Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day- WINNERS!

Happy Saturday, friends!  Thank you to everyone that entered my giveaway, as I was floored with a whopping 223 comments!!!  I've responded to a lot of the comments, and hope to reply to an additional handful of comments today!  :)

Let's get on with today's big announcement!  With the help of Random.org, two winners were selected to each receive a Thread Catcher Kit (which includes a copy of my Thread Catcher Pattern, along with fabric (2 fat quarters, one kit will include the pink colorway and the second kit will include the gray colorway), fusible interfacing, boning, non-slip rubber mat, crushed walnut shells, and coordinating ric rac...everything you need to make your own Thread Catcher). Not bad, right?  :)

The winner of the Pink Thread Catcher Kit is...# 29 Desi @ Wee Share!  Desi likes "modern, whimsical fabrics. I especially like gray when paired with another color."

The winner of the Gray Thread Catcher Kit is...#15 KD-Quilts!  Kristen's favorite designers are "AMH, Amy Butler and Tula Pink." 

Congrats, ladies!!!  

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day!!!

This giveaway is now closed!

Hello friends, welcome to Sew Mama Sew's Giveaway Day!!!  I always look forward to Giveaway Day, and hope that you do to!  :)

Squirmy Worm Studio currently has four sewing patterns for sale via Etsy as well as a handful of local quilt shops.  All patterns are thoroughly tested, detail oriented, and have step-by-step photos.  My goal for Squirmy Worm Studio sewing patterns is to inspire other sewists to be the best that they can be. 

I am giving away two Squirmy Worm Studio Thread Catcher Kits to two lucky winners!

 Squirmy Worm Studio’s Thread Catchers are a must have accessory for any Seamstress, Quilter, Scrapbooker, Knitter, Crocheter, and/or Jeweler!

The Thread Catcher consists of a weighted bag/pincushion with non-slip grip, enabling it to sit (and stay!) on the table, serving as a great portable trash bag for your favorite Seamstress/Crafter! If you're a Knitter or Crocheter, the Thread Catcher can be placed over the arm of your favorite chair and used to hold your skein of yarn!

The Thread Catcher approximately measures 14" long, with the bag measuring 8" tall x 5.5" in diameter, with a 2.5" boxed bottom. The bag is constructed with boning, enabling the bag to always remain open and ready for your scraps! 

Each Thread Catcher Kit includes: a copy of my Thread Catcher Pattern, along with fabric (2 fat quarters, one kit will include the pink colorway and the second kit will include the gray colorway), fusible interfacing, boning, non-slip rubber mat, crushed walnut shells, and coordinating ric rac...everything you need to make your own Thread Catcher.

To enter the giveaway:

1.  You must be a follower of Made With Love!  (The button is located towards the top of the left-hand sidebar. If you are already a follower, please kindly remind me, and if you've just joined Made With Love let me know so I can follow your blog!)

2.  Leave a comment telling me what kind of fabric you like (designers, colors, prints).

That's two entries per person!  :)

Giveaway will run through May 25 at 5pm (PST); winners will be announced on Saturday, May 26th.

Giveaway is open both US and International friends.  Good luck!!!

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Also...please make sure there is a way for me to contact you (aka- leave your email address in your comment), as I need to be able to contact you when you win!  While we are on the subject, are you a no-reply blogger?  Not sure what a no-reply blogger is, well when you leave a comment I receive your comment in an email.  When I hit "reply" to email you back, the email address shows as "noreplyblogger@blogger.com", rather than your true email.

Quick solution:
1.  Log into your Blogger account, and click on the drop down tab next to your email address, at the top right corner.
2.  Click "Blogger Profile".
3.  The second line down should say "Show My Email Address"- CHECK THIS BOX.  Easy peasy!  :)

Guest Posting Over @ Cutting Corners!

Eeep!  I can barely contain my excitement!  Just a quick announcement to make sure to that you know I'm guest posting over on the Riley Blake Designs' Cutting Corners blog!  Here is a sneek peak!  :)

Daisy Cottage {Modified} Bento Box Quilt

I finally have a finished quilt to share with you all!  Truth be told that my stack of quilts (which are quilted) that need bindings was out of control for a while.  I've had the chance to bind two of the quilts, have one more in queue, and have two quilt tops that need to be quilted- whew!

This beauty is made up of a Daisy Cottage Rollie Pollie, which was given to me by Cindy of Riley Blake (remember when I mentioned that I had the opportunity to go to their corporate office when I was in Utah last October?).  :)  The sashing is Kona Cotton in Ash, which is so versatile and definitely one of my favorites!

For the backing, I used a Sherbert Pips print (Play Dot in Vanilla Ice Cream), with a a reappearance of the Kona Cotton Ash, from the front of the quilt.  For the binding I opted for a Lizzy House 1001 Peeps print (Illusion in Pink).

I decided to quilt the quilt with daisies (hence Daisy Cottage), in yellow.  I really do love the quilting on this quilt, although its a bit more dense than I'm used to.

Before I go, I want to thank my sweet friend Jana her original Daisy Cottage Baby Quilt inspired my finished quilt.  They are very similar, yet they both speak to our own styles and personalities, and I love that!  :)

Lesson Learned- Becoming a Longarm Quilter

I had an appointment to do some long arm quilting today, and unfortunately I left discouraged and a bit defeated.  Please tell me that I'm not the only one that this has happened to!  

This is how today went down- I had two quilts that I wanted to quilt.  The first was MY quilt (yes, I finally got around to making myself a quilt), and the second was the Daisy Cottage quilt that I had started some time ago.  Back to the drama!  I selected the thread color and the quilt pattern, loaded MY quilt onto the machine, and when I advanced the quilt after the second pass I realized that the backing had folded over onto itself.  This picture doesn't really do the oopsie justice (or does it, and I'm just making this whole ordeal worse than it really is?).

At this point, I had two choices, leave the oopsie (folded over back) or rip out what I had quilted (an area that measures 26" tall x 67" wide), and re-quilt MY quilt another day.  Silly me, I opted for option #2.  I've spent approximately five hours unpicking the quilt today, and have not even made a dent.  My goal was to unpick and perhaps re-quilt the quilt on Friday, but I'm almost positive that my timeline is impossible.  I'll just unpick when I can, and re-quilt when I'm ready.  No need to make myself miserable by unpicking for hours and hours a day, right?  :)

After an afternoon of feeling so discouraged and defeated, I saw Stuart cuddled up in my currently imperfect quilt, made me smile.  He loves my quilt just the way it is, and if ever  again (fingers crossed!) the back of my quilt folds over onto itself, I too will love my imperfect quilt.  Lesson learned!  :)