Our first sponsor for the Pet Show!

We are making preparations for the upcoming Pets on Quilts Show!

Padsworth, DragonDrop, and Snoodles have all been working hard to line up sponsors and find tutorials that will help you in your quest to have the cutest pet on the bestest quilt! And also to help you, as you help homeless animals in shelters near you, by making beds and blankies! We hope that many of you will participate in the Show, and in the Padsworth Project, too!

In the coming weeks we will be bringing these tips and sponsor posts to you, to get you ready for the show . . .

This is our first show post, and we are announcing one of our fabulous sponsors:

Quilt Kit Market!

Just look at the cute things that Michele at Quilt Kit Market is donating for a prize! 

Two fabulous books -- Wearable Arf (patterns to make doggie outfits), and the Cat's Meow (quilt and project patterns), and two charm packs of Max and Whiskers by Moda! Woot!

Thanks, Michele, for starting off our Pet Show posts with a flourish!

We'll be announcing more sponsors and prizes, and telling you more about the show in the coming weeks . . . if you'd like to see what some of the entries were from our last year's show, just click here and check them out!

Love,

Quilt Kit Market sponsors HUGE giveaway!

This giveaway is closed now....thank you for your interest, and please take a look around at Lilypadquilting - hope you enjoy your visit!  
I'm so happy that I'm bouncing in my chair! Padsworth and DragonDrop are dancing a jig! Quilt Kit Market is back! Yay!

As we posted yesterday, the fabulous Quilt Kit Market is back in business, and today we're celebrating -- Michelle is sponsoring a wonderful giveaway!

Want to see what is up for grabs? Hold tight and click on this link . . .

A gorgeous kit to make a holiday quilt -- and just look at those fabrics: Blitzen by Basic Grey for Moda!

(That's just a small sampling of the cute fabrics in this line.)

If you're like me, starting a holiday project now makes sense! Then when I get sidetracked by other gotta-do-it projects, there is still time to finish it up for Christmas!

Here's a note to tell you more about this kit:

This wonderfully wintery quilt measures 67"x67" when finished. The kit includes all of the fabric needed to complete the top and the binding.

This kit is over eighty dollars in value, and it is going to have a new home very soon --- one of you special Lilypadquilters will be the happy winner!

I have a feeling that some of you are going to want to tip the odds in your favor to win that beautiful kit, so I'm going to give you several ways to enter the giveaway!

1. Since Google Reader is leaving us in July, many of us are concerned that we might lose Google Friend Connect, too. Please click on the BlogLovin button on the right hand sidebar, so that we will continue to have all of our Lilypadquilting peeps with us. That helps us to attract sponsors, and sponsors mean more giveaways and more fun! Leave me a comment to let me know that you did.
(By the way, you can import all of your favs from GFC to Bloglovin'; click here to get the instructions!)

2. Quick as a wink, click here and sign up to get Quilt Kit Market's newsletter! Leave me a comment to tell me that you did, or that you already receive her newsletter.

3. Visit the Modern Quilt Kits page at Quilt Kit Market, and come back to tell me which one was your favorite!

4. If you help us to spread the word about the giveaway (on your blog, on Facebook, on Twitter, etc) then come back to comment here and leave me the URL for another entry! You can get a separate entry for each way that you spread the news!

5. Just for fun, click on this link and then come back to tell me which of the ten reasons you think is the absolute best reason to shop with Michelle at the Quilt Kit Market! (Grin)

Now, this is such an awesome opportunity that we want to let everyone have a chance, so we will leave this giveaway open for a full week. We'll close the entries on next Monday, April 8th, and we'll announce our winner right after that!

Good luck everyone!

Love,

The Quilt Kit Market is re-opening!

We had a fabulous sponsor last year, and we were so sad to see the Quilt Kit Market close up . . . but now we are all happy dancing, because

The Quilt Kit Market is re-opening!!

Here is a special note from Michele:

I am so happy to announce that Quilt Kit Market is re-opening.  After a trip to Quilt Market in Houston last fall and much thought and prayer, I have decided to re-open the business without my partner. There has been some restructuring to the website and I have lots of new ideas that I can't wait to share with you.
I have spent the last few months restocking inventory and we have lots of new kits as well as precuts and fabrics by the yard. 

 

Just look at these great kits that Michelle is offering on her site:

 

And for all of us that love our charm packs and jelly rolls and layer cakes, she has those in stock, too!

 

Here's another word from Michelle:

I am extending a special Grand Re-opening discount to all of my newsletter subscribers. You will get 10% off of your entire purchase if you use the code GRAND2013 when you check out.

We're so proud to welcome Quilt Kit Market back as a Lilypadquilting sponsor. (And here is a word to the wise ---- we will have a super giveaway starting on Monday!!)

Happy Easter to everyone!!

Love,

  

Tuesday's Words and a Big Sale

I'm sad that one of our sponsors has found it necessary to close up shop, but I would like to help her out by letting you know that she is offering very generous discounts in her last sale --- it's the Quilt Kit Market.

Michelle is marking down everything in the store, and that means huge savings for you --- please click on the logo on the sidebar on the left, and check out the prices and lovely fabrics!

Plus, if you purchase something from now until June 30th, you'll be entered into a giveaway! For every $10 you spend you'll receive one entry in the drawing . . . she'll be filling five (yes, I said FIVE) boxes full of goodies from the site, and you might be the lucky winner of a box! 

In addition to that, you'll receive one additional entry for every yard of fabric that you purchase, so hop on over there and see what she has for you! You might find some yardage that you've been searching for . . . and earn entries in the giveaway, too!

Here are your words for today:

O--matryoshka

B--wasp

O--iron (not ironing board)

G--mouse

G--plum

I--rose

O--truck

B--stars

N--girl

I--key

Please be sure to let Tonya know if you score a Bingo! There are a couple of possible wins left, so check your card carefully, OK?

Love,

Easter Treats and a Word Cloud

Just a quick note: A big Lilypad thank you to all of you that commented yesterday and gave me tips on using spray basting for my projects - I appreciate it very much! I'm going to be getting some and trying it out, and I'll post here and let you know how it works out!


Clearance and Remnants and Kits, oh my!

Just a quick head's up for you Lilypadquilters --- one of our sponsors has some nice sale prices for you:

It's Quilt Kit Market!

Padsworth spotted some charm packs at greatly reduced prices, and jelly rolls, and a layer cake . . .anybody besides me getting hungry? (Grin)

Click here to go to the page where you can find all of these Easter treats!!

Now, I promised you a word cloud . . . have you seen these around? It's kinda fun to make one -- you can do it here at the Tagxedo site. This is what I made:

The only complaint that I have with the Tagxedo site, is that they didn't have a froggie shape to use . . . rhinoceros? Yes. South America? Yes. But no froggie.
Oh, well, Padsworth and I decided to use the kitty instead, in honor of our studio cat. If you make one, leave us a comment and tell us where to look - on your blog, or your Flickr or Facebook page, or wherever you decide to show us!

Love,

Quilt Kit Market gift certificate winner!!

Whooo hooo! Somebody is going to win a $50 gift certificate to the Quilt Kit Market today!  I wonder who it will be?

Keep the Quilt Kit Market bookmarked after this giveaway . . . they are a wonderful resource for kits to make lovely quilts FAST!!  And you may remember this quilt top that I completed:

This is only one of the many gorgeous quilt kits that they have available! So please be sure to shop there often, and tell them you appreciate their sponsorship of the Lilypadquilting blog!

Now, without further ado (don't ya love it when they say that?) we'll let Mr. Random pick our winner . . .

Now let's see who No. 229 is --- why it's Quilter in the Gap!!

(I know, it says 29, but after 200 the "official number-er" starts over again...)  Thanks, Quilter in the Gap; we always appreciate the quilters who help us spread the word, so it's nice to award the prize to one of our PR Angels!! I'll be emailing you to get your shipping info momentarily!

Hope everyone has a quilt-y day!  And don't forget our humongous giveaway, going on now! Click here to enter to win!

Love,

Don't Miss our Giveaway!

If you are looking for our fantabulous Quilt Kit Market giveaway, just click here, and Padsworth will make certain that you get to the correct post, so you can enter to win!

Don't forget that the Accuquilt Bloggers hop is still ongoing . . . here are the bloggers that will present for you today:

                     Alicia, at Heirloom Quilting

                    Marjorie, at Marjorie's Busy Corner

And be sure to come back tomorrow, when it will be my turn to co-host the blog hop!

Love,

Quilt Kit Market Giveaway! (This giveaway is closed now.)

Things are really hoppin' here at the Lilypad!! Aw, don'tcha like my pun? Work with me here, OK? We've got a froggie for our mascot at the virtual design wall site, so we hafta keep him happy! (Wink)

Everybody here at Lilypadquilting and over at Ole Frog Eyes is jumping with joy today --- we have a great giveaway for you!

Just a few days ago I reviewed the Quilt Kit Market site, and a wonderful kit called "Fat Quarter Fun" that made a super cute full-size quilt from the lovely So Sophie fabric line.  Remember this beauty?

Today we're interviewing Michele, the brains and brawn behind the Quilt Kit Market. And she brought a $50 gift certificate with her, to give away when we are done!

Here we go . . .

1. When did you begin quilting? What made you start? I started quilting when I was 19 because I got engaged and wanted to make a quilt for our bed. I didn’t marry the guy, but I kept the fabric!

2.  Why do you quilt now? I quilt because I love fabric and thread. Mixing all of the colors and the shapes just to see what you can come up with amazes me. 

3.What is your favorite quilting tip? Measure twice!!!!!!!!!!!

4. What speaks to you – calls out to you, “put me in your store!”? Color. A collection that has a wide variety of colors and values draws me in. A pattern that makes good use of those colors is always a winner.

5. Are you personally drawn more to patchwork, or appliqué? Patchwork

6. Anything else you’d like to tell us about you? I am a quilting magazine junkie.

7. What would you think are the three biggest reasons to shop at Quilt Market? 
  1. Ordering from Quilt Kit Market allows more time for you to quilt. Just a few clicks of the mouse and within a few days a new project arrives at your door!    2. We only carrying top quality fabrics like you find in traditional quilt shops, so you know you will be getting good quality fabric. 3. Customer service - I may not always be able to answer the phone because I do work a full-time job, but I will always return your call or email and take care of whatever you need. 

Now, the fun stuff!

Favorites: 

What’s your favorite cookie? Girl Scout Thin Mints

Favorite sound? the ocean

Favorite place? Any island that has great weather, food and scuba diving.

Favorite fabric line? This changes just about every time we get a shipment! This week it is “A Stitch in Color” by Mara Dubrawsky

Favorite sewing tool? Rotary cutter (please don’t tell my sewing machine, he gets his feelings hurt easily.) 

  (This is the Comfort quilt kit, featuring the fabric line from Howard Marcus.)

Which is better?

Mountains or beach? Beach, unless the mountain overlooks the beach

Coke or Pepsi? Definitely Coke!

Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate!

Coffee or tea? Tea

Dog or cat? Cats, but please don’t tell my dogs.

A movie or a book? Book

Michele, your secrets are safe with us, but the "cat's out of the bag" about the wonderful online shop you have, the Quilt Kit Market!

 (This is the Christmas in New York kit, featuring Kate Spain fabrics!)

Now, Michele is going to give the lucky winner a great, big $50 gift certificate to the Quilt Kit Market!!  Yay!! Hoppy froggies, but that is generous, Michele!     
How do you win? I'm glad you asked! Of course, you can just do one of these to enter and maybe you'll win . . . but if you want more chances, you can do more of the choices here, and increase your chances of winning! 

1. We love our followers here at the Lilypad, so first
    leave me a comment if you follow.
2. Click on the Quilt Kit Market logo on the left hand 
    sidebar, and sign up for Michele's newsletter. Come
    back and tell me that you did. You will receive a 
    FREE PATTERN (excuse me for raising my voice)
    just for signing up!
3. Next, still on the Quilt Kit Market site, click on her
    button for her blog, and if you follow, come and 
    tell me that, too!
4. Click here to check out all of the kits, and leave a 
    comment telling me which one you think you would 
    choose.
    You can change your mind a few times, but only
    one comment!
5. For an extra entry for each one, you may blog
    about the giveaway, or tweet it, or alert your
    Facebook buddies. Leave me a link so I can 
    see that you did, OK? :)

Whew! Lots of chances to win . . . if you do all of them, that is seven opportunities for Mr. Random to pick your comment! We'll leave this giveaway open for a week, so we'll close on Wednesday, the 22nd, and the winner will be announced on Thursday, Feb. 23!

Let the commenting begin! Good luck!
I'm linking up with Katherine's Corner, and with Kings Daughters, for the Thursday Favorite Things linky party! Check out all the participants there!
Love,

   

Quilt Kit Market - A Review

Hi there, Lilypadquilters!

Just a quick note....I'm linking up this post because there's a completed project at the end.... linking with Sunni, here:

Now, I'm going to ask you a question, and I want an honest answer, OK?

How many of you have been puzzled with choosing just the right colors and prints and patterns of fabrics, for one particular quilt pattern you wanted to make?  Just a quick show of hands . . .

. . . uh huh.  And how long have the rest of you had this problem with telling the truth?  (Wink)

Seriously, though, sometimes the "right" fabrics just are not in your stash. You struggle and dig through the fat quarters and can't find what you need.

Or, worse, you find exactly what you need, but there is not enough for the purpose . . . just some scraps from another project!

AAAUUUGGGGHHHHH!!  It's OK. (Pat. Pat. Pat.) We've all been there at some point and time. Really.

Well, cheer up! I have just the resource for you! See that cute logo on the left sidebar, with a cart, and an umbrella over it? Yay! That's the Quilt Kit Market, and you are going to love them!

Michele and her team are a new sponsor here at the Lilypad, and she graciously sent a kit for me to try out, and review. The kit that she sent is actually Quilt Kit Market's first venture into publishing their own exclusive patterns, and I think they are onto something --- it's a great one! It is quick and easy, and the instructions and diagrams are very clear.

The kit arrived FAST, and with a flourish --- kinda makes you feel special, like you are having a celebration that you didn't even realize was coming. See?

Pull back the pretty tissue paper and . . .

Just look at this!

Isn't that tulle bag cute?

Now, speaking of cute, just look at what was in that bag. Oh, be still my heart. Somebody hold me down, I think I'm on my way heavenward . . .

So Sophie, in all it's yummy glory!

Also in the bag is a zippy bag, with a picture of the finished quiltie, and all the instructions. On the picture, there's a reminder that you will be following the instructions for (in my case) a full size quilt, and inside, plenteous diagrams for us visual learners (that's me!).

I appreciate the fact that the pattern suggests a technique called "cluster piecing" which the instructions said would yield sections that would require less squaring up --- and the instructions were right! I had very little squaring up to do. I kept track of my time, and the flimsy was completed in "no time flat" (that's a quote from back when I used to tell my mom how long it would take me to get home from a party). Just a smidge over two hours --- including the time it took to cut the fat quarters and the borders! Yay!

Now, I'm going to keep you in suspense on the flimsy for now, and tell you about their bodacious web site. Quilt Kit Market is an extremely user-friendly site. It's set up in a very logical manner, and it is very easy to navigate around and find what you want.

Their mission is to provide what you need, in order to get to the fun part quicker -- sewing up your quilt! Most of their kits have carefully selected Moda fabrics, so that you know you are getting top quality materials for your special project.

Once your quilt top is complete, they have backing fabrics by the yard, and coordinating fabrics if you have spin off projects, like pillows to accompany a quilt, etc.  Quilt Kit Market will also provide their patterns individually, so if you have fabrics that you have already chosen, you can utilize one of their great patterns with your stash.

They also have small projects like wallhangings and tablerunners, so if you are looking for a quick gift for someone, Quilt Kit Market is an awesome resource for you!

They also offer precuts -- jelly rolls, layer cakes, charm packs and .... and.... wow, look at those sale prices!

Their remnant section is a great place to pick up some fabrics that you've been looking for, and perhaps can't locate anywhere else!

Now, I promised to show you the quilt top . . . Voila!

Hmmm, that shot inside just doesn't do the pretty colors justice. Let's try this:

Gack! Love the sunshine, but the wind is not cooperating! Let's try one more idea . . .

There we go! Whatcha think? I love it, and I love the fact that it was so quick and easy, and I didn't spend hours searching and choosing fabrics! Fun!

Be sure to come back in the next day or so . . . we have a fun interview with Michele from the Quilt Kit Market, and she mentioned something about a giveaway! Just sayin' . . .

Love,

PS Our "over 600 followers" giveaway is coming soon, too!