Bee Blocks and Big Quilts

Happy Wednesday!

I don't know why happy, exactly. Except maybe that it's halfway through the week. Which is actually true for me this week! Usually I work Tuesday-Saturday, so my "hump day" is Thursday. But this weekend I get Saturday off! YAY!

Anyway. On to the fabric-y stuff.

I have my bee block for this month prepared for sewing together.

This is actually the only space on my cutting table right now. I think I need to do some cleaning over this long weekend...

As you can see, it's quite a mess! And I need to get cutting for a wedding quilt, so all this has to go.

Also! Exciting news! I finished quilting the Scrappy Chevrons quilt!

It hasn't been trimmed or bound yet. But the binding is almost finished (I'm going scrappy with that, too!) so I should be able to make quick work of it. Full reveal pictures when it's finally finished!

What are you working on this week? Linking up to WiP Wednesday with Lee at Freshly Pieced!

Giveaway Day Winner!

Thank you to everyone who entered my giveaway! It is now closed and Mr. Random has been consulted.

Out of 528 awesome comments, he chose lucky number 10!

Which was Paula, who blogs at Sewy Stuff. Congratulations, Paula!!

Thanks again, everyone! And welcome to all my new followers :)

SMS Giveaway Day!

Hello and welcome to my little blog! If you've never visited before, my name is Anna and I like to sew. And knit. And crochet. And cross stitch. Ahem. I just like to make things ;) I hope you'll stick around and have a little look around!

But first, I know you came here for some goodies. So here's what I have on offer today.

***GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED***

Two charm packs of Carolyn Friedlander's Botanics!

I think I may have had a plan when I bought these. But if I did, I never wrote it down and now it's long gone. So much better that they're sent off to a nice, new home, right?

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post. Followers get a second entry (and let me know how you follow! Always curious!). I am happy to ship internationally, too! Giveaway will close this Friday, May 16th and I will choose a random winter this weekend for shipping Monday. Please make sure to include your email address in your post if you suspect you're a no reply blogger! Thanks and good luck!

And once you're done here, be sure to head on over to Sew Mama Sew to enter all the other great giveaways!

Dumplings for Everyone!

Okay, I do kind of wish this was about food. Do you like gyoza? I LOVE gyoza. But this has nothing to do with tasty little pockets of MAGIC.

I stumbled across this pattern and had to make one.

And me being me (who doesn't understand the concept of "trial run") decided to go for broke right out of the gate and make it in PATCHWORK. Because pretty. :) Also because it's for my mom. And she deserves pretty, special things for mother's day.

But then, of course, I couldn't stop. And soon I had two more. One for mom, one for aunt, one for grandma. Yes, I know, the other two aren't patchwork. But making that little patchwork panel took a lot of time and it's Friday night and I work tomorrow so I can't spend all day sewing like I'd like to. So, quick was the name of the game!

Look how cute! All in a row! I love these little bags! And now I shall fill them with candies and soaps and nice things all in time for Mother's Day.

Did you do any Mother's Day crafting?

Linking up to Finish it Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts!

Progress!

I did it! I finished ripping out my sad, wonky FMQ on the scrappy chevrons quilt. I am now a quarter of the way through some nice straight lines...

It's still a bit unruly, but manageable! When it's done it will be a lovely cross-hatch. And I am no longer angry at it. So that's good ;)

I've also been putting my scraps to work this week making some mother's day gifts.

It has been a lot of fun playing with all these little squares! I'll show you more on Friday.

What are you working on?

Linking up to WiP Wednesday with Lee at Freshly Pieced!