Lace on My Art Quilt and a Vote

Who knew lace could be so versatile in art quilts?   It covered my rather harsh black and white background and made it more muted and soft.   I am discovering that it due to its light airy texture, it gathers nicely.   I am making more 3D flowers but felt they needed something behind them.  I took some funky yarn and stitched it onto some 5" wide lace and gathered that into a circle and voila!   I have a lovely backdrop for my flower to rest on.   It gives the flower some body yet still blends in and doesn't take away from it.

I am auditioning some jumbo ric rac as stems.

Also have two more 3D flowers on the go to get attached to a background.

And some of my hand dyed fabric ironed, cut and folded.

Can you tell I am prepping for a workshop?   Better get back to work, have some busy months coming up!

Sew Cal Gal has the 2012 Golden Quilters Awards up now till March 31st.   You can vote for the best of the best in the quilting world.   (and I even know a super star on the list=)  When you get to the best online quilt store, be sure to check off The Intrepid Thread, because it really is.  Julie always has coupons for saving money, her sales are ridiculously crazy, and she has giveaways every single week.   Ok, I should put in a disclaimer, so no one gets upset, I am sure the other online stores are good too, but Intrepid Thread is really super=)

Baby GO! Giveaway x 2 Now Closed

You heard it here!   I am giving away a Baby GO! and so is my friend Julie over at The Intrepid Thread.
Accuquilt is letting me give away one of their fabulous Baby GO!'s and 3 dies for it!

I will tell you, there are few products out there that do exactly what they say they will do.   Accuquilt GO!  is one of them.   These machines are truly remarkable.   I have used mine way more than I thought I would.   They not only cut fabric, but flannel and felt just like slicing through butter.  I had a guy email me to tell me after seeing my tutorial on Pattern Review, he was getting one to do felt Christmas ornaments.  How cool is that?   

You can also get 22 free patterns when you sign up to get their emails.   

Onto the giveaway, all you have to do is be a follower and tell me which 3 dies you would choose.  To keep you as a follower, I will be holding giveaways on a very regular basis=)

For a second chance to win a Baby GO!, go and see Julie over at her blog to enter.  While you are there, you would be crazy not to check out her etsy store, her prices will make your jaw drop.

I will announce a winner on Monday November 14, 2011.  Good luck!

Hostess' Half Dozen Giveaway from The Intrepid Thread

How lucky am I that I can call Julie from The Intrepid Thread a friend?  She has asked me to be her hostess in her giveaway this week.

This woman is multi talented.   Look what lovely piece of artwork I received in the mail yesterday from her.

I absolutely adore it!

Julie is part of our design team and recently has opened up an etsy store.   

She literally has the newest fabric coming in around the clock.   Her prices are exceptionally good, and she always has a sale on something.   You must go and check it out.

I follow her blog and it is there I get to see the newest lines, the cool tutorials in her newsletter and all the fun projects she has going.   Plus her weekly giveaways!

As her giveaway hostess,  I picked out 6 FQ's from the new collection Taza by Dena Fishbein for Free Spirit.
One lucky person will win them all!

How to win:

1.   If you are not a follower of The Intrepid Thread, sign up to be one and come back and leave me a comment on this post telling me you did.

2.   If you are not a follower of mine, sign up to be one and leave a comment telling me so.

3.   Post about it on your blog and leave a comment stating you did.

4.   If you already follow both of us, let me know.

I will draw a winner on August 26th.   Good Luck!