Winners

 the winner of the Mix & Match Quilts with the Accuquilt GO is

Random number between 1 and 27 5

Cindy said...

5

I believe Accuquilt needs to label the dies with the NAMES of the die. This would help tremendously.

I've also wondered, and please forgive me if this sounds harsh, how a book can be critiqued if one doesn't sew an actual item from the book like so many reviews.

I appreciate your honestly, Tonya. And I trust your judgement because you DID make a block, even without all the dies.

Cindy please comment on this post and I'll reply back to get your snail mail.

and now the winner of the CSN $50.00 gift certificate is:

Random number between 1 and 85

32

Gene Black said...

32

I blogged it at http://artbygene.blogspot.com/2011/01/giveaway-alert.html

Pick me, please!

Gene, please comment on this post and I'll let you know how to get your GC.

I'm sorry I didn't post yesterday, our internet, tv and phone were off and on all day.

internet down

I will post the winners as soon as our internet comes back up.

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Last chance to enter for the $50.00

go here to find out how....

I will post the winner tomorrow evening for the $50.00 and the GO book

Mix & Match Quilts with the Accuquilt GO! Blog Tour

Welcome to the next stop on the blog tour.

Remember the Accuquilt GO?

This book has 12 "Fresh Designs using Traditional Shapes" to make quilts with your GO and dies.

This is the quilt I was asked to review,

Flash of Lightning on pg. 26

I did make a block from this pattern, I didn't have all the dies, so I had to wing it.

I thought it was a bit difficult.  I would like to see the dies names and not the item #'s.

I also don't cut my fabric into strips and then cut on the die, I just cut with the die.

After making the first block, I didn't go any further.  I do think it's a great book if you have all the dies or use your GO daily.

 I am offering up my copy of the book.  (I did write on my page in pencil, I'll erase it, but you might still see it.) Just leave a comment on this post and I'll draw a winner on Thursday (tomorrow).

If you don't win, you can purchase the book here.

To follow this tour, the next stop is Jacqueline Kunkel, that's today as well.

tomorrow's stop is with Nettie Peterson

Friday's stop is with my friend Mary Flynn


My GOOD friend Pat was supposed to be a stop on this blog tour as well, I would have love to know her take on this book, though I know she'll still tell me.  She's on vacation and was unable to make a post.

remember to leave a comment if you would like to win my copy of the book


(back to my hexies and the other project tomorrow)

Nothing like the......

simplicity of sewing straight lines......

i'll update you on the hexies tomorrow.......

Question ? ?

(the $50.00 giveaway is here)

i've lost the pattern to this, so i'm winging it

it's an old UFO

i've got the hexies all pieced together and now i'm attempting to join them into rows, do i really sew it together in rows just like it's laying?  cause that is tricky

i've got the first two joined, that first red one and the half blue one.....perfect, it all lines up, but the further i go down the row, the more and more they are off and not lining up, i guess i could pin, pin, pin

i just want to make sure this is how i go about sewing the rows....i'm think the pattern had a trick to doing this, but i can't remember.  the pattern was a small piece of paper folded up, therefore making it easier for ME to loose it

any help would be sooo appreciated


update:  i may have found the trick piecing them together one at a time, and not in row form

Fabric Magnets Tutorial

(the $50.00 giveaway is here)

someone asked for a tutorial for yesterday's post on fabric magnets

your wish is my command

you will need:

scissors

scrap fabric (great way to use scraps, even down to 2" in size)

a bag of small accent glass gems (got mine at the dollar tree, these are usually used in vases for decoration, get them as flat as you can, mine are 1 1/4 in diameter)

mod podge

paint brush

hot glue gun or some type of glue

neodymium magnets (these are the perfect size and super, super strong)

 get your supplies ready

 paint a coat of mod podge to the back (flat side) of the gem

 place the gem, mod podge side down where you want it on your scrap fabric

i placed it right on top of a lemon

once i find the placement and stick it down, i twist it just a little, that assures a good placement that will stay

 cut the fabric out around the gem, you can cut right up against it and have a smooth finish

 do another coat of mod podge on top of the fabric

 give it time to dry, you can tell when it's dry, cause it turns clear

 get your magnet ready for gluing, i use hot glue, some use gorilla glue

 it just takes a little bit

 place magnet right on top of glue

waaaaaa-laaaaa finished fabric magnet