What a Give-Away

Among The Gum Trees 

has a gorgeous giveaway! 

This is what you can win;

the entire set of "Springtime" BOM patterns!

How great is that?!

Jump over to Among The Gum Trees and join in! 

GIVEAWAY

Grethe over at Grethe's Flittige Hender has a great Giveaway.

This is what you can win:

Take a look at the left side bar at her blog to see other Giveaways!

Quilt top (UFO) finished

Another quilt top (UFO) is finished! Hurray! :)) It all started last year with these blocks, but at that time I never made any quilt out of the blocks - stored the blocks away! :) I'm determined to finish the UFO's I have before I start a new project. I hope I'm able to hold on to that, because we all know how tempting a new project is - don't we?! I have worked on this quilt almost every day for approx two weeks. Today I made the last four star blocks and added the last piece of the outer border to the quilt top. I want to use flannel for batting and backing, but haven't bought anything yet. Yes, I am on SSD (Strict Stash Diet), but I allow myself to buy flannel since I don't have anything for the two quilts I've made.

I know I have showed you just a few pieces of the two recent quilt tops I have made... I thought I was going to wait until they both are finished to show them in full - are you able to wait?? :))) As you may recall, these two quilts are my own designs... Perhaps I'm feeling a bit shy showing them... :))

Some "terrific" thunderstorms hit yesterday and during the night! It has been so hot, humid and sultry for days so something had to happen. Yesterday morning we went grocery shopping and on our way back home we were hit by a thunderstorm. We don't have a car, so we usually walk it to the supermarkets in the area, which is very good exercise! :) I don't like thunderstorms that much, bad experiences from where I grew up where lightning hit off and on. Some years ago a lightning hit our neighbor house (in Norway) - it burnt down - sadly. I didn't feel very safe walking in an open space yesterday, with an umbrella over my head - have heard about too many scary accidents where people have been hit...! We were soaked when we returned home! I have mentioned earlier I don't mind being soaked by tropical rain and this time I loved it too! It feels so good after a warm shower, dry clothes to put on and something warm to drink; this time "French Vanilla" coffee and Cadbury Wholenut! YUMMY!! :) The thunderstorms continued during the night so I didn't sleep very well. A house not far from us was hit by the lightning, it hit the solar panel (I think it was) on the roof... and made quite some damages inside the house too. There was a blackout all over the island for approx 5 hours during the night - what a "terrific" weather! I hope there won't be any thunderstorms tonight! I want a good night's sleep! Oh no! What did I say?! I hear the thunder in the distance now....... :((

The coolest place in the house?! Poor Birre-Liten feels the weather conditions too. He - as well as the dogs - find the days too hot. They don't really know where to stay, but it seems the best and coolest place is inside the house; on the floor tiles - or on the wooden table - my sewing table! :))

Oh, and there's a GIVEAWAY - from Norway this time. Lappestua has a giveaway. Look at these yummy Easter fabrics!

Sneak peek and Giveaways

A little sneak peek at the baby/kid quilt I'm working on these days. I have to add a border on all four sides to make it a bit bigger. I want to add a wider border at the top and bottom to make it longer and then add the final border on all four sides. I have an idea how to do it, so I'll see what I do today.

Lis at Online Quilting has a giveaway celebrating 100 posts.

Another giveaway is from Dzintra at Queen of the Armchair who has 10 000 hits! Check it out here!

What to do a rainy day...

First of all I want you to take a look here. Sarah at Prim Treasures has some gorgeous giveaways - DON'T MISS OUT your chance to win!

It was such a nasty weather this morning; heavy, local showers. I intended to do more garden work, but no chance going out without being soaked. Corps de Garde - our mountain view - was covered in fog this morning. I don't mind the rain at all, as long as I know I can get home fast and get on dry clothes. Actually I love the rain here, because rain in the tropics are hot - not cold as in Norway. The locals make me smile when saying; "Dont't get wet in the rain! You'll catch a cold!!!" I don't believe in that! But I must confess there is a chance of catching a cold if you get soaked, don't have dry clothes to put on, and then start freezing. :)

What I have done today is to draw the long-leg star pattern on paper for paper piecing and I've sewn some blocks too. I have a faint idea how to make the quilt, but nothing is decided yet. According to the meteo prediction there will be rain tomorrow too, so it seems like another day of sewing. :))

Giveaway from Nat

Not just Nat has a 1-year blogging anniversary giveaway. Below you can see what you can win - gorgeous gifts - isn't it? Click here for more details. Hurry up - the draw is Jan 3rd 2010!

Mrs Moen's Great Giveaway

Would you like to win a kit for this gorgeous Village table runner? Nina Lise in Norway has a gorgeous giveaway - take a look here for the details.

Give-aways from Karen

Karen has several great give-aways - take a look at her blog:

http://karensquilting.com/blog/category/give-aways/

Another fantastic giveaway

I came across another fantastic giveaway while reading some blogs this morning. This time it is Chris at Dye Candy who gives away some of her hand dyed fabrics. Each winner can choose one of her hand dyed fabrics at Dye Candy Store, or a piece of her Quilt Block Jewelry from Shady Grove Studios. Take a look at her blog for details and deadline. Look at these beautiful fabrics!

Giveaway - Subscription to TGOS

Lody has a great giveaway; one year subscription to the cross-stitch magazine "The Gift of Stitching". If you are interested in cross-stitching and would like to win - visit her blog here for details.

Another great giveaway

My quilting friend Karen has a great giveaway. You can visit her blog here. Leave a comment on her blog post by Wednesday (July 8th). You'll see the rules and what you can win on her blog post.

A fantastic giveaway from Quilt Qua

Win: 1 Frosted Memories Fat Quarter Bundle by Holly Taylor for Moda Fabrics ! To enter simply "tell a friend" to spread the word about Quilt Qua. You can send an e-mail to people, post on your blog, comment on someone else's blog, put info in your guild newsletter, etc. Then send an e-mail to: quiltqua@gmail.com and let me know what you did. Enter as often as you wish. Random drawing for the winner will be at 10 pm July 31st.