Just Let Me Quilt: Nancy Drew Is A Clue, Me, and Giveaways!

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Nancy Drew Is A Clue, Me, and Giveaways!

This hop has been a long time coming and now here it is...

Whoohoo! It's Nancy Drew!

Thanks, Madame Samm, for letting me be the cheerleader for this sleuthy hop.

(I know! "Sleuthy" isn't a word, but it should be!)

My friend's daughter, Rachel, is a HUGE Nancy Drew fan, so this

gave me lots of incentive to get creative just for her.

I just knew that Rachel would need a warm little quilt

to bundle up in while reading her Nancy Drew books.

I added a little fun to the quilt by embroidering

"Rachel did it" in the middle of my paper pieced magnifying glass

that I found over at Sew Hooked (it was free!) Just so you know,

the bloody spots are not from the pricks in my fingers while embroidering.

Full view of Rachel's quilt

And, here's a few books that will be wrapped up in Rachel's

little package of Nancy Drew fun.

A little ruffly apron for Rachel to wear while mixing up some of the

Nancy Drew cookbook's recipes. Oh boy, I love that ruffler tool!

My daughter was the model for this frilly apron, but she

wasn't willing to have me show all of her--she's really sweet AND

cute, so it's your loss not to get to see ALL of her.

Yes, there is a cookbook for Rachel, too!

Though I'm not a great cook, I followed a pattern (yes, I did!)
and made this little apron just for me. It's reversible (so I can flip it over
when I make a disgusting mess of it) and it has two pockets.
It's Mary Mulari's Church Ladies' Apron Pattern.

I was certain that Rachel would need a little sewing/sleuth kit to

help her solve the mysteries of the world (or a tear in her skirt),

so I made a kit (without a pattern) just for her.

Here it is all rolled up and hiding what's inside.

Once it is unrolled, there's pockets and places filled with

thread, needles, safety pins, a notepad with an "R", a magnifying glass,

a purple pen, some scissors, and a built-in pincushion.

If you look close you can see the pincushion

GIVEAWAYS

Now that you've seen my Nancy Drew creations, go enter my giveaway
that will last all week with clues every day and lots of chances to win.
See if you are sleuthy enough to find the answers to the clues I've left you.

Click HERE to go to Clue #1 in my giveaway and see the
list of today's Nancy Drew Is A Clue blog hoppers.

AND
Click HERE for Sew We Quilt's great giveaways!

AND
Click HERE to go visit Jenn at Nancy Drew Sleuth's blog
for her giveaway and interesting facts about Nancy Drew. She
will be showing us a quilt her mom made her...so cool!
Thanks, Jenn for joining the fun!

Be sure to check out Madame Samm's Pinterest page to see all the
projects in one place.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to visit all these
wonderful Nancy Drew Sleuths during the hop!

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Michelle’s Romantic Tangle

Life in the Scrapatch

Debby Kratovil Quilts

Selina Quilts

Meadowbrook

Hilltop House Creative Works

My Sister Made Me Do It

Whims and Fancies

Pieced Brain

Just Let Me Quilt

Clue #1

Can you find it?

This can be found somewhere among today's Nancy Drew Blog Hop

(the list can be found below)

Follow the CLUES and answer correctly to be a part

of my giveaway. Are you sleuthy enough to play along?

Here's the rules:

If you solve the mystery of where to find Clue #1, leave a comment saying, "I found it!" Really, that's all you have to do.
There will be 8 clues during this hop, which means there are 8 chances for you to win if you leave your answer on EACH DAY of my clue posts. (Only one comment per day, per clue post, please.)
On the last day of the hop, March 15th at 6 p.m. PST, I'll put ALL the comments from ALL of the 8 clues in a big bowl and draw one name who will be the winner of my MYSTERY GIVEAWAY.
I will mail the mystery giveaway prize anywhere.

P.S. It's just a game so I won't be offended if you don't play,

but be sure to visit all the blogs who are posting their

Nancy Drew projects...you won't want to miss

even one of them because they are so amazing!

Nancy Drew Blog Hoppers: