Thursday, September 20, 2012

Gone Dotty!


I am lucky to be one of the blogs posting on the LAST day of Sew We Quilt's Dots on Dots blog hop. Thanks so much to the fearless leader of this blog hop and many others, Madame Samm, and the cheerleader/hostess, Corrie of QuiltTaffy--it's been so much fun following along and seeing everyone's dotted creations!

Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of this post to enter the giveaway!
The giveaway is now closed. Thank you for visiting!

My initial thought was to do bowtie blocks. It seemed a perfect fit for polka dot fabrics! I made this small quilt using dotted fabric from my stash and a white-on-white circle print. I quilted it 1/4" from each horizontal and vertical seam line. I love how this turned out, but since I'd wanted to do a quilt made of small blocks, I really wasn't following the rules about block size for the hop.

So I went back to my stash again and came up with this:
It is very bright and cheery. And hurts the eyes a little bit, I think! 

Log cabins (both wonky and traditional) are my go-to block. They're easy, they're fun, and pretty much any fabric looks great in the pattern. 
Every fabric in the quilt, except for the sashing, is from my stash. And I still have enough dotted fabric left to make two more quilts this size, easily. Scary! :) 

Here's a close-up of one my favorite blocks:


Here you can see my sashing audition. I wanted a black and white dot fabric and could only find this optical illusion print. I bought 1 yard and decided I'd make it work, because the blocks definitely needed something DARK to separate them. A place to rest the eyes between each bright block. 
I decided that I preferred the uniform smaller dot size for the sashing, so I fussy cut sashing rows and reserved the fussy-cut larger dot strips for the outer border. 

Here it is with the outer border, which provides a good frame. 
I won't even try to claim that the outer border offers an opportunity to rest the eyes! :)

After I machine quilt this, I'm going to send it off to Margaret's Hope Chest. I hope it will make someone in need happy and warm!


If you're not going dotty yet, here's one more dotted quilt, a top that I made earlier this summer. 
 Read more about it here.

Thanks so much for stopping by to see my dot-filled projects! Make sure to visit the other blogs showing off projects today:

*The full schedule for the dots on dots blog hop can be found by clicking here.

Oh yes, and the GIVEAWAY!!!

I am giving away my little bowtie mini quilt AND a charm pack of Amy Butler's Spots (seemed appropriate to the theme, right?)


To enter, simply leave me a comment telling me your favorite color. 
*Note: You must be a follower to win, so if you are not yet a follower, 
please join first and then leave a comment.* 
The giveaway is open through Monday, September 24th at 5 pm EST. 
The giveaway is now closed.
I will use random number generator to select a winner that evening 
and post the winner's name by Tuesday morning. Good luck!

p.s. Linking up with Confessions of a Fabric Addicts "Can I get a whoop whoop" and Quilt Story's "Fabric Tuesday" to share the dotted love! 

112 comments:

  1. Deus!!!O meu comentário vai ficar 1!Adorei tudo,mas o prêmio é maravilhoso,envia para mim no Brasil?Sou seguidora.tiacarminhapezzuto@gmail.com

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  2. Oh my, the optical illusion print brings out the colors. Great idea! Your dotty bow ties, Sweet! I have been following and enjoy the visits. Thanks for sharing...Judith, Texas

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  3. I love your dots! The combo of the traditional & the wonky log cabins is great. I remember seeing your Nautical Flag quilt this summer. Thanks for sharing & thanks for the chance to win.

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  4. Lovely dotty projects - yes, the log cabin works with everything and I think this one is just grand.

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  5. What great ideas and I really live your bow ties :)

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  6. Great dotty projects! I especially like your log cabins - one of my favourite blocks too!

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  7. Wonderful dotty projects. I love them all, but your log cabins are outstanding.
    Thanks for the give away and I am a follower now
    And a big thank you for sharing your lovely dots
    Britt-Inger in Malmö, Sweden

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  8. Fantastic quilt top! so inspiring, love it! I am your new follower now! thanks for the chance to win and hope to see you around my blog as well today!

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  9. I've added you to my google reader list. My favourite colour is pink! I love all your projects with dots. Amazing how many you made. I don't think the quilt hurts the eyes, it is a wonderfully bright, vibrant and fun top! Great job.

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  10. Very beautiful dotty quilts. I'm a follower and I love Pink :)

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  11. Love all those quilts. The bow ties are so cute. The border on that one does make my eyes do funny things! lol Thanks for sharing. I am now a follower.

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  12. Beautiful creations! Love all the quilts, especially the bow tie mini-too cute!

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  13. I am a fan of primary colors and I think your log cabin blocks are the greatest!

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  14. Dots, scraps and log cabins, the moon on a stick. Of course I am a follower. How could I not be.

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  15. Love all of your contributions to the hop. Great job.

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  16. thanks for sharing all your dotty stuff!

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  17. HI Ellie..great dotted projects..sew great one of yours...welll go and see lol

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  18. I can't pick between grey, orange and green....depends on the day ;) your projects are stellar! thanks for sharing!

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  19. Love all of your entries! Great work!

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  20. Hi!!! Love all of your quilts!!! Very pretty and cheerful!!! I like shades of green blue and orange!!!! Thank You

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  21. love all the little bow ties in that mini quilt! thanks for being on the Dots blog hop!

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  22. Hello - I am a follower and happy to be back seeing your creations! I LOVE spots and Amy Butler Spots - yes please!!!! Your bowtie mini looks amazing!! Well done!

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  23. Oh, I was going to write how much I love the bowties, so now I am super excited to be entered in the drawing. My favorite color is purple.

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  24. I love blue and greens...they work together so well that I think of them as one color! Love all of your work but your eyes must be really killing you now from all the dots!!! Thanks for sharing.

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  25. I LOVE your quilts! so colorful! I have three favorite colors (because I really can't pick one): purple, pink, and orange! THanks for a great giveaway!

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  26. I am a follower and my favourite colour is a rich red.

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  27. My current favorite is orange, or lagoon, but I love all vivid and bright colors, really! I'm a follower; thank you for the chance!

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  28. I see we both love wonky log cabins. I really enjoy making them. So freeing. I love that Amy Butler Spots. I have been thinking about buying a charm pack. It would be so much nicer to win one.

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  29. I loved your quilts. They are very bright and cheerful. Thanks for sharing.

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  30. Great projects!!! My favorite color is a steely blue-gray with a hint of green in there :-) Thanks for the chance to win - I follow through RSS feed

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  31. My favorite color is red. Loved your dotty quilts. I thought the bowtie was my favorite and I have never seen it in different size ties on the same quilt before. Just love it. Thanks for the chance to have it come and live at my house! I am a new follower and look forward to your posts in the future.

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  32. ROSEMARY B here: Wow, I love your bowtie quilt, and the second quilt, LOVE the squares and the color combinations, love the edging too, superb! I am pleased that you are giving that one to Margarets Hope Chest, so sweet.
    Your third creation is superb as well!
    Thank you for sharing all of your creativity

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  33. um, you're showing a finished project? A whole quilt?! How outrageous you are!! I really like the black around your blocks--I don't think they're an eye sore at all. I think the black makes those colors really pop :O)

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  34. How pretty! I love the log cabin quilt best, I think! Both are wonderful!
    I'm a new follower! My favorite color is red-orange!

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  35. My favourite colour? Well, it varies, but I think it is aqua right now! I love all your dotty creations, especially the log cabin blocks. I'm a new follower.

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  36. What fun projects and your little bow ties are so neat! My favorite color is read and I am a follower, thanks for sharing!

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  37. My favorite color is teal -any shade, any hue.

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  38. Wow , so many wonderful dotty projects , loved them all , thanks so much for sharing.My favorite color is blue and I am a new follower.

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  39. Oh yes, I am going Dotty! I love your work. For me the brighter the better! I love the addition of black makes things pop! Thanks for a wonderful post and show!

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  40. Love them! My favorite color is blue.

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  41. Love your quilts. I would love to win the bow tie one. Thanks so much and I am a follower

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  42. It may be bold and bright but it works! I love the quilts in your blog header!
    My favouite colour would be green.
    I'm a new follower to your blog. =)
    Thank you for the chance.

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  43. I am a new follower and my favorite color is Red! Love all your dotty projects. They are wonderful and make me happy to look at them. :)

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  44. Love all of your dotty projects. My favorite color is turqoise/aqua!

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  45. I love all your dotty work, the charity quilt is super, it must have been a daring project, but I love the result!
    My favorite color is red.
    Thanks for sharing!

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  46. Your little Bow tie quilt is gorgeous!! And the log cabin quilt is too!! Perfect quilt to tag along with you everywhere. Love it!!!!

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  47. I forgot to add my favorite color is red and I'm a follower!!!

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  48. I love all your dotty projects! I especially like your strippin dots block and quilt. Thanks for sharing.

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  49. I don't think the brights hurt the eyes. The black really mellows it out. I LOVE the strippin' dotty quilt and your little bowtie is so sweet. I am a new follower.

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  50. Whoop ! Whoop! you get it girl, Terrific and congrats on the finish too. Its been fun HOPPING with you in a Dotty way. Shirley from SimpleSew at funnymesjc at gmail dot com

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    1. Blue is my fav color... my block was made with Amy butlers Dots..

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  51. Love all your creations - great ideas!!

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  52. I am already a follower - thanks for sharing some great dotty ideas!!

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  53. Ellie-Whoop-whoop! for the dots! Love your bow tie blocks. I just made a bowtie batik block for a batik quilt I am making. I love dots, gingham, batiks, novelties, just fabric in general. Your stripping block quilt is fantastic-so easy. While I love a challenge, it's nice to do something easy once in awhile. From California, where we have boring straight roads, but probably have more curved, keep you on your toes roads. Thanks for sharing

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  54. I would love to add your mini to my walls! It's so cute. Thanks for the chance to win it. I follow in reader

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  55. WOW, so many dots....I love all your quilts, you do beautiful work. Thank you for sharing with us.

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  56. love your dots thanks for the giveaway

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  57. I love the bow tie mini with its two sizes of bow ties. The black is a good choice to separate your log cabins. Those colours are sew nice and bright.

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  58. Thanks for sharing your dotty ideas. I am a Follower whose favourite colour is puple, at the moment

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  59. Wonderful dotty projects!
    I am a new follower to your blog. And thank you for joining in the hop so we could meet!
    Green, green, green... that's my favorite color.
    Thanks for the fab giveaway!

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  60. You've been dotty over dots! Love your projects and the bright colors are wonderful.
    Red is my favorite color!

    I'm a new follower..
    Thanks for the giveaway ...

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  61. My favorit color is blue. Your blocks are wonderful and colorful.

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  62. Your work only needs one word "adorable". Loved everything you showed. Thanks for the dot fabric give away.

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  63. All the colors on your quilt are lovely! It's gorgeous :) I always have a hard time picking a favorite color, but I'ld have to say turquoise. It's very relaxing.

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  64. I already followed your blog through RSS feed, but I did the follow through blogger to be safe. :-)

    Favorite color? I don't know! I love them all. I guess these days I gravitate toward red. If you ask me tomorrow, I'll have a different answer.

    I really love your bowtie quilt. It is just adorable!

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  65. I am a follower and my favorite color is yellow.

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  66. My favorite color is PINK!!! I follow via Google reader.

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  67. Favorite color, huh? Well today it is aqua, but last week I was working with them most beautiful and rich-looking purple fabric and if you'd have asked me then, I would have said it was purple. I know I'm fickle. It's a small price to pay for having the opportunity to play with fabric and be so easily swayed. :-) Thanks for sharing your talents today!

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  68. Your blocks/quilts are all fabulous! I haven't had the guts to try a bowtie block and your wall hanging looks soooooo cool with two different sizes!!! Hmmm, favorite color...pinkpurplegreen???!!!

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  69. How can you bear to give up that cute little quilt? I will gladly take it off your hands if I win. My favorite color for life has always been green, but orange is catching up these days...

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  70. I would say aqua blue is my favorite color andI am a follower! Thank you!

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  71. Purple! But a big fan of RED, too. Love the bow tie quilt.

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  72. I love so many colors...but red is probably my fav favorite. Love your quilt. Thanks for sharing.

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  73. Love your dotty quilt!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

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  74. Love your polka dot bow tie,thanks for sharing!

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  75. My favorite color keeps changing but today it is blue. Your quilts look great!

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  76. Pink is my favorite color!

    Deborah
    homemakerhoney @gmail .com

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  77. Blue is my favourite colour, no green is, no brown! So many colours to choose from! Love the bowtie quiltie! I was looking at it and thinking that that would be a fun baby quilt to make.
    ltenhage@gmail.com

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  78. I love blues in any shade, from aqua to teal, to ocean then to sapphire, I love them all. Your bowtie quilt is adorable, I would love to win it.

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  79. I love the little mini quilt! I'm a new follower!

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  80. I am a new followe - yeah! I love the bowtie quilt and, of course, I love dot fabric. I'm collecting for a dot quilt. Thanks for participating and sharing with us to make this all a success.

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  81. I follow you now with Google Friend Connect. My favorite color can change depending on my mood though pink usually stays constant.

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  82. You projects are great! I especially like that last quilt!

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  83. I am still stuck on "orange" can't seem to get enough of it but don't want to cut it, would rather fondle and pet it. Loved all you did but you had my heart with the first picture. I love little little little things. Thanks for sharing and a great giveaway. Pick me Hee Hee

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  84. I am your newest follower at this time #212 to be exact. Thanks again

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  85. Just became a new Follower!! (& not just for chance to be in drawing....checked thru a bit...lol...will be back to peruse longer after while! Looks very cool!!!! )

    Thank you for chance to win such a beautiful Treasure too! :)

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  86. My favorite color....arrrrgh!....only one??? well alrighty then......MOST favorite HAS to be Green! :)

    Thank you so much for chance to win your Drawing!! Love the Quilt!! Will Treasure it! :)

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  87. You were creating like crazy!! Love all your creations!!

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  88. Love all your dotty creations! Thanks for sharing.

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  89. I like the way you used the dotty fabric in your blocks.
    I am a follower and my favorite color at the moment is blue.

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  90. You were really busy stitching dots! The bowtie mini is so cute. The charity quilt is so colourful it is sure to cheer someone up. I love the design and colours of the nautical flag quilt. My favourite colour is blue. Thanks for a chance in the giveaway.

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  91. Wonderful dotty projects!!! Love it ALL!!!

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  92. Love your dotty projects, thank you for sharing :)

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  93. I like all of your dotty quilts! Isn't it funny how one graphic pattern can look so totally different in different quilts. We'll just never get through making all the variations that pop up in our heads, will we? ;)

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  94. Pink. My pink collection is not for the faint at heart!
    Love your dotty creations!

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  95. A favorite color is hard, pink is but then so is blue and green...definitely pink though I have little in the way of pink fabric..hmmm I love your wonky log cabin blocks and really like the sashing you put with it. Thanks for sharing. Oh and I am a follower.

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  96. Crazy about dots...any color...any size!!! Love that summer quilt with all the white.

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  97. I am your follower and I thank you for this nice giveaway.
    My favorite color is green
    I liked your wonky log cabin block, but your dotted quilt definitely stole my heart ^_^

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  98. I am a follower! I love all colos.

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  99. Your quilts are beautiful. I love the log cabin block too.When I made my first quilt, that was the block I used. It was so quick and easy. Thanks for sharing with us.

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  100. Great blocks and quilts! I love log cabin patterns, so thanks for sharing!

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  101. Love your mini bow tie quilt.Blues and purples are my fav.colors .Thanks for such a great give away.

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  102. Before I forget... my favorite color right now is red floor quilting, blue for my clothes.
    I enjoyed seeing your pretty blocks. The black &white dots are quite dizzying.
    Congrats on being one of the chosen. It is lovely.

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  103. Such a sweet little quilt - thanks for the opportunity to win!

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  104. Just catching up on the hop. Looooooooooove your blocks! The mini bow tie is fabulous.
    xx

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  105. I've been contemplating an all dot or stripe quilt. I am really drawn to the dot top that has the wonky white sashing. I would love to make one like it.

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