Crazy Quilts Are Quilts Too Online Show! - Are You Getting Ready for February 1st!

TODAY is THE day to have your competition piece photos to me - DON"T MISS OUT!

Crazy Quilts Are Quilts Too Show!

Where:  Pig Tales and Quilts!

When: Feb 1 - 15, 2012

Prizes - YES!

I will be showcasing all Crazy Quilters who wish to participate in this show right here on my blog starting 

Feb 1, 2012 and running through Feb 15th!

There are 4 parts to the show: 

The Linking Party

The Competition

The Voting

Prize awards

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The Linking Party

On the morning of Feb 1, 2012, I will have a brand new post here on my blog which will go live to begin the festivities!  There will be a linky platform in place for you to link up to your blog and/or website!  On your blog, please create a new post before you link to my blog and include a link back here to my blog.  In the post talk a little about yourself, how you got in to crazy quilting, how long you have been a crazy quilter, where crazy quilting has taken you, who inspired you to begin this journey...etc... Include photos of your work (EXCEPT your competition piece).  After you publish your post on your own blog click on the title and then copy and paste the URL so that when you link up at my blog, your link will take the readership directly to your post so they can read about you and see your crazy quilting!

You can start linking up on the morning of February 1, 2012 and will have until February 15 to link up. So, if you are going to be out of pocket, you do not have to sweat the small stuff... just link up as soon as you can. You want the readers to come and visit you as often as possible throughout the show!

For those without blogs and/or websites:

If you do not have a blog and/or website, put together a short bio about yourself and include photos of some of your work with it (excluding your competition piece if you are competing -- that piece should be sent in a separate email).  Use my contact button on the right sidebar of my blog and send it to me via email.  I will create a personal page just for you on my blog and will link to that page for you.

This way no-one is left out!!

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The Competition

If you wish to enter a piece in the competition part of the show, photos of your piece will need to be emailed to me prior to January 25, 2012!  I will need at least 3 very detailed photos of your work, one being a FULL SIZE shot of the whole piece.  Please send large photo files so the readers can click on them in order to make them larger.  This will help them see more of your detailed work!

Quality of your photos is solely up to you. I can only upload what you send me!

All emails after midnight, Pacific time, on  January 25 will be null and void.  I need a week to set up a photo album so that the readers who come through can view the competition pieces.  You see, it will be those readers who will vote on their favorite piece!

Your piece can be anything you wish to create for the competition. It can be a purse, quilt, bear, soft frame, vest...the sky is the limit.

You can also submit a piece that you have previously made but it must be removed from your blog and/or website immediately upon your linking up to the show and remain off site until after February 22, 2012 when the voting will end.  I will check blogs and websites and will consider your entry null and void should it be on your site during the show and throughout the voting..

There will be no categories of items  - The voters will be allowed only one vote.

 You can begin submitting pieces for the competition at any time!  Just use my contact button on the right sidebar of my blog and send me an email with your photos!

Please include a narrative about your piece and I will upload it with your photos!

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Disclaimer!

You do NOT have to enter a piece in the competition in order to link up for the show!

However, in order to  be in the competition you MUST link up to the show!

If you send in a competition piece, but fail to link up to the show by midnight, Pacific time, on February 15, you will void any and all prizes should you win and they will be awarded to the next quilter with the highest number of votes.

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Voting!

Beginning on February 1, 2012 when the post goes live for the linking party, a link will be posted to an online album where all of the competition pieces will be showcased.  Readers will be able to view all of the competition pieces over and over before they make their decision.  Because the submission date ends on January 25, all competition pieces will be in the album when the show starts so the readers will have all pieces before them at the same time for the same length of time.  All readers will be made aware that they are to email me their vote for favorite piece entered.  Prizes will be awarded based on number of votes that each crazy quilter receives!

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Prizes!

I am still working on prizes but I wanted to list the prizes that have been procured at this moment!

The fabulous prize sponsors so far include:

Maureen Greeson of Maureen's Vintage Acquisitions - 100.00 gift certificate to her shop!

Carole and Marilyn of Flights of Fancy - 100.00 gift certificate to her shop!

Thearica Burroughs of Cover Your Little Piggies - 100.00 gift certificate to my shop!

Carolyn Cibik of Evening Star Designs - 75.00 gift certificate to her shop!

Nancy Eha of Bead Creative - 75.00 prize bundle from her shop including her book and a kit to make the spider shown! 

Nicki Seavey of Raviolee Dreams - 50.00 gift certificate to her shop!

Shelia of Artemis Silk Ribbon - $60 Merchandise Bundle consisting of 3 silk velvet hot quarters in the colors Bougainvillea, Mossy Rock and Sun Mist.

Jenny Friske of Divine Spark Designs - $100.00 Merchandise Bundle consisting of over 25 handmade glass beads and charms.

Victoria Clayton of Hand Dyed Fibers -  $27.00 merchandise bundle for competition - 2 ribbon assortments! Winners choice!

 AND!
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There will be...

14 DAILY door prizes for the readers who leave comments each and every day!!

Steve Lennert with One World Fabrics - 2 door prizes!

Victoria Clayton of Hand Dyed Fibers - 14 door prizes

A skein of floss or perle and a skein of ribbon.  Winners choice of color!

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I have a few more prize sponsors yet to decide and will update the list should they agree.

Otherwise, the prizes shown will be put in to prize bundles so that at the very least, 4 prizes will be awarded!

I hope to have a large turn out for this fantastic show!

I know there are a lot of talented Crazy Quilters out there!!

Ormie The Pig!

Just had to share this video! It is so cute and will make you laugh!

Good Morning Friends!

Life is busy here in the studios and I wanted to peek in and let you know that February is going to be a hopping month on Pig Tales and Quilts!

For January and right now, those of you who are interested in winning the 50.00 gift certificate from the Fat Quarter Shop have 11 days to complete your UFO from swap blocks, make your blog post about it and come and link up to be eligible to win! Read about the I Love A Good Swap Party here!

I am slow off the gate at getting my 2012 Crazy Quilting Project started due to being gone to Alabama longer than expected but I bought fabrics and am slowly getting ready to start so stay tuned!

AND... Starting February 1, the Crazy Quilts Are Quilts Too Show will begin!!  I have received a few entries over the past several days and hope to see many more in my email in the next 5 days!  If you are entering a piece for competition, please remember that the photos of those pieces are due to me before midnight on January 25!  I need time to set up the competition album so it will be ready to go on Feb 1!

February 1 will also bring the 2nd installment of the I Love A Good Swap Party! Stay tuned for the prize up for grabs!!

OK ALL OF MY GARDENERS!! -- I will be resuming the How Does Your Garden Grow Linky Party on February 22nd so stay tuned for that!

I am working on my website, Cover Your Little Piggies Quilting Studio, and will be uploading lots of new product all during the month of February!  The website is home to my quilting studio as well as products that all crazy quilters love!  Laces - Lace Motifs - Buttons - Charms - and I will be uploading lots of new laces shortly!!  ..... and for traditional quilters I have Wide Quilt Backings on the site now ... and soon there will be Market Baskets and Fabric and Patterns!!  So stay tuned!!

Look for lots of quilting eye candy during the month of February as well!! 

It's gonna be a hopping month!!

I Love A Good Swap! - Linky Party!! $50.00 Gift Cert to Fat Quarter Shop up for grabs for January!!

Are you working away on a swap UFO so you can join the party! January is half gone already!

***For those without blogs.....If you don't have a blog, send me your story with photos and I will create a page on my blog just for all of you. Use the Contact Me button on the right sidebar of my blog. *** 

Are you all ready to start digging out those blocks that you have stored away from swaps that you have participated in over the years and get them finished into usable items like quilts, pillows, tablerunners... etc...

If you answered YES!, then this linky party is for YOU!

COME ONE - COME ALL!




I will host this linky party on the 1st day of each month for 2012 and it will run for the ENTIRE month each time!

How many of us have several stacks of blocks in a drawer that are the result of some fabulous block swaps that we have participated in over the past few years?? I know my hand is WAY up high in the air! I may have close to a dozen or so quilts waiting to be made from blocks I received from swaps that I was in. I am a swapaholic and I hostess quiet a few swaps myself! I am addicted!!

So I got to thinking how cool it would be to have a linky party so we all could show off those blocks as we finish them up in to quilts or other items such as table runners, pillows, journal covers, wall art, etccc....!

It doesn't matter what size the quilt is. And those blocks do not have to go in to a quilt...... any finished object with your UFO blocks will be awesome.. Pillows, framed blocks to hang on the wall, journal covers, stuffed animals, ornaments, tablerunners... Anything you want to use your UFO blocks for. .. The sky is the limit....The main thing here is getting those blocks out of those drawers and do something with them!

Your quilt {or other creation} does not have to be completely finished in order to link up ... BUT... there will be prizes.... and your quilt {or other creation} WILL need to be completely finished to be eligible for the prizes!!
Remember, it has to be a finished item if you want to be eligible for prizes. The photos you submit would need to cover the item fully to show it is completely finished.

Anytime during the month of January, and before 11:59 pm {Pacific time} on January 31 , you will need to create a post on your blog telling the storyline of that particular swap and how your quilt {or other creation} came to be. Insert a clickable link to the quilting site, forum, group, or blog where you participated in the swap if it was online. If not tell a little bit about the group you participated with in the making of the blocks. One of the things to put in your story would be how many states are represented in your quilt {or other creation} ... Isn't it fabulous the stories our swap quilts {and creations} tell???

AND... please be kind and leave a clickable link in your post back here to my blog. That way your friends can come and play too! Thanks so much!

***For those without blogs.....If you don't have a blog, send me your story with photos and I will create a page on my blog just for all of you. Use the Contact Me button on the right sidebar of my blog. ***

Again.... Your quilt {or other creation} does not have to be completely finished in order to link up ... BUT... there will be prizes.... and your quilt {or other creation} WILL need to be completely finished to be eligible for the prizes!! I am working on the prizes now but you can be assured, they will be really cool!

In order for me to be able to tell who finished their quilts {or other creation} to ascertain who is eligible for the prize, each month your blog post should include at least 3 photos of that particular swap quilt {or other creation}. One full photo of the quilt {or other creation} , a close up of the quilting and binding of quilts and close ups of your other creations showing finished details. Before any prizes are awarded, I will visit every blog who has linked up to see who is eligible to be put in the drawing for the prizes for each given month.

And as I said... You do not have to finish your quilt {or other creation} in order to link up... only if you want to be eligible for the prizes! So do not stress where stress is unnecessary! One month you may link up with an unfinished quilt {or other creation} and the next you may have found time to finish one!

Just have fun!! That is what quilting and crafting should be! FUN!!

I will host this linky party on the 1st day of each month and it will run for the ENTIRE month! This will give everyone a chance to play if they don't find the linky party right away! A prize for that month will be awarded on the 3rd day of the following month to one lucky person from all eligible entries!

I have a button on the sidebar of my blog so please feel free to grab it and put it on your sidebars to get the word out! Who knows, there might just be a special prize each month to someone who has helped me advertise the linky party. Post on your blog about it, tell your friends, tell your guild... tell everyone! GRAB that button! I would really appreciate it!

How about we start the year off right with the very first prize being a $50.00 gift certificate from ME to the Fat Quarter Shop!! - I will purchase the gift certificate and present it to our January winner!!

NOW - If you have your own blog post ready, go click on the title, grab the URL link in your browser, and come and link up and join the fun!

Pincushion Parade!

Who doesn't love a fun and whimsy pincushion!!

Beth of Love Laugh Quilt is hosting a pincushion parade and I am joining in!

Scoot on over to your sewing rooms, quilting studios, sewing corners...where ever your pincushions may be and photograph them and join the party too!

These live in my crazy quilting room among all of my many beads, books and laces!  They all have either been gifted to me by friends or gathered via pincushion swaps with my online friends. My friend Trish from Australia sent me the cat and Elizabeth from Massachusetts gifted me the needlebook and thumbnail pincushion. The other 2 came from an online swap.

These 2 pincushions live in the longarm studio. They both were gathered via an online swap.

These 2 live in the sewing room and are not allowed to leave!  One can get in a lot of trouble by removing my pincushions from their respected places of abode. :)

And lastly, this pincushion sits and waits for Allie's next summertime visit!  It is on her work station being very patient! If you missed her visit this past July, hop on over HERE and read about her first quilt! She did a fantastic job!!

Would You Like A Chance To Win A Sewing Machine Cabinet?

ArrowSewingCabinets is on faceBook and are giving away sewing machine cabinets like they were candy!!  If you need a really neat cabinet and are on FaceBook, go on over there and hit their LIKE button and tell them Thearica Burroughs sent you!!Be sure to sign up with the form on the lefthand sidebar!

This was from Arrow Sewing Cabinets in a response to a post I made on their wall tonight ---

6000 likes another Gidget II\ at 7500 likes we give away ANY cabinet you want!\10,000 likes we give away TWO whole sewing suites (cabinet, table & chair) Keep telling your friends, so your dream can come true.

Good luck everybody!

2012 Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser!

I wanted to update everyone on the progress of the Ronald McDonald House fundraiser!  This year we are working with the Springfield House, Ronald McDonald House of the Ozarks!

 The 2012 fundraiser will begin on February 1, 2012 so if you are making a quilt, please try and have it to me as soon as possible so I can make a photo of it and get it uploaded and in the album with the other quilts. Thanks so much!  Use the CONTACT ME button on the right sidebar for my address if you need it for sending in your quilt!


If you signed up please do your best to keeping your commitment.  Thank you!

The sale of tickets will continue up and through the evening of September 22, 2012!

Tickets will be 2.00 each or 3 for 5.00!

For the past 3 years a group of quilters from the HGTV Forum have been presenting  the Ronald McDonald House Charities with the proceeds from a quilting related fundraiser!  We have helped Houses in North Carolina, Texas and California to date!  This current fundraiser will be tied to the House in Springfield, Missouri, The Ronald McDonald House of the Ozarks!

For the 2012 fundraiser, we have also welcomed some of our blogging friends in to help us too! :)

We need everyone's help to make the fundraiser a success!!! So look for the start of the fundraiser, February 1, 2012,  and help by helping our tally rise as high as it can! We are shooting for 5,000.00!!

Lindsay Mattison will be our host for the ticket sales.  She has made all necessary contacts with the Springfield House and has complied with all of their requirements and is ready to get this show on the road!  

Lindsay is hosting the 6th annual Circle Of Friends Quilting Retreat in Branson, MO the weekend of September 22nd for the quilters of the HGTV Quilting and Needlework Forum and will have the ticket drawing on the last day of the retreat, Sept 23, with 60 of the HGTV Quilters present!!

A representative from the Ronald McDonald House of the Ozarks, (Springfield House) will be on hand the morning of Sunday, September 23 to draw the winning tickets for the baskets and the quilts!  Lindsay will present the funds from the sale of tickets to the House at the end of the drawing!

Beginning February 1, 2012 you can send Lindsay an email at:


crayolaquilts@gmail.com

to purchase your tickets for a chance to win one or more of these beautiful quilts or one of the 3 baskets! 

 Tickets will be 2.00 each or 3 for 5.00!


You may make your check out to the Ronald McDonald House Charities if you wish but please post date your check as the funds will not be presented until September 23, 2012. Please post date your check to reflect this date.

The fundraiser will run in 2 categories!

 ** The Quilts** and **The Baskets**

To date: 1/12/2012... We have 29 quilts promised for the fundraiser with 22 of that 29 already IN the house!

We also have had an outpouring of participation for the baskets and currently have THREE baskets for the fundraiser FULL of awesome goodies!!!

 

When tickets are drawn, the first 3 tickets out of the tub will be the winners of the baskets!  This way everyone's names are in the drawing for these fantastic prizes! I would not be able to put a definite monetary value on these baskets but each one is packed with a few hundred dollars worth of merchandise EACH!!

The quilts will be numbered and will be won in numerical order when the tickets are drawn... 1st ticket drawn wins quilt #1 and so on!

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to those providing the QUILTS and the BASKET GOODIES for the fundraiser!!

Shifflett ... BASKET

Lynne (sewlove2quilt) ... BASKET 

Ely ... BASKET

Pam ... QUILT ... Grapes/Purple

Kathi (irish62)... QUILT ... Pennies/Red

Lisa TX ...  QUILT ..... Ladybugs/Red....and BASKET

Trish (Kentucky Sunshine) ... QUILT... Roses and BASKET 

Darlene (SewCalGal) ... QUILT ... and BASKET

Jean (jayardi) ... QUILT... RedDots/Red ... and BASKET

Sylvia (Pecasatwo) ... QUILT ... Triple Berry Jam ... and BASKET

~~ RECEIVED to date... ~~

LumpyTush ... BASKET (RECEIVED fabric, bias tape makers, glue gun and sticks, flat craft lace, ribbon, tin of old buttons, tape measure, pincushion, seam ripper)

 Pat (Wiley) ... BASKET (RECEIVED assortment of fabric, beads, pearl cotton threads, thread and bobbin keep, thread, rotary cutter safety case, clover ring markers, sewing kit with case, and curvy ruler) (received 2nd box! full of thread, rickrack, book, seam tape, tweezers and stamp!)

Nicki ( Nickilee)... BASKET (RECEIVED pattern book for scrapbooking, beads, floss, pattern, mini stitch kits, hoop)

Elaine (quiltingnewbie2) ... BASKET (RECEIVED 3 quilt kits)

Theresa (TerryOH) ... BASKET  (RECEIVED CQ goodies)

Kathy (shawkl)... BASKET  (RECEIVED necklace and book)

Mary (Needledmom) ... BASKET (RECEIVED book)

Kathleen (Kay-Lin) ... BASKET ... (RECEIVED craft light, 2 batik bundles, measuring tape)

Linda Otvos ... BASKET ... (RECEIVED beads and binding trims)

Barb ... BASKET ... (RECEIVED small quilt)

PattyJ and Sue ... BASKET (RECEIVED fabrics, sharpie pens, fat quarter pack, quilt panel)

Chris (gotthebug) ... BASKET (RECEIVED tablerunner and applique panel)

Marie Jones ... BASKET (RECEIVED 2 books and 5 pattern sheets)

Toni Whitney Design ... BASKET (RECEIVED 4 patterns)

Amy (amiyoko09) ... BASKET (RECEIVED fabric, LIL' Twister ruler, easy edge glue stick, charm, purse handles, charm pack, awl, bias tape maker, doll making needles, magnetic pincushion, floss, needles) 

Colleen (alexemmarose) ... BASKET (RECEIVED necklace and earrings)

Sue (FloridaFarmGirl ) ... BASKET (RECEIVED 3 patterns)

Libby (SCLady) ... BASKET (RECEIVED an assortment of rulers)

Carline (mrsc) ... BASKET (RECEIVED several spools of quilting thread

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Leona  (irishquiltlass)... QUILT  ... Lavender/Lavender (Quilt IS Here!)

 Mary Pat Van Schyndel ... QUILT ... Cherries/Red (Quilt IS Here!)

Carolyn (MountainLaurel) ... QUILT ... bananas/Yellow (Quilt IS Here!)

Lindsay (SavedSinnr) ... QUILT ... Chickens/Yellow (Quilt IS Here!)

AngelaC ... QUILT .. Chocolate/Brown (Quilt IS Here!)

Devonne (downsouth) ... QUILT ... Blue/Blue Skies  (Quilt IS Here!)

Joyce (Ladybuggsie) ... QUILT ... Poinsettia/Red (Quilt IS Here!)

Teresa (terrimae) ... QUILT... Cranberries/Red (Quilt IS Here!)

Karen (KaribbeanQuilter) ... QUILT... Tropical Fish/Yellow  (Quilt IS Here!)

 Tonya (RockinBobbin) ... QUILT ... Golden Gophers/Goldenrod  (Quilt IS Here!)

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Carol (needlecrazy) ...QUILT... (Quilt IS Here!)  Roses/Pink...BASKET (RECEIVED Park Avenue charm square 

pack)

Thearica (quiltaholic) .... QUILT ... (Quilt IS Here!)  ...  BASKET (RECEIVED 2 machine totes and 1 red basket)

Karen (MayBaby) ... QUILT ... (Quilt IS Here!) Fuschia/Fuschia ...  BASKET (RECEIVED doilies, scissors and notecards)

Linda (warmbuns)... QUILT ... (Quilt IS Here!)  Glass Stars/Yellow ...  BASKET (RECEIVED ruler hanger, ruler)

Quilter Jen ... QUILT ... (Quilt IS Here!)  Grapes/Purple... BASKET (RECEIVED books, fabric, heat and bond, patch, thread)

Lisa (headielamar) ... QUILT ... (Quilt IS Here!)  Butterflies/Blue ... BASKET (RECEIVED CQ goodies and cross stitch items)

 Alison (Aliquilt) ... QUILT ... (Quilt IS Here!) Red/Apples ... BASKET (RECEIVED notecards, pattern, pattern pack)

Kathleen (kc1930) ... QUILT ... (Quilt IS Here!) Limes/LimeGreen  ... BASKET (RECEIVED Notecard Set, Sticky Tabs, 2 MatchBook pads, Flat head Pins, Craft Pattern, quilt pattern, quilt heart templates)

Lori (GoneSewin)... QUILT  ... (Quilt IS Here!)  Assorted Chocolates ...  BASKET (RECEIVED Punctuation jelly roll)

Sheila (crazyboutquilting) ... QUILT ... (Quilt IS Here!) Aquamarine/Gems  ... BASKET  (RECEIVED 5 spools thread)

LisaP8... QUILT ... (Quilt IS Here!)  Bubblegum/Bubble Gum Pink..  BASKET (RECEIVED quilt kit, minkee squares, pattern and flat head pins)

Lois (bluesnail) ... QUILT ... (Quilt IS Here!) Oranges/Orange ... BASKET (RECEIVED tablerunner and seam measure guide)

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I will be photographing the quilts that are here this weekend and will update this blog post once I have them ready!

If anyone sees an error with the lists please let me know.  If I have inadvertently left your name off the list please let me know.  Please know, it wasn't intentional.

Calling ALL Crazy Quilters!! - Are You Getting Ready For The Show?

Crazy Quilts Are Quilts Too Show!

Where:  Pig Tales and Quilts!

When: Feb 1 - 15, 2012

Prizes - YES!

I will be showcasing all Crazy Quilters who wish to participate in this show right here on my blog starting 

Feb 1, 2012 and running through Feb 15th!

There are 4 parts to the show: 

The Linking Party

The Competition

The Voting

Prize awards

__________________________________

The Linking Party

On the morning of Feb 1, 2012, I will have a brand new post here on my blog which will go live to begin the festivities!  There will be a linky platform in place for you to link up to your blog and/or website!  On your blog, please create a new post before you link to my blog and include a link back here to my blog.  In the post talk a little about yourself, how you got in to crazy quilting, how long you have been a crazy quilter, where crazy quilting has taken you, who inspired you to begin this journey...etc... Include photos of your work (EXCEPT your competition piece).  After you publish your post on your own blog click on the title and then copy and paste the URL so that when you link up at my blog, your link will take the readership directly to your post so they can read about you and see your crazy quilting!

You can start linking up on the morning of February 1, 2012 and will have until February 15 to link up. So, if you are going to be out of pocket, you do not have to sweat the small stuff... just link up as soon as you can. You want the readers to come and visit you as often as possible throughout the show!

For those without blogs and/or websites:

If you do not have a blog and/or website, put together a short bio about yourself and include photos of some of your work with it (excluding your competition piece if you are competing -- that piece should be sent in a separate email).  Use my contact button on the right sidebar of my blog and send it to me via email.  I will create a personal page just for you on my blog and will link to that page for you.

This way no-one is left out!!

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The Competition

If you wish to enter a piece in the competition part of the show, photos of your piece will need to be emailed to me prior to January 25, 2012!  I will need at least 3 very detailed photos of your work, one being a FULL SIZE shot of the whole piece.  Please send large photo files so the readers can click on them in order to make them larger.  This will help them see more of your detailed work!

Quality of your photos is solely up to you. I can only upload what you send me!

All emails after midnight, Pacific time, on  January 25 will be null and void.  I need a week to set up a photo album so that the readers who come through can view the competition pieces.  You see, it will be those readers who will vote on their favorite piece!

Your piece can be anything you wish to create for the competition. It can be a purse, quilt, bear, soft frame, vest...the sky is the limit.

You can also submit a piece that you have previously made but it must be removed from your blog and/or website immediately upon your linking up to the show and remain off site until after February 22, 2012 when the voting will end.  I will check blogs and websites and will consider your entry null and void should it be on your site during the show and throughout the voting..

There will be no categories of items  - The voters will be allowed only one vote.

 You can begin submitting pieces for the competition at any time!  Just use my contact button on the right sidebar of my blog and send me an email with your photos!

Please include a narrative about your piece and I will upload it with your photos!

_______________________________

Disclaimer!

You do NOT have to enter a piece in the competition in order to link up for the show!

However, in order to  be in the competition you MUST link up to the show!

If you send in a competition piece, but fail to link up to the show by midnight, Pacific time, on February 15, you will void any and all prizes should you win and they will be awarded to the next quilter with the highest number of votes.

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Voting!

Beginning on February 1, 2012 when the post goes live for the linking party, a link will be posted to an online album where all of the competition pieces will be showcased.  Readers will be able to view all of the competition pieces over and over before they make their decision.  Because the submission date ends on January 25, all competition pieces will be in the album when the show starts so the readers will have all pieces before them at the same time for the same length of time.  All readers will be made aware that they are to email me their vote for favorite piece entered.  Prizes will be awarded based on number of votes that each crazy quilter receives!

______________________________

Prizes!

I am still working on prizes but I wanted to list the prizes that have been procured at this moment!

The fabulous prize sponsors so far include:

Maureen Greeson of Maureen's Vintage Acquisitions - 100.00 gift certificate to her shop!

Carole and Marilyn of Flights of Fancy - 100.00 gift certificate to her shop!

Thearica Burroughs of Cover Your Little Piggies - 100.00 gift certificate to my shop!

Carolyn Cibik of Evening Star Designs - 75.00 gift certificate to her shop!

Nancy Eha of Bead Creative - 75.00 prize bundle from her shop including her book and a kit to make the spider shown! 

Nicki Seavey of Raviolee Dreams - 50.00 gift certificate to her shop!

Shelia of Artemis Silk Ribbon - $60 Merchandise Bundle consisting of 3 silk velvet hot quarters in the colors Bougainvillea, Mossy Rock and Sun Mist.

Jenny Friske of Divine Spark Designs - $100.00 Merchandise Bundle consisting of over 25 handmade glass beads and charms.

Victoria Clayton of Hand Dyed Fibers -  $27.00 merchandise bundle for competition - 2 ribbon assortments! Winners choice!

 AND!
________________________________________

There will be...

14 DAILY door prizes for the readers who leave comments each and every day!!

Steve Lennert with One World Fabrics - 2 door prizes!

Victoria Clayton of Hand Dyed Fibers - 14 door prizes

A skein of floss or perle and a skein of ribbon.  Winners choice of color!

 ___________________________

I have a few more prize sponsors yet to decide and will update the list should they agree.

Otherwise, the prizes shown will be put in to prize bundles so that at the very least, 4 prizes will be awarded!

I hope to have a large turn out for this fantastic show!

I know there are a lot of talented Crazy Quilters out there!!

My Sewing and Quilting for 2011 in Review!

I wanted to reflect on what I actually got accomplished in 2011 so I went back through my blog and pulled photos of what I did so I could compile them in one place just to see how much I actually did do for the year.  I was a little surprised but sad all the same that it wasn't more.  I am hoping 2012 will show lots more UFO's finished and lots of new goodies created! 

First and foremost...

I became grandma to grandbaby #3 in march of this year!

Emilee Claire 

Doll Made For A Swap in January

 

I made this candle mat as a 2nd door prize for One World One Heart 2011

 

I made this little wallhanging.. it still needs quilting though.

 

I gave this tablerunner away on my blog.

 

 I found the recipe to White Chicken Chili on the Piece N Quilt blog and I think I have made it twice a month since! ha! We love it! Thanks Natalie!

I made this candle mat for Leslie as a blog giveaway.

 

I hosted a quilting retreat for 81 quilters! {With the help of an awesome committee! Thank you ladies for all the hard work!} 

I taught my granddaughter Allie, how to make her first quilt! She did a fantastic job!

I made this weiner dog for my granddaughter Emilee Claire.

And this one for Miss Allie.

I was fiddling with my embroidery machine one day and made this.

I also made 40+ bags for the quilting retreat in April.

I also made Allie a bag for her baby doll.  She calls it her diaper bag. :)

I am slowly working on some 6 inch churn dash blocks.  I think I now have close to 40 made.

I am also slowly working on a quilt that I call My Hippy Flower Quilt {because of the fabrics I am using}

This pillow was made for a project on a blog that I am a member of with a talented group of ladies. The theme for this was Hardware Store.

I made this quilt for my good friend Rebecca when she broke her ankle so she could stay warm while she was recuperating.

I made 9 of these blocks for a swap that I was in.

I got to meet Ricky Tims and take his classes!

AND!

Alex Anderson!

I FINALLY WON A GO BABY!!  It wasn't for the lack of trying that took me so long!  I am in the process of putting together a fantastic tutorial. So stay tuned!

I hosted my first ever quilt show, live here on the blog! Men Quilt Too! It was fantastic!  There will be a Crazy Quilt Show starting February 1, 2012 so be on the lookout!

I made this piece for a guild challenge.  Gave it to my good friend Faith!

I did a tutorial over at Stash Manicure on this pillowcase.

I have started a red/black/and white churn dash.  have 8 blocks finished of 24!

My Crazy Quilting was published this year!

 

I made this jelly roll quilt top at a quilting retreat!

This T-shirt quilt was made for my baby girl's 30th birthday!

These 2 quilt tops were made for my granddaughter Emilee.  Still needs the quilting finished! 

 

I designed this quilt block for a guest post on the Quilting Gallery website.

I joined a CQ One Block Swap and made this piece for my good friend Elaine!

I sewed this bag together as my MIL cut it out. This was for a festival where she attends worship services.

I made this jelly roll quilt top as practice before going to a quilting retreat. It still needs quilted.

Made this for a friend but haven't got to the quilting yet!

Made this for a friend and her daughter claimed it!

 

Gave a tutorial on making a churn dash quilt. This will go to a friend once it is quilted!

I made and sent this candle mat to my sister.

 

I made this CQ piece for my friend Nickilee! 

A blogging friend sent me this quilt kit and I got it made in to a top at least! One day it will get quilted!

I put together this top from swap blocks.  It will go to a friend once it is finished!

I made a candle mat from one of the left over blocks.

I was in a CQ RR and did this block for a friend.

 

This quilt was sent to a friend as a care quilt. The blocks were made by 9 friends and I put them together and quilted it.

Love this top I made but it still sits waiting for quilting.

I quilted a few customer quilts but not as many as I had hoped to do. January will kick off the start of a new quilting season and I am looking so forward to a new Year and new customer jobs!

I also did a few tutorials on the blog and hope to bring you a lot more of that for 2012!

I also taught you all how to make wholecake and chocolate gravy with biscuits.  I hope some of you at least tried it!  I amde it for the ladies at a quilting retreat I attended in November...some liked it, some did not..but you do not know if you don't at least try it!

So there you have it.. What my quilting and sewing looks like for 2011! 

I am compiling photos of my 2011 customer quilting. When I get them all together I will post those.

What about you?? How much did you accomplish in 2011? Inquiring minds want to know. :)