Friday, November 11, 2011

A Fab Felt {Giveaway} : :

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It's time for a new Giveaway! 
A Fab Felt Holiday Workshop and Felt Stack Giveaway!!!

Wool Blend Felt for Friday's Giveaway!! 25 colors!

When Betz White asked me to participate in the blog tour for her new Fab Felt Holiday workshop on Craftsy, I was thrilled! I chose to make the Scrappy Garland and was so excited to share the wonderful project I had made following the workshop.

Scrappy Christmas Garland

I have long been a fan of Betz's books, creative upcycling projects, and overall passion for being "green". She is such an inspiration to my own sewing and crafting!

Here are just a few examples of her holiday felt work.


I would also like to encourage all of you bloggers, sewists, knitters, and crafters to join Craftsy, if you haven't already. It's free to join and super easy! I recently joined myself just several weeks ago, you can find my page here, and I am so glad I did. It's such a great place to find project tutorials and patterns of all kinds, and to share your own, as well!

The Prize!

Today the folks at Craftsy are generously offering the Fab Felt Holiday Workshop to one of my readers! The giveaway winner will also get a colorful stack of my favorite wool blend felt that can be used to create the projects offered in the workshop, with plenty extra to incorporate into their own crafts! I have created a pin board on my Pinterest page called "Just For Felt" which is full of inspiration for felt crafting and sewing. Craftsy and Betz's blog are always full of both felt and sewing inspiration, as well!

You can take a peek at the Fab Felt Workshop below!



In addition -- Craftsy is offering my readers the Fab Felt Holiday workshop
for only $19.99, using this link to sign up!!!
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Enter to Win!

Here's how,

1. Simply add a comment to this post. (one entry) We'd love to know what's your own favorite handmade thing to make for the Holidays?
2. For another chance, you can follow the Craftsy Facebook Page. Just let me know that you do by making a separate comment to record that entry.(one entry)
3. Followers of my blog or Facebook page get an additional chance to enter, as well! Just let me know that you follow me by making a separate comment to record that entry.(one entry)

That’s three possible entries! Enter now through 10 o'clock pm (EST) Sunday, November 13th. I will announce the winner this Monday morning in a new post here on the blog.

* Note * This giveaway is open to EVERYONE! If you're a "no reply" commenter, remember to include your email address in your comment so that I can contact you should you win!

Thank you and a huge thanks to Craftsy and Betz White!!!

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Good Luck and have a great weekend!!!

658 comments:

  1. I love making hats and scarfs for my family.

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  2. One year I made snowball decorations for our Christmas tree. My husband and I had just gotten married and didn't have a lot of money to spend on decorations, so I made some. The snowballs are the stupidest little things; just styrofoam balls with white yarn wrapped around them, but I love them. They remind me of our first Christmas together!

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  3. And, as always, I am a LOYAL follower of your cute blog!

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  4. What a wonderful giveaway! wezhappy@gmail.com

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  5. I don't have a favorite handmade item to make for the holidays. I'm just trying to give only handmade gifts this year. Some may end up with IOUs. Not easy with a big extended family. Thanks!

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  6. I love to make flowers to go on hats and scarfs.
    wezhappy@gmail.com

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  7. I also follow your blog on FB. You have such cute ideas. wezhappy@gmail.com

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  8. I love to make quilts for holiday gifts. Thanks for the opportunity to win!=)

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  9. I'm an email subscriber of yours.=)

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  10. How Beautiful! Our Favorite handmade items are the felt stockng we made a couple years ago.
    Thanks for the chance
    meangreenmom[at]gmail[dot]com

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  11. I'm a blog follower too
    meangreenmom[at]gmail[dot]com

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  12. I love to have the kids help me make an ornament for our tree (and the grandparents as well!) Felt is a great medium for that.

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  13. I like Craftsy on Facebook (and for reals...great site!)

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  14. I follow you on Facebook...thank you for all of these wonderful giveaways!

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  15. Lovely...I love all the color options! I make ornaments for my family every year. I try to use a different medium, although I'm in love with silver glass glitter! I'm starting to experiment more with felt, this would be wonderful!

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  16. This is a gorgeous felt stack. I love making felt Christmas decorations. Thanks for the lovely ideas.

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  17. Oh, I'm so excited for this giveaway. I LOVE the felt garlands!

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  18. I Love to make slippers to keep my families toes warm.

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  19. my fave holiday thing to make is knitted scarves and mittens and hats :) raineoc@yahoo.com

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  20. I love to make a gingerbread house for our town's gingerbread contest!
    I am in love with those felt houses and trees!
    kirkwood0419(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  21. I follow Craftsy of FB.
    kirkwood0419(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  22. following craftsy on fb :) raineoc@yahoo.com

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  23. I follow your blog and FB page!
    kirkwood0419(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  24. following you on fb :) raineoc@yahoo.com

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  25. Felt at Xmas time is perfect for garlands....everywhere this year I think!!!! My hubby may make it home for a few days during his deployment! How sweet would garlands be all around the house to spruce up our love shack...our 2boys could help make them! Thank you! KERIHAG at YAHOO dot COM

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  26. for Christmas I have made my 4 yr old grandson every fruit and veggie I could think of along with cakes, pastries, pizza, pasta, cookies etc. He is going t love it. His mom is getting him a FIRST STEP "MRKET" TO SELL THINGS AT. I ill have to replenish my felt after this! lol
    cflynn419@yahoo.com

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  27. I like making candle mats using wool felt blends...makes great appliques. Thanks for the giveaway.
    Judy

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  28. I like you on facebook! thank you, alaska_lady8@yahoo.com

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  29. I am learning how to make quilts... thank you for the chance to win! alaska_lady8@yahoo.com

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  30. Besides quilts, my favorite handmade items for the holidays are Christmas ornaments. In fact, my mother and I were looking last night at a new quilting magazine's patterns for simple felt ornaments that we could make with my grandniece. Thanks for the timely giveaway.

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  31. Me please! Love those felt Christmas trees. Gingerbread houses are my favorite thing to make with my niece.

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  32. I would LOVE to win this giveaway! My favorite thing to make for the holidays is ornaments.

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  33. Yay! Love your blog!

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  34. I always make tons of cookies, brownies, pumpkin bread, strawberry bread, eggnog bread, and more to give away. Since I am a former pastry chef, they are all well received and never last long. But I started making stockings, and scarves, and other quick crochet goodies the past couple of years and have had some pretty good squeals of excitement there too. :)

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  35. and I'm a big Craftsy girl too. love my craftsy tee! :) def follow them on FB.

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  36. My kids and I have started a tradition of making different ornaments each Christmas to decorate with. A couple of years ago we made elves out of ribbon, wood beads and felt hats and clothing with sewn on buttons for decorating their outfits. We loved it and we use them every year now to decorate for the holiday! This year we think that your garland is a grand idea! We're excited!

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  37. I love to make Christmas Tree ornaments each year. The kids have a great time doing it too.

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  38. I am a follower of your blog. Love it!

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  39. I love making Christmas ornaments, especially anything with glitter!

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  40. I love homemade stockings, tiny ones for the Christmas tree. Sew up super fast and fun to embellish!

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  41. I love give-a-ways almost as much as I love new ideas from other crafters.

    I make felt Christmas stockings and I am running out of colors. could use these for the new nieces and nephews to make new stockings for.

    Love you page.

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  42. favorite handmades for Christmas are ornaments and quilts

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  43. I follow craftsy on facebook. I just joined up

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  44. I am a follower and lover of your work and would be thrilled to win the giveaway. I love making dog toys with felt and my dogs are old enough to be gentle and love the toys, not destroy them. I am creating another cool series of containers made with felt...more to come! I like you on FB too!

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  45. I just found out about wool felt last week in Amish Country. Bought a couple of projects to do.

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  46. I follow craftsy on facebook also

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  47. I love making gifts, and am working on bean bags for the nephews right now!

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  48. What a fun giveaway. I love the little felt gingerbread houses.

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  49. I absolutely love love this giveaway because I love working with felt for the holidays. Every year for gifts I make a special bashful snowman that sits atop a roll of toilet paper for the bathroom, the cuteness of my bashful snowman is that he covers his eyes but you can open his hands and reveal his cute face. It's always been a hit when someone receives him and gets a lot of giggles. I just created a turkey fridgie out of felt for my refrigerator and I also got chuckles when I finished him. So you can tell, I love love creating with felt and I would really love winning this! :D

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  50. I love it! I want to learn everything!

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  51. Felt is sooo fun to work with. So many possibilities and no hemming!!!
    Love your giveaway!!!

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  52. This is so very nice to even be entered in this contest, because I just LOVE felt, and love to get creative with it. So many special things can be made from such a great product!

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  53. I just want to hold it in my hands! (smile)

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  54. I make a lot of ornaments with felt lace and satin but also scarves and pretty flower barrettes

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  55. I try to do different things every year so I'm still not sure what my fave is this year. I have been working alot with felt tho. And would love to have this stack!

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  56. My favorite handmade things for the holidays are TREATS :) and the new scarf my mom knits me each year!!

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  57. My favorite handmade item for the holidays is ornaments made from cutter quilts. And, of course, Christmas cookies are always awesome! :D

    homespunhandmaiden(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  58. My favorite handmade thing to make for the holidays is ornaments for the tree.

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  59. I love to make felt garlands and little felt throw pillows with snowmen and trees on them. Felt just seems to go with the holiday season.

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  60. It is my great pleasure to follow you on Facebook.

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  61. I do follow Craftsy, also and enjoy it very much.

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  62. I love to make pear butter for the holidays. Not exactly a craft but oh-so-yummy.

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  63. I'd love to enter, i love making gifts.

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  64. i followed craftsy on facebook

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  65. I already liked you on facebook.

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  66. Thanks for such a great giveaway! I like making tiny decorations for the Christmas Tree.

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  67. wow a very popular prize, hope u are all having a great time and best wishes for xmas

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  68. I always make homemade gifts along with my hand stamped cards. This year I'm making recipe books with photos, using the My Digital Studio software.

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  69. I'm followe. I want make a garland, flowers to my girls and christmas ornaments.

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  70. My favourite thing is presents for others. Can't beat a handmade present made with love! Terrific giveaway!

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  71. My favourite thing to do is make felties, whether it be little cuddly toys for my children or at the moment, cute little decorations for the Christmas tree!

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  72. AND I also follow your blog by email and on Facebook!

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  73. Wonderful giveaway! I love to sew or knit tree ornaments!

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  74. I follow you with Google reader, does that count? Thanks for the chance to win!

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  75. wow great giveaway!
    my favorite craft for christmas is scrap card with picture of my family on in.
    thank's to you

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  76. My favorite thing to make for the holidays is ornaments for gifts.

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  77. I just thought recently, that I need some felt to try to create one of the wonderful felt projects!
    I'd love to make an owl ;)

    And ornaments and handmade toys for Christmas tree are always a good idea!
    Thanks!

    Hugs,
    Tatyana

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  78. My favorite thing to make for the holidays are still the good old fashioned paper snowflakes made from a sheet of copy paper. They look so pretty in the window they stay up until spring!

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  79. Gorgeous felt - what amazing inspiration!

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  80. I am a follower of your blog and your FB page. I love seeing what you create!

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  81. I am new to quilting so this year it's quilt making :)

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  82. I don't have a favorite thing to make for Christmas. Every year it is different. This year I am making a felt garland for Christmas.

    momik97(at)aol(dot)com

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  83. I also follow your facebook page

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  84. I'm pretty new to sewing and crafting so I've never really made much for Christmas except excellent food!
    Looking forward to making very creative projects for the first time this Xmas!

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  85. I would love the chance to work with this felt! marydemerath@hotmail.com

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  86. I follow the Craftsy facebook page~ Thanks!
    marydemerath@hotmail.com

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  87. I also follow your facebook page :-)
    marydemerath@hotmail.com

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  88. I'm a follower on facebook & your blog.

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  89. What a great giveaway! My little girls and I love creating tree ornaments out of felt. I also try to slip in little felt animals to their stockings each year. Thank you for the chance.

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  90. I just "liked" your Facebook page and I am also following you on Pinterest!

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  91. I love, love felt. I collect it in lots of forms. Love to see the thrift find sweaters come out of the washer. Really want this give away!
    Terry

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  92. I love felts! I'm praying for felts, too! They're perfect crafts for two holidays...needs to make garlands! I always follow you and Craftsy.

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  93. Thank you for a great give away. I love making vintage chenille patchwork quilts for my love ones for xmas.
    Nesha
    neshashaw@hotmail.com

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  94. Follower of your facebook page :)
    Nesha
    Nesha's Vintage Niche - FB Page

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  95. Great giveaway! Thanks for the chance!

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  96. I love making felted hats....just started so i cant wait to try out your projects! Thank you for the chance at the giveaway!

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  97. My favorite thing to make is a pumpkin roll!

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  98. I don't have a favorite holiday item to make yet, but I haven't really gotten started. Maybe by next year I'll have figured out what I enjoy making? Here's hoping!

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  99. My favorite handmade things for the holidays are gift baskets of preserves. bread and cookies!

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  100. I'm a follower of your blog and on Facebook!

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  101. I like Craftsy on Facebook!

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  102. Hi,
    I like to make ornaments for my friends in the US :)
    dg23028@gmail.com

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  103. Hi,
    I also follow you on FB :)
    dg23028@gmail.com

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  104. Hi,
    I follow Craftsy on FB too!!
    dg23028@gmail.com

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  105. I love felt, Craftsy and I am now a follower of your blog.

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  106. I like to make ornaments for Christmas - lots of different types. And I like to make shopping totes as gifts! Thanks for a chance to win! I love to work with felt! :)

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  107. I like Craftsy's page on facebook! :)

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  108. I like you on facebook & via gfc! :)

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  109. Every year I make a different handmade Christmas tree ornament! That is my favorite holiday craft!

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  110. I'm a follower of your blog and fb page!

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  111. Very cool -- looks like great felt, too. May I ask who makes it? Always looking for a good felt source!

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  112. I love the scrap felt garland, looks like it took forever but so straight forward, want to have a go at making one for this year!!

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  113. Oh wow, thankyou for opening up the giveaway to everyone!
    Id like to make a multi shaded xmas tree hanging this year with felt.
    Im a regular follower of the blog.
    Ive my fingers crossed for this lovely bundle!
    :)

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  114. I would like to try to make ornaments this year!

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  115. I follow you on Facebook, both as myself and as Stumbles & Stitches (blog).

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  116. Ive been crafting and sewing with felt for years and would luv to add this beautiful felt to my collection, Thank You for the chance!

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  117. i love to make holiday wreaths. thanks for the giveaway.

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  118. felt is so fun to work with. I love the color variety

    misaacmom at gmail dot com

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  119. follow the Craftsy Facebook Page

    misaacmom at gmail dot com
    mary beth isaac

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  120. Maureen, I know you're looking for something crafty, but my favorite thing to make by hand for the holidays is my Grandma's recipe for rolled & cut gingerbread cookies. Kd

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  121. I "Like"d Craftsy on Facebook. Thanks! Kd

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  122. Gorgeous felt! I am a "Like"r of Maureen Cracknell Handmade on Facebook. Thank you! Kd

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  123. I always make a few new felt folk art ornaments each year for Xmas. Thanks for sharing.

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  124. Would love to win this, the felt is awesome

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  125. Maureen, I follow Craftsy itself, "liked" them (and you) on Facebook, and I follow your blog as well.

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  126. Always read Maureen Cracknell on FB and would love this giveaway as MCH work is so fun and inspirational.

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  127. I "liked" Craftsy on FB. What a lovely giveaway! I like making Xmas stockings

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  128. Wow! Beautiful! I am making LOTS of Christmas dresses this weekend!

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  129. SO excited about the felt! I would love to do some crazy stockings with it! :)

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  130. Love this giveaway...I am a long time crafty but with little time. I love embroidery and fabric tree ornaments, although my work is ceramic and mixed media.

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  131. Thanks for the opportunity to win some felt. I can see lots of uses for this.
    Happy days.
    Bev.xoxo

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  132. I follow you via your email postings. Sorry don't do Facebook.
    Happy days.
    Bev.xoxo

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  133. My favorite thing to make for the holidays is Christmas Stockings. I make new ones almost every year. I use old ones to decorate and fill the new ones. Last year I made 4 and sent them filled to my daughter in Afghanistan for her and friends.

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  134. I've got you Facebook and your blog on my Google Reader... just so I don't miss anything.

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  135. I'm a follower of your lovely blog xo

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  136. I'm a follower of your lovely blog xo

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  137. My favourite thing to make for the holidays are christmas stockings and a new tree skirt :)

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  139. I am a follower of your blog.
    jowynj@blueyonder.co.uk

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  140. I am a follower of your facebook page.
    jowynj@blueyonder.co.uk

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  141. I am a follower of the Craftsy facebook page.
    jowynj@blueyonder.co.uk

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  142. Wow what a great giveaway, hope I win!
    jowynj@blueyonder.co.uk

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  143. I am so excited to find your site! You are awesome! Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent with all of us!

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  144. Awesome felty stuff! kdfeather@msn.com

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  145. also "like" on facebook.
    kdfeather@msn.com

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  146. Great ideas! Thank you for a chance to win! I 'Like' you on FB
    Sandra

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