Wedding Cake to boot!

I have been very busy in my spare time, preparing a Bridal Shower for one of my co-workers. The shower will be held on Friday, August 29th. It's a suprise to the Bride-To-Be. Anyway, I wanted to do something creative so I made a three tiered wedding cake. Take a good look at it. It is made out of bath towels. What Bride doesn't need two bath towel sets? This way, she will be getting two gifts in one.

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!!

I thought it would be interesting to let my Rat Terrier, Musket, join the fun. I placed all the entries on my bed and Musket picked out the winning entry.

Drum Roll please! And the winner of this GIVEAWAY is.........Julia. Congratulations, Julia! Thanks for sharing your comment and a picture of your first quilt. I will get your package out very soon. Thank you, Musket, for helping Mama pick out the winner. That was a very hard task but someone had to do it.

Thank you to eveyone who commented on my blog. I had a total of 49 entries and loved each and every comment. Wow! Many of you started out by doing hand quilting but it seems as though we are using our sewing and quilting machines today. Such interesting stories and some beautiful first time quilts out there! Thank you again for sharing! This makes me want to quilt even more.

Boxy Star Quilt begins along with my first GIVEAWAY!

Wow! I'm still alive! It's been a month since my last post. I've been very busy trying to get all of my odds and ends done around the house before making a jump into quilting. With that said, along came the Olympics and my quilting got put on the back burner. I love the Olympics: from the opening ceremony to swimming, gymnastics, etc. I love it all! How exciting to see history be made right in front of my eyes. Michael Phelps took home 8 gold medals. Congratulations, Michael! Thank goodness the Olympics ends on Sunday. I have been so deprived of sleep. I watch the Olympics until 1:00 AM and must be at work by 7:30 AM. What can I say...the Olympics only happens every 4 years.

Well, I wanted to share my beginnings with you...my Boxy Star Quilt. I have completed 4 quarter squares to make a larger square. Above is a posted picture of it. I didn't think my color scheme would look right but since I pieced one square together, I am really liking this. It took me forever to start my quilt. Thanks to Diane who sent me a Rotary Cutting Book, I am now couragious enough to continue with my quilt. This book is so wonderful. It taught me how to use my rotary cutter with no cuts. THANK YOU, DIANE! You're a doll!

Since I started my first quilt, I thought it would be fun to have my first GIVEAWAY. To be eligible, all you have to do is blog to me and tell me the name of your first quilt with a brief description. Your name can only be entered into the drawing once unless you go the extra mile and send a picture of that first quilt to me; your name will go into the drawing three more times with a picture which could give you a total of four entries. This GIVEAWAY will end fast so start blogging. The deadline is Friday, August 22, 2008 at 8:00PM (PST). What is the prize??? Let's just say it's a mystery but it is sewing related. Good Luck!