Crazy Quilts Are Quilts Too! - 2013 Show

Today is the final day to get your vote in for your favorite competition piece! 

I am so very excited to introduce you all to several fantastic crazy quilters! 

Crazy quilting became popular during the late 1800's. In order to make a crazy quilt, quilters gather several pieces of silks, satins, velvets or any fabric they choose to use and sew pieces of these fabrics onto a muslin foundation. Then they set to work embroidering each seam and adding embellishments along with their thread work.  To finish they will set to work adding larger embellishments in the patch areas in between the seam lines. In the end they will have created a magical masterpiece that will be a family heirloom to hand down from generation to generation.

In the quilt shows of today traditional and art quilts are given much glory but it is hard to get the judges to agree that crazy quilts are quilts too!  Just because the crazy quilt may not have batting or may not be quilted does not mean they are not quilts. In reality, the crazy quilts are some of the finest "Art Quilts" in the world!

And that is the main objective of this quilt show!  To bring awareness to the fact that Crazy Quilts ARE Quilts Too, and they have their own respectful place in the quilting world alongside all of the traditional, art, and modern quilts!! We want our voice heard, so judges listen up... Make room for our quilts in your quilt shows please!

So, grab a cup of tea and sit down for a spell and visit these crazy quilters on their blogs or websites!  Take the time to read about how and why they got started crazy quilting.   Scroll through their blogs to see past works and open up their galleries on their websites so you can get a full appreciation for the work that they put in to their crazy quilting and to the talent that they hold!  They offer so much inspiration that you will surely feel compelled to re-visit their blogs and websites again and again in the future!

The show will run from May 6th through May 20th!

How do you visit these quilters? -- Each quilter will link up at the bottom of this post via a linky platform and all you need to do is click on your desired button and you will be taken to the website of that crazy quilter.  When you have visited any of the crazy quilters, come back and click on a different button and be taken to another crazy quilter's site.  Continue doing this until you have visited all of the crazy  quilter's!  They will love and enjoy a visit from you!

Some of the crazy quilters may not link up on the same day so be sure and come back all during the show to visit any of the crazy  quilters you may have missed!  They will have from May 6  - May 20  at 11:59 p.m., Pacific time, to link up!

This show is strictly for crazy quilters so I would ask that all  other quilters refrain from linking up.  Let's give the show floor to these talented Crazy Quilters!  Thank you so much for understanding.

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10 of the crazy quilters who link up have submitted a crazy quilt creation for the competition part of this show!!  And it is up to all of you...men and women alike... To vote on your favorite creation!!

HOW TO VOTE!

Click on the box below to view all of the competition pieces!

After you have viewed all of the beautiful entries and made your choice of favorite piece, send me an -  EMAIL - with your choice of favorite quilt!  Please include the quilt entry number in the email.  One vote per person!

All of the competition creations are in the album and it is closed to new submissions.  So take your time and view the quilts over and over before you make your decision!  There will not be any additions to the competition album so you need not worry if you will miss any of the competition pieces.

You have until May 20th to send your vote in to me via EMAIL!

Winners will  be announced by May 25th right here on the blog! 

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The following prizes will be awarded to the top 3 winners!

Our prize sponsors include...
 

1st Place...

Thearica Burroughs of Crazy Quilting Supplies
200.00 gift certificate

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2nd Place...

Nancy Eha of Bead Creative - Prize Bundle Value 75.00
(Beading Survival Kit, Bead Creative Like Crazy Book, Beaded Spider Kit)
 

and

Nicki Seavey of Raviolee Dreams
50.00 gift certificate 

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3rd Place....
 Carolyn Cibik of Evening Star Designs
75.00 gift certificate 

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 Please remember to vote for your favorite quilt by sending me an email with the entry number of the piece you are voting for!!  These crazy quilters will surely appreciate the votes!!

And if you would be so kind as to post about the quilt show on your blogs I would be ever so grateful to you! 

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Alright, all of you crazy quilters!!

Are you ready to link up so that everyone can come and visit you!!

Use the linky box to link up to a post on your personal blog or to a page on your website! 
 If you missed the deadline for the competition, you can still link up to your blog or website so that everyone can come and visit you!

If you want to participate but do not have a blog or website please send me an EMAIL with a bio about yourself along with a few photos of your work and I will post them on your very own dedicated page right here on my blog. 

Remember! 

You have to link up before May 20th  in order to be eligible for prizes if you have entered the competition! If you do not link up to your blog with a link back to my blog, you will forfeit any prize you may win.   

AND remember! If you missed the deadline for the competition, you can still link up to your blog or website so that everyone can come and visit you!

I am sharing this over at Sew Darn Crafty to help spread the word! 

OK!! Crazy Quilter's! No more talk from me!!
LINK AWAY!!! 

It's A Saturday Sharing Day

We have been chomping at the bit trying to outrun the rain and get our crop in the ground this weekend and I have needed my hubby's assistance with part of my post and it has not happened yet.  We are wet this a.m... the rain out-ran us late last night so we are sitting still this morning.. :(

He has to take our crew to town for groceries and to the laundromat and after that I will hog-tie him and get him to assist me.  It will be so late once we get it all together that I think it would be best to hold it over until next weekend so it can go live very early on Saturday morning, May 26. 

I know I promised to show you this weekend but mother nature made other plans for me.... or should I say for my hubby. :)

Stay tuned... 

Put Your Stamp On It Blog Hop Coming Up! - Sign Ups OPEN!

PUT your STAMP on it Blog hop for June .... 

Sign Ups Are In Full Swing!

PUT YOUR

What would your STAMP look like?

If I had a stamp for my letters ( you know those things we mail out occasionally)
 it could look like this...

I would applique a pig on it, add my country USA

I would use the currency of 4 cents...as that is what it cost to mail a letter on the day I was born....

Today to mail a letter in the USA is 46 Cents! 

I may even make something else for this hop...

Possibles...

One with a tobacco leaf for North Carolina

Another with a cotton boll for Alabama..

ideas are endless!

Ok, so here is what you will need for this hop...

A background for your stamp...

Here are some to choose from...

courtesy of Madame Samm..

Choose any one of these or make one up of your own......

print out and custom size it

to your preference.

You could design a mini quilt stamp  4 x4 inches or 14 x14 inches..
or even 14 feet....Ok, I won't be doing that ....lol

Your stamp requires the following:

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1. A theme

it could be dogs, cats, wee tots, trees, owls, foxes, chickens, ducks, cows, pigs,

 funny looking ladies with pompoms, 

cups, food, chocolate, wine, beer,  tea, dress, baby, quilted bolts,

sewing tools, a word, a quote....

2. Your Country in the corner...or CITY or TOWN!

3. And Your currency...( from your Country)

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Now I did mine on black just so you could see it...but you 

can choose any background colour...

Madame Samm's idea is to trace out her stamp, use wonder under from Pellon,
 cut out her background stamp

and place it on a rectangle or square background so the edges would show

but she would not be binding around corners... It would give an illusion

that her stamp is all curved...get that? 

So to summarize YOU will be creating a MINI QUILT STAMP

Something that would represent and reflect your passions from your country

and your currency, value....

And who will be cheering you on...

Lil' Ole" ME!

Thearica from Pig Tales and Quilts...

Madame Samm said that I did a fabulous job in keeping everyone together 

and on time for Shake your POM POMS, and I earned my

cheerleader's rank for all you FUTURE STAMP DESIGNERS! 

STAMP ON IT Blog hop...

I will need the 4 bits of information from you:

1. Name

 2.  email address

3. blog name ( if you have one) 

4. blog URL link 

Please include the url AND the name of your blog as some people call their blog something different than their URL.

mail this info with the subject LINE

"I want to be a  STAMP DESIGNER"

to 

Thearica's email! 

100 participants will be accepted...

Given you all notice....

( Madame Samm has the button on her blog sidebar so go grab it) 

LINK HERE to be reminded of 

 why your commitment stands for something here...

#1 If you commit, commit!

#2 We all want to cheer you on for your project you created for this hop...

( stay focused) lol 

#3 Have post ready at midnight the night before your post date

#4 TURN OFF Word Verification so we can tell you how wonderful you are!

#5 MOST IMPORTANT...be a cheerleader for those in the hop..
YOU can  make these ladies world- ROCK! 

If you drop out for any reason that is not an emergency

you will be placed on the LIST, you do not want to be on the LIST...

Ever, never, EVER! 

By they way the last 3 blog hops since the Spring Cleaning announcement

was made...everyone has been 100% committed...So darn proud of YOU!

No really I am....Let's continue that climb....that is where the stars are...
YOU! 

Our prize sponsor is ...

RED ROOSTER FABRICS 

with Tokyo 4 x 4 squares 101 colours...

Each winner will receive 3 of them! 

( photos later too) 
among other giveaways that have been pouring in!

I am looking forward to being your cheerleader for the 

Put Your Stamp On It Blog Hop!

Let the emails begin!