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toot! toot!...

...Announcing the patchwork square giveaway winners:

Colette from Poppy Cottage

and

Jessie from Inside the Paper Box

Congratulations to both of you and I hope you have fun with the squares! I felt very moved by the comments you all left -- must have been all that talk of baby quilt projects which made me so gushy! (And thank you Miss Holly for the poem you included in your comment!) I honestly wish I could send you all a packet of these patches and then, of course, see what you make with it!... If I have enough squares left to make more packets, I was thinking that I would maybe list them in my Etsy shop...

And now I thought I would toot my own horn and share this little discovery with you... A few days ago, a friend told me that she was flipping through the latest issue of Chatelaine, a Canadian woman's magazine (a bit like Better Homes and Garden), and came across a photo with one of my patchworks in it... So, I quickly rushed out and got myself a copy and, sure enough, there it was... a patchwork coverlet I made and sold about four years ago now... How fun is that?!

a purge and a giveaway...

...since it's been cold and rainy in Vancouver in the last little while (today we finally had more sun than clouds so I'm desperately hoping that this dismal system is finally behind us!), I decided to retreat into my basement work space to do a bit of a cleanup. (I honestly think that I spend more time folding and organizing my fabric collection than actually working with it -- perhaps it has something to do with the sheer extent of it?!)

While digging in a long-forgotten corner, I came across a a few boxes containing fabric squares which I had cut several years ago when I use to sell a lot of patchwork baby blankets at farmer's markets. I cut these about 4 1/2 inches square, from a yummy assortment of vintage cotton and 50/50 percale sheeting (some more gently used than others), pillow ticking and prints, as well as newer fabric. Given that I just don't think I will get around to using these in quite a while (and I desperately need more space for things!), I thought I would offer some of these up to you in the form of a giveaway -- at least one packet, about 1/2 lb or about 120 squares (possibly more than one packet depending on your response!) in a similar assortment to the one pictured in these photos. So if you're in the mood to make a little quilt, cushion or simply add a lot of pretty different prints to your stash, just leave a comment here before next Thursday (June 10).

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Good luck!