Monday, December 8, 2014

"Countdown To The Holidays" - December 8, 2014 Edition


We are winding down to the last few "Countdown To The Holidays" events. It as been a lot of fun giving away our fabric. The blog hop is over too but some of the giveaways are still going on. The posts were fun and there were some more interesting fabric tips along the way.

The winners for Kim Diehl's giveaways are:

1. A bundle of HG fabric and a copy of "A Flair For Fabric" from Martingale:
Shirley in Canada

2. Kim Diehl's personal giveaway:
Brandy P

Congratulations! Send your contact to us and we will forward the prizes as soon as possible.

Last week's winner for the "Countdown To The Holidays" event is Karen McMahon. Please send your contact information to this link.



a Rafflecopter giveaway

This week we are giving away a bundle of Shelly Comiskey's "Let It Bee" collection [random assortment] and all you have to do is follow the widget.

Good luck!

-HG

76 comments:

  1. Let the party begin and may we all have our projects finished for Christmas.

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  2. I love foundation paper piecing - thanks.

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  3. I prefer hand quilting over free motion.

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  4. Love this collection!!!!!! Round make a beautiful baby blanket. sonjasmith76@yahoo.com

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  5. Sorry I don't have s favorite technique I am still learning and dabbling with everything. sonjasmith76@yahoo.com

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  6. I love applique but have not done much of it lately. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  7. I love trying all different quilting techniques. This week it's paper piecing I'm enjoying.

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  8. Love the "Bee" fabric!!! churcae(at)auburn(dot)edu

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  9. I love to applique on quilts fun stuff! :)

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  10. Just learning to machine quilt!
    I'm a beginner so I haven't mastered a lot of different techniques yet.

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  11. I like adding applique or embroidery to my quilts just to give added interest. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  12. My favorite quilting technique is FMQ, since it allows me to customize my work.

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  13. I love the colors in the fabric collection "In the Bees".

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  14. I love chain sewing of blocks and making half square triangles with a template. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com

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  15. I don't have a favorite quilting technique as all the techniques are used by other quilters! Nothing new. :-)

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  16. I'm very new to quilting, so far I have just done some simple and improv piecing with basic machine quilting. Would love to try more applique! Thanks: Sarah- crjandsbj(at)netzero(dot)com

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  17. I like Patchwork quilting and I send my quilts to a local longarm quilter.

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  18. I have always done my quilting by hand! I know it is old fashion but it is how I was taught

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  19. Favorite quilting technique, well I'm not a professional quilter, so I'd say my favorite technique on quilts is applique for some embellishments.
    Lauralee Hensley
    lfhpueblo (at) msn (dot) com

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  20. My favourite quilting technique is hand piecing, with perfect shapes printed on the back of my fabrics using Inklingo.

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  21. I love paper piecing. It makes all my points come out so sharp!

    Sandy A

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  22. My favourite quilting technique is applique - especially florals.

    sugar_lin2 at hotmail dot com

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  23. My favorite quilting technique is paper piecing. cdahlgren at live dot com

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  24. I love to do wool applique and make scrappy quilts

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  25. Sewing 1/4" around the edge of a square for a quick half square triangle. Thanks for the Countdown.

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  26. I love straight line quilting. Anything else is too fancy for me.

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  27. I actually left a comment on Facebook. I really like this bundle. It I don't win, and that will happen, I will break down in tears, but if I do win then all this hoop jumping will be with it! jlblvn@gmail.com

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  28. Looking forward to all the new quilts...

    Mary Petersen

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  29. Such an easy and stress-free technique that I love is crazy quilting. I get to use up scraps and create something beautiful!

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  30. My favorite quilting technique, well I'm not a professional quilter, but for embellishments on quilts I like applique. I basically machine sew my quilts.
    Lauralee Hensley
    lfhpueblo (at) msn (dot) com

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  31. I love hand quilting. midwayfarms@hughes.net

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  32. My favorite quilting technique is the stitch and flip. I just learned it and love it! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  33. My favorite quilting technique is hand quilting. sarah@forrussia.org

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  34. Free motion quilting is my favorite technique.

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  35. I love the bee fabric. It's so darn cute!

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  36. Favorite quilting technique? Free motion - let the thread flow over fabric. Priceless!

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  37. My favorite quilting technique is fmq, especially trying my own designs.

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  38. I love to piece the quilt and add applique to it

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  39. My favorite quilting technique is stitching in the ditch! I'm not very good and this can hide my bad quilting! Lol! Thanks so much!

    tdkcarpenoctem@hotmail.com

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  40. My favorite quilting technique is applique. Thanks for the chance to win this gorgeous fabric!

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  41. I like all quilting so no favorites. I am a better piecer then free motion quilter for sure. I am not fond of paper piecing. My brain doesn't work that way.

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  42. My favorite quilting method is to use the walking foot.

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  43. What an adorable line of fabric

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  44. What an adorable line of fabric

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  45. My favorite quilting technique is "quilt as you go". Thanks!

    Please click on the delaineelliott above for my email link.

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  46. my favorite quilting technique would be scrappy quilts , I love making scrappy anything . thanks for the chance

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  47. My favorite quilting technique that I have recently learned is to make your flying geese squares slightly bigger so that you don't lose the points.

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  48. I'm a newbie quilter so my favorite technique so far is applique. I sew garments mainly so I've used this technique in that as well. Love all the gorgeous "eye candy" we've been able to enjoy! Thank you *wink*

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  49. I absolutely love this giveaway!!!!!! sonjasmith76@yahoo.com

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  50. My favorite is needle turn applique.

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  51. I absolutely love bees! Beautiful pieces you have there

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  52. I love handquilting and applique.

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  53. Thank you for the opportunity to win this bundle. My fav technique to quilt is to ask my talented sister to do the work ;)

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  54. Thank you for the opportunity to win this bundle. My favorite technique to use for Quilting is to ask my talented sister to do it. ;)

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  55. I'm new to quilting but I love the Bee fabric!

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  56. Beautiful fabrics, so girly girly.

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  57. Still kinda new to quilting..learning Hand Applique now...is fun..but I am verrry slooow! lol Have done tiny practice stuff with FMQ..love it...and like doing hand quilting with perle cotton..kinda rustic style?...Am getting ther...but no definited "Only" favorite yet.

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  58. I like piecing, and I'm practicing to improve my free motion quilting. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  59. Ii love paper piecing the best. It is the only way I get sharp points!

    Sandy A

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  60. Quilting with my longarm - a dance I do daily and love totally!

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  61. I enjoy incorporating several techniques in a quilt, from applique to embroidery to piecing, with the occasional foundation piecing. I hand quilt and free motion quilt, letting each piece speak to me for the best finishing technique.

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  62. Applique is my favorite along with some embroidery! Thank you for the chance to win!
    Di Ann

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  63. My favorite technique so far is applique

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  64. i love making log cabin blocks!

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  65. Right now I'm comfortable with any straight lines, particularly random criss-crosses. I've experimented a little with free-motion, but it I am SO sloppy! Definitely need more practice. :-)

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  66. YAHOO! I AM SO HAPPY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I have replied to your E-mail today. I just love this bundle... BEE - UTIFUL!

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