give me liberty! sew-along reveal + link up + giveaway

Boy, this day really got away from me! In all fairness, I spent most of it in bed until now, as I'm home sick with the not cool kind of tummy ache. Not that there's ever a cool kind. But this kind is the really not cool kind. Now to get that thought out of your mind, here's my Give Me Liberty! sew-along project, lounging about amongst the violets.

It was originally going to be a big pillow, but I switched gears and made a little mini quilt instead. I plan on hanging it either in my sewing room or the living room if I can find the right spot for it! Though it looks pretty cute under my great grandmother's kitty tea pot and sugar bowl there on the sideboard. That's the antique piece of furniture Jon's family got us as a wedding gift, which I'll have to properly show off sometime soon!

I used two layers of batting so it would be puffy and quilted a diagonal crosshatch through the half square triangles. The backing is Millie's Closet "floral bouquet" in green, (another FQS 50% off bargain buy) and I bound it with a brown civil war print that I absolutely adore and would buy a lot more of if I ever saw it again. I'd like to put a little label on it, when I get a chance.

The Give Me Liberty! sew-along link up is over Nicole's blog, Bold Goods, today. She's posted a lovely baby quilt and interesting thoughts on it's design and construction. Go check it out, will ya?  We had a lot of fun hosting this thing and can't wait to see your projects! Don't worry, they don't have to be finished, and I think she's leaving it open for a whole week in case you're not ready just yet.

And since there are a bunch of half square triangles left over, I thought I'd offer them up in a little giveaway of sorts. If you've recently sewn up anything using Liberty prints and would like to post about it and our link-up, anyone who links up will have chance at nabbing my remaining 40+ 2.5" trimmed, Bloomsbury HST units. Keep in mind they're tiny and have bias edges, but man their cute. I'm secretly hoping no one enters so I won't have to part with them!

I'm also linking up with Quilt Story's Fabric Tuesday :D

give me liberty!

Hi there!!! Exclamation points!!! 

I meant to post about my Give Me Liberty sew-along progress on Monday, but life got in the way. Stupid life. I have 81 2.5" half square triangle units hanging out and waiting to become a pillow. I've been playing around with options but am not sure where I'm really headed yet. 

Nicole has made some really inspiring blocks which you can see here. I really love her style. How far are you? Have you shared your progress? I'd love for you to leave a link in the comments so I can come check it out, as well as anyone else who's interested! 

doubling down on hst's

I'm up to my elbows in half square triangle units and thought I'd try trimming two at once. I'm not sure why it didn't come to me sooner because it's working out beautifully.




My seams are pressed to the dark side, so simply stacking them to where the seams nestle all snug-like ensures that when I'm trimming, both seams line up with the diagonal line on my ruler.

Surely I'm the first to think of this, right? Man, I'm brilliant! ;P

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