Needles and Pens

This week I sewed the binding on the scrappy baby quilt so beautifully quilted by Marcia of Marcia's Crafty Sewing & Quilting Blog . (Lucky me, to be the winner of her Scrappy Quilt Challenge -- her quilting was the prize!) All freshly washed and crinkly... I love it! Inspiring swirls! All done, and ready to snuggle... You can see all the details on this quilt in my earlier post here , and/or at Marcia's blog here , where she shared lots of great pictures of her quilting process. What a wonderful experience this has been! :o) Linking up this week at: Amylouwho's Sew & Tell Friday Finish it Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts TGIFF, being held this week at Quokka Quilts , and Minutes for Me at Marcia's -- because I truly enjoyed every minute working on this quilt!

I've been a little under the weather for the past week or so, but now that I seem to be bouncing back a bit, I wanted to share one of the brighter spots in my week -- my scrappy baby quilt is back home! This is the quilt top I made for Marcia's Scrappy Quilt Challenge back in December. I was so excited to have my name drawn and to have my top quilted by Marcia. It was a cute little top, but nothing special really -- until Marcia worked her magic... It's gorgeous! I'm loving every detail, such as the little butterflies that she incorporated into the swirl design... I had asked her to stitch her name into the quilting, but she really surprised me with this, "Made by Heather, Quilted by Marcia, 2012." And as if the beautiful quilting weren't enough, Marcia also sent me some of her lovely note cards and postcards . Aren't they pretty? I have been truly spoiled. The quilting photos above are only a few of the many Marcia took through...

I just checked my email and got some fantastic news... I won the scrappy challenge drawing at Marcia's Crafty Sewing & Quilting blog!! Which means Marcia will be doing some of her fabulous quilting... ...on my scrappy quilt top!! Woohoo! I'm SO excited!! I've never had one of my tops professionally quilted, so I just can't wait to see how it turns out. Thanks so much, Marcia!! You made my day!! :o)