GIVEAWAY WINNER {AND THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO}

 

Congratulations to:

 

Patty D of A Stitch In Time!

 

(Patty, I have sent you an email. Please let me know which prize you would like!)

 

 

So there is ALWAYS a story!

 

 

IT'S GIVEAWAY TIME {CHOOSE YOUR OWN PRIZE}

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!

A WINNER WILL BE ANNOUCED SHORTLY.

 

{BEFORE I GET TO THE JUICY GIVEAWAY DETAILS,

DON'T FORGET OUR

SALE: 1 JELLY ROLL & 1 CHARM PACK FOR $40.00 (FREE SHIPPING)

GOING ON IN OUR SHOP}

 

 

 

I don't know about you,

but my part of the world is having the craziest weather!

(Hot/cold/rain/no rain/snow/rain again)

 

I am more than ready for Spring!

 

So to get us in the mood for Spring,

Let's have a giveaway!

 

Post Market Giveaway Winner

We have a post market giveaway winner!



Congratulations to:

Wanda of Wanda's Quilts and Crafts!


(Wanda-Please respond to the email that I sent to you

no later than Saturday, June 4. If I don't hear

from you by then, I will choose another winner.)


Thanks again to everyone

that entered my giveaway!

It was fun to read all of your comments.



Until Next Time... Happy Quilting!

----> Post Market Giveaway! <---

Time for a post Quilt Market giveaway!


How about

a

bag of goodies?


First, the bag...

Filled with a few things

that could be found

around Quilt Market.

And a  Kona Color Card

to inspire you!

Rules of the Game:

Leave a comment about your favorite

Quilt Market booth.

(It could be any booth that you have

seen around Blogland)

You must leave your email address.

If I cannot contact you,

another winner will be drawn.

Giveaway is open from:

5/26/11 until 5/30/11.

A winner will be drawn at Midnight on 5/30/11.

Good Luck!



Sugar Pop Fat Quarter G-I-V-E-A-W-A-Y!



If you love Sugar Pop by Liz Scott for Moda,

then you have come to the right place!

Sugar Pop is Liz's debut fabric line for Moda

and this is why I love Sugar Pop:

The colors and designs

are so fresh and modern!

I first fell in love with

Liz Scott when I started reading her blog

Paper Pie.

I started reading her blog

before her daughter, Rylie, was born.

I was drawn to her love of vintage books

and the way that she used her Sugar Pop

fabric line to decorate her daughter's nursery.



Image from Liz Scott's blog, PaperPie.


Here are more of her Sugar Pop creations:

Now her daughter, Rylie is almost 8 months old

and Liz's Sugar Pop fabric line

is available in quilt stores.


Today, Liz has stopped by my blog

to tell you a little bit more

about herself and her Sugar Pop fabric line.

So let me introduce you to Liz Scott:

 

Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you landed in the fabulous world of designing fabric.

Well, let's see. I am originally from Michigan but now I live in Los Angeles with my wonderful husband, Ryan, my daughter, Rylie, and my cat, Zipper. I am a graphic designer by trade, but a few years back I decided that my heart was really in the crafts and sewing world and I pursued fabric design: it was the perfect intersection of my skills and interests. Moda picked up my first line and like you said, it really is a fabulous world!

What is your favorite print in the Sugar Pop fabric line and why?

There are qualities about all of them that I love. For instance, I think Mod Buds is so simple and versatile. Mod Flowers is fun and boisterous and perhaps inline with my own personal aesthetic. But i think my favorite is Summer Flowers because it is fresh, feminine and feels so springy to me and spring is my favorite time of the year. I am loving all of the flowers and the longer days lately!

What is your favorite part of the day?

Early morning for sure! I get up before anyone else and the house is quiet, except for Zipper's jingly collar. There is not a sound. I make myself coffee, get dressed and read all of my favorite blogs and just get so inspired. I seem to find new blogs that interest me daily and I marvel at all of the cool and creaive peopls out there I feel so grateful to be living in this era of connection and shared information. It truly is amazing Pardon my digression... :0)

What is your favorite color?

Aqau. It always has been some form of blue, but aqua will always be #1! When I buy things, like aqua cast iron pans and dishware, my hubby is worried that I will grow tired of the color and then we will be stuck with blue dishes, but he's wrong Aqua and I are monogamous. That's not to say that I don't love ther color combos, like yellow, chartreuse, grass green, or lavender, and red It's just when it comes down to one, aqau will always win

What is next on the horison for you?

My husband and I are reorganizing our whole apartment. We've switched the studio and the bedroom. We've rearranged the furniture in the living room.We are clearing the clutter with a vengence and we are gearing up for a grage sale this weekend. And even though it is a work in progress, and everything has to get messy before it is neat again, I already feel like we live in a new place. It is amazing how energizing the exercise has been, not to mention, a tremendous happiness boost!

But enought of the boring stuff (yawn) I am also working on a new fabric line!!! It will be announced this summer and available in stores next winter. I am so excited about it and I can't wait to post some peeks on my blog! And speaking of the blog, I also hope to start blogging more. It is one of my favorite things to do and it seems to be an all too often neglected task on my list.


I want to thank Liz (and her daughter, Rylie) for stopping by my blog! Rylie has been so generous and has choosen 8 fat quarters from her mom's Sugar Pop line to giveaway to one lucky winner.

Rules of the game: Leave a comment about your favorite color and you will be entered into the giveaway. You must leave your email address so that I can contact you if you are the winner.

The giveaway ends at midnight on Monday, April 4th!

Good Luck!

Until Next Time ... Happy Quilting!





Sugar Pop Giveaway Coming Soon To This Blog!



Rylie's mom, Liz Scott

(AKA-the fabulous designer of Sugar Pop)

will be here on

Thursday, March 31

to answer a few questions!

Her sweet daughter, Rylie,

is going to be bringing

some SUGAR POP fat quarters

which will be given

to one lucky winner.

In the mean time,

head over to Liz Scott's blog

to wet you appetite

for Sugar Pop.

See you back here on Thursday for the giveaway!

Be On The Lookout For Sugar Pop!



Be On The Look Out

for

an upcoming

Sugar Pop GIVEAWAY!

For those of you who want

more Sugar Pop eye candy,

check out

Liz Scott's blog.

Until Next Time ... Happy Quilting!

*****Be Mine Blog Tour*****

In order to help all of  us get into the mood

for Valentine's Day,

Vickie of Spun Sugar Quilts

has organized an awesome blog tour .

The blog tour begins on January 9th!

It will include 7 days,  7 different bloggers,7 fun projects,

and 7 GIVEAWAYS!

The giveaways will be donated by

Fat Quarter Shop!

Mark your calendar because the

Be Mine Blog Tour

begins in a few days.

Here is a list of all of the stops on the

Be mine Blog Tour:

 

January 9th:

Vickie of Spun Sugar Quilts

January 10th:

Sherri of A Quilting Life

January 11th:

Jen of Miss Punkie Pie

January 12:

Kim of Kim's Big Quilting Adventure

January 13:

Carol of Carol's Crafty Creations

January 14:

Stefanie of Little Lady Patchwork

January 15:

Natalia of Piece N Quilt

Be sure to grab the

Be Mine Blog Tour

 button

and help us spread the word!

Until Next Time... Happy Quilting!

And We Have A Winner!

It is time to announce the winner of the

Pure Fat Quarter bundle

from Melanie at Above All Fabric.

And the winner is:

Nancy at With Thread in Hand!

Nancy please email your information

so that we can get your prize in

the mail to you!

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Don't forget that

Melanie is still offering

the 10% off your total purchase

until Thursday, November 4th!

Use code: PATCHWORK

She has lots of stuff on sale

and you can't beat the $5 shipping!

Until Next Time... Happy Quilting!





Guest Blogger and GIVEAWAY Time!

Today I am so excited to be hosting

a special guest blogger!

I would love to introduce you to

Melanie Thornton.

Melanie is the owner of the fabulous

web store, Above All Fabric.

For those of you who are new to her store,

Melanie carries a wide variety

of fabrics, patterns, trims,

notions, and ribbons

that would satisfy the taste buds of

any sewing enthusiast!

If you hop over to her store,

you will see that shipping in the US

is never more than $5 !

Above All Fabric also has a perks plus/reward points program.

(I personally love reward points

and I am so glad to be able to earn them on the

fabric that I purchase!)

In addition to running her online store, raising her family,

quilting, and sewing,

Melanie even found time to help start

the Tucson Modern Quilt Guild.

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So here is a little bit about Melanie in her own words:

Tell us about yourself and how you got started sewing/quilting.

I started sewing at a very young age because my mom sews. She would make us matching outfits and stuff like that. My grandmother (95 years old) is the quilter of the family. She still completes multiple quilts each year. In high school, I had made several jean/flannel quilts. Simple squares, tied with yarn ... nothing very fancy. Then after I went to college, I decided one summer to make a sampler block quilt. So I bought a book and learned about templates and 1/4" seams. I machine pieced my quilt (a queen size) but decided I needed to be true to the tradition of quilting and hand quilt it. On my! It was totally overwhelming! My grandma showed me how to do little stitches- and I was terrible at it! It took me forever to ... and so finally about 10 years later, I hired someone to finish it for me so that my family could actually use the quilt! Looking back at it, the quilt is no longer my style but I love that we can use it.

What lead you to open your own store?

Well, basically, I'm crazy! I started to sell my own items several years ago. People were always asking me where I got my fabric. Several things influenced my store- so when we sold our house, I used some of the money to start the store.

What types of fabrics are you drawn to?

I find that my fabric styles definately shift over time. I am usually an earthtone girl...love browns and greens and yellows (not sunny). I love sewing for my daughter and find I can use anything from tonals to bright prints for her clothing. For quilts, I love things that will switch from room to room rather than focusing on making something for a particular room. I've also done quilts for each of my kids first birthdays...that was fun. I want to do that for my nieces and nephews too!

What kind of projects are you currently working on?

Right now I am working on a few projects that aren't ready to be revealed yet! Isn't that mean! I am also trying to finish up a couple of outfits for a show that I have next week. I also have a Make Life quilt that is completely pieced and I just need to sandwich and do the free motion quilting!

What is your favorite fabric line and why?

Gosh, a favorite is so hard to choose! I love Joel Dewberry's Modern Meadow. I am also excited about Patty Young's new line that is coming out... and Kate Spain is my favorite Moda designer right now (I love her new line that is coming out in January).

What project (quilting or non-quilting) would you like to tackle at some point in the future?

My goal this past year has been to sew more for myself, which has been great. BUT I have not made myself pants (besides PJ pants) and with the extra curves motherhood has given me, the whole idea of flattering pants is kind of  scary to me (I use my kids as an excuse, but let's be honest, the donuts don't help much)! So maybe 2011 will be the year of the perfect pants!

Thank you Melanie for sharing a little bit about yourself!

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Now for the GIVEAWAY!

Melanie is giving one of my fabulous readers a

fat quarter bundle of

PURE by Sweetwater for Moda!

To enter the giveaway:

hop over to Above All Fabric

look around and come back and tell me

what is your favorite fabric line.

For an additional entry in the giveaway

become a follwer of my blog

or Melanie's blog !

Also leave a link to this post on your blog

for another entry in the giveaway!

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In addition to the awesome giveaway prize,

Melanie is also offering a 10% discount

to all orders at Above All Fabric

for the next week.

You must use the code:PATCHWORK

in order to receive the discount!

The discount code is good until

Thursday, November 4th!

Thank you again Melanie for being our guest blogger,

for offering a great giveaway prize,

and for the great discount!

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So let the giveaway begin!

Entries for the giveaway will be taken until

midnight Monday, November 1st .

The winner will be announced on Tuesday, November 2nd!

Until Next Time .... Happy Quilting!

Star Struck Giveaway Winners

So sorry for the delay in announcing the winners!

It was a long weekend

with lots of stuff

going on!

So without further adieu,

here are the winners:

First place winner:

Deserae of Deserae quilts

Congrats Deserae! You have won a copy of Star Struck Quilts!

Second Place winner :

Duff of Bacon Then Eggs

Congrats Duff! You have won the gift set!

Mary on Lake Pulaski's

and Scotty Lovers

 names will be forwarded

to Barbara for the drawing of RJR fabric and gift certificate!

Congrats again to all of the winners.

(I will be emailing you shortly.)

Thanks also to Barabara for writing this great book!

Until Next Time...Happy Quilting!

Star Struck Blog Tour & Giveaway

Welcome to another stop on the

Star Struck Quilts Blog Tour!

Barbara Cline's new book is filled with the most

amazing quilts! They are the kind of quilts that

would satisfy any quilter's taste buds.

Every quilter (traditional & modern) loves stars.

Star Stuck Quilts includes 13 skill building projects.

When you master all of these skills,

you can mix & match all of these blocks

 and you will wind up with

27 different quilts!

Here are just a few of the quilts from her book:

If you are a new quilter or someone who has

never made a Lone Star quilt,

this book is  a great place to start.

Barbara starts out by teaching a simple star

and then each subsequent star

teaches a new technique.

Best of all, Barbara's teaches the technique

of blocking so that your diamond shapes won't

end up with bias edges!

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I had a chance to ask Barbara a few questions

that I thought  I would share with you:

Your book focuses on the beautiful Lone Star.

What draws you to the Lone Star quilt pattern?

It is an old traditional pattern and

my heart is drawn to traditional patterns.

I like to get an old pattern and put a twist to it.

With the Lone Star, quilters are afraid of it because of the

"Y" seams and all the points.

The key to getting this wonderful

star pieced is to learn a

few techniques taught in the book,

which will enhance ones'

piecing abilities and increase the joys of quilting.

What would be the best tip that you would give

to a quilter who is going to make a Lone Star quilt?

There are step by step illustrations in the book

on how to make a "Y" seam.

If one follows these steps,

"Y" seams become easy.

Once you have the "Y" seam technique

down pat, it opens

a new avenue of sewing

and one can piece so many more types of quilts!

What is your favorite quilt in the book and why?

My favorite quilt in the book is

"Stitches That Bind".

A deadline for the book was coming up

and I was running out of time.

It was Labor Day and my daughters had the day off.

They agreed to put in a day of sewing for me.

We picked out the fabrics in the morning

and by evening we were ready to sew the blocks together.

We had a wonderful mini sewing retreat that day.

Thanks Barbara for sharing your thoughts with us!

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Now for the giveaway:

1st place winner will receive a copy of Star Struck Quilts!

2nd place winner will receive a gift set which includes:

Pen style Chaco Liner, flower head pins,

and Mary Ellen's Best Press

A 3rd name will be sent to Barbara for a chance to

win RJR fabric and a $25 gift certificate to Patchwork Plus.

To enter, simply leave me a comment.

The giveaway will end on Saturday, September 4th at midnight.

A winner will be drawn on Sunday, September 5th.

Good luck. I hope that you will be dreaming of STARS!

Until Next Time...Happy Quilting!

Another Great Giveaway @ Miss Print!

I am helping  Kaye at Miss Print

celebrate her two-year blogiversary!

Hop over to her blog to enter her giveaway for this:

(Yep, I decorated the towel)

You must enter the giveaway at Kaye's blog,

so hop on over and wish her a happy blogiversary!

Until Next Time ...Happy Quilting!

Giveaway Winners!

WOW! WOW! WOW!

I am truly touched by the amazing response

to my giveaway!

Not to mention all of the new Blog friends

that I made!

Before I announce the winners,

charm packs & jelly rolls

were voted the top precuts!

(I am partial to the charm pack!)

Random.org chose the following winners:

Giveaway #1: Marlene @ Sipeweske Quilts

Giveaway #2 : Bonnie @ Bonnie's Bits & Pieces

Giveaway #3 (Fat Quarter set): Janet @ A Hug's Delight

Congrats to the winners! Please email me your information

so that I can mail your prizes to you.

Thanks again to everyone that entered!

I loved doing it so much that I think

that I will have to do it again next month!

Stay Tuned!

Until Next Time...Happy Quilting!