January News & Monthly Giveaway!

So it’s officially 2019! Wow, that is hard to believe. I hope everyone had an excellent, peaceful, and relaxing holiday season. I decided to take on several handmade holiday gifts this year. I’m not sure why I put so much on my plate? I guess I work well under pressure because I completed my last gift on December 23rd, just one day shy of our first family Christmas. Now that all my creations have been gifted, I can finally share some photos of what I had been working on since November.

First things first, I’d like to announce the winner of December’s Fat Quarter Bundle in Wild Bouquet from Riley Blake Designs: alyssae2010 congrats, you’ve won! Check your email for confirmation 🙂

Our next giveaway for January will be a half yard bundle of each of these super fun canvas prints from Rifle Paper Co. These two prints have been one of my best sellers. I’ve also used them myself on projects and they are a dream to work with. Remember all you have to do to be entered into the monthly giveaway is subscribe on our website home page, it’s that simple! Every month a winner is chosen at random out of all subscribers, so everyone has a chance 🙂

Up next are some of my holiday projects that I gifted. I chose to show a few of my favorites instead of them all to keep it short and sweet for reading purposes. I will admit, the week prior to Christmas was a little crazy around my house. Between my other job, kids school activities and basketball schedules, I felt like I had very little time to complete the projects on my list. Somehow I managed! I made a total of 6 quilts, one tote bag and matching wristlet, five Christmas stockings, and 6 teacher mug rugs. The last two quilts were wholecloth because it became clear after the first week of December that I was not going to be able to find enough time to piece them and keep my sanity.