Wordless Wednesday: Pumpkin Panel by Sandy Gervais

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Halloween Giveaway! BOO!

Hello crafty followers! It's almost the middle of September, and that means it's time for a Halloween giveaway!

How about an enormous 33"x23" witchy tea towel, three 1/2 yard cuts of spooky fabric, some checkered and sequined trim, 8 buttons and two bats???


















(Fabric is Broderie Perse, Boo Crew, and the mice and pumpkins are Spooktacular)

You know what to do! Get your comments in to me by Wednesday, 9/14 at 8pm Pacific!

Good luck!

Hugs,
Betty & Dee

Where is FALL?

Sitting here on top of my hill, fall seems to have forgotten where we live. The last three days have been sitting at 100 degrees and so I continue to live in my air conditioned house and car. I'm definitely a cool weather person, so to beat the blues this heat is causing, I'm going to throw myself into some autumn colored sewing projects. Here are some inspirational photos to get me going:

I especially like this pillow. I have so many vintage pictures.

I can print them onto muslin using my printer and use in the center of this block.

Rickrack tea towel from Moda Bakeshop.  

Such a great way to make quick, attractive hostess gifts, and it really inspires me.

I have a lot of florals on brown and I can punch them up with a bright trim like this one.

Or, try my hand at a quilt with lots of black and orange for Halloween?

(Pattern: Night Flight)

Tomorrow I'll be posting a Halloween themed giveaway: fabrics, trim and an embroidered kitchen tea towel with a witch to help ring in the new season of falling leaves, crisp air, homemade soup and apple cider. I hope wherever you live you are excited about finishing UFO's and beginning new projects, whether it's sewing, knitting, painting or baking. Leave us a comment and let us know what YOU are excited to get started on this month :-)

Hugs,

Betty & Dee

And the winner is...

WOW!

We've never had so many comments on one post. Huge thanks to Julie's followers who visited our blog and left such sweet comments, and of course it's always nice to see my blog and Twitter people join in the fun :-)

Thank goodness there is random.org because I would be a nervous wreck if I had to make the choice myself!

So, without further adieu, here's the lucky number: 71



And the 71st comment belongs to Kristen of Knoxville, Tennessee! Congratulations, Kristen! Please send an email to Julie and me with your addy so we can mail your goodies out to you.

You've also won a copy of "Last-Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts" by Joelle Hoverson:


HUGE thank you to Intrepid Thread for providing these lovely fabrics! You're the BEST, Julie!

I'll be hosting a Halloween giveaway next; some great, spooky fabrics and coordinated trim and an embroidered witch tea towel for your kitchen, so come back and play again. The new giveaway will be up by Friday.

Much love,
Betty & Dee

Intrepidthread Half Dozen Giveaway

I AM SO LUCKY! I met Julie of Intrepid Thread at the last Quilt Market in Salt Lake City and she has quickly become such a dear friend! We've had coffee, spent the day shopping, and she even invited me to join her quilt guild's retreat (which was just over the hill from me, up here in gold country).

If you've never shopped at Julie's online fabric store, just click the purple button over there ---> on the right!

Here are some of her newest fabrics:

Promenade!

The Intrepid Thread is comprised of Julie, Lorin, Erin, and Joanne. They are a family owned and run business. They work hard everyday to bring you the best fabrics at the best prices and provide high quality customer service.

Julie was gracious enough to let me host one of her "Half Dozen Giveaways".  Look at these beautiful fabrics!  This set of 6 fat quarters can be all yours!

A perfect stash building set: Kamari Gardens, Prince Charming and Dazzle! Oh, and did I mention I will be adding a few surprises of my own? Some trim and a pattern! All you need to do is leave me one comment on this posting. I will use random.org to choose the winner on Wednesday, September 7th.

Good luck to all of you!

Hugs,
Betty & Dee