This Giveaway is CLOSED as of 9:44 pm EST UPDATE : on Weds, August 29, 2012 , Elizabeth Hartman will feature my QuiltCon Challenge Blocks at the Modern Quilt Guild . Please stop by and look at the incrediable blocks that have been made by participating members! It may inspire you to do something out of your comfort zone. Thank you for stopping by In The Boon Docks. Lisa . What an exciting week! Please take a moment to sign up for the Quilting Gallery Blog Hop ! Welcome to In The Boon Docks , it is time for a giveaway for all of you! This giveaway will run from today until September 3, 2012. I am linking to the Quilting Gallery Blog Hop Party Page where you will find a lot more giveaways! This giveaway is open to all people near and far. You can have up to 2 entries no more. 1. Leave a comment telling me where you live and your age. If you have a problem about your age put 10 and I will know it is none of my concern. I am always curious. So you know I live in WV and I am 4

Oh, so much is going on around here this week! Warning, picture heavy! Crocheting I have decided I am in a learning stage with these new stitches! If they don't look right "rip them out" and start again. Which I did here and I like the sides much better the 4th time around. Thank all of you for your suggestions, I am going to try them! Modern Scrappy Bits Swap on Flickr I took this mirror and case and jazzed it up a bit. Using a little double sided tape and Robert Kaufman "Cut & Sew" fabric, it makes a perfect little notion to put in with my scraps for my secret swap partner! I still have to make a pouch or a pincushion. I haven't decide which to make. If you know of a good tutorial for either please leave me a comment with a link. I would love to know where you find inspiration. Beans and Butterflies My mother, David, and I picked beans on Tuesday at my in-laws. Picking beans is a dirty job and it was hot. We yielded about a bushel and a half

A couple months ago I won the QuiltCon Kona Cotton Solids FQ Set from Pink Chalk Fabrics it is still available for $18.95. I was very surprised when I won and knew then I would have to enter, I had no excuse! Plus, the Kona solids in this set are really beautiful together. The only fabric I added was the stripe of Kona Cotton Solid "Snow". I challenge others in Blogland that are interested in the Modern Movement to create your one block and submit it before August 2012. Who knows it might end up on the QuiltCon Quilt or going to children who need to be kept warm next winter, either way you win the satisfaction that you tried it. There is also a Flickr site on the main page to look at all the blocks being submitted. This is my QuiltCon Challenge Block called "Fractured", I don't know if I should really name a block or not but this time I did. I got the idea for it from the Craftsy BOM. QuiltCon is being presented by the The Modern Quilt Guild . I am a m