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Monday Giveaway & Off to Slow Stitching

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Ahhh Mondays! Mondays often have that heavy feel, transitioning from a relaxing or adventuresome weekend of family fun back into the daily grind of work and household duties. Not this week! I’m home on a quick packing layover, gathering my supplies for the Slow Stitching Retreat at Medomak Retreat Center in Washington, Maine!! I dropped in on this retreat for one blissful day last year, but this year I’m attending the entire week! I’m so excited to relax with Sam from A Gathering of Stitches (the mastermind behind these retreats), Alison Glass, Chawne Kimber, my friend Karin Jordan from Leigh Laurel Studios who is also attending the retreat, and all of the other slow stitchers!

slow stitching retreat a gathering of stitches maine alison glass chawne kimberMy parents have graciously come up from New Jersey and rented a house on a lake only 15 minutes away from the retreat center, so during the day they will be playing with all three kids, and every evening someone will drive Finn to me where he will join me for sleep, to be (hopefully) joyfully picked up each morning. He’s still a nursing babe at 14 months, so I’m looking forward to the nightly mama reconnection time, too.

medomak retreat center maineI originally aimed to schedule some blog posts for while I was away, but life has been very full these days, so this week will be quiet. I will be stitching away in this big, beautiful building and its neighboring barn, and will join you upon my return. Keep your eye on Instagram, since I will post a few updates to help share the blissful relaxation of the week! I have a fun color inspiration post pretty much ready for the week I return, and will get back into the swing of sharing my creative process and projects with you next week. And of course, of course, I will share a reflection of my time slow stitching.

fresh adventures amy sinibaldi art gallery fabric fat quarter shopTo hold you over for the week, I do have a fun giveaway sponsored by the Fat Quarter Shop! One lucky reader will win this Fresh Adventures Playground Fat Quarter Bundle by Amy Sinibaldi for Art Gallery Fabrics, which includes 10 fat quarters.

To enter the giveaway today, tell me what type of adventures you like to go on. I’m a big fan of exploring new places, so my ideal day consists of traveling to a new ocean beach, walking along the coast line, hiking through the neighboring woods, and picnicking on the beach. I’d love to hear about what you do for an adventure! Leave a comment and make sure I’m able to get ahold of you if you win.  For an additional entry, click HERE and sign up for my Night Quilter email list (or let me know you’re signed up). Tell me how you follow Fat Quarter Shop (facebook,twitter, Instagram, their blog Jolly Jabber, etc.) in a third comment for a third entry.

fresh adventures amy sinibaldi art gallery fabric fat quarter shopThis giveaway is open to US and international participants.  The giveaway will be open until Sunday August 14th at 8pm EST when I’ll select the winner randomly with random.org. Good luck, and enjoy your week! This giveaway is now closed! Congratulations One Creative Family!

*Please note that comment moderation is on, so if you do not see your comment right after posting, do not be alarmed! I will be disconnecting from social media for most of each day on the retreat, but will be checking in each evening to approve new comments. xoxo

182 thoughts on “Monday Giveaway & Off to Slow Stitching”

  1. We love to travel to new places and go for hikes with our cameras in hand to capture the sights and nature that’s not common at home. How lucky for you to have your folks nearby while you are having fun at a retreat! Enjoy it all!

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  5. My family and I like to go out in nature and see what we can see — so National Parks are some of our favorite destinations. And I enjoy (although my family would pass) a trip to a new-to-me quilt shop or fabric store. It’s fun to see what treasures I can find in a new place.

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  6. I’m a pretty low key adventurer, so generally my idea of an exciting thing is to go out to eat at a new place (or an old fave). I do like wandering around outdoors as long as I can be by myself while doing it. I like unorganized adventures, rather than scheduled things.

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  12. My favorite type of adventure is traveling somewhere new with my family! From out of the country to the woods–we are game! 🙂

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  25. Hope you have a fantastic time! Love that fact that you are able to go whilst still feeding and totally get what you say about the mama reconnection – I hope that all works out well. So as to adventure – it’s exploring new places with lots of walking, preferably coastal, finding hidden caves or villages or churches and finding out a little bit more about them. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  29. I love to go wilderness canoeing with my husband. We would canoe back about three lakes till ther was bo people left!

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  30. I love adventures too although our pace has slowed a bit with kids!! Sometimes Yu just have to make your own adventures with kids in tow

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  36. I am looking forward to traveling from Missouri to New Mexico, then Arizona, Utah, and Colorado, thru Kansas and back home. This will be a wonderful 3-4 week trip. I have already told my Husband a quilt shop every town we stay in. First stay is Santa Fe then to Taos. Can’t wait as I’ve never been to these states, except Colorado.

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  37. We are a rather nerdy lot and one of our favorite adventures is to go to a new museum. If you get lucky, you get a great docent to give the tour and they make the world of another place or another time come alive.

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  38. Thank you for the chance to win. It is such a fun bundle of fabrics! Love the colors! I sometimes force myself into adventures, just because I know that change is good. So: new jobs, new cities, grand travels; all good adventures that shake up every day live once in a while :).

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  40. I follow FQS by email and IG. Love their service. Thank to both you and FQS for the giveaway. And wishing you much fun on your slow stitching adventure. Sounds incredible!

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  43. I loved going on a bus with 56 other quilters and going to different states to do a shop hop. Loads of fun.

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  46. My husbands idea of an adventure is to try a new restaurant and so I, as a good wife willingly join him. Thanks for the opportunity to win.

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