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:
1 – 200 of 1026 Newer› Newest»I would love the magazine and the pincushion.
love your blog
i get to travel with you.
Hi Bonnie
I have never seen this magazine and would like to be a lucky winner o f one of them . Thanks for the chance
What a great giveaway! I love that it is something we can't get here. Thanks so much for taking care of us!
Great giveaways! Thanks for a chance. skeshlaman@comcast.net
Cute pincushions. They'll be fun to make! Thank you, Katy, for offering the magazines. BTW, I've been following Katy's blog, too!
It would be great to win this magazine and explore it's pages. Always can use a pincushion. Thanks for the chance!
I would love to win. the magazine & the pincushion are greyt!
Great looking magazines! Love to listen to Katy, she fun and you can't beat her accent.
I'm with you on using lines of fabric in a quilt. I love your scrappy style. The others look too planned, almost like ads for the fabric companies. Thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks Bonnie for all you do! You are my cup of cheer each day. Loved reading about your trip to England, we went in 2010. Such a fun place to visit!
Beth
the_durigs@frontier.com
So glad you are back home safely from your adventures! Would love to try the pincushions and also to get a taste of what those "across the pond" have in the works quilt wise. Thanks to you and Katy for making this giveaway possible.
what a fun giveaway! Excited for the chance to win :-). Thank you!
Lynne
lhoovini@aol.com
OOoohh. I've never seen that one! Thank you for the chance to win!
I love quilt magazines. I was given a bunch of older magazines and it was fun to notice the differences in techniques and fabric. Most of all I noticed the lack of internet resources. We forget in the old days there were addresses and envelopes and letters as part of gathering information
maureendixon@comcast.net
Would love the opportunity to win!!! Thank you
mjlepopins@msn.com
Thanks Bonnie for the chance to win one of these magazines. I am forever looking at publications when I am in stores.
Linda (hedworth01@gmail.com)
I see strawberries on that pattern; count me in... thanks for the chance!
Would love to win a magazine. You are a daily bright light in my days. Thanks for all your inspiration.
Hope your body rhythms get back in sync soon so that you can sleep and wake when it's appropriate for you! I'd enjoy seeing that magazine -- something new is always interesting, especially when it's about quilting.
I know I'm short, but I figured if I started jumping up and down early, I might stand a chance! Would LOVE a mag, and promise to read it through while drinking tea and speaking with an AWFUL British accent....
Sally King
sjkatthefarm@aol.com
Thanks for the giveaway. Excited for quilt cam tonight. Love that white with the tan dot.
glad you and everyone had fun in England.
Carol c.hauser85@yahoo.com
This magazine looks fantastic ;-) Would love to have one!!
Would love to read the magazine.l love all you do for us.Can't wait till quilt cam to hear more about your trip. Mbennett118@gmail.com
Dear Bonnie,
I would love to get one magazine, too. Thanks for your posts and the little stories of your life!
Greetings from Germany,
Rike
Rike . Busch @ gmx . de
I'm with you Bonnie on the mixing in anything and everything fabrics - I'm afraid making a quilt from one line of fabric is just too safe for me - I love the unexpected cropping up when you least expect it - and nothing like a good check or plaid popped in to counter the sweet sickly sugaryness of all those florals
Would love to win.
How sweet of you to have a giveaway. Thank You!
Oh, would I love to win that! Looks like a great magazine.
Verna quiltingloon10@gmail.com
Thanks for the chance to win! I'm going to check out Katy's blog. Looking forward to QuiltCam tonight.
Thanks for the give away! I'd love to win a copy! See you tonight on quilt-cam!
Never seen this magazine!!! Will have to look closer when I am out and about. Thank you so much for all you do
Looks like a neat magazine!!!
Love your blog, Magazines look Very interesting. Glad you are back.
What a terrific giveaway, Bonnie! A nice look into England's quilt world--would love it. Thanks so much hugs, Julierose
Thanks for offering this giveaway - I love quilting AND pincushions, so I'm in!!
Sandi Yarnell
js.yarnell@gmail.com
Oh my another quilt magazine to be inspired by...what a great gift!!!
bmoubray@yahoo.com
Thanks, Bonnie! I'd love to make those Strawberry Pincushions!
marinebull@centurytel.net
It would be wonderful to experience an Aussie quilting magazine. I'll bet there are some great patterns inside! Thanks sew much for this chance to win a copy. :-D
Thanks for bringing these back to share!
Thanks for a chance to win a magazine I've not seen before!
Magazines look interesting would love one. Looking forward to spending 3 days with you next year.
Love trying new mags and love the UK and Aussie ones! Please put my name in the hat! Thanks!
Love that red fabby!
Lola
primthreads@yahoo.com
What fun! I have made an online friend in England because of our mutual love of quilting and the internet! Someday we will meet in real life. :)
Thanks Bonnie for the wonderful give away!
A give away oh how fun. Add my name to the pot for your random number generator. Thanks for the opportunity!
I love your blog and will check out Katy's. I live vicariously through you and all your travels. thanks for this give away from the UK.
Wow! Very generous. Thanks
Would love to win a magazine from England. Alway fun to see what other countries are 'into'!
Bonita
luvz2quilt@yahoo.com
Would love to win a magazine from the UK.
Looking forward to quilt CAM!
Johanna
jodylovering@cox.net
ooohh terrific giveaway! a glimpse of quilty life across the pond! i would love to have one!
I would love a chance to win a copy! And a pin cushion!
I would love to win this magazine. Hope to be able to watch a little of Quilt cam tonight while I work on my hexi quilt.
I am so proud of all you have done Bonnie! A long time since the fat-quarters group! Keep sharing your wonderful techniques!
Bobbi
Looks like there might be more exciting designs to explore in this magazine. Thanks for the chance to win.
I would love to win a quilting publication from another country. Thanks for the chance to enter.
lynette
lynguilts4fun@gmail.com
Spent 12 days in England in 2009...your pictures brought back great memories...would love a copy of the magazine...Sharon Powers...ncshagger@hotmail.com
Love your nights at Quilt Cam. You are the best. Love you!
I'm certain I'd enjoy winning one of the magazines and the additional pin cushion kit looks adorable! Thanks for all you do Bonnie!
What a great give away!
What's this about not making Houston?
Thank You, for my chance to win a well traveled book from England.
hopewright2@gmail.com
So happy to hear you had a safe and wonderful trip. I would love to win! Just in case... my name is Peggy Munday and my email is peggymunday@yahoo.com. Thanks for the opportunity!
Thanks again for another fun giveaway!
I completely agree with you regarding fabric selection...it doesn't matter who the designer is, color, value, texture, and print are so much more important!!!
Would love to win this magazine
I never heard of this magazine and would love to win so I can check it out. Also, excited that quilt cam is tonight.
Margie
Yay!! More funness at Quiltville. Thanks for always sharing with us. I'm so jealous of your friends coming to sew with you...I have been trying to see if I could set up the same...will need to make some quilty friends...I have to spare bedrooms with big log beds in my walkout basement...anyone want to come sew? LOL! Is that creepy...haha! I have taken over the basement as MY space. So it's my own little retreat. And for now archived Quilt Cam's keep me company. Oh and by the way I have learned so much from watching your earlier posts too!!! Wonderful info in them and a few good laughs too. I'll be in the Quilt Cave today sewing away! Have a wonderful day everybody!
Would love to read the magazine. Beth sweetbeth@email.com
I love that red border fabric you have pulled for your quilt! Thank you for a chance to win a lovely " off shore" quilting magazine.
Brenda in Va. Bbbuck@verizon.net
Love to read quilt magazines and also Love England!
Would love to win! Thank you for the opportunity : )
It's fun following your blog. For those of us who don't have a chance to travel abroad we can do it through your eyes. Would love a mag from Katy.
amcall70@yahoo.com
I just love the magazines from Great Britian. I love that they give you a project with fabric and everything you need. When will the US companies catch on? Thank you for this chance. :)
A girl can never have too many pincushions. I would love to win, gale.lavers@bellaliant.net
Would love a chance to read a new-to-me quilting magazine. Thank you!
Wishing Katy much success with her new endeavors! She's one talented cookie!
I would love to see quilting ideas from the U.K. Thanks for the offer :)
Becky Thomas on becky_thomas6@aol.com
This would be a nice mag to add to my collection. Always curious to see what's trending in other places! Looks like you had a really "Great" time across the pond!
I would love to win! barb_1950@yahoo.com
I am always up for a giveaway!! Thanks for sharing your travels and treasures!!
Loved taking a virtual trip with you! Quilt magazines went out of my fun-budget a long time ago, so I would love to win one! Thank you for such a wonderful blog!
I love the foreign quilting mags. I've seen ones from France, Australia, Germany, and Japan. Haven't seen this one, though!
Yay for the giveaway! Thank you so much, I would LOVE to read those magazines.
oooooooh I would love to win a give-away! I followed your trip to England and felt like I was there with you!
Thanks for thinking of us loyal quiltville readers!
I love keeping up with your travels on the blog! Feeling lucky!
I truly enjoy following you and your many travels! Thanks for a chance to win the magazine.
Fun! Thanks for the chance to win! I love all of your quilts and watching quilt cam. Thanks for all you do.
I'd love to win! That pincushion is really cute too. Thank you Bonnie and Katy!
What a nice story - always fun to meet new people and learn new things. I hope I am a lucky winner!
I would certainly enjoy reading a quilt magazine from London! Thanks for sharing.
I really enjoy reading your blog most mornings with my coffee before I head off to work. So many quilts so little time. ms.mel@shaw.ca
Want, want, want!!! Looking forward to winning....thank you, Bonnie, for this opportunity!
The word verification gives me fits but I love your page and the sister site. Working on sisters choice which should be done by the time I see you in Michagin
elizabethgray48@hotmail.com
My son just returned from England, and all I got was four meters of fabric. This would certainly add to my European experience since I will never get to go there myself. :-)
Good morning! Recently friended this adorable gal on Facebook! Love her!
Would love to win and see what that magazine is all about!
Rosalie
rjoehnk@txwinet.com
Love Quiltville and Quiltcam. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Penny
hilltopacresmi@yahoo.com
How exciting! Thank you and Katy for this opportunity to win.
Jan Goppert
jgoppert@bnin.net
I would love to win this magazine that traveled around England and back home to the USA with you Bonnie. I enjoyed following you around England via you blog.
Robin
rjmac61_2000@yahoo.com
What fun goodies. I would love to win this magazine and pincushion. Thanks for the chance.
suebennett1975@gmail.com
How fun to meet new friends! I am almost done with my king size tripalong, hope to finish the blocks this month!
missysaprons@gmail.com
Happy Monday Bonnie! Yes, this sounds like a fun win, a magazine from over the ocean, plus a pattern, lets see how they write them over there :) Get to Steppin :) Your stepping buddy Bj :)
I haven't seen this magazine, would love a look! Thanks for the chance!
It was fun following your British tour and I'd love to check out that magazine!!!
I haven't seen this magazine, would love a look! Thanks for the chance!
Have vicariously enjoyed your trip and would love to continue it with a UK mag!
Oh, goodie, another chance to win a prize!! Love having you as a tour guide, Bonnie, and would also love to have a lovely English quilty magazine. Thanks heaps and will be there for quiltcam tonight, working on a couple of bindings.
Love the British and Australian quilt mags! Quilt Now is new to me! My name is Carol Mattheis and my email is quiltdiva2010@yahoo.com. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your travels and your goodies. I feel like I have been to England myself.
would love to get magazine, always looking for new patterns.
What a great trip you had and thanks for bringing a little bit of that home to share with us!
It makes me happy that your love of quilting enables you to travel here and there and everywhere. Thanks for taking us along with you. Thanks for the giveaway, as well.
Pam
pamalee123@hotmail.com
Glad you had a great time in England. Thanks for the chance to win! I hope someday to take a class with you!
beachlufer@comcast.net
Love your blog, Bonnie...thanks for keeping it fun!
Jackie
Would love to win! I call magazines.. inspiration!
Great giveway! Would be awesome to have patterns from "across the pond". Glad to hear it was an awesome trip.
Louise Young
floridafly@hotmail.com
I think it would be fun to see what they're doing over there
Love having you back on home soil! Look at all you can get done with jet lag before the rest of the crew gets up!!! Lol
Mary
Ptmarybeth1@msn. Com
I have looked for this magazine locally and not been able to find it. Would love to win one.
pegmarine@comcast.net
Would be nice to be a winner.
Enjoyed your England trip right along with you! Thanks for the memories and insights. Loving your updates on Quiltvilla, too! An English magazine! That would be fun! Pauline
I would love to win. Just finished my Celtic Solstice. Thanks for the wonderful patterns.
I love how excited you are about quilting it really makes me itch to get down to my sewing room and start sewing. Thanks for the opportunity.
Pick me. Wish we could get that magazine here.
melissadinsga@yahoo.com
Another great giveaway. I would love to win. Please draw me!
clehlers@kanokla.net
I love making pin cushions. I'd love this magazine. Thanks for the chance to win it.
Sue
I'm glad you had such a wonderful time. I love travelling to new places and meeting new people.
How thoughtful of you ladies to offer us a chance to win one of these, especially with the pincushion kits! Lavinia/AZ Headed to Tennessee Saturday morning so will use my online email, quiltngran@yahoo.com. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Great giveaway - it would be so much fun to win!
I love scraps, Your idea are great.
Eugenia
emert4us@rcn.com
would love to win, I love pincushions, need to make that strawberry one!!
Thanks for all you do Bonnie.
How fun a new Quilt mag. Thanks for the chance to get a look inside ,( eye candy) when will it be on our news stands.
I would love to win, than you Bonnie for all you do!
Barbara
robinsonblr@gmail.com
Enjoy reading your post daily. Thanks for the chance to win a neat magazine and pin cushion kit.
Carolyn (of the mother/daughter team in Champaign)
rcseesengood@windstream.net
Love reading all quilt magazines. Just finished my Celtic Solstice. Love it. now to get it quilted. Judith.
Winning this fab magazine will brighten someone's day. I would share with my quilting buddies :) Thanks, Bonnie, for all you do.
I agree Bonnie, it is fun to see in person what others are doing. Quilts and art are always better in person! Unfortunately I can not travel, so I enjoy your travel posts very much!
It would be cool to see what is going on in England via their magazine. Thanks for the opportunity!
Always love your give-away's Bonnie! Fun following you around the globe spreading the joy of quilting! thanks for the chance to win!
Linda B in Naples Fl
Glad you had a great trip. Thanks for the chance to win. Can't wait to see tonight's Quilt Cam!
Pick me please!
Thanks for the chance to win a copy of an interesting magazine ! You trip looked wonderful. Thanks for sharing so much with us! Looking forward to quilt cam tonight, one of my favorite things! Elively@indy.rr.com
looking forward to quilt cam tonight!
thanks
rpoulton@rhnet.org
Sa-weet! A new quilty magazine. That would be so cool to win.
I can hardly stand the wait of the mystery quilt that will come our way in November :-) ;-) ! if I win the magazine, that will be an added bonus!!! I am glad I get to travel to realms unknown with you!!! *~*CAROLE*~*
I'd love to make the pincushions and put them in my daughter and daughter-in-law's Christmas stockings! Thanks for sharing and the chance to win.
Oh I love new magazines...would love to see what this one is all about. Wonder if it is available in Canada?
Margcauston@hotmail.com
If fabric expires, I'm in big trouble! :) Thanks for offering this giveaway.
What a great giveaway! Will be checking out Katy's blog!! Thanks for all your inspiration!!! See you tonight on quilt cam!!
Seeing the blurb about EPP on the cover would have me buying the magazine. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
I also would love the magazine and the pincushion. I love your scrappy quilts, I have finished a scrappy trip, you saw it in KY.I am now working on the happy houses.
aturley66@att.net
Oh, I love it! Beth, bariddick@yahoo.com
I love reading about your trips. It's the only way I get to travel!
Would love to have this magazine. Looks really interesting. Thanks for the giveaway.
Linda, eu quero ganhar!
Thanks. This magazine is new to me and looks like fun!
Yada Yada Yada. Made me giggle. Love to win.
Sarah Monk
smonkrn@gmail.com
I'd love the magazine too..... Hope you can stay awake for quilt cam tonight
Hey Bonnie!!! You tirelessly keep us up to date on your crazy, intersting, quilty, fun and scrappy life!!! THANKS!! I would love this magazine, I'm sure!!! xox. cathy.melancon@sbcglobal.net
Thank you so much for sharing all the details of your trip with us! I would love to go on a long-distance quilting adventure one of these days when work doesn't get in my way. The magazine looks very interesting - I would love to get a peek at it as it is one I have never seen in the US.
Thanks. Ginger.geissler@ gmail.com
Great giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win !
I would just love to win this magazine. Thank You for all you do to keep quilting so much fun.
Becky Pyle
bpyle@frontier.com
I would be thrilled to win this. I looked for a different quilting magazine while in England with no luck. Is this new?
I would love to have this British magazine! I am a magazine freak!
Sydney Holmwood
sydney120@aol.com
Never seen this magazine! Thank-you for an opportunity to win!
Cathy
sewunique@gmail.com
Thank you so much Bonnie for all you do! I'm excited at a chance to win, and to show off the cute pin cushions. =)
Would love a chance to win! Thanks for all you do! Sally, richter@wcta.net
Looks like a fun magazine! Would love to see the inside!
Kelsey
Kelseyullman@yahoo.com
Welcome home ... see you tonight on quilt cam.
Thanks for a chance at the mag.
Great giveaway! I would love to win that very interesting magazine! Thanks!
caOh Bonnie, I have been trying to figure out how to get a copy, thanks for the chance. Loved your peak into England. Thank you for all that you give to us.
mnels72012@gmail.com
Would love to add to my magazine stash, especially a British one. Could always use a cute pin cushion. Thanks for all you do and thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks for the giveaway I've been wanting to get my hands on this magazine. Hope I win! Off to sew now...
Pick me! Pick me! I'd love to win one of the magazines!
Thanks for taking us along with you in your trip to England! Love or win!
Karan M.
Mfshortline@msn.com
Thanks for all that you do!!! You are a busy busy busy lady and you take the time to inspire us daily!! Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Oh snap a magazine giveaway! Nothing I like better than a quilting magazine! Well unless it's fabric, buttons, etc. etc. - lol!
Thanks for the chance to win this.Love all you do....
I dont't really need/want the magazine, but I wanted to add that I'm also in the minority with you about fabric and color/value and not the brand.
And that is why I appreciate you, Bonnie. I feel like we can us what we have--albeit it a used shirt,a scrap of Moda, VIP or a sheet.
Thanks for all you do for the quilting community. You have a huge following because you are "one of us", yet one who truly leads the way. I can barely stand to read some of the quilt blogs due to their attitude to fabric and the way they throw around brand names of fabric. It isn't really where most of us live. I live in a country where regular quilt shops don't exist and fabric (purchased on line) is extremely expensive. I can't even imagine the VAT tax added if customs felt like it.
However, I can quilt because I can "use what I have". Thanks for your constant encouragement to those of us who do what we can with what we have.
I found you when I was donated some truly ugly fabric (from the USA) and I didn't know what to do with it. I searched and found your saying about "no fabric is ugly if it is cut small enough"--or something like that.
I began quilting then.
Looks like great fun! Gorgeous pillow on the cover.
Jennifer Heminway
snippetsnbits@gmail.com
www.snippetsnbits.etsy.com
Such a neat giveaway. I'd love to win.
Geezbees75 at Gmail dot com
I was born in England, came over to the States when I was five, so would love to have a little piece of "home"!
I'd love a copy of this magazine! New to me.
Deborah
dtell@bgsu.edu
Love your blog and your quilts. Just purchased one of your books and have to start deboning shirts.
Thanks for the give-a-way. Loved following your trip to the UK.
I would love to win. Dn_kby@yahoo.com
Thanks for the chance to win Bonnie. lorettecole@gmail.com
The Internet has truly shrunk our modern world
nehanson@shaw
I would love to win one of Katy's magazines. You sure did have a good time when you were there.
I also would love a copy of Quilt Now. Love your blog!
Sharon Traughber
straug@twc.com
Oooh! Would love too win the giveaway. Love pincushions, and love looking at magazines for inspiration. Thanks for the giveaway, even if I don't win!
Great giveaway! Wish my magazines here came with free mini kits!
Neat giveaway! I'm excited for a chance to win something! vikki.auzenne@gmail.com
Thanks for sharing a bit of England with us. Would love to share this with my quilty friends. And thanks for taking the time to post during your travels. Brings the world to this home bound quilter. Sally Weir. Sallyquilt@zoominternet.net.
I would berry much like to make this pincushion, but I can only win if you 'pick' me! ;)
I'm not partial to any particular fabric designers or lines either. I use what I can afford and like. I don't buy precuts either.
I do like magazines, though. There's always room for inspiration!
Thanks for offering the give away. It's fun to see what others are quilting. Also enjoy following you on Facebook! Donna (chavesdm@msn.com)
I love reading about your travels!
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