I have spent the past three months or more psyching myself up for the Quilter’s Planner designed by Stephanie at Late Night Quilter. I’ve dreamt of a year during which I’m organized, on time, and actually accomplishing my goals in a somewhat planned and consistent way. One month into using the Quilter’s Planner and I’m excited to report that it has helped me create a life that fits my vision! I also finally finished sewing the cover, which adds even more color and cheer to the year ahead. To celebrate, I’ll be giving away a Quilter’s Planner! Now is your chance to get one since they are sold out everywhere else! To be clear, the giveaway is for a planner and fabric only. The planner cover shown in this post is mine… BUT there will be instructions on how to make one just like this available soon, and I’m including the fabric needed to make the outer panel in the giveaway!
Ever since Stephanie announced that she would be teaming up with Amanda at What the Bobbin to provide a tutorial for sewing a personalized planner cover, I’ve been planning to finally cut into my cherished Art Theory panel from Ex Libris by Alison Glass. I am absolutely smitten with the result, and am planning to create a tutorial and piecing instructions for the outer panel in case you would like to make an Alison Glass-themed outer cover, too. (I’m hoping to have it to Stephanie some time next week and she will make it available on the Quilter’s Planner website.)
The cover has the Art Theory panel as the center focal print, with Essex linen in charcoal and coordinating Sun Prints 2016 on the sides. Sun Prints 2016 are arriving in stores now, but Alison was kind enough to send a bit my way in advance for this project. I love how all of her fabric lines coordinate and compliment each other so well!
Here’s the full outer cover, without the planner in it. As you can see, I chose cool colors for the front and warm for the back, complete with the appropriate Sun Prints 2016. As I mentioned above, cutting and piecing instructions for recreating this outer panel will be available on the Quilter’s Planner website soon. I absolutely love it!
Here is the inside without the planner so that you can see the Bookplate in Charcoal (Ex Libris) pockets paired with the Sticks and Twine in Charcoal (Abacus) lining. I added two ribbons; one marks the current weekly calendar page, and one marks the page on which I’m currently sketching new ideas.
I used a bit of Artifact in Charcoal from Abacus as a pen/scissor holder, too. It fits perfectly! Realistically, I most likely will keep my pencil and micron pen in the zip pocket and my scissors in my sewing kit, but I know I have an option to carry them along if need be. Plus, BEAUTY!
I found a perfectly coordinating zipper and some fun eggplant colored elastic at my local quilt shop Fiddlehead Artisan Supply. The elastic is designed for bra straps, so it’s sooooo silky smooth.
I love how the elastic holds the planner together when it’s closed. I have big plans to make a coordinating Super Tote (a Noodlehead pattern) and carrying my planner with me everywhere (scheduled for sometime in the future! LOL).
As you can see, I absolutely love my planner and am very excited to have this finished cover to show to you. I am a big list person, so making the decision to set goals and write out my lists at the beginning of each week and again every morning has been monumental. Not only am I improving at setting and staying on top of realistic sewing and blogging goals, I’m also keeping my house nearly completely clean for the first time ever. The change? A switch from “I should do…” to just doing it. Instead of looking at the dishes and saying “I need to do the dishes” I just put on my dish gloves and dig in. I also space out tasks so that laundry is done in manageable steps instead of left until it’s a mountain with no end in sight. Did the planner work some magic over me? Who knows. Either way, knowing that I have a paper planner with actual listed items I need to cross out each day has made me much more accountable for actually doing the things on my list.
Giveaway time!
Now, for the giveaway! Stephanie was nice enough to send me an extra planner and I want to share it with YOU! I’m also going to include a charm pack of Alison Glass’s Sun Prints 2016, one Art Theory panel in charcoal, and a bit of Robert Kaufman’s Essex linen in charcoal–in other words, all of the fabric needed to create the outside panel for a planner cover just like mine!
To enter the giveaway today, tell me your favorite feature of the Quilter’s Planner, OR a feature you’d like to see next year. You can read all about this year’s Quilter’s Planner and can sign up for email updates here. Leave a comment and make sure I’m able to get ahold of you if you win. If you’re a follower of Night Quilter, leave a second comment telling me how you follow for a second entry.
For those of you who want to be in the loop for next year regardless of whether you win this planner, I definitely recommend signing up for the mailing list at http://quiltersplanner.com/. When you sign up, you’ll also immediately receive a PDF of the Individual Project Planning Page. Stephanie will periodically email you new PDFs as she develops them to thank you for your support, and you will be the first to know when preorders open for next year’s planner.
This giveaway is open to US and international participants. The giveaway will be open until 8pm Wednesday 2/10 when I’ll select the winner randomly with random.org. Good luck, and spread the word! This giveaway has ended. The winner will be announced shortly!
I’m linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts Finish it up Friday, and I’m so excited to have this gorgeous finished planner cover to brighten my days!
Please note that while I usually try to reply to every blog comment by email, due to the volume of comments during giveaways I will not be able to reply to all comments on this post. Know, though, that I read every one and appreciate all of your kind words!!
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Oh, and I follow you on IG. 🙂
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I follow you on Instagram!
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Your cover is fantastic and I’d love to make one like it! I like making lists and the graph paper is great 🙂
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I am a beginner quilter and typically carry a planner and separate “quilt/fabric” binder…I would love to combine for days when I see fabric or ideas and don’t have my binder…lol
The grid and doodling pages are awesome!
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I follow you on Instagram 😄
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I follow you on the instagrams.
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Your cover is beautiful and I would love a planner!
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Wow! There’s so many great features to this planner! I would have to choose the pages to track supplies and the grid pages for designing – two areas that I plan to improve on this year. I love, love, love the planner cover!
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Your planner cover is stunning! I love that the planner includes weekly patterns for when I need inspiration and I think it would help me stay focused on my quilting projects.
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I follow on Instagram!
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I also follow you on IG and Periscope.
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Your cover for the planner is fabulous. I follow you on IG, fb and your blog. I don’t need another planner, just wanted to say I love my planner and it definitely helps me stay on track with plans in my head going straight into the planner pages. You don’t need to add my name to the giveaway, as I have a planner pal already!
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I like so many things about this calendar! The practical set up, project space, extra space for sketching ideas or placing fabric swatches… I think anyone who quilts would love this!
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I follow your blog as well as on Instagram.
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Love the planner – so much room for writing stuff!!! Would love a pen loop next year!!!
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I love the idea of grid paper for designing, but what I REALLY want to get my hot little hands on are the weekly block designs. Must have! 😉
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Following you on bloglovin!
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You made an awesome cover 🙂 I like the pattern in the planner and the special place for the quilting ideas
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Love to keep me more organized with my quilting life!
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I would love to have a planner to get more organized. I typically have more than one project going on at a time so anything that can help me prioritize and finish items is a plus! I would love the graph paper and blank pages as I typically modify patterns or change the directions to suit my style. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I follow you on IG mostly.
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I love the idea of the planner, as I progress in my quilting adventure it would be great to collect all my ideas & projects in one place.
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I follow you on WordPress and IG
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& followed for a second entry. Love your planner especially the Essex.
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I would use the planner to help me get organized
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I also follow you on instagram. I’m thesistyuglerstoo
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The graph paper is the best part for me. Your cover is beautiful!
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I follow you on wordpress
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I am very new to quilting although I’m 61 years old. I have been trying to make my own planner and just found the one on LNQ and your FB post and would love to have one. Your cover is going to be beautiful. I will be signing up on LMQ to see the features of this years and what next year will have. I hope I win. Thanks
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Amazing cover! I think the block patterns in the planner are really nice.
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I love the checklist so you can see at a glance where you are in a project.
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Beautiful cover, I follow your blog and on Instagram
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I follow you on Instagram. 🙂
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I like everything about this planner and cannot believe I missed the bandwagon. I love the way it invites small sketches. Your cover is a work of art and I would so love to make one!
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Being a graph paper addict and one who does lots of virtual quilting by planning them out, I love the project planning pages. It would be wonderful to have a “planning supplement” that would give you lots of extra pages and that could be tucked in the back of the planner covers. Speaking of which, yours has to be my very favorite of all of the ones I’ve seen, primarily on IG. I would love to win the fabric to make a cover like yours for something, anything. The planner is a wonderful bonus, but your cover is to die for.
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I follow you on Instagram! @artandstole
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I follow you on Instagram and also just signed up to get your blog posts by e-mail so I don’t miss any. I’m not so regular at following blogs through my various “readers” but my high priority reads go to e-mail when it’s available.
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A P.S. Just discovered that signing up for the Quilter’s Planner newsletter gets you a PDF to print extra planning pages!
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Love your planner cover! I find I am attracted to bright colors with dark backgrounds more than light ones. I use scrap paper to make lists and plan…..it would be so much better to have one place for this!
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What a great give away! I follow on IG.
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I like the little block patterns scattered throughout and the project tick-list is excellent.
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Oh and I follow through Instagram 😊
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That’s a stunning cover! Love the planner! The weekly layout across the top makes it easy to visualize the week. And the items in the back keep key info handy – and the patterns and artwork are inspirational. Would love to see a couple of pages for swatches.
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I think it is the included patterns that make the planner so very unique! I LOVE your cover — I covet that same Alison Glass panel print in charcoal.
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I follow your blogposts via email.
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I love the graph paper and just the fact that it is a calendar!
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I love the ability to have graph paper handy for sketching out blocks and the weekly block feature is pretty cool too!>
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I follow you on Bloglovin.
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I follow you on Instagram
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Planning is not my forte, maybe this will help me keep it all in one place!
Would have loved some triangle graphpaper in it as well.
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