Feb Finishes, March Goals, and a Giveaway

Finishes, goals, and a giveaway? Oh, my! This has all of the ingredients for a truly magical post!

February is done, and when I remember that my family was sick for twelve days, I'm happy with my end results: two quilts, quilting done on a third quilt, my bee blocks, and my Sisters' 10 BOM blocks, as well as a few other small bits. 

In the last week, I finished a grocery bag dispenser using this tutorial from Gen X Quilters. I use the bags for dirty diapers, and our storage was non-existent, meaning they were everywhere. This bag matches absolutely nothing in my home, but the fabric makes me oh-so happy, and that's the important bit, right?

I made a few modifications to the tutorial to suit what I had in stash. The focus fabric was not a full fat quarter, so I compensated by cutting the top bit of orange fabric to 7" x 20" instead of 5" x 20". My elastic was 1/2" rather than 3/4". I didn't have grommets, nor did I want to fiddle with them, so I just sewed my strap to the inside of the bag. Also, the strap is a thick piece of bright blue ribbon because let's be honest, the idea of turning a strap didn't thrill me. All that being said, it turned out great, and if I need another, I'll certainly use this tutorial again.

February turned out okay:

• Make It Modern Bee Blocks (2)
• Lucky Stars BOM Block (1)
• Sisters' 10 BOM Block (2)
• Autumn's Quilt
• Boo's Quilt
• Le Mille Quilt
• Cape for Banzo
• Clean and Organize the House

March is looking to be busy (does this surprise anyone anymore?):

• Make It Modern Bee Blocks--March (2)
• Lucky Stars BOM Blocks--February and March (2)
• Sisters' 10 BOM Block--March (2)
• Le Mille Quilt--finish binding
• Banzo's Cape--maybe? but probably not.
• Marie Quilt--get back to work on this!
• Tula Swap
• Continue the Massive Clean/Organize/Purge Effort
• Another quilt for Morgan?
• Start sketching out designs for three new quilts

GIVEAWAY GOODNESS-Giveaway Closed! :)

Friends, today is my one year quilty bloggy anniversary. Kind of. See, last year, my first post landed on February 29th, which I thought was all sorts of cool, but now, one year later, I'm debating which day I should celebrate, so March 1st it is! And to celebrate, I thought a giveaway would be in order.

This giveaway features one spool of Aurifil thread in 50W white and five delicious fat quarters. The fabric from Sarah Watts' Timber & Leaf collection for Blend fabrics and includes four prints from the Timber palette and a random blue solid. I love them, but I love you more.

To enter, all you have to do is comment! You can tell me how fabulous I am, or how much I've changed your life for good, or be brave and let go of the marriage proposal you've been too shy to deliver. Or, you know, you could tell me how you're doing and what you're working on. That would be good too. Followers (old and new) get a second entry because you're magical and wonderful and make blogging more fun. And if you're not a US guy or gal like me, never fear! I am a whiz at shipping internationally, and I'm more than willing to put my skillz to good use.

If you are a no-reply blogger, or you aren't sure, make sure to include an email address in your comment. If I don't have a way to contact you, I'll have to pick someone else, and that would be really really sad! Frowny face! :(

I'll close the drawing next Friday morning, and the winner will be chosen randomly. The spoils of this giveaway are provided by me because I heart you all so much! Good luck!

Today, I'm linking up to Fresh Sewing Day, TGIFF, and Finish It Up Friday. Woo! That's a lot of linking up!