Sunday, August 29, 2010

Christmas in August

For my first sewing party, I’d say that I was relatively successful!  I had so much fun keeping up with everyone’s progress throughout the day, on Kelly’s blog.  I only posted twice…my first post and my progress post.  The day was a busy one…  But even with only 1 post, I did manage to win a prize…and I didn’t even know that there were prizes!  Carol gave away a copy of the Fast & Furious Holiday Quilt as you Go by G.E. Designs.

This was on my wish list so I’m extra thrilled to have won a copy.  Thank you so much Carol!

This morning I did manage to finish sewing and ironing all of my blocks.  I will say…1/2 square triangles are not my forte…as so many of these are not the right size, so it will be interesting to say the least when I go to sew them together!imagine sample layoutWhat do you think?  I’m really tempted to cut them all down from 9” to 8.5”…

14 comments:

Cindy said...

Ooh, I'm loving this one, Dianne. It's fabulous.

And congrats on winning the book. I bought it this year and LOVE IT. You'll be happy with it, I'm sure.

Carol said...

Oh Dianne I love it! Congratulations on the win! What fun!

Janet said...

I think they are gorgeous as is.

Kim said...

Dianne it looks great!!!! I bet you'll be surprised how much 'ease' there is with those HSTs and it will go together just fine! :o)

Blu said...

The colours are just yummy!

Margaret said...

Nice prize! And the quilt -- looking good! I'm not good with half square triangles either. So you shouldn't listen to my advice. :D :D

Sherry said...

I think it looks great - I've never done 1/2 square triangles

Chris@Cats On My Quilts said...

I really love your quilt mainly because I made it this summer. I made the large and small version from Schnibbles Times Two. I loved making it and love how it came out. One of my favorites. I adore the fabric you used-just perfect for that quilt.

Diane said...

Love the Bliss 1/2 triangles!

Siobhan said...

Congrats on the win!

I think 1/2 sq triangles just take practice--you'll learn how to not cut off points, etc., as you do more of them. I am anxious to do that quilt (and use up some Bliss!) but it's been so long since I've done HSTs that I am afraid to do it! LOL Yours looks great.

Kelly@ Charming Chatter said...

Oh, it looks so pretty! Those HST's are a bit of a pain, though they do make for pretty quilts! I know mine rarely turn out exactly right - but usually I fugde them together, and noone can tell! It really looks so pretty! Congrats on your win too - what a fun book!

Gayle said...

Beautiful pictures and quilt top. Loved seeing how the pieces fit together.

Suzanne said...

It looks great, I love the colours.

Karamat said...

Looks great!!

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