Vote and a winner!

First of all, let me share with you the finished top for my second "Color of the Year" wall hanging quilt, inspired by last year color (probably you can guess which color was that)

The Emerald pattern is available in my Craftsy shop.
And the pattern is not just for an emerald...
change the colors and you get a ruby, a sapphire or a black diamond!! :)
I choose to include also orange (to refer to 2012 color of the year) and purple (to refer to 2014 color of the year).

And speaking about this year Radiant Orchid...

VOTING is open for the Pantone Quilt Challenge! So CLICK HERE and vote for your favorite Quilts, Minis and Just the top! If you want to vote for me, that would be great... :) but there are so many other cool entries so go and check them out. Mine is the fourth in the Minis and it looks like this

(Just a reminder that also the Orchid pattern is available in my Crafsy shop)

And last but not least... the winner for last week giveaway (charm pack from my stash and embroidery floss) is...
Number 37 - Nicole! I will be emailing you soon to get your mailing information!

Have a Radiant, Quilting and Lucky Pi day :)

This may be a pretty confusing post :)

but there are many different things to celebrate in the next few days... 

so I thought to mix them up a little ;)

Things to celebrate:

- Pi day (3/14)

- Worldwide Quilting day (3/15)

- St. Patrick's day (3/17)

- 2014 Pantone Quilt challenge, Radiant Orchid (3/14 - 3/21)

So... let's start celebrating, quilting style...

**First**:

A little Pi block

(11x11 inches)

this is a very easy block so I draw it myself... but if you are interested in the block and you don't design your own blocks, you can find a similar one in Jennifer's craftsy shop!

**Second**

A little Shamrock to celebrate St. Patrick's day

(7x7 inches)

The pattern is by Trillium Design and you can find it on Craftsy... I resized the pattern to make it smaller.

**AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE**

My entry for the 2014 Pantone Quilt challenge, Radiant Orchid:

This is a little wall hanging (size: 17x17 inches)

I love scrappy projects... and I am pretty sure that one of the fabric I used is Radiant Orchid... I have no idea which because it's hard to see the real colors on a computer screen... but I used so many different purple/pink tone that I must have picked something that is pretty close to the real Radiant Orchid ;)

And a few close-ups and the back to see better the quilting... 

It's the first time I quilt with color thread... I don't know if I like it... it's easy to see the "mistakes" but I think it's ok, considering the fact that is one of my first time I try a design different than stitch-in-the-ditch :)

Follow THIS LINK TO SEE ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS... and in 7 days the voting will open and I will ask you to vote for me ;) (or a different one... there are amazing quilts/projects over there... but if you vote mine I would be very very happy ;) )

If you want to make your own orchid block, the pattern is available in my Craftsy shop!!

And if you buy the pattern before the end of April, I will also send you the pattern for the blossoms and the instructions to add the borders so you can create your own version of the wall hanging above. If you want the extra pattern, just email me your craftsy display name and I will send you the extra pattern by email (you can find my email address in the orchid pattern).

And to conclude this long post, a sneak peek of the next "Color of the Year" wall hanging... 

I decided to make a similar wall hanging for each year that I have been sewing...

I don't have much backlog since I just started last year LOL ;)

But I think it's a nice way of tracking my sewing progress and of decorating my sewing space...

So here it is: Emerald.

The completed Emerald wall hanging will appear soon on this blog... so don't forget to follow me ;)

And now are you still reading? Yes? Wow, then you deserve a prize :)

I offer this little giveaway bundle...
45 charms (5''x5'') from various fabric of my stash and some embroidery floss.

For a chance to win, just tell me your favorite color in the comments below!
Mine is blue... or purple... I don't know, I can't decide :)

For an additional entry follow my blog and tell me how you follow (in a separate comment).
The giveaway will close on Sat, March 22nd (10 am EST)

IMPORTANT NOTES: 

* comments are moderated, so if you don't see your comment is because I need to approve it... please one comment per person
* the giveaway is open to international entries
* if you are a no-reply blogger I am not going to publish your comment, plain and simple... no email, no chance to win. If you are not sure, just write your email address in the comment.

P.S. Last night I made a Cherry Pi(e)

and a (burned) Pi(e) crust

It is burned because I was doing some calculations for a quilt back :( :(  never "quilt&bake" :)