It’s here: the most epic sewing-blog giveaway day in the entire blogosphere. This is my first year participating, and I’m excited to have a great bundle to give away today! Welcome to readers new and old, and to those of you visiting for the first time, I encourage you to have a look around. Here I share my creative and design process, project progress, completed creations, tutorials, color inspiration, and more, chock full of colorful photographs. If you like what you see, you can follow my blog via email or bloglovin (look –>) or follow me on Instagram or Twitter, or can check out my paper piecing patterns on Craftsy.
Now, let’s cut to the chase! Here’s what you could win today:
Fabric Bundle
I personally selected this bundle of fabric from one of my favorite local quilt shops, Fiddlehead Artisan Supply in Belfast, Maine. The bundle includes a half yard of Cotton + Steel Fern book in Navy, from Mesa by Alexia Abegg as the inspiration piece, and fat quarters of:
- XOXO in Toy Boat by Rashida Coleman Hale, Cotton + Steel Basics
- XOXO in Dandilion by Rashida Coleman Hale, Cotton + Steel Basics
- Plot Circles in Carrot from Doe by Carolyn Friedlander (Robert Kaufman Fabrics), and
- Spot On Pearl Metallic Small Dot in Copen (Robert Kaufman Fabrics)
Choice of Two (2) Quilt Patterns from
Yvonne of Quilting Jetgirl was generous enough to offer winner’s choice of any two (2) of her quilt patterns! You can check out her available patterns in her Craftsy shop HERE. I know which two I would choose–have you seen Tesselated Leaves or Triangle Transparency!?, but which two would you choose? Here is a peek at just a few of her patterns:

On this blog, I strive to share the course inspiration takes in my sewing and creating: from original spark to completed project. To enter the giveaway today, I’d love to hear what inspires you to create. Leave a comment and make sure I’m able to get ahold of you if you win. If you’re a follower, leave a second comment telling me how you follow for a second entry.
This giveaway is open to US and international participants. The giveaway will be open until 8pm EST Sunday 5/10 when I’ll select the winner randomly with random.org. I’ll announce and email the winner on Monday 5/11. Good luck! NOTE: The giveaway is now closed. A winner will be announced tomorrow!
While you’re at it, go check out all of the other fabulous giveaways at Sew Mama Sew, especially this generous offer by my friends Stephanie & Michelle at Late Night Quilter for free long arm quilting!!
P.S. I always try to respond to comments, but may not be able to on the giveaway posts due to the high number of comments. Please know I appreciate your visit and hope you follow or come back again!




I’m inspired by the fabric, as well as by all the beautiful things other people are creating and posting about on their blogs!
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Those fabrics go together so beautifully! Thanks for the chance to win them. If I’m in the need for inspiration I like to click around pinterest – I never end up copying things as I see them but all the different things I see usually inspire a new project x
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Inspiration is everywhere.
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I love what other people make and the fabric that they use!
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I follow on feedly!
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Wow – this actually is a stumper! I love modifying pictures or patterns I see.
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I follow through feedly thanks.
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Colors all around me inspire me the most!
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I follow via email, Thanks!
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I’m inspired by blogs, friends and pinterest…
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I love the feeling you get from using/seeing someone else use stuff I’ve made.
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Creating is relaxing, inspiration is everywhere.
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Following on bloglovin’.
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I’m inspired by other people! When I see what other people can create, I’m always inspired to create!
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I follow on instagram
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I am inspired by what other people make! Sometimes a pattern really sings in certain fabrics that I may have never even thought of.
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Color inspires me-just can’t get enough of it!
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I’m inspired by watching other people’s creations. Some books, too – Anne of Green Gables, surprisingly, always makes me want to sew or knit or crochet 🙂
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I’m inspired by science!
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And I follow on bloglovin’!
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I’m inspired to create because I like giving people handmade presents. 🙂
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I am often inspired by seeing new fabrics and thinking about what I could make with them, shapes and shadows are also another creative inspiration.
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Beautiful fabrics (like that bundle you put together!) and seeing what others are doing.
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I find inspiration from many places. I love to see what people on making on Instagram and on blogs. I’m lucky to be in a guild with many talented people that give me almost too much inspiration! Thanks for the chance!
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I’m inspired by colors and what’s around me.
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Nature and a challenge.
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I clicked to follow you on BlogLovin
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My friends in the interwebs..and all the luscious fabric coming out!
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Color inspires me. From bright to bold to dark to light. Inspiration is just at your finger tips!
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I am inspired by other crafters creations, so I roam the internet a lot.
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Lovely fabric – thanks for the giveaway!
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At the moment I am working on a block which I saw in a castle as woodwork in summer. You can find so many patterns if you open your eyes.
Thanks for this gorgeous give away. Sadly I did not know about that shop when I was in Belfast.
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I mostly create based on need, but I get a lot of inspiration from fabric, blogs, and pinterest.
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Nature and colour.
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I really don’t know what inspires me but I do know that my creativity is strong early morning.
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Can’t explain it- I’ve just got to do it!
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I love IG. So many ppl making gorgeous things. I see new fabrics, designs, and color choices that I might not would have looked at twice if I hadn’t had the chance to see how someone else saw it. Other quilters and sewists always inspire me! Thanks for the cool giveaway!
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I follow through bloglovin. Love love love these colours.
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When someone I love is going through something beautiful, or hard whatever it may be it leads me to creating something that will be uplifting for them.
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Beautiful supplies always inspire me to create
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I follow on bloglovin
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I’m inspired by nature!
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Nature and Pinterest. I love seeing what others create and it gives me ideas of my own. powersjlc (at) gmail (dot) com . Thanks for the chance.
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I follow you by Bloglovin.
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inspiration: giving things that make people smile!
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Pinterest and magazines
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I follow with bloglovin and IG.
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Oh i would love to win!!! Thank you for the chance! 🙂 My biggest source of inspiration are my friends in the online sewing community for sure!
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I read blogs that inspire me. But even when I don’t I have an inner voice telling me to create
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I’m inspired by lots of things! Nature and the colors and patterns found there probably most of all 🙂
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