Vote Now and Give-Away: Green Love (St. Patrick’s Day)
It’s time to vote and enter the give-away for this week’s Quilters’ Show & Tell event. This week’s theme is Green Love (St. Patrick’s Day).
Our guest judges for this week are Jill from The Quilt Rat and Jo from Jo’s Country Junction. They both have 100 bonus points that they’ll assign to four (or less) of their favourite quilts.
Give-Away from Vicki Welsh Hand Dyed Fabrics
Being of Irish heritage (my Great-Grandmother was from County Clare and name Hough), I am so happy to be here sponsoring the Green Love challenge! Green figures prominently in the fabrics I dye. Here are a few of my favorite green fabrics.
Envy is one of the most popular gradients.
Emerald City features the Pantone color of 2013
Of course there’s a Leafy Greens Stash Pack.
You can keep up with everything happening in my shop by subscribing to my free newsletter. As an added bonus, 3 newsletter subscribers win free hand dyed fabric each month.
The winners from the Quilters’ Show & Tell submissions and the give-away (below) will each receive their choice of a Stash Pack from my shop.
Give-Away for everyone to enter:
To enter the give-away, leave a comment below answering: What your favourite brand, type or size of needle for hand stitching? The winner from the comments will be selected randomly. You have until Monday, March 18, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. (EDT) to enter the give-away.
This Week’s Quilts
Here are this week’s Green Love Quilts:
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Vote Now
Now it’s time for you to vote for your favourites!
- Voting is open Friday to Monday, March 18, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. (EDT)
- One vote per person (based on IP address NOT email address), so have your family and friends cast a ballot for their favourite quilt
- Winner announced Monday afternoon/evening
How to Vote:
- Review the photos above and make a note of your favourites. You can select up to THREE favourites this week.
- Below, you’ll see the names of all the quilts with a square button beside each one. Select the buttons for the quilts you want to vote for. Then scroll down, all the way, until you get to the bottom of the list of quilt names. Press the vote button.
Green Love (St. Patrick's Day)
- To the Pot of Gold (41%, 204 Votes)
- St Patrick's Luck (30%, 146 Votes)
- Lucky Four Patch (17%, 86 Votes)
- Frogs in Abundance (15%, 74 Votes)
- Celtic Twist (14%, 69 Votes)
- for the birdwatcher (14%, 68 Votes)
- flowers on green (10%, 51 Votes)
- Sweet Peas (10%, 50 Votes)
- First Quilt (7%, 37 Votes)
- Green Christmas (7%, 35 Votes)
- St. Patrick's Day ( Carrie P.) (6%, 30 Votes)
- St Patricks Day (O'faigh) (6%, 30 Votes)
- Green Mountain Peak Quilted Necklace (6%, 29 Votes)
- Gingham Gets Groovy (6%, 28 Votes)
- Kelly's Shamrocks (5%, 27 Votes)
- Green Stars (5%, 25 Votes)
- Wheelchair Quilt (4%, 22 Votes)
- We're All Irish on St. Patrick's Day (4%, 20 Votes)
- Simple Pleasures (4%, 19 Votes)
- Floral Rings (3%, 13 Votes)
- Butterflies and Pinwheels (1%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 494
Loading ...Next Week’s Show & Tell
The theme for next week’s Quilters’ Show & Tell event is Quilts for Babies. Any quilting style is acceptable and unfinished quilts are welcome too.
Read the Guidelines and submit your photo before next Friday, March 22nd, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. (EDT).
Sponsors
To sponsor a weekly Quilters’ Show and Tell event, please send me an email and I’ll send you the information package. Check available dates here.
Show & Tell Links
P.S. Don’t forget to enter the give-away below!
Posted: March 15th, 2013
Topics: Quilt Gallery, Special Features
Tags: Give-Aways, Quilters' Show & Tell
For almost all kinds of sewing I like quilting betweens. Size 9 is most comfortable, but sometimes for hand piecing I use a smaller size). I use Sharps for things like hemming.
I like a size 10 quilting between. It’s small enough to go through many layers easily, but long enough to stack a few stitches. I don’t have a favorite brand, I buy whatever I can find. I lose them too quickly and too often to care who makes them.
Whatever is in my hand dandy pincushion.
I just pick one out that looks like it will get the job done.
Lovely quilts but I have voted for my favourite, so hope I’m lucky
I use a 10 between for quilting. I don’t have a favorite–I buy whatever brand is available in that size.
I have not tried hand quilting and use applique needles for my bindings and such.
I use the quilting betweens – no special brand
nhsarab at yahoo dot com
Dritz seems to be the brand that I buy most often. Since I jump from quilting to smocking to tapestry I have a pin cushion full of needles all sizes and shapes. I just grab what looks comfortable for whatever project is at hand.
I don’t have a favorite brand, I just buy quilting needles and use whatever’s in the package. I loose them allot!
I like the size 9 needle because it’s easier for me to use when hand quilting since it’s larger. I don’t do enough hand quilting to use a smaller sized needle….wish I had more time to perfect that skill.
Que color bello es el verde!
Tengo muchas agujas de muchas marcas.
Esas telas verdes de Vicki … me da una envidia verde de quien las gane.
I usually use a size 11 between for quilting; nowadays that requires a needle threader!
John James as recommended by David Taylor!!
I use whatever needle looks like it will work with what project I am doing at the time, they are all quilting needles. Thanks for the giveaway. vickise at gmail dot com
I have so many needles but I like sharps best for almost everything. Don’t know the brand name – James from the UK?
I use the size I think will get done what I need.
I use John James needles for all my needlework.
I haven’t ventured into much hand quilting yet so I’m not sure………..but it’s on my to do list!
I am not a big handwork person but I have tons of needles. I like betweens usually 9 or 10s.
I hand quilt with John James Quilting Needles, usually. I prefer to use a size 12, even though they sometimes break when I am going through a particularly thick seam. Thanks for the chance to win!
I use a quilting between, whatever looks about the right size, no particular brand!
For hand quilting I like John James Quilting #9. The needles are very sturdy and have a good eye for threading.