Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway Day!

So I wasn’t going to participate in Giveaway Day hosted by Sew, Mama, Sew but it just is so much fun I can’t resist!  If you haven’t been to my corner of the blogsphere before, welcome! I am a quilter and I’m learning to sew clothes for my baby girl! I would love it if you checked out my blog and signed up to follow me!

One fun project you might want to check out is A Lovely Year of Finishes that I am co-hosting with Shanna from Fiber of All Sorts! We host a monthly goal setting party and anyone who completes their goal is eligible for some awesome prizes!

Now on to the prizes for Giveaway Day!!! Anne is modeling what I am giving away 🙂 Can’t resist cute kiddo pic!

In case you can’t tell, that is a charm pack of Reunion by Sweetwater, a Charm pack of Kona White Solids, and my extra Easy Dresden Ruler (Yup, I had 2!). I will ship internationally!

Entering is easy, just follow the directions on the Rafflecopter below! The giveaway will be open until May 10, 2013 at 5:00 pm. Considering the sheer size of this giveaway I may not be able to answer every email I receive, but I will do my best. Please know that I am reading every comment!

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509 thoughts on “Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway Day!”

  1. I don’t need an extra ruler, but I love love love the fabric, I would totally share the ruler with someone else though.

  2. Aww, Anne is adorable! Are you sure she doesn’t come with the prize? I’m in a house of all boys, I could use an adorable little girl!

    1. Oh, I failed at the spring part, I was distracted by cute little girl curls, lol. Favorite thing about spring is camping. It’s not too hot here yet!

  3. HELLO, I LOVE THE NEW GREEN LEAVES AND THEN THE EARLY FLOWERS BEST! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SWEET GIVEAWAY!

  4. My favorite thing about spring is the snow disappearing. Winters in Wisconsin can entail snow on the ground for six months out of the year. It’s finally almost all gone and it just makes me happy to not have to wear winter boots.

  5. I love the new life to everything that spring brings. It is so beautiful and make me happy!

  6. I love the rain that comes with spring, that fresh clean earth feel is so great! Thanks for the giveaway.

  7. My favorite thing is longer sun so that I have good lighting to sit and sew by. AND I can take better pictures of my projects. 🙂

  8. My favorite thing about spring, fresh air, fresh fruit, new life, and moderate temperatures. Oh.. you wanted one thing? LOL 😉 Spring is my FAVORITE season!
    Huge hugs,
    K-

  9. Such a sweet give away, those charm packs are so pretty. If I won I’d ask my Mum to make a quilt for me 😉

  10. Oh, and my favourite thing about spring is definitely the longer days – I’m craving the sunlight after such a long dark winter in Ireland!

  11. Sunshine and blue sky and flowers everywhere! All this colour-colour-colour is such a treat after the endless grey and rain that is winter in the northwest.

  12. The snow! (j/k I don’t live in Minnesota anymore but I shouldn’t gloat.)

    I really like being able to go outdoors and not have to worry about all the rain anymore. And the fresh strawberries. Yum.

  13. My favorite thing about spring is the lovely weather. I spent some lovely time just relaxing on our outdoor swing this weekend, it was awesome!

  14. I love being able to open all the windows in the house and let the fresh air in! And I love being out in the garden.
    Thanks for the chance to win

  15. Thank you for a lovely giveaway. My favourite thing is the light nights and mornings, more sunshine and sunlight makes me happy.

  16. Sweetwater always has the most gorgeous fabric ranges!!! Thanks for the chance to win 🙂

  17. I love it a lot when the first spring flowers start blooming, espescially daffodills with their bright yellow!

  18. I love the spring flowers, planting a garden with family and the thought of fun summer days just ahead! Thanks for the giveaway!

  19. Your daughter is always so adorable! I love how green everything is in spring. Thanks for the opportunity to win!

  20. We’ve had our first few days of sunshine and warmth this weekend, so I am enjoying getting my toes out and leaving windows open, sometimes it’s the simple things…

  21. Love everything wakin up & bloomin!! Our 260 peach trees in bloom, is amazing sight! Our Lilacs are soo sweet smelling too…& gettin our garden ready…& then plantin it. 🙂

  22. I love that delaware is not humid in the spring but it is warm enough to play outside! Our summer/falls are awfully humid and miserable so I enjoy the 6-8 week of Spring we do get! Thanks for the chance to win this great giveaway!

  23. Joyce Mitchell

    Green is my favorite color, so I love all the bright fresh greens nature provides in the spring. Thanks.

  24. I have a 6 month old and my favorite thing about Spring is being able to take him to the park. We have a playground near home and we stop by on the way home from daycare. Just seeing the big smile on his face when he’s in the swing is the best thing ever!

  25. My favorite thing about spring is the warming weather and yard work to be done. I really like gathering all the limbs that fell over the winter for a burn pile!

  26. Tracy in SW WA

    I’m an inattentive gardener, so my favourite thing is seeing flowers I’d forgotten about in bloom!

  27. I love seeing things grow and spending time in the garden, although it means not much quilting gets done. I’m loving the ALYoF too. It is really motivating me to get something’s finished. Thanks.

  28. My favorite thing about Spring is seeing all the flowers start blooming. I love the colors!

  29. I love being able to finally let the kiddos play outside after being cooped up all winter! That and opening all the windows.

  30. The colours! I miss the fresh greens of spring during the wintery season of whites, greys, and browns.

  31. I love all the gorgeous flowering trees and shrubs. Our crabapple tree is particularly spectacular right now!

  32. Nancy Angerer

    Your daughter is a darling model. She reminds me of my oldest daughter — who is now 43:) We moving the end of the month to live near her (from IL to AL). By the way, thank you for your tutorial on stitching the label on the binding. I definitely want to try it!.

  33. Spring – warmer weather, more sunshine, happy birds, beautiful flowers, outdoor projects!

  34. My favorite thing about spring is garden time!!!

    Thank you so much for the opportunity to win!

  35. Jenelle Boxberger

    I don’t know about others, but when it is cold out I can’t seem to get myself to sew, so of course I love the warmer weather so I can get some of my UFO’s done and start more. LOL

  36. I love opening the windows and hearing the birds singing during the day and the crickets chirping at night – beautiful music!!

  37. For me, spring is alllllll about having sunshine in the morning. And late evening. I work some weird hours – leave the house at 5:30 AM some days, and 9:30 PM on others – and going to work with sun in my eyes just makes me a happy girl .

  38. I already follow you on Bloglovin’ – thanks!! Now I just have to say that your model is a sweetie-pie!!

  39. I like spring when the days are longer and longer and know that summer is next. Thank you for opportunity….

  40. my fav thing is all the flowers and shrubs blooming. least fav, all the weeds!!

  41. My favorite thing about spring is just sitting in the sunshine, soaking in the warmth after a winter that has been way too long.

  42. I love all the bulbs coming up. I haven’t had a proper spring for a few years (I live in the tropics, so we don’t get winter either) and miss it tremendously.

    Thanks for a lovely give away.

  43. I love daffodils and pulling out sandals for the first time! Oh, and shaving my legs again… 😉

  44. All the lovely flowers. Grannies house has a bunch of tulips already in bloom.

  45. I love the time we can spend outside without it being too hot and the lower heat and air bills are definitely a bonus!

  46. great model, that Anne.
    the thing I love about spring is being able to finally get out in the garden. thanks for a chance to win your giveaway.

  47. I like that we can get back out in the garden to play and the plants begin to grow!

  48. Debo estar loca…No hay nada en su mensaje que comentar sobre la primavera?
    Acá piso con mis hijas las hojas secas de otoño.
    Aprendo con usted a coser para mis niñas .
    No se resista usted a mostrar su hija feliz.
    Feliz día de las madres! y gracias por su regalo .

  49. After the winter months of having the fire going, I love not having to keep it going and to be able to wear lighter clothes, but at the same time, I can still snuggle up to hubby of a night time to keep warm.

  50. I love Spring, but unfortunately I live in the tropics, where it’s either hot and dry or hot and wet. But I remember during my childhood in Switzerland how I longed for Spring so I could wear \socks instead of those terrible woolen tights.

  51. My favorite thing about spring is being able to ride my road bike again … that and seeing the trees leaf out again!

  52. Hope I’m not doing double response, but it said the first one didn’t go through, I love the bulbs rising and my roses.

  53. I love the birds singing, early in the morning, and the moment when you can see the first sprouts at the branches 🙂

  54. I love to open the doors and windows on cool spring days to let in fresh air. (I also love the charm packs you are giving away.)

  55. Watching as the tulips come out and in May my favourites the lily of the valley. I do love them.

  56. The tulips and the colours that start appearing after the long dull winter. Thanks for the chance to win!

  57. Spring is wonderful because it is time to plant and everything becomes new but my most favorite is the time is coming closer for the summer visit of my grandson – that is the most special time of year!!!!!

    Thank you!

  58. The start of the cricket season is my favourite thing. Although the ability to go out in sunglasses is pretty good too.

  59. What a nice giveaway, thank you! I love the flowers! Those lovely little bright spots, dotting the landscape and filling the air with sweet scents MMMM!

  60. the rain and the flowers! Spring rain just makes everything feel crisp and clean!

  61. I love the weather. It is so nice outside, not too hot, not too cold. I love it.

  62. Warmer weather and flowers are two of my favorite things about spring 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win!

  63. Being able to open up the windows and let fresh air into the house! Thanks for the chance at your giveaway.

  64. Mary Burnette

    I love being able to just open all the windows and doors and let the fresh air blow through! Planting all the new flowers in the garden! thanks for the giveaway. And if no one has told you lately you have beautiful little girl! Love the kiddo pic!
    Mary

  65. Love turning off the heater! Its so dry it makes me feel like beef jerkey. Plus everything is so pretty and green, though the allergies barely make it worth it some days.

    Love baby girl’s crazy hair!

  66. My favorite thing about spring is the pretty flowers everywhere….thank you for the chance to win!!

  67. She is such a cutie. She is really growing up this last year.
    I have not done a Dresden yet and would love to try.
    My favorite thing about spring is getting ready for my flower and vegie gardens and setting dates for family and friend BBQs.

  68. Wow! Nice giveaway! My favorite thing about spring is playing outside with my kids. Winter is SO long and cold here in Alberta!
    Thanks for a chance to win.

  69. I love Sweetwater fabrics. Thanks for the giveaway. I love seeing the green in spring.

  70. Thank you for this very generous give-away! This is just wonderful!!!
    In Spring, I love the feeling of the sun on my skin! Tweeting birds in the hedges and icecream after work!
    esthersipatchandquilt at yahoo dot com

  71. spring’s best part is the smell. after having those windows closed all winter, to smell warm dirt and grass and flowering trees? heaven.

  72. the end of winter!!! granted our “winter” consists of 2 months of high 30’s-40’s weather but i’m a southern girl through and through and don’t know what to do with myself if i have to wear long sleeves every day. i need my flipflops and capri pants!

  73. My favorite thing about spring (since I live in FL) is that it is warm, but we arent yet dealing with daily storms…most of the time.

  74. that the day is longer, the sun shines, and the weather is nice!
    Terrific giveaway, thanks for the chance to win!

  75. The best thing about spring is walking out the door with keys and wallet. No hat, coat, scarf, gloves, boots, extra shoes, bulky undergarments. Just tshirt and jeans and I can go anywhere!

  76. I’m a runner, so spring means no more running in sub 50 degree weather, and I finally have some beautiful scenery to keep me going!

  77. the weather! being able to be out and about, gardening and enjoying the flowers

  78. My favorite thing about spring is seeing all of the garden come to life with so many different colors.

  79. Flowers and greenery! How I’ve missed them!

    By the way, I follow your blog via Feedly, which is just a different feed reader than Bloglovin, so I checked off that I follow Bloglovin, even though I use Feedly instead. I’m guessing that any feed reader is acceptable.

  80. Bonnie Larson

    I love the first spring hyacinth – they smell so wonderful. Thanks for sharing and for the opportunity on the draw.
    bonnielarson58(at)gmail(dot)com

  81. wearing sandals, walking barefoot through the grass, comfortable temperatures, color everywhere! Thanks.

  82. My favorite thing about spring is getting to not have to wear a coat everywhere. 🙂

  83. My favorite thing is that the days get longer and there is more time to enjoy being outside.

  84. Love the charms, but REALLY love crafting with the kids…my grand daughters!!!

  85. I love the color of the flowers on the trees. I love the warm weather, not to hot not to cold.

  86. It is finally warm enough to motorcycle ride. Thanks for the chance to enter your giveaway

  87. My favorite thing about Spring is renewal…all the flowers, birds and animals return to us once again.

  88. I love the warmer weather after such a cold winter. ooh! and birds singing!

  89. The green!!!! I love that bright bright green and the way it jsut POPS with dark trunk of the trees… just soo pretty.

  90. My favorite thing about spring is enjoying some clean days with puffy white clouds after it rains. It doesn’t happen too often in Las Vegas, so it is a treat! Thanks for the chance to win!

  91. My favorite thing about spring living in Phoenix is all of the beautiful desert flowers and the weather is perfect..not too hot yet! Thanks for the chance!

  92. I love the way the garden suddenly springs in to life, with all the bulbs and spring flowers and the hedgerows turn from brown to green

  93. I love that it smells like spring. I’ve been growing up in a small village and living in a big city now makes me miss the smell of spring every year again and again.

  94. My favorite thing about springtime in MD is the weather. Thanks for the chance to win.

  95. I love the bright green of new growth and the slightly warmer days that drag you kicking and screaming from under the quilts into bright sun shine.

  96. I love the fresh warm air and getting outside more without freezing my behind off!! I also like less rain!

  97. The birds are so active in the spring! We have a couple dozen new Quail babies wondering around our yard, and the hummingbirds are back 🙂

  98. Joyce Carter

    My favorite things about Spring are the warmer weather, the flowers, and the way everything is coming alive after the cold.

  99. Well I love gardening and when the sun gets too hot here in South Africa then I’m in my sewing room creating a new quilt. Thank you for the fab giveaway.

  100. My favorite thing about spring is watching all the trees turn green again.

  101. Sandra Visser

    The promise of new beginnings. Seeing all of the flowers and trees come into bud then bloom.

  102. I love the extra daylight of Spring, after a long dark winter it’s so wonderful to have sunshine in the morning and daylight after dinner!

  103. My favourite part of spring is new born lambs. Gets me every time. Thank you for the chance in your giveaway.

  104. My favorite thing about spring is watching the birds return to my feeders. I get really excited when they bring their babies. Thank you!

  105. I love the appearance of all those spring colors after the greys, black and whites of winter.

  106. the weather, not too cold, not hot yet… just perfect.
    🙂
    thank you for the giveaway!

  107. I love the smell of spring. It makes me soooo happy.

    Thanks for the great giveaway.

  108. sitting outside in the evenings with the warm sun still out, children playing on the grass, bbq cooking dinner, lovely!

  109. Thank you for the chance to enter your giveaway. I love Spring. I lvoe being able to go outside and do yard work. I love how all teh plants turn green and come back to life. I love looking at all the pretty Spring flowers blooming. And to hear the sound sof birds singing outdoors again.

  110. My favorite part of spring is watching all the beautiful colors that pop out. The days aren’t to hot even though lately to cold. Thanks for the chance.

  111. Sarah Norman

    Sunshine and warmth! It is raining again today, but the last 3 days have been amazing, sunny and warm! Puts me in such a good mood compared to the cold and rain!

  112. This has been such a long winter – so glad to finally see some green on the trees.
    Thanks for the giveaway.

  113. I like spring in that it means an end to winter! As a previous commenter mentioned, it only lasts for about 2 weeks (I live in central TX!) but it is a temporary transition. It’s always great when the seeds from last year’s portulaca’s start popping up the initial two-leaved sprouts!

    (Also, did you match Anne’s shirt with the umbrella print in the background??)

    Thanks for the neat giveaway!
    elizabeth.waligora at gmail.com

  114. melle@feathered ruffles

    I love after the long Michigan winter how it all just suddenly bursts forth in color and warmth! the snow is gone, the ground is a velvety green carpet of grass, and every where fl0wers blooming!

  115. I love when the trees are blooming (especially the redbuds, dogwoods, and cherries) before they leaf out. It’s this burst of color before we even see the greens of spring and I love starting that way!

  116. I love sending the kids outside and their dirty little toes when they come back in!

  117. I love seeing the trees and flowers in bloom and spending time outdoors with my family.

  118. Sleeping with the window open is one of my favorite things in the Spring and Fall.

  119. Love the spring flowers and how excited my girls are to play outside and discover nature!
    Thanks for a great giveaway!!

  120. My favorite thing about spring is the warm weather arriving, flowers and trees blooming and the lake unfreezing.

  121. I love that the evenings still cool off enough to sleep with the windows open, and watching the forest green up from the ground up to the tops of the trees!

  122. The flowers and the smell of rain! Cute girl and awesome giveaway! My next project is going to be dresdens!

  123. My favourite thing about Spring is the smell of Jasmine in the air after the cold Winter.

  124. The feeling, how light and more at ease everything becomes. Just with the longer days, the sun, everything growing, all the shades of colour (especially green) and the birds, singing right now when I sit at my open window, looking down to the park before our apartment house 🙂

  125. I love the rain! With two little boys puddle jumping parties are the best!
    Thanks for the chance to win!

  126. I love everything about spring, I got married in spring, my daughter was born in spring, my favourite flowers bloom in spring, the weather is mild but it is warming up in spring. What is not to love about spring apart from the fact that it is so far away this time of year in Australia.

  127. Wearing less clothes and pulling my flip flops back out! Sorry–I know that sounds weird, but this Florida girl is all about simple and layers just feel like I’m suffocating sometimes! 🙂

  128. I’ve been obsessed with charm packs lately – thanks for the giveaway! 🙂

  129. I love the warmth yet cool breeze. No more squeezing your shoulders upward so tight when the wind blows! Great fabric giveaway! Dresden ruler would be great bc I want to make Red Pepper Quilts giant scrap Dresden and I don’t have one. 🙂 Thank you for this chance. Fingers crossed and rubbing hubby’s bald head!

  130. I love all about spring 🙂 I love the nature waking up, everything blooming and becoming green, fresh air, the sun.. I have much more energy when the spring comes. Thanks for a chance to win

  131. My favorite thing about spring is the weather. It’s still chilly but not cold enough that I’m freezing all the time.

  132. I love seeing the birds build their nests, watching the baby birds fledge and then the bird parents feeding their young.

  133. That I get to wake up with sunlight and go home after work with sunlight!! (can you tell I am in Canada?)

  134. I love going to the beach in the spring and seeing the dolphins! christ(dot)joy(at)gmail(dot)com

  135. My favorite part of spring is watching and listening to the migrating birds fly over. We live near a creek, and see a lot. 🙂

  136. My favorite part of Spring is watching everything green up, the flowers start blooming and the warmer weather.

  137. My favorite thing about Spring is laying out in the sun reading a book, not that I get to do that often 😉

  138. Rachel Martorano

    My favorite thing about spring is the leaves coming back on the trees. Thanks for participating! 🙂

  139. I love the bright greens that come with spring. Our spring is really short so we have to enjoy it while it lasts because it is followed by a long, hot summer. Yea, Florida.

  140. Cutest little model! Love spring when everything starts budding and flowers bloom. Seems like the earth is wakening up.

    Thank you for a super giveaway and a chance to win. Fingers crossed!

    usairdoll(at)gmail(dot)com

  141. Definitely the spring rains! They smell so good! Thanks for the giveaway! Amy @ gasudimack(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

  142. Spring is one of the most beautiful timnes of the year with the rebirth of everything. Thanks for a great giveaway.

  143. Andrea Franklin

    My favorite things about spring are: my hillside of poppies I see outside of my kitchen window…and what I call the “obscene (because it’s so in-your-face) greenness” of the trees and grasses, which will change into mostly brown grasses by the end of April and May. Central CA foothills are at their loveliest in the Spring!!!

  144. The days are longer and warmer and I feel much more energetic in Spring, it’s great! 🙂

  145. Allergies! HA. Just kidding. I love how everything is so, so green around here. Thanks for the chance!

  146. My favorite thing about spring…..my birthday. When I was young my mother used to tell me that God sent all the flowers out in the spring just for me. It was such a sweet sentiment.

  147. My favorite thing about spring is simply the warmth. And, as a corollary, that I get to wear flip-flops for the nexy six months!!!!! Thanks for this — I’d love to win!

  148. My favorite thing about spring is the warmth. I am a warm weather kind of girl. I love it!

  149. I love that everything turns green after the dreary end of winter and I love planting all my hanging flower baskets and my garden. Thanks for a chance to win! 🙂

  150. I love the spring flowers – daffodils, snowdrops, bluebells- all so pretty after the grey of winter. Lovely prize, thanks for the chance :o)

  151. The green – the new everything the first flowers … ahhh yes I’m still marvellign at it at the moment … seeing how my view outside the window gets a little greener and more colourful each day

  152. I love when I start seeing cardinals or blue jays- such bright, happy, springtime birds!

  153. My favorite thing about spring are the flowers. I love to watch them open up. I enjoy photographing the details of the flowers.

  154. I love the weather warming up and the longer days, autumn and winter is so depressing in the UK!

  155. My favorite thing about Spring is that we get awesome beach days and a few chilly rainy nights here in Southern California. It’s like the best of both worlds!

  156. Brenda Hulsey

    I love to watch spring come forth in all the wonderful greens of the grasses, trees and flowers! The birds are singing and the frogs are too!

  157. I love that we can get out without needing layers and layers of bulky coats!! I’m so much more likely to do things out with my kids when we don’t have to fight with coats and getting buckled into carseats is so much easier.

    Thanks for the chance! I have two giveaways happening too: http://www.craftyhour.com

  158. Oh my, I’m not sure I could pick just one thing about spring I love! Little green things popping up out of the ground, the lovely colors of things blooming, the sound of birds and rain outside our open windows, the promise of warm summers, packing away jackets and snow clothes!!!! I love it all!!!

  159. Flowers and warm weather! We had a record breaking long winter here in Wisconsin, so I’m really enjoying it this year!

  160. My favorite thing about spring is how everything is new and full of promise. The smells, the color, the warmth of the sun… It’s just glorious!

  161. Greening. Increasing sunlight. New life. Checking the gardens to see what has successfully overwintered. RHUBARB! lol

  162. I love seeing the flowers peek from the ground and the smell of the plum trees blossoming.

  163. Spring flowers! I heart all the different spring bulbs, and have been admiring the cherry blossom across the street…. I noticed recently a sprinkling of violets in a lawn under some trees, such perfume!
    Thanks for the chance!

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