Sunday 9 December 2012

Another Blog Hop Party and Another Giveaway!

Hi everybody and welcome to another giveaway! If you haven't been here before, I'm M-R and I live in Ottawa, Canada with my family. Here are a few of my recent projects:

Su{Brrr}nova
For 2012, one of my goals was to learn more about colour so each month focused on a different colour.  Here are a couple of the challenges to date:
Colour My World Grey
Rough Seas
Rough Seas - Colour My World Blue
I'm thinking of a Scrap Bin Mission for 2013 because my scraps are out of control. Hope you'll come back to see what we do in the New Year. :)

Enough chit chat already. Let's get on with the giveaway, shall we? I have this little bundle of fire here - four fat quarters and a spool of fabulous Aurifil thread - to share with one of you.


This giveaway is open to everyone and all you have to do is leave a comment telling me what your favourite quilting book is (nonfiction or fiction).

Followers or new followers get a bonus entry -- just leave me a comment letting me know that you follow.

This giveaway will be open until December 15th at 8 p.m. EST, at which point I will pick a winner via random number generator. No-reply bloggers, please leave an email address so I can contact you otherwise I'll have to choose someone else. There were about 30 no-reply bloggers in my giveaway last week.

Thanks for entering this giveaway! I'm looking forward to reading your comments, although I probably won't be able to respond to them all. Good luck!

For more fun giveaways, visit Quilting Gallery's Blog Hop Party page. Thanks for organizing another great blog hop, Michele!

Blog Hop Party with Give-Aways

370 comments:

  1. I am a Follower!!! I thought I would start with this comment first since I need to go find a nice quilting book for the other comment(I mostly use the web or magazines)! I actually stopped by to see what your finishes were and saw your giveaway, have fun with it! Be back in a bit with a quilting book!!

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  2. Fab giveaway! I really enjoyed Jennifer Chiaverini's quilting novels - it really appealed to the quilting geek inside!

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  3. I am a follower through google reader. Thanks for the second chance!

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  4. I am following your blog via Google Reader! I have quite a few quilting books but really don't have a favorite one mainly because there is inspiration for me from each!! Thanks for the chance!!

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  5. My favorite quilting book is Sunday Morning Quilts (love scraps!!). Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  6. I am a happy follower of your blog through RSS feed (Google Reader). Thanks for the extra chance.

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  7. My fav quilt books {because I can never pick just one fav!} are Dare to be Square by Boo Davis & Free Motion Quilting with Angela Walters

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  8. I'm a happy stalker, um, follower :)

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  9. I love Elizabeth Hartmann's A Practical Guide to Patchwork!

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  10. my new fave: 15 minutes of play,by Victoria Findlay Wolfe.

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  11. and I'm a follower! thanks for the extra chance.

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  12. I enjoyed Material Obsession and I do like the Elm Creek series.

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  13. I love anything by Carrie Nelson! Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  14. My favourite quilting book is probably my Farmer's Wife Sampler.. it's my 2013 personal challenge to start making some Farmer's Wife blocks. But I also enjoy quilting fiction by Marie Bostwick and Jennifer Chiaverini. :)

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  15. My favorite is The Encyclopedia of Classic Quilt Patterns. I can always get inspiration from it.

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  16. My go to book is A Practical Guide to Patchwork by Elizabeth Hartman.

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  17. I am a follower. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  18. I adore quilting modern - I'm a huge fan of improv, although I haven't done a whole lot yet. 2013 will be the year of improv I hope!

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  19. I mainly use magazines M-R ,,,but i have one right now 'Deck the Halls' by Cheryl A Taylor....quite nice.

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  20. I love Dare To Be Square by Boo Davis and the Fat Quarterly Shape Workshop for Quilters

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  21. I am a follower, still astounded by your fmq talents!

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  22. I swear that fabric and thread are calling my name!! My favorite colors!! My all-time favorite books are the Elm Creek Quilt series by Jennifer Chiaverini. I even recommend them to my non-quilting friends... they give me funny looks when I do this... Thanks for the opportunity!!

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  23. I love my Modern 99 book - I use the blocks in there a lot! Just purchased Quilt Daad/John Adams' holiday book and love the pictures but haven't made anything yet.

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  24. Woohoo I am already a happy follower! Cheers!

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  25. I've read a couple of the Elm Creek Quilt series. They're pretty good.

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  26. I am a very happy follower.
    Thanks for participating.

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  27. I really love Block Party - the modern quilting bee. The blocks are awesome!

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  28. I sure like revisiting your colour challenges M-R! everyone is so unique! As for quilting books, I tend to buy them and never use them! So, I hope the newest by Angela Walters will actually get opened and used. I need all the FMQ help I can get! Thanks for the giveaway

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  29. WOW! Quite the turn out since I went to find the exact names of my book(s)! I have really been enjoying, "A Year of making Life Beautiful" and A cute calendar quilt book called "Count on it" which I am almost really to start constructing. Thanks for always being an inspiration yourself!

    (Have you thought of doing a book? Your use of colour is amazing, you should think about it!)

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  30. Oh my, I can't pick just one. I have Elizabeth Hartman's books, Sarah Felke's books, Denyse Schmidt's books, Gwen Marston's books. There is inspiration in all of them.

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  31. I love Sunday Morning Quilts!

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  32. I follow via google reader

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  33. The Quilters Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverrini. That got me hooked on the whole series!

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  34. I'm a follower. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  35. I don't have near enough quilting books. I just realized that I can borrow them from the library...but i still want to buy them! and all the books that i've been seeing on line are in our library, so that is fantastic - I loved one of Weeks Ringle & Bill Kerr's books; Denyse Schmidt, and I just love looking at Kaffe Fassett's books - the colour is just amazing!

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  36. Wow what a pretty giveaway :) I like Farmer's Wife best. Block dictionaries are full of such good ideas.

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  37. I follow via google reader.

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  38. I'm in love with my House of Tula Pink book still, but there are others on my Christmas list. :)

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  39. I'm a follower via GFC & Google Reader; thanks for the chance!

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  40. Ohh I need these oranges. I'm following and that gives me time to think of a good book!

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  41. I tend to go to "It's Okay if you sit on my quilt" all of the time for ideas.

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  42. I am a follower. Your quilted pieces are really gorgeous.

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  43. A favourite book is Collaborative Quilting by Freddy Moran & Gwen Marston. I really like the concept.

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  44. I don't have that many quilting books. I do Like Modern Log Cabin Quilting by Susan Beal. It has a lot of nice projects in it.

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  45. I follow via Google Reader.

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  46. My favorite quilting book is The Quilted Garden by Jane Sassaman. It got me thinking outside of the box.

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  47. I'm currently really loving Sunday Morning Quilts by Amanda Jean Nyberg and Cheryl Arkison. I love the scrappy mindset that they create with.

    beaniekins84(at)gmail(dot)com

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  48. I'm also already a follower.

    beaniekins84(at)gmail(dot)com

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  49. One of my favourites quilting books is "Guide to Machine Quilting" by Diane Gaudynski.

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  50. I am already one of your followers!

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  51. Seguidora do Brasil.
    Obrigada.

    tiacarminhapezzuto@gmail.com

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  52. Só tenho um livro, Esposa de Fazendeiro,que estou fazendo os blocos em papel inglês.Adoro costura a mão.Estes tecidos viriam a complementar...Obrigada.
    FELIZ NATAL!
    tiacarminhapezzuto@gmail.com

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  53. My favourite quilting book is a novel involving quilting. It's called Sister's Choice by Emilie Richards. I've recently discovered this series of books and they make me cry and want to rush over to my sewing machine.

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  54. I'm back to let you know I'm a follower! Thanks!

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  55. My (current) favourite quilting book is Sunday Morning Quilts! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  56. I'm a happy long time follower!

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  57. My favourite quilting book is "Quilting Modern", though I haven't tried many of the techniques yet.

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  58. I follow your blog via google reader.

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  59. My favorite quilting book is Simplify With Camille Roskelley...thanks for the sweet giveaway!

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  60. I like Sunday Morning Quilts - I'm in need of some serious scrap busting too.

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  61. I follow you via google reader

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  62. I wish I had a favorite quilting book but I don't. I have a wish list of the Farmers Wife Quilt Book. Thanks for the chance.

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  63. Thanks for the lovely giveaway. I like 'Quilting from little things' by Sarah Fielke.

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  64. I don't have any books! I am a big fan of reading and getting inspiration from great blogs like yours! I follow through Reeder.

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  65. Either of Elizabeth Hartmann's books. I love them both!!!

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  66. Thank you for a sunny give away! Can't resist orange! I don't have quilting books - it's true!
    nerospost(at)gmail(dot)com

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  67. Angel Walters book is my fav. I dont go too far without it!

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  68. My current favorite quilting book is Scrap Basket Sensations. One of those books where you want make almost every quilt! Thanks for a great giveaway!

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  69. I am a follower.....of your blog that is....lol

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  70. My favourite colour is orange so love your prize very much. One of my favourite books is Scraps and Shirtails by Bonnis Hunter.
    Have a great day. Dianne

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  71. My current favorite book is Fabric Embellishing: The Basics & Beyond by Ruth / Kettle Chandler, Liz / Thomas, Heather / Vlcek, Lauren
    Landauer Books 2009-10-30 (2009), Hardcover
    I like this book because it has great ideas, pictures and spiral bound. I hope to work through it in the New Year.
    Thanks for the great giveaway. My new fav colour is orange.

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  72. My fave quilting book is Elizabeth Hartman's The Practical Guide to Patchwork. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  73. My favourite book is 'Modern Quilting'!

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  74. I've followed you for a quite a while!

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  75. I do enjoy your blog! Favorite book right now is Sarah Fielke's, Quilting from Little Things.

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  76. I really enjoy Material Obsession 2!

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  77. My favorite book, well actually series of books, are Jennifer Chiaverini's novels.

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  78. I love Elizabeth Hartman's A Practical Guide to Patchwork.

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  79. I'm also already a follower on Google Reader! :)

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  80. Practical Guide to Patchwork is still my favorite.

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  81. I'm a big fan of Little Bits Quilting Bee.

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  82. I really like the Fat Quarterly Book!

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  83. Hi M-r, I'm a new follower ! Thanks for stopping by my place too!

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  84. Wow, you're quilting is awesome! So far I'm just a magazine girl, but I'm planning on purchasing Bonnie Hunter's "String Fling" and "15 Minutes of Play". I love Aurifil thread by the way,(wink)

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  85. i love the elm creek books by jennifer chiaverini

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  86. My favorite quilt book is The Practical Guide to Patchwork by Elizabeth Hartman. I love that she shows different ideas for fabric in the same quilt pattern because that can make such a huge difference in a quilt.

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  87. I'm a follower via google reader.

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  88. My favorite book is Denyse Schmidt's Modern Quilts Traditional Inspiration.

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  89. My favorite quilting book is String Fling by Bonnie Hunter.

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  90. How fun! I like the book Sewn Spaces by Joel Dewberry. Thank you.

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  91. I'm following.

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  92. My favourite book is 'Sunday Morning Quilts' Great giveaway

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  93. 'Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts' is probably my fave...for the quilts and the story. Having met these fabulous ladies, it makes having the book all the more special.

    I also like 'Liberated Quiltmaking II' by Gwen Marston. Her collaborative books with Freddie Moran are the bomb too!

    Happy Holidays1

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  94. my favorite quiltin gbook is anna maria's needleworks notebook. I know it isn't quilting, but I really like it.

    Thanks!

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  95. What a great giveaway. Thanks for the chance to win.

    My favourite quilt book changes frequently, depending on where my muse is taking me. Right now, I'm really enjoying The Farmer's Wife Pony Club Sampler book. Very fun to read how the kids love their ponies.
    kj_hahn(at)telus(dot)net

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  96. Angela Walters guide to quilting. She has another book out, but I only have her first.

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  97. Thanks for the opportunity to win! I am loving Angela Walter's first book. So awesome!

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  98. Thanks for the opportunity to win! I'm a follower via RSS!

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  99. It's so difficult to choose just one, but if I have to, I guess it would be "We Love Color". Or "Sunday Morning Quilts". Thanks for the great giveaway opportunity.

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  100. Many books, but Happy Villages is one of them.

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  101. I love elm creek books by jennifer chiaverini

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  102. Terrible I know...but I don't have a favorite quilting book...I love them all! :) I will say that I would prefer books about quilting over a novel about quilts.

    sowingstitches [at] gmail [dot] com

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  103. My favourite quilt books are the Jennifer Chiaverini novels.

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  104. I haven't read it yet, but I would love to own a copy of Elizabeth Hartman's Practical Guide to Patchwork!

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  105. I'm a new follower thru Google. YAY!

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  106. i have a better homes and gardens grandmaws quilt's that i love. thanks

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  107. I love Quilt a gift, gorgeous projects

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  108. The women at our library thought I'd be interested in Jennifer Chiaverinni's books and they were right. I think the first book I read was her third, I went backward from there. Now the wonderful women at the library, hold and call me when her new books come out. Thanks for the generous giveaway.

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  109. Favorite book is The House of Tula Pink. The quilting is just amazing.

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  110. I don't have any quilting books, but lots of books for handmade bags and those are my favourites. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  111. I'm also a brand new follower through Google Reader!

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  112. I'm afraid I haven't read any.... (*hangs head*) I'm a brand new quilter! I'm noting down what others mention. :)

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  113. What a difficult question! I think I'm still in love with Elizabeth hartman's Practical Guide to Patchwork. It was one of my first purchases that helped me realize I had all the skills to be a quilter!

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  114. I'm a follower! Can't wait to see what's coming this next year!

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  115. I love any and all of Marie Bostwick's Cobbled Court series. They are awesome and i can't wait for the next one to come out.

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  116. Modern blocks is my favourite quilting book!

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  117. I really liked Reading the Farmer's Wife quilt book, but I never tried making any of the blocks!

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  118. I don't quilt yet but I really like to sew clothes for my kids. I guess the only book I have that could be used in quilting is Improv Sewing--lots of neat ideas in there to add that special touch!

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  119. My favorite books --difficult question--I guess would be anything by Kaffe Fassett.

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  120. I am now following you on Pinterest!

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  121. oooh...Orange is my favourite colour!

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  122. I like Ties That Bind by Marie Bostwick. Thanks for the great giveaway! Merry Christmas!

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  123. Pixel Play is my favorite book!
    lisamcgriff (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  124. my favorite quilt book is kaleidoscopic quilts, but I cannot remember the author.

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  125. I like Another Bite of Schnibbles by Carrie Nelsen. Thanks for the chance at your giveaway, LOVE the oranges!

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  126. I follow via RSS Feeds. Thanks for the second chance.

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  127. I like Elizabeth Hartman's modern patchwork.

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  128. I'd have to say Sunday Morning Quilts, so much good advice.

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  129. A Practical Guide to Patchwork by Elizabeth Hartman.

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  130. Wonderful giveaway! My favorite book is 5500 Quilt Block Designs by Maggie Malone!

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  131. dare to be square book. Thanks for the chance to win the giveaway

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  132. It is hard to find books in English here, but I enjoyed what Elm Creek series I have read. I mostly enjoy quilt history and have a few books about the underground railway or Civil War or Pioneer quilt stories. I like the history section articles in some quilting magazines.
    Those fabrics really caught my eye ... even though I probably will have to live to 200 just to use up what I already have!

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  133. I'm a beginner and don't have a favorite yet. I can't wait to read the other responses to get some ideas (I know I'm getting some money for Christmas - I intend to spend it on crafts) Thanks for the chance to win!

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  134. WOW- I adore your rough seas quilt!! WOW! i don't have any quilting books- although I know Angela Walters is wonderful! I love trying out new FMQ techniques I see on blogs :)

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  135. Your work with colour is amazing! I have a major problem in that area. I'm a fairly new quilter so I'm hoping it comes with time.
    I recently bought 3 - fabric quilts by Leni Levenson Wiener. I found it very helpful as a new quilter.

    ktreve (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  136. Well, I am new at this, but I have made a quilt top from Material Obsession. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  137. best quilt book i have bought lately is Free Motion Quilting with Angela Walters

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  138. My Favorite one, has to be Quilts from the house of Tula Pink. I really love her fabric and have been trying to find time to do one of the quilts in the book. Thanks for the giveaway

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  139. Thank you for the chance to win. i am a follower

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  140. my first quilting book was quilt in a day log cabin by Elanor burns

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  141. My favourite book is a novel in which the main character copes with her life by quilting. It is called Emotional Geology by Linda Gillard

    ISBN-10: 1905175078
    ISBN-13: 978-1905175079

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  142. I have a book of 101 quilt blocks and that's the extent of my quilt books. Lots of magazines, though.

    Deborah
    pinkscissorsdesign @gmail .com

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  143. following via GFC

    Deborah
    pinkscissorsdesign @gmail .com

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  144. I recently acquired Feathering the Next by Brigitte Giblin and I am loving just lapping it up!

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  145. I like any book by Carol Doak.

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  146. I'm a follower via GFC. Thank you for a great giveaway!

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  147. I am afraid I don't have a favorite quilt book. Can I still have a chance to win? Thanks!

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  148. My favourite quilting book is always the Quiltmania magazine so so yummy designs... I love your blog and so good to make new wonderful friends ;0)

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  149. Civil War Love Letters is my fav quilting book

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  150. The Elm Creek books are good.
    hulseybg at gmail dot com

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  151. The Quilter's Album of Patchwork Patterns by Jinny Beyer is my favorite. I even bought copies for my 3 sisters to have too. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  152. I'm already a follower. Thanks again.

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  153. I am not sure of the translation but it is a Japanese craft book that uses 10" squares to create projects. The projects are really sweet and I love the variety of projects in it.
    Or the Elm Creek series for fiction!

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  154. I am a Google Reader follower!
    loritfrench@comcast.net

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  155. Current favorite Quilting book?? Because it constantly changes....
    Fresh Quilting by Malka Dubrawsky.
    loritfrench@comcast.net

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  156. My favourite quilting book is Jinny Beyer's A Quilter's Album of Patchwork Patterns. There are more blocks in this book than you can sew in a lifetime. And her instructions and her maths are really easy to understand.
    I haven't read Elm Creek so far... :-)

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  157. Hey, great giveaway! I recently purchased Angela Walters' FMQ books, both of them! They're great and two of my favorite at the moment!

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  158. You know I'm a devout follower! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  159. I just read a quilting series by Arlene Sachitano. Enjoyed them loads. Thanks.

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