100 Quilts for Kids officially starts in about three weeks--I can't wait! I wanted to offer one more giveaway, from my personal stash, to help spread the word. Perhaps these fabrics look familiar--a Neptune by Tula Pink charm pack, a DS Quilts Charm pack(a mix of Picnic, Fairgrounds, Sugar Creek, and some Australia only prints), and a gallon size bag of Katie Jump Rope scraps (also by Denyse Schmidt) from my Summer Sampler Quilt. I decided to pick fabric I would love to win, in hopes that one of them would appeal to you!
100 Quilts for Kids Basics
-Make a quilt (baby, toddler, twin)
-Take a picture/s of the quilt (fabric, in progress and finished shots all welcome), and add them to the nascent 100 Quilts for Kids flickr group
-Link up on September 28-30 or October 12-14 to be eligible for fabric related prizes
-Donate (most important part!) your quilt/s to a child or organization in your community (i.e., my quilts are going to an organization in DC that provides care for children waiting foster care placement; my mom would donate to a group of her choice in the Bay Area)
Thanks in advance for helping me spread the word about 100 Quilts for Kids--please consider taking the time to do one of the following: mention it on your blog or facebook, tweet about it, email your guild, or put the button on your blog. If you do, please leave me a comment on this post--I would love to hear your favorite birthday present/memory... there is a birthday at our house this week, and I need ideas. Stat!
<div align="center"><a href="http://www.swimbikequilt.com/p/100-quilts-for-kids.html" title="Swim, Bike, Quilt"><img src="http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z420/swimbikequilt/100quiltsbutton2011.jpg" alt="Swim, Bike, Quilt" style="border:none;" /></a></div>If the button is already on your blog (thank you!), please leave a comment. I will draw three separate winners on Wednesday, August 24, at 12pm ET (the birthday day!)
Check back soon--I'll be announcing a fun, simple (!) 100 Quilts charm pack quilt along this week, using a favorite blogger's tutorial (with permission, of course). If you have any favorite charm pack quilt tutorials or patterns that you would like to see included in the tutorial list, send me a note swimbikequilt at gmail dot com.
Finally, I'm still looking for sponsors/prizes for 100 Quilts--anything fun that is sewing related. Gift certificates to a shop, charm or FQ packs, patterns, thread or embroidery kits, long arm quilting services, batting, the sky's the limit! In the past, prizes have come from shops and individual sewists/pattern designers alike.
Finally, I'm still looking for sponsors/prizes for 100 Quilts--anything fun that is sewing related. Gift certificates to a shop, charm or FQ packs, patterns, thread or embroidery kits, long arm quilting services, batting, the sky's the limit! In the past, prizes have come from shops and individual sewists/pattern designers alike.
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I have a button on my blog, and I have a few quilts that I would LOVE to donate. I'll get pictures up asap!! :)
ReplyDeleteI have your button katie! And I just posted about what I am planning to make!
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my son *loved* his rainbow cake I made last year for his birthday!
Hi Katie! I have added the button to my blog, and I posted a couple of weeks ago the quilt I plan on making.
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Looking for to seeing you at the sew-ins next month!
Thanks for doing this!
The button is on my blog!
ReplyDeleteThe button is on my blog! Very excited to work those charm squares!
ReplyDeleteI have the button, and a bunch of charm packs that need a project! I also already have a quilt made to donate and I hope I get one more made!
ReplyDeleteI don't have a blog but I will mention it on Facebook. Do I just put your website on Facebook? If not tell me what to do. I am just learning :)
ReplyDeleteReposted it on Facebook. Can't wait to see the charm pack tutorial. I have so many that I need to use them up!
ReplyDeleteYay! The button is on my blog, post is done about my finished quilt, and I'm dropping it off to my charity next week! I'll definitely be doing another post soon about it! :)
ReplyDeleteGot the button up and started a discussion in my guild's forum!
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ReplyDeletewow, i love the fabric choices- no surprise, because i loved your sampler quilt! i posted the button on my blog, mentioned and linked to you and shared on FB. i am planning to donate at least one quilt! but i still have to figure out who to...
ReplyDeleteI just mentioned 100 Quilts for Kids on my blog! This came at the perfect time--I just finished a quilt, and I didn't have anything in mind for it. I'm excited to donate it to a local charity!!
ReplyDeleteButton in my sidebar :D
ReplyDeleteThe button's on my blog, I mentioned it in my blogpost today, and my sewing sisters are going to work on quilts for this at our September meeting! Woohoo! Can't wait!!!
ReplyDeleteI've had the button up on my blog for some time and will give another reminder on my Thursday post as time is growing short.
ReplyDeleteMy kids always loved 'mud pie' cakes. Chocolate cake and break up into pieces - mix half cool whip, half vanilla frosting - stir in some gummy worms - gently blend frosting mixture into crumbled cake. I always put the cake in a sand pail to serve out of. (chocolate pudding can be used instead of the frosting mixture)
I put the button on my blog when I first posted about this awesome idea. As for birthdays, ice cream cake for breakfast is always a treat :)
ReplyDeleteOk - I posted on Facebook. Hopefully one of my friends will donate a quilt. Hopefully will have to change the name to 300 Quilts for Kids :)
ReplyDeleteI have had your button on my blog for awhile now. I have one quilt finished already!
ReplyDeleteLOL, I saw your mom's post and am planning on donating a quilt! She should get the prize. LOL. Though I did email a quilter that has a huge following on her blog and told her about it so hopefully she will repost it on her blog! I'll repost on FB too!
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ReplyDeleteI've got your button on my blog: http://quiltyascharged.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteI made dirt cake, complete with gummy worms, for my son this year. Even though he's 17 he loved it.
I gave it top billing on my blog. What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteI just put the button on my blog. I cut out 2 more charm packs this weekend, too, from my own stash. I am looking forward to getting started on the quilt tops once you link to the tutorial!
ReplyDeleteI blogged about it here: http://purplepandaquilts.blogspot.com/2011/08/quilting-to-help-others.html
ReplyDeleteAnd am planning on putting the button on my blog =)
Just blogged about this and put the button on my blog! Thank you so much for organizing this, it will be my first time to participate in a charity sewing event, and I am really excited!!
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I posted your button on my blog. Looking forward to the tutorial.
ReplyDeleteBirthdays? We always have a cookout with family and friends.
The button is on my blog! What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteI posted the button on my blog. This is a great idea! My quilt group has donated over 100 quilts to children at the local children's hospital over the past 2 years :)
ReplyDeleteGoing to grab the button! I have one done and hope to get a few more quilts made. Such a fabulous idea!
ReplyDeleteI don't have a blog or Facebook, but I will certainly make a quilt. I worked with a group that made lots of quilts for linus, but we don't meet anymore. I still make quilts for charity. Don't suppose I can be entered into the drawing, but would like to be if possible. Thanks
ReplyDeleteI've got the button and I just finished posting on my blog, http://www.littlebluebell.com/2011/08/100-quilts-for-kids.html
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great cause. Thanks for rallying the lovely quilty peeps!! : )
I have had the button on my blog since the beginning. I am not much of a quilter yet, but I know many of my readers are. This is such a fantastic cause.
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Heidi
My BF and I are making baby quilts for newborns of our National Guard that recently left for Afghanistan. We did this when they were deployed several years ago and made over 40. It was a marvelous experience and hopefully, this will be too. This time I'll take pictures and post them.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea--I'm so glad to hear about this! I've got the button up on my blog and am planning a post today about it on my other blog. :)
ReplyDeleteHello! Included some encouragement in today's blog post!
ReplyDeletea comment for Leona/Oney Girl, who couldn't comment for some reason :) After this, comments for the drawing are closed... but feel free to still post a button!
ReplyDeleteButton is on! I'm excited to be a part of this. :)
ReplyDeleteGrabbing a button. Got plans for at least one quilt. :)
ReplyDeleteBlogged about it again, and I've had the button on my blog for a while now. :)
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I just added the button to my blog. I have at least one quilt going to Margaret's Hope Chest, maybe more. I need to blog about the one that is done. The other one is a top and they will quilt it when it gets to them. I also am working on a sponsor for you, hopefully she will be interested. I look forward to your charm pack tutorial too.
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