Tuesday, January 17, 2012

A Little Giveaway

I'm so excited to have so many visitors.  I feel like the song "if I knew you were comin', I'da baked a cake".  Well, no cakes, but how about a kit for the pattern Sue made for Yellow Bird Art?  In fact, three kits, including Sue's pattern "Yellow Bird Needle and Pin Keeper", the cotton and hand-dyed wool fabrics (I dye wool from time to time), the lining and batting, and the embellishments.  While I don't have the wonderful heshi beads that Sue does, I've substituted some glam vintage sequins I got from Tinsel Trading.  If you'd like the heshi beads, you can purchase them from Sue.


Here's how you can enter to win one of the three kits ~ each of these will count as one entry - so the more you do, the more entries you will have.  BE SURE to let me know how many of these you're doing in your comment so that I can enter you in the drawing the correct number of times!  *Include your blog addy in your comment so we can all come visit you!

  • Leave a blog comment about what you want to find in a quilting blog.  I want this blog to be a place you want to visit!
  • Make a Facebook comment with a link to Summer Kitchen Quilts.
  • Post about the giveaway on your blog with a link back to Summer Kitchen Quilts.
Enter until midnight on Monday, January 23, 2012!  I'll use a random number generator (any suggestions as to which to use?) to select the 3 winners and will announce them on Tuesday morning. 

Be sure to stop back this week!  On Friday, I'll be introducing my first pattern ~ a quick and easy little tote bag.  It's simple enough for a young seamstress (I had an 11yr old in a class) to successfully sew, and fast enough for you to whip the totes out for gifts in about an hour.  I'll have a short tutorial and a kit to give away!

If you're looking for the post I wrote about Sue, it's a post down!  Please consider following Summer Kitchen Quilts.  You'll learn about the design process from finding inspiration to drafting patterns to marketing!   A little bit of daily life will get thrown in and hopefully you'll learn a bit, have a laugh or two, and meet other interesting women.

Blessings ~ Angela

P.S.  I'll ship overseas!


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27 comments:

  1. SequanaJanuary 17, 2012 at 3:08 PM

    I really love to see tutorials; no matter how many I see I always learn something new. And, of course, I love to see all kinds of new fabric combinations in quilts.

    I'm not a blogger or a Facebook person, so this is my lonely little entry.

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  2. SalleyJanuary 17, 2012 at 10:05 PM

    Well I liked that lovely blog on Sue Spargo as I am doing one of her workshops this year....and its nice to have unbiased info on tutors. Nice to see some stitching and nice to find your blog via Pip at Rest Is Not Idleness.
    Good luck with your blog...and business.

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  3. PipJanuary 18, 2012 at 10:26 PM

    I like to see a bit of quilting, love hearing about your life and how your renovation is going, some tutorials, it's always interesting seeing how other people make things. I've also posted and linked about your giveaway on my blog.
    http://restisnotidleness.blogspot.com/

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  4. HeatherJanuary 19, 2012 at 6:16 AM

    I love seeing all kinds of new fabrics and their use on blogs. I get so inspired and have tried new combinations myself. Tutorials are great too. Love all kinds of quilts and you can see such a variety in blogland.
    http://happyappliquer.blogspot.com/

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  5. baukjeJanuary 19, 2012 at 6:48 AM

    I love to see tutorials. This weekend I found a tutorial about applique and I used it already in the Quiltmania Yoko Saito Mystery quilt pattern. Thanks to this tutorial I had the courage to order another applique patterN. And of course I visit a blog for inspiraton, I love to see quilts ,bags small quick handmade presents....

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  6. pwoffordJanuary 19, 2012 at 8:54 AM

    Give me tutorials! I love seeing people's ideas and adapting them to my needs. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  7. lifewithquadsJanuary 19, 2012 at 10:01 AM

    I also love seeing tutorials. However, just seeing finished projects that inspire and get the creative juices flowing is a big plus. I'm always amazed at what other people can come up with, how their minds work on the creative plane.

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  8. LBJanuary 19, 2012 at 10:14 AM

    I love seeing quilts that you've made and tutorials of course! and I love Sue Spargo!

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  9. DonnaJanuary 19, 2012 at 10:53 AM

    I love seeing what others do for inspiration, but then I want to see how to if it is a creation I want to do, too. I'm excited.

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  10. jeanneJanuary 19, 2012 at 10:53 AM

    I love to see pictures - of projects, fabric, ideas. tutorials are nice. I don't like big long stories. snippets are great. I'm glad I found you - thru sue spargo. Just love her stuff.And liking what I'm seeing here. I'll be back on friday to see your first new pattern. congrats. I'm in awe of 'bloggers'. I'm posting here and I'll share on face book. thanks for the chance to win those kits.

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  11. Wieke van KeulenJanuary 19, 2012 at 11:04 AM

    You have a beautiful blog. I followed the link of the Sue Spargo II blog. It's beautiful. Greetings from Holland

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  12. JanJanuary 19, 2012 at 2:36 PM

    I love tosee photos of projects in progress and the finished masterpiece! And I like tips and pointers to great ideas.

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  13. gerrimomJanuary 19, 2012 at 3:31 PM

    Blogs inspire me to continue to create. I soo enjoy tutorials because I believe you never quit learning. The sharing of ideas never ceases to amaze me. A little of "the personal" adds spice to it all. Good luck on your adventure.
    Gerri from Southwestern Pa. who has been truely inspired by Sue Spargo's creations

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  14. ValerieJanuary 19, 2012 at 4:05 PM

    I love to see works in progress, supply organizing and quilting space organizing ideas, and any tips and techniques you have found especially useful, and anything SUE SPARGO!!!

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  15. Mosaic MagpieJanuary 19, 2012 at 5:24 PM

    How exciting to see you begin this new blog. I love Sue Spargo's work. I have long wanted to take a class from her. To have a kit would be the next best thing! The things I would like to see on a quilting blog are posts on quilting that is different from the everyday. Sue's work is a good example. Quilts that have embroidery used on them for embellishment. Quilts not used for a bed but for decor. Shabby chic quilts made using vintage linens with a twist of the unexpected. Not just quilts but works of art. I would not like to see precision cut pieces with 1/4" seams.
    Deb

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  16. dollieJanuary 19, 2012 at 5:31 PM

    Love to see beautiful work others are working on or have done. Sue's designs are unique and colorful.

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  17. Ellen EasterJanuary 19, 2012 at 6:26 PM

    I love inspiring ideas,photos and tutorials on a blog. I live in a fairly remote setting so don't get the face to face inspiration u would get from belonging to a group - the blogs I follow are my group. I have long been a Sue fan and would love to win this prize. I will also do the facebook thing. Thank you Ellen

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  18. Carrie P.January 20, 2012 at 7:38 AM

    I love to see photos of what the person is making. Tutorials are great but not required.
    thanks for the great giveaway. I love Sue's work. I just finished one of her ornaments which is in my blog.
    I don't do facebook.

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  19. LindaJanuary 20, 2012 at 10:00 AM

    Love Sue's work--thanks for the chance to win---I am only doing this entry...

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  20. AW-GailJanuary 20, 2012 at 10:26 AM

    Love tutorials on blog's. Saw Sue on The Quilt Show and have been following since. Did this and a Facebook link

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  21. Maggey and JimJanuary 20, 2012 at 9:04 PM

    I am a huge fan of Sue's and had the pleasure of meeting her at Primitives of the Midwest.I have made her needle roll and cherish it. Her work and teaching is outstanding. I hope someday to be in one of her classes. Love your new blog,
    Maggey

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  22. Jeanne (RED)January 20, 2012 at 9:18 PM

    I am excited to find your Blog through Sue Spargo! I love your masthead already. I, like others, like tutorials of handmade projects especially close-ups. I guess I am just now breaking out of my box because brighter colors and different fabrics are appealing to me now as well as all the different threads and embellishments! (So Sue!) I am rather fond of older things also. I don't see ever being able to take a class so this give-a-way is so exciting to me! Good Luck on your Blog! (I don't do Facebook yet and I don't have a Blog, so just one entry :-(

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  23. annieJanuary 21, 2012 at 9:20 AM

    I love tutorials geared to untrained beginners (like me!), but with enough intrigue to compel me to stretch out my imagination. Too much complication sends me running, but simple finish with flair makes me want to let my imagination soar!

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  24. Christy RogersJanuary 21, 2012 at 9:23 AM

    Pictures to inspire, and tutorials. I am a fan of Sue's and am working on my second block of the month

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  25. lindaJanuary 22, 2012 at 3:03 AM

    I Like to see the project in pictures as you are making it!

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  26. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2012 at 11:22 PM

    love to see what is being stitched....inspiration!!

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  27. FranJanuary 23, 2012 at 10:26 AM

    Tutorials with great pictures are so helpful and inspirational.
    I was unable to get into Sue's class at Road this year, but hope to take a class with her sometime soon.
    Thanks for the give away opportunity.
    Fran

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