I went to bed early last night (gasp!), and decided to select winners today – we’ve got two giveaways that ended yesterday!

The One Thing, One Week Challenge winner is – Michelle at Dresden Quilter! Check out what Michelle managed to finish last week – it’s a beauty!

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I loved reading about all the guys you would make quilts for from Emily’s book! Geared for Guys, is the perfect solution for all the guys without quilts in your life!

The winner of Geared for Guys is : Debbie from Esch House Quilts

Visit Emily’s shop to purchase Geared for Guys.

Congratulations to both my winners!

Amy

First – Happy Mother’s Day to all of my mom, and mom at heart friends! I hope that you are enjoying the day with your family! Today is a double celebration at our house, as Ella turns 12 today! She was born the day before Mother’s Day 12 years ago, and I fully enjoy celebrating the day with our precious girl.

Have you seen this book tour in blogland? My friend, Emily, from Crazy Old Ladies wrote Geared for Guys, for the guys in all of our lives!

With eight great patterns, there’s something for every guy in this book! Whether your guy leans toward rustic and outdoors, or artistic and modern – Emily has you covered.

Over the course of May the book is being featured on a number of blogs, follow along to … Read More »

Today Ronnie, at The Quilting Garden is giving away a fantastic Sassy fat quarter bundle!

Ronnie has taken her love of quilting, and created a thriving business!  The Quilting Garden, has a great selection of fabrics, a huge collection of patterns, kits, notions, and thread too!  From my experience, Ronnie is quick to ship, and there’s always a deal to be found too.

Here’s the bundle up for grabs:

Sassy by Sandy Gervais

The Quilting Garden also carries a great collection of precut fabrics to get your next project started right away, and Cosmo floss, for hand-stitching.

Ronnie is offering a special discount to my readers for 15% off any non-sale merchandise for the month of March!  Simply use code “MAR15″ during checkout.

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Enter to win by leaving a Sassy comment … Read More »

Hi there!  I’ve been teasing you all week with my applique project, and it is finished and ready to share!  Pat invited five of us to put our own spin on one of her new Girls in the Garden patterns for Bigfork Bay Cotton Company.  I had so much fun selecting a pattern and then all the fabrics to work with!  Actually, I could only narrow it down to two patterns, and I had to ask one of my girls which she liked better.  She helped me decide on Amelia’s Spring Delight:

Selecting fabrics – I would usually lean toward solids in place of batiks, since I haven’t stashed those, yet. However, I forced myself to look closer at my prints, and  select a few favorite prints to work with.  I think all the prints make it … Read More »

Hi all!  I’m impressed with all that you have managed to finish so far in 2012!  The winner of the Canton Village Quilt Works bundle,

is –

Congratulations Vicki!  Look for an email from me soon.

You can learn more about Jackie and Canton Village Quilt Works by following these links:

newsletter ~shop ~ blog ~ facebook ~ podcasts ~ itunes  ~ youtube

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The latest Aurifil block has been made available today!  Did I tell you that there are drawings for Aurifil prizes each month?  Simply make the block and post a picture to the flickr group and you could win!

Visit the Aurifil blog to download this adorable pattern, and learn more about Sherri Falls of“This and That” pattern company, the designer this month.

I can’t believe it’s February already! ~ Amy

Today Jackie is giving away a beautiful fat quarter bundle!

Canton Village Quilt Works is always stocked with bright and beautiful fabrics, and Jackie is quick to ship your purchases!  If you don’t know Jackie already, she’s been a quilter for 18 years, longarm quilter for 12 years, has had her long arm quilting business for 12 years, opened her fabric shop 2 years ago, she’s a designer for Quilt Magazine, and finally, is a quilting podcaster.  Whew!  I also happen to know that she has a loving family, complete with a few furry friends too!

The Blogger’s BOM program released a new block just yesterday too – visit this post for details!

This is the bundle of fat quarters to be won–

Aren’t they pretty?  

Jackie has a … Read More »

Hi there!  This exciting challenge came through my inbox and I thought I should share!

This challenge was created to celebrate the history of sewing by recognizing both SINGER® and Coats & Clark, who are both celebrating significant anniversaries this year (160th and 200th, respectively); as well as educate and inspire through the life and work of Mary Brooks Picken, the authority on fashion and dressmaking in the early and mid-1900s .

Here’s a video from Amy explaining the challenge:

Visit Amy’s site, here, for details about patterns, and to download free patterns that can be used for the challenge.  Also, Amy and her team have offered to give one of you two patterns of your choice, from Indygo Junction, to help you jump into the challenge.

To win:

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I’m excited to be participating in this blog tour celebrating Nancy Zieman’s most recent Trace ‘N Create templates.  All month long you will see lots of creativity on the participating blogs, as each blogger shares their personal Tablet Keeper.

One of my sewing projects last week was my own Tablet Keeper!

Nancy’s new template set is perfect for your e-reader or iPad, but if you prefer paper there’s options for a  paper pad as well!  The best part is there’s no paper pattern pieces to keep track of, all the measurements, and markings for three sizes, are on one template.

I made the medium size to fit my iPad.  Once I cut my pieces and added interfacing the project went smooth and quick!

The instructions are on precise, and easy to follow.  Also the … Read More »