Negative Space, Color & My Design Process

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© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

Giveaway Winners.

It's time to announce some giveaway winners!

Three people have each won a Treasures & Tidbits charm packs and one of my new patterns...

#20, #242, & #415

Two people have each won a $100 Gift Certificate to Fat Quarter Shop...

#420 & #24

Thank you to everyone who entered & congrats to all the winners.
If you are one of the winners, please contact me with your information!



© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

Sunday Stash Report - Week 12

I did a lot of random sewing this week, but most of it doesn't count for my stash report.  Most of the fabric I used this week came from my scrap bins & I also caught up on bee blocks!

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In

Lots of Ring Toss from Robert Kaufman
{Metro Living fabric collection}

White Rings on Colors...

Colored rings on white...

I really like the positive/negative here & the wheels in my brain are spinning with ideas!

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Out

3 yards to make this bag
{Abby Bag by V&Co.}

I love zippers.  Once upon a time I was afraid of them, but once I conquered them I fell in love with them! The pouches in the front are from the Cash & Carry pattern by Atkinson Designs.

The bag in the back is the Origami pattern from Amy Butler's Style Stitches.  I didn't finish my bag for the Style Stitches Monthly Bag Challenge in February so I wanted to make this one for March.

this one is my favorite
lots of orange scraps

They are so easy to make... and you can make a bunch really fast.

 I also caught up on making bee blocks for Bee Imaginative.

Just this morning I took out my selvage spider web quilt again.
This quilt will be finished in 20 years or so at this rate!!... but I like to work on it when I can.

My selvages are all organized by size

But they turn into messy piles like this during the process of making more blocks.

Here they are in progress.
For more information on my selvage quilt check out my photos on flickr.

I finished making 12 more triangles this morning!

{Too bad I already counted all the green fabric when I cut it}

Sunday Stash Report - Week 12 of 2011

16 in
8 out

2011 ytd totals
purchased: -68.17 yds
busted: 131.83 yds
net: 63.66 yds


Check out how everyone else is doing!
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© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

A Little Birdie Told Me... Daisies & Dots is in stores!

My new Swatch & Stitch post is up!

Check it out to see all kinds of projects you can make with Daisies & Dots.

Also included in the post is videos of Becky & Linda of Piece O' Cake Designs at Fall Quilt Market 2010 from their schoolhouse session.

{and I got to make a surprise appearance!}

{Abby Bag by V&Co.}

© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

BYOG {Build your own giveaway} with Fat Quarter Shop!

disclosure: this is a sponsored giveaway by Fat Quarter Shop

Yup.

Build your own...

TWO lucky winners will get $100 Gift Certificates to the Fat Quarter Shop so that they can choose whatever quilting fabrics, patterns, & notions they want!!

{I know that BYOG kinda looks like blog spelled wrong... but I thought it was a cute title since you get to pick your stuff!!!}

$100 could mean yards & yards of fabric

piles of patterns

rolls of ribbon

miles of magazines

and the list goes on & on!

After all... Fat Quarter Shop has SO many things to choose from!

Winner #1 will be a blogger

Winner #2 will be a non-blogger

All I want to know is... what will you buy with your gift certificate?

The winning blogger will post photos of their loot & completed pictures of whatever you make!

The non-blogger will send me photos of their loot & then down the road finished project{s} and I'll post about them for you!

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FYI... my patterns arrived from the printer!!and they are all on the way to the Fat Quarter Shop right now!{they arrived & are in stock now!!!}you don't get bonus points for saying you'd buy my patterns... but of course it does make me happy! :-)

FQS has the Lazy Angle Ruler in stock too!

the rules
leave ONE comment to enter.

Please start your comment with saying if you are a...

BLOGGER
or
NON-Blogger

Then tell me what you would get with your $100 Gift Certificate!

Simple as that!!

The winning blogger will post photos of their loot & completed pictures on their blog!
The non-blogger will send me photos of their loot & then down the road finished project{s} and I'll post about them for you!

You have till 10PM EST on Sunday the 20th to enter
Winners will be selected by True Random Number Generator

giveaway now closedwinner announced soon



© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

Treasures & Tidbits Giveaway!

disclosure: this is a sponsored giveaway by Robert Kaufman

Want to win fabric before it is in stores??
Well you are in luck today!!!


Treasures & Tidbits is the next fabric collection by Piece O' Cake Designs

I'm a fan of the bright vibrant colors & I used this collection in three of my new quilts.
Fast Forward
Firecracker
& a third one that I'll show you soon!


It'll be shipping to stores this July... but you have the chance to win some now!!!

In July Treasures & Tidbits will be available in many forms.  In addition to being on the bolt...

Roll Ups

Ten Squares

Fat Quarter Bundles

  

A limited number of Charm Packs were made by RK & I've got three of them to giveaway!

Three winners will each get a charm pack as well as one of my new patterns.

the rules

leave a comment for each entry.

pretty simple.

{ if you leave one comment saying you did both.. you only have one shot! }

one

leave a comment telling me what project you are working on right now

two

blog/tweet/post to facebook about this giveaway, & come back to let me know!

If you tweet make sure to mention @robertkaufman and @JaybirdQuilts

You have till midnight EST on Thursday the 17th to enter!

Winner will be selected by True Random Number Generator

Giveaway now closed.
Winner announced soon.

© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

A Place for Everything!

My super easy place mats & holder are featured in a new bookazine! 

{A really big magazine full of extra projects}

I used Central Park by Kate Spain.

Pre-quilted fabric + 1 Jelly Roll = Fun placemats & a holder!

Here is the cover of the bookazine

"Perfect for Precuts"

I have a limited number of copies available in the shop!

The original set I made last may using Luna Notte fabric by 3 sisters.

The APQ crew loved the set when I gave them a peek at them @ Spring Market last year.  By September they had decided which publication of their's it would be in & asked me to make a 2nd set in spring fabrics. Central Park was the perfect choice!

The finished set in Central Park

Here is one placemat with a spring square dish...

...& here they are all set up for lunch by the APQ crew.

The photos above looks yummy... but when I found out that matching plates were coming out from Crate & Barrel I knew I needed them!  Ok so I probably don't need them, but I really wanted them. :-)  I made a trip to C&B this weekend to grab them before they are gone.

The plates are a bit darker in color than the fabrics, but they still look beautiful together. I might even make some matching napkins!

I'll take more photos once the place mats come home!

© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/