Oh, I do have one request: please visit some of the nice folks that have donated prizes. They'll be happy to see you!
Good ol'
Random.org will be the one picking the winners. It's a tough job. I don't envy him (her?)
Entries will close no earlier than midnight on Sunday night, April 25th, EST. Wait, if it's midnight, does that mean it's Monday morning? No matter. It might be a bit later. Regardless, you have a few days to enter, so get to it! I'll announce the winners sometime on Monday.
OK, OK ... enough with the fine print. On to the prize parade!
Giveaway prize #1:OK, this one should get you salivating ...
My first winner will win a full fat quarter set of one of the colorways of Modern Meadow, the latest line of quilting fabric by designer
Joel Dewberry and donated by Joel & his lovely wife Laurie. (See, I told you it was good!)
Regular readers of my blog know that I'm a huge fans of all of Joel's collections, and this one might just be the best yet ... though you have to go a long way to beat Chestnut Hill in my book. Go visit Joel & Laurie at
their blog and tell them that I said "hi"!
Giveaway prize #2:Fellow quilter and Bee Inspired member
Deb Robertson has graciously offered to make a beautiful homemade giant pincushion for one of my readers. Who wouldn't love this beauty gracing his or her sewing table? Deb blogs at
Works in Progress... and I'm sure she'd love some visitors!
Giveaway prize #3:OK, check this out. Another winner will receive this prize pack from
Lark Books, containing three (that's right -- three! Not one, but THREE!) of their most inspirational books. The set includes
Pretty Little Mini Quilts,
Pretty Little Pillows, and
Quilts, Baby ... ALL of which are currently on my Amazon Wish List. It's kind of cruel to be giving away so much stuff that I SO want to keep ...
Giveaway prize #4:Dolores, who blogs at
deeroo designs, is offering up this GORGEOUS mini quilt that she made herself. Isn't is amazing? I could see this hanging up in an entryway, or a sunroom, or a kitchen, or ... anywhere, really! I can't think of a space that wouldn't be brightened up by this piece of art. Go tell Dee I said "hello" ... she loves to collect new blog followers (and rub it in my face!) : )
Giveaway prize #5:OK, hold on to your seats. My blog/Flickr/swap pal
Kerri is offering an AMAZING prize -- a bundle of four half-yard cuts from her super-cute Etsy shop,
Sew Deerly Loved. Kerri's shop specializes in the whimsical -- woodland friends, Heather Ross / Munki designs, and lots and lots (and lots) of aqua and red. If you love all of those things (& who doesn't?), then you should already be shopping at Kerri's store.
Giveaway prize #6:Ruth, who blogs at
little olive branch, has put together a fabulous bundle o'scraps for a lucky winner. Oooh, I spy some AMH! And some Joel Dewberry! Momo Wonderland! And (gasp!) is that some Flea Market Fancy?
Ruth is a spunky young quilter who blogs about her crafty adventures in my hometown of New York City. She's a breath of fresh air and she's also a Twitter pal of mine. Follow her
here.
Giveaway prize #7:Are you out of breath yet? Well, you're not going to find any relief here.
Meet Allie, who blogs at
Strandz, runs a
longarm quilting service, and has an awesome
Etsy shop. One lucky winner will win Allie's donation of her longarm quilting services, including an all-over design up to a twin size quilt.
Again, as I write this I am left wondering ... am I eligible to win my own giveaway prizes??! Lord knows I have a TON of quilt tops waiting to be finished! OK, OK ... I'll leave this one for one of you.
Giveaway prize #8:Prize #8 come courtesy of one Chantry Banks. Chantry, who blogs at
The House of ChaBanks, made this pretty little clutch purse
especially for my giveaway and for one of my lucky readers!
Chantry is an actor, a Floridian, and an all around creative & crafty guy. I'm thrilled to be offering a one-of-a-kind House of ChaBanks original to you!
Giveaway prize #9:Do you know Jackie from
Canton Village Quilt Works? I'll bet you do! It seems that everyone knows Jackie. She is a prolific creater, longarm quilter, business owner,
multimedia maven, and all-around amazing woman. She's also a huge supporter of the online quilting community and has always been a big supporter of mine, from day one. I can always count on Jackie for a nice, thoughtful comment every time I post here.
Jackie has generously offered to donate an elusive Kona Cotton Roll Up to my birthday celebration. Thanks for all you do, Jackie!
Giveaway prize #10:I am sure you can relate to Cindy. Cindy, who blogs at
cindyquilts, is overrun with scraps and doesn't know what to do. Here's a great solution -- donate some scraps to one of my winners. What's that you say? 100 3"x3" squares? And some 5" squares to boot? I am sure one of my readers can create something BEAUTIFUL with that much fabric.
Thanks, Cindy!
Giveaway prizes #11 & #12:Sarah from the
Missouri Star Quilt Company wanted to help out and offered up some charm packs from the shop. "Great", I said, "I would love to give away a charm pack. How generous of you!" And Sarah said, "No, I said SOME charm packs. How do 6 sound?" (OK, I'm paraphrasing ...)
Nevertheless, TWO lucky winners will each win 3 charm packs ... one each from the following Westminster fabric lines: Jennifer Paganelli's Dance With Me, Valori Wells' Del Hi, and Dena Designs' Monaco.
Gah! Now you can see why I am thinking to myself, "what if I just keep all of these prizes and just disappear from the bloggy world forever? Would anyone chase after me??" But of course, I could never do that to you guys ....
But wait! There's more ...
Giveaway prizes #13 & #14:I first met Terri of
Sew Fantastic on the Flickr swap circuit, where she has always made beautiful things. She also sells beautiful things in her fantastic
Etsy shop. Lucky for us, Terri has offered up two of her popular (& functional!) Mini Shopper notepad clutches. Furthermore, Terri is offering ALL of you 15% discount off of all purchases in her shop (not including shipping) until my giveaway winners are announced. Just enter promo code QUILTDAD2YEARS when making your purchase.
Thanks, Terri!
Giveaway prize #15:I was so happy to hear from new-to-me blogger
Shruti, who lives in India. Check out her blog for her beautiful story of starting her own "upcycling" business on her blog. Shruti is offering up this handmade iPad case as part of my giveaway. Cool, huh?
Giveaway prize #16:And finally, the booty that I'll be offering up to a lucky winner. The first item will be a free copy of the inaugural issue of
Fat Quarterly, the new e-Zine that I'm launching with five other insanely talented quilters.
The second part of my prize will be a fat quarter bundle of some coordinating prints that I picked out especially for you at my local quilt shop today! It's actually going to be hard for me to let them go -- I'm growing kind of attached to them. No pics yet, but I'll update this post as soon as I can get a good shot.
Whew! So what do you think? It's a good one, huh?! : )
Please leave me a comment to enter, and spread the word! I appreciate your tweets and blog posts to let others know about my giveaway. Yes, I know that will lessen your chances to win ... but we quilters are a generous lot.
But you already knew that based on all the prizes listed here, didn't you? : )
GOOD LUCK!!
