Friday Fri-Yay Gift-Away!!

It’s a Friday FriYay Gift-Away day!

And have I ever got some goodies for not just one but TWO lucky winners!

You know that I’ve been sewing with Signature 60 wt 3-ply thread and loving it.  A&E threads out of Mt Holly, NC have been manufacturing fine thread for the sewing industry for more than 100 years.

Before sewing with the 60 wt for my hand and machine piecing, I have been using (and still do!) Signature 40 wt on my long arm machine for years.

Quilting Mona’s Sugar Bowl Quilt with Signature 40 SN201

A gorgeous golden tan that blends through everything!

(Pattern from the free patterns tab at the top of the blog.)

This is a Double Delight of a Gift-Away today, and there is much to put into it, so bear with me while I lay it all out before you!

Bundle #1!

Jan/Feb 2019 Quiltmaker Magazine and a box of neutral signature 60 3-ply

Curated by none other than yours truly!

In this issue of Quiltmaker is a quilt that Mona already can’t wait to make!

Love is in the Air by Krisanne Watkins.  SO cute!

I’m ready to dig into those reds and pinks right now, too!

“And They Called it….Puppy Love….” *Singing*

This sweet treat is by Mary Hertel.

There are MANY great patterns in this issue – but one thing I turn to (To remind myself just what is going to show up because I can’t remember!)

My Addicted to Scraps Column!

Four Patch Pinwheel!

This is the first issue of the 2019 year so all of those blocks I submitted in August are now starting to make their appearance!  I love this one.  It’s Scrap User’s System friendly, and would work great in a planned color theme, or as random scrappy kitchen sink style.  Sweet 4-patches and half square triangles – FUN!

Bundle #2!

Someone is going to get a hot off the presses advance copy of my new book String Frenzy!

AND the 12 pack of Signature 40 3 ply in a variety of gorgeous colors guaranteed to compliment any project!

The book and the Quiltmaker issue will be sent to our winners from my home address – the thread will be coming directly from the kind folks at A&E Gutermann!

And even better for those interested in the 12 pack 40 wt gift sets – I’m sharing this flyer with you:

A gift of thread is a gift that keeps on giving!

Call 1-800-847-3235 to find a store that carries Signature thread near you!

Are you excited?  TWO fabulous bundles!

Entries will close on Tuesday night, November 20th at 11:55pm Eastern. We will draw for our winners on Wednesday morning, November 21st -

And then there will be just  TWO Days until our first clue for Good Fortune goes live!  YAY!

While Mona has been here I’ve been busy behind the scenes writing clues and getting things ready for Black Friday.  A LOT is happening!  It’s going to blow your socks off!

Again, with questions coming in on why I’m not doing pre-orders for String Frenzy yet – I have been buried in ruler/book orders to the tune of about 100 a day since Halloween.  

It is all I can do to get these out before we start our own Thanksgiving week away. 

With my store software, either items are IN STOCK or NOT IN STOCK.  There is no “pre-order” holding bin, and if I opened it now, all of the “pre-order” invoices are shuffled together in with the “other” incoming invoices meaning you have to PRINT EVERYTHING (thousands of invoices if I left pre-orders completely open) and then have to look through all of the invoices one at a time and pull the ones that CAN be shipped today, leaving those that can’t be in another pile waiting for “some day.”  It’s a mess.

There is no need to hurry on a pre-order.  They will happen.  Black Friday.  The same day our first clue goes live.

AND – I think you need some incentives to hold your horses –Remember the FREE PDF pattern you are going to receive when you DO pre-order from my site available nowhere else?  

Hunter’s String Star!  An $8.00 value!

This pattern also has to be ready to roll when we open pre-orders, and with all that has been going on in my world over the past many months, it has taken time to get the pattern written.

ANOTHER incentive to wait – String Frenzy retails at $27.95.  I’m also listing the book at a discount – for $25.95.

And that isn’t all – ALL  of my PREVIOUS BOOK TITLES are being lowered to $19.99 each when Pre-orders go live.  It’s time to stock up on the titles you haven’t added to your library yet.

Even Further – All orders $75.000 and over ship free using coupon code FREE75 at purchase WITHIN THE USA ONLY.

(International customers, click the Global shipping category in the store to figure your global shipping add on. Items must fit in a global mail envelope and orders can not weigh over 4 lbs.)

Cyber Monday will kick off with a Digital Pattern Sale as we do our first Mystery Monday Link-Up for Good Fortune!

So there you have it.  It’s coming – it’s going to happen, and soon, and now you know the method to my madness.  I’m tired just re-reading this post before hitting upload. LOL.

I will be rolling out pre-orders by putting 500 copies of String Frenzy in the store at a time.  When those 500 copies are spoken for, I will add 500 more after the first 500 are shipped out, and so forth – thank you for understanding the nature of a 1 person business on the verge of moving her whole operation to Virginia where she can finally hire help.  Thank you for your patience!

And oh yeah!  Don’t forget Quilt-Cam with HollyAnne of String & Story on her String & Story Facebook page via Facebook live tonight! 8pm Eastern.  Yippeeee!

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

Sugar Bowl Quilt Pieced by MONA! 

There is still a lot going on here today.  She has one more quilt she wants to get quilted as a Christmas gift, and I'll be at the dining room table getting more ruler orders out.

See you tonight!