Did You Win?

I wish I could send a copy of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks to each and everyone of you who commented on my last blog post.  You made me feel so good about my block and the 3rd setting that I was not crazy about.  I also think a lot of you will be making Mug Rugs for holiday presents. (I know I will.)

The 2 winners are Narelle and Lori (quilting lady).  e-mail me with your addresses so I can send out your magazines.  (oyveyquilts@yahoo.com) Congrats!! You will love this magazine.

And remember that on November 21st, Thursday, I will be participating in the Quilting Gallery blog hop giveaway.  I will be choosing one commenter to whom I will send some dupioni silk from my etsy shop. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Blog Tour

I am so excited to be  part of this block blog tour. This is the second consecutive time that one of my blocks has been included in this magazine.  Last time my block was called "Beach Cabanas" and I designed a great summery beach quilt  to go along with my block.  You can see it here.

It is truly rewarding to be one of the few Judaic quilt pattern designers.  A bunch of my patterns are published under the name of OyVey! Quilt designs.  You can see them on my website: www.cheryllynchquilts.com/patterns .  And now I can share a  dreidel pattern published in the newest issue of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks, Volume 8, called "Dancing Dreidels". It is 12" finished.

It is a paperpieced block  that would be perfect to make into a quilt for Chanukah, or it can be used as part of a wallhanging.  Here are some sample layouts.

This third block set was my original planned set.  The idea was that rotating each dreidel  block 90 degrees, pointing towards each other would make the dreidels  look like they were spinning. But, you can see that the dreidels are unrecognizable! Thumbs down for that idea.

The dreidels can also be used as singletons for cornerstones, or how about as Mug Rugs?

 These would be perfect to pair with some Chanukah gelt!

Be warned: if you are going to use "Dancing Dreidels" for a Chanukah gift, you better get stitching.  This year, Chanukah starts the night before Thanksgiving. That's less than 2 weeks away. 

This confluence of the holidays won't happen again for 70,000 years.

 

Now the fun! We will be giving away 2 copies of this magazine that won't be available in the quilt shops until Nov 19th.  So you could be the first one to have a copy. You can get the directions for my block plus 99 other blocks from some of the best designers around.  Quiltmaker is giving one copy away and I will be sending  a signed copy.  You just need to leave a comment  on my blog before Sunday, Nov 17th at midnight, EST.  I will post the winner as soon as I wake up the next day, and let me tell you that I am an insomniac. Please check back to see if you won or sign up with Bloglovin' (see below) to be notified.  You can see some of the other designer's blocks and submit a comment to try and win a copy by visiting Quiltmaker's blog called Quilty Pleasures.  Click here.

 

And there is more good news.  Starting Nov 21st, I will be participating in another blog giveaway.  Michele Foster's Quilting Gallery is hosting a thank you blog hop party.  We want to thank all of our readers.  Each blogger that is participating will have a giveaway.

 After noon, visit her Quilting Gallery and check out all the blogs.

 



Moving On

Today was my last teaching gig until March 2014. It was at Steve's Sew N Vac in King of Prussia, PA.  I taught a class based on one of my OyVey! patterns, A Merry Menorah.

 

  I have never taught this class and it was so much fun.

There is not much time until Chanukah, so time was of the essence.

 

 I do love teaching, especially sharing what I know with other quilters. The bonus is meeting so many different women and making friends through something we all love to do - quilting.  But teaching is time consuming and now I look forward to spending time in my studio starting some new projects that have been on my drawing board.  But, you'll still see my designs around.

 

The newest issue of Quiltmaker's 100 Quilt Blocks, Vol 8 is ready to ship.  This will be my 2nd time in this very fun magazine.

 

My block is called "Dancing Dreidels". 

The blocks are paper pieced and the pattern is in the magazine.

I will be part of a blog tour to promote the magazine.  There will be lots of give-aways, including issues of the magazine.  The tour starts runs from November 11-15. My day is  the 15th and I'll have my own give-away in addition to the magazine's.  So make sure you stop back.

Click here to find out more