Sweet Home Quilt Along: Week 6 - GIVEAWAY

Happy Friday! Each Friday throughout the Sweet Home Quilt Along there will be a new Giveaway with one of our amazing participating sponsors and today I'm so excited to share our WEEK SIX  Giveaway with a prize from Lady Belle Fabric & Quilting!



Lady Belle Fabric is run by husband and wife team, Rob and Brooke. In their shop you'll find kits, both bundles and single cuts of hand-picked fabrics that are fresh, modern, and fun! Designer fabrics include many of our favorites -- Art Gallery Fabrics, Cotton + Steel, Figo, Robert Kaufman, Moda, and more! Lady Belle Fabrics goal is to offer the most gorgeous fabric as quickly as they can. Visit them today for an online, one-stop shop for all your fabric and edge to edge quilting needs!



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Our grand finale prize is an amazing package from Lady Belle Fabric in which the randomly drawn winner will receive free long arm quilting, batting, and return shipping for their Sweet Home quilt --incredible, right!!??

Right now, all Sweet Home quilts sent to Lady Belle Fabric by December 31, 2020 will get 15% off their long arm order!



I’ve gotten several quilts edge to edge stitched by Brooke and she’s really the best! She works with you to pick out the right quilting pattern for your quilt, advices on thread color, and does the most professional job! Above is the beautiful, original Sweet Home quilt finished with the Daisy Chain pattern. Isn't it inspiring?!

Thank you Lady Belle Fabric & Quilting for this amazing prize!

To Enter: Be sure to use a public Instagram account to post your Sweet Home Quilt Along progress photos throughout the QAL using the hashtag #SweetHomeQAL. Each time you do, you'll automatically be entered into the Giveaway hashtag pool! It's as easy as that, so be sure to share away your progress pics each week as we work our way to finishing our quilts!



We'll announce each Giveaway winner on Monday's late afternoon EST throughout the QAL on each of your host's Instagram accounts at @MaureenCracknell, @SharonHollandDesigns, and @PenelopeHandmade, so be sure to find us to follow!

xo Maureen

An Autumn Vibes Bundle + Quilting Service GIVEAWAY!

Today I have a special Autumn Vibes and Edge to Edge Quilting Service GIVEAWAY to share from my wonderful sponsor, Lady Belle Fabric!

My sponsor Lady Belle Fabric is run by husband and wife team, Rob & Brooke! In their shop you'll find both bundles and single cuts of handpicked fabrics that are fresh, modern, and fun! Designer fabrics include many of our favorites -- Art Gallery Fabrics, Cotton + Steel, Free Spirit, and Moda, just to name a few! Lady Belle Fabric's goal is to offer the most gorgeous lines of fabric, as quickly as they can!

In addition to Lady Belle's amazing fabric offerings, they are so excited to be able to offer machine quilting to their sweet customers! Lady Belle Fabric has been growing and learning so much about the quilting industry and just knew that getting a Long Arm was the next step in their quilty journey. They have always chosen quality above everything else and that is what has lead them to choosing the Statler Gammill. They love their little bear of a machine and hope it’s quality will shine in your quilts for years to come!

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We hope you enjoy visiting Lady Belle Fabric and their brand new Lady Belle Quilting!



For this week's special Giveaway, Lady Belle Fabric is offering the winner a Complete FQ Bundle of my brand new collection for Art Gallery Fabrics, Autumn Vibes! This bundle will include a fat quarter cut of each of the TWENTY Fall-themed prints that make up this pretty new collection!



PLUS, Lady Belle Quilting is SO generously offering to finish a quilt with their new edge to edge quilting for FREE!  That's right, the winner of this giveaway will be able to choose from Lady Belle Quilting's collection of patterns and threads to have one of their quilts finished beautifully!!



You're all invited to checkout AUTUMN VIBES, with a special discount of  20% OFF!! There's no code needed to enjoy this saving on ALL bundles including Autumn Vibes, Flower child and Lady Belle Fabric's exclusive, new Flower Child Mix-up Bundle!







Throughout this Giveaway Lady Belle Quilting is offering FREE BATTING on your first quilting service order! Simply add the code: FREEBATTING in the comments of any quilt service order! Enjoy!!



Enter to win!

Here's how,

1. Simply leave a comment here in this post! We'd love to know what you plan to stitch up with Autumn Vibes? Feel free to share! (one entry)

2. Follow Lady Belle Fabric on Facebook or on Instagram! Just be sure to let me know you do by making a separate comment here for an extra entry! (optional extra entry)

3. My followers get a third entry! Just let me know that you do by making a separate comment here to record that entry. (optional extra entry)

4. Help spread the word!! I know that many of you already do, so I thought it would be nice to add that as another way to enter! Whether by Instagram, tweet, facebook, pin, blog, etc... (optional extra entry)

That’s 4 possible entries! Enter now through Monday, August 20th. The winner will be picked at random and I will announce their name at the bottom of this post here on the blog.

* This giveaway is open to EVERYONE! If you're a "no reply" or anonymous commenter, please remember to include your email address in your comment.

A BIG thanks to all who entered our Giveaway! Congratulations to commenter Julia Spears, please check your email for a message from me!  xo Maureen 

An Autumn Sun Quilt : :

It's no secret that I love this area of ours. Having spent most of my life here, I may be a little biased, but I do think it's a really wonderful place to live, to raise families, and for taking pictures of finished quilts, ahem! So, naturally, when we headed to Kane, Pennsylvania for a soccer game yesterday I jumped at the chance to bring my newest quilt finish to nearby Kinzua Bridge for picture taking! If you're not a local, the Kinzua Bridge is located in McKean County, was once known as the longest and tallest railroad structure in the world, was partially destroyed by a tornado in 2003, and in 2011 was reinvented as a new pedestrian walkway where visitors can stroll 600 feet out on the remaining support towers, peer miles out into the Kinzua Gorge, as well as look down into the partial glass platform at the end of the walkway! If you are a local, you know the story, that there's always something new for you to discover there, and that it happens to be one of the best spots around to enjoy the beautiful mountain foliage this time of year!





This quilt was inspired by the colorful September landscape of goldenrod and sunflower fields. The medley of yellow, orange, and brown in my scrappy hourglass pattern reminded me of a sunbeam immediately upon layout, and so I quickly dubbed this one my Autumn Sun Quilt!



It came together fast using the super quick hourglass block making method I use to create my favorite pillows that I share in issue 8 of Love Patchwork & Quilting magazine, and is made up of mostly Bonnie Christine collections and what Art Gallery Fabrics blenders I could find in my stash keeping this cheery, sunny palette!  



I couldn't get a backing shot that does this print a justice, so I decided to share my favorite dreamy photo of it sailing in the wind!



It's a gorgeous amount of my most favorite Sweet As Honey print, Fly By Night!



I chose to have this one long arm quilted by Sew Shabby Quilting Melissa with some large, fun loops! She always does such an amazing job!!





For the binding I chose to finish with another Sweet As Honey print, Bed of Daisies in Nutmeg!








I'm hoping for continued Fall exploring with the family & with a few more quilt finishes before this favorite, fleeting season of mine comes to an end!

Happy quilting!  ♥ Maureen

Binding & Destash Day!

Two beautifully long arm quilted quilts arrived back from Sew Shabby Quilting Melissa this week, my Emmy Grace and my Autumn Sun quilts! Today's plan is to make my binding and finish them up for hopeful picture taking this weekend!



At noon (EST) I plan to do a second Anna Maria Horner destash!



I stayed up extra last night bundling some more of my precious out of print Anna Maria Horner fabrics to offer in a second little destash today. The last time I had a scrap bundle destash right here on my blog and although it worked out well, I'm going to give my Instagram a turn this time. Be sure to follow me over there if you're interested!



Each scrap bundle will include approximately 1 yard of colorful AMH fabric scraps by weight and will vary in prints from several out of print collections. They are $15 a piece plus shipping, and I have just 20 bundles to offer today. All bundles will be shipped first class with tracking at $4 for USA residents. International friends are welcome to these scraps as well, but I will have to send the bundle in a flat rate envelope so the package is track-able, which is pretty pricey. 



These will ship today for those of you who would like one and can pay right away. I'm offering just one per person this time and am not able to take any requests as they are already packaged into my mailing envelopes. Please join me on Instagram at noon EST, leave a comment with your Paypal email address to claim, and the first twenty to do so will receive an AMH bundle!

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Thank you!  ♥ Maureen

A Rapture Making Rows Quilt : :

Happy Monday everyone, I'm excited to have a new quilt to share with you all today!



Yesterday, just before Easter dinner, Kevin and I slipped away to a pretty spot in town to take photos of my newly finished Rapture Quilt. It was such a beautiful, sunny day which certainly made for pretty, yet extra bright photos!



This quilt is made in my "making rows" style of piecing, similar to the approach I used for this favorite quilt I designed for my son Kaiden. Rather than creating an assortment of quilt blocks, I simply make rows in the length of my desired quilt, keeping symmetry and balance. My favorite parts of this one are the strips of solids I added to break up this soft-hued Rapture collection. The ultra sweet color palette is so Springy, such a perfect finish for this time of year!



Inspired by Rapture's Windswept print, I sent this one off to Melissa, Sew Shabby Quilting, to long arm quilt with her loops & swirls pattern. I'm so happy with my choice and am always so impressed with Melissa's work!



This quilt is bound in Art Gallery Fabric's Squared Element in Noir, to highlight the black bits of this quilt that I love so much!



For the back I went with my most favorite Rapture print, Wild Beauty in Pineapple, saving one row of patchwork to add in, as well!





While snapping photos of my quilt against the ashy woods and rock, if I focused in just enough, I could see little peeks of green sprouts on a few of the branches and beneath the layer of last Fall's leaves. It was encouraging to see!



Today we'll be celebrating my son Jacob, who's turning ten! I wish you all a wonderful day & happy sewing!!

♥  Maureen

A Special GIVEAWAY : :

Today I have a very fun Giveaway planned!

This past Summer I reached out to Melissa of Sew Shabby Quilting to long arm quilt my Indie Symmetry quilt, a king size quilt measuring 90" x 102" that went unfinished for so long because I had no idea how to quilt it! She did an amazing job and now it lives happily on our bed!!



Since that very first Sew Shabby Quilting experience I've sent several more quilts Melissa's way --

My Soaring High Quilt, finished in a favorite modern pattern of mine, Take Five!



My Modern Sampler Quilt, finished in the Take Five pattern once again!





My Sunset Quilt, finished with the most beautiful custom quilting design! You can find this quilt, quilting, and pattern showcased beautifully in Issue 5 of Love Patchwork & Quilting out now!





My most recent quilt finish, my Follow the Arrow Quilt that I shared yesterday! For this one Melissa did another amazing custom quilting job, quilting each and every little piece of my quilt with the most amazing detail!





Isn't her work beautiful!!

At Sew Shabby Quilting you'll find a large catalog of quilting patterns, quality workmanship, a speedy turnaround, and incredible prices! Professional long-arm machine quilting starts from just $.01 per square inch! Today we invite you all to stop by Sew Shabby Quilting to have a look around!

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We hope you enjoy visiting Sew Shabby Quilting!! 

Enter to Win a $100 Gift Certificate to Sew Shabby Quilting today!

Here's how,
 
1. Simply leave a comment here in this post! (one entry)
2. Follow Sew Shabby Quilting on Facebook or on Instagram! Just let me know that you do by making a separate comment here to record that entry. (optional extra entry)
3. My followers always get an extra entry, too! Just let me know that you do by making a separate comment here to record that entry. (optional extra entry)
4. Help spread the word!! I know that many of you already do so I like to add that as another way to enter! Whether by facebook, instagram, tweet, pin, blog, etc... (optional extra entry) 

That’s 4 possible entries! Enter now through Monday, March 10th!! Winner will be picked at Random and I will announce their name at the bottom of this post, here on the blog!

* Note * This giveaway is open to EVERYONE! If you're a "no reply" or anonymous commenter, please remember to include your email address in your comment!

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Thank you to all who entered the Giveaway!! From  1,276 entries, Mr. Random says the lucky winner is... 
 
Comment #190 --   *  Lisa   * 
 
Congratulations, I'll be in touch shortly!