SuperBowl Twist

Here's a logo for anyone doing the Superbowl Twist (or sewing anything with Bonnie's patterns) on Superbowl Sunday.



For the html code for the smaller 125 pixel blog button, like I've got in my sidebar, you're once again free to right click, select 'view source' then scroll down and copy the code that starts:

< !Begin SBTwist code>

and copy all the way to the end of

< !End SBTwist code>

Then put it in YOUR blog template sidebar, and you're ready to go!

Happy Twisting!

Quiltville and Bonnie's Groupies

A message for all the other Quiltville fans out there! I think Bonnie's so terrific to give us all those patterns free - and I'm delighted that her first book is already in it's second printing. She does so much for us, I wanted to do something for her - and what better than to advertise and send a little traffic to her site?

So for those of us who love Quiltville, here are some free buttons that you can put on your own blog or website. First, a logo in red, for those of us with light colored blog backgrounds:


And then a logo with white background, for those of you with a dark blog background:



Here they are in a nice little 125 pixel size, that's the same width as the stash quilts, heartstrings, and quilt mavericks ring code sidebar items:





If you'd like to copy the html for the link, feel free to right-click on my blog and select 'view source' to take what you need. Scroll down, and you'll see a bit that starts < !-- BEGIN Quiltville code -- > copy from that till you see < !-- END Quiltville code -- > and stick it in your sidebar. ;)

Bargellobowl

Need something to do while the jocks are watching the superbowl?



I think I'm going to try to make a couple of little incubator quilts using Bonnie's bargello technique. Maybe some in yellows and greens.

Anyone going to join us? If you are, you're welcome to take the Bargellobowl graphic for use on your site.

Happy Quilting!

Another Strip Twist Quilt

Here's what I've been doing lately... Girly pink quilt, anyone? I've had these pink, mauve and purple fat quarters in my stash for a lonnnng time (see the stashbusters ring picture on the left where I substituted a pic of my stuffed pink fabric drawer.) I've been thinking I'd like to use them all up in a more controlled color scrap quilt, using Bonnie's strip twist pattern from Quiltville:



This is a third of it. I plan to make two more sections like this, then I've also started cutting out the leftover bits of strips to make a pieced border. I've been stitching them together as leader/ender squares between blocks, so that'll go pretty quickly too.

I've already done a strip twist, and really liked the way it turned out. I'd picked colors for that one to make a guy-type quilt... if you want to see one I gave my brother, click here for pictures of a strip twist in olive greens, rusts, beiges, mustard, etc. They're easy to make, and I love the way it looks set on point without all the bother of cutting setting triangles for the edge.

Also been thinking of machine applique'ing something on top of this one, perhaps in the dark purple or maybe red - a trio of big hearts? A curled up egg-shape of a sleeping siamese cat on one corner? Any suggestions? I think I'll wait and see how busy it gets when I've put the pieced border on.