Category: Giveaways

Craftsy Class Winner

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Congratulations to Sue A. who won the Craftsy Class, “Creative Quilting With Your Walking Foot” by Jacquie Gering. Thanks to all of you who participated! My friends at Craftsy told me that 407 of you entered so that’s quite impressive. Sue – they will be in touch with you shortly with the free link to claim your class.

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If you are new to my blog, be sure to check out my review of Jacquie’s class here. And for those of you who have yet to check out what Craftsy has to offer, my recommendation would be to try a free mini class and see what all the excitement is about. 🙂

Have a happy quilting weekend!

Win a Craftsy Class: Creative Quilting With Your Walking Foot

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For this week’s giveaway, you get a chance to win one of my favorite Craftsy Classes: Creative Quilting With Your Walking Foot by Jacquie Gering.

20140530_creative_quiltingI love to encourage others to quilt their own quilts and so does Jacquie! Along with an excellent introduction and overview of the basics, in Creative Quilting With Your Walking Foot, Jacquie provides step by step instructions on working with decorative stitches, radiating designs, quilting with curves, turning designs and quilting with text. She also demonstrates her signature matchstick quilting which looks amazing on modern quilts!

Winning this class will be a perfect complement to those of you doing my Abacus quilt along (although the giveaway is open to everyone). I used walking foot techniques to quilt a series of gently wavy lines that add such rich texture and are extremely easy to do!

Wavy-QuiltingMy machine has built-in dual feed which acts just like a walking foot.

It’s so fun to explore all the possibilities with straight, or gently curving lines. Whenever I teach machine quilting to a group of students, I always start them off with walking foot techniques so they can get comfortable and achieve success right from the beginning. It helps build up their confidence for more finicky techniques down the road.

Christa and Jacquie at QuiltConJacquie Gering is one of my modern quilting heros!

One of the things I love best about Jacquie’s class is that you have her right in front of you, sort of like a personal tutor. You can ask her questions via the Craftsy interactive platform and she’s really good about responding quickly. You can also pause or rewatch sections of the class over and over as many times as you like. That is the beauty of online learning!!

quilting_detailI used decorative stitch quilting on Modern Logs – all done with the walking foot!

Here’s How to Enter the Giveaway

  • Click this link to be taken to the Craftsy Giveaway page.
  • This is an exclusive Craftsy giveaway just for my readers (both US and international).
  • Craftsy will pick a winner at random this Friday, October 17th at 5 PM Pacific Time.

Good luck and happy quilting! Post sponsored by Craftsy. 🙂

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Christa’s Giveaway New Kona Cotton Solid Bundle

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How are you all coming on your Abacus Quilt Along? The best part of any group project is seeing how everyone interprets the pattern in their own colors and fabrics. In fact, I have an alternate colorway to share with you today. I call this colorway “Parfait,” using some of the new 2014 Kona Cotton colors with a white background. Isn’t it cheerful?

Abacus - New Kona ColorsAlternate Kona colorway – designed by Christa Watson in EQ7

Thanks to my generous friends at Robert Kaufman, one of you will get to win this lovely bundle! It contains 1 fat quarter of the following colors shown in my sketch above: Heliotrope, Honeysuckle, Grellow, Limelight, Creamsicle, Niagra, Titanium and Nectarine. Plus enough white for the background and binding. Aren’t those fun colors?

Kona New ColorsFabric Bundle of New Colors up for Grabs

Here’s another sketch of what the quilt would look like with the colors in a different arrangement. There’s enough fabric that you can play around and put them in any order you like! Isn’t half the fun of any project picking the fabric placement?

Abacus - Kona's Pick White GridHere’s How to Enter

Kona Cotton solids are definitely one of my favorite fabric to work with. To stock up on some of your favorites, checkout my huge selection of Kona Solid precuts! (And yes, I should have the new color bundles in stock soon!)

 

Aurifil Thread Winner

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Thank you for your comments on my last giveaway. I think that’s the most comments I’ve ever received for a giveaway. I guess you guys really like Aurifil thread as much as I do!

abacus_aurifil_threadCongratulations to Kathie H. who won the Abacus thread bundle! I will have another giveaway related to the Abacus Quilt Along this Thursday so stay tuned! And be sure to come back tomorrow for the next quilt along tutorial.

20140909_aurifilSome of my personal stash of Aurifil – you could say I’ve got a passion for thread!

Christa’s Giveaway – Aurifil Thread Bundle

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It’s time for another giveaway! As with all of the giveaways I’m hosting during my Abacus Quilt Along, you do not have to follow along to participate in the giveaway. Everyone is welcome to comment and enter for a chance to win.

abacus_aurifil_threadBeautiful Aurifil threads I used in my version of Abacus.

Up for grabs this week: A bundle of beautiful 50 weight Aurifil cotton threads! One lucky winner will receive 8 small spools of the same exact colors I used for the machine applique on Abacus; plus a large spool of the same grey I used for the machine quilting.

Click here for a listing of the exact colors of threads and fabrics I chose.

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Machine quilting is my favorite part of making any quilt – it’s quick, easy, and fun!

To enter, simply leave a comment letting me know what you think about machine applique! Do you love it or hate it? Or are you somewhere in between? You can also mention your favorite method of applique if you like. 🙂

Good luck!

Kaufman Solids Bundle Winner and a Few Tidbits

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Thanks for all your sweet comments during the Kaufman Bundle giveaway. It’s great to know that so many of you are still making quilts from my Quilt Alongs. I love it!

Abacus starts tomorrow and I can already tell it’s going to be fun to see how everyone interprets it in their choice of fabrics and colors. And now, on to the winner!

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Congratulations to Abby L. who is my random winner for the fabulous Kona Solids bundle!! I will have another giveaway later this week, so stay tuned. 🙂

See you tomorrow for Abacus!! (The pic below shows the EQ7 drawing and then my sewn quilt top. )

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P.S. In other news, I got an email today letting me know that Craftsy’s super big fall sale has been extended one more day. So check it out if you haven’t already.

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Giveaway Featuring Kona Solids and Abacus Quilt Along Schedule

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Thanks to my fabulous friends at Robert Kaufman for donating this lovely bundle of Kona Solids for one of you to win!

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This is to get you guys jazzed about my upcoming Quilt Along which starts next week!

Included in the bundle are 8 fat quarters of the exact same colors I am using in my version of Abacus. They are: Navy, Turquoise, Baby Blue, Jade Green, Berry, Cerise, Petunia and Pomegranate. Also included is a nice sized chunk of Medium Grey which is what I picked for my background and binding.

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Now, you don’t have to quilt along to enter and win, and what you make from these fabrics is entirely up to you! The contest is open to everyone through next Tuesday at noon.

To enter, just leave a comment below telling me which is your favorite quilt along that I’ve offered (or one you’d love for me to do in the future).

Click here to see all of my quilt alongs.

I know we don’t all have time to do every quilt along, but isn’t it fun to dream, or follow along virtually?

Abacus Quilt Along Schedule, Posted Each Wednesday:

  • Week 1 – Fusing & Cutting (September 24)
  • Week 2 – Machine Applique (October 1)
  • Week 3 – Sewing the Top (October 8)
  • Week 4 – Backing and Basting (October 15)
  • Week 5 – Machine Quilting (October 22)
  • Week 6 – Binding to Finish (October 29)
  • Parade of Quilts – November 12

New this year – a parade of quilts! If you finish your quilt by November 10th, email me a picture and I’ll feature it on my blog on November 12th!

Click here for the Abacus Quilt Along supply list.

Start gathering (or winning) your fabrics and I’ll see you next week!

EQP.S. I’ve also made Abacus available as a free EQ7 download. Click here to import it into your Electric Quilt software.

P.P.S. For a bonus entry, please share my Quilt Along logo on your blog, instagram, flickr, facebook, or social media of choice. #abacusqal

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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

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Better late than never, I’m happy to announce the winner of last week’s Sizzix Die Cutter giveaway!

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Congratulations to Elizabeth M. aka catskillquilter who said,

“Amazing! Circles take a LONG time to cut correctly with scissors! I am following Sizzix on Facebook. Thanks for the chance!”

I agree – it was such a breeze to cut all of my circles with the Sizzix circle die!

Watch out for the next giveaway coming up on Thursday for your chance to win another fabulous prize! (Hint: look at the picture above – what other goodies do you see?)

It’s Time for Another Fabric Giveaway – One from Me, One from Craftsy

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I usually don’t promote companies who sell fabric since that’s an integral part of my business. However, when it comes to Craftsy, I don’t mind singing their praises. They’ve been very good to me in helping get my name out there via their blog, so I don’t mind returning the favor whenever I hear about something cool they are doing. 🙂

craftsy_kitI’m kind of partial to the Blue Garden kit, myself!

From now through August 27th, you can win a Craftsy quilt kit (including backing) from one of the two choices above. Craftsy is holding this giveaway on their website, so be sure and click here to enter.

And now, just to sweeten the pot, I’ll add my own giveaway to the fun! I have a heaping pile of hunks and chunks leftover from ends of bolts when I used to sell fabric by the yard. I have a mystery box full of at least 20 yards of premium quality brand new fabric fabric waiting to go to one of you!

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Just leave a comment below telling me which Craftsy class is on your “to-watch” list. Pretty soon, I will get back to my habit of regularly reviewing their online classes and I can’t wait. I have quite a few to watch in my queue!

To recap:

  • Enter the Craftsy Kit Giveaway here
  • To win my mystery fabric giveaway, leave a comment below telling me what’s on your Craftsy bucket list.
  • Both giveaways are open to US/Canadian addresses only (sorry – that darn postage gets me everytime!!)
  • Both giveaways end Wednesday, August 27th at Noon PST (or slightly later)
  • Craftsy will notify their winner; I will notify mine via email.

Updated – Thank you – we have our winners!!

 

Time for a Giveaway – Win 8 Moda Charm Packs!

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Just for some random fun – how about another giveaway? One lucky follower will win this bundle of 8 Moda Charm Packs!

20140620_charm_giveaway8 Moda Charm Packs by Some of Your Favorite Fabric Designers

Win Them Before You Can Buy Them

The generous folks at Moda sent me a box full of charm packs from their upcoming collections so I could pick and choose fabrics for some future projects. How nice. 🙂 Now that I’ve made my selections, I have a bundle of charm packs to give away to one of you!

These are so new that they aren’t even available yet in my precut store.

Here’s How to Enter:

  • Leave your comment below letting me know your opinion on my weekly newsletter – would you rather receive it on Mondays or on Fridays?
  • If you aren’t currently a newsletter subscriber, you can join here.
  • Giveaway will run through the end of the day on Monday, June 23rd.
  • I will contact the winner via email and will post their name on my blog on Tuesday.
  • Giveaway is open to everyone worldwide. International winner is responsible for shipping costs.

A Bonus Instagram Giveaway, Too!

Now that I’ve joined the online community of Instagram, I’ve decided to spread the love over there, too. Just go to my feed @christaquilts for details on how to win an additional bundle over there! It’s a different set of 8 Moda charm packs. 🙂