Blogger's Quilt Festival Opens Today!

It's that time of year again!  Over at Amy's Creative Side, we are having the semi-annual blogger quilt festival!  What exactly is it you may ask?  It's bloggers from all over submitting quilts that they've made into one of many categories for others to vote on!

Here is a quote from Amy's site to explain how it works:

"As the Festival continues to grow, the organization of the Festival continues to evolve. To simplify the nomination and voting processes, and keep everyone from being overwhelmed by the volume of links, there will be a linky for each category, each with it’s own post.  I have conceded that each quilter may enter up to two quilts, each with it’s own post, in separate categories. Scroll down for links to each category.


Schedule of Events :

May 17 – 24 – Linky’s Open & Nominate for Viewer’s Choice on this post

May 24 – 30 – Vote for favorites in each of the categories

May 31 – Winners announced

With each category having it’s own linky, the need to nominate a favorite quilt in each category is eliminated.  Once the linky is done collecting your posts, everyone will be able to vote for a favorite in each category."

This time around, I'm sponsoring the prize for the winner in the Wall Hanging category.  I'll be giving away a copy of Tula Pink's City Sampler as well as some FQs from my stash.

So, head on over and vote for your favorite quilts!  I know I will!

Sew Fresh Fabric's Bundle Giveaway!

Sew Fresh Fabrics is having a contest where you can win some yummy fabric!  12 FQs to be exact!  How can you enter?  Well, you need to make a mosaic of 12 fabrics from their shop with the theme or inspired by SUMMER and add your mosaic to the Sew Fresh Fabrics Flickr Group.

Here's what you need to do:
1. Start off at Big Huge Labs Mosaic Maker and create a 4 x 3 mosaic to show off your 12 FQ choices.
2. Open another tab on your computer and head on over to Sew Fresh Fabrics to pick your fabric choices.
3. Pick a fabric to go into your bundle and right click on it.  Then click on "copy image URL".
4. Paste the address into the URL box.
5. When you've filled all 12 URL boxes, click on "Create" and your mosaic will be created.  This you can then directly upload to flickr.  You can also choose to save and upload manually if you prefer.
6.  Add your mosaic to the Sew Fresh Fabrics Flickr group and include a title and description if you would like.
7.  You can enter as many mosaics that you'd like.  All entries are to be added to the flickr group by the end of May and two winner will be chosen and announced shortly thereafter.

Here is my entry: I'm calling it "By the Sea Shore"

Quilter's Blog Hop Party! We have a winner!

It's that time again!  Starting today, and running until the 15th, bloggers all over the world will be participating in the Quilting Blogger's 5th birthday!  For my part in the giveaway, I'll be giving away two charm packs of Joy by Kate Spain.

To enter all you need to do is answer a question!  The other options aren't necessary to win, they just increase your chances.  :) Oh, and I'll be shipping internationally if the winner happens to live across the sea or border. a Rafflecopter giveaway I'll pick a winner Sunday morning and post on Monday.  *My Sunday will be otherwise spent celebrating my daughter's 7th birthday with family and attending our church's Cantata as four of my family is a part of the cast*

**Update:  I've picked the winner!  Congrats Laura!  I've emailed her and if I don't hear back from her within 72 hours I'll pick another winner.**

Fugly Fabric Giveaway Winner!

Well, it's that time!  The winner of the Halloween Fabric goes to:

Fugly Fabric Party

A Surprise in the mail!

Isn't it lovely!  Now, I know it's a prize package from a giveaway.  It came with 3 Aurifil thread packs, two Famore scissors, 3 sisters pouch, kangaroo pouch, arrow cabinets t-shirt, clover pins, and warm and natural batting. Woohoo!  But for the life of me I can't remember who's giveaway it was in order to give a shout out!  The sender's last name is Ellis.  So, if it's you or someone you know, please tell me.   I'd love to give a proper thank-you!  

Now, I have a ton of sewing to do today, so I'll be testing out the pins and scissors.  Have ideas for the pouches, but am unsure how I want to use the thread.  Ideas? 

******UPDATE*****  

Thanks to Sallie, I now remember who this was from!  Amy from Amy's Creative Side's Holiday Wish List for Quilter's Giveaway!

So, Thank you Amy!  I have already filled the cute little Kangaroo bag with some sewing notions: pins, scissors, pens & pencils.  The cute little pouch there on the left is full of thread, the 3 packs of Aurifil that came inside and all my Gutterman thread.  I'm trying to transition from Coats and Clark over to Gutterman, now it'll all be in one place!    

And we have a winner! (Really!)

(Sorry about the previous false posting.  I received a new tablet for Christmas and accidentally posted from it when trying to write on it.  I am writing this post on my computer until I'm a bit more literate with the tablet....)

First of all, I'd like to thank each and every one of you who have left a comment!  I wish that I had the time to respond individually to each of you, but with over 600 comments, 6 children and being smack dab in the middle of the busiest weekend EVER (Two Cantata performances, birthday party, and a wedding all in three days) I just knew that was impossible.  I did, however, read each and every one of them!  I was completely amazed at the response that I received, over 600 comments!  I am very humbled that there were that many people stopping by to my little ol' blog!  Thank you!  Oh, okay.  Enough of my rambling.  :)  The winner is......

Congrats!  I wish that I was able to pick more winners, but alas my stash does not run deep!  Keep on the lookout though, I have surpassed 200 followers.  I am at just over 215 with google friend reader and networked blogs, so I may just run another giveaway if I go over 250.  I have emailed AJ, if I don't hear from her by the 21st, I'll draw another winner.  Thanks again everyone for participating in the annual blog hop party  with Quilting Gallery!

Good and Easy Eats E-Book Review & Giveaway **Now Closed**

**********And the winner is*********

Quilter's Blog Hop Party! + Giveaway!

The year, I am participating in the Quilting Gallery's Annual Blog Hop Party.  My giveaway will run from today, December 3rd, 2011 through December 17th, 2011.  I will use Mr. Random to pick a winner and announce it here on the 18th.  

Now, for the giveaway!  How would you like to win a fat quarter bundle of Kate Spain's Terrain?  I have 8 fat quarters that I'll give to one lucky winner.  

Now, in order to qualify for a chance to win, you must comment on this post.  If you are a no-reply blogger, you must leave an email address or I'll pick another winner.

Additional (optional) entries.  Remember to leave a separate comment for each as Mr. Random won't read "I did all" as multiple posts.  

• Be a follower of my blog
• Subscribe to Quilting Gallery's newsletter
• Follow me on Twitter: 6munchkinstitch
• Like my facebook page: sixmunchkin stitching

That is a total of 5 chances to win.  Best of luck to all of you!


I'm linking this giveaway over at Hip Homeschool Mom's Giveaway Day

Fat Quarter Shop Giveaway over on Happy Quilting!

My friend over at Happy Quilting is hosting a giveaway with Fat Quarter Shop.  So, head on over there to find out how to enter!  Good luck!

Reminder!

Just posting a quick note that tomorrow is the last day to enter into the $50 Fat Quarter Shop Giveaway!

WIP Wednesday #6

Hi all!  Well, I didn't finish as much as I would have liked, but I did make progress.  With my oldest daughter's birthday right around the corner, I decided to make her a new piano bag.  I found a lovely tute online and gave it a go.

I also had a some progress on my "Project Me" with my flickr group:

I gathered and mailed out my ALFALC Deux package.  I won't post until I know she's received it.  I also worked a bit on my Mug Rug Swap, though I won't post pictures of that quite yet.

Don't forget, I still have the $50 Fat Quarter Giveaway going on until the 26th!

Finished: 1
Ongoing: 5
New: Hmm, I don't think I have any-yet!

Happy sewing!

A Sneak Peak!

Okay everyone!  We are fast approaching the 50 follower mark.  Yay!  I had stated earlier that once I hit the 50 follower mark that I'd host a giveaway with my sponsor, the Fat Quarter Shop.  

So, to whet your appetite:

The prize will be a $50 Gift Certificate to their shop!

I told you it would be something fantastic!

Now, spread the word and help me to get to the big 5-0!

Mariah's Quilt & A New Sponsor!

This week has been rather busy for me.  I finally, after over a year, finished my first official quilt.  I had planned on finishing it for Mariah's 10th birthday, last October, but just never did.  I was pregnant at the time, followed by giving birth a few months later as well as a move.  It feels great to have it finally finished.  Mariah hasn't unwrapped herself from it yet.  :)  Here are some pictures of it:  BTW, the front and the back are identical.  I think I was crazy when I concocted this quilt.

Also, as the title of this post states, I have a sponsor!  My first one ever.  I love to purchase fabric, and I've discovered this wonderful online shop, which makes it so easy!  I plan on having a giveaway with them sometime in September.  In order to do that, I'd love to see my blog reach a milestone.  Right now, I have 7 followers with google and 15 with networked blogs.  I'd like to see the number reach 50.  If you follow with networked blogs and have a google account, might you also follow with that in order to better calculate the total?  Once I reach 50, I'll set up the giveaway.  It'll be something awesome from www.fatquartershop.com, I promise!  So spread the word!
Thanks, Lisa