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.
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!
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!
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!
1,026 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 600 of 1026 Newer› Newest»Hi Bonnie
I would love to check out this magazine. It is always exciting to see new publications and ones from different countries.I have a cousin in Ireland that sends me some once in awhile. They are always a treat.
Thanks for the chance.
pt_bycarolyn@hotmail.com
Carolyn Maw
Have a great day!
It would be so exciting to have/read this magazine and to make the pin cushion! Thank you for the chance to win! :)
sfernkopf@yahoo.com
Thanks so much for the giveaway. Love this.
Jan
Janiceschulz@gmail.com
Please enter me in the drawing. thanks for your inspiration and creativity.
Never had jet lag but have had those can't sleep nights, sure hope your body clock resets soon. Thanks for all you do for us jean in UP of MI hudsonzoo@charter.net
Thank you! It sounds like you had a wonderful time in Great Britain. I would love to go there one day.
I'm just like you about your stash -- I love my fabrics, old and new. I really don't watch for particular designers or worry about my fabric being "out of style" or anything like that. I loved it then, and I love it now!
Thanks for having another give-away! I would love to win!
Thanks for offering, and yes I would love to enjoy another country's quilt "offering".
Marne (marne.parry@gmail.com)
I'd love to win the mags and especially the pin cushion patterns. Thanks for the opportunity to win something.
I never had jet lag but have had those sleepless nights, sure hope your body clock resets soon. Thanks for all you do jean in UP of MI
hudsonzoo@charter.net
I really enjoyed this last trip with you to England, hope to someday visit there in person. Thank you for the chance to win a copy of the magazine. Now I'm off to visit Kathy's blog...
I'd love a copy of the magazine !
Thanks for your thoughtfulness, ladies, in offering these magazines! Plus the strawberry kit inside to boot! I'm leaving my online email addy since we are headed to Tennessee in a couple days. Lavinia/AZ quiltngran@yahoo.com
Looks intriging.
I have never had jet lag but have had sleepless nights. Sure hope your body clock resets soon. Thanks for all you do jean in UP of MI
hudsonzoo@charter.net
Oh, I would love a quilt magazine from across the pond. Thanks for the giveaway Bonnie! You are the best...
Love reading your trip blog- we were there in 2012 and 13...visited many of the same spots and managed to find 3 quilt shops along the way!!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I have never had jet lag but have had sleepless nights. Sure hope your body clock resets soon. Thanks for all you do jean in UP of MI
hudsonzoo@charter.net
Love your border fabrics. They look so happy together. Thanks for the link to Katy's blog. It's a great read. Appreciate the opportunity to enter the give away.
i would love to have a peek into the British world of quilting with this magazine. To see what may be different and what would be the same.
looks interesting!!
Thank you Bonnie for offering this giveaway on the magazines you received while on your travels. Would love to win!!
I would love to win! Thanks Bonnie!
I have never had jet lag but have had sleepless nights. Sure hope your body clock resets soon. Thanks for all you do jean in UP of MI
hudsonzoo@charter.net
What a great way to share the UK with us! I would love to win one of the prizes. Thanks for all you do for us Bonniacs!!
Thanks Bonnie - love your blog and patterns.
Would love this magazine, and would be my first home made pincushion :)
Love your blog. I would love to be a winner.
Oh Bonnie, how fun this looks. I would love to win, so I'm throwing my hat in the ring...keeping fingers crossed that I'm one of the lucky ones this time. Sherri
Looks like you had tons of fun on the trip. Would love to win one of those mags. Thanks, Mary
Would love to win a magazine I've not seen before! Thanks for the opportunity,Bonnie.
I love your blog & your web cam and frankly all your creations. Thanks for being there and letting me visit England! ;o)
Thank you for the giveaway. I love British magazines (and Australian ones too). There was a wonderful newsstand in my hometown that imported magazines and newspapers from overseas. it was great.
I would love to win this magazine..thanks for the chance to get one. I'm always looking through quilt magazines for new ideas. Elaine Sams...SamsWeAm@yahoo.com
Great giveaway! Love your blog.
Debbie
Thanks for the chance to win..
Love your blog..
scrapinlinda@hotmail.com
The magazine looks very interesting! It is fun to see ideas from other areas.
Hi Bonnie,
I would love to win your give away! I have enjoyed reading about your travel and feel that I went on a trip.
raboggan@gmail.com
Thanks for all you do, trying to post this again it is not letting me post. Maybe 10th times the charm LOL hudsonzoo@charter.net
I would love to win a copy of this magazine; I haven't been able to find it in my area yet.
PS: 3 friends and I are planning a trip to England next year. I am rereading your trip to get ideas on what to see. Thanks!
k(dot)castanette(at)Hotmail(dot(com
Sounds like you had a great trip. Someday I want to visit Europe. Thank you for offering the giveaway.
How fun to make pincushions for gifts! Great timing ;-) Thanks a bunch, Bonnie!!
I would love a chance to win one of these. Thanks so much for all the inspiration.
Hi Bonnie, How very thoughtful of you to bring back some goodies for your followers.
I have never seen this magazine, but it looks so interesting, and what a cute pincushion, I would love the chance to win these. Good luck to everyone entering.
Thanks to Katy for gifting them. And thank you for having quilt cam tonight, I will see you there. :)
How neat to have a pincushion kit along with the magazine!Thanks for the chance to win!
I enjoy watching Katy Jones on Quilt Monkey for QNN. I like listening to her talk, we should all be so correct. Thank you for the chance to win a copy of her magazine. I had no idea she was an editor. And I desperately need pincushions.
Thanks for the chance to win .
Thanks for thinking of us!
Would love to win!!!
ME!!!!
barbshome1@aol.com
Oh what fun to win! Thanks Bonnie and Katy (almost sounds like an outlaw duo!)
Want to take a class from you someday-love your blog--Lois
Hi Bonnie! Would love to see how the UK quilts. Looking forward to QUILTCAM tonight and hearing all about your trip.
Thanks Bonnie!
Add my name to the growing pile to win the British Magazine! Your border fabric isn't dated at all! I've got fabric saved for 25+ years but admit I'm feeling the desire to use it now that I'm not working. All good.
Lisa D
Quilt11@cox.net
thank you for the chance to win such a great giveaway, I love to read and see all of your travels , England is the one place I hope to see one day Happy sewing , and I hope to be able to see you tonight on quilt cam
Your books have given me new insight to my old fabric! I would love a magazine. Karen mulkey rozzybear88@hotmail.com
Would love to read a UK quilting magazine. Thanks for the chance to win! Susan
Thanks for sharing with us. Would love to have a magazine and pincushion from England. Love travelling with you.
Tish
mtish44@yahoo.com
Would love to win! Susan at mawaggonner@att.net
Would love to win one of these. thanks for the giveaway. Kay Profitt, kayprofitt@comcast.net
Hi Bonnie, Love your blog. Check in several times a day. The magazine sounds wonderful and it would be so nice to share with a quilting friend. Phyllis
pburk445@q.com
This would be fun to get. I have looked for some of the Australian magazines but didn't think to look for any British ones.
So glad you had a wonderful trip. Thanks for letting us tour with you. I would love to have one of the magazines and the pincushion kit.
I would love, love, love to win this magazine. I have recently gotten quit smitten with Australian Patchwork & Quilting and Quiltmania. Those Australians sure can sew up some beauties and have you seen the work Reiko Kato puts out - wow-oh-wow - beautiful. I would say Bonnie that you are right up there with them - your patterns are wonderful, fun and full of color. Your generousity and kindness is amazing and I look forward to reading your blog on a daily basis. You take care and have a safe, wonderful and blessed day. Debra Broyles quiltingprettyquilts@cox.net
Would love to win the magazines. I never can resist them. I buy fabric like you. Color and feel and I play with my fabric all he time. Some just sitting on the shelf makes me happy. Gloria
Maybe winning one of these would give me my quilting mojo back. :)
Pick me, pick me! I love quilt magazines. Have too many, of course because I can't make myself throw them away!
Your trip looked like so much fun - I really wanted to go, but not possible this year. I'd love to win the magazine, and I have a friend to share the pattern with! Amy in IL adryfoos@hotmail.com
I've seen previews of this magazine and would be thrilled to have one of my very own. Thanks for the chance!
My husband is from England so I should win! LOL, I hope so anyway!
I don't know what time you posted the giveaway but there are 470 before me. What a testament to your blog. So many comments. I've learned so much from you and am quoting you all the time. My all time favorite is " If it's an ugly fabric cut it small. If it's still ugly you haven't cut it small enough."
Would love to have the magazine to share with my friends. Diann Jones
MamMawJo@frontiernet.net
Hi Bonnie, Thanks for sharing the magazines with us. I would love to have them so much. Enjoy QuiltCam and Quiltville.
Oh love the look of that magazine. I bet it has tons of interesting goodies in it. Thanks for offering it and thanks for picking me:)Karen. rkrunge@gctel.net
Jan kidston, jankidston3@gmail.com
I would love to have the chance to enjoy this magazine!
I love your books, blog and FB page! Thanks for your generosity. I've never read Quilt Now, but never met a quilt book I didn't like!!
Karen Mitchell
imhere55@yahoo.com
Bonnie I'm so glad you're home and I'm looking forward to quilt cam tonight, would love to win one of these magazines blt.mercier121@gmail.com
Sigh, I really wanted to go on the trip with you, also to Bavaria! maybe a quilt cruise in the future?
btw, my daughter is using Celtic Solstice pattern for her best friend's wedding gift, in purples and greens! thank you for the inspiration
Sharon in CO
sschipper@usbr.gov
What a great looking magazine! Would love to make some of those ideas REAL! Thanks for sharing.
I started following your blog a couple of months ago. You make your travels sound like so much fun. Thanks for sharing.
Rosemary
Rmcgu@hotmail.com
That looks like such a fun magazine. I have been really enjoying hearing about your trip to England.
Thanks for sharing your bounty with all of us!
I love reading quilt magazines, especially those from other countries. Thanks for thinking of us while you travel. Can't make quilt cam tonight, so will catch up on youtube
Pat in Alaska
Thank you for sharing your trip to the UK - almost felt like I was along with you.
Norva
norva@comcast.net
I love quilting and project books. Thanks for all you do
Love the magazines from overseas. Hoping to travel with you one of these days.
Debra
Debraydesigns@aol.com
Loved your 'travelogue' - you can be a travel writer when you get tired of quilting . . .
Thanks for the offer. Would love to see the mag.
Judi
Thanks for thinking of us and sharing all the things you do. I would love to have one of these. You hear so much in guild the other ladies saying I got that one and so on...this would make me more different than I already am...LOL
I would love to win one the UK magazines and if I win, I have lots of quilty friends to share it with.
Looks like interesting magazine, I would love the chance to see the inside.
What a cool giveaway! Thank you for lugging these treats back with you :-) I would love to win!
Love your work and thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing!!
I would welcome this free giveaway!! Love learning through all your travels!! Thank you for this opportunity!!
jeannieb_99@yahoo.com
I'd love to check out this new magazine - always fun to see quilts!
I'd love to check out this new magazine - always fun to see quilts!
Would love a magazine! Thanks. Bonnie!
Tripledena@gmail.com
Dena Dietzel
I would love to win this. Never been to England, but this would be sort of there. LOL! Kathy Larquilt@aol.com
Please put my name in the hat for the drawing. For the time being it is as close as I am going to get to England! Thanks, Christyhort@gmail.com
Christy Horton
Living the quilt dream vicariously, you give so much. Thanks and glad you are back safe and sound. Wendy at wendy_schau@yahoo.com.au
Thank you so much for this chance. Thank you also Bonnie for sharing your love of quilting with us. You have inspired more people than you will ever, ever know! quincyswife@gmail.com
Love your giveaways thanks for a chance to win. Linda V sewg8ful@verizon.net
I hope my number comes up. I would really like to see a mag from the UK. Thanks Bonnie.
Jean Farley, WI
jefarley@charter.net.
I would love to win. Please include me in the drawing.
Thanks!
Hi Bonnie,
thank you for sharing your adventures! I would love to win this magazine and pattern.
Thanks for the chance.
Becky
beckyaddis@yahoo.com
I would love to win this great magazine and the cute pincushion kit. Thanks so much to you and to Katy for giving us a chance to win one! :)
Thank you for sharing your travels and inspiring me to jump into my stash with both hands! Great giveaway. Cheryl
cherylwheeler8@gmail.com
You have the very best blog around. I love following along your travels. Thank you for all you do for the quilting world!
I love sharing England with via your blog. I just wish I could have really been there! Thanks so much for the chance on you giveaway.
How cool to have a quilt mag from "across the pond". That would be so cool. Cute pincushions as well, I can imagine what a whole bowl of scrappy ones would look like:) Thanks for all you do.
Karen
knichols58@yahoo.com
Love your blog and would love to win a copy of the magazine.
Mary Jane @sfnutcase@yahoo.com
Would love to see what the British are doing. Thanks for the chance to win.
How sweet!!! I would love to make those strawberry pincushions for my two quilting buddies!!! Thanks for the chance!
Love hearing about all your adventures.
Love the fun of a give-away! Thanks for the posts from England.
Great giveaway! Glad you had such a wonderful the on your trip.
Mary
Yes Yes! Would love to win magazine. Love to see what is going on in quilt on the other side of the pond!
Yes please. It looks interesting. kjhallquist@mchsi.com
I would love to win this little piece of England, since I was not able to go! Glad you had a great trip!!! :)
I would love to win a copy of the magazine. It would be fun to look at something we can't get here in the states. Thanks for the giveaway. Happy Day!!!
spoofs@juno.com
So cool to see what other areas have and are offering....would love to win something!! And travel with you sometime.
I love checking out what's quilting around the world!
So many quilts, so many countries, so much wonderful fabric!!! SOOOOO little time!!
Thanks for the magazine giveaway!! Diane
dkmurphy@longlines.com
I so enjoyed following your journey around England. It was lovely to see what you saw, and made me appreciate how lucky I am to live in the UK. It was so weird to recognise the places that you showed, as I have never seen of the USA places you show.
Much as I would love to win one of your give always, if you draw me, please draw someone else from the USA as I can probably buy the magazines here for less than the postage back from the States. Will definitely look out for copies of this.
Looking forward to hearing more about your travel adventures when I watch Quilt cam from the archives when I get up tomorrow morning.
Have a great evening. Sarah
Yummy quilting strawberries
Hi Bonnie; Wish I could have been on the trip to Great Britain with you. I would love to win the magazine give-a-way. Thanks for your great quilting contributions.Jo Ann
What a wonderful giveaway! Thanks for sharing your wonderful travels with those of us who stayed home. Thoroughly enjoyed them.
Thanks for thinking of us on you trip to the UK.
Thanks for sharing your trip and qiilting life with us.
Rose
RoSew2@aol.com
Hope you can make it to the Houston Festival. It is such great fun. I'm so lucky to live close by and be able to visit it every year.
The magazine looks intriguing! I would love to win a copy of it.
Wow, that was nice of Katy to share the magazine. Thank you both for the opportunity to have something from England!!!! Rea@windstream.net
Have enjoyed the daily blogs about your trip. It sounds wonderful!!! The giveaway sounds wonderful too!! Thanks for all you do, Bonnie!
Hi, Bonnie, Thanks for another giveaway! It would be lots of fun to see a magazine that isn't available around here. Love new ideas! Cindy
cindarellarose@yahoo.ca
Bonnie, thank you for this give away. One can never have too many quilt magazines.
Thanks for all the great giveaways and allowing us to travel the world with you.
I love reading about all your advaentures
Thank you for posting while on your trip...love to read all the adventures. Would love to be a winner of this magazine! Keep up the great work!
Carla
csimao@hawaiiantel.net
I would love to win this!
Generosity is worldwide. Thanks for sharing.
I would love a chance to read a magazine from London! Thanks to you and Katy for the giveaway!
Love it, thanks!
please enter me in the giveaway, I would love to see this magazine
Great giveaway! I love reading and seeing what is being in done in other countries. I'm glad you had room to bring these home with you.
I would love to win a magazine from the UK. Please enter me in the drawing.
buddym2@windstream.net
I adore strawberry pincushions and would love to win this. Thanks for the opportunity and for all you share with your readers.
Kathy
travisnkathy@bellsouth.net
How fun to travel to England for sight seeing and viewing a quilt show. Thanks for the chance to win a British quilting magazine! aby.quilts@gmail.com
Bonnie, you always have the best swag! Thanks for being so generous.
Sign me up for a chance to win one of these. Thanks. And 'yeah' for Quiltcam - hopefully will see you tonight.
I would love to see what they are doing on the other side of the pond!
The magazine looks very interesting, and the strawberry pincushion is so sweet!
Thanks for the giveaway.
Those strawberry pincushions look so fun. I would love to win one.
This would be a great addition to all the US publications I have. Thanks for sharing. Cathy
Winning would be awesome.. Thank you for sharing your lovely travels..
I love all the inspiration these magazines provide! I loved all your posts from the UK and a big thanks to you and Katy for the opportunity to win!
Random number generator: Pick me! Pick me! ;) bcontest@cox.net
I've loved reading about your travels. I hope I win the giveaway. Looking forward to quiltcam tonight.
Susan
sususie52@att.net
Thanks for the chance at your giveaways.
I love following your adventures.
Liz...ejreid@tbaytel.net
Hi Bonnie,
I love your blog. That magazine looks just yummy.
Thanks-Paula
p.dimattei@comcast.net
Hi Bonnie,
Would love to win the magazine. Everything stops at my house when a new quilt magazine arrives.
Hi Bonnie,
Would love to win the magazine. Everything stops at my house when a new quilt magazine arrives.
Oh what fun to see a magazine from another country. Thanks for always thinking of your peeops! :)
I love reading about your travels - just wish I could join one of your tours.
(linesmary1@gmail.com)
So sweet of you to give away one of your goodies from merry olde England. Joining you on one of your tours is on my bucket list. I am homebound for now taking care of my 95 year old mother. Thank goodness for quilting to take me away in the mind. Bless you.
would love the magazine. I have strawberry crocheted pincushions
d.rideough at gmail.com
How cool to even get a lil kit in with the magazine! Sweeet! How fun!
Thank you, that we don't HAVE to be on FB, etc etc ... to participate in your Give-a-way!! Appreciate soooo much!
You are so generous with your time and talent. Thank you for the opportunity to win.
donna0613@yahoo.com
Would love to check out a new quilt magazine, thanks for the chance.
24Tangent@gmail.com
Your trip to England looked wonderful. I would love to win a magazine from England to see how things are different and the same.
I would love to win this magazine, and would read and drool on each page as I savor it..
I've never seen this magazine and would love to win a copy!
Sue Green
sgreen07@atlanticbb.net
Thanks for all you do. It is greatly appreciated.
Fabulous opportunity--too bad we all can't win!
Thanks for sharing your interesting trip!
Hi Bonnie...what a fun, cute pincushion. It would be so interesting to see the magazine. Thanks for the chance!
Sharon
I agree with yha 100%.... I am not at all particular about using what I have in whatever quilt project I am sewing...even just started throwing in the batiks !
Thanks for a cool giveaway Bonnie!
mish in NJ
mishquilts@hotmail.com
A new Quilt magazine AND a pincushion pattern...Right up my alley!! Thanks for the chance to win!!
I didn't think to look for quilt magazines the last time I was in Italy! Oh, drats! What a great giveaway and I'd love to win!
(golddust@kpunet.net 'cause I have a computer that doesn't always let me post via google..dumb ole thlng.)
Jolly good!! Looking forward to quilt cam tonight!
What a fun giveaway! Thank you. I have enjoyed following you on all your journeys, but this one to England has been particularly fun because a friend of mine moved to London the week you were visiting. It was nice to see what kind of places she will experience.
Jaciaccio@ aol.com
Would love to see what is popular in another country!! You have such great give-aways! Wish I could have gone with your! Thanks for all your postings! R. Sainz at rsainz@uafoundation.org
Thanks for an opportunity to win! It would be good to see a part of the quilting world across the "pond."
Andrea
Wilburkeith@bellsouth.net
that small print.... will return to you worked into the purse I promised =^}
Irene from Witmarsum (aka tooth fairy)
would love to win, thanks
Wished I could have gone on that trip with you. I would love to win this giveaway.
Thanks for the chance!! Can't wait for tonight's QuiltCam!
Hi i Think this magasines looks very interesting, and i Would love to be the winner.
Br
Winnie Brandt
Email: nussemus@stofanet.dk
I felt like I was in England with you. (wish I had been) Would love to win the magazine.
I felt like I was in England with you. (wish I had been) Would love to win the magazine.
I felt like I was in England with you. (wish I had been) Would love to win the magazine.
Would love the magazine! Interesting to see what is popular quiltwise in other cultures. Was helping at quilt show yesterday. A woman visiting from Australia said those there would not understand one quilt - it was from an Americana fabric exchange with blocks having buffalo made with the exchanged fabric ..... like in buffalo nickels. The quilt was awesome! The quilt artist uses a silvery/gray fabric for background which highligted all the buffalo in American red, white, and blue!
Would love to win a copy of that mag!
I would love to win a copy of the magazine and pincushion pattern! Thanks for giving us a chance to win.
Norma Sterbenz
2_katmom@sbcglobal.net
I would love to win one of these magazines.
Melissa Slofkosky
quiltblockanne@live.com
Hi Bonnie,
Thanks for the chance to win the "Quilt Now" magazine. Would love to win. Rita
How fun to bring back magazines from England! While the internet has seemed to make the world smaller & connected quilters from all over, there are still some different ideas & designs from other countries. So nice of you to share!
Always will enjoy some new inspiration from the magazines.
Thanks for the chance to win
Cathie
Love your blog. Wish I were with you in England. Love your giveaways! Debbie in WV
Red is my favorite color and LOVE that one you have with the tan and white polka dot. Thanks for the chance to win the magazines ... always fun! LOVE YOUR BLOG!!!
Hi Bonnie,
I would love to win a copy of the magazine. Love your blog.
ronnkathy@comcast.net
Those strawberries look such a cute ones :)Thank you for this giveaway!
mmyheartishere@gmail.com
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