I was featured at Rag Tag Stitchin' and a Giveaway

Thank you sooo much, Michelle, 

for sharing my quilty creations on your blog.

I am thrilled...you made my heart sing!!

I love your designs and I am always thinking 

of different projects to make with them.  

(If you are a follower of my blog 

you may have seen these pictures in past posts...sorry for the repeats.)

   

Michelle Ridgway is an Australian designer.

She draws some pretty awesome embroidery designs.

Please stop by her blog at...Rag-tag Stitchin' and say Hi!!

(she is on vacation now but I know she would love it if you left her a comment) 

Michelle has some free designs on her side bar and

patterns for sale on her blog too.

I have used many of her designs to make tea towels.

I enlarged this sweet angel and it was perfect for a tea towel.

The design is one of her free one's!! 

...I am always working on a few more tea towels...

they make the cutest little gifts.

Michelle's patterns are now available for sale in the USA.

My friend Corinna has 14 of Michelle's patterns/booklets

in her shop at Crazy Quilt Girl Fabric Shop.

Hop on over and see some of Michelle's patterns/booklets.

The tea towels are also available at Crazy Quilt Girl Fabric Shop.

I used the Aunt Martha's Vintage brand.

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Now...I think it is time for a giveaway...

July 14, 2010 I started my blog...it seems like so long ago.

It has been awhile since I've had a give away

...so for my blogiversary you will have

a chance to win one of Michelle's alphabet booklets.

...Baby Alphabet

...Alphabet Noel

or

...Sewing Alphabet

Please leave a comment on this posting and let me know 

where you live and which alphabet booklet you would like to win

...all 3 alphabet booklets are full of cuteness!!

I must have a way of contacting you...so make sure I have your email address.

Giveaway ends Friday August 1.  

BTW...it is 5 months to Christmas Eve.

Superpower blog hop...final day...time to reveal my superpower...

First let me thank Mdm Samm for believing in me to be

your cheerleader for this hop!!

She is the one with sEw many superpowers and the one

that stands out to me

...is her leadership...

she is a confidence builder and encourages us all!!

Thank you Mdm Samm!!

Secondly I would like to thank DMC for sponsoring this blog hop.

It was the first time a sponsor participated with a blog posting!

It was fun to read Emma Broidery's blog!

Thank you DMC!!

Now...it's time to reveal my superpower...

I really struggled with this...'superpower' theme

...as I'm not one to brag about what I am good at

...I'm not one to draw attention to myself.

I am usually in the background...I'm not a leader, always a follower.

I'd say I'm a pretty good cook...baker...procrastinator...

I love to share and to give...

I love to work with needle, thread, floss, perle cotton and yarn.

I love to work with my sewing machine...sEw I am going to say

my superpower is quilting, embroidering and crafting.

I made a few projects I hope you enjoy my superpower parade...

First up is a sewing machine cover.  

The embroidery is a Rag Tag Stitchin' pattern by 
Michelle Ridgway
Her pattern was for a tote bag...

I changed the word Notion to Machine

and enlarged the pattern to 125%.

Next up is a Tammy Bag...I luv these bags...

with a twist from the original pattern.

I added embroidery...S for sewing, or it could be S for your initial.  

The Stitchery Alphabet pattern is also one of Michelle's designs.

She also designed a Baby Alphabet and a Noel Alphabet...

and lots of other embroidery designs to feed your creativity!! 

You can find Michelle's patterns at Crazy Quilt Girl Fabric Shop

and the Tammy Bag pattern designed by Mdm Samm at Craftsy .

I also made a few message boards using chalk cloth...

I embroidered on unbleached osnaburg fabric 

and used Moda's Mama Said Sew plaid by Sweetwater to bind them.

There is a little pocket on the bottom for the chalk.

The Hugs and Kisses patterns are by Helen Stubbings

They are 2 patterns from her 'Thought of the Month' series.

I will be making more of these !!

Here is the schedule for the final day of the hop...

it is always sad to see the hops end. 

MONDAY APRIL 21
QuiltnQueen
Malini's Quilting Adventure
Pig Tales and Quilts
My Stitchin-n-Stuff
pieces by polly...not up yet
Buzzing and Bumbling
The Distracted Domestic
Sew We Quilt

Please leave a sweet comment 

to the ladies revealing their superpowers today...

...lets make their hearts sing.

Mme Samm has a Pinterest board for each of the blog hops...

be sure to check them out....sew much inspiration!!!

You can find the full schedule HERE.

Giveaway.......yes there will be 4 lucky winners

here are the goodies...I will mix them up...
each giveaway will be a surprise to the winner.

Sorry...nobody wins the Bunny!

1 winner will be from the bloggers who posted in this blog hop...
their websites will be added to a basket...one will win a surprise package
I will draw the winner from the participating bloggers
tomorrow at noon.

3 winners will be chosen from comments
...first I will pick 3 different days from this blog hop...
...then a blogger from each of those days...
...then will draw the winners from the comments from those 3 bloggers...
there will be 3 surprise packages.

I will give everyone a few days to leave their comments and 
will draw the winners on Monday April 28...

Good luck..........

I must have an email address to contact you...
If you are a 'no reply' with no email address
I will draw again.

Edited...Friday April 25th
I'm linking up with Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts.

Thanks for visiting...

Happy stitching

A giveaway....

...I haven't had a giveaway in quite some time...so today is the day!!
I know, I know, I was to do this last Friday...better late than never!!

Someone will win a Moda's Cherry Christmas charm pack by Aneela Hoey and 

a copy of Me and My Sister's new book 3 Times the Charm Book Two.

If you know me at all, you know I love to embroider.
I am always looking for new embroidery designs and patterns
and I'm always encouraging my friend Corinna to let me spend her money
to stock her Crazyquiltgirl Fabric Shop with new and different patterns and fabrics.

Have you heard of Michelle Ridgway? She is an Australian designer,
and has some of the most adorable embroidery and applique patterns.

I'm sEw happy to have a number of her patterns already...thank you Karen...
and each new pattern Michelle designs is 'calling my name',
like her new Christmas BOM 'Christmas Memories'...
and I luv her 'Gifts of Christmas' Cushion
and her 'Alphabet Stitchery' pattern...is sEw sweet.
It would make the most adorable baby quilt.

Rag-Tag Stitchin' is the name of her pattern company.
Stop by her blog, Michelle Ridgway Designs.  

Check out her designs HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. 

Visit her at Pinterest.

There is an interview about Michelle on the Red Brolly blog.

You may not have heard of Rag-Tag Stitchin' patterns as 

they are not available in the USA...but soon
Corinna will be offering them for sale in her online quilt shop...
Crazyquiltgirl Fabric Shop
 ...and I'm excited for you and me!! 

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one comment per person
...to win this giveaway please

• let me know your favorite Rag-Tag Stitchin' pattern/patterns,
• let me know if Rag-Tag Stitchin'  patterns are new to you,
• do you shy away from buying International because of the high shipping costs?
• lastly, would you like a Rag-Tag Stitchin' pattern giveaway?  I'll see what I can do.

**If you are a no-reply blogger you can not win

...make sure I have an email to contact you.**

I will pick the winner July 3rd and post the winner's name on July 4th.

You do not have to be a follower but I would luv it if you were.
Michelle would love to know you dropped by her blog...
leave her a sweet comment, follow her blog and
every now and then 
 a free design from Michelle's sketch pad
shows up on her blog.

till next time...happy stitching and
have a wonderful, wonderful day!!

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