Thursday, February 14, 2013

A Tsuru Quilt Top { and GIVEAWAY! } : :

Tsuru Wind Blown

Oh how I love Tsuru!! It's the new collection by Rashida Coleman-Hale for Cloud9 Fabrics. When these arrived, I knew they had to become a quilt top asap!

Tsuru Quilt Top

I originally decided to turn my FQ bundle into a quilt full of framed centered and off-centered squares. I was able to get two blocks finished right away after settling on that idea. I was so excited to see it all come together, but ran out of time. It was a few days later before I got back to it, and after taking a second look, I decided to play with some improv.

And, I'm SO glad I did!!

Tsuru Quilt Top

Improv is so much fun for me! Once I started, I just couldn't stop, and ended up staying up half the night until my Tsuru quilt top was completely finished! I've been really inspired by Aztec patterns in prints, home decor, and fashion lately, so that definitely worked it's way into the design of this quilt top!

Tsuru Finished

I used lots of coordinating Art Gallery Fabric Pure Element solids in the quilt, as well. In order from left to right I used -- Snow, Linen White, Mirage Blue, Light Grey, Coral Reef, Nocturnal, Crystal Pink, and Empire Yellow. Goodness, I've already wiped out half of my solids stash this year!

Tsuru & Pure Elements

Our white fence and all the snow we had this past weekend made such a pretty backdrop for this quilt top.  The colors that make up this collection are just so amazing together!

Tsuru Color

Of course, I do have my personal favorite photos! This one, the little peek I shared of my Tsuru quilt top on Monday.

Tsuru Quilt Top -- I can't wait to share it later this week with a Tsuru Giveaway!!!

That night I brought my quilt along as we went to the park to feed the ducks. I thought I might get some pretty shots, but it was too windy in one direction and so glaringly bright in the other. This photo was such a happy accident,  I L♥VE it!

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You can find the Art Gallery Fabric Pure Elements available at Hawthorne Threads, Fat Quarter Shop, Moona Fabrics, The Intrepid Thread, Pink Castle Fabrics, Stash Fabrics, and Contemporary Cloth!

And, beautiful Tsuru is scheduled to hit stores this week!! You can find it available in the shop of my sponsors Hawthorne Threads, The Intrepid Thread, Stash Fabrics, Project Anthologies, and Pink Castle Fabrics!

If you're headed to QuiltCon next weekend, Rashida will be there! She was invited by the QuiltCon team to join them as a judge for the quilt competition, is doing a meet & greet Demo for CLoud9, will be presenting her newest collection Koi for the first time! Eek!! And, a Zakka Style book signing! Oh, I wish I were going!

Today, I have an extra FQ bundle of Tsuru to Giveaway to one of you, courtesy of Cloud9 Fabrics!!

Tsuru Giveaway!

To enter, just simply leave a comment here in this post! If you'd like to share a story, pattern, or link to your favorite quilt, that would be wonderful! It could be something you've made, received, or just one you've even seen somewhere? I plan to focus on quilt work this year, so I'm excited to see!! I'll add the winner to the bottom of this post on Monday!

I also want to give a shout-out to Shirley and wish her a very Happy One Year Blog-iversary! She's having a fun Giveaway of her own to celebrate HERE. Congrats Shirley!! 

Thank you and have a wonderful Valentine's Day!!   Maureen  

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From 499 entries, Mr. Random says the lucky winner is...

Comment #217 --  kristin, who said...
Such a fantastic quilt and fabric line, too! Love Tsuru, thanks for the giveaway! 

Congratulations  Kristin!!! I will be in touch shortly!

499 comments:

  1. I love your pictures! Great settings.

    I just picked up a Swoon pattern, so maybe I'll do something with that this year. Thanks for a lovely giveaway.

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  2. I am so excited about this fabric line - just gorgeous and your quilt is stunning!! Thanks for the chance to win the FQ bundle - what a great February treat that would be :-)

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  3. im handsewing a quilt this year...and am inspired by Alison's quilt
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/11950193@N06/8461966777/in/faves-krousegirl2/
    thanks for a chance at this awesome collection of fabric!

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  4. Great job on this quilt! I'm still in love with the single girl pattern, but haven't been successful with the pattern yet. I will keep trying until I get it right. I am also in love with equilateral triangle quilts and HST solid quilts right now.

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  5. Beautiful top..I love the vibrant fun colours! I recently got a swoon pattern, I jsut think it's really pretty..so that is something I think I am going to attempt to make myself sometime this year.

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  6. Your quilt is a stunner, what a wonderful giveaway, would love a chance

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  7. Beautiful quilt top! I really want to make my daughter a dress with the Blossom Festival print!

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  8. My favorite quit is a ratty old quilt made of all types of non cotton fabrics that my grandma made when I was little. I fussed over it and she gave it to me. It's been through a lot and its still on my old bed at my moms house :)

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  9. Love the Tsuru fabrics and the quilt you made! :)

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  10. I love your quilt top, Tsuru is a great collection. For me, the Retro Flowers quilt is high on the list this year.

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  11. It's Valentine's Day, and DH did a great job...Chocolates greeted me this morning :) whoooohooo!

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  12. Such lovely fabric and I love what you made with it! I have to say that I really love your art quilt top you posted earlier this week! It's one of the most beautiful quilt tops I've seen, ever! :-)

    I've also been really inspired by "Feathering the Nest with Vintage Inspired Quilts" by Brigitte Giblin, recently. Such beautiful quilts with such great detail in there.

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  13. Not sure about a pattern but the fabric is lovely!

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  14. Beautiful Quilt. The fabrics are awesome.I just finished makingh Vintage Kansas City Star Block of the Month and now need to get it Quilted.

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  15. I love that fabric. If I win, the quilt I make with the fabric will surely be my favorite!

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  16. Just gorgeous. My favorite quilt is the one my great grandmother hand pieced in the early 1900s-all hexagons. It is soft and perfect.

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  17. Thanks for the giveaway! Here's a link to the quilt I'm looking forward to making- Northern Wilderness at http://www.northernthreads.net/p-17930-northern-wilderness-pattern.aspx.

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  18. I've really been anticipating this line! She does such wonderful graphics in unusual color combinations! I loved her Washi line and I think I may love this one even more. Your quilt is awesome and thanks for sharing the solid coordinates. I've made note of them so I'm ready!

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  19. I really like the layout of your quilt. I am working on a hand cut and sewn quilt top right now. Thank You for the giveaway

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  20. There are so many great quilts and great patterns out there. This braided Irish chain quilt is on my bucket list, and I love all star patterns!

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    1. Oops - forgot to include the link to the quilt! Here it is: http://www.modabakeshop.com/2010/10/braided-irish-chain-quilt_19.html

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  21. Great fabric and quilt, and your photos show both off to perfection! I'm presently working on a curves quilt which I am loving so much. Thanks for another great giveaway.

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  22. Such beautiful work you do!!! I
    Dyannaholster@yahoo.com

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  23. I love how you displayed your quilt on your beautiful floor. We are having the same flooring installed this week in our home and I love the idea to place your quilt on top for the picture you posted. I am going to use that idea in the future. Have a wonderful Valentine's Day. Ginger

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  24. I love this line! What a treat it would be to win! I am looking forward to trying new things I have seen in the blogosphere lately this year such as improv chevrons. It will be interesting as I have never done any imrpov piecing before but I am really excited. So glad I found blogs to explore!

    Materialmoments@yahoo.com

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  25. Gorgeous, as usual Maureen! Happy Valentine's Day.

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  26. Very well done. And the fabrics are fabulous! My story is that for the first time in over 2 months I was able to rotary cut 2 1/2" strips. I broke my right wrist the first part of December and it has been a long climb back. I'm not there yet, but it is a start!

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  27. The fabrics are gorgeous and I love the quilt you made with them!

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  28. Beautiful quilt top. I am working on a Garden Window pattern right now. Pretty easy but it showcases a larger floral print well.

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  29. Beautiful quilt. You did a great job and the blks stand out with your fq choices. Thanks for the chance to enter the giveaway!

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  30. Beautiful quilt and gorgeous fabric.

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  31. Your quilt is beautiful. I think my favorite quilt would have to be my first scrap quilt. I made it using the log cabin pattern. I love it because it had all the fabrics that I used for all the quilts I made for my family when I first started quilting.

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  32. How perfectly gorgeous! The data analyst in me loves the "bar graph" block LOL.
    I'm just finishing up my very first quilt. I used this very simple pattern and highly recommend it for very-beginner quilters:
    http://www.cluckclucksew.com/2010/07/tutorial-road-trip-quilt.html

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  33. I am working on a civil war print thimble table runner! I love your quilt, it is stunning! awolk at rogers dot com

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  34. Wow, your quilt is so beautiful, I love the colors, so bright!

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  35. I am going to Quilt Con. I hope I can see Rashida!

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  36. beautiful quilt, would love to win some awesome fabric!

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  37. Beautiful fabric! I'm so glad you're focusing on quilt work this year...looking forward to many more inspirations from you!

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  38. Love your quilt top! Thanks sew much for this chance to win some yummy fabric :-D

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  39. New to sewing... I am looking for my first quilt pattern now. This fabric is gorgeous!

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  40. Beautiful quilt. Looks so pretty in the snow.

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  41. My favorite quilt is my tshirt quilt. It is not the prettiest, but it has a lot of meaning. :)

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  42. I'm linking to a quilt I have basted and 3/4 of the way *hand-quilted*. It's not a great picture, but it's my absolute favorite quilt I've ever made! http://www.flickr.com/photos/68151603@N04/8411708758/in/photostream

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  43. I just love the contrast of the fabric colors against the whiteness of the snow!

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  44. Happy Valentine's Day! My kids are finally getting their quilts today, they were going to be Christmas presents however.....sewing takes a little longer sometimes! I would link pictures, but the quilts are wrapped for tonight. I used Crazy Mom's zig zag pattern. Love it!

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  45. Thanks for sharing, Maureen...your enthusiasm is inspiring! Right now I'm learning to paper piece with Don't Call Me Betsy's BOM. It's challenging and fun!
    Susie
    PS...Thank you for the Emma crown...it is just perfect for my granddaughter.

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  46. This is just stunning!! You are really WOWing us this week especially!

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  47. I just had my first Blogaversary and now have 200 Blogging friends and I feel fortunate... Blessing today I make a promise to my self to be self styling and learn from what others have taught me.. xoxo Happy Valentines Day

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  48. I have been waiting and waiting for this line to come out - just love it! And love your quilt too. My favourite quilt is one I made with Echino fabric and hand quilted with perle cotton - lots of colour! It is the only one I have kept for me!

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  49. Oooh, I just love those huge blocks! I guess it means I'm growing as a quilter, but I think all my favourite quilts are still to be made, ideas just hatched in my head. All my previous ones have been fun to make, for sure, but like you, I'm hoping to focus on quilt work this year and make them happen!

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  50. Your quilt is beautiful. Looks so bright and colorful against the snow. thanks for the chance to win. bpfrimmer@yahoo.com

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  51. OH. MY. GOSH. I would LOVE to win some Tsuru. I LOVE RCH's designs!! Anyway, last night I made this cup sleeve - http://instagram.com/p/VsqG7fOEQa/ I've made lots of more advanced projects but this was so simple and satisfying to whip up, and SO DARN CUTE!

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  52. This is one of my most favorite quilts made last year in blog land:
    http://blueelephantstitches.blogspot.com/2012/11/assembling-quilt-top-jacobs-ladder.html

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  53. I just finished this baby quilt and was able to give it to the mom to be this past weekend. So happy!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/35686881@N04/8458999751/in/photostream

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  54. Have you seen this Maureen? http://www.redpepperquilts.com/2013/02/hand-pieced-hexagon-star-quilt.html

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  55. what a beautiful quilt top. one of my goals this year is to make a quilt, although i will probably start with a small lap quilt. i have been sewing just over a year and i absolutely love it! your blog gives me inspiration.

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  56. Love the colours of your quilt! I've got sucked into the Scrappy Trip Along and am loving the satisfaction of using up some of my scraps and making a lovely scrappy quilt. Happy Valentines day!

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  57. Maureen your quilt is gorgeous! Great fabric choices too. I am working on scrap quilts trying to use up leftover fabrics from quilts previously done and to reduce clutter in my quilt room. jacetti1019@hotmail.com

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  58. Beautiful quilt and fabric! Thanks for the giveaway :)

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  59. I love the pictures in the snow with the beautiful quilt! Very nice!!!

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  60. The tsuri fabric is delightful! And so is your quilt. it absolutely amazes me how innovative, creative, and productive you are as a quilter! Everytime I come to the blog you've finished something new and beautiful. I probably manage to finish four quilts a year.

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  61. I love your quilt, I really like knowing that I am not the only one that has my husband hold up quilts for pictures. I have to share with him. thanks for your blog and all the hard work you put into it.

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  62. I love that quilt and those colors!!! My first quilt is here: http://fabuloushomesewn.blogspot.com/2013/01/first-quilt.html

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    1. Your quilt is adorable - love your colors! For a first quilt you did a totally awesome job ... welcome to the world of quilting :D

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  63. Love the picture of your quilt with the shadow!

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  64. I love your quilt! I too try to get improv-ious on some of my quilts. Those colors are stunning!! I need that bundle so I can make my new grand-child a quilt!! All of my other grand-kids have quilts, now I have a new one to make!!! would love it

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  65. Fun foto of the quilt hanger. Loving the Tsuri fabric.

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  66. I really like the solids you chose to match these fabrics...it looks great!

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  67. Love the vibrancy of the colors in your quilt. My favorite quilt is the houndstooth one I made for my son and daughter-in-law for their wedding gift.

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  68. Beautiful quilt top...I love the vibrant colors!

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  69. The Tsuri fabric is gorgeous - I wanted to reach in and 'feel' it! I was tickled to see your improv blocks, they turned out great - love improv!

    Thanks so much for this Valentine Day giveaway! Hope you have a Wonderful Valentine's Day, Maureen!!

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  70. So many favorite quilts! this one is wonderful. Would love to play with the fabrics too.

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  71. I love the colours in your quilt!
    I haven't seen this line before!
    BTW your fence is just perfect as a background for your quilts!!

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  72. Love the quilt. you take really awesome pictures. I have yet to find the perfect spot for taking pictures.

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  73. Beautiful fabric, and I love what you've done with it!

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  74. Your quilt is so fresh and the colors remind me of the spring that will be here someday.

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  75. I adore your quilt! What a beautiful line of fabric Rashida Coleman-Hale has designed. I can't wait for it to be available... or win it! :-)

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  76. What a beautiful quilt! Wonderful giveaway...thanks for the chance.

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  77. I love your style. I'm just getting into quilting and my sister sent me this wonderful wall hanging and I use it as the focal point in my sewing room. So much fun. Oh, oh, I guess I'm a better quilter than computer person. I can't figure out how to attach a photo.

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  78. Love your quilt- the colours are fantastic! I'm starting to plan a baby quilt for my fist baby- quite the undertaking, as I want my husband to like it too!

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  79. You are on a roll!! Stunning pictures and quilt. Thank you for the giveaway. Xxx

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  80. The quilt is lovely, you do such good work.

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  81. Oh Maureen, I made your webpage my homepage... so much I do love your works.

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  82. I just discovered you blog- love it! I am really looking forward to the Tsuru line!!

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  83. Thanks for offering this lovely fabric, I'd love to win it. Your quilt is beautiful, as alwas. I do admire your work. Thanks

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  84. Beautiful quilt! Love the one taken with the person holding it up with the sun behind him!

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  85. Great fabrics and love the fact that you are doing the giveaways! Love your quilts

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  86. What a beautiful quilt! And your living room is gorgeous! I am washing the second quilt I ever made right now. It's Erin michaels sock monkeys for my daughters room. It has flaws, but I love it so much and I'm so glad I took up quilting!

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  87. I love everything Ms. Rashida designs, thanks for the giveaway! I am in love with my starburst quilt I've been working on, it's fun, fast and lovely!

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  88. I love what you did with these fabrics, Maureen -- so perfect! My favorite quilt from the past year is probably this one: http://fabricmutt.blogspot.com/2012/11/memory.html. Thanks so much for sharing this gorgeous fabric!

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  89. Love the Art Deco style of your quilt and these fabrics.

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  90. Thanks for the chance to win some great fabrics! Great quilt and pictures!

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  91. Love your quilt! Thanks for the giveaway :)

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  92. I have been looking at Vanessa's, from V and Co., new quilt patterns. Still searching for the perfect baby quilt to make. Having our first this summer, so looking forward to having the nursery completed when she comes! :) Thanks for hosting! mfrapp_83 {at} yahoo {dot} com

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  93. Great giveaway.

    emileenreynolds@yahoo.com

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  94. I love it! It's a work of art! Can't wait to see how you quilt it.

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  95. Beautiful quilt and colors. I am mainly working with African fabric, which are very colorful as well. Thanks for your give away.

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  96. Love this collection of fabrics. The colors are so rich. This year I'm working on a wedding quilt for my daughter and one for my niece, a quilt for my brother's 40th Wedding anniversary, and my sister's 45th birthday. A splash of new bright fabric added to the stash would be wonderful!

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  97. Lovely quilttop and beautiful pictures!

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  98. Nice photography! The colors are so deep and bright. Great job.

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  99. I love your quilt - and the chance to win the fabric! Thanks for hosting!

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  100. I love your quilt - you are so talented!

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  101. Happy Valentine's Day! You are so talented, great job again! Thanks for another great giveaway!

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  102. Gosh Maureen... your quilt is gorgeous... love the fabrics and the improv blocks...good balance! I would love to win your giveaway...thanks for the chance. judie judieharron@yahoo.com

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  103. Gorgeous quilt! Happy Valentine's Day to you!
    DeniseB

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  104. Your work is absolutely inspiring! I look forward to your artistic inspirations every day! Thank you!

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  105. I really like what you have done with these fabrics - I am working on some very old projects - my next foray will be to start my Bottled Rainbows quilt - it is a ticker tape style - hope I have enough scraps to work on it.

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  106. I love your quilt top, it's so bright and pretty! Thanks so much. I'm looking forward to working on my next projects, gifts for others. I feel like I'm stuck in a rut trying to finish my hubby's quilt before I can move on to smaller, more fun projects!

    Fawn

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  107. What a beautiful quilt. I'm just now working on my first one, just a simple one with squares.

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  108. Beautiful quilt! Thanks for sharing.

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  109. I love the colors do this line. So modern and fresh. I am trying to make a quilt for each birthday in my immediate family, children and grandchildren. The total would be 24. Wish me luck!!! I am on # 2 now. A free bundle would be a great treat. Thanks for your inspiration

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  110. Your quilt is stunning, such great brights! Thanks for the chance to win :)

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  111. I really love this quilt top--very striking! My favorite quilt is usually the one I'm making "right now." :)

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  112. Love the picture with the sun shining thru the quilt!

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  113. Love the quilt! I have some improv goals for myself this spring.
    Also, this quilt blew my mind: http://www.flickr.com/photos/11950193@N06/8461966777/

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  114. Gorgeous quilt top. I am fairly new to quilting but this fabric does inspire!!!!

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  115. Your work is very inspiring. Keep up the great work!

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  116. Love these fabrics!!! I have been itching to try your quilt as you go method. It's a goal for the year. :)

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  117. Love it. Thanks for the amazing Giveaways!

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  118. I'm so impressed with your improv blocks & the quilt has turned out beautiful. I'm not brave or risky with my beautiful fabrics & I wished I was. You have inspired me to try it. Thanks for this opportunity & Happy Valentine's Day.

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  119. Love your improv looking top, something I want to try more of this year myself.

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  120. beautiful quilt! I do adore your work! I sooo want to do a farmers wife quilt! I saw the one on Pretty by Hand and instantly became obsessed! I also want to do a spinning stars one but with a twist and a granny squares one! Suddenly overwhelmed! Thanks for the chance to win fabric!

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  121. This is a beautiful giveaway1
    Thanks for the chance of winning it

    susie
    legato1958@aol.com

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  122. Beautiful quilt and such stunning fabrics. The colours really sing.

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  123. Nothing makes the cold, white winter days more beautiful than a quilt!

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  124. Love the vibrant colors...yum

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  125. The fabrics and your quilt look fab!

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  126. Please, please pick me! I need some of this real bad!

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  127. Happy Valentine's Day!!! Thanks for the giveaway

    ninajanke at gmail dot com

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  128. I have enjoyed and marvelled at your beautiful quilts! My mom made quilts for each of my children and we treasured those labors of love.

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  129. Just beautiful!
    campbellamyd at gmail dot com

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  130. Gorgeous! So I'm curious, do you press your seams open as opposed to one side or the other?

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  131. How pretty is that! Fantastic fabrics :D

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  132. I love all of the different photo views of the quilt top, and especially the one in the sun. You can see how perfect it really is! Mine wouldn't look so good. LOL
    I love scrappy type quilts, but this year I hope to make the little grands an I Spy quilt.

    Happy Valentine's Day!

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  133. I love this line! can't wait to get my hands on it!

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  134. Love your quilt top. Thanks for the chance to
    win.

    wigglypup2(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  135. Another amazing quilt. It looks so cool on your white fence.

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  136. I am currently working on my scrappy trip along quilt. And I plan to start a DSP4 patch using charms later this week. I am attempting to get rid of some of my scraps. They are starting to over take my entire sewing room.

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  137. What a fun quilt. Love the colors.

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  138. i had a lot of old neckties from a great uncle, grandfather, both who died, my son, old ones he does not use any more. some were really old. i took them and made them into a king size quilt. i cut them in half and made a big flower in the center and 1/4 flowers at each corner. now it has memories to it too. i gave it to my son and he loves it. oh, i quilted it by hand and the quilt design is the outline of ties, laying around. it was fun.

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  139. I love the way you put colours together, the quilt is stunning and I love the way you photograph your work. I have just made a cushion using your Quilted Heart Throw Pillow tutorial and adapting it to the fabric I had. I loved the scissor fabric when I saw it on your blog and my daughters bought me a layer cake of the collection and I had to use it in the cushion cover.
    Thank you so much for the inspiration.

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  140. What a beautiful improv quilt and lovely jewel colours

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  141. Very Beautiful..Love it..You do wonderful work..
    Thank you for the giveaway

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  142. I love your quilts. I really wish I had it in me to make such beautiful pieces. You are an inspiration. Thank you for a lovely blog. kristie_keely(at)yahoo(d0t)com

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  143. This quilt is just stunning and so happy! I'm just finishing my own version of Orange Soda (calling it Cherry Crush), make a couple of tangerine ombre "paint stick" placemats this morning and did a sweet little paper-pieced Valentine for my Valentine. Thanks for sharing this - great inspiration.

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  144. Stunning quilt top, Maureen! Love the crisp, bold colors !
    Thanks for a chance at the giveaway!

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  145. Beautiful fabrics, love the quilt too. I just finished a baby quilt that looks like puzzle pieces. You can see it here if you are interested: http://myfabricobsession.blogspot.com/2013/02/puzzle-quilt-finished.html

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  146. My favorite quilt is one that I made using lots of bright happy fabrics. I made it in a quilt as you go method. You can see it here http://blog.geneblack.com/2009/03/glimpse-of-qayg-project.html

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  147. Great quilt! I am loving these colors!! They make me smile :)

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  148. I am pretty inspired by your Stitch Sketch girl quilt that you are doing. I have been trying to do a quilt for my daughter using some Beauty is You panels and just have been struggling with what else to do on it without making it look like a disconnected mish mash. You've provided me with some inspiration.

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  149. Happy [heart] day! You make the loveliest things! Where do you find the time!!?

    In January I made my favourite quilt top so far - a word quilt. Here is the link: http://craftyshenanigans.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/in-your-words-blog-hop-and-giveaway.html.

    Great giveaway!

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  150. Beautiful quilt - thanks for the chance!

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  151. I love Rachida's stuff..he tutes and all.

    Christine

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  152. Happy Valentines Day! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  153. Well this is easy. Fave new quilt I have seen? Your newest one. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  154. I don't know what I love more the fabric or your quilt. They are both gorgeous malorgeous.

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  155. LOVE this line of fabric and your quilt turned out lovely! Thanks for the give away :-)

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  156. I love the quilt patterns by Zen Chic, especially London Tube. All very modern. I'm pretty new to quilting, so maybe someday...! Thanks for the inspiration!
    ellen(at)myerly(dot)net

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  157. wonderful quilt top! thank you for sharing. rush88888 at gmail dot com

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  158. OOh! Another giveaway of beautiful fabric. Since you've inspired me to start my first quilt, I soooo deserve to win!
    Fingers crossed.

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  159. What gorgeous fabrics. It made a very beautiful quilt.. I hav ebeen working on my scrappy trip along and I just love that quilt so much right now. I am planning to hopefully get a dresden quilt done and a quilt with circles done as my next projects I want to start. conn_and_vans_mom(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  160. I recently made a little pouch based on a BOM pattern from fatcatpatterns.com. Cute things there, check them out!

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  161. It is so beautiful, Maureen! Some of the most amazing quilts I've ever seen are the kaleidoscope quilts by Paula Nadelstern. I've seen them in person and they are just stunning.
    http://www.paulanadelstern.com/quilt-gallery/index.html

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  162. HI! My 'shout out' is your great inspiring blog>love it!
    Keep up the good work.Really like the quilt in this post!
    Thanks for sharing!

    msstitcher1948@yahoo.com

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  163. Love this quilt and the fabrics. I have just finished my second king sized quilt and I am very pleased. http://www.flickr.com/photos/67287411@N06/8473282736/ jennylarking@gmail.com

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  164. Beautiful quilt...love the fabrics!!! Thanks for the sweet giveaway!

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  165. Eeeeeeeee!!! This fabric is hella awesome. I need some of this, for sure.

    My favorite quilt is a batik quilt from my mom when I graduated college. I don't have a link because it was back before the www was big (I feel so old!).

    Thanks for the chance!

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  166. Thank you for this giveaway and this nice quilt. I am learning new things all the time in quilting! I am hoping to try hand quilting soon but we shall see when I get to that. I don't have much time to quilt with three little boys! But, I fit it in when I can. I recently finished three quilts for my little sons for Christmas though. They are simple ones as I am learning and still a beginner. Anyway, here is the link:

    http://christaltogetherlovelylauren.blogspot.com/2013/01/as-promised.html

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  167. I love this quilt! I have a stack of Washi that I haven't decided what to do with yet -- this gives me some ideas!

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  168. That is a lovely quilt that makes the most of some very distinctive fabric!

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  169. Tsuru is a winner! I love the bright bold color! I get inspired by quilting bloggers every day. You all create amazing works. I love getting online and seeing the picture come up in my reader program. Makes me smile!

    Thanks for offering this giveaway!

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  170. Love your quilts. Would love to win the giveaway, does the cute birdie come with it?

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  171. Beautiful quilt, looks like it was such fun to make. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  172. I love the picture of it hanging in the tree. Also, I like the one with the silhouette of a human behind it ;) I really enjoyed making the wizard of oz rainbow block quilt http://pinterest.com/pin/48202658482109884/

    :)

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  173. What a neat giveaway! The Tsuru fabrics are so lovely. I'm currently working on my first quilt, using Simply Color fabric from V & Co.

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  174. I love your improvization. Fun fotos!!

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  175. Love your quilt and would love to win some Tsuru fabric!
    I think my favourite quilts are the I Spy quilts I have made for each of my grandchildren, three down, one to go!

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  176. Thanks for the chance, I'm working on a rail fence quilt using some 30's prints and really loving how it is turning out. I don't have any photos yet, but hope to have some when it is done.

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  177. I always love your work. It inspires me! christina112358 at gmail dot com

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  178. I love your work!! The only quilts I have done were from patterns from Cluck Cluck sew. Thanks for the giveaway! My email address is jenjeb@juno.com

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  179. Beautiful quilt! :) My favorite quilt is the one my late maternal Grandmother gave me when I was still a teenager. It's packed now for an upcoming move. Will take a photo once the move is complete.

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  180. What a fantastic giveaway! The quilt is so pretty, and I think my favorite picture is the one you took of it on your living room fire. The room looks so nice and cozy!

    My favorite quilt is probably the quilt I'm working on for my daughter right now, a paper pieced grandmother's flower garden. We emigrated to Ireland when my daughter was going into Irish secondary school and next February she'll be moving back to the US in time to sit the NY Bar exam. I'm hoping the quilt can be done in time for her to take it with her when she moves, and each stitch has my hopes and prayers for her woven into them.

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  181. Thanks for the chance! I love the swoon quilt!

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  182. Those prints have a very summery vibe to them!

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  183. I love the fabrics, and your quilt! I'm always inspired by Rita Hodge; I'd love to make a HST quilt like the ones she does. Thanks for the chance, Maureen!

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