Big Half Way Mark Giveaway for the We Can Do It! Skill Builder Sampler

November 18, 2011 Leila

I can't believe there have been 6 months of the We Can Do It! Skill Builder Sampler!

We started out by making sure we had the basics covered with cutting, 1/4 inch seams and pressing while making these blocks. (oh, how I miss the days when my backyard was green...)

We moved on to half square triangle and corner to corner sewing. Finishing up with some quilt math.

With all the different skills I tried to show many different methods for getting the same result. We learned the traditional, corner to corner and magic method of making flying geese.

Then we learned how to make 1/4 square triangles and played around with improvisation.

(I just realized I never wrote up the 1/4 square triangle math post...oops...coming soon...)

We tried out paper and fabric foundation piecing and started paper piecing.

And more paper piecing...oh how I love these paper pieced blocks! Why did I wait so long to learn how to do this? This is what the Skill Builder Sampler is all about! - just biting the bullet and doing things that we are scared of.

It was hard to get a picture of them all!

If you haven't been quilting along with the Skill Builder Sampler, now is a perfect time to join in. We are going to start hitting skills that even long time quilters might not have tried their hand at. Here is the schedule for the rest of the Sampler:

December - Applique (many different methods will be shown)
January - Curved Blocks
February - Wonky Blocks
March - Odd Shapes (tumblers, apple cores, hexagons)
April - Inset Seams
May - There is No Way I Can Make That Block! Blocks :)

For all of you who have been following along - THANK YOU! - it would have been totally lame and depressing to write all these tutorials for only one or two people. As a thank you and reward for participating in the Skill Builder Sampler we are having a Big Half Way Mark Giveaway. And because I want to motivate anyone who has fallen behind to catch up I have three different prize options. Everyone likes different fabrics and I wanted the prize to appeal to everyone.

For those who love reproduction fabric:

A jelly roll of 1862 Battle Hymn and one yard of Kona Snow.

For those who are drawn to brights:

10 fat quarters of Treasures and Tidbits and 1.5 yards of Kona White.

For sweet dot lovers:

8 fat quarters of assorted dots, a half yard of the pink floral from Snippets,

and 1.5 yards of Kona Unbleached (my favorite "white").

Any of these prize packages would be enough fabric to make a large lap sized quilt.

To be entered in the giveaway:

You must have completed blocks 1-18 in the We Can Do It! Skill Builder Sampler. A list of all blocks and links to the tutorials can be found at the link at the top of the page.
You must post a picture of all of your blocks on the Skill Builder Sampler flickr site or email me a picture of the completed blocks.
Then leave a comment in this post. Let me know what fabric package you would like if you are the randomly selected winner.

The giveaway closes on Friday, December 2nd at 7:00 am Central Time, at which time a randomly selected person will win the fabric package of their choice. That gives you two weeks to catch up. Totally do-able. :)

You Can Do It!