Bag It 2016 and The Road Home Row Along

Here are a few fun events in blogland that you may want to check out:

Patty D of Elm Street Quilts is kicking off Bag It 2016, where over a three month window she'll be sharing all sorts of tutorials and tips to make a variety of bags.  Make a bag and enter to win prizes.  For more info:  http://www.elmstreetquilts.com/p/bag-it.html 

Marian of Seams to be Sew is hosting The Road Home Row Along which runs thru early October.  In this blog hop you'll find free Row quilt patterns and hear great stories about home for a variety of bloggers.  There are also oodles of prizes with giveaways for every day of the hop.  For more info:  http://www.seamstobesew.com/the-road-home-row-along-schedule/

One World Quilt Along

Kim Jamieson-Hirst (Chatterbox Quilts) and Keith Phillips (QuiltFusion)  are hosting the  One World quilt along.  This beautiful and fun BOM event kicks off September 15th, where participants will make this gorgeous and whimsical quilt.

Participating quilters, as well as registered viewers will also have a chance to win prizes.

You can find more on One World at:

https://www.quiltfusion.com/one-world/one-world-quilt-along-details/
http://www.chatterboxquilts.com/one-world-quilt-along/
http://www.chatterboxquilts.com/blog/one-world-quilt-along-prizes
https://www.facebook.com/groups/oneworldquiltalong/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zcqiXAn-jI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrtUGFKzSmA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJJQMUY0lYs

Giveaways - as of August 31st

Here are some great giveaways that you may want to check out and enter:

First, I want to let you know that QuiltShopGal will be announcing a giveaway this Friday.

Diary of a Quilter has a giveaway for some fabric from the Fat Quarter Shop.  Deadline to enter:  September lst.

Island Batik is hosting a blog hop with great fabric bundles as prizes,   Deadline to enter:  Sept 2nd.

Going Home To Roost has a giveaway for a $50 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop.  Deadline to enter:  Sept 2nd.

She Can She has a giveaway for some beautiful Japanese fabrics.  Deadline to enter:  September 4th.

Lily's Quilts has a giveaway where one lucky winner is going  to win a bundle of yummy fabric.
Deadline to enter:  Sept 4th

Happy Quilting has a giveaway where you could win 3 downloadable PDF quilt patterns, of your choice.  Deadline to enter:  September 5th

Henry Glass Fabrics has a giveaway for a yummy bundle of Holiday Traditions fabrics.  Deadline to enter:  September 4th.

By Dawn Nicole  has a giveaway with several prizes, including her new book "Adventures in Letters".  Deadline:  September 9th.

Bag It! 2016 - Coming this September

Patty of Elm Street Quilts is holding another Bag It! event.  Like last year, you'll find a variety of bag tutorials released throughout the event.  The more bags you make the more entries you get to win prizes.  Plus, you'll find many of the bags will also make great gifts!

You can find Elm Street Quilts at:

http://www.elmstreetquilts.com

https://www.pinterest.com/elmstreetquilts/

https://www.instagram.com/elmstreetquilts/ https://www.facebook.com/ElmStreetQuilts/?ref=hl

Seaside Summer Blog Hop

Island Batik is hosting a fun blog hop with plenty of inspirational projects, some yummy recipes along the way, as well as giveaways.

Here is the lineup:

Monday Aug 15 - Rain Forest

Kissed Quilts 

Tuesday Aug 16 - Red Tide

Free Motion by the River

Mary Mack Made Mine

Wednesday Aug 17 - Sand Dune

Purrfect Spots

KnitBug 2

Tamarinis

Thursday Aug 18 - Seashore

Pamela Quilts

Maria Michael Designs

Bonus -- Kissed Quilts --come back for another new design!

Friday Aug 19 - Surf Squirt

Quilting Affection

Archipelago Quilting

Monday Aug 22 - Tradewinds

Arkangel Creations

Bejeweled Quilts

Tuesday Aug 23 - Equinox

Kauffman Designs

Del Lillians

Wednesday Aug 24 - Sea Canyon

Lemon Tree Snippets

Bea Quilter

Thursday Aug 25 - Sea Foam

Stone Cottage Quilts

Sew Supportive

Friday Aug 26 - Spoolin' Around

Sallys Quilting Corner

Toolontilkkupaja

Monday Aug 29 - Tide Pools

Inchworm Fabrics

MooseStashQuilting

Tuesday Aug 30 - Wind and Sea

For Quilts Sake

Patchwork Breeze

Wednesday Aug 31 - Spring Zing

Desert Bloom Quilting

Adventurous Applique and Quilting

Thursday Sep 1 - Splash

Kissed Quilts --I'll be back!!

The Patchwork Pearl

Friday Sept 2 - Landscapes

For Quilts Sake

Pets on Quilts Show - Starts Sunday, August 14th

The 2016 Pets on Quilts Show, hosted by Snoodles of Lily Pad Quilting kicks off this coming Monday. This is my favorite virtual show, as it incorporates inspirational quilts, sweet pets, animal themed quilts, and much more.  It is also open for bloggers and non-bloggers to participate.   Plus there are many ways to enter to win great prizes from very generous sponsors.

If you are not yet ready with your photos, you still have time this weekend.  I don't want anyone to miss this super fun show, so please help let others know about it too!

To help inspire everyone, I asked Snoodles permission to use photos from her post showing 2015 Viewers' Choice Award winners, but don't forget there are many ways to win.

2015 Viewers' Choice Awards

First place in the Other Animal on Quilt category: Trixie of Crafty Tokyo Mama II

First place in the Animal Themed Quilt category: Hank of Penny Dog Patchwork.

First place in the Cat(s) on Quilt category: Custard and Cupcake of Missy's Homemaking Adventures

First place in the Dog on Quilt category: Molly of MacDonald's Patch

Don't forget, the 2016 Pets on Quilts Show starts Sunday, August 14th.   You can find more info at:  http://lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/

Sew Along with Wendy Sheppard and Aurifil

Wendy Sheppard of Ivory Spring has a fun Sew Along, hosted by Aurifil, that I definitely want to encourage you to check out and hopefully join.  Definitely going to be fun and you'll end up making a stunning quilt, as well as learn a variety of techniques.

Here is the schedule for this Sew Along:

Tentative Schedule:
June 2: Quilt Construction, Intro — Today
June 16: Quilt Construction, Part 1
June 30: Quilt Construction, Part 2
July 14: Quilt Construction, Part 3
July 28: Process of Quilting, Part 1
August 4: Process of Quilting, Part 2

August 11: Process of Quilting, Part 3

For more info click here.