Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Moda Blockheads Block #41 & A Moda Giveaway

Pinwheel Star
by Lisa Bongean.
To download her pattern go to her blog
by clicking here.


+ (Plus)
The winner of last week's 
Blockhead Mini & Hanger

and the winner is......
drumroll please.......

Mary Ann who said
"Love the block.  The little hanger displays it perfectly."
Mary Ann, if you will email Tammie at janpatekquiltsinc@gmail.com
and give her your snail mail address, she'll send your kit.

If you didn't win (and unfortunately we can't all win)
you can buy a kit that includes the hanger by
clicking here.



And there's still more.
The a chance to win a Moda Give-away.
Thank you so much Moda.
Each of the Moda Blockhead designers is having a giveaway this week (courtesy of Moda).
So once again, make a comment, any old comment
and I'll have the Random Number generator pick a winner
and announce it next week.


I'll be giving away fabric and an assortment of patterns from Lilac Ridge.

 For now, lets go see what the other designers have done with the Lisa's star and see what they'll be giving away.

Lynne -


Have a great week ladies and meet me back here next Wednesday for Week #42 of the Moda Blockheads BOW.


246 comments:

  1. I have 4 cardinals in my backyard. They are beautiful.

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  2. still using your fabrics....
    Merry Christmas

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  3. Please random number generator pick me. Love your applique.

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  4. You’ ve made me a needleturner! Thanks for the great appliqués.

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  5. Have a very Merry Christmas with good health and cheer! I am going to miss the weekly blog hopping when all the block patterns have been revealed.

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  6. I would love to win! I have never won anything! Thank you for all your appliqué help and tutorials.... I'm amazed at your generosity!

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  7. Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!

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  8. Have enjoyed the Blockhead Journey! I'm so excited to see the new block each Wednesday! Hope Santa sends me a new FL bundle too!

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  9. Lovely fabric. I have learned a lot from you sweet ladies this year. I still have some of your Porch Swing fabric that I have been coveting for years now.

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  10. Love your appliqué. I need to get started on a new one that I got of your a few months back! Merry Christmas!

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  11. Thanks for sharing all your appliqué tips they are amazing.
    Merry Christmas
    Ruth

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  12. This would make some great happy mail.. happyness04431@yahoo.com

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  13. Winning would be a lovely birthday present. Wishing a beautiful christmas and a happy new year

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  14. Wishing you all Merry Christmas peace and good health.

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  15. I'm Rat Ferré and I'm enjoying so much your appliqué blocks and all the sharing at the facebook page. Love your tips and videos. Happy holidays!

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  16. I love your block and plan to play catch up today with my Moda blocks.

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  17. I have enjoyed doing the Moda Blockheads. All the designs were fun and I learned so much

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  18. I followed through on my intention of making mug mats for the young ladies of a local group Home for the developmentally disabled. Paired them with a cute mug and I can’t wait to give! Thanks for all your inspiration ! quilter.56@hotmail.com

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  19. Happy Holidays to you! You've brought a lot of joy to a great many people this year.

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  20. What a nice prize ... and you KNOW that anything "Jan Patek" is my favorite ... ;-)

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  21. The fabric would go nicely with my lilac lane pattern

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  22. Merry Christmas to you and your family! This is the best time of the year! Hugs to all!

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  23. Love the fabrics, thanks, and happy holidays

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  24. My Aunt Joyce always made applique quilts. Your designs always take me beck to some good memories.

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  25. Merry Christmas and thank you for all the lovely blocks you share with us.

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  26. Looking for my next inspiration in fabric. This one is very pretty.

    Merry Christmas

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  27. My skills have improved from all of the tips you and the other designers have given during the Blockhead journey. Happy holidays!

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  28. Wow. What a nice surprise. Thanks so much for sharing. have a wonderful Christmas

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  29. Lilac Ridge is my favorite color palette -- purples & greens. Merry Christmas to you & yours!

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  30. Jan, your fabrics and designs are always so beautiful. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

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  31. I love your Lilac Ridge line--thanks to Moda for the great giveaway, and to you for the wonderful designs!

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  32. Merry Christmas. I look forward to seeing your new designs in 2018

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  33. Merry Christmas! Thanks for your contributions to the Blockheads!

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  34. Love your applique. Love the Christmas music and the grandchildren's Christmas concert.

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  35. Merry Christmas, Jan and to your wonderful shop helper Tammie.

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  36. Thank you blockhead team for giving us several months of fun.

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  37. Applique is my focus technique for next year. Time to stop stressing about it and just do it! Thanks for the chance at your giveaway.

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  38. Lilac ridge is beautiful. My favorite colors. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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  39. I love purple so your new fabric line really resonates with me! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  40. The blockheads have been really fun. Thanks for such a great giveaway.

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  41. Yep the blockheads have been fun Am grateful for all your suggestions on ways to do them that are easier for some
    Love the purple fabric - my favorite color!

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  42. Lilac Ridge is very nice! Have a nice Christmas!

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  43. I have enjoyed doing your Blockheads applique blocks, Jan.

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  44. Thanks for the blockhead team blocks. I have been enjoying them all.

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  45. Love seeing your Blockhead blocks each week. Thanks for a chance at a great giveaway!

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  46. Lilac Ridge is so pretty, love your applique designs, too. Merry Christmas!!

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  47. Lilac ridge is beautiful. Last summer we planted a row of lilacs going up the hill on the side of our yard. Soon I will have my own lilac ridge. Can you smell it?

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  48. I've definitely had fun being a blockhead (now to get them all finished!!!) -- thanks for all the work that goes into offering this group to us.

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  49. Merry Christmas to you and yours. I love doing the blocks, sewing for family and friends for the holidays. There is such joy and warmth this time of year.
    Smiles, Sue (parkssueellen@gmail.com)

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  50. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway. Merry Christmas!!

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  51. The fabrics are wonderful. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  52. Oooh, I'm drooling over this fabric line, my favorite color is purple and I rarely make and keep anything, usually I make and give but if I win this - it's really just for me, sorry to be so selfish on this one! lol

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  53. Hope you have a Merry Christmas with family, friends, and loved ones. Thanks for a chance to win.

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  54. Love the lilac in the Lilac Ridge group -- we don't get to enjoy that too often. Merry Christmas!

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  55. the fabrics look amazing. merry Christmas to you. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  56. What a beautiful line! Wishing you a wonderful holiday season with friends and family! Thanks for the chance!

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  57. Lilac is such a gorgeous color! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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  58. Lilacs make such pretty things and remind me of my Grandmothers .

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  59. Merry Christmas....It will be here whether I'm ready or not, :)

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  60. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY/HEALTHY NEW YEAR

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  61. We're from the Lilac Village...would love to win!

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  62. Best thoughts and wishes for all this coming year!

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  63. Love the fabrics in lilac ridge! Thanks for the chance to win them and happy holidays.

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  64. I love the Lilac Ridge fabrics. Greens and purples--these colors are always beautiful together. What a wonderful collection of fabrics!

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  65. Oh my goodness this collection just warms me up! Happy Holidays everyone. Have a beautiful and safe season.

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  66. Such pretty, pretty fabrics, and lovely patterns, too? So excited to have a chance at this! THank you!!!

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  67. Merry Christmas! I’ve been waiting for Lilac Ridge to come out!

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  68. Thank you for making me enjoy appliqué again. I love primitive.

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  69. I made two quilts for my granddaughters. Thank you for the wonderful designs and Merry Christmas!

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  70. Love your quilts and designs. always look forward to your designs. Happy Holidays.

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  71. Merry Christmas! I am enjoying all the inspiration from all of the designers and the ladies who are making the blocks! I hope to catch up and finish them soon!

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  72. Merry Christmas one and all. I am enjoying all the beautiful blocks in this series. I have printed all of them and will start on them next year.

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  73. I am really enjoying seeing all of the blocks. Merry Christmas and thanks for a wonder site.

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  74. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Thank you for all you do to help us out here in blog land.

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  75. I would like a new camper so me and my family can do things together next year.

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  76. Thank you so much for providing these blocks for us!

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  77. Oooh Lilac Ridge is so pretty! Wednesday release of the block has been a nice highlight all these weeks. I'll be sad when it end, but looking forward to a traditional strippy setting of the blocks. Allison C Bayer Plano Texas USA allon0711@yahoo.com

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  78. It's been a fun year! Have a blessed Christmas and look forward to what's in store for next year!!

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  79. Thank you for all the time and creativity that went into the blocks this year. It's been so much fun. Thanks also for the chance to win.

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  80. This would be a great giveaway to win...I'm a purple girl, and the Lavender is beautiful. merry Christmas.

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  81. Lilacs are my fabric flowers. They smell so beautiful. I haven't started your cardinal yet, but I can see making many of these birds for my friends next year. Happy Holidays!

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  82. Thank you for sharing your talent - the blocks have been wonderful. Have a very Merry Christmas.

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  83. Oh, a comment for you is easy for me! How I wish I can one day appliqué like you can, Jan!!! So amazing. Thanks for this chance and Merry Christmas!

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  84. Lilac Ridge would be the best Christmas gift I could receive. Have a wonderful Christmas.

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  85. Hope you have a most blessed Christmas!!

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  86. I love the fabric! It looks like hand painted china to me.
    Nancy
    eddnancy@msn.com

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  87. Wishing you a very merry Christmas!

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  88. I want to focus on improving my applique for 2018's quilting goal.

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  89. Love these blocks. Especially loved your Cardinal. Merry Christmas

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  90. What fun Blockheads has been. I’m excited to see the settings that everyone has worked out.

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  91. Lilac Ridge is such a pretty line of fabric.

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  92. Lovely fabric for a merry giveaway!
    I'm late to the party but I love that little hanger and cardinal block :-)
    Merry Christmas!

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  93. Hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!

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  94. Love Lilac Ridge! Thanks for the chance!

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  95. Blockheads rock! Merry Christmas! Love the Cardinal on a Berry Branch mini!!

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  96. Wishes for a joyous and peaceful holiday being sent your way Jan!

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  97. I have loved doing the block of the week. Great creativity from all..Yes also did Lynnes advent calendar for grandkids this Christmas..Thanks to all

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  98. Love the colors! Would love the chance to win the fabric bundle and the assortment of patterns from Lilac Ridge. Would also love to see what the patterns look like! Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas!

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  99. What a wonderful giveaway by Moda! This years seems to have flown by. Wishing you a Merry Christmas!

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  100. Merry Christmas and may God Bless you in the new year. Thank you for all the great blocks

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  101. My favorite flower is lilacs! Thanks for the opportunity to win!

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  102. Any old comment! ;-> Yes, I'm always a smart alec!
    Seriously, though, I love the Blockheads blocks, and the way that each designer gives them her own special spin.

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  103. I would love to win this bundle of fabric! Thanks for the opportunity.

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  104. Jan, I love the colors in this collection! I can't wait to see the prints.

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  105. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year!

    Charlotte

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  106. I am enjoying each of the blockhead's blocks. I was caught up at one point but then sewing gifts for Christmas got in the way so now I'm about eight blocks behind. But I'll catch up. Glad to say though that I have finished all my quilty gifts for family and friends.

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  107. Thanks for participating in the Block Head's event. I have really enjoyed following along. I hope to start making blocks over the holiday break. I also love the colorway of your new line.

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  108. I love making Christmas gifts and usually start in September. This year I made quilted items, embroidered towels, and soaps and crus rubs.

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  109. I’ve so enjoyed this whole Blockhead project! Such fun to anticipate a new block each week!

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  110. Love that little bird block--so adorable! Merry Christmas!

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  111. This has been a fun hop-along, all year long. Thanks for all your inspiration. Have a wonderful Christmas!

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  112. Happy Holidays to all you moda blockheads! Jan, thank you for cute patterns, great tips, and sharing your talents.

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  113. That fabric looks fabulous! Thanks for the opportunity!

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  114. How much fun the Moda Blockhead blocks are, I look forward to Wednesday each week. I especially love your applique blocks. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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  115. Lilac Ridge looks wonderful. Merry Christmas!

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  116. Jan ... have loved the Blockheads journey and getting to know all the designers ... have several of your fabric collections and patterns already but would love to add more! Thank you! Merry Christmas and God's blessings in the New Year!

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  117. Thank you so much for the fabulous Blockheads blocks and all your hard work! I just love them and thanks also to Moda for the contest! Have a wonderful Christmas and holiday season!

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  118. That's a beautiful fabric collection. Hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Nancy A: rangerer@sbcglobal.net

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  119. Thanks for the chance to win your lovely fabrics. Merry Christmas!

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  120. What lovely fabrics. It's would be lots of fun to come up with a special project using these fabrics.

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  121. Very pretty. Happy holidays! angielovesgary2 atgmail dotcom

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  122. Thank yo for the great giveaway and thank you for being such a great designer. I love your style! Merry Christmas

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  123. What a wonderful giveaway. Thank you and all the other designers for your time and talent in giving us the Moda blockhead quilt blocks each week. It was like receiving a present every week. :-) Wishing everyone a holiday season filled with happy moments that leave a smile in your memory for years to come. Merry Christmas to all!

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  124. Love Love Love everything Jan...Hope you and your family have a woderful Christmas!

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  125. Pretty block, beautiful fabric collection. Merry Christmas! 24Tangent@gmail

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  126. Love the mini quilts on your post. Nice for wool or fabric.

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  127. The variety of hangers that you display with these little blocks really add to their uniqueness. Thanks!

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  128. It is snowing like crazy here ---we WILL have a white Christmas! I am enjoying these Moda blocks.

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  129. Happy Holidays to you and yours. A fan from way back when. Terry

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  130. Lilac Ridge looks wonderful. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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  131. Wishing you and your family a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year.

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  132. Those soft colors are beautiful! Merry Christmas!

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  133. Merry Christmas, thanks for the chance to win

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  134. Random winner, here I come! (hopefully)

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  135. I have really enjoyed being a part of the blockhead group. Thanks for the giveaway. It will be an added Christmas present for some lucky winner.

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  136. MERRY CHRISTMAS! THANKS FOR A LOVELY GIVEAWAY!
    msstitcher1214@gmail.com

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  137. Very generous. Thank you. Happy Holidays!

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  138. Thanks Jan and all the other designers for a fun blockhead sew-along. Merry Christmas!

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  139. What a treat it would be to win these neat fabrics! Merry Christmas to you!

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  140. Love those colors! Merry Christmas!

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  141. Thanks for the giveaway. Love your fabric! Have a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

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  142. Thank you for your wonderful blog (not to mention the giveaways), I look forward to each time, and the colours of this giveaway are gorgeous

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  143. What a great way to start the new year with new fabric and patterns. I'm stitching like a fool trying to get the gifts all finished and wrapped. May 2018 bring you all that you hope for.

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  144. Enjoyed meeting you in person at your Open House in September! Would love to be entered in your drawing!

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  145. Lilac ridge is a beautiful collection! Purple has always been my favorite color. The scent of lilac and clover take me to the farm where I grew up. Thanks for the opportunity to win.

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  146. Thanks for the chance to win this fabulous fabric bundle and some patterns.

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  147. Love the beautiful lavender colours in this bundle of fabric. A fabulous gift for someone. Merry Christmas.

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  148. I always like your color combinations but this one with the greens and purples is one of my favorite❣
    Merry Christmas 🎄

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  149. I was going to say that I stitch ornaments for my friends each year only two more to be done. Plus snowman pot holder completed and posted. Working on a stitched cushion at the moment and would like to finish that today. I hope finish my sewing of gifts early next week. Merry Christmas.

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  150. Purple!!! I've been collecting purples for a few years. Planning an all purple scrap quilt.

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  151. I'm a sewing fool! Need to catch up on my blockhead blocks and your block of the month so I can start on your new kit I just got from Keepsake. I'm a new appliquer but your videos help!!!

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  152. Jan, I just love your patterns and kits! Keep them coming!

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  153. The giveaways are nice, but I look at all the blogs even without an incentive. I've loved this series.

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  154. I've loved this Blockhead series and am inspired by the different looks of each block. I would to win your great giveaway! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

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  155. Such beautiful fabric. I'm enjoying the Moda block head BOW.

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  156. I've loved this Blockhead journey. Thank you very much for doing it.

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  157. I so enjoy your gifted applique patterns and ideas.

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  158. Thanks for all your lovely patterns. I love the lilac fabric....warm memories of the various lilac bushes my grandmother had in her yard. So fragrant. Happy Holidays!

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  159. I'm almost caught up with all my blocks!!!!

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  160. I love Lilac Ridge and can't wait to order some.

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  161. WOW! So many comments. I love seeing all the blocks as you make them and the tips you give.
    Merry Christmas!

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  162. I love Christmas and Moda fabrics! Lilac Ridge is beautiful! Merry Christmas! xxoo

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  163. I have the Christmas sewing done, but still working on a baby quilt.

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  164. I have loved seeing all the blocks and made a few! Happy Christmas!!

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  165. Ooh pretty fabric! Would love to win it!

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  166. Wishing you the opportunity for a few quiet moments with a loved one. Merry Christmas!

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  167. You have stretched me with the handwork. I have loved it. Thanks so much and a very wonderful Christmas.

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  168. I have been bitten by the embroidery bug and am learning so much from you and your videos. Thank you for those!! Love your designs!
    I wish you a wonderful Christmas with your family!
    Carmen

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  169. Thank you for all your fabulous blocks. You are amazing!

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  170. Love the colours of this bundle! I’m making a quilt for a young lady and these would be perfect!

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  171. Purple, a very favorite color. Sister just did a
    quilt using purple & green. So pretty. Now maybe I’ll have a chance to use purple & green. Merry Christmas.

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  172. I love the colors in your bundle. It would be a nice change from all of the Christmas fabrics I've been using lately.

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  173. Love your contributions to the project. As a primitive fan, a lover of the art of appliqué, I have enjoyed your blocks. Thanks

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  174. Hoping all of you have plans for a Blockheads II!

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  175. Hard to think we're so close to the end. Seeing the colors in your giveaway could inspire me to do another whole quilt. Have a wonderful holiday season.

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  176. So many blocks to try! Gosh, just when I find one I really like, another one comes my way!!

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  177. Love the fabric, Thank you for the giveaway.

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  178. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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  179. Hope you are enjoying the Christmas season. All the best to your family from ours.

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  180. Fabric is such a lovely giveaway and this line is so pretty. Merry Christmas :0)

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  181. I love the fabric choices in your block this week. I am enjoying seeing the variations in each block every week.

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