Quilter's Blog Hop Party Winner

Thanks to all of you who stopped by during the Quilter's Blog Hop Party. I know it takes a lot of time to browse through all the great blogs that participate so I appreciate the time you gave to my blog.
I do hope you will continue to come back often. I'd love to get to know you better.

Confession of a number generator newbie here. I did the widget thingy on the website and chose the number before putting the widget here. Now I see I did it wrong so I can't show the widget with the correct number. Take my word for it . . . it was lucky number 75!!!   Who just happens to be . . .

Christine S. who said:
"Your work is awesome! Now following on bloglovin. I love modern quilts, but I also love some traditional quilts, so I fall in the middle somewhere!"

Congrats Christine!  Look for an email from me and I'll get your package in the mail.

For all of you here in the States, Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope you all enjoy time with family and friends. Don't eat too much.  : )

Giveaway / Quilter's Blog Hop Party

Welcome to my blog if you are hopping over to visit as part of the Quilter's Blog Hop Party. 
Thanks to Michele for hosting this great event!  There are some great giveaways happening. 
Who knows . . . maybe you will be one of the lucky winners! 

While you're visiting, please do wander around a little to get a feel for my style. I sometimes go modern, sometimes more traditional, but the one thing you can always count on is lots of color and strong design elements. I just love color, design and all things quilty.  : )

Since I just recently returned from my first time at Quilt Market in Houston, I am giving away my own version of a mini market swag bag of goodies to 1 lucky follower. 

Here's what's in the grouping:

• 1 mini charm pack (2 1/2" squares) of Carolyn Friedlander's brand new fabric line "Botanics" from Robert Kaufman.
• 1 mini charm pack of Kate Spain's new fabric line "Daydream" from Moda.
• 1 copy of the Nov/Dec issue of Quilty magazine presented by Fons and Porter
• 1 copy of the Nov/Dec issue of American Quilter magazine
• 1 copy of Modern Patchwork magazine
• your choice of one of my current patterns in a PDF download format emailed directly to you. You can see more about my patterns here.

That's $46.00 worth of goodies!!

For a chance to win, simply become one of my followers by email, RSS or Bloglovin and leave a comment telling me how you chose to follow. I'd also love to know what type of quilter you consider yourself to be. Modern, contemporary, traditional?  Winner will be announced here Nov 27th and receive an email notification. US/Canada only please.

Thanks for stopping by. I sincerely hope you'll make Springleaf Studios one of your regular blog stops. 
I will be releasing new patterns the first of the year with more to follow throughout 2014. 

I'm also linking up with Cindy at Live a Colorful Life for Really Random Thursdays. 

Good luck and happy hopping.

We Have 2 Winners!

The Quilter's Blog Party was my very first time participating in a giveaway and I really enjoyed reading all the comments. I had lots of fun visiting the other participating blogs as well as the blogs of people who commented on my giveaway. I found some wonderful new blogs to follow and hope you did too. All this online inspiration is simply amazing. 

Thanks to all of you who became a new follower of mine and to those of you faithful followers who came to visit. I had a winner from both camps, one new, one faithful. Love that!

Now, on to the winners .  .  .

First up is Amy from (Amy's) Crafty Shenanigans who said:
"New follower and looking forward to seeing more :) I absolutely LOVE cascade - and the colors that it has been done in - true inspiration thanks!!!"

And the second winner is Carla from Lollyquiltz who said:
"Anne, your patterns are all so great and I'm excited at the chance of winning one! If you pick my name, I'd choose the Cascade. Thanks a bunch!"


Seems Cascade was the pattern of choice for most of you.

Although there were many votes for Facets too.

For those of you who commented and didn't win you can purchase my patterns through my Etsy shop. I hope you will come back and visit often. I have a new pattern in the works right now with more to come this year. 

Happy quilting, Anne

Giveaway

I'd like to welcome you to my blog if you are hopping over to visit from the Quilting Gallery as part of the Quilter's Blog Hop Party. Give a shout out to Michele for hosting this great event!  There are some awesome posts and giveaways happening and hopefully you'll be one of the lucky winners. 

While you're visiting please do wander around a little and get a feel for my style. I sometimes go modern and sometimes more traditional, but the one thing you can always count on is lots of color and strong design elements. 

2 lucky readers will win their choice of one of my patterns featured below. The pattern will be emailed in a PDF format.

Both patterns include:

• 2 different versions of the quilt as seen on the cover.
• Size options.
• Additional ideas on how to use the pattern to make different variations.
• Coloring page to envision your own color scheme.
• A bonus pillow project made from the scraps.

Great design is first and foremost in all my patterns. In addition to directions for making the cover quilt, I include a Design Lesson and a Design Exploration page so you can envision optional ways to use the pattern. My hope is that these ideas will inspire you to try your own version based on the basic pattern. A coloring page is also included so you can try out your choice of colors and fabrics.


First up is Cascade. This is a great pattern for large scale prints but is equally at home with solids. It works well with fat quarters and layer cakes. Below are some examples of ways  I have used this pattern. As you can see, there are many possibilities.

This is the Design Explorations page included in the Cascade pattern. 

This bold zigzag baby quilt plus the bonus doll quilt were both made from the Cascade pattern. 

Cascade was also used to make a bright summery tablecloth and matching table runner form the Tradewinds fabric line by Moda

Next up is Facets. This quilt also works well with large scale prints and is the perfect quilt for using up scraps, charm squares or your favorite fabric bundle.

This is the Design Explorations page included in the Facets pattern. 

This is the alternative quilt as seen on the Facets pattern cover.

These two pillows were made as part of the bonus project included in the Facets pattern.

To win your choice of one of these patterns (to be emailed to you in PDF format):

• Become a follower or let me know if you already are.
• Tell me which pattern you like best and why. 
• Please be sure that your comment links to your email. No email = no win. 
• Comments are open through March 15th (MST). Winners will be announced shortly thereafter. Good luck !

Thanks for visiting. Enjoy the rest of the hop.