Star trek ..to boldly go...

where I haven't been in a while...Let's do the timewarp again....


OK, So as I am sorting through all of my treasures packed away in the trunk.


Treasure trunk

I am finding these great quilt block sets ready to sew up into quilts. They were all made through Quiltnet/Q-xchg exchanges back when I was learning to quilt. I think back then I didn't know what to do with assembling and quilting larger quilts. I was scared of doing it wrong. I had mostly done small wall hangings. Now I am like , whatever, I want finished quilts!

I have 12- 24 of each of the following: 12 inch sunflower fabric star blocks, 12" Amish blocks, 12 " Hoffman challenge blocks(only 6 of these), 12 " black and white cat blocks, 12" Hoffman purple butterfly fabric star blocks.



I also have multiple sets of 9patches: 59 Christmas fabric, 24 Amish, novelty print, and a ton of other fabrics. Enough for at least 4 quilts. Oh also the one top I put together with 9patches, I just have to piece the back and I am already bartering for the machine quilting.



I also have 8 inch colorful pieced cat blocks. 2 border exchange round robin wall hangings-one partially hand quilted and in the lap hoop for the last ten years(makes a great decoration, LOL). I probably missed something but as you can see my goal for 2011-and I am setting it early - is to finish UFOs. These are all quilts I really want! Other then some vintage and a few family quilts I only have a couple wall hangings and 1 throw quilt I have kept that I made.


Romulan warbird, live long and prosper, Spot Data's cat, tribbles



But what I wanted to talk to you about today is the Star Trek blocks. I have a set of 20 blocks, many appliqued, all really cool, combining themes from original and next generation series. My dad has been waiting for this quilt for at least 16 years-yikes! I just saw the date-they were sewn in 1994!.



Starship Enterpise, original

 OK so I remember back in the day (1994-5) I had the Blockbuster Quilts book and I was going to do some awesome cool innovative setting. (Somewhere I have endless drawings).



Next Gen uniform, Picard sihloette, Entity(ST movie)

  I don't think that is me. I think I just want to sash them in black or black based celestial fabric. With a celestial border. I do have all of those celestial fabrics form the 90s. Heck most of my stash is from the 90s.




Speak Klingon?



transporter, feneration symbols, entity



Borg ship



shuttle craft



Romulan warbird



transporter

Have you figured out what each block represents yet? They are all really cool!  Gosh sewing together should be simple but how will I quilt it?

Keep dreaming...Colleen aka 'butterflygirl'

Giveaways and a winner!

OK so I did the random generator thing...


Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:     11
 Timestamp: 2010-11-06 21:01:13 UTC


Congrats Kelly!  Wait!  Hey!  That's my sister, a person who already has a Lucky Duck shirt and doesn't use fat quarters for anything. (Don't worry I keep her well supplied in handmade jewelry).


 So I clicked the again button and came up with


Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:   19
Timestamp: 2010-11-06 21:09:53 UTC


Congrats Joanne Lendaro!!! She said...


19 "Congrats on the 5 years! Wonderful picture of you and your sister!! thanks for the chance in your giveaway...."IF" by some lucky chance my name is drawn.....please give/send the shirt to MoeWest to give to her friend, sounds like she could use some of your wonderful positive encouragement! Thanks, you are a sweetie!! "
Thursday, November 04, 2010 7:54:00 AM


So generous Joanne!  MoeWest send me the size of your friend and either your or her mail address(let me know which).  I will include a special note and surprise for her as a fellow cancer patient.


Joanne!  You are the sweetie!  I will send you the fat quarters if you send me your address! 


Thanks again for all the wonderful stories.  It is so important to share!  It takes away some of the fear and anxiety associated with CANCER.  Yes we have to say the word and help those suffering heal with our caring.


PS  See my previous couple of blogs for some other giveaways going on including a GO!

PPS You can buy a Lucky Duck shirt from my Etsy store. All proceeds go to Relay For Life to help find a cure for cancer.

Keep dreaming...Colleen aka 'butterflygirl'

Another GO giveaway!

I just had to post about this great GO giveaway!  I know someday I will win one.  It's the law of averages. Right?  I mean ...give it to me straight.  Anyway its over at Lavender Ridge so check it out!

P.S. My giveaway is going on until I pick a winner tomorrow. Just comment on this post to enter.   I have a square in square workshop tomorrow morning so it probably won't be until the afternoon.

P.P.S.  Thanks to everyone who commented on my 5 year cancer anniversary.  I appreciated the cancer stories you shared.  It reminds us to "Just Live!"

Keep dreaming...Colleen aka 'butterflygirl'

Giveaway pics and an explanation

Found batteries for the camera here is the shirt and fat quarters picture. The pincushion and thread ends pan are for background.



I have to explain the whole Lucky Duck thing.  Once my chemo treatments were over I had a feeling inside me that I needed to find my dreams and as I always said "Just live".  I started checking off 'the list' in my head of things I always wanted to do but illness and shyness(I am very!) prevented me from doing.

First on the list was kayaking.  I had longed for a kayak for years!  I had researched them endlessly-its a thing I do, probably why I just finished my masters in library science.  The summer of 2007 I did endless trips to make up for the previous years of illness and no energy.  I tried kayaking in Beaufort, NC.  I LOVED IT!!!

Next came persuading Mom, Dad, and my sister Kelly to buy me one for Christmas, birthday etc.  I have loved it ever since.  But the duck part comes in on one of my first paddles in the lake where mom and dad live.  I found this dirty abandoned rubber duck floating in the lake.  I thought to myself as I fished it from the lake-"you really are a lucky duck I found you".  That was it.  Now that old rubber duck is the hood ornament on my kayak.  I take my kayak many places including my favorite lake in Canada.

 Rubber ducks became a symbol of my and the next chapter in my life.  I was the lucky duck and I needed to follow my dreams.  I started a Relay for Life team called the Lucky Ducks.  So full filling large dreams-setting up my quilt studio and small-singing karaoke, I am trying to "Just Live!!!" 

Thanks for entering my giveaway, make sure you comment on my previous post to do so.

PS Here is another giveaway, this one for scraps at The Child's Paper

Keep dreaming...Colleen aka 'butterflygirl'

Annoying edges and some Giveaways

Ok so I just finished using my first moda charm pack for a candle mat swap.  Is it me or are those edges annoying?  What do you do about them?  I sewed around them but then ended up trimming them.    Just wondering...

My sister Kelly and I during one of my chemo treatments.  Oh and Flat Stanley too.

BTW Friday is an important day for me.  It is the 5 year anniversary of my last chemo.  It is the date that is significant for me as a cancer survivor.  So I will be giving away a Lucky Duck t-shirt (see on the side) and three of my favorite fat quarters.  To enter write a comment below about how cancer has effected you.  I would especially like to hear any quilting/cancer related stories.  I have read so many great stories through the Bloggers Quilt Festival and it is time to share mine.  I will pick a winner Saturday.

I will post pics of the giveaway later when I get new batteries for my camera..oops. 

P.S. Go visit A Quilter's Place where Lisa is celebrating her 100th post with a Giveaway!

Keep dreaming...Colleen aka 'butterflygirl'