Monday, September 2, 2013

National Sewing Month and giveaway

Did you know that September is National Sewing month??  You can read about it at the Sewing & Craft Alliance.

During our travels all the way to Minnesota and Wisconsin this summer, I had the opportunity to visit several fabulous quilt shops.  And when I was there, I found a little bit of fabric that I wanted to share with one of my readers.  Because we as quilters love to sew, this seemed like the perfect time to host a giveaway.


I couldn't resist these pretty aqua fat quarters. The coordinating yellow Art Gallery fabric is a 1/6th yard cut, but I thought it matched very nicely. I'm including some Connecting Threads Essential thread in light gray.  I like that color as it blends in with almost everything.  And a package of the Clover Wonder Clips.

So to enter this giveaway, please leave a comment and tell me where you live.  Sometimes I look at the stats and am amazed at how many places are highlighted.  

And for double the fun, if you are a follower of my blog, old or new, please comment a second time letting me know how you follow me!

Remember I must have a way to contact you, either by email or from your profile.  Check to see if you are a No Reply Blogger.  If I cannot contact you, I will choose another winner. The giveaway will close on September 14th.

Happy Quilting!

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195 comments:

Susan said...

I probably never would have thought of putting yellow with aqua, but I like it!

I'm in Wellsboro, PA...home of the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon!

Jacqueline said...

How nice of you to share your quilty goodies.

I live in NE Ohio.

Thanks

kutiequilter said...

Love the fabrics. I live in Rome, PA across the street from NY!

kutiequilter said...

I follow you on Bloglovin'.

Martine said...

I love your quilting goodies and aqua.
I live in Belgium.
Thanks .
Martine.

Terry said...

What pretty fabric! Thanks for the giveaway! And I live in Ohio, but I think maybe you knew that. :0)

Terry said...

I'm a follower too...thanks again! :0)

Donna said...

Panama City, FL is home to me.

Donna said...

I am a Feedly follower.

Rita@PinPrickedFingers.com said...

Gorgeous fabric! That would go great with some other lovelies in my stash!

http://www.pinprickedfingers.wordpress.com

Rita@PinPrickedFingers.com said...

Oh, I'm a bloglovin follower from Ontario, Canada!

Miss Jean said...

I live near Denver in Centennial!

B Greene said...

What a beautiful prize pack!! Thanks for the chance to win!

B Greene said...

I am a happy follower of your blog. I follow by RSS feed and read through The Old Reader. Thanks again for the fun celebration!

Denise in PA said...

What a nice giveaway! I am from Warminster, PA - right outside of Philly!

Denise in PA said...

I'm a follower!

Brenda said...

where did you shop in Minnesota and Wisconsin? I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and I stopped in those states, as well as Indiana and Michigan during my summer travels. thanks for the chance.

Brenda said...

and I'm a follower too!

Becky S. said...

I live in Centennial, CO. Thanks so much for the fun giveaway.

scottylover said...

I'm in St. Louis, MO where the rain last night finally broke the weeklong 100+ temps!

Sandy A

Becky S. said...

I am a follower.

scottylover said...

And of course I am a follower of yours!

Sandy A

Diane H said...

Greeting from Caledon, Ontario (just north of Toronto). Thanks for the fun giveaway.

Diane H said...

Happy to follow you via email.
(laura84watt)

Sunnybec said...

I live in a small town called Rochechouart in the Limousin area of France. Thanks for the giveaway. Linda

Gill said...

What a lovely giveaway - fabulous colours!
I'm from Gloucester in England!

Dora, the Quilter said...

What lovely things you have gathered!
I live in the valley just east of the Sandia Mountains (which are just east of Albuquerque, NM). (I also commute into ABQ daily for my job.)

Dora, the Quilter said...

I've followed your blog for at least several years. I so enjoy it.

Laurel said...

I live just outside Peoria, Illinois.

Laurel said...

I've been following you for ages now!

Margaret said...

Hello from Williford Arkansas in the north east corner of Arkansas. Thanks for sharing.

Margaret said...

I follow by blog lovin Love your blog

Tanya Quilts in CO said...

I live in Montrose, Colorado

Maxine said...

I live in Providence Village, Texas.

JoyceLM said...

I'm in hot & humid & wet North Carolina. Thanks for the chance to win.

JoyceLM said...

I'm a follower, using Bloglovin' to read your posts. Thanks again.

claudia said...

I love the color combination.
I live in a small town called Montara, Ca. We are just south of San Francisco. It's beautiful here, I have the ocean as background noise and I only have to walk a few blocks to be at the beach.
momacita22{at}yahoo{dot}com

Angie said...

Oh How FUN!! :) I adore September and the fact that it is National Sewing Month makes it even sweeter. :)

Angie said...

AND I follow you with Bloglovin AND Google Friend Connect. :D

Donna said...

I'm in Cranford, NJ. Beautiful fabric.

Donna said...

... I follow you through Quilter Blogs.

Debbie said...

What pretty fabric. My favorite color is yellow.
I live in St. Paul, MN. Where in MN did you visit?

Debbie said...

I follow you on Bloglovin.

Jan Baker said...

I live in Pendleton Oregon. Love your colors.

Jan Baker said...

I follow you by email.

Judith @ Lavender Cottage said...

I love these materials for your giveaway and they'll make something quite pretty.
Since I don't quilt, or sew I don't need my name entered in your draw thanks. I'm now following you on Bloglovin' so I can visit more often.

Lynda said...

I follow you on Bloglovin' and live in Alabama. Your fabric choices are beautiful.

Shannon said...

I live in Oklahoma!

Shannon said...

And I follow you on feedly.

Barbara O. said...

This is a wonderful color combo.
I live in Munich, Germany.

Barbara O. said...

And I follow you on Blogspot.

Nikita said...

Gorgeous colors! I live in Clyde, TX.

Nikita said...

I've been following you through blogger.

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

I've been wanting to try those wonder clips. Thanks for the giveaway!

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

Oops! I live in Aurora, IL. I follow you thru blogger. Thank goodness my dashboard reader didn't go away.

Sue said...

I live in Grass Valley California and I am a follower

hueisei said...

What a lovely giveaway. I am from Malaysia

Anonymous said...

HELLO,GREETINGS FROM MONTANA,HOME OF THE BEAUTIFUL ROCKY MOUNTAINS! WHAT A NICE GIVEAWAY>THANK YOU FOR SHARING!

msstitcher1948@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

HAPPY TO FOLLOW YOU>BLOG LOVIN'!

msstitcher1948@yahoo.com

Pam said...

I am sewing with Aqua, grey and orange at the moment and learning to like it. The yellow looks good against the aqua, fingers crossed.

Pam said...

I follow on GFC and look forward to reading your posts.

Nupur said...

Hello from hot and humid Athens, Georgia, USA :)

Thanks for the giveaway!

Loris said...

Happy Sewing Month!
I live in Cambria, California...the central coast of the state :-)
These fabrics are gorgeous and the thread perfect for it. I've been wanting to try those clips for awhile now too! Thanks for celebrating with such a sweet giveaway.

Loris said...

I've been following your blog for a few years now, reading on my list at Blogger.com.
Reading about your trip and quilt store visits has been fun and interesting. Great summer reading!

Jackie's Stitches said...

I'm from The Sunshine State - Florida! White beaches blue water and home of The Mouse!

Jackie's Stitches said...

I follow via Feedly!

Mary on Lake Pulaski said...

I live in that wonderful state that you visited this summer - Minnesota!

Mary on Lake Pulaski said...

I follow your blog via bloglovin!

Mary said...

Hello from Gilliam, Missouri, where are finally having a little relief from the heat. I love the fabrics and can think of several uses for the clips.

Mary said...

I follow your lovely blog through email. Thanks for a chance to win.

Katerina said...

Obsessed with this combination!

I live in Los Osos, California!

Jane S. said...

I follow your blog through Bloglovin'. :)

Daryl @ Patchouli Moon Studio said...

I live in New Mexico. I love those 2 colors together the aqua and yellow.

Daryl @ Patchouli Moon Studio said...

I follow you with GFC on Blogger.

Jane S. said...

I'm in Oregon, in the Coast Mountain range. So I look out my windows and see mountains and trees, but I'm only 45 minutes from the beach! It's a great place to live. :)

NanaNor's said...

Hi there, What a nice give away-how generous of you. I live in northern Colorado-specifically Windsor.
Thanks for sharing your treasures.
Noreen

NanaNor's said...

Hi, I have been a follower for quite awhile now, again would love these great gifts.
Hugs, Noreen

Tanna said...

Love those colors!! I'd love to enter. Thank you for the opportunity!! blessings ~ tanna

Tanna said...

I follow with the Google Friend Connect thing-a-ma-jigger. ;)

Janarama said...

I live about 50 miles west of downtown Chicago.

Janarama said...

I follow you via GFC.

Joyce Carter said...

What a very generous giveaway. I live in a very small town in N.E. Georgia.

BillieBee (billiemick) said...

I live in Central Texas.

Pokey said...

Happy sewing day to you, what a great way to celebrate! I live in Ontario, California ~
:-}pokey

Pokey said...

...and am glad to be a follower of yours!
:-}pokey

Unknown said...

Hi, well we are all from far and wide countries but it is just wonderful how our hobby brings us all together like this. I am from North Yorkshire, England, UK. Thank you for the give away opportunity to win such a lovely collection of goodies.

Unknown said...

I am a follower of your blog using bloglovin.






Quilting Tangent said...

I live in New York.

Joan H. said...

The fabric colors are lovely and I really enjoy using the thread from Connecting Threads. Thanks for the opportunity to win this giveaway.I live in Madison, Wisconsin.

Joan H. said...

I follow you on email. Enjoy your blog.

Anita said...

Live in California, northern :) thanks for sharing your goodies!

Anita said...

I follow you on bloglovin :)

yorkie mom said...

Michigan!

yorkie mom said...

I follow you on blog login. Love the aqua.

Catskill Quilter said...

How generous of you! I am in northern Florida, and I too love the aqua fat quarters!

Catskill Quilter said...

I follow you with feedly and blog lovin.

Love Of Quilts said...

I had to double check to see, I am a follower.

Love Of Quilts said...

Live in Tennessee!

barbara woods said...

Georgia the peach state, thanks

barbara woods said...

i follow by gfc

ledamewood said...

What a nice little package you have put together, thanks for the chance to win. I live in North Carolina in a small college town just north of Charlotte - Davidson.

ledamewood said...

I have been a follower for quite a while.

Bridget B said...

love the colors. I am from South Dakota

Bridget B said...

Am also a happy follower. Thanks for having a giveaway.

Tammy said...

Thank you for the chance to enter your giveaway. I follow your blog via Bloglovin.

Tammy said...

I am located in South Carolina, USA.

tubilinha tiacarminha said...

Seguindo GFC e Blogger.Obrigada.tiacarminhapezzuto@gmail.com

tubilinha tiacarminha said...

Adorei esta combinação de cores.Moro em BRASIL.Obrigada
tiacarminhapezzuto@gmail.com

LJ said...

On your way to WI and MN, did you visit Iowa? That's where I am. Iowa is native American Indian (tribe?) for Beautiful Land.

Peggy said...

I really like the aqua and yellow fabric combo together. I live in Ft Wayne, IN

Stephanie @ Quarter Incher said...

These are great! I live in San Diego!

Anonymous said...

Light gray is my preferred thread color for piecing, too. I live in the Inland Empire area of California, right off I-10 about an hour east of Los Angeles. -- soparkaveataoldotcom

Anonymous said...

I follow by email. -- soparkaveataoldotcom

Sowing Stitches said...

USA is home for me. :)

Sowing Stitches said...

I follow via email...and GFC. :)

Betsy said...

Nthank you so much for sharing. I live in springhill florida

Betsy said...

I am a loyal follower on gfc

SewLindaAnn said...

I live in Roswell, Georgia. A suburb of Atlanta.

SewLindaAnn said...

I Follow thru Bloglovin

Linda Nelson said...

I live in Madison, Wisconsin! Did you stop by our capitol city on your travels?

Linda Nelson said...

I follow your blog via email.

gailss said...

I love the fabrics....my kind of colors.
I am from East Lyme, CT and have followed for some time!

Gwen said...

So glad you got to shop on your vacation! I love the colors of the fabrics you choose. I live in San Antonio, TX and those cool aquas are very appealing in our heat!

Gwen said...

I follow your blog through email. I am so happy that I never miss a post!

Mhairi said...

I am from Australia. Right down the bottom in the middle.
I love reading blogs, although I wish that I lived in America for this month so I could sew because it was National Sewing Month!!

Mhairi said...

I follow your blog using Feedly. I love reading your posts.

DeborahGun said...

Such pretty fabric - thanks for a lovely giveaway. I live in Indonesia :-)

DeborahGun said...

I am a follower on GFC!

Renea said...

I live in Maquoketa, IA. Thanks for the giveaway.

Renea said...

I am a new follower! But have read your blog for a long time.

Vivian said...

Such lovely fabrics and colors in your generous giveaway. I live in Mason City, Iowa (AKA River City from the "Music Man" movie).

Vivian said...

Ditto to Renea's comment above. I'm also a new follower but have enjoyed your blog for a long time.

Anda W said...

I live in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada where we enjoy four different seasons! awolk at rogers dot com

Anda W said...

I follow your lovely blog via email! Thanks for the chance to win! awolk at rogers dot com

Bonnie said...

I live in WI and am the friend who loved visiting quilt shops with you!! What a fun day we had! I follow on email. I love your blog!

Susan P said...

I live just north of Chicago in Libertyviille.

Susan P said...

I receive updates to your blog via google.com

Lisa Cox said...

I live in Hale, Missouri.

Courtneysews said...

I'm from New York. Thanks for the great give-away!

Courtneysews said...

I follow you via Bloglovin! Thanks!

Lisa Cox said...

I follow via GFC as VettekLisa

legato1958 said...

Such pretty fabrics!!
Susie
legato1958@aol.com

Donna said...

I love aqua, as my stash would tell you! I live in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Donna said...

I follow you via email, thanks!

Lori said...

Hope you had a good trip.
I live outside the "Windy City"
Chicago, Illinois, USA
quilting(dash)lady(at)Comcast(dot)net

Lori said...

I am a happy follower.
quilting(dash)lady(at)Comcast(dot)net

Sherry VF said...

Love your blog site. i live in Des Moines, Iowa. svonfumetti(at)yahoo(dot)com

Diane said...

I love reading your blog. I found you by clicking on someone else's blog roll. I saw you lived in Florida and since I was new to Florida I was happy to check in often.

Shelley said...

Oh,I am visiting you from the Eastern coast of canada, Woodstock, New Brunswick to be exact. Everyone in Woodstock is half american because we are a border town to Houlton, Maine :)

Shelley said...

and, I'm an old follower..been with you quite a while and have enjoyed every minute of it :)

Anonymous said...

I live in Michigan.
smjohns63 at yahoo dot com

Anonymous said...

I now follow your great blog via email, thanks.
smjohns63 at yahoo dot com

BRD Girl said...

Beautiful fabrics - great giveaway - thank you! I live in West Des Moines, Iowa.

BRD Girl said...

I have been a very happy follower of your blog for quite some time! :-)

Rhonda D. said...

Wonderful giveaway! I live in southeast Missouri. thanks for the
chance to win!

wigglypup2(at)yahoo(dot)com

Rhonda D. said...

I am a happy follower by e-mail and
GFC. Thanks for the chance to win!

wigglypup2(at)yahoo(dot)com

Deb said...

Love those fabrics! I'm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

Cathy said...

Thanks from Clinton Twp., Michigan for the great giveaway.

Cathy said...

I've been a happy follower for a couple of years now. Hugs

Betty said...

I live in Loch Sheldrake NY small little town in upstate NY
I get your blog by email Love the colors

Cloud 9 said...

I'm in Minnesota, originally a Wisconsin native. I hope you enjoyed your visit to our beautiful states, and those quilt shops. We've had great weather this summer for being outside.

Cloud 9 said...

I'm a follower on bloglovin.

Karen said...

We live in Santa Cruz, CA. USA.

Karen said...

I am a follower, I receive your blog update in my email, i like that feature so I don't miss anything.

I sure enjoy the clover clips, will be asking for more at Christmas time. Makes for less pokey times.

ShirleyC said...

Great goodies!
I live in Logansport, LA south of Shreveport right on the Texas border. The Sabine River separates us from Texas.
Yesterday there were 2 earthquakes about 15 mi. from here, and we were sitting here watching TV when my husband saw the big mirror hanging over the couch moving. I looked up, and it was!
One was 4.1, and the other one was 4.3. Sort of crazy, but these have been happening about a year now.
Just wanted to share that little tidbit about where I live.
It's also been VERY hot!

Tina said...

Thank You For A Chance At Your Giveaway. I Live In Cantonment, Florida.

CJ said...

I really like the aqua and yellow. I live in Waunakee, WI, did you stop by Mill House? It is a great fabric store.

JanetD said...

I am in Idaho. Enjoy your blog.

JanetD said...

I've follow on bloglovin and have for awhile.

Unknown said...

I am from Kentucky.

Darlene's Dabbles said...

I have just started to follow your blog. I live in Canada, in the nortern part of Alberta.

Emily C said...

Love those colors! I live in Pennsylvania.

Jusmom1 said...

I live in Southeastern Pennsylvania, USA. Thanks for the chance to win!

Jusmom1 said...

I now follow you by email!

Jane Coombs said...

Hi from SoCal. Love your fabrics and blog. Stay kewl.

Diane said...

I'm from Wisconsin. Which quilt shops were you able to visit here? I live within easy driving distance (15 minutes to an hour and a half) of at least half a dozen decent shops.

OhioLori said...

What a fun Give-a-Way! Thanks! :)

I live In Mansfield, Ohio

OhioLori said...

I am a Follower too!! Yay! :)

Wenche said...

I'man "old" follower, but haven't been very active on the quilting front for a while. I was wondering about your pon pon maker.....never seen one before....:)

Heather said...

I also enjoy finding out where my online visitors are from. I'm in tiny Conestogo just outside of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Fortunately there are three quilt shops within a stones throw.

Heather said...

I'm a long time follower

June D said...

I'm in sunny Southern California!

Thanks for putting my name in the hat for the drawing!

Sallie said...

I'm from TX. Thanks for the giveaway!

Andi said...

I love these colors together! I live in Bakersfield, CA

andimac14(at)gmail(dot)com

Andi said...

I follow on GFC

andimac14(at)gmail(dot)com

Unknown said...

Thank you for the chance to win the beautiful fabric.
Following from Wisconsin!

Becky said...

One comment away from 200 ! Happy Sewing Month to you! Hope all is good with you!

Linda Enneking said...

I live in west central Ohio, near the village of McCartyville.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful fabric! I live in Austin, TX :-)

sandrarobben said...

I love the fabrics you have choosen. My name is Sandra Robben, from Lent, the Netherlands ( near Nijmegen).

curious said...

Hello from New Hampshire

Thanks gor the giveaway

Paula K.

Fran said...

I live in Sydney, Australia. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.

Fran said...

I'm a long term follower of your blog, originally via GFC & now via Feedly. Thanks for the great giveaway.

Kacey said...

I'm living in louisville, ky but I'm a Marylander at heart :-)

Kacey said...

I'm a new follower!