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Congrats to Mindy Peterson – the winner of the issue of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Collector’s Edition magazine!

I am working on a tutorial for tomorrow that you won’t want to miss.  Be sure to continue to leave comments!  I will be doing another Prize Drawing for four of my newest patterns.  If you comment before Midnight on Friday Nov. 13 you could be one of four lucky winners!

Greetings to all of the blog tour visitors – thanks for stopping by.  Look for Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks from Today’s Top Designers, Collectors Edition in your local quilt shop, on newsstands after Nov. 16 or purchase from Quiltmaker.com.

I was approached at market in Pittsburgh about contributing to the issue…I thought it sounded like fun and besides, the block wasn’t due until later in the summer.  Well, summer flew by and the deadline was upon me.  My husband chuckled and shook his head.  I guess I am pretty predictable in that way and somehow am always working against a pressing deadline!

I had just finished a project using the Frosted Memories line by Holly Taylor from Moda.  I loved the soft greens, reds. creams and tans.  I had bits and pieces left from a Layer Cake pre-cut pack, so went to work with that, determined to make it work as a scrappy block.

Here is a setting option using four Four Corners blocks – what a cute Christmas topper this would make!

Four Block Topper Yardage

Sashes:  1/4 yard
4 rectangles 2- 1/2″ x 12- 1/2″

Cornerstone:  Scrap
1 square 2-1/2″ x 2-1/2″.

Border/Binding: 1 yard
2 strips 4-1/2″ x 26-1/2″ for sides
2 strips 4-1/2″ x 35″ for top/bottom
4 strips 2-1/4″ x width of fabric for binding

The 100 Blocks magazine has setting options for larger sizes as well.  This is an issue worth having!

Prize drawing! Before you continue on, be sure to visit our website and be sure to leave a comment on this post and you will be entered in a drawing to win a copy of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks from Today’s Top Designers. The winner will be posted here on Thursday morning!

Follow the 100 Blocks Blog Tour daily Nov. 9-13 at quiltmaker.com/quilty pleasures for inspiration, ideas and giveaways galore!

There are some incredibly talented people on this tour – see the list at the Quilty Pleasures blog  for today. I hope you will stop back tomorrow – Wedneday is MY day on the Tour and I will have yardage and a diagram for a cute topper using my featured block.

In addition to that, I will be giving away one of the issues of 100 Blocks to a lucky reader! Be sure to leave a comment on Wednesday’s post to be included in the drawing!

I am so excited to be involved with Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Collector’s Edition and tomorrow is the first day of the Blog Tour. Be sure to check out  Quilty Pleasures – Quiltmaker’s Blog for the list of featured blogs for each day.

The magazine should be on the newsstands very soon – I’ve received my advance issue and it is definitely worth having!

I will be drawing for prizes and posting projects and tutorials throughout the week so be sure to comment here so you can get in on the fun.  I even have an issue of the 100 Blocks magazine to give away on my day.

You can find all of the details here at Quiltmaker’s website:  http://www.quiltmaker.com/100blocks.  Be sure to bookmark it so you can see which blogs are featured that day.  We will all be doing something special on our featured day and through the week too.  My day is Wednesday November 11th – you just might be a lucky winner!

Mary Wilberg is the featured designer for Day 10 of the Minnesota Designer Blog Hop. Visit her blog to see the special Grommet Demo she has planned! Be sure to leave a comment there~!

Wow!  This blog hop has been quite an adventure – thank you all for your dedicated attention!  I will be putting names in a hat this weekend for the Great Expectations book drawing.  Look for an announcement early next week!  The Grand Prize drawings will take a bit more organizing and coordination on the designers part.  We will post information about that this weekend.

Don’t forget to leave a comment here so you can also be included in the drawing for my Great Expectations book!  If you are just making it to the blog hop today, you can still be a part of it and be eligible for the great prizes. Just go to my Half-Square Triangle Tricks post and add your comment at the bottom.  In order to be included in the Grand Prize drawings you need to comment on all 10 blogs.  For a list of the Designer Blogs, click on the blog hop logo in the sidebar.

Jamie Kalvestran is the featured designer for Day 9 of the Minnesota Designer Blog Hop. Visit her blog to see the special project she has planned! Be sure to leave a comment there~!

Don’t forget to leave a comment here so you can also be included in the drawing for my Great Expectations book!  If you are just making it to the blog hop today, you can still be a part of it and be eligible for the great prizes. Just go to my Half-Square Triangle Tricks post and add your comment at the bottom.  In order to be included in the Grand Prize drawings you need to comment on all 10 blogs.  For a list of the Designer Blogs, click on the blog hop logo in the sidebar.

Shelly Stokes is the featured designer for Day 8 of the Minnesota Designer Blog Hop. Visit her blog to see the special project she has planned! Be sure to leave a comment there~!

Don’t forget to leave a comment here so you can also be included in the drawing for my Great Expectations book!  If you are just making it to the blog hop today, you can still be a part of it and be eligible for the great prizes. Just go to my Half-Square Triangle Tricks post and add your comment at the bottom.  In order to be included in the Grand Prize drawings you need to comment on all 10 blogs.  For a list of the Designer Blogs, click on the blog hop logo in the sidebar.

Terry Atkinson is the featured designer for Day 7 of the Minnesota Designer Blog Hop. Visit her blog – notes from Terry Ann -  she has a tote bag project planned! Be sure to leave a comment there~!

Don’t forget to leave a comment here so you can also be included in the drawing for my Great Expectations book!  If you are just making it to the blog hop today, you can still be a part of it and be eligible for the great prizes. Just go to my Half-Square Triangle Tricks post and add your comment at the bottom.  In order to be included in the Grand Prize drawings you need to comment on all 10 blogs.  For a list of the Designer Blogs, click on the blog hop logo in the sidebar.

Kari Carr is the featured designer for Day 6 of the Minnesota Designer Blog Hop. Visit her blog – New Leaf  Stitches -  she has something special planned!

Don’t forget to leave a comment here so you can also be included in the drawing for my Great Expectations book!  If you are just making it to the blog hop today, you can still be a part of it and be eligible for the great prizes. Just go to my Half-Square Triangle Tricks post and add your comment at the bottom.  In order to be included in the Grand Prize drawings you need to comment on all 10 blogs on their featured day.  For a list of the Designer Blogs, click on the blog hop logo in the sidebar.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sherri Falls is the featured designer for Day 5 of the Minnesota Designer Blog Hop. Visit her blog – Little Bits of This ‘n That -  for an embroidered pillow project.   Be sure to leave a comment on her blog and you will be entered in an drawing for a Sherri’s new Block of the Month Cobblestone Lane.

Don’t forget to leave a comment here so you can also be included in the drawing for my Great Expectations book!  If you are just making it to the blog hop today, you can still be a part of it and be eligible for the great prizes. Just go to my Half-Square Triangle Tricks post and add your comment at the bottom.  In order to be included in the Grand Prize drawings you need to comment on all 10 blogs.  For a list of the Designer Blogs, click on the blog hop logo in the sidebar.

Thanks for stopping by!  We will see you on Monday with the next Blog Hop installment…