Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

I am really running out of cute blog post titles for when I am announcing winners, if you have any cute ones please let me know :)

The winners of the Nifty Notions Cut For The Cure rulers are

Here are your random numbers:

4 5

Timestamp: 2012-02-17 23:19:47 UTC

Congrats to Richard and Lisa! I have emailed you!

Till next time

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

I am really running out of cute blog post titles for when I am announcing winners, if you have any cute ones please let me know :)

The winners of the Nifty Notions Cut For The Cure rulers are

Here are your random numbers:

4 5

Timestamp: 2012-02-17 23:19:47 UTC

Congrats to Richard and Lisa! I have emailed you!

Till next time

Winner!!!

Mr. Random picked this weeks winner...

Here are your random numbers:

14

Timestamp: 2012-02-12 18:20:42 UTC

Who is Jennie P! When looking at Jennies contact info I saw that she has a brand spanking new blog called Eclectically Delicious. Why not check it out?

Jennie P I have emailed you.

Thanks to everyone for playing along!

Nifty Notion Ruler week starts tomorrow, I'll be showing you borders you can easily make with the Nifty Notion rulers I have already done tutorials on.

And remember to come back later for the first installment of the Twist Along!

Winner!!!

Mr. Random picked this weeks winner...

Here are your random numbers:

14

Timestamp: 2012-02-12 18:20:42 UTC

Who is Jennie P! When looking at Jennies contact info I saw that she has a brand spanking new blog called Eclectically Delicious. Why not check it out?

Jennie P I have emailed you.

Thanks to everyone for playing along!

Nifty Notion Ruler week starts tomorrow, I'll be showing you borders you can easily make with the Nifty Notion rulers I have already done tutorials on.

And remember to come back later for the first installment of the Twist Along!

V-Week Winner!

I hope you all enjoyed V-Week here at Craizee Corners, I know I had fun working with all this happy fabric!

I enjoyed hearing about all your Valentine memories, we have some true romantics among us :)

The winner of the Darling Heart Garden FQ bundle is

Here are your random numbers:

2 

Timestamp: 2012-01-28 15:39:05 UTC

Gwen!

She said "Favorite Valentine's memory.... I think that would be making Valentine decorated sugar cookies with my girls when they were young and still at home... They've all grown up and moved away now... well, I *do* still have *one* at home, but she's in college now... Thank you for the giveaway! :-)"

Congrats Gwen! I have emailed you :)

As always a BIG thank you to The Fat Quarter Shop for their sponsorship and for their great service and fabrics!!!

V-Week Winner!

I hope you all enjoyed V-Week here at Craizee Corners, I know I had fun working with all this happy fabric!

I enjoyed hearing about all your Valentine memories, we have some true romantics among us :)

The winner of the Darling Heart Garden FQ bundle is

Here are your random numbers:

2 

Timestamp: 2012-01-28 15:39:05 UTC

Gwen!

She said "Favorite Valentine's memory.... I think that would be making Valentine decorated sugar cookies with my girls when they were young and still at home... They've all grown up and moved away now... well, I *do* still have *one* at home, but she's in college now... Thank you for the giveaway! :-)"

Congrats Gwen! I have emailed you :)

As always a BIG thank you to The Fat Quarter Shop for their sponsorship and for their great service and fabrics!!!

Are you ready for some Rulers???
This month there's 2 winners who will each get a Nifty Notion Cut For The Cure 22.5 degree wedge ruler and a 4" x 14" ruler courtesy of Brewer Sewing.

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Since my Mr. Random is at the gym right now I used the random integer generator at Random.org

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

26 3

Timestamp: 2012-01-21 14:44:53 UTC

Number 26 is Sally and number 3 is Mom2RyandSis!

Congrats ladies, I have sent you both an email!

Remember Valentines Week begins on Monday so make sure you come back!

Are you ready for some Rulers???
This month there's 2 winners who will each get a Nifty Notion Cut For The Cure 22.5 degree wedge ruler and a 4" x 14" ruler courtesy of Brewer Sewing.

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Since my Mr. Random is at the gym right now I used the random integer generator at Random.org

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

26 3

Timestamp: 2012-01-21 14:44:53 UTC

Number 26 is Sally and number 3 is Mom2RyandSis!

Congrats ladies, I have sent you both an email!

Remember Valentines Week begins on Monday so make sure you come back!

Nifty Notions Cut For The Cure Winners!!!

I know I was suppose to post this yesterday but life got in the way. So the 2 winners of the HST and QST rulers that my Mr Random picked are:

Amy and Marcia W!

I have email both of you!


I hope you enjoyed this series. If you didn't win you can still get one of these great rulers from The Berry Patch (tell them Sharon sent you) or from Kaye Englands site. I'd love to hear how you like these rulers, I promise they will change your quilting life forever!

Thanks to Brewer for their sponsor love and for helping me share my love of these rulers.

Next month I will show you how to use the Quarter Square triangle ruler and how these 2 rulers work together.

If you missed the HST tutorial you can find it here for the post or can get a PDF version here.

Nifty Notions Cut For The Cure Winners!!!

I know I was suppose to post this yesterday but life got in the way. So the 2 winners of the HST and QST rulers that my Mr Random picked are:

Amy and Marcia W!

I have email both of you!


I hope you enjoyed this series. If you didn't win you can still get one of these great rulers from The Berry Patch (tell them Sharon sent you) or from Kaye Englands site. I'd love to hear how you like these rulers, I promise they will change your quilting life forever!

Thanks to Brewer for their sponsor love and for helping me share my love of these rulers.

Next month I will show you how to use the Quarter Square triangle ruler and how these 2 rulers work together.

If you missed the HST tutorial you can find it here for the post or can get a PDF version here.

Winner Alert!

Thanks to everyone who entered to win the Ruby Designer Select FQ kit. As you know these specific kits are only available at The Fat Quarter Shop. These kits can be purchased individually or thru the Designer Select FQ Club. I highly recommend the club since you get a discount, but the best part is having a package show up without ordering it. Its always brightens my day! As always a big thanks to The Fat Quarter Shop for sponsoring this series.


The number My Mr. Random picked is #14!

Mom2RyanandSis said

Lots to choose from in the coming soon, but I think today I am most looking forward to Apple of my eye!!

Congrats! I have emailed you!

Starting tomorrow I will be doing a new series on speciality rulers. To get ready for it I'd love to know the following things...
1. Do you like making Half Square triangles (HST)? If not why
2. Do you trim your HSTs?
3. What method are you using right now?

Please come back tomorrow, this week promised to be both informative and fun!

Winner Alert!

Thanks to everyone who entered to win the Ruby Designer Select FQ kit. As you know these specific kits are only available at The Fat Quarter Shop. These kits can be purchased individually or thru the Designer Select FQ Club. I highly recommend the club since you get a discount, but the best part is having a package show up without ordering it. Its always brightens my day! As always a big thanks to The Fat Quarter Shop for sponsoring this series.


The number My Mr. Random picked is #14!

Mom2RyanandSis said

Lots to choose from in the coming soon, but I think today I am most looking forward to Apple of my eye!!

Congrats! I have emailed you!

Starting tomorrow I will be doing a new series on speciality rulers. To get ready for it I'd love to know the following things...
1. Do you like making Half Square triangles (HST)? If not why
2. Do you trim your HSTs?
3. What method are you using right now?

Please come back tomorrow, this week promised to be both informative and fun!

My New Mr. Random

The time has come to giveaway 4 yards of Terrain from The Fat Quarter Shop! 
Yes you heard me 4 yards!
I love how generous Kimberly has been to all my followers! 
And 4 yards is a lot of fabric, and it will make an awesome quilt!




But first a story...

A few minutes ago I was sitting in the living room watching a movie with my wonderful Hubby. Since I have that dreaded apple disease, (you know the one that permanently attaches an electronic devise to your body?) my IPad was with me. Since the movie wasn't interesting me I decided to write this post. So I looked to see how many comments there were and said to my Husband "Pick a Number between 1 and 144". Usually he would want to know why (its the mathematician in him I think), for instance maybe it was something for some math equation...wait that's me were talking about? No he would never think that :)

Anyway he just thought for a second and said 137. Then I realized that I usually use Mr. Random.org but I like my Mr. Random better...hes a lot cuter and makes a better margarita than that other Random guy. Let's face it the old guy is kinda boring, just sitting there like a lump on a log. He doesnt even get excited to pick a number and getting a pic of him is more difficult than it should be. And like I said I think he's a cutie! Here's a pic of my hubby Tim with our 2 sons, Tyler and Bryan. This was taken last Christmas Eve while we were waiting for the homemade pizzas to finish cooking (that's our family tradition).

So the winner is 137 who is...Tiffany!

Tiff I have emailed you!

Sha :)

My New Mr. Random

The time has come to giveaway 4 yards of Terrain from The Fat Quarter Shop! 
Yes you heard me 4 yards!
I love how generous Kimberly has been to all my followers! 
And 4 yards is a lot of fabric, and it will make an awesome quilt!




But first a story...

A few minutes ago I was sitting in the living room watching a movie with my wonderful Hubby. Since I have that dreaded apple disease, (you know the one that permanently attaches an electronic devise to your body?) my IPad was with me. Since the movie wasn't interesting me I decided to write this post. So I looked to see how many comments there were and said to my Husband "Pick a Number between 1 and 144". Usually he would want to know why (its the mathematician in him I think), for instance maybe it was something for some math equation...wait that's me were talking about? No he would never think that :)

Anyway he just thought for a second and said 137. Then I realized that I usually use Mr. Random.org but I like my Mr. Random better...hes a lot cuter and makes a better margarita than that other Random guy. Let's face it the old guy is kinda boring, just sitting there like a lump on a log. He doesnt even get excited to pick a number and getting a pic of him is more difficult than it should be. And like I said I think he's a cutie! Here's a pic of my hubby Tim with our 2 sons, Tyler and Bryan. This was taken last Christmas Eve while we were waiting for the homemade pizzas to finish cooking (that's our family tradition).

So the winner is 137 who is...Tiffany!

Tiff I have emailed you!

Sha :)

Quilt Design Wizard Winner

The winner of the Quilt Design Wizard is

Here are your random numbers:

27 

Timestamp: 2011-10-09 13:24:58 UTC

Congrats Quiltzyx
I have emailed you!

Thanks to Electric Quilt Company for sponsoring this giveaway! Make sure to go there and order your copy of this fun program today.

Quilt Design Wizard Winner

The winner of the Quilt Design Wizard is

Here are your random numbers:

27 

Timestamp: 2011-10-09 13:24:58 UTC

Congrats Quiltzyx
I have emailed you!

Thanks to Electric Quilt Company for sponsoring this giveaway! Make sure to go there and order your copy of this fun program today.

Corner Triangles aka Connectors....A Tutorial

A while back on twitter I asked what a square with a small half square triangle (HST) on one of the corners is called. We decided it was called 'corner triangles'. Then I went to my quilting class that week and found out that the term is called connectors, although I like corner triangles better.

On Wednesdays post about the Friendly Quilt Along I promised to show you a way to sew the connectors on...
"On Saturday, October 8th I will be showing you a very easy way to sew the connector squares on with out pinning or drawing on the back of the small square or even just guessing where the diagonal really is. It's a fool proof way that will make this quilt go fast."

Like so many other things I learned this technique from Gail at The Berry Patch. She is probably the most knowledgeable quilter I know, I always learn something new and wonderful at her classes.

For each square you will need a larger square (mine is 5") and a smaller square (mine is 2.5"). These sizes are not set in stone, your pattern might be different.

1. First you need to get your machine ready. Do you have a marked line (like with a sharpie) or a piece of take along your 1/4" line? Just about everyone I know around here does. What you do is put your needle in the down position and raise your presser foot. Insert a ruler against the needle and lower your presser foot. Line up a line on your ruler perpendicular to a line on your machine table so you know your ruler is straight, ie. the 4" line on the ruler. Then with a fine point sharpie draw a line against the ruler or place a 1/4" piece of tape in the same spot. I didn't have any 1/4" tape when I did this so I used a piece of painters tape that I cut with my rotary cutter to 1/4". And don't worry about the sharpie, you can always remove it with denatured alcohol.  

Now you are ready to start piecing.

2. Take your 5" square and place the 2.5" square on one corner, right sides together. Make sure the corner and edges line up. When I talk about the top left and bottom right part of the small square it is from this position I am referring to.

3. Take the squares to your machine. You will start sewing from the top left corner of the small square and sew down to the bottom right corner. Line your top left point up with your needle and the bottom right corner with the left side of the tape. Stitch down the center of the triangle, watching the tape line (your machine will keep sewing if you look away from the presser foot and needle for this, I promise).

If your bottom right corner of the small square follows the line the needle will end up right at the bottom right corner. There you have a perfect diagonal line. 

4. Press the square over to make a triangle.

5. Normally you would be told to trim the bottom 2 pieces under the triangle, but I think it's best to only trim the center. If you are off by any amount (and lets face who isn't at times) keeping the bottom part (in other words the part of the big square) will keep your square integrity and give you the correct line to sew on.

There you have it...an easy way to sew on the diagonal...no pins, no pencils and no guessing.

There's so many applications this can be used for, not just connector squares. Can you think of any others?

I am off to Quilt Sitters and Sit and Sew at The Berry Patch today and will pick a winner of the Quilting Design Wizard later. If you haven't entered I am giving you a few more hours :)

Are you planning on joining the Friendly Quilt Along? I hope so, this is a great quilt and is so easy now that you know how to make these pieces.

Sha :)

Corner Triangles aka Connectors....A Tutorial

A while back on twitter I asked what a square with a small half square triangle (HST) on one of the corners is called. We decided it was called 'corner triangles'. Then I went to my quilting class that week and found out that the term is called connectors, although I like corner triangles better.

On Wednesdays post about the Friendly Quilt Along I promised to show you a way to sew the connectors on...
"On Saturday, October 8th I will be showing you a very easy way to sew the connector squares on with out pinning or drawing on the back of the small square or even just guessing where the diagonal really is. It's a fool proof way that will make this quilt go fast."

Like so many other things I learned this technique from Gail at The Berry Patch. She is probably the most knowledgeable quilter I know, I always learn something new and wonderful at her classes.

For each square you will need a larger square (mine is 5") and a smaller square (mine is 2.5"). These sizes are not set in stone, your pattern might be different.

1. First you need to get your machine ready. Do you have a marked line (like with a sharpie) or a piece of take along your 1/4" line? Just about everyone I know around here does. What you do is put your needle in the down position and raise your presser foot. Insert a ruler against the needle and lower your presser foot. Line up a line on your ruler perpendicular to a line on your machine table so you know your ruler is straight, ie. the 4" line on the ruler. Then with a fine point sharpie draw a line against the ruler or place a 1/4" piece of tape in the same spot. I didn't have any 1/4" tape when I did this so I used a piece of painters tape that I cut with my rotary cutter to 1/4". And don't worry about the sharpie, you can always remove it with denatured alcohol.  

Now you are ready to start piecing.

2. Take your 5" square and place the 2.5" square on one corner, right sides together. Make sure the corner and edges line up. When I talk about the top left and bottom right part of the small square it is from this position I am referring to.

3. Take the squares to your machine. You will start sewing from the top left corner of the small square and sew down to the bottom right corner. Line your top left point up with your needle and the bottom right corner with the left side of the tape. Stitch down the center of the triangle, watching the tape line (your machine will keep sewing if you look away from the presser foot and needle for this, I promise).

If your bottom right corner of the small square follows the line the needle will end up right at the bottom right corner. There you have a perfect diagonal line. 

4. Press the square over to make a triangle.

5. Normally you would be told to trim the bottom 2 pieces under the triangle, but I think it's best to only trim the center. If you are off by any amount (and lets face who isn't at times) keeping the bottom part (in other words the part of the big square) will keep your square integrity and give you the correct line to sew on.

There you have it...an easy way to sew on the diagonal...no pins, no pencils and no guessing.

There's so many applications this can be used for, not just connector squares. Can you think of any others?

I am off to Quilt Sitters and Sit and Sew at The Berry Patch today and will pick a winner of the Quilting Design Wizard later. If you haven't entered I am giving you a few more hours :)

Are you planning on joining the Friendly Quilt Along? I hope so, this is a great quilt and is so easy now that you know how to make these pieces.

Sha :)

October is...

Busy! I have a lot planned for you this month.

Kate Spain month starts today! This was the latest Designer Select FQ kit that I received from The Fat Quarter Shop and is what I will be using this month for one of the quilts I am making. If you haven't joined this club, you still can, there are some great kits coming up this month. Or you can order the kit separately. I will be showing you lots of projects made with Kate Spain fabric, will have some wonderful guest bloggers and will myself be working on 2 different quilts with Terrain and trying to finish the Central Park quilt I made (it just needs to be basted, quilted and bound). And there will be a giveaway! If you would like to be a guest blogger or show your Kate Spain projects let me know, there's still time to join in the fun.

October is also National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is a cause that is near and dear to my heart. I have heard from a lot of you that have been touched by this horrible disease. Please keep those comments coming. Let's all hope that someday someone will find a cure for this and all cancers.
I will have several guest bloggers show you their projects made for loved ones with breast cancer or projects they made for donation. I'll also be sharing links to organizations that support breast cancer patients, their families and raise awareness.

Now for the fun part...
The winner of the BCA giveaway is

Here are your random numbers:

1 

Timestamp: 2011-10-02 14:41:23 UTC

Congrats Christine! I have sent you an email!

Sha :)

October is...

Busy! I have a lot planned for you this month.

Kate Spain month starts today! This was the latest Designer Select FQ kit that I received from The Fat Quarter Shop and is what I will be using this month for one of the quilts I am making. If you haven't joined this club, you still can, there are some great kits coming up this month. Or you can order the kit separately. I will be showing you lots of projects made with Kate Spain fabric, will have some wonderful guest bloggers and will myself be working on 2 different quilts with Terrain and trying to finish the Central Park quilt I made (it just needs to be basted, quilted and bound). And there will be a giveaway! If you would like to be a guest blogger or show your Kate Spain projects let me know, there's still time to join in the fun.

October is also National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is a cause that is near and dear to my heart. I have heard from a lot of you that have been touched by this horrible disease. Please keep those comments coming. Let's all hope that someday someone will find a cure for this and all cancers.
I will have several guest bloggers show you their projects made for loved ones with breast cancer or projects they made for donation. I'll also be sharing links to organizations that support breast cancer patients, their families and raise awareness.

Now for the fun part...
The winner of the BCA giveaway is

Here are your random numbers:

1 

Timestamp: 2011-10-02 14:41:23 UTC

Congrats Christine! I have sent you an email!

Sha :)