Category: Challenges and Contests

Craftsy Blogger Awards Finalist for Best Quilting Tutorials

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Craftsy AwardsThis week just keeps getting better. I got an email yesterday stating that I had been selected as one of four finalist in the Craftsy Blogger Awards for best Quilting Tutorials.

Thanks you guys – I wish I could hug you all.

The competition is pretty amazing – the other finalists are Melissa Corry from Happy Quilting, Rita Hodge from Red Pepper Quilts, and Vanessa Wilson from The Crafty Gemini.

For those of you new to my blog, you can check out all of my free quilt along tutorials here. Hopefully you will find one you like and can get started on a new project right away!

Christa's Quilt Along

Updated With the Winner!

Congratulations to Vanessa from The Crafty Gemini who was chosen as the winner!! What a great competition – it will be fun to see who’s nominated next time! 🙂

Craftsy Blogger Awards – Nominate Your Favorites

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I made a commitment when I began taking my quilting more seriously to blog every day that I could. Since I couldn’t possibly finish enough quilts to write about them every day, I enjoy blogging about quilting and sewing related content, too. After all, I like reading about what’s going on in the quilting and blogging world just as much as I admire inspiring pictures. So I thought a few of you out there may feel the same. 🙂

That’s why I was pleased to hear that Craftsy is presenting the first ever Craftsy Blogger Awards, to honor those who spend so many hours blogging (and reading).

Craftsy Blogger Awards

Here’s how it works: Nominate your favorite blog into one of these 8 categories:

Sewing
Quilting
Knitting & Crochet
Cake Decorating
Photography
Embroidery
Fine Art
Food & Cooking

Within each category, you can also pick your favorites for:

Best Tutorials
Best Photography
Best Craftsy Instructor’s Blog

NominationsThe nominating period runs through October 14th. Then there will be a two week voting period after that (which of course I will let you know about). And just to sweeten the deal, once you nominate your favorites, you will be entered for your chance to win a Craftsy class of your choice. How cool is that? Bribery goes a long way. 🙂

Here’s the link for your to nominate your favorites. Have fun!

Martha Stewart’s American Made – Voting is Open Through Sept 13

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I thought it was such a hoot when I saw a little picture of my Charming Chevrons quilt in an issue of Martha Stewart Living to help promote their American Made Contest (down there in the sidebar above Denyse Schmidt’s quilt). You can read more about that blog post here.

Martha Stewart Living

The American Made movement celebrates local makers and I just love the title of being a “maker.” It reminds me of Jacquie Gering’s fabulous and emotional address at QuiltCon earlier this year. You can view her talk as part of the QuiltCon lecture series on Craftsy for free, just in case you missed it.

American MadeSo I decided, what the heck, I’d put myself into the hat as a contestant. I have nothing to lose and it gave me a chance to check out other American makers, too. If you are so inclined, you can vote for me here (through September 13th) and check out profiles of all the other contestants, too!

Christa’s Year of Giveaways #21 – Exclusively for Quilt Along Followers

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For some time I have promised my quilt along followers a giveaway just for them and now here it is. It’s open to anyone who’s worked on any of my quilt alongs, finished or not. 🙂

Quilt Along

Christa’s String of Pearls Quilt Along

To thank everyone who has worked on any of my quilt alongs thus far, I am awarding 4 winners each a set of these lovely charm packs from Andover (the same folks that brought you Pearl Bracelets). Each winner will receive a set of these 4 charm packs:

Andover 4 Pack

Andover Charms 4 Pack

Now for the nitty gritty. This contest is open to anyone who has worked on any of my quilt alongs, past or present. Since my philosophy is for you to work at your own pace, you can share a picture of any stage of your quilt, finished or not. However, if you did manage to finish, you can link up twice for double your chances to win. 🙂

Here’s How to Enter:

Simply add your quilt along picture to the linkup below. You can linkup from a blog, flickr, or any other site that can host pictures and has a url that you can copy and paste.

If you are unable to do it yourself, you can email me your pictures to christa@christaquilts.com and I’ll post them for you (as a last resort). I want everyone to show off their hard work and inspire others!

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I will select 4 winners at random from all the entries. This giveaway will stay open a little longer than my regular giveaways, just in case anyone wants to start one of my quilt alongs last-minute. (I try to be as accommodating and as inclusive as I can.)

If you have finished your quilt, you can link up twice – with two different pictures, one in-progress and one finished.

The linkup will close on Wednesday, September 11 at 6 PM PST.  Please note that the linkup below will take you to a separate page to linkup. Due to the limitations of WordPress, it won’t show the pictures here in this post. 😦 But they are just a click away!

String of PearlsLinkup Below

Click here to enter your picture link and view everyone else’s amazing work! While you are there, be sure to give some comment love to those who have linked up. 🙂

Thanks for quilting along and be sure to check in next week for the announcement of my next quilt along (hint – think Modern Christmas)!

Last week’s winner: Congratulations to Vicky R. who won Angela Walters’ Craftsy Class, Dot to Dot Quilting!

The Modern Quilt Guild Fabric Challenge with Riley Blake Fabrics

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Since I am a self-proclaimed cheerleader for all things modern, I thought I would announce the start of the 3rd annual MQG fabric challenge featuring Riley Blake fabrics.

Here are the fabrics entrants will receive when they sign up, a set of Riley Blake basics that can be mixed and matched with other solids and Riley Blake printed fabrics.

Challenge Fabric

Riley Blake MQG Challenge Fabric

You know I love a good challenge so I’m definitely in on this one. Now here’s the catch – you must be a member of the Modern Quilt Guild to enter, but then you get the fabric for free, so how cool is that?

Fabric sign-up ends August 31st and the challenge entries are due in December 2013 (no specific date set yet). Hmm… time to get my designer thinking cap on now!