Giveaway

It has recently come to my attention that I have surpassed 1000 posts here on my blog. I passed my blog-aversary in the fall and have been meaning to have a giveaway ever since, also in celebration of my most recent article in Quilting Arts. Better late than never, as they say.
I'm giving away a copy of The Quilting Arts magazine, October/November 2014 issue which has my article in it, a fiber art bookmark made by me, and a package of  Swatch Buddies which I discovered before Christmas and gave as little gifts to my quilting friends.

The Swatch Buddies are a neat little system of tags on a key chain to which you can affix fabric samples if you're going to the quilt shop looking for matches.

To enter leave a comment.  I'd love to know if you're currently reading a good book or have one to recommend. I will leave it open until Saturday 7:00pm EST.

Yesterday, a commenter asked if I wouldn't post more detailed pictures of the rocky piece, so at the risk of boring some of you, here they are.
 This is the bottom left corner.

 

The picture above is an area in the top right.

Since I had promised another friend, I went again this morning for a snowshoe. After the winds yesterday, there were lots of little bits of flora on the trail which I couldn't resist bringing home. I've added a couple of the pretty finds to my table center, a habit I got into last summer.

I rested up after lunch with tea, a blanket and a crossword puzzle for a while and then I passed some time working on the fiddly finishing touches for several of my pieces. My current label technique is to print out the labels onto printer cotton, cut them up and sew them to the back corner when I stitch on the binding. I like to add my signature as well.

 I'm connecting to The Needle and Thread Network.