"I Love Home" Borders and Giveaway

My "I Love Home" quilt is coming together. Woohoo!

Today is the release of the border and sashing (the borders in between the blocks) instructions for the Jacquelynne Steves "I Love Home" Block-of-the-Month quilt along.

I laid out some of the border fabric with my blocks so I could get a sense of what my quilt will look like. I don't have every detail of the borders, but I can still see the overall effect. I think the quilt definitely shows off the pretty blue floral fabric that was the starting point for my fabric picking.

Check out my quilt so far below.

Obviously, I need to finish up Block 4 before I get started on borders. So in tonight's Facebook Live I'll be working on Block 4 instead of jumping into the borders and sashing. I'll get to those later this week.

The center square of Block 4 all by its lonesome.

Block 4 took a bit longer because I did more needle turn appliqué than the other blocks. But I'm getting SO MUCH BETTER at it. I'm thrilled! I was able to fully relax into the zen mode of needle turn this time.

Mission accomplished.

Besides getting better at needle turn appliqué, my other goals for this project were to try out the style of needle turn appliqué and embroidery together, to use fabric entirely from my stash, and to push myself with color in a way I don't normally do.

So far I'm very happy with everything.

I hope you join me tonight while I start sewing the rest of Block 4.

You can join me LIVE to watch the whole process during my nightly Facebook LIVE show, and you can watch the replays on YouTube. Note: My Facebook LIVE show now starts at 8:30 pm Central Standard Time (UTC/GMT -6 hrs).

If you’re already signed up to the Block of the Month quilt-along, then the borders and sashing instructions should be on their way to your email.

If you haven’t joined yet, here’s a link to sign up for the free “I Love Home” Block of the month quilt along. Click here.

More about the borders and sashing on Jacquelynne’s blog. Click here.

Also, check out photos of all the blocks people are making in Jacquelynne's Facebook group. Click here.

And check out this month's new giveaway!

This month's giveaway prize is a $25 gift certificate from Thermoweb.

How to win:

To enter to win, “Like” the Penguin & Fish Facebook page, and leave the comment #ILoveHomeQuilt 
on any of my Facebook Lives this week from Monday, December 4 - Friday, December 8.

Leave a comment while I'm live or after, during a replay.

Not on Facebook? You can also enter on my YouTube replays. Head over to the PenguinAndFishMovies Youtube page, click Subscribe, and leave a comment #ILoveHomeQuilt

Each evening I’m Live is another chance to enter. You can enter during my Facebook Live video, during the reply, or on YouTube.

The entry period starts in tonight’s Facebook Live (December 4) and will run through December 8th. I’ll randomly pick a winner on the 10th. I will message the winner next week and share who won during a Facebook Live.


To be notified when I’m on Facebook Live:

1. "Like" the Penguin & Fish page on Facebook for crafty live streams every night at 8:30 pm Central Standard Time. Click here to get to the page: http://facebook.com/penguinandfish

2. You can either remember to be on the page at 8:30 pm Central Standard Time, or to be notified, after “Liking” the Penguin & Fish page on Facebook, click the “Following” tab and make sure Notifications are set to “On”. Then click "See first".


Want more chances to win?

Check out the lovely people below who are also “I Love Home” BOM quilt along bloggers. Each blogger has a chance to win.

The Crafty Quilter

The Inbox Jaunt

Designs by Sarah J

Farmhouse Quilts

Podunk Pretties

The Quilting Nook

The Sewing Loft

Thanks so much!

xoxo - Alyssa


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