November 16th, 2008
Giveaway
Cardmaking, whether from fabric, mixed media or solely paper, gains attention as we approach the holidays. These may be greeting cards, thank you notes, invitations, and place cards for parties.
For those who enjoy giveaways as well as making cards, stop by Linette’s She Knows Parties Close to My Heart Giveaway for Making Handmade Holiday Cards […]
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November 6th, 2008
Bloggy Giveaways Carnival
Debi’s name was drawn as the winner of the Bloggy Giveaways Carnival for a copy of The Friendship Quilt.
“I’m just learning to quilt…this would be awesome!” said Debi.
I hope Debi will receive inspiration from the quilters’ quotes and stories in the book.
Thank you, everyone, for visiting Quilting and Patchwork and leaving your comments and […]
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October 27th, 2008
The Bloggy Giveaway Carnival has come again to Quilting and Patchwork.
I’m offering the book, The Friendship Quilt,compiled by Esther L. Beilenson. This books, relates in the words of quilters, the meaning quilting, quilters and friendship have in their lives.
The giveaway is open to those who live in the United States or have a mailing address here. […]
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October 25th, 2008
Bloggy Giveaways
Stay tuned for the Bloggy Giveaways beginning Monday, October 27. You won’t want to miss it at Quilting and Patchwork.
I’ll be offering the book of inspirations, The Friendship Quilt. It’s filled with unique illustrations and quotes from quilters.
Instructions for entering will be here.
Tags: Bloggy Giveaway, giveaway, Mary Emma Allen, patchwork, quilters, Quilting and Patchwork, […]
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October 22nd, 2008
Blogtober Fest Winners
We’ve reached the end of Blogtober Fest and I’ve heard from the Quilting and Patchwork winners with their addresses. Thank you, everyone, for participating and leaving comments. It was very enjoyable to read your comments and to know I’d inspired many of you as well as stimulating memories.
10/7 Giveaway - Carla is the […]
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October 13th, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com
Tuesday, October 14, is the last day for the first Quilting & Patchwork Blogtober Fest giveaway. If you haven’t left a comment, you’ll want to do so.
You have until Friday, October 17 to leave comments at the second Quilting & Patchwork Blogtober giveaway.
The time runs out on my other Lifestyles blog, One Book Two Book, Blogtober giveaway […]
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October 10th, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com
Quilting Bee - A gathering generally of women and girls to sew a quilt together. Most often, they stretched the quilt on a frame, then each person helped stitch together the top, filling and backing of a quilt with tiny stitches.
These were social times in pioneer days, often the main occasions ladies got together. In addition to quilting the […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 30 comments
October 8th, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com
Thanks everyone who has left comments for the Blogtober Fest secret prize giveaway at Quilting and Patchwork. I especially enjoy the memories you’ve been sharing about quilts in your family and those you’re making.
I do hope each of you starts a quilt memory journal about your quilting heritage and quilts you’re currently making.
You can leave […]
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October 7th, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com
(I often encourage quilters to write their quilting memories, in a journal, in a scrapbook, in a blog, in a quilt log. Although I’ve written quilting memories, I’ve never set them down in any detail. If I start a journal here, I can share them with my readers, too.)
I was thrilled when I discovered my mother […]
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September 29th, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com
We have a winner in the giveaway for Quilting Quotations Celebrating an American Legacy.
Cindi was selected by Random.org as the winner of this book. She plans to give it as a Christmas gift to someone in her life who’s an avid quilter.
I asked for favorite quotes and Cindi shared this one:
One of my favorite quotes is from […]
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