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Planning a Colorful Year {& Giveaway}

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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!

alison glass quilters planner coverEver 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.)

alison glass quilters planner coverThe 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!

alison glass quilters planner coverHere’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!

alison glass quilters planner coverHere 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.

alison glass quilters planner coverI 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!

alison glass quilters planner coverI 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.

alison glass quilters planner cover
View of the back of the planner cover, with the gorgeous elastic holding it all together.

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).

quilters planner cover alison glassAs 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!

Giveaway Quilter's Planner and Fabric BLOGTo 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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390 thoughts on “Planning a Colorful Year {& Giveaway}”

  2. I’m new to quilting and already losing track of projects and goals, so I’m just excited that this exists at all!
    I also follow night quilter on Instagram. 🙂

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  12. Oh, oh, oh my…your planner cover is fab! My fav is always what helps me keep organized…love the organizational layout. Hoping to win!!!
    Thank you so much!

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  17. What a gorgeous cover and I love the idea of the planner. I think my favourite feature is the ability to add swatches and keep them safe as a record of your ideas. I’ll be crossing my fingers.

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  22. I love this planner! I love the graph paper and project planning pages, and that it is integrated with a daily planner, so that quilting isn’t a separate part of your life 🙂

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  27. I have been coveting this planner, but didn’t bite the bullet to get one and I regret it! I love that it is designed specifically for quilters. I like that different blocks are featured in it and that there is graph paper to draw on. I love the idea of mapping out my projects and time and meeting those goals. I am a follower on Instagram. Thank you for the chance to win one! Your cover is so beautiful!

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  28. I love your cover for the planner. How could you not want to keep it where ever you go? and keep orgnized along the way! Pretty and organized!
    Barb M

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  29. It’s beautiful! I love the idea of having all my notes and drawings all together and not just on scraps of paper like I do now (I’m incredibly disorganized).

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  36. I loved the look of the patterns. My cheap, pocket-sized newsagency diary simply cannot compare with that.
    I do my laundry promptly – up to a point. I hate ironing so it piles up! My ironing basket is often a mountain with no end in sight. Do you think the planner could help me fix that? 🙂

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  38. Your cover is stunning. I like the weekly pages with blocks and planning space for not only quilting, but home and work. The planner is so well thought out and would certainly help make me a little more organized (maybe just so that I can check things off and look at the planner often). Thank you for the chance to win.

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  40. I think my quilting problem is not having a wonderful planner like this! I absolutely LOVE your planner cover and can’t wait for the tutorial! I follow via Instagram as atticjane 🙂

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  41. I am in love with the cover you made, absolutely stunning use of the fabric! I am a BIG planner girl so this would help me get my quilting life more organIzed as I have over 90 projects started/planned out! 😳. Thanks for the chance!

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  43. I am so excited about the idea of organizing all of my projects!!! Excited to also have the grid sheets and be able to include other life obligations to the calendar! I follow the nightly quilter on IG so I have enjoyed watching this creative process!

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  45. I love that this is the complete organiser. Its well thought out, user friendly & usable which encourages organisation – it makes you want & need to be organised & in control. The fact that quilting dominates my every thought so to be able to plan my next project in the same place as planning work & home life is an added plus!

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  48. I’m a list maker so this planner is right up my alley. I need to get my projects in order so I can start knocking them out. And I LOVE Alison Glass fabrics!

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