Luck of the Irish {A Giveaway}

Have you heard about the annual Pantone color contest hosted on Flickr?  This year, the color is emerald. 

I am giving away 11 fat quarters of “emerald” hued fabrics bought mostly from The Intrepid Thread.  They were half yards cut into fat quarters, half for me and half for one lucky reader!

Do you have the luck of the Irish in you???

Fabrics included are Oval Elements, Anna Maria Horner, Amy Butler, and Joel Dewberry.  The giveaway will close on March 17th and I will announce the winner on the 18th.  Open to US and international entries.

To enter, just leave a comment with your favorite color…mine’s purple! 

Finished Starburst Quilt Top?

Have you seen the gallery of quilt tops from the Starburst QAL?  I thought I finished my top over the weekend, but after seeing all the beautiful quilts on Flickr, I think I might be adding a border to it before it’s ready to quilt.  What do you think?  Should I add a border?

My husband and I went to brunch on Sunday for a late Valentine’s “date” and we took the quilt top along to try to take photos somewhere other than in the front yard.  It was a beautiful, but very cold and windy, day.  We went to our favorite restaurant where we used to eat every weekend while we were dating and in grad school.  We would split a bottle of wine between the two of us, but we can’t handle that anymore!

After making all the blocks for this quilt top, I changed my mind about one of them and remade the block.  I am so happy that I went with my gut.  The new block is much improved.  It has some of my favorite fabrics—Pezzy print, Heather Bailey, and Denyse Schmidt. 

When we got home, Bea and I did a few photos in the front yard.  In December when the Pantone 2013 color was announced I started obsessing about the color emerald.  I saw this coat at Lands End in December and had to have it to include it in one of my emerald project photos!   A silly reason to buy a coat maybe, but I wear it plenty since it’s been so cold this winter.

Linking up to Plum and June, Freemotion by the River, Fabric Tuesday, and WIP Wednesday.

Spring Sprouts

I made this tablerunner for the Pantone 2013 Challenge.  The color this year is emerald.  Last year it was tangerine.

It’s quilted about 1 inch apart with a long (3.2) stitch in cream thread.

The background fabric is Essex Linen in ivory. 

The backing fabric is canning jars and is reversible.  I sent this tablerunner to my sister who loves to can almost as much as me!

I machine attached the binding as usual.  I don’t know if I’ll ever hand stitch a binding ever again.

Hurry up, spring!

Traceyjay Quilts shared this diagram on Flickr that I used to make this tablerunner.

Emerald Mosaic #2

Emerald Mosaics