Some Finishes! Curtains and a Bento Box quilt top

It has been a really long time since I last posted.  I blame that on the facts that school has started, I am six months pregnant, and when I'm not too tired I tend to spend my free time sewing!  Or shopping for baby stuff.

But, I do have a couple of recent finishes.  My sister has been wanting new curtains in her bedroom for awhile now.  So I made her some.  They took a bit longer than I expected them to, partly because I wanted to add a little something to them to make them more interesting.  I decided to add a strip of pinwheel blocks.  Because I like pinwheels.  I choose yellow, blue, and green colors and I think they add a nice splash of color that match my sister's personality.  It was SO hard to get a good picture of the slinky forest green fabric I used for the curtains.  I think she will love the curtains.  Here they are hanging on my entertainment center...

My other big finish is the wedding quilt I am making for my OTHER sister.  She's getting married in December - right around the time my babies are due, so I'm feeling the pressure to finish.  Well, I now have a finished quilt top!  And it is HUGE!!!!  Wait till you see what it looks like on our big Queen sized bed!  I wanted it to be big, since the purple and green quilt that has taken residence on our bed is not long enough to tuck in and is constantly getting all twisted up and won't stay put - especially with the tossing and turning of a pregnant woman!
Anyway - here is the quilt top right before I sewed all the blocks together and before I added the border.

This picture is NOT true to color, but it shows a close up of the blocks!

And then I added a border.  I can only get part of the quilt in a picture, so here you go:

At least it will be big enough for her and her 6 1/2 foot fiance!  Now for the back...

Lucky!

I have been super lucky lately!  I think I might have to stop entering giveaways for awhile.  I never thought that I would ever in my life win something from Sew We Quilt!  (They are doing a Wantobe Quilter Campaign right now with giveaways every DAY!)  I mean, come on - they have thousands of followers!  Nevertheless - I won something!  Something BIG, too (I had to pay the shipping - and it was a big package, but I'm sure it will be worth it).  

Here is Madame Samm's picture.  It is way better than mine:

I won the cutting mat, three rulers (which I DESPERATELY needed - mine has TONS of little nicks in it - plus I have always wanted a square ruler!!), the cutter, and a bunch of fabric.

And THEN I got the package in the mail, with a whole bunch of EXTRA stuff!  YAY!

The extra stuff I got was some fancy batting for craft projects, some thread, a quilt book ("More 90 Minute Quilts"), a wooden purse handle set, a mini quilt pattern, fabric glue, and a calendar!

Here is the fabric I won - each piece is a half yard cut, so a total of 4 yards!  Hubby looked at it and said it would make a really cool African skirt.  I think I will save it (for after the babies come) and do just that with it!

I also got some matching floss to go with it!

Here is my new cutter, and the fabric glue I am excited to try out.

The rulers!

I think I will be making ALL of my blocks 6 inch blocks from NOW ON! :)

I was so pleased to see this little pattern in there!  Madame Samm must really do her research!  I saw this pattern a few weeks before on the blog and thought it might be cute for my little boys' room.  So I left a comment.  Madame Samm must have seen it.  Isn't she sweet to send it to me? 

About two days later, I won ANOTHER giveaway!  This one was from Sha at Craizee Corners.  Her blog is a recent find and I really like it because she has the same sense of style (especially for fabric) as me.  I won TWO charm packs from Me and My Sisters Designs!  I was super stoked because I am a HUGE fan of Me and My Sisters.  I got a "Me and My Sisters Favorites" charm pack, and an "Amelia" charm pack.  I was so excited, I had to open it up and sort through everything before I thought to take a picture (late at night - hence the bad lighting...).  This is the two packs combined:

And all sorted by color:

A few of my favorites - the swirls,

The white pebble looking flowers,

The big flowers, and the paisley print.

I think I'm going to use them to make another puff quilt.  After I finish making baby boy items, of course.


A few weeks ago I won a gift certificate from Randi at I Have to Say....  Hers is one of the first blogs I started following back when I discovered quilt blogs.  She has a quilt-along tutorial button on her sidebar that I used a lot when I was first learning how to do things.
I decided to use her gift certificate to buy this 1001 Peeps fabric.  I think I am going to use it to make car seat covers for the boys:

And then there is this fabric.  I didn't win it, I had to buy it.  But I found it for a really good price and convinced Hubby to let me have it. :)  It's going to become bumper pads for our cribs.  I better get busy!