BOM 2013 Blog Hop

 Mark your calendars for Janaury 18-20th for a virtual show and tell. A group of us will be showing off our Quilt Doodle BOM 2013 blocks and finished quilts! Won't it be fun to see the quilts in different fabric choices. I'm really looking forward to it. Not only will it be fun to see everyone's projects but there is also some swag to giveaway to our lucky blog hop winners!

Even if your quilt top isn't finished, please join and show off your blocks. At the end of the hop I will announce the GRAND PRIZE winners for the BOM 2013. But to win you need to join the hop. To join, please EMAIL ME 

your name and email 

your blog if you have one

 ( if you do not have a blog)  I will host for you..

your url of your blog

More details to follow soon!

I will email a listing to all of our participants soon!

Mark your calendars for January 18-20th and post the BOM 2013 button on your blog or website.Now let me show you the wonderful prizes I have to give away at the end of the Quilt Doodle BOM Blog Hop. (Remember you need to participate to win)

Happy Quilting,

BOM 2014

I had so much fun organizing last years block of the month club....that I decided to do it again! Wanting to be able to include all quilting levels I have decided it will be based on 2 1/2' squares and strips. This quilt will consist of 10 blocks, sections or strips, one a month. There is no paper piecing in this quilt, but there will be a little bit of machine applique and a tiny little bit of embroidery.  I will have a tutorial with the pattern included each month.  The monthly patterns will be FREE during the month that they are announced, after that they will be available for a small fee. In November we will piece the sections together and December will be saved for putting on borders and finishing touches.

Now here is the part that drives me crazy, in a fun way! Choosing fabrics..... everyone has their favorites.... have fun choosing fabrics!  But I will tell you, tone on tone fabrics will be best in this quilt.  You will be creating a 'scene' in this quilt, it's super duper cute! The 'Logo' on the top of the post is a huge clue! I will be using... fabric from Studio E's Silly Chilly Snowmates, Tried and True and Jingle All The Way from Bernatex, Hoffman Bali Handpaints, and bits and pieces from my fabric stash...

Finished size will be 70" x 84" (Twin Size)

Yardage.... this is an estimate with extra added in...

4 yards background (I am splitting this up between two blues)
1 yard white/cream

1/4 yard gold
1/4 yard dark green
fat quarter of 2 different medium greens
1/4 yard red
1/3 yard black or dark gray
fat quarter medium gray
fat quarter brown
fat quarter orange
fat eighth yellow
heat n bond
dark brown or black thread for machine applique
black DMC thread or pearl cotton
border #1- 1 yard
border #2- 1 1/2 yards

backing - 6 yards

binding - 3/4 yards for 2 1/2" binding



There's a flicker group!  Please join...Every month post photos of your Quilt Doodle BOM finishes in the BOM flicker group for a chance to win that month's prize! Woot woot!

Don't forget to grab the button too and post on your blog! The more the merrier!

The first block pattern will be posted on January 1st!  The give-away for the January block will be announced on January 15th and a winner will be picked on the 31st....

Happy New Year!
Happy quilting!

A Sad Christmas...

It feels like the year without a Santa Claus. Our lives have changed and Christmas will never be the same because the man who I measure all men up to has passed away. My dear daddy.... as I sit here in the dark in my childhood home typing on dad's laptop I am flooded with thoughts and memories. I realize there aren't words to express how much I love and care for this man. I'm not sure how my family and I are going to limp our way through the holiday season. We knew this day would come, but it still came too soon. My dad had a way of beating odds, he was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer over 10 years ago. He probably was given a year or two... he broke many of Mayo's predictions with his strong will and love for his family. But the Sunday after Thanksgiving things went downhill, fast. After a week in the hospital we brought dad home with the help of hospice. Mom, my sisters and I helped care for my dad around the clock. He never complained, not once. We all secretly hoped that he would beat the odds again, but, he lost his battle and peacefully died on December 18th. We celebrated his life yesterday at my sister's country church. Dad would have liked that. He also would have been pleased with the military honors at his grave site. He would have smiled knowing that two of his good friends were in the honor guard. I will miss having morning coffee with him doing the crossword. Who will I call for gardening advice? Fishing at the cabin will not be the same... holidays... birthdays... we are all very sad.... let me leave you with a few of my memories of my daddy...

I wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year...

December's Giveaway!

This month's prize is a Quilt Doodle Coffee mug, it features my first pattern, tasting snowflakes.  So if you haven't already, get your 'Christmas Eve' block done and post it in the flickr group or email me your photo and I will post it for you! The printable pattern can be found Free HERE and on Craftsy. Past patterns can be found for a small $1.99 fee at my Etsy and Craftsy shops just in case you are just joining the BOM or have missed one. So of you are starting to piece your blocks together. They are looking so nice!  Thank you to those of you who have taken the time to fill out the BOM 2013 Survey! I appreciate the time that you took to do that. I'm excited to post the new Quilt Doodle BOM project for 2014! Stay tuned, it will be announced soon!

December's Prize!
Winner will be announced January 1st!

 Let's have a blog hop party in January to show off our blocks and/or pieced quilt tops! (Even if your quilt top isn't finished, please join and show off your blocks) Wouldn't that be fun.  At the end of the hop I will announce the GRAND PRIZE winners for the BOM 2013. But to win you need to join the hop. To join, please EMAIL ME 

your name and email 

your blog if you have one

 ( if you do not have a blog)  I will host for you..

your url of your blog

More details to follow soon!

Mark your calendars for January 18-20th and post the BOM 2013 button on your blog or website.Now let me announce to you the wonderful prizes I have to give away at the end of the Quilt Doodle BOM Blog Hop. (Remember you need to participate to win)

Two lucky winners will win a Quilter's Hangup and thread set.

Another lucky winner can win a Grip and Stitch and a Teflon Pressing Sheet.

Our Grand Prize winner will win a  'Eat Your Fruits n' Veggies' (by Pat Sloan) thread set from Aurifil. 

Happy Quilting!

Congratulations to last month's winner!!!

phillyquilter!

Our winner has won 3 PDF patterns of her choice from
Quilt Doodle Designs!!!