The Ladies Are Done

The Ladies Diary Quilt is FINALLY done!

I started it in June 2013 after falling in love with the fabric and design.

By September 2013 I had the top all put together.

It was quilted (by Quilted Works) in October 2013.

And here it is May 2015 and I finally completed the binding.

I'm so excited to get this sweet quilt TOTALLY finished!

I needed a fence high enough to accommodate this big quilt, so we hung it on a baseball field fence.

I love everything about it!

A little help from the hubby...

...who was trying to make shadow birds on my quilt.

Once a little boy, always a little boy. Love him!

I can now check this off my nonexistent list of things that need to be done. Yay!

I'm Just A Little Wordy...500th Post Giveaway!

Obviously, I must get a little wordy and blog post crazy, because

I just noticed this morning that my next post would be

#500 

...so, of course, I automatically thought

GIVEAWAY TIME!

Today when I stopped off at Scrap Apple Quilts and was talking to 

Linda (she's such a cutie and it's so fun to talk quilty stuff with her), it was my luck to also

get to chat with Judy Corry who designed the quilt pattern, Jacob's Dresden. 

I used Judy's pattern to make this quilt with Ladies Diary fabric.

(NO, this quilt isn't part of the giveaway!)

Well.....

I had lots of people ask about the pattern so when I mentioned it to Judy she generously

offered me the pattern as a giveaway for this post. Is that just the nicest thing! Thanks, Judy!

I'm also throwing in a Robert Kaufman solid Kona Charm Square pack just for fun!

The pattern can be found at the Scrap Apple Quilts online shop HERE if you would like your very own copy and don't want to wait to see if you win in my little giveaway. They also sell the Dresden ruler to make this beautiful quilt and have some Ladies Diary fabric left in their store. Their contact info is on their website HERE. I can visualize this quilt in so many other fabrics and would love to make another one!

The rules...

1. Leave a comment...short and sweet works for me!
2. It can be mailed anywhere...yes, even to the other side of the world.
3. You don't have to be a follower to play along.
4. Giveaway ends at 5 p.m. PST on February 9th. Entries after 5 p.m. PST on February 9th will not be included in the giveaway.
5. THIS IS IMPORTANT: If you aren't sure whether or not you are a no reply blogger, LEAVE ME AN EMAIL ADDRESS...pretty please! You can't win if I can't contact you!

AND IN OTHER NEWS...

Today's the last day of the She Who Sews  and tomorrow is the last day for Don't Let the Doorstop You. Thanks to Madame Samm of Sew We Quilt for her creative ideas and encouragement, and Carla of Creatin' in the Sticks for managing two hops at once and keeping us on track!

February 7th
GrammieQs

Pickles Quilting

Made by Me in Red
 
A Passion for Applique

Living With Purpose

Sew We Quilt

I've still got that Grow Your Blog giveaway going on...it ends on February 15th.

Here's where you can find my Grow Your Blog post and GIVEAWAY.

A Quilted Ladies Diary

My sweet hubby swung by and picked up my Ladies Diary quilt from Quilted Works yesterday. 

It is absolutely gorgeous! 

Julie did the quilting on it (I love her work!) Thanks Julie, you are amazing!

It will be even more beautiful once I can find the box with the binding fabric in it...moving is no fun.) 

I can't wait to finish it so I can take some better photos.

Ladies Diary Quilt

It was love at first sight when I first saw the Ladies Diary quilt hanging on the wall of Scrap Apple. I bought the kit and finally got it finished. It isn't exactly the same (no surprise there, since I have a hard time following a pattern exactly), but I think it is pretty close to the original pattern (I changed the center a little.) I even mitered the corners on the border, which I've never done before...they looked okay, thank goodness! I took a few quick photos before dropping it off yesterday to be quilted at Quilted Works. It is big...92" by 92"! I can't wait to get it back so I can take some better pics of it quilted.