This morning I bemoaned having to make a trip to the “far away” post office because there was a package that needed signing for.
You should have seen me when the postal guy asked me: “Well, are you going to share?!?”
And I thought…SHARE? WHAT?!?
The customs form said the box containted “chocolates and biscuits” All the way from AUSTRALIA!!
I could hardly wait to get the box home and get into it ---
I tore into it with reckless amusement and spilled the contents out onto the dining room table, aka Shipping Station:
Holy Tim Tams!!
Thank you thank you thank you goes to Vonnie who was so kind to think of us! We’ll have fun parceling these out this weekend at the cabin. Jason is bringing up his new girl friend ((This is serious stuff if he actually wants to introduce us to someone special!)) and we will have a great weekend.
A couple other goodies showed up with no message at all and I’m not sure WHY they came to my door, but we are going to share the love:
NOTE: THIS DRAWING ENDED June 1, 2014! Congrats to our lucky winners!
NOTE: THIS DRAWING ENDED June 1, 2014! Congrats to our lucky winners!
Two copies of the latest McCall’s Quilting!
Featuring my friend John Kubiniec’s pattern, Independence!
((He’s got the scrappy neutrals thing going on, y’all!))
There are loads of great quilts included for summer ---and we are going to draw for two lucky winners!
Just leave me a comment below FROM A REAL COMPUTER and if you are on a mobile device, you have got to know by now that you can’t comment via a link in Facebook ---you have to open the link in a new safari or browser window to be able to comment. Same thing if you are on some blog reader services. Open it up in it’s OWN PAGE and you should be fine.
Do not leave your entry in the side-bar guestbook. Do not leave your entry in Facebook or instagram. It has to be HERE in the comments section of THIS POST only so I can use the random number generator to draw our two winners.
Do not leave your entry in the side-bar guestbook. Do not leave your entry in Facebook or instagram. It has to be HERE in the comments section of THIS POST only so I can use the random number generator to draw our two winners.
Please leave your name and email address if commenting as anonymous. If I can’t reach you after drawing your entry, we’ll have to choose someone else.
We will draw Sunday Night after I return home from the cabin ---
Ready, Set? Good luck everyone!
Oh, and PS – plan on Quilt Cam Monday night as Tuesday morning I am off to Oregon! Whoowhooo!
John now teaches at Patricias- my local quilt shop!
ReplyDeletenice quilt John way to go
ReplyDeletepeg in kansas
Hiya Bonnie! Pick Me! Pick Me! LOL Thanks for all you do!
ReplyDeletethanks for including me in the drawing. shirl
ReplyDeletehandquiltAT yahooDOT com
I love John's pattern and it would look great made with Civil War reproductions.....I happen to have a drawer full...lol
ReplyDeleteOh how cool to get 2 unexpected surprises in one day ! Double Blessings- one for you and one your faithful readers !!
ReplyDeletegreat quilts John, would love to have some new magazines
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilts in the magazines.Thanks for a chance to win
ReplyDeleteLove the pattern, John. Bonnie is great to share with us!
ReplyDeleteI saw Hexie's in that issue!!! I'm recently addicted!!! Thanks for doing another give away!
ReplyDeleteAwesome mail!!! Worth the trip to the post office!
ReplyDeleteI would love to enter your give-a-way. You are one super busy lady. I can't believe you are headed out again. Do you take time to breathe? What fun to get a box of Tim Tams, what are they?
ReplyDeleteGreat magazine...love your blogs. Hope I'm the lucky one!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carla
csimao@hawaiiantel.net
Would love to win the magazines! Can always use more quilt patterns! :)
ReplyDeleteI always love a give-away. Thanks for the opportunity to win a copy of a great magazine.
ReplyDeleteYay on a giveaway and yay on quiltcam! So glad you got a bunch of goodies and special people to share them with!
ReplyDeletePlease, pick my #.
ReplyDeletedtell@bgsu.edu
Thanks for the giveaway, Bonnie...love your patterns.
ReplyDeleteHey Bonnie, would love to win a copy of the magazine.
ReplyDeleteLove the magazine I'd like to win it.
ReplyDeletethanks for all you do for us. I love that you have such a giving heart.
ReplyDeleteLove your blog. Thanks for doing it......
ReplyDeleteLove the magazine I'd like to win it.
ReplyDeleteHope I win!! Thank you for the opportunity!
ReplyDeletePat Clark
hpatoot@aol.com
That would be a great quilt to do.
ReplyDeleteLove your blog. Thanks for doing it......
ReplyDeleteThank you for giving this lovely magazine away. I would love to win but will be happy for whoever gets it. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for allowing us to watch your episode of The Quilt Show for free ~ loved it! Always good stuff! :)
ReplyDeleteWould love to win!
ReplyDeleteLove your blog
ReplyDeleteCool quilt for service member. Love the one on cover too. Thanks for chance to win.
ReplyDeleteLove your blog
ReplyDeleteIt's fun to get goodies in the mail!
ReplyDeleteLisa
Lalexander733(at)gmail(dot)com
Wow, great pattern! Thanks for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteMcCall's is one of my favorite quilt magazines. Hope I win.
ReplyDeleteGreat quilt and would love to win it!! Stopped buying quilt magazines 3 yrs. ago when hubby was put out of work for health reasons. He treats me to Quilt Sampler in the spring and fall...that is now it. I am surviving just fine without them; but it would be so much fun to go through a new one!
ReplyDeleteOH that one is wonderful, can't wait to get a copy and try the pattern!
ReplyDeleteI will probably not win this, but I will be buying the book for the John's pattern.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the giveaway love it! Looks like you are headed my way to Oregon going to try to talk my friend in taking me to the guild where you will be as she is a member. See you on quilt cam :-)
ReplyDeleteGlad you're home safe. Enjoy your time at home with family.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the great giveaways! You give us so much!
Love the pattern! Pick me!!
ReplyDeletethis is a bit complicated for a comment to win one magazine BUT I hope it's worth it. Love the quilt
ReplyDeleteDon't you just love surprises in the mail.. I sure do..
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win! ☺
ReplyDeletemy nana maree @ yahoo . com
Thanks for the giveaway Bonnie. You are so generous with your time, talents and goodies too. Lucky readers!
ReplyDeleteMcCall's is right up there with my Quiltmaker mag. Thanks Bonnie.
ReplyDeleteDon't you just love surprises in the mail.. I sure do..
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice thing to do Bonnie, sharing your new magazines that you just received. You are so appreciated (even though I never win, sigh, maybe one of these days!!) and I love your patterns. Now if I could just save enough for a couple of your books LOL!!
ReplyDeletehave to ask what is a tim tam? and Love looking through the magazines....thank you
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to quilt cam!
ReplyDeleteSure wish I still lived in Hickory....sigh!! Great give away. Wish you would give away the Tim Tams, love those!! Thanks!!
ReplyDeletedkmurphy@longlines.com
Diane Murphy
scrappy stars are wonderful
ReplyDeletevandy
vlinhart88@gmail.com
robinsonblr@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteBarbara
I would love to be drawn as a winner. Thank you!!
Would love to win!
ReplyDeleteplease tell your random computer picky thingie that I would like this issue because there are stars and hexies in the same magazine! :-) ya just cant go wrong with either! looks like a great issue...thanks for the opportunity! *~*CAROLE*~*
ReplyDeleteThose Ausies are always generous with treats. I have a swapper who always sends chocolates to me!!!
ReplyDeleteCrossing my fingers here in Indiana
Glad you made it home, I would love to have a copy of John's quilt, I can see it in red, whit and blue for the forth.
ReplyDeleteAny friend of yours is a friend of mine. Like the stars and especially the scrappy neutrals. Ramona from Maine
ReplyDeleteHi, Bonnie! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDelete185
donnaschambers999@yahoo.ca
Thanks so much for the chance to win a magazine!!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite magazines! Thanks for offering a chance. You are very generous. Debbie in WV
ReplyDeletechocomaniac1951@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteYou rock Bonnie! Love your patterns.
I am presently sitting in a hotel in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. I bought one of your books in the quilt shop here. Normally I live on Vancouver Island in BC. would love a copy of the magazine Cynthia quilticat at yahoodotcom
ReplyDeleteQuilt Cam!!! Yeah. Since your Quilt Show was extended I took advantage and watched it for a 3rd time.
ReplyDeleteGood luck everyone!
ReplyDeleteSince your quilt show was extended, I watched it for a 3rd time.
ReplyDeleteAwesome looking quilt, John!!!
ReplyDeleteSo exciting! Thank you for the contest ;)
ReplyDeletedonnabristow@msn.com
Hooray, another man who quilts! Hope I'm lucky with this draw!
ReplyDeleteI would love the chance, thanks so much !!!
ReplyDeleteI am jealous of your mail! Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteBonnie, you always get fun mail. My 6 yr. old daughter would be so jealous as she is always looking for mail with her name on it. Thanks for sharing your goodies with your fans!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the give away. Love to read about your adventures!
ReplyDeleteI received my McCall's Quilting Magazine today. It was the highlight of my day. Thanks Bonnie!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for always sharing.
ReplyDeleteLeona in London, KY
Thank you for the opportunity to win this magazine! I just finished your pattern, My Blue Heaven, and am now struggling to decide which one to start next. There are so many lovely ones to choose from!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun, love John's pattern. Debby
ReplyDeleteoldladyp2@yahoo.com
You are so lucky to get a fun package from Australia. Enjoy it. Generator Generator, pick me! LOL
ReplyDeleteSweet! Have a wonderful evening!
ReplyDeleteHi Bonnie, I would love to be a winner.
ReplyDeleteThank You for all you do,
Becky in West Virginia
bpyle@frontier.com
Hi Bonnie! Love your patterns. hope I get selected. dfoster2563@aol.com
ReplyDeleteI finished your Celtic Mystery. I get the best compliments on your pattern and color choices.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE presents!!!! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLove the star quilt! perfect for my granddaughter's birthday (when I mistakenly promised her another quilt cause she got a new bigger bed!)
ReplyDeleteThank you for this draw.
Me, me, pick me Mr. Random Number Generator. I love that magazine, but I don't even own a copy.
ReplyDeleteLove the chocolate stash. ;)
I love to read about your trips and meetings...and Quiltvilla!!! I hope I get picked for one of the magazines!!
ReplyDeletelooks lovely!
ReplyDeleteLucky you with all that candy and treats! Now a treat for ME would be to win a gift! Lovin' that scrappy quilt with the neutrals!
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice parcel to receive, have a great weekend at the cabin and enjoy all those goodies.
ReplyDeleteI love any pattern that has Stars in it, and the hexies look like fun too, looks like a great issue.
Oh and I wanted to say that I really enjoyed the episode of the Quilt Show, I learned a lot from it.
Enjoy your weekend.
Gwen
Thanks for the chance to win! Beautiful Independence quilt.
ReplyDeleteKathy
katydidmax@frontier.com
I love the pattern, would be great to win the magazine...........Judy
ReplyDeleteLove the quilt! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win a copy! Enjoy your weekend at the cabin. You deserve the time with family after being gone for 10 days. Fun to meet the girlfriend.
ReplyDeleteTY Bonnie for all you DO!!
ReplyDeletejoycec.cook84@yahoo.com
oh please please please pick me :) thanks so much for the web page I love looking at all the cool quilts people make
ReplyDeleteI love your daily blog and am a big fan of scraps. I would love to win a magazine. I did not realize TimTams were real...they were featured in a novel I just finished.
ReplyDeleteClaire
I'm so glad I have an old school computer! That's about as high tech as I get! Love your blog...it always makes me smile. I, too, love surprises in the mail....yours looks delish! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteJanet
NTZASQRL2(at)msn(dot)com
Emily Smith
ReplyDeleteThe quilt magazine looks like a good one. Would love to win one of them!
I just love the patriotic quilts!
ReplyDeleteLove all your scraps, can't remember when I last made a quilt with fabric bought specifically for one project.
ReplyDeleteKathy.day@frontiernet.net
Thank you for the opportunity to win one of the magazines.. I am New to quilting and have been really enjoying your blog... You make this so FUN !! Big HUGS
ReplyDeleteKitty from Ohio
grannyonwheels12@gmail.com
Thank you for sharing your love of the art. Maggie Bailey sewitall8344@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI'd like to enter to win! Thank you so much for the chance to be a winner.
ReplyDeleteColleen
In dry
California
What a great homecoming package for you. And thank you for sharing some of it with your readers.
ReplyDeleteI continue to learn from you! Thank you for sharing your knowledge And gifts from your mail.
ReplyDeleteYour the bomb! You give us inspiration to get off the couch and go to sew!
ReplyDeleteOh Bonnie! You are so generous! I have followed you for years and commented on most of the giveaways! Today, I feel lucky!
ReplyDeleteSue Sullivan
sullivan36@sbcglobal.net
John's quilt looks great and so do your Aussie goodies. You'll impress that special girl this weekend with your imported sweets. Thanks for the giveaway. I'd love a free copy of the magazine. I'll be tuning in for Quilt Cam on Monday.
ReplyDeleteDo we get chocolate too? LOL Love your patterns Bonnie!
ReplyDeleteCount me in Bonnie and enjoy your treats.
ReplyDeletethanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteLove reading your blog and really love your scrappy patterns. Thanks for sharing. Nora
ReplyDeleteNorasArkQuilting@gmail.com
What a beautiful quilt!!
ReplyDeletePlease pick me.....Your comments and insite are so "normal". I truly enjoying your postings.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win. Thanks for letting me enter and have a chance.
ReplyDeleteI would be so honored if you picked me !!!!
ReplyDeleteokay, I'm feeling random tonight! :) And bringing a girl home to meet the parents - serious indeed!
ReplyDeletethanks for the opportunity. Love your blog and fb page
ReplyDeleteI love the look of scrappy neutrals!! thank you for the opportunity!!
ReplyDeletequiltindlj@yahoo.com
Even though I have the mag, I have two special friends I would love to share this issue with.
ReplyDeleteI have only been a "scrapaholic" for about 6 months, since solving the mystery of the Celtic Solstice - yeah, I made one - and the top is finished - and while I was sewing on it, I was also furiously cutting my bits and pieces of fabrics into strips, squares and rectangles. Am really hooked on scrappy now. And if I don't win, send me a bar of that Aussie chocolate as a consolation prize. lol
ReplyDeleteWelcome back home! It is special when your son wants you to meet that "special someone. Next there will be "wedding bells" and then a grandchild. Get ready! Thanks for all you do and sharing the wealth. BTW, the quilt would make a good QOV. Can't wait for quilt cam!
ReplyDeleteI love , love your quilts have made several of your quilts have three of your books, planning to get more soon. Would love to win this! Thank you for the opportunity.
ReplyDeleteSo what exactly is a Tim Tam....now I'm curious.
ReplyDeleteMy son recently brought a girl friend for us to meet...it was a first, must be something in the air.
just in case: m3reyna at gmail dot com
wonderful quilt ideas :)
ReplyDeletehave a great weekend and thanks for the give away
ReplyDeleteLove the chance to win! Love all of your quilts!
ReplyDeleteRobin Wells robinwells0818@gmail.com
Hi Bonnie! I'm enjoying Quilt-cam sessions later but i love them! Still working on my solstice quilt, top is done, now up to add borders. In time i'll send you photo's. Love your great scrappy work and wishing you a nice weekend!
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ReplyDeletepic me, pic me! i am a devoted fan! missjameequilts@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteThanks for all you do!
ReplyDeleteGlad you made it home safely. I'd love a new mag!
ReplyDeleteLove to win!! Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeletePenny
pmallow@gmail.com
first timer let me win jdigh@peoplepc.com
ReplyDeletehere's to hoping that the random number draw-er will draw me ;o) i would love to have a new little mag to drool over ;o)
ReplyDeleteThanks Bonnie for the giveaways! Please pick me! LOL
ReplyDeletedihughes38925@gmail.com
Pick me please! Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win
ReplyDeleteTeresa ayars
tlayars@msn.com
Just by looking at the picture of the new Mc Calls magazine I know I want to win. I have been working diligently on my gfg wall hanging and it is starting to show progress. Have fun at the cabin with your special guest and all your treats. Maybe you will have a new quilter to inspire.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win. Those goodies look fantastic.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to Quilt Cam.
ReplyDeleteSo simple but striking.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend up at the cabin and thanks for sharing all your travels and all the quilts
ReplyDeleteJohn designed another great quilt. I saw this issue at the store today, but didn't pick it up. I guess I'll have to see if it's still there when I get back to that store. Thanks. Have a great and well deserved weekend!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win a copy! I'll bet you can't wait to meet the girlfriend.
ReplyDeleteWhat, no Vegemite?? LOL! Enjoy your time at home - oh, and please pick me for the drawing ;)
ReplyDeleteJulie in Huntington Beach (one of your M&L kidnappers...)
juliet.s.jacinto@gmail.com
Would love to win.
ReplyDeleteI love John's quilt, and agree that the scrappy background adds a lot of interest to it.
ReplyDeleteHay Bonnie, would love to have a new magazine to read. LOL
ReplyDeletebarbarafoster@telus.net
Love that pattern....thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteBarb
spurr@mts.net
Love new magazines and patterns, but those CHOCOLATE TREATS ~ mmm!
ReplyDeletelmhfarmer@yahoo.com
I'd love to win. Thanks in advance. Sew until later!
ReplyDeleteThank so much for sharing...welcome home!
ReplyDeleteA box of junk food from Australia...how often does a girl come home to that? Enjoy!!!
ReplyDeletePlease count me in for the drawing.
Can't wait.
ReplyDeleteHi Bonnie, I told someone in January that I was going to challenge myself this year, and I did just that with the Celtic Solstice. The beauty of it was kept me going...I am now sewing all pieces into blocks and I can almost see it finished. Thank you so much for all you do for the world of quilting and quilters alike.
ReplyDeleteA great magazine that I would love to win.
ReplyDeleteme! me! me, please! said Sally while waving her stubby little arms wildly in the air!
ReplyDeleteHexies and stars, what could be better!
ReplyDeleteWow, you got some great scraps today and then goodies from Australia. Hope I get lucky with the drawing. Thanks for all you do!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chance to win the magazine.
ReplyDeletemichele mhunter53@gmail.com LOVE those TimTams!!!
ReplyDeletePick me, Pick me, Pick me. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI love John's pattern!! I would love to win a copy of the book.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win. I need more quilting magazines. Thanks for sharing. Deana in Mo.
ReplyDeleteHI Bonnie...Thanks for another giveaway!!!
ReplyDeleteJanel kiztom@hotmail.com
Love reading your blog! I would love to be a winner!
ReplyDeleteBecky
rswinther@gmail.com
I would LOVE to win. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteIt would be fun to win a giveaway.
ReplyDeleteHi Bonnie! I would love to win a magazine! If not, I'd settle for a chocolate bar! Thanks! Janet
ReplyDeleteorchidjm@optonline.net
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ReplyDeleteWould be a great QofV. Thanks.
ReplyDeletethanks for chance Bonnie
ReplyDeleteLsgmsu25@aol.com
Another giveaway- I love it!!!
ReplyDeleteDebbie Barnes
Enjoy your chocolates :) And thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome package - thanks for a chance to win the magazine!
ReplyDeletePut me in!
ReplyDeleteWould love to be a winner.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bonnie!
ReplyDeletePick me - pick me!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for a chance to win the magazine and looking forward to quiltcam lfclifton@aol.com
ReplyDeleteWould love to win! Thanks , Bonnie!
ReplyDeleteThanks for a chance to win the magazine and looking forward to quiltcam lfclifton@aol.com
ReplyDeleteLove the quilts! I need to work on mine over the summer when I'm not teaching!
ReplyDeleteWow - you scored big time! And you want to share. I love you!!
ReplyDeleteI know it is totally random but pick me! Enjoy your weekend and I hope you pass muster with the girlfriend. Been there and done that. haha
Thanks for the chance to win. Enjoy the goodies and your time at the cabin.
ReplyDeletelove the pattern
ReplyDeleteenjoy your candy too
Thanks for sharing so much with us, Bonnie! Enjoy your goodies, too.
ReplyDeleteDon't you just love men who sew? Thanks for all you do Bonnie.
ReplyDeleteKeeping my fingers crossed! Christine
ReplyDeletepbcquiltlover@yahoo.com
Wonderful mail, the yummy kind!Have a great weekend at the cabin, happy sewing to all
ReplyDeleteLove it when you get home, ....I know I sound like Sadie, but yah!!! for us QUILT CAM.
ReplyDeleteYou have soiled up Bonnie.
I know you've heard this before but,
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK, HELP, TIME AND PATTERNS.
what a fantastic package! the magazine is great too. thanks for a chance to win.
ReplyDeleteReally getting into making use of all the scraps that I cut off every block that I make. You have opened my eyes into the possibilities of every scrap Thank you for all you do for your fellow quilters. I hope I win this giveaway.
ReplyDeletePatricia Gibbs pattiag2002@yahoo.com
John's quilt is great. I make lots of QOVs and this would be another great one to make.
ReplyDeleteCost Plus World Market sometimes has Tim Tams. I buy lots and freeze them. Yum!
ReplyDeleteGreat pattern from John - love the scrappy background.
Thanks for all you do and all that you share! I have the perfect fabric for John's pattern, so pick me! LOL!
ReplyDeleteKay B.
kbhikes@gmail.com
Those magazines look really interesting.
ReplyDeleteroyandi60@gmail.com
Great magazine--beautiful quilt by your friend.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win this mag! Sew inspiring! Thanks for sharing your goodies!
ReplyDeleteConnie Howard
hamwife@com-pair.net