May Day Give Away

New books!!!  I love looking at quilting books AND I have the books to prove it.  I'm glad to know there are other quilters with the same addictions.   lol  It's really hard to take pictures of shiny covers of "new quilting books".  I apologize for the poor photos. 

Scrap Basket Surprises by Kim Brackett has patterns for 18 quilts from 2 1/2" inch strips.  Lots of really neat patterns.  I wish I had time to take some poor pictures of the inside of the books for you.  Crazy reason:  I ordered the book because Kim is from Gulf Breeze FL and is a member of the Pensacola Quilters Guild.  DD2 lives in Pensacola FL.  Now is that not a reason to order a great book.

I have always liked 2 1/2 " inch strips.  I think that's why I was and am an Eleanor Burns fan.  When they first came out with Jelly Rolls, I just couldn't understand why anyone would buy them.  Now I've discovered why someone would buy them AND have too many of them.  The same with layer cakes and charm squares.  I have figured out how to feed my fabric addictions without taking up as much space in my small bedroom/sewing room.  By buying a jelly roll, layer cake or pack of charms, I can have the whole line of fabric and not have to decide which 2-3 yards to buy of the ones I like.  The storage is much easier too.  SO now I need more new books to help me figure out how to use the pre-cuts.  I am such a mess.  lol   I bought A Baker's Dozen because it has 13 quilts from jelly rolls, layer cakes and more.  Love all the patterns and uses of precuts.     There are also 13 designers.  This book is from the staff at That Patchwork Place.

I also ordered Gathered from the Garden by Cindy Lammon.  I liked the mix of patchwork and applique in this book.  I like quilts with both techniques mixed.  I love appliqued borders framing quilts.  It shows alot of different variations of quilts with the different blocks of the main quilt on the cover. 

GIVE AWAY:  I wanted to do a give away in honor of May Day.  Time has really flown by and Saturday is May 1st already.  I am giving away a copy of A Baker's Dozen for a May Day basket.  When we were children we took treats to school in little baskets made of cupcake  papers and pipe cleaners for our friends.   I went to a one room country school with all 8 grades in one room with one teacher.  Actually for May Day you were suppose to make treat baskets and put them on your friend's front stoop, ring the door bell and run, so they wouldn't know who left the surprise. 

Just leave a comment and I will choose someone to send A Baker's Dozen to.  I will choose on Monday, May 3rd, so it will give more people time to comment.

I want to thank all of my followers and commenters for this last month.  I've enjoyed blogging and making new friends online.  It has also been something to look forward to while we are busy with the calving season.  In about 2 weeks we will be about 90% done and the push will let up.  Then it will be time to "garden".  Yeah! 

The weather report is for rain all week-end, so I'm not sure when I'll be posting again.  The baby calf who was so cold the other morning is doing great.  I helped him figure out how to get milk from his mom yesterday morning.  He took to it like a natural after a half hour of Nursing 101. I'm still working with another baby, who hasn't figured it out yet. 

Tell your friends about the give away!  Talk to you later.  Hugs to all.............