Rose Urn Wallhanging Winner

We do indeed have a winner.  It turned out to be a little more difficult than I thought though.

We counted up all the comments and new subscribers - no problem.

But then how to say who won since the subscribers didn't make a comment I could quote.  And I hesitated to put someones name or email address on the blog.

So we just emailed lucky #259 and told her she won.

I'm sorry everyone couldn't win but it you'd like a kit for the wallhanging we have a few in the store.  You can get one by clicking here.

Thanks to all of you who entered both contests.

We hope you had as much fun hopping as we did.

Last Day of Size Matters Blog Post - Almost

Wow!  We're at the end of the Moda Size Matter's Blog Hop already.

To get a pattern for the quilt Tammy Vonderschmitt of Moda designed using all of the block click here.

(Once I got there I had to click on the page to get it to refresh and bring up today's post.)   It is an awesome medallion quilt - hats off to Tammy and Moda, of course. 

Just to refresh your mind, here's the block I made out of the Crossroads line

And the pillow I made out of the block.

If you missed the patterns you can back up to my post day, September 6th and download them.
If you want a kit to make the pillow you can get one by clicking here.

And of course, on to the important part of today's post - the give-away.

The Random Number Generator has chosen Nancy who commented

"NancySeptember 6, 2013 at 12:01 PM

I too, have learned that quilters have big hearts. Got a wonderful care package recently after a quilter learned about my husband being out of work and his surgery to remove cancer of the kidney. It touched my heart to realize that people care, even if they don't know you...wow! She had recently dealt with the same cancer in her hubby, so knew first-hand where I was coming from.
I like your pillow and block. Those fabrics are lovely and whomever wins them is going to be so happy.

Nancy, if you will email your snailmail address to Tori at janpatekquilts@yahoo.com we'll ship you your precuts.  And I hope your husband is recovering nicely.

And speaking of give-aways, we still have one to go.  

In case you weren't here the day of the post here's what you get and why.

In order to do the tutorial on Stems and Leaves using the center block from Eagles and Roses, I needed to have the block  done in several different stages.  No one wants to sit and watch me stitch and stitch - that gets boring.

What I've always wondered is "what to do with the blocks afterwards".  I guess I could make 2 or 3 fullsized quilts but that's probably not going to happen :).
So I came up with this idea.  I'll have a contest and give them away on my blog.

Here's what is included to make the Rose Urn Wallhanging - the center block in progress and all of the fabrics and pattern to finish it, along with the borders and binding.  It will finish at 46" x 46".

To be in the running to win it you need to go to my You Tube site by clicking here and subscribe.  

If you have already subscribed and want to enter just make a comment.  

I'll have the random number generator pick us a winner tomorrow morning.

Here is the block in all of it's glory in Eagles and Roses.

You may remember that I took preorders for the Eagles and Roses kit.  Well a few people have had things come up and can't take the kit so we have some in the store.

We also have had a few request to kit the Rose Urn Wallhanging.

If you want to buy a kit for the Rose Urn Wallhanging (and if you win the wallhanging we'll refund your money :) or Eagles and Roses - the numbers are extremely limited - click here.  

Tammy incorporated 4 embroidered words into her medallion quilt.......Well said, Tammy

The four corners needed applique or something 
to soften the black blob.  

My four favorite things came to mind, 
Faith, Family, Friends, and Fabric.  
My life revolves around these things and I need all of them in my life to function.  

Size Matters - Day 9 - Kansas Troubles & Aneela Hooey.

Boy - what a day.  Kelly and I took Zoie shopping for volleyball shorts, kneepads and headbands.  Luckily the school provides the tops.  How many of you have been shopping with a 13 year old girl?  I think we went through every pair of spandex shorts in the mall.  But we finally found some shorts that met her approval and the schools requirements, a couple of tops for practices, kneepads and some headbands that will work until we can find something better.  

That done, we had lunch at around 3:00 and came home.

So I want to back up a little.  

This is Linda from my Girl Gang.  Linda comes to the meeting each month, picks up her block, sits and chats for 2 hours but she never does any applique.

This month she brought a couple of quilts she's been working on.

The top on is crosstitch and is a King sized quilt.

Wow!

I thought it was a good day to post it, following Alma's blog post.

This one is a bit smaller but the embroidery is absolutely stunning.  The fabric is all French General.  We told her she could bring her embroidery from now on.  I think she just likes the fabric company.  

The Crossroads pattern for today is "Let It Snow".  They were supposed to be little snowman blocks but they grew.  

Quilts have a mind of their own sometimes.

And I just love Lori's quilting as usual.  Snowflakes in the snowmen

and squiggles in the trees.

The little quilt on special is Sunflowers and Scarecrows.

I need to take the dogs on their run and my walk so we need to get hopping.  One hop is quite a distance - Aneela Hooey from the UK - and the other just a half a state away - Lynne from Kansas Troubles.

If you haven't already done it, be sure to go back to my post on the 6th and make a comment for a chance at the Crossroads precuts.  

Then sometime before Tuesday morning, subscribe to my tutorial channel for a chance at the Rose Urn Kit (see yesterday).

Have a good rest of the weekend and see you Monday.

Size Matters - Day 8 - Blackbird Designs, Cotton Way, Stephanie Ryan - AND a new tutorial

The Crossroads pattern I'm featuring today is Eagles and Roses, a 7 month BOM. 

 Altogether the quilt is 98" x 98" and will probably be my Christmas quilt this year (if it's not out on a trunk show).

The center block is also the subject of 

 another tutorial since

 I've heard from a few of you that a 34" center block might be somewhat challenging. 

It will also cover a basic that we haven't touched on so far "Stems and Leaves".

To watch the tutorial, please click here.

In order to do the tutorial, I need to have the block I'm teaching done in several different stages.  No one wants to sit and watch me stitch and stitch - that gets boring.

What I've always wondered is "what to do with the blocks afterwards".  I guess I could make 2 or 3 fullsized quilts but that's probably not going to happen :).

So I came up with this idea.  I'll have a contest and give them away on my blog.

When I took the picture of the block and it's elements, I had decided to give the winner a Crossroads Jelly Roll and let them figure out the border.  I did change my mind about that and designed the borders so the border fabric will be included, not the Jelly Roll.  --- The small dog on the floor isn't included either.  :)

Here's what is included to make the Rose Urn Wallhanging - the center block in progress and all of the fabrics and pattern to finish it, along with the borders and binding.  It will finish at 46" x 46".

To be in the running to win it you need to go to my You Tube site by clicking here and subscribe.  

If you have already subscribed and want to enter just make a comment.  

I'll have the random number generator pick us a winner Tuesday morning.

Meanwhile we have some hopping to do.  Let's see what Barb and Alma of Blackbird Designs are up to.  I think Alma was making a lot of the blocks in the 6" size.  Then on to Bonnie of Cotton Way (hopefully she hasn't had any more bears in her garage)  and Stephanie Ryan, loved her roses as symbolic of remembering those lost on 9-11.  Beautiful roses and a beautiful thought. 

See you tomorrow.

And the Hop Goes On

Today is Girl Gang Day at Jan Patek Quilts.  The quilt we're making this year is the Pine Tree Ridge BOM out of the Fellowship line.

So today it's straightening the loft, 

going to the salon to get my hair done (I do quilts - not hair)

and getting the cake made.

This is going to be

a really yummy

7-Up cake.

and while it's cooling and waiting for the glaze

I'll hop over to see what

Joanna of Fig Tree, Malka of A Stitch in Dye, and Camille of Thimbleblossoms have been up to.

Quilting and eating - what fun.

Size Matters - Day 6 - Kathy Schmitz, Minick & Simpson, Primitive Gatherings

We are moving right along with this Blog Hop - 6 days already.

And I can't wait to see what these guys are giving away.  I'll bet I can't enter though - darn.

The Crossroads pattern I'm showcasing today is Snowbirds and StarTrees - another one of my favorite.

This is simply one of my very favorite fabric lines.  But then again, they always are.  Someone asked Linda once what her favorite quilt was.  "The one I'm working on - always" was what she replied.  She's a pretty smart lady, she is.

And the quilt kit on special today is "Autumn Kisses and Hugs"

The quilt is made of a combination of my fabrics and a line by Kathy Schmitz so I thought it was an appropriate choice for today.

Sometimes the picture on the pattern gets the colors right but sometimes it doesn't.  Color printing is a very mysterious thing to me.

I really like the fabrics in this quilt so I brought it down to the house and took some pictures that showed the fabric colors more accurately.

I found the "X" block at an antique booth at Festival in Rosemont one year.  I hadn't ever seen the block before but really had fun with the X's and O's theme.

I made Autumn Kisses and Hugs, Winter Hugs & Kisses and Garden Kisses and Hugs.

And once again, Lori's quilting just makes the quilt.

And speaking of Kathy Schmitz, lets hop on over and see what she's been doing.  She's at a Buggy Barn Retreat with no internet reception but things are preset to post -  God willing and the creek don't rise.  Good luck Kathy.  

Then, of course, we need to catch up with Polly & Laurie of Minick and Simpson and Lisa of Primitive Gatherings.

It's a great day for hopping.

And in the midst of hopping and blogging I just realized that it's 9-11.  

We hold in our hearts and memories all of the fallen. 

 God bless.

Size Matters - Day 5 - Kate Spain, Me & My Sister

And That's what happens when you don't read things all the way through.  Yesterday morning I got an "error" message when I was posting.  I thought it just hadn't saved the top part so I typed it again, but later I saw that it didn't save the bottom of the post either.

Here's what didn't post until late yesterday afternoon.

What it should have said was...........

"Now let hop on over and see what Deb and Barbara and V& Co. are up to.  Something interesting I'm sure.....and lucrative if you like fabric.:).  Just love the Moda give-aways."  

  Sorry ladies...... the computer ate my homework. 

Now for today - which will go a little more smoothly, I hope.

This is Cityscape, one of my favorite quilts this year.  (Of course, I kind of say that about them all :).)

Our youngest son Max lives in midtown Kansas City, Missouri - the Westport district - with his fiance Valerie and two of his sons Quinn & Cullen.  Westport is kind of the "arts" district of Kansas City and has lots of interesting shops and places to eat.

The sidewalks are lined with square areas of red mulch and round black metal grates with trees growing out of the center of them.  Stars are much easier than trees.  

And I'm not a botanist so I don't know what kind of trees they are but there are these round balls growing on them that have spikes all over them.  They're really neat looking.  I always pick some up to scatter on the farm but so far none have grown here.  Ah well.

Anyway, I do like the quilt and Lori did an awesome job of quilting it as usual.

And it's just the right size for their beds.  I'd say I'll have to make another one

but probably not until they're older.  Right now they'd probably rather have a Halo or Pokemon quilt.

That's not happening soon, believe me, especially Halo.  Maybe dinosaurs though.

Anyway, if you want the pattern or kit for the quilt you can get one by clicking here.  

(Max & Valerie will probably hang it on the wall.  Their house is older and has 12 foot ceiling so it would look great.)

The quilt kit on special today is Pumpkin Man.

And here is a picture of Cullen - the original pumpkin man - quite a few years ago. (His daddy always called him "baby big head") 

It's a good thing he doesn't read my blog or grandma might be in trouble. :)

Here he is this summer doing his Blue's Brothers imitation.  Isn't he great?  Don't I sound like a grandma?  My babies are growing up.

Enough of this foolishness.  Let's get hopping.  Let's run over and see what Kate Spain has been up to and what goodies she has to give away.  And of course, Barb and Mary of Me and My Sister are ALWAYS entertaining.  Love you ladies.

And don't forget to come back here on Friday for the next tutorial and a new give-away.

Day 4 - Deb Strain, Barbara Brackman & Venessa of V& Co.

First and Foremost I want to say what a great time I had meeting everyone and showing the Crossroad Quilts at the Crossroads Quilt Shop in Cameron Saturday morning.  We showed quilts, chatted and ate the cookies Linda and Marie made for us.  They were awesome - both the cookies and Linda and Marie.  The quilts stayed at the shop for awhile so if you didn't get a chance to see them and still want to, you can drop by and say hi to the quilts and to Linda and Marie :)

And for the ladies who wanted to come to Girl Gang Thursday at 6:00, we're looking forward to having you.  If you couldn't remember my email address just email Tori at janpatekquilts@yahoo.com and she'll send you directions.  Anyone who wants to get in on the applique is welcome, just let us know you're coming and what learning level you're at.

The Crossroads pattern I'm featuring today is the Snow Day BOM.  

It's a Snow Day for the schools but parents still need to go to work so the grandkids go to the farm.

I thought it would be a good quilt to follow the tutorial on Circles.  If you didn't catch it on the post Friday you can go back to it or click on the snowman head on the left side of the blog.

Now making the circles for the berry stems and the snowman basket mouth should be a lot easier.  At least I hope so.  The snowman mouth uses 3/4" mailing tabs, by the way.

And here are Brooke, Gabriel and Lilly (3 of Brian's 4 kids).  Brooke is the one in the yellow hat because "lellow" is her favorite color.  She just turned 3.

And the 3 on the toboggan are Cullen, Quinn and Aidan (Max's boys).  The original 3 on a toboggan in Snowbound were Brian, Kelly and Max.

Obviously I make them mine but I do invite you to make the quilt your own by adding or subtracting the number of kids or grandkids.  

You can order the pattern or one of the few kits we have by clicking here.

The quilt kit we have on special today is Sunflower Daze.  We're in the middle of them here in Missouri but Pumpkin Days aren't far off  :)

And That's what happens when you don't read things all the way through.  I got an "error" message when I was posting.  I thought it just hadn't saved the top part so I typed it again, but now I see that it didn't save the bottom of the post either.
What it should have said was...........

"Now let hop on over and see what Deb and Barbara and V&Co. are up to.  Something interesting I'm sure.....and lucrative if you like fabric.:).  Just love the Moda give-aways."
I'll put this at the top of tomorrow post too.  Sorry ladies...... the computer ate my homework.  It took out all my links.  

Size Matters - Day 3 - Sandy Gervais, Pat Sloan and Me!

This time I got an easy one - thanks Lissa.  

We're supposed to talk about why size matters and .....

  the size of your heart always matters.

Nuff said.  :)

These are 6" (finished) hearts and 6" (finished) squares making up a 9-patch heart block.

To download the instructions to make your own block click here and here.

 Heart 9-Patch Pillow

I was torn between making the block into a small wallhanging or a pillow.  Obviously, I chose the pillow.  I love to change the quilts and pillows on my couch.  Hearts don't just need to be around on Valentine's Day - they're important all year.  To download the instructions to make the pillow, click here.   

If you'd like a kit to make the pillow we have a few in the store.  Just click here.

The little quilt on special today is "The Witch is In".  It's getting close to Halloween so it's pretty appropriate but as I've always said, "This isn't a Halloween quilt, it's a statement quilt."  :)

I do occasionally feel (and maybe act) like one - but not very often, I hope.  It's a really good quilt to hang on the door on one of those days.  :)

It's also one of the quilts I used in my new tutorial on how to applique circles, all sizes of circles - big ones like the moon and small ones like her eyes.  If you'd like to learn more about appliqueing circles or just want to watch the tutorial for the heck of it, click here.  If you like the tutorials, please do subscribe.

And speaking of tutorials, we will also have a tutorial Friday - the lucky 13th  - on tips for appliqueing the center block from our Crossroads quilt "Eagles and Roses".  Be sure and come back because we'll also  have an awesome Give-Away that goes with it.

And if you're going to be anywhere close to Cameron tomorrow  (the 7th), I'll be showing all of my Crossroad quilts at Crossroads Quilt Shop in Cameron around 9:30.  Please come, I'd love to meet you.

Ok - now for the important part - giving things away today..

We've got a Layer Cake, Charm Bundle, Mini Charm and Dessert Roll  - Crossroads precuts.
Make a comment, any comment - maybe about things that have to do with the size of someone's heart.
But if you don't have a thought about that, just make a comment.
We'll have a drawing and announce the winner of the precuts on the 16th.

For right now we have to go see what Sandy and Pat are up too.  I can't wait.

Day 2 - Bunny Hill, Basic Grey and Sweetwater

Day 2 of the Moda Size Matters Blog Hop.

And while the size of this little quilt is small (only 28" x 28"), it's a big quilt to me because it's dedicated to my friend Sandy Gervais and her husband Bruce.

From My Heart

Sandy, Deb Strain (another long time wonderful person) and I are Moda's "vintage" designers.

We've shared many a Market together and I cherish their friendship.

Pep and Bruce have carried in many a load, gotten out their tool boxes and repaired booths and even helped Alma and Barb build beds resting on flower pots.

When I thought of this little quilt, it could have no other name than "From My Heart".  I'd post it on Sandy's day, Friday but it's my day to post too.  I'm posting a tutorial on circles that day and there aren't any circles in the quilt. 

Anyway, Sandy and Bruce, thanks for all of the good times and I look forward to many more.

Our Quilt Kit Special today is "Jack at the Gate".  Pumpkins are starting to show up everywhere.  I just love pumpkins.

Now to get a visiting.  We need to hop on over and see 

what Anne has been doing at Bunny Hill, then on to catch up with Rachel and Shara of Basic Grey and last but certainly not least, lets check in on Karlas, Lisa and Susan of Sweetwater.

Have a great day hopping and see you back here tomorrow.