Blogoversary and a giveaway!

Wow! Hard to believe that it has been a year since I started blogging! What a year it has been! I have loved every minute of it! I have met some wonderful people and realized how small the world can be thanks to technology. I have learned a lot, been inspired a ton and most of all had my heart warmed by the generosity of bloggy quilters! In a thanks and celebration of my blogoversary, I have decided to have my first giveaway! So here it goes..... Leave me a comment and I will have a drawing for this wonderful pattern and fat quarter bundle!



The fat quarter bundle is from Urban Chicks latest line "Sweet" by Moda and the pattern is from Fig Tree Quilt's quarterly publication Fresh Vintage- which if you have not checked out- do! It is awesome!

And to make it fun, in your comment please tell me where you are from and how you got started blogging! I will start:

Hi my name is Cara and I am from Maryland- a small town just north of Baltimore. I got started blogging after reading an article in McCall's Quilting by Holly Holderman. I started surfing the quilt blogs and decided I wanted to be part of the fun!

So, please leave me a comment by Sunday and I will draw that next day! Oh and if you post a link to this giveaway on your blog let me know and I will give you 2 extra entries!
Have fun and I look forward to reading your comments!
Thanks for a great year! (*just in the nick of time!)
Cara

Sneak Peek....

So, this is what I am working on right now but just a sneak peek as I cannot reveal it until it is finished! ;) I can tell you that it involves a jelly roll (Beach House) and a little Patisserie....I hope to be able to unveil it this week!

And of course this will be my March finish for the OPAM. April will be my month to work on the "To be quilted" pile since they really need to be done!

Well, I am off now! Just a little post for today as I will be back tomorrow to tell you about a little giveaway I will be having to celebrate my very first Blogoversary!
So Until then......

Snowy Day and a giveaway....

This is what this morning looked like from the front window....and the back window! We have at least 7 inches in our area and so most places in Maryland are closed for the day! So we have been staying cozy and I have been reading blogs, prepping some more Dear Jane blocks and hopefully this afternoon I will be piecing the rest of the top for Moda U's Piece and Plenty quilt!!!! Yes, I have finished the applique blocks!

Speaking of Moda....I am sure many of you have already heard of, and been to, the Moda Bake Shop and seen all the wonderful tutorials that Lissa of Moda Lissa and Angela of Moda, Home, Mom have gathered for us using all the cool pre-cuts that Moda has released. If you have not please hop over there now and check it out! There are some very talented ladies on there....Including Vanessa from V and Co. She is the most recent addition to the Moda Bake Shop with her cute rag rug made using a "Honey Bun". In celebration of her first tutorial there, she is hosting a wonderful giveaway...

A "Sweet" and "Swanky" giveaway!

So pop on over to Vanessa's blog and enter your name and while you are at it check out her really cute rug! I am gathering fabric to make one for my Nook!

Well, off to enjoy the rest of this wonderfully, perfect snow day! Hopefully I will be posting some finishes soon! : )Here's to snow, hot cuppa tea and Sweet and Swanky giveaways!
Cara