Luscious Stars and a Giveaway!

So...it's been quiet around here of the blog lately. I'm not lazy in general, I'm just a lazy blogger.  What can I say, I'd rather be quilting ;)

Summer's almost here and my part-time job at an elementary school will be on hold for a few months which will give me a chance to stay up to date on blogging and all some of my quilting projects. I don't share all of them, but this one I just have to! I told you in my last post that I had a Luscious project underway...I still do. It's not quite done yet, but will be soon! It's almost ready to be quilted!!!

I LOVE this quilt top! The fabrics are Hello Luscious by Basic Grey for Moda with a Moda Essential Dot for the background fabric. The design was inspired by a quilt that a customer and new friend saw on Etsy. She wanted a similar quilt, but with a few changes. I contacted the seller and she said that she didn't have a pattern; she had been inspired by an antique quilt she had seen. She generously gave me permission to play with her design so I did! :) Enter EQ7...I love this software! My daughter helped out and we quickly figured out the design and I just love the results! I'll share more pics when this beauty is all quilted :)
In another previous post I shared a giveaway by Sew Kind of Wonderful for her fantastic Quick-Curve Ruler. Well, Jenny's at it again and I reaaaalllly want to win this one! She's designed a new bag and it is absolutely darling! Best of all, she's going to make a custom one for the winner!!!
Here's what Jenny said in her post:
I was hoping I could get some help to spread the word about my bag at Quilt Market and the incentive is a 

CUSTOM MADE QUICK CURVE RULER BAG!!

To enter the Giveaway, I would need your help spreading the word!   You can do that through a Blog Post, button on your blog, Facebook, Pinterest..... linking back to this post and be sure to include this picture:

For each way you help me out, will get you more entries in the Giveaway, but be sure to comment each time letting me know.....so let's say you did a blog post and pinned it on pinterest, then you would leave (2) comments, one for each. Get it!

The Giveaway will be open until May 18th, at which time I will do the drawing for the Giveaway and the lucky winner will get to put in their color request for a custom made Quick Curve Ruler bag, like the one above!  You'll have a one of a kind Contemporary bag all put together and quilted by me!

And that's it!!

Jenny is an amazing quilter and I would LOVE anything made by her so I hope I win! You can have a chance to win too...all you have to do is enter at her site! Good luck!


For those of you who are signed up for my newsletter you know that there has been a great Mother's Day deal going on @ TopsandBobbins.com. If you want to get in on this deal and more to come, make sure you sign up! I share coupon codes like this one...MOM#ONE. Use this code during check out for 20% off all precuts and kits!!! This is a one-time use coupon good through Mother's Day, May 13th, 2012. I always ship US orders over $100 free!

Oh! I almost forgot! I have a new button...make sure you grab it and put it on your blog! Thanks! We'll talk soon...I'm going to have a lot more to share this summer!!!

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