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Thank you to everyone who entered the Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Volume 8 Blog Tour contest through "liking" or commenting on my Facebook page or sending me an email.

THE FIRST WINNER IS:

Beth Talmage

(Please send me an email at marcia@happystashquilts.com containing your complete mailing address so that Quiltmaker's may send you a copy of the 100 Blocks Magazine.)

OTHER WINNERS INCLUDE: (These 15 winners need to go to my website at www.happystashquilts.com and click on the ALL PATTERNS category. Select your favorite Happy Stash Quilts pattern from the 40 available and send me your selection along with your mailing address to my email at marcia@happystashquilts.com.)

Darlene Huizinga Bulthuis

Marcia Mulder

Giddy Stokes

Liz Lucas Taylor

Paula Lopp Dalby

Debby Errigo

Laura McFall

Margaret Finnimore

Kerrie Duck

Linda Wayda

Allison Bayer

Barbara Pricola

Lisa Rister McGriff

Gladys Andersen Janssen

Sally Whiteside

THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO STOPPED BY MY BLOG FOR A VISIT ON THE TOUR.

HAPPY QUILTING!!!

Marcia

A great big thank you to the team at Quiltmaker's Magazine for selecting my Tree of Love as Block #705 located on page 24 in Quiltmaker's 100 Block Volume 8!

All of the fun whimsical circles were made using the plastic "Perfect Circles" by Karen Kay Buckley.

Step 1 -- Select fabric with small, happy prints.

Step 2 -- Select a circle size to fit your small print and use a marker to draw a circle around the plastic template. (I like the Frixion pens. The ink is removed with heat or friction.)

Step 3 -- Trim approximately 1/4" beyond the drawn line.

Step 4 -- Sew a running stitch midway around the seam allowance.

Step 5 -- Turn the fabric upside down and place the plastic circle on top of the wrong side of the fabric. Pull on the thread and the seam allowance will gather around the circle.

Step 6 -- Spray the fabric and circle with spray starch and press with a hot iron. (I cover my ironing board with a piece of scrap fabric to prevent build up or stains on my board cover.)

Step 7 -- Snip the thread and gently pull out the plastic circle. Give the unit another quick press with the iron.

Step 8 -- Your happy little circle with perfectly turned-under edges is now ready to be stitched onto the block.

Happy Quilting!

Click on the patterns or books categories listed above to see the entire line of Happy Stash Quilts products.

Hop over to my Happy Stash Quilts Facebook page to leave a comment or "Like" me to be entered into a drawing for a free Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Volume 8 Magazine or one of your favorite Happy Stash Quilts patterns! The winners will be posted here on Saturday. (Feel free to email me at marcia@happystashquilts.com if you do not Facebook.)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Happy-Stash-Quilts/216534581726302

Continue the exciting blog tour by returning to

http://www.quiltmaker.com/blogs/quiltypleasures/

Thank you Windy Moon for carrying my Spring into Christmas quilt pattern. Your bright and colorful fabric display certainly puts me in the mood for the holidays!

Had a wonderful trip to Pleasant Hills, CA, to meet with the NCQC ladies.

Heather Banks of Inventive Denim and my daughter Robin made the trip even more enjoyable!

Had a wonderful afternoon with the fun and ornery ladies at A Stitch of Country in Fernley, Nevada, during the Sierra to Sage Shop Hop! :-) What a goofy gaggle of gals!

Check out Kevin Womack's version of the "Spring into Christmas" quilt pattern utilizing Kaffe Fassett fabrics. What a wonderful twist to the pink and green version on the pattern cover. Thank you so much for sharing your fabulous work! Check out Quilt & Sew Studio at www.quiltandsewstudio.com.

A great big thank you to Quiltmaker's Magazine for selecting "All Abloom" from Happy Stash Quilts for their Fall 2013 issue of Quilts from Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks! Enjoy!