I knew today was going to be a good day when I got out of bed this morning....I just had that feeling. My good feeling is going to be someone's gain in their stash. In celebration of my little blog having 500 followers, I'm having a giveaway and here's what someone will receive.
(click on picture to get a close up of the goodies)
From Mill Hill's Autumn Harvest Collection - Hooty the Owl kit.
From Shepherd's Bush - Pine Needle Roll kit.
From Erica Michaels - her Needle Nut Scissor Fob pattern which includes the 30ct. silk gauze.
From Namaste - a leather case which will hold your scissors and needles.
From Gingher - a pair of their premium thread clippers.
From Access Commodities - Needle Card which shows you all the different kinds of needles used for needlework and their sizes.
From Hand Dyed Fibers - a 25yd spool of 6 stranded silk in Gigi's Christmas colors.
From Graziano Linen - a 14 x 16 piece of tan/cream checked linen.
From Riley Blake Designs - a charm pack of 5" squares in fall colors.
From Caron - a skein of Wildflowers in the color Kelp.
From Caron - a skein of Waterlillies in the color Nefertiti.
I will also throw in some surprises that are too numerous to name. Here are the rules for this giveaway:
You must be a follower of this blog.
Please comment on this post only and here's how you can have a second entry. If you want a second chance to win this giveaway, post a second comment and in that comment tell me who your favorite designer is. That's it.....that's all. I will keep this open for a week so next Wednesday, Aug. 15 I will use the random number generator to pull a number.
Good luck to everyone who enters!!!!
Blessings as always,
Barbara
174 comments:
Congratulations on so many followers and what a wonderful prize for your giveaway.
My favorite designer changes with the wind but today I am admiring some Ellen Maurer-Stroh charts.
WOW 500 followers!! Congrats.
Thank you for a chance in your give away.
Congratulations Barbara! What grand prizes. :)
My fav designer is Pam Kellogg. I wish she was still designing but I have lots of her charts so have lots to stitch.
Hey, I'm back! My favorite designer might be La D Da.
Its great when you wake up with that feeling isnt it.
Thanks for such a lovely giveaway, well done on 500 follower.
One of my fav designers is Judy Dixon, she has some gorgeous designs.
oooooooooooooooo mopping up lady like drool from looking at your photo .... gorgeous goodies you have picked for the giveaway :)
thanks for the chance to get my paws on them :)
love mouse xxxxxx
ps favourite designer at the mo is La d da :)
love mouse xxxx
Great giveaway. I am a follower.
So hard to pick one designer but at the moment, mine is Nora Adams.
Congrats on your 500 Followers! I'd love to be entered in your giveaway :)
aaaaaaaaand my favourite designer.. hmm, Firewing Designs! I love making her signet dragons which make wonderful gifts for my male friends. :D
What a great giveaway! Thank you!
Almost forgot- my favorite designers are White Willow, Ink Circles, & Brittercup. Couldn't narrow it down to one, but they're my top 3.
Congrats on hitting 500! Awesomely good give away! Good luck to all - could you throw my name in too?
My favorite designer - agh...Blackbird Designs!
Congrats on the big 500!! Thats a lot of readers!! Please enter me in your draw thanks a bunch
Congratulations on 500 followers!!! Such a great and milestone to achieve. I'd love to entered into your giveaway. I even came out of my blogging hiatus to get in on the fun. Thanks for the chance and Congratulations again!!
Oh my favorite designer at the moment is Chatelaine designs
Gosh, I don't know who my favorite designer would be because I love samplers But I love Scarlett Letter charts for their wonderful reproductions of all the old samplers. Can reproducers of charts be considered designers?
Congrats! I am already a follower.
Peggy
peggy_verdongibbs@att.net
Congratulations on reaching 500 followers! That is awesome!
I follow your blog and check in often. I love seeing pics of your doggie and your stitching. :)
I don't really have a favorite designer, but I like Lizzie Kate charts.
Thanks,
Peggy
peggy_verdongibbs@att.net
My favorite designer lately is Blackbird Designs. Shepherd's Bush is a close second.
Thanks for a chance at your wonderful giveaway!
Congrats on 500 followers!! That is a great milestone. I would love to be included in your giveaway.
I have many designers that I stitch but I would say my favorite stitched pieces are La D Da designs.
I would love to enter. What a great prize. I am a follower. x
Congraulations on 500 followers!!! thats super exciting!!! I have been a follower for a while. Thank you for the chance to win your giveaway- there is a lot of awesome stuff in there.
Happy Stitching
Denise
Oh my! My favourite designer?? It would have to be a draw between Beth Twist of Heartstrings samplery or Tanya Marie Anderson from The Sampler Girl. I really couldn't choose between them! x
Congratulations on 500 followers! I would love to be entered into your contest.
Thank you!
Laura
ljmcd7 @ gmail.com
My favorite designer would have to be Diane Williams of Little House Needleworks. Love her stuff.
Happy Stitching
Denise
I love all sorts of designs but right now I am leaning towards Country Cottage Needleworks.
Thanks again for the chance!
Laura
ljmcd7 @ gmail.com
What a generous giveaway! Thanks for sharing, and congratulations on 500 followers.
I had to think a bit about my favorite designer, but for now I'll have say My Big Toe. Like just about everyone else, that's subject to change, lol.
Congrats to you hun on 500 followers that's wonderful; I really enjoy your blog and look forward to your posts; you do some beautiful stitching/finishing..
Hugs, Shar
I have so many "favorites" but right now I'd prob have to say Lizzie Kate is my favorite.. :)
Hugs, Shar
Barbara, congratulations on your 500 followers. Your blog is great! Thank you for doing this great giveaway :)
My favorite designer is Lizzie Kate. Her charts are so fun, and I love their whimsy!
Congrats on 500 followers! That is really awesome! And what a great giveaway!! So many wonderful things.
My favorite designer is Nora Corbett.
Congrats on having 500 followers of which I am one. I would love to be entered in your awesome giveaway.
Linda
My favorite designer is Diane Arthurs.
Linda
Huge congratulations on reaching 500 followers!!
My favourite designer is Tracy Horner of Ink Circles.
Congrats on the followers, woohoo!! You are an amazing woman, blogger, and incredible stitcher to boot!! I can remember years ago seeing your items on ebay and wishing I would be able to finish items like you when I grew up. Keep up the good work!
OH- and as far as favorite designer, the old style Shepherd's Bush- always has been, always will be. Just love the "wee people".
Barbara,
Congrats on number 500!!
I always enjoy reading your blog.
Your giveaway is awesome!!
Congrats 0n 500! What a wonderful giveaway. I'm hoping to be the lucky one to have these goodies come my way. Thanks for the opportunity!
As far as my favorite designer? Blackbird Designs, of course
Congrats on having 500 followers! Please enter me in your giveaway!
My favourite designer is Teresa Wentzler
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Very impressive to have so many followers. I'm not even close to that number...but maybe one day.
hugs
-missy-
My favorite designer is a tie between Diane of LHN and Jardin Prive because they both make me happy the entire time I'm stitching them.
Congrats on the 500 followers and for the chance at such wonderful goodies!
My favorite designer would have to be Lisa Roswell, The Primitive Needle. Such a tradegy, the industry lost on of it's finest.IMHO
Congrats on 500!!!
I am a follower, even though Google keeps booting me out. :(
I would love to enter.
Marilyn
I have many favorites, but right now Chessie & Me.
Marilyn
Congrats on reaching 500 followers. I think I need about 480 more followers on my blog befor I reach that milestone!!
My fave designer? Beth Twist of Heartsting Samplery.
Congratulations on 500 followers! I hope to get there with my blog one day!
My favorite designer...humm that's a tough one. I like Little House Needleworks a lot right now
Congrats on 500 followers! Please enter my name for the drawing.
My favorite designer right now is Meg Hawkey from Crabapple Hill.
Well gosh, Barbara, what a generous gal you are!
Congrats on 500...but that's no surprise as we all adore ya ;)
Please throw my hat into the chance to win.
Hugs
Ma
My favorite designers are too many to count, but if I had to say the one that I go gaga for, it would have to be...Prairie Schooler.
Hugs and good luck to all!
Ma
OH, and I forgot to say the most important words of all...
Thank you Barbara for such a sweet giveaway.
Hugs
Ma
I am a follower....
Congrats on the 500
Thanks for a great giveaway
My favorite are
Prairie Schooler
Angel Stichin
Shepherd's Bush
Lizzie Kate
Just to name a few
Congrats on your 500th post.
You are very generous with your giveaway. I am a follower of your blog. May I please be entered in your giveaway.
Blessings, Lynn
pookeroo10@hotmail.com
My favorite designers are:
Stacy Nash Primitives
Blackbird Designs
Country Rustic Primitives
Pineberry Lane
Any there are many more but these are my favorites.
Blessings,
Lynn
pookeroo10@hotmail.com
Thanks for such an awesome Grand Give-Away!
Hi Barbara, Congratulations on having so many followers!! Please add my name to the give-away. It looks wonderful!
Hi Again, If I have to pick just one designer it would be Blackbird Designs with Prairie Schooler a close second!!
Gosh, I have so many favorite designers including Brooke's Books, LHN, Blackbird Designs and on and on.
Wow! Congrats! Please enter me, thanks so much! hannasmom1198@aol.com
I have many favorite designers, but I would have to say one is The Sampler Girl! :)
What a great Giveaway !!!! Please include me - I am definitely a follower !!!
I don't think I have a favorite designer - But right now I seem to be leaning towards La-D-Da ....
Hugs ;)
Barbara - My Momma didn't raise no fool! This is a honey of a giveaway! I'd love to be considered. On to the 2nd comment. Thx for being so generous!
Barbara - I think my favorite designs are the BlackBird Designs. But I love Country Cottage Designs, Just Nans and so, so many others. I love the Blue Ribbon Designs as well. But my favorite is Blackbird. Thx again for doing this.
I would love to be entered in your great giveaway! Congrats on 500 followers.
I love love so many designers but Blackbird Designs is my favorite.
500 followers... that is SO awesome!!! I'd love to help celebrate, so please enter me in your draw. Thanks so much for the chance!
For a second chance, I have to say my favourite designer (at the moment) would be Lizzie Kate. I'm really loving the look of her newer designs. Thanks again! :-)
Wowsie, wowsie, woo woo....what a giveaway! Please count me in!
Monica
My favorite designer is Prairie Schooler. Can't get enough of that stuff.
Monica
Congratulations to the many readers of the number of blogs.
I also want to try luck.
Now is your favorite designer Véronique Enginger.
What a wonderful giveaway Barbara.
Congratulations on reaching 500 followers.
I would love to have a chance of winning.
Thank you.
Wow now let me think who my favorite designer is I do like Black bird designs and S/bush, but any charts from the US would be fantastic.
Congratulations for 500 followers :)
What a yummy giveaway please count me in.
My fav designer is blackbird design.
Love cucki xxx
Ho my !
500 followers...congrats =)
I only have 40 !! hehehehe
I would love to enter your giveaway
your gifts are very different from what I usually stitch and it would be great fun
big hugs
xxxx
I love stitching designs that 'speaks' to me :)
and whoever the designer is...
but I think Margaret Sherry and Michael Powell are my favourite =)
xxxx
Congrats on 500 followers . I'd love to be entered in your draw , thank you.
One of my favourtite designers is Lizzie Kate , but there are more ,lol .
Congratulations on 500 followers. I love seeing the pieces that you stitch and your wonderful finishing.
Please put my name in the hat.
Her is my fav designer comment :)
Prairie Schooler
Blackbird Designs
There are many others too :)
Whow, what a lovely give-away you have! The question whom is my favorit designer is hard to answer! But for embroidery it are the ladies from Blackbird design and Stacy Nash and for quilting the Dutch designer Quiltma and Lynette Anderson, but sometimes I just fall for a beautiful quilt and want to make that and then I don't ask whom has designed it!
I will make a special log to let my readers know of your give-away!
Greetings from Holland,
Lida
I came across your blog through another one - wow, you make very pretty stuff! I'll become a follower!
Wow! Awesome achievement Barbara - 500 is amazing! Congrats - only you would celebrate by giving something back to others. And such a smorgosboard of delights you are giving away too - I'd love to be included!
Almost forgot - my current favorite designer is Shepherd's Bush. Thanks again ;-)
hello i'm just discovering your blog
so i'm a folower today. I would Love tot jion your giveaway. Greetings monique
Congratulations on 500 followers. Really super!
And the giveaway is also really great. I love to join!
Greetings, Els
Hello again.
My favoriet designer is EMS andere i also love the Franse designers.
Greetings Monique
Forgot something. My favorite designers, I like Blackbird Designs, Country Cottage Needleworks and Red Brolly for the nice combination of stitching and patching.
Gr. Els
Oh I would love to participate in this giveaway So exciting to reach 500 followers.
My favorite designer currently is Nikki at CCN, such cheery patterns and use of colors, but my overall favorite is Lavender and Lace, she has such elegance in her use of colors
gefeliciteerd, met aldeze volgelinge, en op naar het volgend lustrum. groetjes Hennie
Congratulations for having 500 followers. What a fantastic milestone. And what a great give away. :)
My favorite designer is Blackbird Designs.
500 woohooo. What a great giveaway. Please include me.
my favorite designer, hard to pick just one. I would go with blackbird designs.
I know you won't stop at 500 followers. Your blog is great! Thanks for the giveaway chance.
Fav designer--I probably have more Blackbird Designs and La D Da charts, but I'm working on a Prarie Schooler and JBW Designs right now and just love Rosewood Manor. Not enough time...
Congratulations with your 500 follower !! Great give away !!
What a great give away. Congrats on 500 followers. That's a WOW! I have to many favorite designers. Isn't it great they are all out there for us to enjoy. Thanks
oohsaahsw@aol.com
Congrats on your 500 Followers! I'd love to be entered in your giveaway, great giveaway!. I am a follower.
One of my favorites designers at the moment is Tralalá
Congrats on your 500 followers! I am one of your new followers. I would love to get a chance to win your great give/away!
Saskia
My favourite designer is Little House Needleworks!
i love your blog and your giveaway, twinkh@gmail.com
Wonderful giveaway - please enter me!
I am a longtime follower!
My favourite designer is Darlene O'Steen
Wow, what a generous giveaway! Please enter me into it!
And Congratulations on reaching 500 followers! That is awesome!!
I would have to say my favorite designer is Emie Bishop (Cross 'n Patch)
Thanks!
Hi Barbara! How wonderful to have reached 500 followers! I love your blog and I hope you will include me in your generous giveaway drawing. Best, Rina
skystitching34 at gmail dot com
Just one favorite designer? Gah! So hard...but I think I can narrow it down to a tie between Little House Needleworks and The Sampler Girl!
If I had a blog and I had 500 followers, I would be thrilled - and scared! Congratulations and I look forward to many more posts!
This week I think my favorite designer is Rosewood Manor. Next week will probably be something different!
What an accomplishment wirh500 followers!!! Congrats And definitely count me in on this fantastic giveaway!!!! Faye
Congratulations on 500 followers Barbara.
Carol H UK
What a nice blog. And what a lovely give away.
Congratulations on 500 followers!
What a beautiful embroidery you make!
greetings Marijke (NL)
Hi here I am again uhhh my favourite designer is Brenda Gervais!
Have a nice day,
groetjes Marijke (NL)
Been your blog for a while now! Thanks for the opportunity to win such a great collection!
512 CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations on 500+ followers!
I've been a follower for a while. Could I be included in your giveaway?
I have several favorite designers!! Joan Eliott, Lorri Birmingham, Lizzie Kate.
Woo Hoo!! Congratulations on reaching this milestone!
Choosing a favorite designer is like choosing a favorite child, so I'll pick a name out of the hat - ta da! It,s Beth Twist, Heartstring Samplery!
Thank you for a chance in your give away.
My favorite designer is Blackbird Designs.
And also The Drawn Treads.
I would like to enter your give-away!
My favourite designer at the moment is probably Lizzie*Kate.
I have been a follower for some time now :-)
i love your give away, never done something from Mill Hill so that would be a challenge. The other charts are beautiful as wel, but hey ... I'm a autumn girl :-) Threads, fabric and scissor as so pretty so I keep my fingers crossed till august 15 (Okay not all the time otherwise I can't stitch).
My favorite designer is Diane from Little House Needleworks but there are so many wonderful designers. What would we be without them :-)
Congrats, I will be a follower in the next minutes.
Favourite designer, gosh, actually I don't have a favo-designer. But Margaret Shelly will be very close to that.
Congratulations Barbara, 500 followers is amazing! I've been a follower for a short time and I love seeing all of your wonderful finishes.
Please enter me into your giveaway and thanks for the opportunity!
I think I'd have to say that both Plum Street Samplers and Shakespeare's Peddler are my absolute favourites followed very closely by Blackbird Designs. Sorry, I can't pick just one, lol!
Congrats on reaching 500!!
Thanks for the chance at some great goodies!
I love so many designers, but I'll go with BBD!
Ooo I'm a follower add me to the draw
And my favourite designer would have to be ink circles at the moment though that could change in a moment
Well done on over 500 followers Barbara. Quite a milestone.
And my favourite designers are Shepherds Bush without a doubt. I do like lots of others though. A great prize! Thank you
Hi I love your blog
My fav designer is marjolein Bastin and Donna Koolher
Congrats on the 500 followers! I love the idea of all those stitchers across the world all connecting with each other.
Amazing giveaway too.
I have four favourite designers but as I'm stitching her tonight it'll be Joan Elliott for this comment!
Congrats for more than 500 followers! Thank you for the opportunity of such a fantastic gieveawy.
Judy heartland stitcher
Now for part 2: I really have many favorites, but will list LHN and Blackbird and Homespun elegance among my top favorites. Thanks again for the opportunity.
Judy heartland stitcher
Oh HOW EXCITING to have 500 followers!!!! That is just wonderful! But we all know it's because you inspire us so much from your stitching and finishes!!!
Now for my 2nd chance to enter!
My favorite designer would have to be Shepherd's Bush! Although I have a few others that rank up there at the top, Shepherd's Bush would have to be THE number one designer pick for me.
Congratulation on the 500 followers!
I am your follover too...
Congrats on 500 followers. Please enter me in your giveaway. I am a follower.
What an amazing milestone!! I'm just getting back into stitching, and love reading blogs!!Congrats!
Congratulations with your more than 500 followers. Nice give away. Greetings Ria
Congrats! What a fantastic giveaway!
Many congratulation on achieving 500 followers. Your work is beautiful.
My favourite designer is Just Nan.
Diane
Oh wow, congrats on your 500 followers!
Thank you so much for the giveaway!
Hugs,
Tatyana
Congratulations on 500 followers! I've managed to get behind on my blog reading, so I barely squeaked in on this. Its always been a joy to read your blog and see what you've been working on, I've gotten a few finishing ideas from you.
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