Hi All! I love this day each year, the opportunity to give back to the community and say thank you. So thanks to my followers old and new.
For those that are new, you can also find me on Instagram (IG) – ml_wilkie. I have been quilting for 3 years and have loved that I can combine my STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) background and my arts side. I discovered through Quilt Design a Day, modern quilt designing is definitely my favorite aspect of quilting. Many of my quilts are my own designs.
This has been such an amazing year from finishes and success. I hope you take some time to look around. The mosaic above shows my finished projects for 2015 – they can be found in the menu above.
Onto the give away!!….I wanted to make sure that I give back to all those who supported me through the year. So, this giveaway combines two things that I love:
- Fabric – $50 gift card to Hawthorne threads
- 3 books I have enjoyed lately (sent via amazon)
Thanks to all who left a comment. Fantastic suggestions and I had fun reading all the comments. Drum roll….the WINNER is:
Erica – Erica I will send you an email shortly to get all your details for posting the books.
Factotum of Arts 
I follow on email
I am a follower.
How do you go from paper to fabric?
I would love to hear more about your quilt design process. Seems scary to me!
I’d love any tips for free motion quilting on a domestic sewing machine!
Foundation piecing!
How do you simplify a drawing of a photo for quilting.
I’d love to learn more about the program you use to design and how you turn your design ideas into quilts/patterns.
I am not great at bindings. Maybe that? Thanks for the give away!
How to mix and match print and color
HAPPY TO FOLLOW>GMAIL
HELLO, THANK YOU FOR SHARING A GREAT GIVEAWAY! I’M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR HELP WITH FMQ ON MY DOMESTIC MACHINE. MERRY CHRISTMAS !
Great patterns. I would love to hear more about your process. Do you design as you ho or sketch it out first? Thanks for the giveaway.
I follow on email
I don’t even know where to start at designing! Guess you’d better start at the beginning.
I would like to know how to resize blocks.
I am a new follower. I enjoy the Sister’s Choice blog.
Would love to learn more about working with color!
I’d love more info on using computer programs to design.
I’m a follower!
I follow
I’d like to know how to re size favorite block patterns.
I follow you on Bloglovin.
I think I’d like to know how you go from a design to an actual quilt.
I always get messed up when it comes to numbers! Even when I double and triple check my calculations are often off. Any advice in this area would be appreciated.
I am into designing when it comes to piecing and then get totally stuck when it is time for quilting.
I follow you on Bloglovin’, and I recommend Elizabeth at https://occasionalpiece.wordpress.com.
I’d like to know how to use Adobe Illustrator to create quilt designs.
I would love to know how to free motion quilt!
I follow you on bloglovin!
I want to continue to learn how to use, balance, play with…. Colour
How you pick the perfect color palette for your design.
I follow on bloglovin
I love to hear about quilty inspiraiton. How do you take an image or idea and translate it into a quilt. Thanks!
How to effectively fill the negative/white space that seems to be a large part of modern quilts.
I follow you, but am not on IG – sorry I can’t help with that!
I’m way into foundation piecing! More on giant ways to use it!
I recommend following Rita of Red Pepper Quilts on IG, her quilts are gorgeous!
Glad I found your blog through Sew Mama Sew! So much inspiration!
I struggle with getting the perfect biding so I would love tips on that.
Thanks for the giveaway!
How do you design an idea with detail while keeping it modern?
I follow you on Bloglovin, but not sure what IG is.
I like hearing about how people get themselves to sit down and design, instead of getting distracted by other things. :}
I recently started following @octopurse — her things are so cute!
“IG”? “STEM”? please explain.
Sorry. IG – Instagram, and STEM is the Program that covers Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
What a generous giveaway! I am just dipping my toes into modern quilting. I wonder how you pick colors for your quilts.
I follow you no instagram and on feedly. I love following redvelvetquilts on IG. Such beautiful finishes.
I adore reading your blog for great design ideas! I would love some ideas about how to translate the designs I create into an actual quilt- measurements, adjusting for different size quilts, color choices, prints versus solids. Thanks for writing such a great blog!
Tips on design software vs. good old pencil and paper would be great.
I follow you on Instagram and by email
the one aspect of modern quilts that I love are the improv quilts. I am not a longarmer so I do not do a lot of real modern quilts with space for quilting, but I do want to work on improv and QAYG.