Quiltmaker Nov/Dec 2017 Gift-Away!!

It’s a beautiful Thursday morning in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest Virginia!

There is just something about the morning light this time of year.  A bit softer, coming through the trees at a slightly different angle.

When I left home on Tuesday afternoon I grabbed some goodies with the intension of doing a surprise Gift-Away.

Guess what arrived in my mail while I was gone to Florida?

It’s only September – how can it be time for the November/December issue?!?

At times I wish we could slow the world down, but at this time I’m happy about its early arrival – there are some great things in here that would be wonderful as home décor for yourself or as gifts for holiday giving.

The holidays are coming on like a freight train!

But isn’t this cover quilt inviting?

Holiday Festival by Tricia Patterson!

If you want to jump in on this quilt using your favorite holiday collection of prints, you are going to need some time.  Yep!  It’s good that this issue arrived on my doorstep in September!

Runners are perfect for gift giving and this one has so many possibilities!

Pam Boswell’s Sledrunner table topper is the perfect setting for your festive feast.

But imagine it in other colors too!  What about patriotic?

Oh stinking cute!

Set a cheerful table with CELEBRATE, Jen Daly’s sweet design.

Not just for the holidays, what if you appliqued a name down the center, or happy birthday and it came out for family occasions?

Don’t forget my Addicted to Scraps column!

This month I’m ALSO on the holiday bandwagon in shades of green, red and neutral – half pinwheel, half star, you are going to love making my Peppermint Schnapps blocks from your favorite holiday scraps.  These blocks are Essential Triangle Tool  and Scrap User's System friendly, and the pattern is found in this issue.

To sweeten the holiday spirit, I’ve thrown in some MORE goodies to the bundle:

Who wants THIS bundle?

Along with 3 great issues I am including a package of Tumbling Blocks foundations from EZ Piecing,  a Coloring’ Quilts screen print perfect for coloring with crayons, markers or paints, quilt marking pencils, an add-a-quarter ruler, a stilletto, sewing tool by Annie, and the big bonus – a Start Free-Motion Quilting DVD with Angela Walters!

We need ONE lucky winner – will it be YOU?

Our winner will be drawn Monday evening, October 2nd! (And then we really WILL be headlong into the holidays!

I’ll have more fun on the mountain stuff to share with you tomorrow, I hope you’ll join me then!

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

Some folks will never understand you, and that's ok.

It's much better to understand yourself and love yourself just as you are.

Appreciate yourself today!