{"id":1252,"date":"2012-12-02T20:43:21","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T05:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2012-12-07T16:58:27","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T01:58:27","slug":"giveaway-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/?p=1252","title":{"rendered":"Giveaway Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">Update &#8211; Congratulations to the giveaway winners: hueisei, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooksplayground.com\">Skooks<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/young-broke-and-fabulous.blogspot.com\">Mary<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/fiberofallsorts.blogspot.com\">Shanna @ Fiber of All Sorts<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-giveawayday2012-2012-12-2-20-43.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-giveawayday2012-2012-12-2-20-43.jpg\" width=\"138\" height=\"138\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <a href=\"http:\/\/sewmamasew.com\/blog2\/\">Sew Mama Sew<\/a> Giveaway Day.  Lucky for you I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been cleaning out my studio and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m giving away 4 sets of goodies.  I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll tell you a little about myself as I detail the giveaway options.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-DSC05861-2012-12-2-20-43.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-DSC05861-2012-12-2-20-43.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\"\/><br \/>\nI designed the cover art for <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Quilts-Tacos-Tattoos-Volume-1\/dp\/1478120924\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1354516771&#038;sr=8-2&#038;keywords=quilts+tacos+and+tattoos\">Quilts, Tacos &#038; Tattoos<\/a><\/em>, a novel by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aliciadianedurand.com\">Alicia Diane Durand<\/a>.  I also created an art <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/105959994\/in-the-quilt-shop-quilt-pattern\">quilt pattern<\/a> based on the cover art with instructions for piecing the quilt shop background and constructing the fused appliqu\u00c3\u00a9 girl in a dimensional dress.  <strong>Giveaway A<\/strong> includes a copy of the novel, the quilt pattern and spool photo holder. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-DSC05864-2012-12-2-20-43.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-DSC05864-2012-12-2-20-43.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\"\/><br \/>\nMy passion is making <a href=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/?p=467\">art quilts<\/a> in all sizes with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/?p=470\">girls<\/a> in fun <a href=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/?p=727\">dresses<\/a> &#8211; especially <a href=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/?p=774\">ruffled<\/a> dresses. Since I was having such fun making the art quilts that I created kits and patterns for others to enjoy the process too. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve presented the creative girl art quilts to my guild a few times; it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always a fun <a href=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/?p=1041\">class<\/a>.  <strong>Giveaway B<\/strong> has a spool photo holder and a creative girl art quilt kit with 8 small and 4 large faces printed on fabric and pre-fused to fusible webbing, dress pattern in 2 sizes, basic creative girl art quilt instructions, batting for 2 art quilt (1 small 5\u00e2\u20ac\u009dx8\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and 1 large 8\u00e2\u20ac\u009dx12\u00e2\u20ac\u009d), fusible webbing, fabric in a variety of patterns\/colors for dress making and backgrounds, fabric to match the faces for creating arms or legs, bag of fabric scraps, embellishments (buttons, ribbon, lace, vintage trim), and a strip of ruffled fabric. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-DSC05873-2012-12-2-20-43.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-DSC05873-2012-12-2-20-43.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\"\/><br \/>\nI don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just love fabric, I love pretty paper.  When I need a break from quilting, I usually make paper collage or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/believemagic?section_id=12615616\">journals<\/a>.  <strong>Giveaway C<\/strong> includes a handcrafted journal and spool photo holder.  The journal cover features machine-stitched scraps with a generous ties to keep your daily snippets and thoughts securely inside. Inside is an assortment of drawing, scrapbook, vintage, recycled and other type of paper in a variety of sizes with pockets and ephemera. Finished size (closed): approximately 6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d x 9\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with over 40 pages.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wpid-DSC05883-2012-12-2-20-43.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-DSC05883-2012-12-2-20-43.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\"\/><br \/>\nThis summer I created <a href=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/?p=1110\">12 canvas backgrounds<\/a> and told myself to play with what I had on hand.  It was a fun way to spark my creativity and try a few new techniques.  Once done, I gave away most of them.  <strong>Giveaway D<\/strong> features an unclaimed canvas collage entitled Girl measuring 8\u00e2\u20ac\u009d x 9.5\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and a creative girl art quilt pattern.  The canvas collage has a fabric sticker, doodle stitched and painted girl.  The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/116065995\/creative-girl-art-quilt-pattern-and\">Creative Girl Art Quilt Pattern<\/a> includes 8 small and 4 large faces printed on white fabric, fabric to match the faces for creating arms or legs, 4 different dress pattern in 2 sizes, pattern for legs, arms and shoes in small and large sizes, instructions for assembling art quilt,  and a strip of ruffled fabric.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<\/p>\n<p>Leave me a comment before 5 p.m. PST on Friday, December 7th telling me which giveaway package you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d prefer to win.  I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll randomly select winners later that day.    <\/p>\n<p>I do usually respond to comments, but with the volume received for giveaway day, I apologize in advance that I am not superwoman enough to do so.  <\/p>\n<p>Thank you for stopping by; hope to see you here again.  Now go find other <a href=\"http:\/\/sewmamasew.com\/blog2\/\">giveaways<\/a> to win!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update &#8211; Congratulations to the giveaway winners: hueisei, Skooks, Mary and Shanna @ Fiber of All Sorts It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day. Lucky for you I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been cleaning out my studio and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m giving away 4 sets of goodies. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll tell you a little about myself as I detail the giveaway options. 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