200th Post Giveaway...on my 201st post! :)

Well, here it is...as promised...or a few days late, but still, here it is...my first giveaway for my 200th post! Jordyn wanted to show off the goodies for the photo...she looks pretty happy for a girl with chicken pox. Anyways, i purchased these items about 2 years ago, and they've never been used...brand new. They are really cool, but i guess i decided that they weren't really for me...too complicated, and i like things simple :) I thought they deserved a better home...where they will be used and enjoyed. Included in the giveaway...the quilt book Doubledipity by Sara Nephew, the Super 60 acrylic template (that is used in the book), and the triangle pattern (also used in the book) and included with the pattern Northern Lights Quilt. Anyways, if you are interested in winning this giveaway, please leave me a comment on this post and i will check back in a week to draw a winner.
On another quilt note, i received my I-spy fabrics from a swap on about.com. 80 fun fabrics to include in my next I-spy quilt...cant wait to sort thru them all!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend...and thank you for all the kind words and tips for my daughters chicken pox!

More I-Spy Fun!

Not much quilting to show right now, as im trying to prep some applique, and it seems to be taking forever! I did sign up for another I-Spy fabric swap on about.com, and these are the fabrics i ordered. Not sure if the Flintstone fabric will work, the characters are much larger than i expected, so i would have to fussy cut...and the bottom fabric is just something i liked and it was on sale, so naturally i ordered some :) I participated in a similar swap back in October and got some great stuff back, but i want to make a very large quilt for Jordyn, and id also like to have extras to make for friends, so you can never have too many I-Spy fabrics :) Plus, if you have a lot, then you can pick and chose the fabrics that go into the quilt...i like that the best. Anyways, not much else going on up here on the mountain...except the catkins are finally coming out....dare i say it..."Spring is almost here!!!!" :)

New Quilt for Jordyn

Well, i did quite a bit of quilting, binding, and pinning on several projects this weekend. My cousin Christy, aka Jordyn's Godmom, was up for a visit, so we took turns entertaining her while we worked. I captured this very sweet moment of them coloring together, both almost falling asleep in the process.
Christy finished this fun flannel quilt for Jordyn, and as you can see, she loves it!(as does daddy). And what perfect timing...its been in the 20's every morning...brrrrrrr!

I finished quilting my ALQS quilt, but i dont have any photos...perhaps later today? I was planning on hand quilting it, but decided to try out my cousins Pfaff machine while she was here, and WOW...does that thing sew like a dream. So smooth and quiet...very fun indeed. I should have tried out some fancy stitches, but since the design is rather busy, i decided a simple stitch in the ditch was what it needed.

And finally, here are some I-spy fabrics i received in a swap on about.com. There are roughly 150 squares here...and with the ones Anne sent me, and the blocks from my neighbor, i should have enough to make a few I-spy quilts. Thanks again ladies!
Now im off to do some more crafting, as its my free day (Jordyn is at Grandma and Grandpas)...so perhaps ill have more goodies to post soon!
cheers~

Crazy Quilt, Fabrics and a Ghost Town

Hurrah...my blocks arrived from the second round of the crazy quilt swap on about.com, and i just love them :)
I was trying on different colors for sashing, and i think i like this dark red best...what do you think? I played around with the images in Photoshop to help decide on the color. I love that program! Be sure to click on the picture for a larger image to see all the lovely stitching and details. Some of the squares still have the basted border, so ignore those :) Also, one of the squares was made by me, so naturally it hasnt been decorated at all yet!

Im also participating in an I-spy swap, and these are some of the fabrics i ordered for it. I have some coming from different stores online, so ill post those when they arrive. Ive always wanted to make an I-spy quilt, but i dont have many novelty fabrics, so this should be a fun and easy way to collect a larger variety. I havent decided how i want to set them yet...i was thinking of an attic window pattern or perhaps a snowball pattern...any suggestions?

The weather has been cooling off a bit, but it was gorgeous this weekend, so Jordyn and i went for a drive with our friend Connie. We headed up towards the pass and drove around looking for moose. We spotted a mother and her baby, which was fun and we watched them for quite a while. Then we headed up to the moose center, which is a very neat place.

We were having such a nice time that we decided to continue on our journey. We drove around Gould, and stumbled upon a road to Teller City (which was established in the late 1800's and is now a ghost town).

There isnt much left of the old city, but there is enough to let your imagination fill in the gaps. There were informative plaques throughout the hike, which made it even more fun, and the surrounding area was absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately, the Pine-beetle have really killed off a lot of the trees, but it was still gorgeous.

Sometimes the best adventures are the ones that arent planned! We had a great time, and it was a wonderful weekend!