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Hodgepodge Patchwork Tuesday: Denim Quilt 

A Quilting Prize for Occupy Your Sewing Room

I am offering a quilting prize for the Occupy Your Sewing Room Event.  Barbara came up with a great idea to get us into our sewing rooms in December, so we can finish our Christmas sewing and quilting. Then she is hosting a Linky Party on December 11th for all of us to share and enter the drawing. She offering prizes...  plus 

I came up with the idea to offer a chance to win:
$30. Off the Quilting on a lap quilt or larger.


Your Gift Certificate will be good for any day of your choosing in January 2012.


*Bonus: If you win and want to mail your quilt top to me ASAP.... I would quilt it right away, before Christmas and get it back to you ASAP. Close to Christmas or right after Christmas - depending on the mail and distances. Winner pays for shipping. So get your quilt ready for December 17th, when Barbara announces the winners! 


How to enter the drawing:


Leave a comment starting on December 11th to the 17th at the Linky Party at Cat Patches Blog to enter the drawing.


The Winner will be announced on December 17th at Cat Patches Blog and here on my blog!


Let's get in those sewing rooms now!

    My quilting room is where I quilt all day and ...

My dining room table is my sewing room.

Occupy Your Sewing Room with everyone!

I'll be in my Sewing Room...

So hop over to Cat Patches Blog  and check it out. 

Help her spread the word with her Occupy Your Sewing Room Button and Link.

Marcia

Here's my Week of Sewing post! - December 11th

Reconstruction of My Mystery Quilt - Hodgepodge Patchwork Tuesday

I like it and I am very pleased...
After sewing all the blocks for my mystery quilt, they were all different sizes.  They measured 12", 12 1/4", and 12 1/2".  I weighed my options and decided to reconstruct the blocks into a new design. I tried different layouts on my guest bed.


So here's what I did:

• Squared up the blocks into two sizes, 12" and 12 1/2". That gave me two rows of 12" and two rows of 12 1/2". 
• I cut several lattice strips 2" wide. 
• Stitched a lattice strip on the bottom of every block. Pressed it.
• Stitched a lattice strip on the left side of every block.  Pressed it.
• Sewed the rows together. Two rows are longer.
• Placed the rows off set, so it formed nice connections at the centers.

 Here's the bottom of the quilt.

• Trim the top and the bottom with a rotary cutter.

• Trim the little seam allowances from the edge where you cut.

•  Add borders (2" strips) to the top, bottom, and right side of the quilt top.

• Add another border (3" strips) to all four sides.

I just laid the 3" strips on the edges, so you could see how it would look, so I could get photos before I ran out of daylight.  
I do like the new design of my reconstruction quilt!
Click here to read the story (post) about what happened to my quilt blocks and why they didn't fit together to create the original pattern design.
So Project Number 12 is ready to quilt!  Yippee!
I am thinking of using the leftover scraps and combining it with some black and white fabric for the backing of the quilt.  I've got an idea and if it works I will share. Several of my customers piece the leftover scraps and blocks into their backing and create some really cool backs.  I carry over 30 Extra Wide fabrics on the bolt in stock in my shop, but I've got some cool scraps leftover. 

I'll dream about it tonight and see what I think in the morning!
Sweet Dreams...
Marcia