Its a Giveaway!

Okay, here it is - part of my string projects giveaway! To have a chance at winning this lovely prize package, make a comment on this post and tell me what your favorite color is. I'll draw the winner (or have someone totally impartial do it!) on the morning of Tuesday, February 23rd. Please check back to see if you're the winner!

What did I mean when I said "part" of the giveaway? Yet to be included is whatever string project I make this week. At this point, I haven't started on it yet which means I really don't know what it will be! But it will be something, it always is.

Already included in this prize package are two of the strawberry pincushions I made back in week 2 of the string challenge, a tissue pack holder made in week 4 (added bonus - free tissue pack) and also two potholders which should have turned out looking something like Stephanie's but didn't! Seriously as I was making them, I was wondering how difficult making a potholder could possibly be! Finally, there are three fat quarters of 1980's era fabric - two are Ginny Beyer and the other is unknown.

And then there's the chocolate - Premium M&Ms - "truly tempting layers of milk chocolate, white chocolate and dark chocolate". You probably can't see it but they're a very pretty irridescent color of blue, purple and pink. Mmmm. Let me know how they are because they're not exactly what I can eat these days! BTW, there are 4 servings in that box. Plus, two Cadbury Easter eggs. Oh yeah, that should send you over the sugar edge!

I know my blog is only about a month old and not a lot of readers flocking here so I'm going to leave the giveaway open for a week. You can either decide that fewer entries mean a better chance of winning for you or you could share the news about the giveaway with everyone you know!

Finally, a strip quilt finish!

Saturday found me hard at work on my strip quilt, making the "last" six blocks and sewing it all together. Well, it's all sewn together but both my daughter and I think the quilt is now too narrow. Good grief, its the "Quilt That Refuses to be Finished"! So I will keep plugging along on it and maybe next week it will be done.

However, in the middle of sewing the blocks and baking cinnamon rolls, I decided to make string potholders! I can't remember when I bought the potholders I'm using now. They're really not bad if you don't mind the faded look, maybe that could be called shabby chic! Also, we'll ignore the burns and fraying edges. Those are just signs of character and kind of go with my cookbook. And yes, in case you're wondering, I do admit my cooking sets off the smoke alarm on a regular basis!



Here are my two "Chocolate Box" strip potholders! This was a fun little project. When I started sewing the strips together for the potholders, I thought I was done with the quilt so I pieced some of the strips together to use them up. I like the scrappy look of it. This project also used up a small portion of the batting scraps I've been saving. Its been a long time since I've sewn with bias tape so the corners aren't as good as they could be but I like the end result all the same!