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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

WIP Wednesday & a Giveaway!

little apples drunkard's path blocks

i've made more progress on my little apples drunkard's path blocks in the past week.  by last saturday morning i had the quadrants for twenty small blocks all made, and by monday morning i had twenty completed small blocks.

layout for little apples baby quilt



i knew that the twenty blocks laid out 4 x 5 was too small even for a baby quilt, so i waffled over what to do.  i finally decided that i'd rather make four large drunkard's path blocks for the center of the quilt and use the small blocks as a border than to have to make twenty more small blocks!

as you can see in the picture above, i've now got all of my blocks made (20 small and 4 large) and have them laid out and ready to sew together.  i'm hoping for a bit of sewing time tonight to get these sewn together, then i need to pick out backing and binding.  i shouldn't have any trouble getting this all finished except the handstitching on the binding before my surgery on june 7, so that i can do that while i'm recovering.

and now for the giveaway . . . i decided a while back that i wanted to host a giveaway to celebrate my 200th blog post, and today's is #200!  so, if you'd like to enter to win a fabulous FQ bundle of some of my fave fabrics, just comment below.  for a second entry, let me know if you subscribe by email or follow my blog.  good luck!

WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm still impressed that you made these so fast. Also I'm sad because I'm the first to comment, so I won't win. Wah!

Anonymous said...

Also I am a follower, as you know!

designcamppdx said...

Happy 200th! Thanks for the giveaway!

designcamppdx said...

Following you now too!

JuneBug said...

I LOVE what you decided to do with the drunkards. It looks really cool this way with the little ones as the border. Very very awesome :)

Amy said...

Love the Drunkard path blocks! They are one of my favorites. I have yet to try them, but they are on my list of things to do (someday). Found you on Freshly Pieced.

Amy said...

Also, I am a new follower. Thanks for the giveaway! ;)

Bree said...

Oh, I really love what you're doing with little apples! I've got two layer cakes stashed at home and haven't figuered out what to do with them yet.

Kristen said...

Very pretty! I found you via Freshly Pieced and I love your solution for the size with the larger drunkard's path blocks as a center! Also, congratulations on 200 posts!

Kristen said...

Additionally, I'm a new follower! Thanks for the chance to win your giveaway!

Kelly said...

What a gorgeous quilt!

Maggie said...

I came by via Lee's blog because I loved your quilt--so gorgeous! Had no idea you were doing a giveaway. Such a great giveaway!

Julie said...

Love! I think the big ones in the middle was totally the way to go!

bee said...

what a great idea making the large blocks for the center! looks great!

Anonymous said...

I just found you through Freshly Pieced - love the drunkard's path quilt!

Nancy Sue said...

Happy 200th and here's to the next 200th. Prayers for a speedy recover after your surgery. I love your positive attitude about having time to do some handwork while on the mend:)!

Nancy Sue said...

I am a follower of the best named blog around :)

Anonymous said...

Happy 200th!! You are so awesome.