Pinwheel sampler progress, I'm a winner again and an awesome coupon

Pinwheel Sampler Quilt-Along Block 7

All caught up in the pinwheel sampler quilt along. There's only one block left!

The quilting gods are smiling on me this week. I won one of the many prizes from Quilting Bee Blocks' grand opening giveaway! I've gone on and on about the fabulous Quilting Bee Blocks blog before, so I won't repeat myself. All I'll say is: If you haven't been there yet, go now!

I will soon be the proud owner of two adorable fat quarters from Darci at Stitches & Scissors:

(image from Darci at Stitches & Scissors)

A big thank you to Erin and Darci for the fabulous prize. Robots and stars... it really doesn't get any better!

In sale news... I checked twitter this morning, which I don't do often, and I saw this:

FatQuarterShop: COUPON: $10 off order! Expires Fri 4/16, midnight CST. Exclusions apply, see FB for details! Code "AprilCoupon" http://ow.ly/1xC3R

How fortuitous that Kimberly announces a coupon code on the day I get paid! Guess I'll have to get used to it, Kimberly says she'll be posting special discounts on Facebook and Twitter every Wednesday!

I got two charm packs (only $12 with shipping!), one Make Life to go with my Layer Cake prize and a Love U simply because of the cute owls and snails:

     

I've been drooling over hand-pieced hexagons on Flickr and Texas Freckles, so I'm hoping to make some adorable owl hexes for a pillow or potholder.

I'm a winner — and some hexes!

(more on that later!)

You know how when people win things they always say "I've never won anything before!" I always think that has got to be a load of ... well you know what. I mean how likely is it that someone has never won anything before? If you really think about it, I'm sure there's something you've won.

The point of that mini-rant is that I'm not going to say that today. I am only going to say I've won my first fabric giveaway! Many thanks to Claire of Claire's Chaotic Corner for the Make Life layer cake headed my way! I absolutely love the Sweetwater collections because they usually include a word print in a couple colorways. I'm an aspiring copy editor, and I work at a newspaper.. words are kinda my thing :)

Are you doing the Hexagon Quilt Along with Julie and the Old Red Barn Co.? I know Candi at Raccoon Creek Quilts is quilting along. I got an equilateral triangle ruler from JoAnn's (50% off! Gotta love those coupons) and got to sewing and cutting. I'm using Glam Garden by Josephine Kimberling for Robert Kaufman. I got all caught up yesterday, check it out:

we can just pretend that picture is in focus :)

Oh and I almost forgot — it's Tuesday! Hop on over to Jaybird Quilts for Julie's list of giveaways, and while you're over there, enter Julie's own giveaway, sponsored by the fabulous Fat Quarter Shop!