Gudrun´s World

Giveaway time!

Thank you all so much that participated in my strip star project. You are all rockin strip stars! The blocks started arriving late last month and they have all come back!!! Isn't that amazing. I put the quilt together this week and it looks awesome. It also came together really easy considering the fact that 30 different quilters put the blocks together from 4 different countries!! It is going to be quilted next week so it can be ready for it's debut in Portland next month. GREAT JOB GUYS!! I can't thank you enough. These are the quilters that participated and the countries they are from:

Linda Clark - Illinois, USA

Brynja Þórarinsdóttir - Hvolsvollur, Iceland

Gale Lavers - Newfoundland, Canada

Maryann Nieweg - Missouri, USA

Jill Hessler - California, USA

Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir - Hvolsvöllur, Iceland

Guðrún Auður - Hvolsvöllur, Iceland

Ann Maree Bieg - Moorabbin, Australia

Carey Colledge - Quambone, Australia

Jóhanna Björnsdóttir - Sauðárkrókur, Iceland

Arnheiður - Akureyri, Iceland

Eyrún Þórsdóttir - Akureyri, Iceland

Helga Guðmundsdóttir - Seltjarnarnes, Iceland

Helga Einarsdóttir - Reykjavík, Iceland

Vilborg Ölversdóttir - Reykjavík, Iceland

Berglind Snæland - Reykjavík, Iceland

Anna Bjarkadóttir - Akureyri, Iceland

Vigdís Sævaldsdóttir - Dalvík, Iceland

Þorbjörg Bjarnadóttir - Akureyri, Iceland

Sísa - Blönduós - Iceland

Kristrún Geirsdóttir - Akureyri, Iceland

Berglind Björnsdóttir - Blönduós, Iceland

Margrét Skúladóttir - Blönduós, Iceland

Guðrún Pálsdóttir - Blönduós, Iceland

Heiðrún Bjarkadóttir - Blönduós, Iceland

Þórunn Oddsdóttir - Steingrímsstöð, Iceland

Freydís Aradóttir - Kópavogur, Iceland

Fríða Ágústsdóttir - Hafnarfjörður, Iceland

Kolbrún Björnsdóttir - Selfoss, Iceland

Sigrún Jóhannsdóttir - Reykjavik, Iceland

To honor these wonderful ladies and my strip stars, I am going to have a giveaway for some Amma´s Garden Fabric!!! So everybody, post a comment about the quilt or the fabric and on tuesday, april 15th I will randomly choose two of those that commented and send them a bundle of goodness!!

Favorite Things

It is friday again! This week has just whizzed by, too fast. I am headed up north, to a cabin on sunday to do some sewing for a couple of days. We are planning to stay in our pajamas and work on new patterns for quilt market before spring break hits. I can't wait, I can get so much done when I am not interrupted by "MOM" "MOM" "MOM!!!" It is going to be great, I will give you some sneak peeks when I get back.

Just for fun I wanted to do a list of 5 favorite things. I get those e-mails all the time to list my favorite things, but that list changes with the wind for me. So I decided to do a list of the first 5 things that popped into my head.....of my favorite things.....today!! (It will probably change tomorrow!)

1. Cadbury's Mini Eggs: Oh, my, these are so good and I am totally addicted. It is very fortunate that these eggs are only available for a short time every year (kind of like girl scout cookies) because I would have such a hard time staying away! Whenever I open a bag, it is gone in a flash!

2. My Ugg slippers: I got these for christmas and absolutely love them. I wear them all the time in the house. The only problem is that they get bigger, the longer you wear them, so now they sometimes go flying off my feet if I am in a hurry.

3. Cashmere Mafia: This is the new show on ABC and it is hilariously funny. It is kind of like Sex and the City mixed with a little bit of Desperate Housewives, very funny. It totally has some great laugh out loud moments.

  4. Tivo: I don't know how I lived without this thing called Tivo. It is the the best gadget my husband has ever bought (he bought the super slicer from an infomercial). Now I have all of my TV shows programmed and watch then whenever I have the time....and I can pause live TV!! Unbelievable.

5. Shape Cut Plus: If you don't have this June Tailor ruler, go and get one. I have been doing a lot of cutting lately for this new pattern I am working on and this ruler is just the greatest. It saves you so much time when you are cutting. I use it every time I am working on a quilt, it's the best.

Tell me your favorite things in the comments. Have a great weekend.

Cutting for my Strip Stars

Thank you for all your great response to the Strip Stars project. I am cutting away now, making your kits  for the blocks. Yes, I am cutting everything for you so all you have to do is just sew! (you are little strip star brats, aren’t you?). I will be shipping those out next week, so if you haven’t sent me your address yet, but signed the guestbook, please do so soon, the e-mail is [email protected]

The color combination I chose for this quilt is purples, reds, oranges and yellows along with a nice beige. (click on the photos for a larger view) These are all out of the new line, Amma’s Garden. The line also has really nice blues and greens. I think this is just going to be FABULOUS with these colors. I was so excited about the colors when I was cutting that I had to make a block myself. I think it’s going to be really cute. I however think I will leave the multi colored backgrounds out of the center so we can see your signatures better. Don’t you agree? I really love how the stripe adds lots of fun and movement to the block. Tell me what you think of these colors?

If you still want to participate in this project, make a comment here on the blog and send me your shipping address. Remember, it doesn’t matter where you live, I will ship anywhere.

PS. Sign up for the GE Designs newsletter (link above and on www.gequiltdesigns.com) I will be sending out the first issue next week with lots of goodies in it.