Hi everyone!  I’m excited to introduce a new complimentary pattern, the Virginia Reel Pillow.  Virginia Reel is a quilt that I designed for the folks over at Fat Quarterly.  Most of you are probably familiar with that magazine, but if you are not, it is an online-only magazine that comes out 4 times a year.  Each issue is absolutely chock full of quilts, projects, interviews – with no ads.  It is really a great deal. 

For Issue 6, which comes out early next week, I designed a quilt called “Virginia Reel” in my Veranda line. I called it that because it is comprised of dozens of pinwheels that seem to spin between pairs of columns, just like dancers in a reel. 

Want to take a peek?

Hop on over to Fat Quarterly’s blog to download the pattern for the complimentary coordinating pillow, or, if you would prefer a traditional pdf to google docs, you can download it here.

The columns and rows upon which the pinwheel hangs wrap around to the pillow back!

Yes.  I used more Doodlebug buttons for the back.  Buttons with stripes!  Can’t get enough of them.

I’m giving away my sample of the pillow right here!  I so enjoyed reading your comments last week about favorite handmade gifts you have given others, so to be entered in this giveaway leave me one comment on this post (only one please) telling me your favorite handmade gift you have been given.  Remember to leave me a way to contact you should you win.  And please become a follower, if you aren’t already.

The deadline is this Friday the 29th at midnight.

Good luck and happy sewing everyone!

Amanda

#s 27 and #28. Can you believe it? What are the odds that the random number generator would select consectutive numbers?

The 27th entry is Jane, who said…
My best was my last one, a baby quilt. It was just a panel with pretty borders added, but it turned out so stinkin cute! I outline quilted the little animal scenes in the panel and did daisies and loops in the borders. Hope the mother liked it as much as I did!

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The 28th entry is SewingMom2Three, who said…
The best handmade gift I ever gave was a hand painted Christmas village that I painted for my Mom when I was in high school. She had no idea I was painting it and I managed to keep the whole thing a secret from her. It was so fun to see her surprise when she opened it on Christmas!

Contact me so you can claim your flowers and patterns!

I so enjoyed reading all of your messages and stories. For me, this was my favorite giveaway ever. Thanks to everyone who commented.  If you commented early on or didn’t have a chance to read through the messages at the time, take a second and peruse them. They’ll warm your heart!

Happy sewing!
Amanda