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Monday, August 18, 2014

Goodies from Great Britain! Give-Away!

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I brought home some goodies from England for you!

It was fun to see all the various publications that we can’t get here.

The covers are intriguing, and I wanted to devour each and every one ---some things are the same as what we can get here, I think the internet and digital media has made it so we all see what each country is doing in live time, and that is wonderful, but I also love to catch glimpses of how things are different, how things THERE reflect the life and the times of the people in that country.


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Katy Jones, Editor of Quilt Now Magazine!

I first learned of Katy when my Scrappy Trips quilt went viral thanks to Katy starting a #scrappytripalong on Instagram.  VIRAL doesn’t begin to describe what happened to that lowly little charity quilt pattern that I published in 1999.  Fun how new fabrics and a whole new onslaught of quilters can give an oldie but a goodie new life!  

When Katy messaged me after reading that I was on the plane to the UK, we arranged a meet up.

You can find Katy’s blog HERE and be watching for her new fabric line, Priory Square from Art Gallery Fabrics to be available soon.  I hope to be bumping into her in Houston in October!  ((If I’m able to make it, the jury is still out on that one!))

At any rate..Katy gifted me THESE copies to offer to you as a give-away!

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Quilt Now!!

It’s a value packed issue, including supplies and pattern for TWO strawberry pincushions in each package, one for you, one for a friend!

Leave me a comment below, including your name and email address if they are not visible in your blogger/google profile. If I draw you and you don’t have an email address, I get to draw again!

If you are visiting this page after clicking a link in Facebook or a blog reader service like Bloglovin on your mobile device, open this page in a new browser window to be able to comment.

One comment per person, yada yada yada!  I’ll be drawing on Friday evening for our two winners via random number generator!

Only comments left in the comments section to this post are eligible to win.  You can’t leave a comment in the guestbook, email, Facebook or instagram to be entered.

I think that’s all the small print!  Good luck everyone!


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On the Quilty side…

I was up at 4am, couldn't sleep ---((Thought I was over the jet lag!)) and puttered around in the sewing room searching for border fabrics for a project I was working on in June.  JUNE!  It’s been borderless since JUNE!  Well, I plan to fix that this next week when Siobhan and Tonya come to retreat with me at Quilt Villa.  I’m making piles of everything that needs to go!

My stash is ages old and full of many treasures. Fabric really doesn't have an expiration date does it?  How long has this been waiting for just the right project?

I love my fabric no matter how long I've had it. To me it's about color and value and texture and emotion and not about any one particular designer, manufacturer or fabric line. I feel very much in the minority where that is concerned. I just want to choose and use my fabric without labels.

And oh yeah…there WILL be QUILT CAM tonight at 9pm Eastern!  Bring a project, come to the blog, find the post and click the arrow to start the feed and sew with me!

See you then!


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1,027 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:16 AM EDT

    I love following your blog and I love scrappy quilts! Keep up the good work and hopefully one day I will find my way into one of your workshops.

    Jen
    jarledge1@yahoo.com

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  2. Bonnie, thank you for doing this giveaway! You are so generous with your skills and patterns, I love your blog and I follow you on FB. Hope I get a chance to see one of these magazines in person.

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  3. Anonymous11:27 AM EDT

    I love that the magazines in the UK have "gifts" on the front, they are so much fun to do, and usually take very little time.

    Nancyanne
    nannylace@comcast.net

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  4. Thank you for a chance to win some lovely goodies! Vanya in Texas

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  5. Ooooh, a new magazine with a pincushion pattern that you brought all the back home with you to give away! You are a generous soul my friend. Really enjoyed 'visiting' England via your great blog posts. Thank you for the chance to win. Hugs, Allison in Plano, TX allon0711@yahoo.com

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  6. O' would that fortune favor me in being the recipient of this offering - I so enjoy following along on your travels and of course your patterns. Thank you for this opportunity.

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  7. Anonymous4:12 PM EDT

    Thank you for being so generous with your time and your goodies!
    Mary Kauffman
    mary57k@yahoo.com

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  8. I LOVE Katy! I follow her blog as well! She is a whoot! I'm so glad the two of you were able to connect!! I WOULD LOVE to get my hands on one of her mags!! Thanks!!!

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  9. What an awesome giveaway!

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  10. Hi Bonnie, would really love to win one of your giveaways as I have entered almost every one & have not been the lucky winner, guess they were not meant for me...lol, but am hoping this one has my name on it... happy quilting & enjoy your time with friends... mprz59@yahoo.com

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  11. Would love to see what the other side of the world is doing. Thank you for the chance.

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  12. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway! Looks like a great magazine--I've never seen it before! :o)

    pippirose59 at gmail dot com

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  13. Thanks for all the quilty fun Bonnie! See you in the Fall in San Diego...

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  14. I love your blog and everything you do for our craft. It would be great to check out this magazine.

    Holly H NY

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  15. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  16. Marie Sagers12:20 AM EDT

    Happy Sewing time!
    Thanks for the chance to win!
    Marie
    mcmsagers ATcomcastDot net

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  17. I would love to win the magazine. Thanks for the chance.

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  18. I've had so much fun visiting England vicariously.... we had a wonderful trip didn't we! Lol....
    thanks for taking us with you.
    Oh and please enter me in the give away. I would love to share the pin cushion with my friend Karma... we try together each Thursday to sew/quilt. I just showed her your blog and how to watch quilt cam. I told her it's like having a friend to sew with when I'm not at her house! Lol
    She was sew excited. Hugs, Jean C.
    djcogdill@q.com

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  19. Anonymous7:44 AM EDT

    I enjoyed reading about your travels in Britain and would love to have a copy of Quilt Now as a souvenir of your trip! Looking forward to the next mystery quilt! (Laurie) elemem_27@yahoo.com

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  20. Mind sending it back to Europe? Would love to win a copy.

    Greetings from Sweden

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  21. Oh goodness, I would love to win this. There is something so interesting about quilt magazines from "across the pond".

    just in case I get Lucky: m3reyna at gmail dot com

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  22. Hi Bonnie,

    I'm a new quilter and am eager to learn all I can. I'm delighted I was told about you!

    Fingers crossed to win the mag and p.cushion.

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  23. The magazine looks like it has lots of fun and exciting stuff in it. Thanks to both of you for the draw!

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  24. Looking forward to hearing Moore. I'm such a rookie! Your blog is great and I'm sure I'll refer to it many times in the future.

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  25. I always enjoy your posts. How fun that you are always meeting new, wonderful people who share your love of quilting. I am always in awe of your energy and talent. You inspire so many. The magazines look wonderful and winning one would be divine and give me more inspiration! Thank you, Bonnie! You're the BEST.
    Linda R of Minnesota - liketwostep@yahoo.com

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  26. I would love to win this magazine. It looks great and the pin cushions are going to be fun to make. Thanks for the chance.
    ncjeepster@aol.com

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  27. Sure, sure, put me on the list! Loved seeing all the sights on your visit to England. It must have been fun meeting up with some internet friends (such as Muv aka Lizzie Leonard) and getting to see them in person. Would have loved to have been a bug on the wall listening to the conversation at that table!

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