***GIVEAWAY CLOSED NOW as it is bedtime for me here in the UK :-) thank you for all your entries and welcome to all my new followers! ***
It's that busy time of year again - Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day!
Hello to my regular readers and welcome to anyone popping here for the very first time. My name is Hannah and I live in Yorkshire, UK, with my husband, my 2 lovely small girls and a very needy English cocker spaniel. I started sewing in 2011 because I wanted to make a quilt for my biggest little girl! I'd never even threaded a sewing machine before that but I was hooked. Quilts remain my favourite thing to sew but I also love to make bags and clothing - especially dresses for my girls.
I hope you will spend some time browsing, if not today (busy busy entering giveaways I know!) then another day perhaps. I've only been blogging since the start of this year so not too much in the archives!
Here are a few of my makes from recent months.
I think like many blogs this space has been a touch neglected over recent weeks and months but I have been busy sewing away and have plenty to share with you. I just wrote a post about a mini I made for the IGminiswap and you can often find me over on Instagram.
Aside from a couple of random solids found in my stash these are all Kona cottons purchased from Simply Solids in the UK. Some of them are labelled and they measure approx 9.5" by 22". You will receive fifteen F8s in total.
To enter, please leave a comment. Any comment will do, but why not tell me what you would make with these, or if that's too hard, tell me which is your favourite - prints or solids? Don't worry, you can still win if like me you have a sneaky preference for prints, maybe these will fill a gap in your stash!!
There's an extra entry for my followers old and new, just leave a second comment telling me how you follow my blog.
I am of course most willing to post internationally so this giveaway is open to everyone Worldwide.
The giveaway will stay open until Friday 12th December at approximately 8pm GMT. I will then close the giveaway and use a random number generator to draw the winner. If I don't hear back within 48 hours I will draw again.
***I will be emailing the winner so if you are a no reply blogger or if you don't know if you are or not please consider either addressing that OR be sure and leave your email address in your comment. If I can't contact you, you can't win!! ***
Good luck!! I love giveaway week as much as everyone else does and I am so looking forward to connecting with everyone this week. I can't promise to reply to every comment on this giveaway post, especially as it is such a busy time of year, but please do know that I will read every single one and do usually try to reply as soon as I can.
Linking up with Sew Mama Sew, have fun!
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ReplyDeleteIf I had to choose I'd say I like prints best.
ReplyDeleteI love prints, but I recently started working with solids. Solids are beautiful, too, but prints will always draw me in! (PS - I love your lady bug bag!!!)
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty selection - not sure what pattern I would use, but I want to call it 'sherbet'.
ReplyDeleteI have been following you on bloglovin. thanks
ReplyDeleteHi there! I came over from Sew Mama Sew. I had fun looking around at your quilts - some really pretty ones in there. I love using solids mixed in with prints, but am working on a quilt right now that is all solids - just two colors. Nice to meet you and thanks for the giveaway!.
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower on Bloglovin'
ReplyDeleteI like solids to go with my prints. I am sadly short on solids. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower with bloglovin.
ReplyDeleteI love solids! I would make a rainbow flying geese quilt
ReplyDeleteI would love to use them in an Amish style quilt. Gramk2001@gmail.com. thank you
ReplyDeleteI just started sewing this year and, much like you, started on a quilt! I have been obsessed with patterns and only now am realizing that I don't have many fabrics that actually "go" together, so this would be very useful. I'm not sure what exactly I would make with them, but I think something with the darker blue and darker pink would be gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteHi Hannah, I usually prefer prints but I love solids with white, so I'd use these with some stashed white to make dolls quilts for my daughters doll bunk beds.
ReplyDeleteOh and I follow you via Feedly when I'm not just stalking you on IG. Kate x
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog on this hop and joined to follow via email. I love your designs of quilts...but...what do you do with a "mini" quilt!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway
Cheri
quiltingnanny(at)yahoo(dot)com
I would match them with some small matching dot prints and make a pinwheel block quilt. I have been wanting to do that for some time..just never get around to getting the solids to go with the dot prints I have!
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Cheri
quiltingnanny(at)yahoo(dot)com
I love prints but NEEEED solids
ReplyDeleteI have been waiting to start a solids quilt! These would certainly get me going!
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower on Bloglovin
ReplyDeleteI am just trying to build out my collection of solids, so these would be great! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteJust followed you on bloglovin'!
ReplyDeleteI'm a sucker for both prints and solids!
ReplyDeleteI follow on Bloglovin'.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy solids only because you seem to be getting more and more prints. It just seems that solds are getting harder to find and to order. Thank you for being a part of the Sew Mama Sew giveaway and giving me the chance to win all of those fat-eights. Sure would make a nice quilt. I am thinking along the line of a brick quilt for myself. Merry Christmas to you.
ReplyDeleteSandi Timmons
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I like prints best but solids are a really close second.
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ReplyDeleteI really like mixing solids and prints. Prints are great, but I am so picky about them. Solids are awesome because pretty much anything can be worked into a project somehow. :)
ReplyDeleteI use prints more but really love everything I create from just solids.
ReplyDeleteI really like prints but need solids! They help break up a "busy" quilt pattern and helps relax the eyes!
ReplyDeleteI like both solids and prints and I really like to use both together in quilts.
ReplyDeleteI follow via bloglovin
ReplyDeleteI would make some cute mug rugs!
ReplyDeleteI follow you on Bloglovin!
ReplyDeleteI love solids. They are a necessity with so many prints out there
ReplyDeleteI already follow on bloglovin
ReplyDeleteI'm a Kona girl! and Proud of it!
ReplyDeleteI am now following you on Bloglovin
ReplyDeleteI don't know what i may make with these but prints or solids is hard...love both but usually fall in love with prints and use solids to compliment them ;)
ReplyDeleteany solid is a good color! these would find there way in to a special quilt I am sure! thank you!
ReplyDeleteI would use these for sewing dolls. Thanks for the chance! :)
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ReplyDeleteThanks again!
I think I love prints, until I realize most of my stash is made up of solids! Thanks so much for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have to admit that I love prints! So these would be perfect for my stash where there are very few solids :) thanks for the chance!!
ReplyDeleteI love solids for quilts!!
ReplyDeleteI would make a great solid quilt since I'm generally prone to using prints.
ReplyDeleteI have a soft spot for prints, though I'm really seeing the greatness that solids have to offer!
ReplyDeleteI love prints and solids, and I would mix these solids right on in with some prints!
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower on BlogLovin, thanks!
ReplyDeleteI love solids, and would love to make some sort of rainbow quilt with only solids. These would fit right in!
ReplyDeleteI love prints and solids, they both have a special place in my stash, just depends on what I am in the mood to sew ;)
ReplyDeleteFollow via Bloglovin ;)
ReplyDeleteI tend to like to use them both.
ReplyDeleteI love Kona. I gravitate towards the solids (or fabrics that look like they mostly solids), but also enjoy throwing one or two prints into the quilt as accents.
ReplyDeleteFollowing via Feedly.
ReplyDeletei love print but solid is needed for matching it...^^
ReplyDeleteI love the colors in this bundle. I'd love to make a clamshell mini in these colors.
ReplyDeleteI've been preferring prints, but lately I've been wanting to use solids more often!
ReplyDeleteI would make a cute patchwork skirt for my daughter
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These are lovely! I never have enough solids in my stash.
ReplyDeletewell I use Kona Ash the most.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway.
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ReplyDeleteHi there! What a great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win!
h_freund@hotmail.com
These would be perfect to add to my collection for the Aviatrix Medalion quilt I'm hoping to start in the new year!
I'm not sure, but I'd love to pair some with my Anna Maria Horner prints.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance!! I don't know what I'd make, but I'm a solids kinda gal, so these will be well loved, and stared at, and then used :)
ReplyDeleteThis would make a really fun pillow!!
ReplyDeleteI follow you on bloglovin!
ReplyDeletei am collecting solids for a solids quilt so these would work perfectly
ReplyDeleteI love all Kona cotton solids, I am adding them to my hexes, someday I will make a quilt. THANKS
ReplyDeleteI love to have Mona solids on hand for all sorts of projects. Sometimes just a bit of color is needed. Thanks for the chance at those lovely fabrics.
ReplyDeleteI love the look of prints, but I've found that having some solids can make a huge difference and show-off the prints. Thaks!
ReplyDeleteI've been planning to get some solids for a Swoon quilt.
ReplyDeleteI've been looking for an excuse to play eith solids
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous colors in your bundle, I think they would be perfect for a circular flying geese mini :)
ReplyDeleteI follow you using Blogtrottr :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a print gal myself, however I feel solids add a lot of interest when accompanied with prints, so both are great. Have an awesome day!
ReplyDeletedawnm1993(at)gmail(dot)com
This giveaway is awesome! I always thought I was a print-only lover, but as time goes on and I see more and more solid quilt creations, I keep falling in love!
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Hi! I am a new follower via bloglovin. Looking forward to learning more. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI usually create piece tops with a mix of solids and prints but just about to finish up a quilt made only of solids & i am looking forward to doing more.
ReplyDeleteI love prints. I'd make a pattern of crosses (pluses) with those beautiful bright fabrics
ReplyDeleteI follow you through Bloglovin.
ReplyDeletewigglypup2 ( at ) yahoo ( dot ) com
I love making miniature quilts, and that is what I would use these fabrics in.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win!
wigglypup2 ( at ) yahoo ( dot ) com
I have only recently started buying solids, there is a huge hole in my stash for those.:) Still working on trying to learn how to use them!
ReplyDeleteI prefer polka dots, in general, but I've been chewing on mixing in solids - these would be a perfect intro! :) Great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteBess
I would make a rainbow quilt for my daughter. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI need solids for my PatchPals so they will go into the stash.
ReplyDeleteI follow you on Bloglovin. This is a wonderful giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking about you living in Yorkshire while I'm sitting here in New Zealand on the other side of the world. We watch quite a few British TV programmes so my thoughts are coloured by them. Great British Bake Off, Great British Sewing Bee, Gordon Ramsay, .... Halifax, Call the Midwife, Graham Norton, etc etc Much better programmes than endless sitcoms.
ReplyDeleteThese would be perfect for a mini.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Kona solids and have started obsessing over them.
ReplyDeletefollow via bloglovin
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway! I've always been a print girl in the past but just recently I'm leaning towards solids. Maybe I'm maturing as a quilt maker?? Probably not!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous giveaway! Eye candy galore!! I like prints and solids - they each have their place in different projects.
ReplyDeleteI would make something with charcoal to highlight the gorgeous colours.
ReplyDeleteFollowing you via Bloglovin
ReplyDeleteHmmm - prints (except novelty print nonsense) for me ..... but with a healthy mix of solids added in. (sitting firmly on the fence!)
ReplyDeleteCan I sit on the fence and say textured solids?
ReplyDeleteFollowing with Bloglovin.
ReplyDeletelately I have saved so many projects with solids....can't decide which one I will do first. thanks for giving chance to win this lovely mix of solids. Ashwini (askanhere@yahoo.com)
ReplyDeleteI would like to try making a landscape painting into a quilt.
ReplyDeleteI would make patchwork bags:)
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ReplyDeleteLove the very pink color
ReplyDeleteI follow on bloglovin'
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty bundle! I love mixing solids with prints, so this bundle would find a welcome home :) Thanks for the great giveaway. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI prefer prints, smal prints but solids are a must in any quilter stash. Thanks
ReplyDeleteI like prints best, but I have soft spots for solids too
ReplyDeletebeautiful fabrics, love the prints best but really depends what you want to make. sherylselves@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteGorgeous colours!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to make a mini too!
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ReplyDeleteGorgeous colours! Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteHello from Minnesota! I always collect prints but wish that I collected solids because I use them more consistently. Great color stack there!
ReplyDeleteThanks for offering the giveaway! I am not sure what I would make, but my stash is desperately needing some solids! sms11215@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteHave seen some amazing solid quilts lately and would love to try something like that. Hi from Kilkenny Ireland
ReplyDeleteI love quilts made from solids, though I haven't actually made one myself yet.
ReplyDeleteI'm really into solids right now, would love to win.
ReplyDeleteSolids were my favorite for a long long time, but I'm getting more into prints.
ReplyDeletethinking ahead - well done. these would be fun for zipper bags which are perfect for gifting
ReplyDeleteI think these would work well with a number of quilt projects I have floating around in my head. Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteI love solids and prints but seem to make quilts with one or the other! I need to start mixing them up! Your mini is beautiful and fun - nice job!
ReplyDeleteI am following you on Bloglovin.
ReplyDeleteI'm sort of a newbie quilter and don't have a huge stash, but I do need solids! Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeletei have made a few quilts with solid fabric but prints are my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI think I would use them for a baby quilt.
ReplyDeleteI like prints for most sewing projects but I prefer quilts made in solids. So id probably use these to make a funky pieced cushion.
ReplyDeleteI usually like an even mix of prints and solids. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteGot to be prints for me but solids fill the gaps ;)
ReplyDeleteI follow on Bloglovin
ReplyDeleteHi there!! I'm going to start making a rainbow mini quilt and this would be perfect! Thank you for offering a fun giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI would use these solids in making a quilt. I am a little lacking in my solid choices, and these would coordinate with some prints I have. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeletesmflks at gmail dot com
I follow you on Bloglovin,
ReplyDelete(Michelle Folkerts)
burrfarm at netins dot net
I prefer prints- you know when it's love, you know? But I like including solids in almost all of my quilts, so they are always essential to have. These are nice and bright too- Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI follow via bloglovin'!
ReplyDeleteI would probably make some sort of a baby quilt.
ReplyDeleteI have been wanting to make this quilt: http://jeliquilts.blogspot.com/2014/07/postcard-from-sweden-aka-ikea-hst-quilt.html. It requires LOTS of solids, so this would get me off to a start! Love your mini quilt. So pretty.
ReplyDeleteI love solids! They always look great in quilts. Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteI am a follower via bloglovin
ReplyDeleteI love prints, but I need to use more solids.
ReplyDeletedistantsub at gmail dot com
What lovely colors. I actually like modern quilts with solids and a lot of white. Thanks for the chance to win. :)
ReplyDeleteI have been doing a lot with solids lately, so I guess I prefer solids. I do like a good geometric print, though.
ReplyDeleteThe fabrics are lovely - and fun to work with these brights!
ReplyDeletegaborgstadt at att.net
I'm new to sewing, and love to make clothes for my 2yo daughter. But I get the feeling I'll get into quilting eventually! I do like prints better, but you've got to have some great solids to compliment them.
ReplyDeleteI jump back and forth between solids and prints but have been using more solids and blenders lately.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas from Oklahoma, USA! I would make a modern flying geese quilt I have my eye on. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com
ReplyDeleteI follow you on Bloglovin! crystalbluern at onlineok dot com
ReplyDeletePrints are so enticing but I always need solids! :)
ReplyDeleteI follow on bloglovin!
ReplyDeleteI love prints... no clue what I will do with these yet... they would sit in my stash waiting for that perfect use. Possibly a star quilt... hmm... many possibilities.
ReplyDeleteI love solids. Use them all the time.
ReplyDeleteI follow via email.
ReplyDeleteI think that I would get some dark gray to pair up with these colors, maybe for a baby quilt?
ReplyDeleteThanks!
These are gorgeous. I would add them to a baby quilt.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway! I would use them to make Hazel Hedgehog blocks
ReplyDeleteLove the mini quilt I'm thinking a herringbone one would lookk great in the solids
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ReplyDeleteI love your IG mini!! I tend to prefer tone on tone prints to solids.
ReplyDeleteI love solids :) Thanks so much for this great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI follow you via bloglovin :)
ReplyDeleteThis would fill a gap in my solid stash! I'm rubbish at using the ones I have though always preferring to use prints, maybe I'll make it a goal for next year to make a something just with solids! thanks for the chance
ReplyDeleteAnd you know I follow you ;-)
ReplyDeleteI love prints that read as one color. So they are flirting with being solids! :)
ReplyDeleteI love prints, but a lot of times you need the solids to balance things out
ReplyDeleteI've also started following you via feedburner
ReplyDeleteI love prints, and without them, I'd have never decided to give quilting a go. The more time goes on though, the more I start wishing I had a nice range of solids in my stash. Simply Solids is my go to place for Kona when I'm in need too!
ReplyDeleteNew Follower on bloglovin
ReplyDeleteI like prints, but I need more solids.
ReplyDeleteI like tone on tone prints. They are like the best of both worlds!
ReplyDeleteLove this! Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI'm currently hoarding lots of different colored solids for a soon project.
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following via bloglovin.
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My current stash is almost all prints, but I love solids and have been wanting to add some to my stash. I dream of making a quilt all of solids some day. I love that look!
ReplyDeleteI definitely buy more prints but I love seeing what others make with solids
ReplyDeleteI certainly prefer prints, which is why those solid would be of great help. They would coordinate well with what I have. Thank you for your generosity!
ReplyDeleteI think I would make a spring table runner.
ReplyDeleteI follow by email.
ReplyDeleteSolids are my go-to, with a pop of print as an accent. I think this bundle would be perfect for a rainbow shelf runner for our guest room.
ReplyDeleteprobably prints
ReplyDeleteI just love your colour choices! I love solids but also love pattern so use both,sometimes together!
ReplyDeleteI follow you on Bloglovin and IG!
ReplyDeleteI would use these to sew mini quilts. I am in quite a few swaps. :)
ReplyDeleteI am following on Bloglovin. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY TO FOLLOW YOU ON BLOG LOVIN'!
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HELLO, I like to do Charity Baby Quilts, so I would use these solids to make them even more cheerful! Thanks for your giveaway!
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I'm getting ready to make an improv quilt and will need lots of solids.
ReplyDeleteI like prints the best but you always need some good solids to help those prints shine!
ReplyDeleteramona_murray(at)comcast(dot)net
I love solids, planning some EPP with them...
ReplyDeleteI have tended to always buy prints, but in the last year or so have become enamored of solids, and have slowly started collecting those. I have a couple of quilt designs in mind when I get enough gathered. This bundle would certainly help. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI could make some adorable pillows out of these.
ReplyDeleteI love working with bright! Thanks so much for the giveaway.
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I'm a new subscriber via email.
ReplyDeleteI follow by email. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure these would be making their way into a quilt but I do not have a specific one in mind right now
ReplyDeleteI like both prints and solids... it's so hard to decide! I wouldn't want to have to choose between them. If it came down to it, I think I'd go prints, though... you can get prints that read solid, so I suppose I'd have to choose that.
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ReplyDeleteI'm all for solids. All of the quilts that I've made that I really love are done with solids.
ReplyDeleteI would put them in a scrappy quilt or a free motion sampler quilt.
ReplyDelete24Tangent@gmail.com
Thanks for the giveaway! Love making table runners and placemats - these will work well - hopefully.
ReplyDeleteI'm following you via email.
ReplyDeletenormally i love prints but i have been seeing more and more with solids and realizing how they can really pop on a quilt
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