THE QUILTING CAT: GIVEAWAY CLOSED

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

GIVEAWAY CLOSED

Thank you all for celebrating my wonderful birthday! Giveaway #7 is now closed. I'll need some time to get Momcat typing all the names into Excel, and then you'll get to see me draw out the lucky bean. Good luck to everyone and stay tuned!

5 comments:

Darling Jill Quilts said...: Looks like a great giveaway. Someone is going to be very lucky!; October 21, 2009 at 2:35 PM
Joanne Lendaro said...: thanks for the great giveaway, and happy birthday, you made it fun for a lot of people!! What a great idea!!
hugs....; October 21, 2009 at 6:20 PM
sewfunquilts said...: Have fun, Pi, picking the winner. And Happy Birthday, Momcat! Enjoy your day!; October 21, 2009 at 11:04 PM
SewCalGal said...: I hope MomCat gets time for a good catnap. And some good time playing with quilts. More important than the giveaway. Enjoy!

And Congratulations to whomever wins!

SewCalGal
www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com; October 21, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Searchfamilies said...: Looking forward to seeing who gets drawn Good Luck Everyone
Hugs Janice; October 23, 2009 at 4:02 AM

Quilters' Acronyms

BOB = Beginner's Only Block (swap)
BOM = Block of the Month
DSM = Domestic Sewing Machine
DWR = Double Wedding Ring
FART = Fabric Aquisition Road Trip
FIU = Finish It Up
FQ = Fat Quarter
HST = Half-Square Triangle
HSY = Haven't Started Yet
LAQ= Long Arm Quilter
LQS = Local Quilt Shop
MAQ = Mid-Arm Quilter
OBW = One-Block Wonder
PHD = Project Half Done
PIGS = Projects in Grocery Sacks
SABLE = Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
SEX = Stash Enhancing eXperience (or eXcursion)
STASH = Special Treasures All Secretly Hidden
TGIF = Thank God It's Finished!
TOT = Tone-on-Tone
UFO = UnFinshed Object
WHIMM = Works Hidden In My Mind
WIP = Work In Progress
WISP = Work In Slow Progress
WIVSP = Work In Very Slow Progress
WIWMI = Wish It Would Make Itself
WOF = Width of Fabric
WOMBAT = Waste of Money, Batting, and Time
WOW = White On White
WWIT = What Was I Thinking

Quilters' Terms (Not Acronyms)

Charms - Small pieces of fabric in squares, hexagons or other shapes, all different fabrics. Charm packs are big sellers right now.
Fat Eighth - 1/4 yd of material, cut up the fold. About 9" x 22".
Fat Quarter - This is 1/2 yard of fabric with a cut up the fold, creating a piece about 18" x 22".
Flimsy - Quilt top waiting to be quilted
Frogging - or Unsewing. When you have to redo something and you "rippit, rippit, rippit."
Honey Buns - 1.5" x 44" strips of fabric all from one line. Currently made by Moda.
Jelly Roll - 2-1/2" strips of fabric from an entire line.
Layer Cake - This is a 10" square of fabric from each material in the line.
Leaders and Enders - Chain piecing at the beginning and end of another project row. Essentially making two quilts at once and being efficient.
Nickel - A 5" square of fabric.
Squishie - Envelopes or baggies filled with swap fabric or blocks.
YoYo - A circle of fabric which is gathered to form a puffy circle.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

GIVEAWAY CLOSED

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