Winner!!

Look what came for me in the mail from Cast On Cast Off, St. John's, NL. Cast On Cast Off  had a draw last month and my name was picked. How lucky!! Thanks bunches for picking me. The yarn is Bergy Blue Heritage 2ply from Briggs and Little. Of course, the knitting book, Saltwater Gifts by Christine LeGrow and Shirley A. Scott, is fabulous! It is filled with lots of colourful photos and easy to follow NL knitting patterns. A must have book for knitters.

Enjoy!!

• Newfoundland knitters rescue trigger mitts from extinction
• Saltwater Mittens    
• Saltwater Classics
  

I Won a Magazine

I've been following Margaret Blank, textile artist, for many years. Earlier this month, I entered her giveaway for celebrating 15 years as a blogger and won! My prize is the Inspirations magazine shown below. Thanks, Margaret.



Since this magazine is all about hand embroidery, here's a few links to check:

• Hand Embroidery by Corinne Sleight (another from Magpie's Mumbling)
• Free Embroidery Patterns from Andrea Zuill's Blog
• Embroidery Patterns from French Knots
• Cats Cross Stitch

Enjoy!!    

I Won . . .!

Imagine my surprise a few days ago, to find out that I won the lovely crazy quilted postcard embroidered by Mary Anne at Magpie's Mumblings. The winner was asked to send in their favorite Christmas recipe. My Mom's Dark Fruitcake, posted HERE, is my favorite.

This cake was baked a couple of years ago. Mom always said to smooth out the uncooked batter with a knife dipped in hot water! It didn't help my cake as you can see. However, the cracks didn't affect the taste!

I Won a Magazine

On December 26 / 15, Monika Kinner Whalen, of My Sweet Prairie, had a giveaway on Face Book. She had 5 extra copies of Noro Magazine, in which she was featured. She used the blended colors of Noro to create intricate details of plant life in her embroidered works of art.

Well, I was one of the 5 winners and just received my copy. This is a new magazine to me and I must say, it has a lot of impressive looking modern style patterns using Noro yarns. Check them out on their web site above.

Drop by My Sweet Prairie too, as you won't be disappointed. 

Thanks, Monika!

 

I Won A Cookbook!

My cell phone indicated that I had several new messages. I looked at the inbox and wondered why Barry Parsons (Rock Recipes) was contacting me. Well, I was the winner of a signed copy of his Rock Recipes 2 cookbook. The contest was on Facebook this weekend. Thank you, Barry!

I have been following Barry's web site, Rock Recipes, for quite awhile. The recipes / photos are great! The best part, his recipes are down to earth and you don't have to go all over creation looking for ingredients.

A couple of years ago, Barry decided to write his first cookbook, Rock Recipes. It was a fantastic success. Not too long ago, he launched his second cookbook, Rock Recipes 2. They can both be purchased on Amazon. com and Amazon.ca.

As the owner of both these books, I highly recommend them to anyone anywhere.

Also, check out Rock Recipes on Pinterest. Lots of great recipes!

Rock Recipes is published by Breakwater Books, Newfoundland.

Enjoy!

Winner in my 1000 Posts Giveaway

WINNER!!

I wish to thank everyone who participated in my 1000 Posts giveaway.

The winner is Sheila from Sheila's Quilt World. I have already sent Sheila an email announcing that she won.

Winner of My Giveaway

Thank you to everyone who visited my blog during Grow Your Blog and left such lovely comments.

The winner of my very first giveaway is Carol Dillman. Carol visited via Grow Your Blog from Dillman's Dallies. She has been contacted via email.

Enjoy your day!

Guess What!!

Even though last week was an extremely busy one for me, I did manage to make a quick visit to the various blogs featured in Blogathon Canada. I did enter a few of the great giveaways too and guess what? I won a lovely teacup pincushion from Inch by Inch Quilting Blog. It was fashioned by Joanne of Etcetera. The pincushion is made from a vintage (children's) teacup.

If you haven't already checked out the terrific Canadian Bloggers from last week, it is a great way to meet new quilters and see what they are doing. It is also interesting to see the various links, tutorials and projects quilters list on their blogs.

Thanks again, Edith from Calgary, Alberta. (I borrowed your teacup photo to show off what I won).

I won a prize . . . Thanks Bunches!!!

Last month, I visited lots of nifty blogs in the Grow Your Blog Hop (earlier post). I left comments too. Well, one of those comments proved lucky as my name was chosen via random generator on Dolores Quilts. See the prize package HERE.
Blog hops are great ways to see what other textile artists and related fiber / textile people are doing. It can be time consuming but that is by choice. You can decide to spend 20 minutes a day or more, to do this. You never know what exciting things you will find and who you will meet. I have met lots of interesting ladies via this blog hop.

From Dolores Quilts

Arlene's Blog

Well, I won another giveaway on-line from Arlene's Blog. Arlene is a Fibre Arts Tutor from Australia. At the moment, she has just released her iPhone app. I believe she is also working on one for the Android phone. Check out her blog and free tutorials.

Thanks, Arlene!



This past year, I have been lucky to win several nice gifts from various blogs offering giveaways. I will often leave a short comment. Been a blog owner myself, it's nice to receive feed back. Often, time doesn't permit to answer them all but be assured, they are much appreciated. I have also made friends with a couple of ladies who have left comments. We now correspond via email.

Enjoy the weekend!

Guess What!!

Back in July I entered a blog give away sponsored by Vicki Welsh, Field Trips In Fiber. Vicki has the most marvelous hand dyed fabrics! Well, to make a long story short, I won the fabric give away. Since I was travelling, I didn't know I was a winner until I got home. I figured she had picked someone else's name since I hadn't gotten back to her sooner.  But, that wasn't the case. Have a look at the fantastic stash pack of 10 Fat Eights I received on Monday. Aren't they beautiful! Thanks bunches, Vicki.

A Nice Surprise

I don't usually win things but I wrote a comment on Margaret Blank's web site a couple days ago. I was just notified that I won # 76 of Inspirations 2012. Margaret lives in Alberta, Canada. She is celebrating ten years of blogging and getting very close to her 1000 post. Please drop by her blog and have a look around.

Thanks again, Margaret, for selecting my name!