Cleaning Out, and Giving Away

First of all, if you haven't seen the new SHERLOCK on PBS, get a move on! It's phenomenal and Sunday's episode (# 2 of Season 3) is probably the best one yet.

NOW! I've been cleaning out and I have some things to give away. Let me know if you want anything and as long as you live in the US, I'll pay the shipping to get it to you. If you live elsewhere, sorry.

 Item #1 - TAKEN -, a quilted selvage bag, in browns. All it needs is to have the handles sewn on, and they have already been made. It's 12" wide, 13" tall, 4" deep, fully lined with an interior pocket.

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Item #2 - TAKEN - White denim, or cotton twill. 54" wide. There's probably a full yard and some scraps, the largest of which are about 20" square. This has not been washed, and will shrink. It's all cotton.

Item # 3 - TAKEN - A bag of felt scraps in many colors (dunno where the photo went), a bag of embroidery cotton in many colors, and patterns for several darling Christmas ornaments. These are all hand sewn, but I can no longer hold a needle, so I won't be finishing them.

Lastly, for those of you who have never seen any of my older traditional patchwork, check these out:
This quilt is not a giveaway.

This is a flimsy I made in 1983 or 1984, from patterns from a Jinny Beyer book. The blocks are 16" square. It's about 60" wide by almost 80" long.

When my son saw it he commented, "Gee Mom, I know you don't like brown, but you sure do know how to work with it."

So, comment away!

Calling 'Dionne...

Dionne, If you don't contact me by the end of the day, I will pick another name for the Bento pattern giveaway... Email me at darlingmillie AT gmail DOT com with your mailing address.

Thank you!

While we are waiting, here are some fabrics for a project I will be starting after New Year's.

And The Winner Is...

I'm waiting for an email confirmation...

Bento Rule Change...

OK! OK! OK! OK! If you want to be entered in the drawing for the Bento Box Pattern giveaway and you don't have a blog... you don't need one. But if I pick your name, I have to be able to contact you, and if you don't have a blog, I can't do that. So email me (address in this post).

And yes, if you live in Japan, you can enter. I said so in rule # 7.

Calling Anonymous...

Dear Anonymous,

You make quilts, you have five adopted kids. Email me at darlingmillie AT gmail DOT com and tell me about yourself. I will be happy to enter you in the Bento Box pattern drawing.

Want Bento?

Now that the giant Bento Box Quilt is on its way to its new home, I can move on to other things. After Christmas, I will resume work on my Alphabet Sampler Quilt. In the meantime I'm doing what every quilter does after finishing up a big project - cleaning the sewing room.

Since I made so many Bento Box blocks, the instructions are engraved in my brain, and I certainly don't need the pattern any more. So I thought I would give it away. You leave a comment, and I will put all names together and pick a winner. But there are a couple of rules.

1. You must have a quilting, sewing or crafting blog. I have to be able to find it when I click on your name and look at your profile. Cat bloggers are welcome too.

2. You can only leave one comment. No ballot box stuffing.

3. You must leave a comment on THIS POST. No exceptions.

4. The deadline is Friday December 12. When it isn't Friday anywhere in the world, the drawing will be over.

5. I will pick a winner on Saturday December 13. I will try to contact you by email the same day. If you don't have an email address in your profile or on your blog, (and I understand perfectly if you don't), then I will leave a comment on your most recent post.

6. I will post the winner on Sunday December 14, once I have contacted the winner. If I don't hear from the winner by the end of the day on Monday, I'll pick another name.

7. I will pay postage to anywhere in the world.

8. This is an authentic Bento Box pattern in pristine condition.

9. There is only ONE.

10. It's my party and I'll cry if I want to. That means I can change the rules.

Good luck!