Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Volume 7
Hello lovelies! I have had a great time reading all the blogs on Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Blog Tour. I am lucky enough to work for Quiltmaker for my day job! So, today I have blog posts in both places. For you that means more opportunities to win goodies!
I doodle. A lot. Especially when I should be working on something else. I found my original doodle of the owl before I played with it in Illustrator. He is rough! But the idea is pretty much the same in the finished block design. The best part: he made the cover!
Hootie is scrappy, made completely with fabrics from my stash and scrap bins. I don't have the patience for hand anything, so I used a machine blanket stitch to secure Hootie's feathers (and other parts!). My favorite part are his slightly doofy eyes. They make me smile.
Here is an idea of what you could do with multiple Hooties: make a little colorful owl family!
Alright, now to the goods. We will be giving away two prizes! Each will include one Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Vol. 7 issue and 4 Sassafras Lane patterns.
For a chance to win, leave a comment on this post (click the post title and scroll to the bottom) telling me your favorite animal and whether you have put it in a quilt, and submit by midnight MST, Thursday, May 9. I will pick two lucky winners on Friday and email them. =] Thank you for stopping by!
Comments
Dana said:
My favorite wild animal is an elephant and yes I’ve put an appliqued one on a wall hanging, he’s purple and cute. I love your owls. Thanks.
DianeH said:
Your owl block is really fun. I can’t pick just one animal but I have done a couple of quilts with cat blocks.
Auntie Clark said:
My favorite animal is my dog, a bouvier. I have made a quilt where I used an appliqué of my dog. Love your owl block!
Pat Lyman said:
My favorite animal is a lion and I have made one quilt with fabric that had lions on it.
Tami leggett said:
What a Hoot hootie is! So cute and reminds me of our wonderful Colorado wildlife. Keep up the doodling, your designs are awesome!
Donna said:
Owl’s are my favorite bird, I even collect owls. So i would make an owl wall hanging. Kids quilts are cute with baby bunnies, elephants, bears, ducks, turtles, lambs kittens, puppies etc. Thanks for including patterns in giveaway.
Lori S said:
This is my favorite block from the tour! My quilting business is Night Owl Quilting & Dye Works (www.nightowlquilting.blogspot.ca) so he fits me to a tee! I don’t know if I had a favorite animal before, but now I found myself drawn to all things owls. I have made one little quilt with an owl on it as part of a guild challenge and I gave him a feathery body too. Your other patterns look great too, thanks do much god the chance to win!
Lee Ann Lenfest said:
My favorite animal to have in real life are cats. I have yet to put one in a quilt though.
Cathryn H said:
Love the owl! He is fun and looks almost sassy in the quilt you made. Thanks for making all of us an owl to love.
LizaA said:
My favorite is cats. I’ve made 3 quilts with cat blocks.
Love your owls!!
Bobbie Schuppert said:
My hubby of over 45 years is Al. We have three grand kids and they call Al “Poppa Owl.” Thaey started calling him that about 10 years ago – so owls have been a favorite in our house before they were so popular. I love love love this owl – he would be a great addition to our home!!
Joanne Bur said:
I’m drawn to any baby animal…..they’re always so cute! I need to make a baby quilt soon, and am thinking of embroidering some baby animal squares and incorporating them into the quilt! I love your owl family!
Annie K said:
I love dogs, but I have yet to make a quilt incorporating them…I should remedy that! Thank you for having the lovely giveaway :-)
Debbie Rhodes said:
My favorite is a poodle.. and I made the cutest poodle quilt using yo-yo’s as the round parts of a clipped poodle really cute..
thanks..
Becky Ball said:
This is soooooo cute. Owls seem to be the “in” thing for nurseries of late. Last year I finished up a UFO of what I call the “dead quilter projects”, no disrespect meant, just that the quilter has passed on to the great fabric shop in the sky, and I seem drawn to finish up their projects. Anyway, it was appliqued owls, not as pretty as yours. The last one I made was with apples, pies, and such for my daughter’s apple kitchen. Your owl is much cuter.
Anita said:
The owls are SO CUTE!
But, my favorite animal is cats, and I have put them into a quilt; Stitched by Me by Lynette Anderson.