Winners - Week 4 and Lots More Fun!

Greetings fellow quilters!  I'm excited to announce the Week 4 Winners in "A Month of Monday Giveaways".  Week 4 was sponsored by Sew It Is quilt shop and Aurifil thread.  Many thanks to both of these sponsors for their generosity.

Before I announce our winners...

My heart, prayers, and thoughts go out to the families that have been effected by the terrible storms in the Central and Eastern United States.  May these families find strength to pick up and move on even though they have suffered loss of lives, pets, and homes.  Thank you, dear readers, for keeping these families in your thoughts and prayers as well.

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Winner Selection:  If you recall in last weeks post, I asked you to help me with these choices: 

Because there were more than 400 comments on the Week 4 Giveaway, I decided to tally up the first 200 comments and, after doing so, it was very apparent that the majority of you wanted to go with Option 3 above -- choose 5 winners!  

Week 4 Giveaway Tally - Choice 1, 2 or 3

Your wish is my command...

5 lucky readers will each win 2 spools of Aurifil Thread and one Mini Charm pack. 

I used Mr. Random Number Generator to choose the winners (to be honest I was very surprised at the grouping of these "random" numbers -- but I went with my first 5 clicks using the tool.)

Without further ado, the 5 winners in Week 4 of "A Month of Monday Giveaways" are:

Winner 1:

Winner 2:

Winner 3:

Winner 4:

Winner 5:

Ladies, Congratulations !!  Please email your mailing information to: karen dot keuka at gmail dot com and I will get your fabric and thread spools out right away!!

Thanks again to Sew It Is and Aurifil for their generosity!

One final note:  I personally couldn't be more thankful for such wonderful and supportive followers. 

The comments and feedback on both the "Bouquet Memories" Wall Hanging Tutorial AND
the "Spring Basket" Pattern Review are heartwarming. 

I do apologize that I cannot respond to each and every one of you - please know that I appreciate your kind feedback. 

I'm still very excited about Week 5 in "A Month of Monday Giveaways".  Bear Creek Quilting Company is giving away a Bouquet Memories Wall Hanging Kit -- including all of the Hoffman fabric you need to make the sample AND 3 large spools of matching Aurifil thread !!   A Fantastic giveaway -- thank you Shari.  Click here to get involved.

Also, if you haven't checked it out, Carrie from "A Passion for Applique" stitched up a stunning rendition of Spring Basket, wrote a detailed review, and is hosting a giveaway of two Spring Basket patterns.  Click here to see my post and follow the link to Carrie's blog to get involved in the giveaway!    Thank you Carrie - I'm still swooning over your work!

Good night all - stay safe.
Karen

Week 4 Month of Monday Giveaways - Thank You!!

Hello dear readers -- we're starting Week 4 in a "Month of Monday Giveaways" and this week we're celebrating YOU! 

Yes... I want to take the time to say "Thank you" for your support and encouragement.  Your sweet comments and feedback mean the world to me -- thank you, thank you!

To help ME celebrate YOU I have two fantastic businesses chipping in for a spectacular Week 4 Giveaway.

First, allow me introduce you to my dear friend Cindy from Sew It Is.  

Cindy is one of those angel friends that fall out of the sky and into your stash world when you're really not looking for an angel or a friend... but you ARE looking for fabric!!   

...and the story goes... I was shopping online for a specific line of fabric when I came across this shop not far from home - never having heard of this shop I picked up the phone and dialed.

When I realized where she was located I told her I could be there via horseback in 30 minutes!! 

Yippee!!   Since that day our friendship has grown, and she has been a constant source of encouragement -- not to mention a great source of fabric at fantastic prices!!

Cindy's Shop "SewItIs" is located in Endicott, NY, but a majority of her fabric business is done via her online shop at www.sewitis.com.

You must click over to the shop and check out her fantastic prices on the newest lines of Moda, Henry Glass, Andover, Hoffman - - Batiks, Cottons, Novelty Prints, Wide Backs, and others.

Here are a few of my favorite fabrics...

Sweet Serenade by BasicGrey for Moda -- $8.00 a yard -- WOW!

original image from www.basicgrey.com

and how about Little Black Dress 2 - another BasicGrey fabric for Moda...

original image from www.basicgrey.com

and for those of you that followed my Redbird and Berries Quilt on the Moda Bake Shop you know that I fell in love with Grunge by BasicGrey for Moda -- Yep -- Cindy fell in love with it too!! 

SewItIs has a fantastic lineup of Grunge fabric all at $8.00 a yard.   How about a pretty little chevron quilt with these colors!

One thing I failed to mention, the clearance section at SewItIs is fantastic -- REALLY great prices on quality fabrics, pattern, books and tools.

SewItIs offered to sponsor the Week 4 Giveaway with Moda Mini-Charms  - not 1, not 2, but 5 (yes five) Moda Mini Charms - - oh the cute little things you can make with these!! 

For some cherries on top of this ice cream, we have another fantastic Thread Pack of Aurifil Mako Cotton 50 wt thread to give away.

Aurifil is sponsoring this giveaway with a Thread Pack of "Everyday Color" by Me and My Sister Designs.  You can read Barb and Mary's great introduction to their Everyday Color Aurifil Thread Pack on their blog post here.  

Those of you that know me know that I use Aurifil Mako 50Wt thread for piecing, quilting and hand applique.  Little lint, few breaks and great looking results!!  Love Aurifil thread...

Many thanks to both SewItIs and Aurifil for their generosity!

How about these beautiful Everyday Color threads !!  Woohoo -- just beautiful.

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Now for the giveaway chances...

I would love for you to jump over to the SewItIs Online Store, check out the fantastic prices, then jump back here and tell me what peaked your interest. 

While you're at it, if you're a Facebook user -- stop by SewItIs on Facebook and follow -- there is an extra chance for that.

I know many of you have already chosen to follow Aurifil on Facebook and on their blog Auribuzz -- but if you haven't done so yet - go for it... and leave me a comment for one or both.

Ahhh -- and we can't forget to share can we??   If you choose to share this giveaway on any social media -- be sure to leave me a comment for each one -- nothing like getting your friends involved in a fantastic giveaway!

One last option for a chance...  Help me decide how to divide up this giveaway.   Leave me a comment telling me one of these three Options (1, 2, 3):

1. 1 winner takes it all
2. 2 winners (1 winner for the 5 mini charms and 1 winner for the Aurifil Thread Pack)
3. 5 winners  (each winner getting a mini charm and 2 spools of Aurifil Thread)

I just can't decide -- so I'll let ya'll help me with that.  Thank you!!

There ya have it -- Week 4 in the "Month of Monday Giveaways" is now active.  It will be open until Monday April 28th about 9pm Eastern Std Time.

Have a wonderful week everyone -- Sew Happily!!

Being grateful....
Karen