Lark Crafts Book Giveaway!

Lark Crafts is organizing a book giveaway for the new Masters Art Quilts Volume 2, and it starts this Tuesday August 16th! They are setting it up like a blog hop of sorts, and The Fiber Nation giveaway starts on August 23rd! Each blog/stop will be giving away a copy of Masters Art Quilts Volume 2, signed by Martha Sielman!

On the 23rd, all you need to do here is stop by and leave a comment on the special post to be put into the drawing for the free signed copy of Masters Art Quilts Volume 2. You will have until September 7th to leave a comment on the give away post. We will then randomly pick a winner - only one entry (comment) per person! And if you want to be in the running you MUST NOT leave an anonymous comment - you must have an account so we can find you! (Your address will be passed along to the coordinator at Lark Crafts, who will mail your book to you directly!)

No need to wait until the 23rd! The excitement starts this Tuesday at Lark Crafts! Make sure you make the rounds as the days go by! Each blog is allowed to choose their method of contest - so you'll have to swing by each one for the skinny!

The Schedule:
8/16 Larkcrafts.com kickoff!
8/17 Terry Grant: www.andsewitgoes.blogspot.com
8/18: Linda Teddlie Minton: fiberreflections.blogspot.com
8/19: Cheryl Sleboda: blog.muppin.com
8/22: Terri Stegmiller: http://stegart.blogspot.com
8/23: Stephanie Forsyth: thefibernation.blogspot.com
8/24: Janice Paine Dawes: http://thedistoriatedquilter.com/
8/25 Karen Stiehl Osborn: http://stiehlosborn.blogspot.com
8/26: Kathy Loomis: artwithaneedle.blogspot.com
8/29: Diane Lochala http://dianedoodles.blogspot.com  
8/30: Sue Bleiweiss: http://www.suebleiweiss.com/blog
8/31: Gerrie Congdon: gericondesigns.com/weblog
9/1: Marilyn Wall: http://www.marilynhwall.blogspot.com
9/2: Laura Wasilowski: http://artfabrik.blogspot.com
9/6: Sherryl Buchler: http://skb2000.blogspot.com
9/7: Cheryl Lynch: http://www.CherylLynchQuilts.blogspot.com
9/8 Deborah Boschert: http://DeborahsJournal.blogspot.com
9/9: Brenda Gael Smith: http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/

And the Winner Is....

First of all, thank you so much to everyone who visited and left a comment. Also a super thank you to Anilee Creations for donating the Longarmer's Binding Tool prize for this giveaway!

Twenty-three of you signed up, so we randomly picked a number between one and twenty-three. Congratulations krkerler! If you will just email us your name and shipping info and which hopping foot size you need at thefibernation@gmail.com we'll get your Longarmer's Binding tool out to you! Congratulations! (And no, we do not sell or share your email or address with anyone!)

Didn't win this time? No worries, we will be announcing our next give away the beginning of August!

We look forward to hearing from you krkerler!!

Free Give Away Drawing!

One of the things we would like to start doing monthly for you readers, is a free give away! This month, the give away is for longarmer's! Leanna Spanner at Anilee.net is offering a free Longarmer's Binding Tool (with the winner's choice of either the tool for either the 1/2" hopping foot size, or 9/16" inch, so know your foot size!)

An earlier post here at The Fiber Nation focused on this new tool: Cool New Tool For Longarmers where we shared info about this tool and how it's aiding longarmers in putting bindings on quilts while they are still on the frame!

So, what do you have to do to be considered for this prize? It's simple, just leave a comment here on this post, "Free Give Away Drawing!" and the winner will be randomly chosen on July 9th - that's next Friday! You have from now until 7:00 a.m. on Friday morning to leave a comment on this posting to be in the running! So please, email/call/message any of your longarm friends about this and let them know to leave a comment for a chance to win this cool new tool!

The lucky winner will receive a brand new, still protective wrapped Longarmer's Binding Tool courtesy of Leanna Spanner at Anilee Creations! Be sure and check out the video to the upper right here to see how the tool is used! I'd like to point out that I also use mine for stitch in the ditch, because it's a bit shorter than most of the SITD tools out there. That makes it easier to control, and my lines are SO much straighter because of it!

The rundown again:

1. Leave a comment on THIS post to be in the running. (**If you post as "anonymous" you will not be put into the drawing.)
2. The deadline is July 9th at 7:00 a.m. Friday morning.
3. Know your hopping foot size.
4. Share this posting with your friends/longarmer's/etc!
5. Good luck!

***Leaving more than one comment here will not increase your chances of winning, each name will only be counted once, and "anonymous" posts do not count in the drawing.***