Welcome to everyone who is stopping by as part of the Quilting Gallery Blog Hop Party!
I'm glad you stopped by!!
There are a lot of fun blog's on this hop with lots of great give-aways from all over the world! How cool is that, right??
We are currently working on a bunch of new patterns so things are busy! For those of you who are new here and haven't checked out our patterns yet, they are designed for you to create fun and vibrant projects that can often be completed quickly. You can take a peak here.
Part of the blog hop fun are the giveaways! We are giving away 2 of our patterns. (The lucky winner can choose the 2 they would like.)
We also have 3 copies of the most recent Quiltmaker 100 Blocks isssue, which includes our B Squared block to give away! Although, some of you may already have gotten this issue at your local quilt shop or through your subscription, it would be a great gift for someone! A fun way to get your friend, co-worker, or neighbor hooked on quilting!
Simply leave us a comment to be entered in the giveaway. On a previous post I mentioned you could tell me anything in the comments to be entered for the giveaway and I received some of the most wonderful comments! So, for this post I am going to do the same. You can tell me anything in the comments but if you aren't sure what to share, we always love hearing about how you began quilting. Or you could let us know your favorite color combos, or favorite cocktail recipes, or a hobby you love in addition to quilting. You can also like our facebook page or follow us on twitter for an extra chance or two! I will draw the 4 winners and email them on December 18th. Thanks again for dropping by!
Happy Day & Happy Creating!
Awesome! Thank you for doing this blog hop.
Instead of typing it all out here, you can go to http://theunfocusedlife.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-first-quilt.html to see how I got into quilting.
A little tidbit about me: My favorite colors are purple and green. However, I rarely use purple hues in decorating/crafting/quilting. How weird is that!
Posted by: Lee Ann L. | December 09, 2011 at 10:49 AM
I enjoy reading everyone's blogs. Just wish there were more hours in the day so that I could get in some sewing:)
My favourites to work with are black, grey, and white.
Posted by: Janet S. | December 09, 2011 at 11:26 AM
I began quilting a little over a year ago after discovering Oh! Fransson's wonderful blog. I found her designs & tutorials so inspiring & relatively easy to follow (for a newbie particularly!). I was immediately hooked & have loved discovering all of the wonderful quilting bloggers who give so much, I am immensely grateful, thanks.
Posted by: Fran | December 10, 2011 at 01:48 AM
Great giveaway! Thank you so much
Ana
Posted by: Ana | December 10, 2011 at 03:32 AM
I love everything about quilting but especially playing with fabric and color. I have tried pretty much every quilting technique but needleturn applique is still my favorite.
Posted by: Heather | December 10, 2011 at 04:11 AM
I am not long a quilter but do love it. For a number of years I use to sew clothes for the kids then they got into labelled things so do not sew for them now...though Miss 15 is waiting on a skirt she has asked me to make
Posted by: Michell | December 10, 2011 at 04:24 AM
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Posted by: Michell | December 10, 2011 at 04:25 AM
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Posted by: Michell | December 10, 2011 at 04:25 AM
I started quilting because I wanted to make my Mum a quilt for her 80th birthday!
Posted by: Gill | December 10, 2011 at 04:31 AM
I'd like to share how much I love going to quilt retreat with my mother each summer (we both started quilting at the same time so we can actually both learn from each other each time we meet). I moved to Malta from Sweden 5 years ago and this one week of quilt retreat is something we've done together every summer since I moved and it really is one of the best weeks of the year.
Not only do we get to sit opposite each other for a full week and just talk(we never get to do that otherwise), sew and laugh, only us and 25 other lovely ladies in the room with us which have become our close friends in the past few years. It's also the only days I'm completely off work in the year and I wouldn't trade them for anything else in the world! I love my mother, I love quilting and I love spending time with friends, it's the best!
Posted by: Maria W | December 10, 2011 at 06:48 AM
I started quilting about 12 years ago and after finishing my City & Guilds (4 years) I started teaching and it is the most wonderful thing to do.
Posted by: Carol | December 10, 2011 at 07:00 AM
I would love a chance to win this wonderful book for my quilting friend, who makes lap quilts for seniors and children from cross stitched squares for my group called World of Charity Stitching, at http://www.worldofcharitystitching.blogspot.com/
Thanks,
Peggy
peggy_verdongibbs@att.net
http://keepmeinstitches-peggy.blogspot.com
Posted by: Peggy Gibbs | December 10, 2011 at 08:41 AM
I've been looking for that magazine EVERYWHERE and have been have zero luck. Thank you for the chance to win one. I would be like...well like Christmas...LOL!
Posted by: Monica | December 10, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Great patterns you are going to give away and a nice magazine. Thanks!
My favorite colors are so many: red and old colors together or just very bright blue and yellow. I am busy blog hopping already and I am a participant as well! So much fun! Kind greetings from the Netherlands!
Posted by: connysquilts | December 10, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Love those patterns! My favourite colors are blue and green and some whithe. I am still collecting fabrics for a blue and white flowergarden quilt.
Posted by: Martina | December 10, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Quilting is a learning method for me. I learn something new with every block I sew.
Donah
Posted by: Donah | December 10, 2011 at 11:02 AM
Hi, I only started quilting a year ago and have never looked back...wish I had started earlier, there is so much I want to do. I now live in France but am originally from the UK. Thanks for the chance to win .... I would love 100 Blocks.
Posted by: Sunnybec | December 10, 2011 at 12:27 PM
Wonderful giveaway!
Thx for the chance to win ^^v
Posted by: Hueisei | December 10, 2011 at 12:52 PM
I do NOT have the 100 block magazine, and would always like more patterns
Posted by: bea | December 10, 2011 at 01:54 PM
Great giveaway. I would love the magazine.
Posted by: Evelyn | December 10, 2011 at 03:35 PM
I "like" you on Facebook and left a message there for you. :0)
Posted by: Carolyn | December 10, 2011 at 05:10 PM
I follow you on Twitter (LaLaMcKinnon).
Posted by: Carolyn | December 10, 2011 at 05:10 PM
What a wonderful giveaway! I've been wanting that magazine, too. :0)
I started quilting back in 1994. I should say "piecing" because I would piece things, but never quilted them. I have just recently started finishing up some of those long time UFO's, along with new things, of course. There are a couple posted on my blog now.
Thank you for the chance at a GREAT giveaway!
Posted by: Carolyn | December 10, 2011 at 05:12 PM
I like you on FB
Posted by: Pam C | December 10, 2011 at 06:23 PM
I am following you on Twitter
Posted by: Pam C | December 10, 2011 at 06:23 PM
i am typing this at the dinner table (my husband and i finished our dinners a while ago) and my two little girls are giggling so hard they can't eat their meatloaf. we stripped them down so that they wouldn't get their clothes dirty, so they're naked and giggling - even better. one will only eat for the promise of treats, and the other eats for applause. too silly.
Posted by: laurel | December 10, 2011 at 06:23 PM
I started quilting about 10 years ago when my quilting mentor shared a quilt she made with me and said "you can do it!"
Posted by: Pam C | December 10, 2011 at 06:24 PM
I like you on F/B and left a comment. :)
Posted by: sandra parsons | December 10, 2011 at 07:12 PM
Great patterns. They look fun, interesting and not too difficult. I've been sewing forever, I make Renaissance hats, mostly because I can use such fun fabric. Also christmas pajamas and I got tired of all the left over fabric so I started strip piecing. Then tried FMQ, which I love and then I got into more shape piecing. I love everything about quilting, it is becoming my passion.
Posted by: Mom C | December 10, 2011 at 07:15 PM
I have been quilting since around 1990, went to a class and learnt how to make a sampler quilt by hand. Then I was HOOKED!! I love pink, green and cream combos.as well as brights such as Bliss by Bonnie and Camille!!
Your patterns are lovely especially Cupid Shuffle and Shuffle Step. Thanks for the chance to win. Merry Xmas! Sandy. :)
Posted by: sandra parsons | December 10, 2011 at 07:15 PM
Thanks for a great giveaway. I would love the patterns. I'm ready to make snowcream.
Posted by: @pril | December 10, 2011 at 07:41 PM
Lovely giveaway ... thanks for the opportunity.
Posted by: Kate Creighton | December 10, 2011 at 07:51 PM
Thanks for the chance to win. I just started quilting. I started because I wanted to give my mother a mother's day gift that I had made, sort of like we did as kids.
Posted by: Lisa Cox | December 10, 2011 at 08:06 PM
I have loved crafting for as long as I can remember... I grew up loving my crayons and color books-- and can remember, at a very young age, making extra clothes for my paperdolls... Now I enjoy quilting, craft painting, gardening, and playing with my 2 shelties and 2 cats. Thank you so much for the opportunity to win one of your wonderful prizes! :-)
Posted by: Gwen Windham | December 10, 2011 at 10:36 PM
I like you on Facebook! Thank you, once again! :-)
Posted by: Gwen Windham | December 10, 2011 at 10:37 PM
I follow you on Twitter!! Thanks so much! :-)
Posted by: Gwen Windham | December 10, 2011 at 10:38 PM
Walking my dog
rhaun@clear.net
Posted by: Ballardquilter | December 11, 2011 at 12:24 AM
Great giveaway! This is my first Blog Hop and I am having sew much fun. Sew many new blogs for me to visit. Thanks for the chance, Dianne
Posted by: Dianne Giles | December 11, 2011 at 06:09 AM
Love your patterns! Many years ago I saw a pattern for a Christmas Tree quilt to hang on the wall and I just loved it. I bought the pattern with no idea how to make a quilt but I just did it. Little did I know that it would be the start of a wonderful addiction.
Posted by: Lisa Marie | December 11, 2011 at 06:20 AM
I started quilting just a few years ago. I am into almost any needle type craft.
Posted by: Sandra Visser | December 11, 2011 at 06:59 AM
New follower on Facebook.
Posted by: Sandra Visser | December 11, 2011 at 06:59 AM
New follower on Twitter
Posted by: Sandra Visser | December 11, 2011 at 07:00 AM
Quilting gives me an opportunity to make something, for my boys that I know, they will put to good use. Thanks for the chance to win.
Posted by: Gwen | December 11, 2011 at 08:59 AM
Love the block hop pattern (and square step too). Thanks for the chance to win.
Posted by: Kathy | December 11, 2011 at 09:04 AM
I guess it's because both of my grandmothers did. I love fabric but I've not actually quilted anything yet. I am making string blocks. Thanks
Posted by: Jennifer Gail | December 11, 2011 at 09:25 AM
I have found so many wonderful blogs on this blog hop. I have just begun quilting this past year or so and have learned so much. I have been sewing for many years but this new area of creativity is so fun. I often use designs that involve embroidery because that was my first creative outlet. Thanks for the chance to win.
Posted by: Sherry | December 11, 2011 at 09:32 AM
I like you on Facebook.
Posted by: Sherry | December 11, 2011 at 09:33 AM
Hello! Thanks for the giveaway! I'd love to win! My favorite colors are pink, red, and teal. Happy Holidays! :)
Posted by: CHERISE SMITH | December 11, 2011 at 11:51 AM
I follow you on Facebook! :)
Posted by: CHERISE SMITH | December 11, 2011 at 11:52 AM
I follow you on Twitter :)
Posted by: CHERISE SMITH | December 11, 2011 at 11:52 AM
im a relatively new blogger and quilter - but I'm loving the journey! thanks for the chance to win
Posted by: jenn | December 11, 2011 at 12:04 PM
I love this book. thank you for this great prize. hugs
Posted by: alessandraLace | December 11, 2011 at 12:05 PM
This blog hop is so fun, I am finding all kinds of blogs I had never seen before, I think I may be going into overload and I am only on the letter H. Thanks for the chance to win. Love your patterns!
Posted by: Jo | December 11, 2011 at 12:37 PM
I'm new to quilting... I have my first quilt cut out, but not sewn yet. I keep having to do other sewing projects. I'm trying to get into quilting as my boys need new quilts for their beds. And my favorite colors are blue and teal. Thank you for a chance to win some wonderful patterns as I don't have very many yet. :)
Posted by: Carla G | December 11, 2011 at 01:01 PM
I also like your facebook page! :)
Posted by: Carla G | December 11, 2011 at 01:01 PM
Great giveaway.
Hmmm...something about me...
I love quilting!
Posted by: Sha | December 11, 2011 at 01:04 PM
I follow you n twitter
Posted by: Sha | December 11, 2011 at 01:04 PM
Thanks for the giveaway! Like pink/purple colors.
Posted by: Charity | December 11, 2011 at 01:14 PM
Great giveaway, I like you on FB too!
Posted by: Connie | December 11, 2011 at 01:18 PM
Great giveaway and I love your Cha Cha Cha pattern, the name is so cute!
Posted by: Connie | December 11, 2011 at 01:19 PM
You have cute patterns! Thanks!
Posted by: Deb | December 11, 2011 at 02:49 PM
Great giveaway. Love your patterns. I'm a quilter that has been caught up in the giveaways for the last couple of years.
Posted by: Billie K | December 11, 2011 at 02:50 PM
Thanks for the chance to win! I love to use reds in my quilts. It's my favorite color. So most of my quilts have a red in there somewhere.
Posted by: Ariane | December 11, 2011 at 03:38 PM
I taught myself to sew a couple of years ago, and quilting seemed right up my alley as I love puzzles and math. I made a baby quilt for a friend and haven't looked back! Thanks for the giveaway!
Posted by: Jennifer | December 11, 2011 at 04:02 PM
I am about to go out skating down on the lake, on a grey, but not too cold, winter day. Have to hurry as it gets dark early. Thanks for a chance to win.
Posted by: Janet | December 11, 2011 at 04:03 PM
I haven't purchased a copy of the new 100 Blocks mag, so I would love to win. But I'd also love to win one of your patterns too. My youngest sister got me started quilting 5 years ago when she wanted to do a round robin. We're still doing block exchanges and round robins. Thanks for the great giveaway.
Posted by: Joyce Mitchell | December 11, 2011 at 04:05 PM
Love quilting but also like making memory bears. I love to create. Thanks for the give away.
Posted by: Diane Wild | December 11, 2011 at 04:45 PM
Let's see. Tell you anything...I'm a Christmas Carol (name is Carol and born on Christmas day) and I'm addicted to sewing:)
Posted by: funthreads | December 11, 2011 at 05:06 PM
I love this giveaway - thanks for the chance! A tidbit about me...I have no sense of smell...but my husband and all three of my boys have super-sensitive noses. Weird!
Posted by: Deb | December 11, 2011 at 05:41 PM
I started because I wanted a t-shirt quilt (they were too expensive to have made) and I never looked back... thanks for the chance!
Posted by: Jessica @ quiltyhabit | December 11, 2011 at 05:53 PM
Great giveaway! I started quilting after seeing a quilt made by a friend of my grandmother. I soooo wanted to quilt after seeing a grandmother's flower garden!!! lol
Posted by: Mary | December 11, 2011 at 05:58 PM
What beautiful patterns! Thanks for the chance to win. I started quilting when I was about 7, but I finished my first full sized quilt when I was 17 and pregnant with my 1st daughter, I made it for her. It was made from squares and I spelled out "I love you"
kelly (at) mysimplewalk (dot) com
Posted by: Kelly | December 11, 2011 at 07:49 PM
Wonderful giveaway. I'm a fairly new quilter and have so much to learn, but I'm totally have the time of my life. Thank you so much for the opportunity to enter.
Posted by: Rhonda L Gillette | December 11, 2011 at 08:04 PM
I follow on facebook too. Thanks again.
Posted by: Rhonda L Gillette | December 11, 2011 at 08:05 PM
I also follow on twitter. Thanks once again.
Posted by: Rhonda L Gillette | December 11, 2011 at 08:05 PM
hmm lets see.. we are cooking dinner right now and my husband seems to think that is more important than blog hopping... silly husbands!
Posted by: Jenniffier | December 11, 2011 at 08:34 PM
My grandmother got me interested in quilting over 30 yrs ago and I decided to make a queen sized log cabin quilt for my girlfriend getting married - and that was pre-rotary cutter days - all from cardboard templates - it's a wonder it turned out and with the help of many older women who did the hand quilting (plus me!),my friend & husband were thrilled with it! Nothing like starting BIG - glad techniques and tools have changed since then - and the wonderful fabrics!
Posted by: Pat | December 11, 2011 at 10:47 PM
I would love a chance to win your giveaway! I started quilting when I retired and received a beginner's quilt course for a gift. I had sewn all my life, and still do other sewing, but quilting is a new love. Wool Applique is my most recent passion.
Posted by: Delores Wagg | December 11, 2011 at 11:26 PM
Hi, I learned to quilt from my grand mother past. I would sit and watch her for hours. She did everything by hand. She had little cardboard templates that she would hold and cut around it, she never drew the pattern she hand stitched every stitch and I never saw her measure a quarter inch seam it was like she just knew what it was. She taught me how to do a lot of things with thread and yarn. I miss her this time of year. I was the only grand son she would take time to teach because I wanted to be close to her.Happy Holiday to You and Yours.
Posted by: Dennis | December 12, 2011 at 12:04 AM
I love the bright happy colors of your quilts.
Wonderful giveaway! Thanks
Posted by: Debbie in WA | December 12, 2011 at 01:15 AM
I started after seeing so many people doing it on blogs and it just looked like so much fun so i thought id give it a go and it is fun :)
Posted by: sammyjo | December 12, 2011 at 04:34 AM
Thank-you for your giveaway! I'm not really sure how I began quilting ... something to do with trying to make a log cabin block with no instructions out of scraps cut with scissors ... it was a long time ago.
Posted by: Kari | December 12, 2011 at 06:25 AM
My daughter got me hooked on quilting. Now that I am retired , I am always looking for new ideas for another project.
Thanks
Posted by: Marg | December 12, 2011 at 06:29 AM
I love the way quilting is across the generations. I have quilted for a lot of years, and now my older daughter is buying charm squares so she can get started. My younger daughter has done the embroideries and appliques on quilt blocks and I have put them together. Hoping I will have keen grandchildren to follow the trend. So far I have 5 grandsons, so maybe one of them will take it up.
Posted by: Marilyn | December 12, 2011 at 06:35 AM
What a generous give away! I started quilting almost 2 years ago and am seriously hooked! I look forward to Thursday night quilt classes at my LQS and Sundays when I have time at home to quilt.
Thank you for the opportunity to win! :-)
Posted by: Darcie | December 12, 2011 at 01:33 PM
My recipe is a simple one for dip: 1 package of cream cheese, softened; 1 jar of homemade chili sauce; and 1 can of tiny shrimp in a can. Put cream cheese in a small glass oblong dish; wash the shrimp; add to chili sauce and put over the cream chesse. Enjoy.
I have already seen two of the patterns I am in love with. You have a nice selection to choose from. You made it easy for letting us make the decision. Thank you for that and making the Blog Hop so much fun.
Posted by: Sandra Timmons | December 12, 2011 at 01:37 PM
My favorite color combo is hot pink, turquoise, purple and lime green. I also like white, black and a bold color. Also love sunset colors, reds, oranges, yellows. I just love color! What I'm working on in the moment is always my favorite!
Posted by: Sara | December 12, 2011 at 01:48 PM
Your patterns are really fun! I love bright colours, love pink and orange together, and purple and turquois.
Posted by: Gerri Richards | December 12, 2011 at 01:57 PM
I began quilting a little less than a year ago. My youngest son had recently passed away and I needed something to occupy my hands and mind so I created DanNy boy quilts in his memory. I stitch a hug into one corner of every quilt because he gave the best hugs and quilts are like hugs. He was an amazing artist and I hope that the quilts, I have created show a little of his talent. Thank you, to you and all the other quilters who have inspired me as I sew tears into stitches.
Posted by: Beverley | December 12, 2011 at 03:10 PM
random it is :) my house smells like I washed it in curry and I like it! lol
Posted by: Katy (LethargicLass) | December 12, 2011 at 04:35 PM
Great giveaway - lovely patterns! Thanks for a chance to win!
Posted by: Kristy | December 12, 2011 at 05:45 PM
Such beautiful patterns! Quilting's been on my back burner for the past ten years or so, but I'm so happy to be doing it again - I even joined a guild!
Posted by: Carolyn | December 12, 2011 at 06:05 PM
I inherited it! Long line of quilters
Posted by: Shari Adkisson aka NM Creatrix | December 12, 2011 at 06:26 PM
After quilting for 30 years and spending too much time on the internet for 14 years, I just started a blog! Thanks for the giveaway!
Linda
http://homesweetquiltinghome.blogspot.com
Posted by: Linda V | December 12, 2011 at 06:57 PM
I LIKED you on FB, too! Thanks for the giveaway!
Linda
http://homesweetquiltinghome.blogspot.com
Posted by: Linda V | December 12, 2011 at 06:58 PM
I am following you on twitter, too. Thanks again for the giveaway!
Linda
http://homesweetquiltinghome.blogspot.com
Posted by: Linda V | December 12, 2011 at 06:59 PM
I love the square step pattern, though I wonder how it would look with black (instead of white) and batiks. Thank you for the lovely giveaway.
Posted by: Kylie C | December 12, 2011 at 08:38 PM
I like you on Facebook
Posted by: Kylie C | December 12, 2011 at 08:38 PM
I'm a Twitter follower- kcarlson1152
Posted by: Kylie C | December 12, 2011 at 08:38 PM
Your blog is new to me and I'm looking forward to checking it out. Besides quilts, I like to sew anything period. I crochet, embroider, and I'm trying knitting, painting. I love it all. Have a great week and thanks for participating in this hop.
Posted by: SewLindaAnn | December 12, 2011 at 09:01 PM