Commenter #13 ETA: {NOT a real shirt…just a graphic I whipped up} Jean-Sophie!! RIDE On!!! You Get the YELLOW Jersey… ok, not a jersey but some pretty good darn stuff anyway! Sophie’s winning comment: She also said: Congratulations Sophie. Email me your mailing information and I will also get you the details on how to [...]
ETA: I was writing this post on Wednesday…in the midst of it my server went down. It is now 5am on Thursday when I am finally able to get back into my site. See! The Universe is whacko! I did get a nice message from my host The server mysql-a.mac^&*%$#.com (aka mysql-a.%$#mac.com) is down. We [...]
Tomorrow I will be giving the final details and “rules” for the Quilt Le Tour de France giveaway. The Tour ends one week from today. I will have the drawing on Monday, July 26th. Here is something I want to share: I came across this quote today. I love it “Today, more than ever, the [...]
I see some of “us” are cycling {ha! get it? cycling??} right along for the Quilt Le Tour de France. I see new photos up in our Quilt Le Tour Flickr group Me? Well…uh…I have done these! Not my quilt blocks but they ARE cycling related. I gave them yesterday to the All Ladies Alley [...]
The first week of the Tour de France has finished. 2 more weeks to go! I am still working on a wheel block. Trying to figure out how to draft it. I needed a break from geometry. So I did some more hexies! I think this fabric reminds me of the French countryside that the [...]
Look at Y’all go! {this West Coast girl is trying hard to get her Texas on} 1. shoot the moon2, 2. Colors, 3. Square one of single Irish chain block, 4. On the wall, 5. DSC_0001, 6. Tour Quilt Design Go to the Quilt Le Tour flickr page to see the great work going on! [...]
I have been “told” by 2 people that my requiring Y’all to join the Quilt Le Tour de France Flickr group to be entered into the giveaway was not couth { couth –– adjective 1.showing or having good manners or sophistication; smooth: Sending her flowers would be a very couth thing to do. ––noun 2. [...]
Oh my Stars and Garters! Will they ever stop falling down? Yesterday I believe every single cycling team said hello to the road with their bodies. Today the cobblestones did them in. After mechanical issues Lance lost over 2 mins and dropped to 18th. He was not the only one with mechanical problems. It’s gonna [...]
{8:21 PM Central Time} ADDENDUM to today’s post: I have decided to change things up a bit. I know I said I would do a Giveaway at the end of each 3 weeks of the Tour. I have decided it would be more exciting to save it all for last. Giving everyone a chance to [...]
Saddle up! Not sure if there are other quilters / sewists out there who are as enthused as I about the 97th Tour de France. Anyone else have a Greg LeMond poster?? Or did you watch Breaking Away… the movie or TV show?? Ride on Townies! Yeah, I’ve been a bicycle junkie for a long [...]
