TODAY is THE day to have your competition piece photos to me - DON"T MISS OUT!
Crazy Quilts Are Quilts Too 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
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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...
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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!
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!!

















