Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day

* GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED*

It's May 6 and that can only mean one thing - Sew Mama Sew's Giveaway Day! If this is your first visit or your ...nth visit, then welcome.

So that you get a quick flavour of what I make, here are some of my latest favourite makes!

I won't keep you as I know you're anxious to see what other wonderful goodies are on offer!

I am giving away this Chicopee and low volume fabric Modern Blockade cushion/pillow cover (pillow form not included), which features in the latest issue of ezine Fat Quarterly! It will easily fit a 20" x 20" pillow form.  The front of the pillow is the Blockade block surrounded by flying geese in Chicopee and low volume fabrics. The back is a simple envelope closure in Chicopee.

To be in with a chance of winning, here's how:

1. Leave a comment telling me what your favourite quilting magazine is.

2. Followers get an extra entry - you can follow me through Google Friends Connect or Bloglovin'.

I shall ship internationally. The giveway is open until May 10 at 5PM PST. 

Modern? Modernitional? Tramodernal?

Do you consider yourself a modern quilter, a traditional quilter or a bit of both? This seems to be a hot topic at the moment. If you're the latter like me then I like to refer to us as tramodernal.  At the start of my quilting journey I definitely wanted to think of myself as a modern quilter but as time has gone on I have become increasingly inspired by more traditional blocks.

I'm excited to share with you a project I worked on last month. Back in January, the Fat Quarterly team put a call out for people to take part in the next edition's designer challenge - to use a traditional block and make it modern.  I've always loved the Blockade block - a Civil War block, ever since I made this one.  It remains to this day an orphan and this is a reminder that I need to do something with it!

For the challenge I decided to make a cushion using some Chicopee and low volume fabrics. As I had a huge 22" cushion insert, I decided to go bigger and influenced by all the gorgeous medallion quilts being made, I added a clockwise 'circle' of flying geese - another traditional block which I only made for the first time this year.

Who would have thought Chicopee fitted in so well with our Moroccan floor tiles?

Issue 13 of Fat Quarterly is out now and it's full of seriously gorgeous tramodernal projects - and you can see how I made my cushion. So go have a look - you might be inspired!

Linking up with the Let's Get Aquainted Link-Up, which this week is being hosted by Kirsten.