The goal for May was to get my blocks caught up from the Scrappy Trip Bee I used the Modern fabrics above! To create these blocks! The second goal was to get the binding on my surprise! This Quilt is the surprise quilt "Russian Stars" I used only Modern Yardage Fabrics, except the binding was a few strips of Kona solids. I am so glad I am finally getting back on track! I am happy to say I met my goals! Thank you for stopping by! Lisa I am linking up with the other May Participants at A Lovely Year Of Finishes

Congratulations to the Winner of the Cartwright's Creations Seam Ripper! KT April 30, 2014 at 10:22 PM I think this would be awesome! I am not sure on the wood, but from the name zebrawood sounds pretty cool! I would like to thank Greg Cartwright for Sponsoring this terrific Giveaway! (I have sent the winner a email) Thank you all for entering the Giveaway! Lisa

Tonight at midnight my all time favorite giveaway will end So enter Cartwright Seam Ripper Giveaway from Cartwright's Creations ! Right Now if you haven't entered yet! I love mine and I am so happy Greg made one for one of you too! Tomorrow we find out who has won! Thank you for stopping by! Lisa

Hey, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia! Alex from Aurifil is coming to Visit! I called and held my spot! A three hour car ride is nothing to meet the man! So excited friends! Thanks for stopping by hope to see you there! Lisa

To all those who have kept our country Free I say Thank you from the heart! Please support our Veterans! I am proud to be a Veteran and come from a family of Veterans! Please remember Freedom is not Free! Thank you for stopping by! YN2 Elizabeth C. Williams Lisa

Friday, May 23rd, 2014 Happy Friday everyone! Today, the Fat Quarter Shop announced the 2014 Mega Quilt Market Sweepstakes to thank their customers and followers with prizes from the Spring 2014 International Quilt Market. (OMG this is big folks) This is Fat Quarter Shop’s biggest giveaway to date and may be the biggest online quilting-related giveaway ever. The total value of this amazing giveaway retails at over $6,300 and is divided into twelve prize buckets. The prizes range from fabric bundles and books to notions and many more quilting essentials. All of the prizes are shown in the Sweepstakes video on the Fat Quarter Shop YouTube channel, so be sure to watch! Watch the Video and see what you can win! Beginning at 10:00 am Central Time (CST) on Friday, May 23rd, 2014 until 11:59 pm CST on Monday, June 30th, 2014, you may enter the 2014 Mega Quilt Market Sweepstakes by visiting the Jolly Jabber blog and completing and submitting the survey. This promotion is open to all dome

Giveaway Day New Winner So lets see who Mr. Random.org picks this time! Congratulations to Abbigail May13, 2014 at 12:09 PM I would love to receive Marcus Brothers Fabrics Fat Quarter Club. those are so beautiful! I say this to everyone please check to make sure people can find your email! Julie @ Jaybird Quilts wore of one of these t-shirts from Patchwork Threads at Quilt Market this past week and it was all over instagram - I am intheboondocks Follow me! I just had to have one! Inappropriate? Probably! Fun? Definitely! No nice way to say this but - AileenAOK you have forfeited your prize by not contacting me! Thank you for stopping by! Create and be unique, Lisa

Those of you who follow this blog know that I have a few chickens! Today I get home and a package is sitting on the table! I thought "oh no, what did I buy when I was half asleep"? Do you do that late at night cruising the Esty sites? But instead it held these really cool t-shirts my husband bought for me online! Can you say "love them"! Just in case someone might be interested in your own t-shirts. He bought them from the Golden Egg Tee Shirt Shop ! Have you seen this video put out by Cotton + Steel Website Cotton+Steel Manufacturing Process Video take the time to learn and watch it. I thought it explained the whole process of how their fabric is created from raw cotton to beautiful delicious designs on fabric. Thank you for stopping by! Create and be unique! Lisa

Giveaway Day Winner Congratulations to AileenAOK May 13, 2014 at 10:54 AM The email address came back as not a valid email and you are a no-reply commenter! Aileen You said in a comment you follow by email! If you would like to be the winner email me before Wednesday, May 21, 2014, 12:00 pm or you forfeit the prize and I will choose a new winner! Lisa One of my favorite tools I once hated sewing strips and the little pieces for paper piecing then ironing after each one. Up and down, up and down, for one block! Then I found this great little tool called a Wooden Press . Available at the Fat Quarter Shop for $5.25! (I am sure you can find them other places but I couldn't) You just run it down the seam and it is just like you ironed it. I didn't believe it until I saw it for myself! But it works perfect! Best investment you will make this year! Such a time saver and inexpensive! Have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by! Create and be unique, Lisa I read about this tool

In The Boon Docks Welcome Everyone to the May 2014 Blogger's Festival It's time for another Blogger's Quilt Festival. This is an online event hosted by Amy at Amy's Creative Side once in the fall and once in the spring. It's a lot of fun to see the beautiful quilts that fellow bloggers choose to feature. I love visiting as many of the blogs as possible to get a feel for quilting trends and styles. I appreciate all the hard work Amy puts in to do this for the Bloggers. I hope you enjoy my entry this year "Russian Stars". My inspiration for this quilt came while watching the Olympics this Winter I was impressed and inspired by the opening show with every color imaginable whirling around and flying through the air. I was ecstatic when April Cobb , Owner of Modern Yardage, chose Mary Tanana to be a Featured Fabric Designer for this quilt. Giving me the opportunity to choose from her Folky Dokey Collection . Russian Stars Quilt Stats Size: 53&quo

Congratulations to the winner! Abbigail May13, 2014 at 12:09 PM I would love to receive Marcus Brothers Fabrics Fat Quarter Club. those are so beautiful! Update - No nice way to say this but - AileenAOK you have forfeited your prize by not contacting me! AileenAOKMay 13, 2014 at 10:54 AM I would join the Moda fat quarter club! Yum, all that fabric! Hey have you seen what is going on at Sew Mama Sew hundreds of blogs have linked up for Giveaway Day, May 12, 2014, but it has grown so big it now stays open until May 16, 2014, to give everyone enough time to enter into the Giveaways! For those of you coming for Giveaway Day to enter my giveaways, yes there are (2) giveaways! One on this post and a link to another one. Fabric and a special seam ripper! Welcome to In The Boon Docks! My name is Lisa ! I have blogged for over (2) years. I like to sew, quilt, crochet, knit, and DIY projects at my home in the boon docks. I am a Christian, Wife, Mother, Grandma (Nana), and Daughter. We

Recently, I was so excited to find my Modern Quilt Guild Pin and membership card, came in the mail! You can signup as a Individual Member and join the thousands of us from around the World! We have all the rights of guilds member and connect through the MQG Forum. Challenges are made and many items are being worked on for charities. The challenges by fabric companies are available to you. These were deciding factors that I joined. The cost of membership is pretty much covered by one less trip to the fabric store. If you are sitting on the fence about joining - Jump off and join us! Membership Information Giveaway Update If it wasn't for this blog I never would have met Greg Cartwright. Susan is a follower, who lives in Oklahoma and told me about her very talented brother who lives here in West Virginia. His website Cartwright's Creations is were he sell his Pen and Pencil Sets, Pens, and my favorite Seam Rippers with a story to share from the reclaimed wood he acqui

A LovelyYear of Finishes - May Goal Get everything done I didn't get done in April because I was sick! Finish Blocks for the Scrappy Trip Bee Round 4 Scrappy Trip Bee Round 5 is Open until May 10, 2014 . If you want to try a bee this one is great - one pattern 5 blocks! The pattern is for the Scrappy Trip Around the World! Blocks look like the one below! I also need to finishes sewing the binding on my special project! Two Goals to get me back on track! I have a awesome giveaway going on with Cartwright Creations! The owner Greg donated one of his reclaimed wood (134 years old) seam rippers to giveaway to one of you. To find out all about it click HERE! Thank you for stopping by and please stop by the Giveaway! Create and be unique! Lisa Linking up with Sew BitterSweet Designs