Best Weekend Ever Part 1 + WINNERS!!

This whole weekend has been amazing so far, full of art, antiques, great friends, good buys, and beautiful weather!

So last night was part 1 of my most amazing weekend.  I got to go to an art opening for an artist named Joshua Bienko who recreates master works on the bottoms of Christian Louboutin shoes!



Now some of you know that my shoe obsession love interest obsession (lets just be honest shall we) is intense and spans the gambit from Converse to Manolo's, and the appearance of Louboutin's red soles just walked straight into my heart.  Here are some of his works.











And my personal favorite!



Sorry for the bad photos as they were taken with my iphone with 1 hand because my other hand was holding one of the best cocktails ever from Flemings!

I love this whole idea because I think art can come in any medium whether it is cloth and quilts or paint and $1000 shoes! I loved the art, the event, the food, and getting to wear my tallest stilettos and not get funny looks because I was wearing 5" over the top shoes. LOL!

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And now time for the winners of my blog's first birthday!

Yay!! So here are your winners!

Baker's Twine - The Hungry Crafter
Polka Dots Bundle -Eileen {BlueBirdLuxe}
Stripes Bundle - Virginiabobro
Grunge Bundle - Melissa @ Sew Bitter Sweet Designs
Bliss Layer Cake - Amy and the Bad Cats

Congrats y'all!  I will be sending out emails to notify the winners.

EDIT TO ADD!!  Virginiabobro I can't get a hold of you!  Your name links to your blog but your blog doesn't have your email!  Email me at bomara {at} gmail {dot} com with your address.  If I don't hear from you in a week I will select another winner for the stripes bundle. 

Happy 1st Birthday to Me!

Star Sprinkles by Star Bakery via Flickr

Where has the year gone??  Seriously!  I have looked under every rock and cannot figure it out!

I had considered starting a blog for months before I actually took the plunge as I was stalking reading 50+ blogs already (now its like 3x that!)  Now after 'meeting' so many amazing people I wish I had started earlier!

I have constantly been flabbergasted (yes, FLABBERGASTED!) by the talent, generosity, and humor that I have witnessed in the quilting community.  You ladies and gentleman are, simply put, amazing.

Through see all of y'all talent I have been so inspired, and created so much because of it!

To thank all of y'all for sharing the last year of my crafty life with me, sharing all of y'alls knowledge with me through your own posts, comments, and tutorials, and sharing all of y'alls sweet and happy personalities I am doing a big giveaway!!  I also decided to give the blog a tiny face lift since I haven't really changed it since I started it!

Up for grabs are 5, YES 5, fabulous prizes!!

First prize:
150 yards of bakers twine - 50 in each color



Second prize:
Bundle of polka dots - most fat quarters, some smaller



Third prize:
Fat quarter bundle of vintage striped sheets



Fourth prize:
Fat quarter bundle of Moda Grunge



Fifth prize:
Layer cake of Moda Bliss



Rules for entry:

1. Leave a comment - any ole thing is good.
2. Leave a second comment if you are a follower (new, old, doesn't matter).
3. Leave a comment if you decide to blog/twitter/facebook/whatever about the giveaway to help spread the word.  

I will pick winners on October 1st.  The first winner chosen by the random integer will get the 1st prize, 2nd winner 2nd prize, etc.

GOOD LUCK and thanks for reading.

Heart you guys!
Bry

And the Winner is...

SALLIE!!

I will be contacting you by email and send you your prize this week! 

Anthology Giveaway!

Another giveaway??  Really??

YES!!

This time it's a copy of Issue 3 of the beauitful magaizne Anthology that I got at Anthropologie for one of your lucky readers.  

This magazine is full of beautiful photos that is total eye candy and cover to cover inspiration! 

To win:

1. Leave a comment.  Any comment.  Easy peasy right!

2. Leave a 2nd comment if you are a follow, new or old.

The giveaway will be open for 1 week and choose a winner on August 1st!

xoxo

Bry

Come on down....

JUNE and BREE!!

You are the winners on the Price is Ri----

Uh.... I mean on my blog!!

June is the winner of the It's a Hoot jelly roll and Modern Log Cabin Quilting!

Plus I decided to do a secret 2nd giveaway!  A copy of Mollie Makes, Issue One.  It is a brand new crafting magazine from the UK that was a bit hard to find here in the US. 

And that went to Bree (love that we share nicknames!!)

Thanks for reading, entering, and sharing in my love of crafting, quilting, and fun!

And super thanks for all the wonderful birthday wishes and hilarious and sweet birthday memories you all shared!

xoxo Bry

Birthday Giveaway!

What better way to celebrate my 28th than have a giveaway for all my wonderful internet buddies! 

Whats up for grabs you ask??

A 'It's a Hoot' by Momo jelly roll and a copy of Modern Log Cabin Quilting!

And it all goes to one super duper lucky reader!

Here's the low down on how to enter...

1. Leave a comment - it can be anything from an breezy hello but I would also love to hear about your best birthday memory - whether its a gift, party, or the most spectacular cake crash ever!  (Y'alls stories about your LQS's from the last giveaway were hilarious!)

2. Leave an additional comment if you are a follower - new or old - doesn't matter!

The giveaway will be open for one week and I will announce the winner next Wednesday.

GOOD LUCK!

Inspiring Monday

Our inspiration this week comes courtesy of the amazing Graphic Nothing!

Check out some of his colorful, geometric, gorgeous graphics!

Amazing right?!?! Check out his blog and marvel at the patterns and then let your quilting mind run wild!

And be sure to come back tomorrow for a birthday giveaway!

And the winner is...

...The Knotty Gnome!!

  

Congrats! You win! 

(Sorry about the late posting!  I could have sworn I hit post, but apparently not. Oops!)

I will be contacting you be email for your address.  Thanks for entering everyone!  And come back at the end of the month.  I will be doing another giveaway on my birthday!

Fabric, Blocks, and A Giveaway! Oh My!

Hello lovlies!

So this past month has been one of insanity in my life.  One complete with life changes, annoyances, long working hours, trips out of town, meeting unbelievable people, and many other things.  So needless to say - I have been a bit busy.  Thus the small absence.

But now things thankfully seem to be back to our regularly scheduled broadcasting and I have time to sew (and buy fabric online) again!

First off - can you believe that I totally missed the release of Tula's Prince Charming in online shops?!  I couldn't!  Bad Tula Troop! Bad!  So I quickly rectified this by ordering a FQ set of the entire line.  Now I just need to get my hands on the lovely lovely voiles.



Also I got my act together and finished my May bee blocks and even got started on a June set! First up is Elizabeth's blocks in my String Me Along bee. She asked for 15" square in a square blocks.  Love making these!



Next up are some crazy blocks for do Good. Stitches May.  These blocks were hard for me even with the tutorial.  I tried so hard to just go with whatever scrap I pulled out next, but I don't think they have enough angles (too many squares) and the sizes of the scraps are a bit all over the place.  Oh well.  Hopefully they can be used and appreciated once the whole quilt is done!



Finally, I worked on the June blocks for do. Good Stitches which were these awesome slanted diamond blocks!  These were so fun and easy to make, the tutorial was super simple, and I cannot wait to see the finished quilt!!



Now onto what you all have been waiting for!

A GIVEAWAY!  

While I was totally absent from the internet this past month I surpassed 10,000 page views, plus the Bella Solids Parade was conducted and concluded!  For the parade I made another of my Cacophony of Color mini quilts with 31 different Bella Solids courtesy of Fat Quarter Shop, which means I have TONS of left overs!!

So the giveaway is for a HUGE STACK of Moda Bella Solids (scrap to over 1/4 pieces) as well as a ziplock bag full of small scraps!



To enter is easy!  Plus you have 3 chances!

1. Leave a comment - it can be anything from a simple howdy to a story about how quilting has caused you to be known in all your LQS to the point that the employees have a picture of you behind the counter so that they know when they see you they are about to have to earn their paychecks by cutting 42 pieces of fabric.

2. Leave an additional comment if you are a follower - new or old - doesn't matter!

3. Leave an additional comment if you participated in any way in the Bella Solids Parade!

Easy right?!  I will leave comments open for a week and will draw a winner next Sunday evening (6.12.11)!

GOOD LUCK!

The Parade Begins!

May 1st is finally here!!

Let the Bella Solids Parade BEGIN!

For my part in the Parade I will be conducting a quilt along of my mini quilt 'Cacophony of Color'

Posts will be over on Shruti's Blog
May 2: Preparing and Cutting you Fabrics
May 9: Piecing the Center Panel
May 16: Finishing the Top
May 23: Quilting Tips, Binding, and some Special Extras

Today I put the finishing touches on my quilt (nothing like being a procrastinator huh!) and here are some finished shots of what you can make too with the fabulous colors being celebrated this month!

This little baby is going to be given away to the GRAND PRIZE WINNER along with a HALF YARD  BUNDLE of all 31 colors featured in the parade thanks to the awesome Fat Quarter Shop!

So what's the first color you ask?

WHITE

So get over to the flickr pool and start uploading your pictures that celebrate the color white!

Hope you guys enjoy playing along!

Fat Quarter Shop Bella Parade ****GIVEAWAY****

Hey everyone!  Bry here.

Remember that super secret sewing and giveaway I hinted at?

Now you get to know, and Shruti is here to tell you! 

Welcome to the cool crowd!

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Hi all, I'm Shruti from 13 Woodhouse Road. I am happy to take this opportunity to invite you to participate in the most Colorful Blogger Fest of this summer!

The Fat Quarter Shop Bella Parade

@ 13 Woodhouse Road...

How do you usually buy solids? You buy some lovely print that you found online and then buy solids to go with it! Its time to change the view! Know more about 31 delicious Bella solids that will be featured on my blog and the Flickr Group from 1st - 31st May...

We will be giving away about 70 yards of fabric in this month!!!

For details and a launch giveaway hop over here.

Cheers!!!

Shruti

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Awesome right?!!?

And yes, you read that right... 70 YARDS!

See, told you it was awesome.

To make it even better the amazing Kimberly at Fat Quarter Shop has FQ bundles of all 31 colors being featured in the Parade.

PLUS she is offering 20% off all Bella Solids (yardage and precuts!) with the code BELLAP

My part in all this is that I am running a Quilt Along to make my Cacophony of Color mini quilt!

So join the Flickr Group, enter the giveaway, grab your camera and your solids and get ready for some fun!

Oh and if you want to put this button on your blog use the following HTLM



<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1616186@N25/" title="Fat Quarter Shop Bella Parade by 13 Woodhouse Road (Shruti Dandekar), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5189/5619120666_81fe7881c9.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Fat Quarter Shop Bella Parade" /></a>

xoxo

Bry

A Hint...

Remember that super secret sewing I mentioned???

Remember this beautiful stack of Bella Solids from Fat Quarter Shop?

Then come back on April 15th, and I will reveal all!

Including how to win this AMAZING bundle of joy!

And the winner is....

And the winner of the Kona Cotton scraps and the Yoshinko Jinzenji's Quilting Line + Color book is...

Karen!! Congrats! I will be emailing you!

Thanks everyone for joining along in my very first giveaway! It will be the first of many!

Inspiring Monday

**The giveaway post is here!**

Double Wedding Rings - those 3 words often incite feelings of fear, anxiety, and frustration in quilters everywhere.

Despite this Kaelin plowed ahead and tackled this project after only quilting a few years and did a FABULOUS job!  

If this quilt doesn't make you want to make your own DWR I don't know what will!

Double Wedding Ring by The Plaid Scottie

And now she is considering doing some tutorials and a quilt along.  So head over to this blog post and tell her how awesome it would be! 

Giveaway Time!

Who wants to win some goodies!?!?

Now everyone leave your hands up so I can count...1...2...3...hmmm...

How about you just leave a comment instead and you could win a gallon size bag of Kona Cotton scraps from making my DQS10 mini quilt and a copy of Quilting Line + Color by Yoshinko Jinzenji!

If you want to follow me that is cool, but not required.

Everyone is eligable!

Entries open until midnight CST April 7th! Winner will be announced on Friday April 8th!

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By the way make sure you are not a NO REPLY BLOGGER!
Follow these instructions courtesy of Lynne to make sure you can get replies to your comments and possibly win this giveaway!

Anyone in the Club?

So I found out about this awesome new Solids Club at Pink Chalk Fabrics and I am totally excited!

I usually buy my solids at my LQS or Hobby Lobby but they always have the same colors, so this will greatly expand my solids stash!  I can't wait for my first package!

Also the super sweet Lynne over at Lily's Quilts has a new project on Moda Bake Shop today!  You must all go check it out!  She is also doing a giveaway on her blog for an oh so coveted Sherbet Pips layer cake to help you start making this quilt!



I know I will be making one of these quilts if not more! Congrats Lynne on an awesome quilt!