Giveaway and More

Oh, that title makes me want to go to Long John Silver's for a Fish and More, one of my favorite but rarely-succumbed-to Major Treats. Are the LJSs disappearing in your town like they are in Atlanta? If I wanted to find one now, it would be in ever-more-distant-and-seedy locations.

Who could I get to do the drawing for the Woodstock fabric giveaway? The support staff was, as usual, useless:


[editor's note, er, scream: Gaston! Back away from the brand-new Jo Morton Toast fabrics!]

Only Ginger, the oldest and the sweetest, exerted herself. But she could not bring herself to disappoint the 50 who would not win:


DS, Mr. Georgia Tech attendee, couldn't even understand what I wanted him to do. I sent him from the room in disgrace. When will he come alive to the magic of the Quilting World?

I had to call Manpower, who sent out Blue Bunny and Sweet Mousie:

and they picked Mary!. Congratulations, Mary, send me your address and I'll mail this right out.

Doll Quilt, the current Jo's Little Women project at Little Quilts:

Jo's pattern is all four patches/alternating square. I inserted the toile scrap, which is Rit-dyed.

It simply amazes me each time I get to go visit my longarmer friend, who lets me use her longarm to quilt a quilt or two. Mad with anticipation, I packed the car last Friday:

and got two quilts quilted! Now to do their bindings. For the Jo's Little Women Swap Blocks quilt, I chose this glorious Yorktown print that I tell you, nearly makes me faint each time I look at it, it is so nifty:

But use some of it for binding? Cut on the bias which would leave dumb old triangle pieces that are hard to fold up again?? I tell you, my heart actually and truly hurt as I cut this (oh the horror):

But (sniffle) it's OK really it's OK there's still some left and the binding looks really neat.

Finally, several Dear Jane blocks: