Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Birthday giveaways

Comments on this post are now closed. Thanks to all who entered. 

First, I just want to prove to you that I am working on the second sock, so here’s a photo.
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I also started yet another project, but put it away for the meantime, after making six test blocks. It’s from the Lion Brand blog’s hexagon crochet-a-long. I just couldn’t resist the hexagons!
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My friend Marie is having a giveaway to celebrate her birthday on October 1. She is doing the drawing on October 4, so you still have several days to enter.
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Marie mentions that she is honoring a late friend, Nora Creeach (the founding editor of CQMagOnline,) who used to do a giveaway on her mailing lists every year on her birthday. I actually won something from Nora once! But, I don’t remember what it was. :) I also was privileged to be Nora’s swap partner on one of the mailing lists and received a fantastic tassel from her. It is nine years since the swap and the tassel is still hanging from the lamp on the worktable in my sewing room.
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And now to MY giveaway!
 It’s been a long time since I had a giveaway and I’ve been itching to do another one. I’m lucky to have two birthdays. The one according to the Gregorian calendar was last week and the one according to the Jewish calendar falls out, this year, on next Wednesday, October 7.  

The gift package will include: One Carol Doak foundation paper piecing pattern, her Summer’s Welcome scenic pattern, plus a bunch of over thirty different fancy yarns, in two yard lengths, that are great for embellishments plus an assortment of 20 5” charms of batik fabrics from my stash.

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I will use random.org to do the drawing after 6:00 am, my time zone, on October 7. That means you have until midnight, U.S. Eastern Daylight Savings Time, Tuesday, the 6th of October, to enter. 
To give a chance to the bloggers visiting from the Blogger's Quilt Festival (see button in my sidebar), I am extending the giveaway until midnight, Tuesday, October 13.


There are three  different ways to enter, with separate comments for each entry, on this post only.

For your first entry, just leave any comment or choose one of the items that you will be receiving if you win and tell me how you think you may like use it.

For your second entry, scroll down my sidebar until you reach my followers and add yourself as a follower.
For you third entry, mention, and link to, my giveaway on your blog.

Please make sure that your profile, with your email address and link to your blog, is linked to the header of your comments. If your email address is not in your profile, or you post anonymous comments, you MUST leave your email address in your comment. That's the only way I can contact you.


Good luck!

Debbie

36 comments:

  1. Hi Debbie, I do follow you already and I would use the fibres in doll making which I have recently taken to making. I would also love to have them to incorporate into an art wall hanging. Happy Birthdays.

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  2. VERY nice stuff deb!
    am part of carol's yahoo group

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  3. Debbie, I follow Among the Young Trees but couldn't figure out how to put the logo on my blog so just have a link instead. If I were to win your give-a-way I'd love to use the Carol Doak pattern for a wall hanging for one of my sons who is an avid fisherman although I can think of uses for the other items, too.

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  4. Well, I linked your url and became your follower on my blog but it still didn't work like I wanted. : (

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  5. I love the pattern, if I won it, I would use it as a wall hanging for my sewing room, and batiks are very nice as well.

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  6. Congrats on your sharing something that is as important to you as these items, I would use the Carol Doak papers to complete the twisted log cabin I want to do, and since I dont have a blog, I cant comment there, so this is it. You have a great day, great socks, thanks for the opportunity to read this.

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  7. Hey Debbie, first of all thanks for everything you do for us on Carol's yahoo group! I added myself as a follower, but don't know how that will work since you are the only one I follow??? I would love to win the yarns. Carol just put up a crazy quilt pattern and I would love to play with the yarns as embellishments for that block!

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  8. Happy Birthday Debbie,
    I would love to use the fabrics on the new crazy quilt pattern Carol just gave us.

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  9. Debbie~ I am coming here from Carol's yahoo group. I love your blog and will be following it. I would love the Carol Doak pattern! I took her workshops in June and just can't get enough of paperpiecing! Congrats and Happy Birthday!
    Char

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  10. I just became a follower! That is one.

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  11. Now I will comment ( that is two and final. I don't have a blog!)
    Happy Birthday!
    Happy Birthday!
    Since you have 2 birthdays you need two shouts!
    Imagine them with great gusto and noisemakers!
    Hope they are/were great!

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  12. Hi Debbie - thanks for the giveaway. I am part of Carol's Yahoo PPing group so would LOVE to win the pattern AND I am a quilter so would LOVE to win the batiks AND I knit/crochet so would LOVE to win the yarn. That about covers it, don't ya think?! annmarie (tegens@charter.net)
    p.s - just so you know commenting as a Google Account didn't work so I had to do anonymous.

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  13. Hello Debbie, I became your follower, please count me in your giveaway, well you made me a difficult question, because I'm a quilter and I love to do crochet as well. Both choices are amazing, but this time I'll go with the light house because I'm deeply in love with them...... I'll blog about it tomorrow, it's getting late here!

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  14. Hi, Debbie! I'm caroledoyle@windstream.net from Carol Doak's Yahoo group. Much as I love Carol's patterns, and I don't have the one you're offering, I love those yarns even more! Wow, they look wonderful!!

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  15. Hello Debie wishing you a happy Birthday
    Mazel Tov love your colorful crochet

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  16. Hi Debbie, I read your comment on Carol's yahoo group. I would love to win the lighthouse pattern. Thanks for a chance to win this. Happy Birthday. ceciliayoung@gmx.com I will try to follow you but, I'm not too computer savvy. :)

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  17. OK I blogged about your giveaway already, arlette0521.blogspot.com, arlettelk@gmail.com. I changed my mind, I'd like the 2 options of it, lol, thank you for the chance in the giveaway, and you're so lucky you have your 2 birthdays real close!

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  18. Let's see I've posted comments about your blog and giveaway to my blog.
    I would love to have thoses yarns for embellishments, Debbie

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  19. And, I've added myself to your Followers

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  20. I beleive this comment will add that I did link to your blog and now I really, really hope that those yarns come my way.
    Happy Birthday, Debbie
    Happy Birthday, Debbie
    one wish for each day ;^)

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  21. Hi Debbie, Sorry it took me so long to leave a comment on your blog. Those fibers and the pattern look great, but I really LOVE the batik squares. I collect batiks, and these look just perfect to use in a quilt I am making with Kaffe Fassett fabrics. Count me in for your giveaway! And I'll be sure to mention you on my blog as well.

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  22. Hi again Debbie! I am now a Follower. Am looking forward to seeing all the great stuff you are doing.

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  23. Oh I would LOVE to win the paper piecing pattern. I am so into pp right now. And the yarns and threads are beautiful...batiks...my favorite! Have a VERY Happy Birthday!

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  24. Oh, and I just became a FOLLOWER too!

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  25. Happy Birthday!! Great giveaway-love the interesting yarns!

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  26. Hi there and happy birthday. Today is my son's b-day. I'd love to use the batik squares in charm quilt I've been dreaming of making.
    rsgrandinetti@yahoo(dot)com

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  27. Yom huledet sameach, Debbie! I found your blog via the Quilt FEstival - your work is beautiful!

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  28. Happy birthday...my birthday was also on the 7th!

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  29. Hello and happy belated Brithday! Visiting you from the Quilt Festival and having a lvoely time. I would give the yarns to my husband's cousin, who is working on her first landscape quilt (and doing a terrific job), and I would greedily keep the batiks and paper-piecing kit to play with on my own!

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  30. what a great giveaway, and thanks for extending it, as I am here via the quilt festival. I'd use the batik fabrics in a quilt - probably a nine patch variation. thanks for the chance to win!

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  31. Very nice giveaway. I love all batik fabrics and I'm sure I could find some use for it. I love being part of Carol's yahoo group. Thanks Karen

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  32. Hi! I am visiting from the Blogger's Quilt Festival; thanks for extending your giveaway! I would love those batiks. I have a fat quarter bundle of dull batiks that need some pizazz batiks to punch up whatever design I come up with! It think it will depend on whatever batiks come my way!

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  33. Hi there! I would love to add those sweet charms to a table runner. They are so bright and cheery, I would add them to some other batiks that I have, and viola! it would make a pretty table runner.

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  34. I would take the batiks and use them in The Mariners Compass Quilt that I am making. I am doing all the countries in mostly batiks. It would be great to be able to use yours in my quilt.
    Tammy
    I will become a follower for sure!

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  35. The batiks!! Ooh, the batiks. I would use them in a variation of Drunkard's Path. I've been slowly cutting charms from my own batiks for this idea, as I want to make it each unit from a different pair of fabrics!
    I already am a follower of your blog.

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  36. I got your blog from Susan's high on the hill. Would love to win any of your giveaways.
    I am part of a group of ladies from Betar Illit, and we all love to quilt.
    Renee S

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