Giveaway Day, Prizes, and Sponsors! **CLOSED**

Hi! If you have never visited before, welcome!

If you're a regular reader, thanks for sticking through.

 

I have some very exciting things happening right now--a contest, fabulous prizes, and a giveaway.

Make sure to finish reading to find the giveaway!

 

But, first:

Have you heard about the contest we are having over in our Facebook group?!

 

Find more details about the contest here.

 

I wanted to share with you what is up for grabs as prizes.

Seriously--over $110 in prizes.

 

We have some amazing prizes lined up from some equally amazing sponsors!

 

Up for grabs are:

 

$25 Shop Credit to Emmaline Bags!

 

 

$25 Shop Credit from Canadian National Fabric

 

 

 

A Fat Quarter Bundle from Stay Home Fabrics

 

 

 

$50 Gift Card to the Fat Quarter Shop

 

 

Pattern of Choice up to $10 value from Muffin Head Patterns

 

 

Pattern of Choice from Sofilantjes

 

 

A huge thank-you to these sponsors--you've all blown me away with your generosity!

And, seriously, if you need fabric or patterns or the like--go check these sponsors out.

 

And, of course, enter the contest so you can win these amazing prizes!!!

 

Oh, and the giveaway?! Well, to get you started on entering this contest, I'm giving away a four-pack of patterns!

 

You can win a copy of each of these:

Perfect Petal Purse Pattern

 

 

Pirate's Treasure Wallet Pattern

 

 

Zippy Keepers Pattern

 

 

and

Sunburst Clutch Pattern

 

 

To enter, use the Rafflecopter below!

 

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Make sure to stop by Sew Mama Sew for more giveaways!

Flower Applique Quilt with Stay Home Fabrics

I was quite excited when Lindsay from Stay Home Fabrics offered to send me a couple of Fat Quarters to play with!

 

She sent me these FQ's:

Hide and Seek Sky

Pinwheel Blush

Pinwheel Midnight
Raindrops Turquoise (out of stock at the moment--will update link when in stock again!)

I put together a free tutorial for a wall hanging!

 

 The solid grey came from my stash--it's a plain old quilting cotton--perfect for a canvas to add some lovely color!

 

I had so much fun fussy cutting the large flowers out of the Hide and Seek Sky FQ.

 

And, then the text. I hesitated the longest with this.

I wanted it perfect and wasn't sure if I wanted to incorporate the text into the quilting or what I wanted to do. But, I knew it had to stand out--it had to be visible.

So I embroidered them on by hand.
After chalking the words on to make sure they'd fit where I wanted them, though I didn't end up using the chalk out line very much.
It ended up being pretty free hand.
(I can only wish I had better penmanship!)

 

And, for the quilting, I quilted about a 1/4" from the flowers and then stitched-in-the-ditch for the rest.

 

I added some triangles in the back to hang it.

 

For the backing, I cut the left overs from the FQs into strips and pieced the back.

 

And, the binding--I love how the small flowers look as binding.

Plus it's a brighter color to add that girly flair I wanted for my girls' room!

 

A bright ribbon I hijacked from one of my daughter's gift bags she had stored away is a perfect match.

 

You can get the free tutorial here!

 

And, hop on over to Stay Home Fabrics--Lindsay has $10 flat rate shipping in Canada or free shipping on $100 or over, and the entire month of September you'll get a free, surprise 10 piece 5" charm pack with any order!

Plus, use the promo code "justbeautiful" to get 15% off the Dashwood Studios collection until Wednesday at midnight!

 

Follow Stay Home Fabrics on Facebook for future promo codes and sales!