Giveaway!

This giveaway is closed.

It's always an honor and treat for me to participate in a giveaway, so when my friend Geraldine Wilkins @livingwaterquilter (I can't wait to meet her IRL someday) invited me to test a pattern for her, and participate in a blog hop, I "hopped" at the chance.
😜
In fact, I made Geraldine's "Dena's" Heading Home quilt design in April 2018! Didn't I do a good job of keeping it a secret like she asked? I may have shared a few photos, but nothing that would give away her cute design.

Trimmings from blocks, while on a May quilt retreat with Central Florida Modern Quilt Guild.

This is Heading Home. It finished at 55" X 55".

I like this design, mostly because it's foundation paper pieced, a technique I thoroughly enjoy. Don't ya love that precision when stitching on paper?

Being a little contrary, I chose to use different fabrics than the Island Batik Fabrics suggested by Dena. Since 2018 was my self-imposed "year of no fabric-buying," I worked entirely from my stash.

I didn't have any trouble coming up with colorful prints for the Y blocks, or solids for the Wild Goose Chase blocks.

I had a whole bolt of Painter's Palette solid white for the background of the Y-blocks, so those weren't a problem either. I was a little more challenged when it came to Wild Goose Chase background fabric.

I took a risk by using a black and white graphic print for Wild Goose Chase blocks... and failed, falling short of having enough fabric to complete two rows. No amount of searching online uncovered more.

So, two rows of goose blocks have different backgrounds. You probably wouldn't have noticed if I didn't point it out.

I managed to come up with stashed fabric for a quilt back, using an Amy Butler print and an inserted strip of Blueberry Park.

As always for me, domestic machine quilting was lots of fun. I used these 50-weight Aurifil colors. 

For the flying geese designs I straight-line quilted with a ruler. I also quilted straight lines on both sides of the Y-block design, and then free motion quilted swirls between the lines.

Giveaway
For this giveaway, Dena is offering my US ONLY blog-readers (so sorry international friends!) a chance to win this stack of 10"-square "Blossom" prints from Island Batik.

I'll choose a winner Friday, February 22.

Comment, and make SURE I have a way to reach you to tell you if you've won. For my last giveaway, I had to try three times before coming with a comment that I could reply to! A couple of you missed winning!

If you'd like more chances to win one of these...

Island Batik "Blossom" jelly roll

Island Batik "Blossom" scraps

... go to these places to enter: 

For a chance to win the jelly roll

For a chance to win scraps, and Dena's Heading Home pattern

Linda