Friday, November 25, 2016

Giveaway & Sales, Sales, Sales!!

Black Friday -- Cyber Monday
So Many Sales... !!!

I'm excited to host the first ever sale on
my printed patterns
and
 A Quilter's Doodle I FMQ Inspiration and Coloring book...

Here's the deal...
 I have 2 published Wool Applique Patterns...
and
One Free Motion Quilting Inspiration & Coloring Book
Buy any two items for $18* and get any 3rd item free!

The patterns, Wooly Wren and Spring Basket, are darling little wool applique designs that I created on cotton backgrounds.

The printed pattern comes complete with detailed instructions AND applique templates already printed on freezer paper -- making the wool applique a breeze.

A Quilter's Doodle is a bound book containing 20 of my hand drawn FMQ Inspired Doodles -- it's printed on heavyweight perforated paper.   I've shared many of the doodles online -- you can peruse them using the #aquiltersdoodles hashtag on Social Media.

The fun part ---
You decide what 2 items you would like to purchase AND any 3rd item is free*!!


You can order through my website
-- OR --
order by leaving your email address, shipping zip code and 3 item details in a comment below.

Mix and match as you like.

*I will use the most cost-effective shipping possible, add shipping to the total, and send a PayPal invoice to the email specified.

Learn More

Spring Basket was my first ever paid pattern -- I created it and started teaching it locally in 2014. It was originally made available as a PDF download from my Craftsy Store.  
Spring Basket Wool on Cotton - 16 wide x 11 tall
You can read more about Spring Basket it in this blog post.

Wooly Wren was my 2nd pattern -- and is only available in a printed version.    I've never done a formal introduction for Wooly Wren but you can read a little more about it in this blog post.
Wooly Wren - Wool on Cotton - 11" x 13"
A Quilter's Doodles I" was introduced earlier this year and is only available in printed format.  The booklet contains 20 of my hand drawn black and white doodles -- perfect to color or for some Free Motion Quilting Inspiration!!
I know you'll LOVE the content.
Here's a sample of one of the pages that were colored by my daughter-in-law -- isn't it fabulous ?

This is one of my favorite doodles in the book:

You can read more about "A Quilter's Doodles I" in this blog post  or on this web page.

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It's a great sale and I appreciate your support.

Here are a few other Sales you Just Can't Miss!!

Aurifil Thread

 OH MY GOODNESS !
I've never seen such a low price on Aurifil 40 & 50Wt thread...
Spools AND Cones for an amazing price.
Click either image below:


Need a Creative Class?
All Online classes are $17.99 through end of day Monday!
*
100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
Sewing, Quilting, Photography, Baking, Needlework, on and on and on...
Check it out at this link:

Quilting on your Home Machine?

The Gidget II table that I use to do all my Free Motion Quilting on my Janome 7700 (or Bernina 240) is available at an amazing price right now !
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See my setup in this blog post.
Use my affiliate link below for the great bargain and I'll get a small commission.
I use mine at home and on the road -- I love it.


Also, although I'll be writing more about this awesome beginner FMQ book next week, I just had to share the unbeatable price on Amazon right now!!

Yes -- Pat Sloan's BRAND NEW
  Teach Me to Machine Quilt
book is one of the best beginner Quilting books I've read.

You can read a bit about it and order it online using the link below.
 Be sure to check in next week though when I have a formal review of the book, share some sweet projects, and have a giveaway too....



Giveaway Time:

I recently taught the "Really Mini Redbird and Berries" in Wool to a wonderful Guild in South Carolina - The York County Quilters Guild
You can read more about my trip here.
For that trip I prepared kits for the Guild to use...
AND
I intentionally prepared a few kits to share!!

To Enter the Giveaway:

Leave me a comment and tell me your favorite thing about quilting...
Is it piecing, quilting, applique, gifting... ?
I would love to know.

For extra chances to win -- share the giveaway with a friend.
Share on as many mediums as you like -- you can Blog, Tweet, Facebook or Instagram post...
Whatever you like...
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Be sure to leave a new comment each time you share -- and you'll get an extra entry!
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Giveaway is open internationally through end of day November 30th.

A USA winner receive the kit AND Workshop materials to make the pattern.

A winner outside of the states will receive a PDF copy of one of my patterns.

If you want to download the original (full size) Redbird and Berries, you can do that here.
It's Free!!

I'm booking Redbird Quilt Co. Lectures, Trunk Shows and Workshops for 2017 & 2018
If your Shop, Group or Guild is looking for programs or workshops I would love to hear from you.
Domestic Machine Quilting,  Wool & Needle turn Applique - Technique or Project oriented workshops are available.

Send email inquiries to karen at redbirdquiltco dot com
or redbirdquiltco at gmail dot com
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Time to run... a have a little shopping to do.
Have a blessed weekend all and many thanks for your continued support!
YOU Make my World a Happy Place!
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Note:  The FTC requires that I tell you.... I occasionally use affiliate links on my blog and website.  I may be compensated for purchases made using the links.  Rest assured I will only share sales and promotions for products I know and love myself.  Many thanks for your support of my very small business.


92 comments:

  1. Dear Karen,
    my favourite thing about quilting is the quilting itself. But unfortunately it's not the thing I do most.
    Would love to win and I have a friend in the USA. ;)
    Greetings from Germany, Rike

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  2. My favorite thing about quilting is how relaxing it is! I find great pleasure in being in my sewing room creating beautiful quilts! Thank you for the opportunity :)

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  3. I love the piecing so far. I hope to get one of the "short" arm quilters in the future and maybe I'll enjoy quilting more because the quilting showcases the piecing. Trying to maneuver a queen size quilt in a regular machine is not that easy but doable.

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  4. I just love the whole creative process. it is personal. it took my time,effort, not excluding cost, my love for quilting, the humming sound of the machine , pieces of fabric and thread everywhere and than finally the outcome. A quilt made out of love for the art and for the person who will receive it.

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  5. Well I guess the finished product is my favorite part! Just kidding, I love the process. PIcking out those perfect fabrics, watching it all come together. Thanks for the chance to win!
    Mary

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  6. Karen, all of your patterns are wonderful and your coloring book looks grand! I love everything about quilting except sandwiching the layers! XO

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  7. what I love most about quilting is picking out the colors and patterns that I think my friends would love most and then seeing their expressions when I give it to them-

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  8. I really like piecing the best. I have several top languishing in my closet. I love your redbird. We don't have them here where I live.

    anndunn24(at)gmail.com

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  9. Hiya Karen!!! I think piecing is my favorite part of quilting, but I enjoy the whole process. Picking out a pattern (of the hundreds that I have), thinking about different color schemes, the sewing, sewing, sewing, and then giving that finished quilt to that special person. Thanks for having the giveaway. Have a great weekend. Blessed be, hugs!!!
    pamspretties57 at gmail dot com

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  10. I shared on Facebook. Thanks, hugs!!!
    pamspretties57 at gmail dot com

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  11. I shared on Twitter. Thanks, hugs!!!
    pamspretties57 at gmail dot com

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  12. My favorite thing about quilting is that it allows me to make my love tangible.

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  13. I shared this on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/491525746815232807/

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  14. I tweeted the giveaway: https://twitter.com/wordygirl11/status/802254823366148096

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  15. I enjoy all aspects of quilting. I think piecing is my favorite, or designing. I love watching your creative process. Thank you for all of the inspiration.

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  16. I love all aspects of quilting, from designing, piecing, quilting, to hand stitching the binding.

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  17. I shared the giveaway on Instagram, @notqnot .

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  18. Just love that Cardinal pattern!!! I love the creativity of quilting ( usually gift what I make!) mumbird3(at)gmail(dot)com

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  19. I shared on Instagram as mumbird3

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  20. OMG this is the sweetest!!! I love every little bi about quilting but especially handquilting, as it is the most relaxing part!!!

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  21. Tough question. After the design (when everything seems perfect-ha), I enjoy quilting the most. Cardinals are my favorite bird, so, I'd be thrilled to win the Red Bird and berries kit. sjvonfumetti at yahoo dot com

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  22. What a sweet quilt! My favorite thing about quilting is the piecing.

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  23. The bird is delightful! My favorite part of quilting is the gifting when I have finished a project.

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  24. My favorite part of making a quilt is the quilting. I love embroidery and machine applique too.

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  25. My favorite thing is putting the blocks on the design wall to see what my version of a quilt will look like.

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  26. Tweetedhttps://twitter.com/Chanzy01/status/802326634527330304!

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  27. I have admired your Redbird mini quilt for a long time and would greatly enjoy making one! Clever you for putting together few extra kits! I enjoy the piecing stage most when making a quilt. I also enjoy the binding!

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  28. My favorite parts of quilting are starting a new project and finishing a project! I love to give gifts and decorate my home with the things I make.

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  29. I like the piecing stage the most! Fun to watch how the quilt grows"!
    nikilsend(at)outlook(dot)com

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  30. shared on facebook:
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  31. Shared on twitter
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  32. shared on pinterest:
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  33. shared on G+
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  34. I love piecing the blocks and picking out the fabrics the best. Haven't finished too many quilts, so I can't say that part is my favorite!
    Sandy A

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  35. I love making the quilt, but I especially love the gifting.

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  36. I think I like all of it but always the best part is the smile on the face of the receiver. I love watching cardinals right now so this would be wonderful. Jmikebalou (at) aol (dot) com

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  37. I really love to hand stitch wool, but I do love to applique, by machine or by hand!!
    Here in the South, the red cardinals and female cardinals are so plentiful, I love to watch them feed this time of year.
    There are so beautiful next to all the gray tree limbs that have shed the leaves.
    Hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving!

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  38. I just ordered some Aurifil thread using your affiliate link, thanks for letting us know about that wonderful sale! I love piecing, so that was the perfect gift to myself.

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  39. Oops! I left this comment under the wrong post initially! I do love all aspects of the quilting process, but I think I love piecing the most! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  40. I love everything about the quilting process from beginning to end with the exception of the quilting itself unless it is something simple. I especially love seeing the quilt top come together as it reaches completion. Thank you for this great giveaway. I live in the USA.
    Have a super great sewing and stitching day.

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  41. Happy Holidays! I love your patterns! I enjoy working with my hands and really love hand piecing. It's also great when I can see with a friend.

    Thanks for a chance to win.

    usairdoll(at)gmail(dot)com

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  42. I shared on Twitter...
    https://twitter.com/usairdoll/status/802566258663116800

    usairdoll(at)gmail(dot)com

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  43. Shared on FB...

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  44. Hi Karen:) Hope you had a great holiday! I love the solitude and peace of mind most of all. I began quilting when my 28yr old son passed away almost 2 years ago as a way to keep my mind occupied. I make throw size and kennel quilts and donate them in his honor, that is most gratifying part for me. Your little cardinal was one of the first patterns that caught my eye when I began, still love it the best of all!!
    Cindy "Catladi" Murphy
    lstangl482 at aol dot com

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  46. My favorite part would probably be choosing the materials and colors to use. Mostly I love to appliqué and embroider by hand. Your pattern is lovely!

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  47. I just love creating something. The best part is the binding , because it is almost done and time to start the next project.

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  48. I just love seeing various pieces of fabric "make" the project. Being able to get something finished to enjoy is probably the best!

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  49. I really enjoy piecing and free motion quilting! Of course, finishing something is what I love best! I have admired your red bird project for a long time!

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  50. I love creating beautiful things! (And seeing the beautiful things others create!)

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  52. After choosing my colors and doing the cutting and piecing the blocks the pattern/quilt seems to come alive when you start putting the blocks together. Sometimes the top says I am beautiful. Other times it might say something is not right. Fix me.

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  53. I love buying the fabric and putting fabrics together to make a quilt. That probably explains my accumulating stash. My second favorite part of the quilting process is the cutting. I dread the label. I am not sure why, but some quilts are left unlabeled. kthurn(at)bektel(dot)com

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  54. I shared your giveaway on facebook and tagged 4 fellow quilters.
    kthurn(at)bektel(dot)com

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  55. Hi Karen
    Im too much a newbie to declare a favorite part.
    But i enjoy fmq ...feathers !

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  56. Meeting new friends and making things with them

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  57. Creating a design and picking fabric is my favorite part.

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  58. Hi Karen, What I like about quilting is sharing my knowledge with new quilters. I been teaching quilting for over 25 yrs & actually have two current students that took classes from me over twenty years ago.

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  59. I shared this awesome giveaway on facebook !

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  60. My favourite part of the process is hand stitching, whether it is English paper piecing or hand quilting.

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  61. I absolutely love wool handwork and embellishing with thread. That said, I LOVE your Cardinal and would dearly love to win the kit or anything !!

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  62. I love the whole process!!! Someday I hope to do a lap size wool applique quilt. It's on my bucket list. I too love cardinals. And yours are lovely!!!

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  63. I'm not the most confident of quilters so the best part for me is seeing a project 'finished'. Karen, I love your work and (even though I am outside the US) would love to win, or purchase, a kit for the 'really mini redbird' project.

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  64. I adore applique and gifting. Knowing that such a special piece is appreciated makes all the work worth it.

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  65. My favorite part about quilting is the gifting. It's such a personalized gift.

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  66. My favorite thing about quilting is the beautiful things a person can create for their loved ones.
    gandn74@ymail.com

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  67. I love piecework. Quilting calms me and I really like everything about it.
    gandn74@ymail.com

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  68. I love the anticipation of the finished project. So the entire process makes it all fun.

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  69. I love the quilting the best but love piecing too! thank you very much - such a cute pattern!

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  70. I love all parts of quilting, (except basting large quilts!), but my favorite is when you finish the last seam on a block and press the completed block open for the first time,it is like magic!
    Thanks for the chance to win this beautiful little kit,I love cardinals, and hope to see one in real life someday, as they don't have them here in Montana.
    My email is: bestbelle2010@aol.com
    Thanks!

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  71. My favorite thing of quilting is doing hand applique, sewing the binding on and hand quilting. Quess that's three things.

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  72. I love choosing the perfect fabrics, usually takes me awhile. It is so fun to imagine the finished project. Thank you for the opportunity.

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  73. Love when my project is completed & doesn't end up in the UFO pile :) Handmade gifts are the best!

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  74. I love the piecing but am working on upping my applique and quilting skills!

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  75. greetings from WV. My favorite part of the quilting process is sewing all the little pieces together and getting a gorgeous piece of art~ I am new to quilting but practicing as much as possible~

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  76. My favorite part is actually choosing the design & fabric!
    Thanks for the opportunity
    Caltexgal@aol.com

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  77. I love the anticipation of starting a new project, followed closely by the gifting. I know you didn't ask, but the cutting is my least favorite part. Have never worked with wool, but what a great opportunity if I win!

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  78. I really love piecing - paper piecing most of all. Am trying to learn to love the quilting parr, but I'm still working on that....

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  79. My favorite thing about quilting is the release of creative energy, a build up of which leaves me cranky.

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  80. My favorite thing about quilting is piecing. I love to sew and have many tops ready to quilt. I just have to discipline myself to sit down and QUILT!

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  81. My favorite thing is handwork of any kind. Appliqué and embroidery I can take with me. One of these days I want to try hand piecing!

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  82. My favorite part is piecing with my trusty Bernina; though I do like each & every facet including constructing the quilt sandwich lol.

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  83. Unfortunately, my favorite part is planning and cutting the pieces. As a result, I have way too many UFOs!

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  84. My favorite part is playing with the fabric choices, 25 years ago it was the hardest part. Next is the piecing. Garvey56@gmail.com

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