Quilt Along Week 6 (& giveaway too) A real full circle kind of thing

TIMES UP. WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED IN NEXT POST.

So this is week 6 of my quilt along. And since I've been like Willie Nelson . . . On the Road Again . . . I had already told you that this week is an extra week to get your quilting done. Two weeks for quilting instead of one. A little lagniappe if you will.



Next week will be the final step. I'll show you my favorite part of the whole quilt making experience. And I will give away the Janome 6600. Can't wait. Now that is gonna be fun!

Before I get to this week's giveaway I wanted to share some full-circle moments that have happened to me while putting this whole sha-bang together.



First, last July I gave away a quilt. I made a quilt very similar to what this quilt along quilt is like. Same fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants style pattern. Same kind of strip cutting and arrangement. Same basic size.



And I got emails for months afterward asking me how I made that quilt. What should they buy? How much fabric? How do they do it? And on and on and on.

Well, anyway, the person who won that quilt was Sarah. And Sarah had earned extra entries into the random drawing for the quilt due to this adorable video entry . . .



She won the quilt and was very excited . . .



As it turns out we kept in touch via blogland afterward. And as I later learned she was in graphic design school.

Did you say graphic design school?




I'll give you three guesses as to who made the graphics for this quilt along. Sarah is the genius behind Revel Design and I have her to thank for the posters, buttons and graphics. Thank you Sarah.


Ok. That's not all. Also some time last year I stumbled upon Summer's blog Artfulife. Soon thereafter she opened an Etsy shop where she sells original paintings. One of a kind stuff. No prints. All originals.




We too have become blog friends and when I told her what I was planning she offered to paint an original painting. Just for me. To giveaway to one of you.




I asked Summer about what she might paint and this is what she said . . .



I have such a love of vintage children's illustrations and this painting was definitely inspired by paintings of old. I love the idea of little animals gathered in a thicket of sunflowers sewing together. What could be more charming than a big mama bear teaching her cub the lovely tradition of hand quilting that has been passed down from generation to generation. "Quilting among the Sunflowers" is a one-of-a-kind original painted with acrylic paints on an upcycled 2' 3" x 1' 7" canvas. The border of the painting and edges are covered in scalloped scrapbook paper for a crisp finished look. "Quilting among the Sunflowers" will come ready to hang on your wall. All you need is a nail, oh and luck to win this painting.







The photos are the work in progress. I just can't wait to see it complete!!

Leave a comment to this post for a chance to claim it as your own. Comment before noon US EDST on Thursday, June 25 2009. I'll pick a winner by random draw soon thereafter. Only one entry per person. International entries welcome.

Good luck. Happy quilting. And wishing you some full circle moments of your own.

-dana