My Play Mini Quilt VOTING & Bee block

Hello everyone! 

As you may know already, I made a mini quilt for the 'Play - a mini quilt Competition' that Jenna at Sew Happy Geek organised.  Guess what?  The voting starts tomorrow (Tuesday 29th May) and ends Friday 1st June)!  I would realllly love it if you could take a minute to pop over to her linky party [here - have a quick link!!] and vote for mine!  This is what it looks like:

Queen of Diamonds - just in time for the Jubilee!



I've just had a look at the others and they are amazing.  Competition is stiff, once again!  I'm not sure why I keep torturing myself by thinking I can "play with the big kids" in these competitions... but I like the challenge [said in a teeny tiny voice]!

So, if you like mine -even just a little bit- please go vote :)  My self esteem will thank you and all my self doubt will be soothed at the same time too.  Thanks! 

'Nuff said.

x

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And in other news, I have finished Cara from Pink Stitches' Bee Block 'Rocky Road to Kansas' for the first month of the Bee Europa 2012-2013 group.  This was my first 12.5 paper pieced block ever for the very first Bee I've ever been in!  Fun!!  I used a great tutorial over on Fresh Lemons Quilting and presto - this is how it turned out!

I also made her a wee Zakka-inspired mini magnet which measures 2 1/4 x 7/8 inches (just about the size of my thumb)!  I also did some hand stitching on it around the yellow X too!  And the best bit:  it even sticks to the fridge!  Result!  I will be sure to pack these to take to the retreat this weekend to pass them to Cara in person - yay!

Tomorrow I will have a tutorial up as part of the 'Let's Get Acquainted Blog Hop'.  Here is a sneak peak to hopefully entice you back:

So that's all I've got today.  Lot's of begging!!  Thanks so much for 'bee-ing' 'sew' lovely - it makes me so very 'hoppy'!!

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Linking my finished magnet to:

 

Also linked to sew many ways' Sew Darn Crafty, Quilt Story's Fabric Tuesday and Quilting by the River's Linky Party Tuesday.