Thanks to everyone who entered the Giveaway for the Cupcake Pin Cushion!  Winner is announced at the end of this post.  Several of you commented that it was hard to spot the error since the picture of the corrected one was rotated – thus making it hard to compared the two.  Of course, I did that on purpose to make it a bit more challenging!  See the picture below for the solution.

As you can see, I had three squares that weren’t in the correct place.  This caused the small triangles in the upper middle to be mismatched with their appropriate color.  The squares were ripped out and re-sewn, as that that seemed the easiest and quickest way to correct it.  See below for the corrected version.  Note, I have rotated it so that it is easier to compare the two.

Update:  Just realized I mis-labeled Square 3.  Square three should be the square in the lower left corner.  That one needs to be rotated so the purple triangle matches up correctly with the main design.  Luckily I did this correctly when I actually fixed the quilt!

There were a total of 7 comments on the Giveaway post.  A random number generator from Random.org was used to select the winner.

Congratulations to Emily Breclaw of The Caffeinated Quilter, who posted the third comment!

Keep it Thimble!

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest!  I am on a business trip right and and am blogging from the hotel room.  I will keep you in suspense for a few seconds longer though – the winner will be announced at the end of this post!

Traveling can be fun anytime, but it is even better when the Company puts you up in a nice hotel.  This time I had the pleasure of staying at the Westin.  In addition to their very comfortable beds and pillows – they had something I’ve dreamed about – a double shower head!

Now before you think I am getting a little too excited over this, imagine yourself with the water as hot as you want, no one interrupting you, taking as long as you want, and then add the luxury of a double shower head!  I will miss you my friend.

Also, I don’t have time to write a full review for these right now, but I bought these two books and highly recommend them.  The first one is called “Let’s Draw Cute Plants and Animals” by Sachiko Umoto.  It’s a fun little book that shows you how to make some very nice illustrations.  Although, it’s geared towards children, adults will enjoy it as well.  I picked this up so I can start improving on my drawing skills (necessary for some of the patterns I am working on).

The second book is the “Quilter’s Academy – Vol 3” by Harriet and Carrie Hargrave.   As you recall, I posted a review of Vol 1 awhile back and am pleased to say the Vol 2 and Vol 3 are just as interesting and educational.  I am still working through some of the techniques in Vol 1, but find these are all good reference books for any quilting questions I have.

Now to announce the winner!  I had 13 entries (all of them recorded in the comments) so I used a random number generator to pick which comment was the winner.  I am pleased to announce it is comment #8 – Sandi H!

Congratulations Sandi!  Please email your address at keepitthimble@gmail.com and I will get it in the mail this weekend.

Keep it thimble!

Amy Barickman of Indygo Junction is one of my favorite designers.  She creates awesome patterns and designs fabric for Red Rooster Fabrics (Simply Spooky is probably my all time favorite Halloween fabric).

Stitchin’ Thyme mentioned that Amy is having a giveaway (thanks Jennifer!) and of course I had to enter.  In order to share the love (and increase my chances to win) I am sharing this with you.  If you want to enter to win some of Amy’s fabric and her latest Redwork Book, head over to her blog and enter.  Good luck!

Today is the first anniversary for Keep It Thimble!  I want to thank all my readers – you’ve helped me keep this going!  I look forward to doing this another year :).

Traditionally, you celebrate the first year with a gift of paper, but I figured fabric would be more appropriate. Here are a few things I pulled from my stash that will be given away to one lucky reader:

A Red, White and Bold charm pack, coordinating fabric (1/2 yard each), and a tomato pincushion (handmade by yours truly!).  To enter, just post a comment below – simple!  The contest closes at 8pm (ET) this Sunday, and a winner will be randomly chosen on Sunday night.