GIVEAWAY: 3 good reasons to run it!

To celebrate the Jennifer Blog Hop (see previous post) organised in April (her birthday month), and to celebrate my mother's birthday and my husband's birthday during this same month, I have decided to organize my FIRST EVER giveaway! HOW EXCITING!

Soooooo…… This wonderful giveaway is for a total of 13 paper piecing quilt bock patterns from my shop : a big prize of 7 patterns for a winner selected randomly, and 2 patterns each for the 3 participants of my choice. All the winners will receive the patterns of their choice.

TO ENTER:

You must:

1. Go to Bubblestitch Etsy shop, then comment below on your 2 favorite patterns, and suggest me a pattern design you would like to find in my shop! (1 entry)

(Optional) For additional chances:

2. Blog about this giveaway and post a link to your blog post in the comments below. (2 extra entries)

Giveaway open to everyone and will close on 30st of April. The winners will be announced the 1rst of May, at the bottom of this post.

1- Alli (B. Yazoo) - has won 7 paper pieced blocks of her choice

2- Kathy (Kathy's Quilting blog) - has won 2 paper pieced blocks of her choice

3- Cindy (Quilt Doodle doodles)- has won 2 paper pieced blocks of her choice

4- Deb (Two Cheeky Monkeys)- has won 2 paper pieced blocks of her choice

Congratulations!

Pattern Designers Blog Hop!!!

Good news!!!

I am so excited!!! I will participate to a designer blog hop. More than 30 designers will offer a paper pieced quilt block created for the Jennifer Ofenstein's birthday. She proposed the theme "garden party" and she will post a pattern-a-day in April, plus some bonus the 1st of May. That means that everyday, a link from her site to each designer blog will allow us to download the pattern of the day and to discover a new designer! So great! My pattern will be published the first of May. Probably something yummy! I will probably add a giveaway to this event. I will tell you more soon.

Here is a link to the event on Jennifer's blog. I can't wait :-)

Good job Ladies!

Today I would like to show what some great sewers who bought my patterns have done with it. I am soooo happy every time I receive a picture from a customer work.

The Little Red riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel Sets have been sewn by Jocelyn (Budapest). She made a wonderful job with my patterns. I just love the details she added, like the bag in Hansel's hand. I think we will soon see more of her work...

Here are some Matrioshka, before having there faces embroided. Heather's matrioshka has already 2 eyes and a mouth... lucky one! You can see more picture on her blog (alamodefabric, in my blog list). I love all those cute fabrics you have selected for their dresses!

Thank you so much to all of you!!!!!

Paper pieced in the forest...

Several months have passed since my last post. I have to admit that I wasn't sure to give up this blog or not. I am so busy... it is not easy. But I have decided to continue as I know that a blog is a link to other sewers and quilters. I really live like an hermit in my woods so I need to share what I love with others. So I am twice happy today to post my news!!!! Here are some of my new paper pieced quilt block patterns that I have created in January and February. They are available in my Etsy shop here. The
Hansel and Gretel set was an important project for me as I particularly love this tale. This is a great part of my childhood!
I am still working on more tales and woodland blocks, as well as few others...

I have also sewn several quilts, but not finished yet! So the pictures will come later:-)

But I had an important quilt to sew: my brother has left Switzerland at the begining of January for a 2 years long travel in bicycle, through Europe, Asia and Americas. He asked me a small meditation quilt for this travel. I had a lot of pleasure to do it. I have tried to put a huge ammount of good energies and love in it, and I guess my son felt it, as he had such pleasure to roll on it :-) I love triangles and I think I should sew more quilts with triangles...

Fabric, fabric...

I have been inspired by different kinds of fabric those past weeks... I have mixed some nature prints with some patriotic prints for this triangle quilt (a present for my mom). I wanted some warm earthy colors with few bright red, green and blue, and I love the country style result. As I have enough fabric left, I put it on my Etsy shop and I also think about sewing a bigger for my bed!

I felt in love with the Aviary 2 collection by Joel Dewberry and made this quilt using a very simple but elegant piecing. I also bought the beautiful Eleni palette LouLouThi by Anna Maria Horner and I might use the same pattern, but I am still hesitating. A star quilt could also be great with those bright colors... will see. Sometimes it is difficult to cut those beautiful fabric...

Finally, I bought some charms packs as "Meadow friends" and "Oops a daisy" thinking about some baby quilts, probably my October projects.

Folk Flowers Quilt

It is completed!

For the back, I have used a flower print that reminds me my grand-parents folding long chairs (during the 70's). It's a warm and joyful print. A lot of its colors can be found in the top.

As most of the time I have used a simple stitch in the ditch that outlines the flowers and leaves.

This quilt as well as the pattern are available for sale on my Etsy shop.

I love holding a new quilt in my hands. And as always, my mind is already set on another project... a smal "meditation wall hanging quilt".

Rain

As we just moved in a new house few days ago, there is a lot of work to do in the garden. Those past days, I have spend a lot of time preparing the ground to seed a lawn. And finally, rain comes so... I can come back to my quilt without feeling guilty!

Now the blocks are finished. I think I will add a white frame to make the design lighter.

I add a picture of my featherweight, that give me so much pleasure to sew. When I bought it last year, I thought it might be uncomfortable because it is so small compared to other sewing machine. Wrong! It is just a delight to sew with this beauty. It runs so smooth and I love all its sounds (buttons, motor, etc). Those who have one know what I am talking about!

So I thought I had to put it in this blog, like a tribute to its beauty...and just to say "Thank you dear sewing machine!"