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A give away + May goals

It is give away day, and I am celebrating that I almost have 100 followers. This is a summary of the things I have been working on so far this year, that you may or may not have seen 🙂

To show my appreciation, I would like to offer this give away.

The give away is:

A copy of the book Pillow Pop which has some amazing patterns and instructions for different Pillow covers.

Two Mini Charm Packs (to use possible in creating a postage stamp (18 in.) cushion cover)
1 x Bella Solids Candy Pack

1 x PB and J Candy Pack

What do you need to do to win?

In the comments below, let me know your favorite craft book or your favorite design item you would like to have in your house
For a second chance to win, let me know in the comments below how you follow me, i.e. follow by email, wordpress or bloglovin.
All comment must be added by May 10 at 5 p.m. PST, and
The winner will be chosen at random and be emailed Sunday, May 12, so make sure if you are a no reply blogger, you leave an email address. I will also post the winner back here.

May Goals

I am linking up with “A lovely year of finishes”. Here are my goals for May, I decided to keep them really simple.

Finish 9 small projects, which include:

Etsy order for Chair Bags
Madrona Road Mini Quilt
18″ Pillow for Quilt Guild Pillow Swap
Finish machine quilting “Four Seasons in One Day” Quilt
Start one of the mini quilts (see side bar)

Work in Progress Wednesday {01.05.2013}

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This week’s projects that I must have finished this weekend are:

A custom Order from my Etsy Store for 5 Chair Bags
Madrona road challenge
Cushion Cover

For the chair bags, I have 3 girl and 2 boy themed bags/pockets to make. Here are the swatches below.

The boys have the grey corduroy with brown polka dots and whale fabric I purchased from Spoonflower.

The girls have aqua corduroy with brown polka dots and whale fabric I purchased from Spoonflower.

Madrona Road Challenge, my blocks are designed from a Dwell magazine picture. I have two made – I have 7 to do in the next week.

The cushion cover, I am still working on the design but I am thinking of using a design from the book Pillow Pop. See the flickr group here.

Don’t forget to go and take a look at the mosaic contest over at Stitch in Color, voting ends tomorrow.

I am linking up with Lee @ Freshly Pieced for WiP Wednesday.

Weekend finishes: Pillows

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I was so thrilled this week when I found that Janice @ Better of Thread highlighted my Market Tote on her website, after I shared it on her Sew Tuesday link up. I hope you go over and check out the link up, its lots of fun.

Over the weekend, I finished the two postage stamp pillows that were blogged here and here (check out these blogs for close up shots and fabric used). I love how they turned out. Here are the final looks:

Wonky Universe Pillow (my son’s):

Spring Pillow:

For the first time, I used invisible zippers for the back opening, across the middle, for both pillows. I love how these look instead of my usual envelope backing: