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Seriously, doing GIVEAWAYS is the best part of my job. I love it! When I look at a stack of Fat Quarters I just think: POTENTIAL. It’s the same when I have a fresh piece of fabric in my needlework hoop, or a pattern all cut out and ready to sew. Setting up the Clothworks giveaways and knowing that somebody–or in this case, TWO somebodies–are going to win a kitty that is big enough to do a whole quilt top gets me pretty excited. So, here goes another giveaway.
This one is a little different. As the holidays approach, I can’t help but think about gift giving. Here’s how it works. First, I really want to thank Scott Hansen at Blue Nickel Studios for rounding up all the inspiring blogger/sewers that he did for the Bloggers’ Bar Hop Quiltalong. So please start by heading over to his blog and checking out all the blogs that have already posted cool European Taupe 8 infused blocks. They are wonderful. Those new blocks will keep flowing until October 15th, so there’s plenty of time to keep looking AND post your own block(s) on his Flickr page.
Here’s how to enter:
1. Check out Blue Nickel Studios’ quiltalong participants for some fresh ideas on what to make–then think about what you might make with European Taupe 8 Fat Quarters.
2. Go to Facebook and “like” Clothworks if you haven’t already, and share the post from your page so ALL your friends can take advantage of the European Taupe 8 “Treat a Friend” Giveaway. You can even “like” and “share” this post from this page–so you don’t even have to leave! Maybe you even make a deal with a friend that if one of you wins, the other will get the “friend” stack…Just a thought.
3. Head back here and make a comment on our blog about what you might want to make with these fabrics and blammo! You’re done!
4. Contest ends Thursday night, October 11th at Midnight, Pacific Time. I won’t be in on Friday, but our lovely Stephanie will be announcing the winner and letting you all know where those fat quarters are headed.
5. Thanks for being wonderful readers and playing along. And, just as a sneak peak, we’ll be doing a hot flurry of giveaways right around the holidays just in case any of you have a special someone who likes to sew.
6. If you win, we’ll contact you via email for your mailing address and you can tell us who the friend you want to treat is and give us their address, too.
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I have a friend to share with and I got quite a few ideas from the bar hop. Now i just need the fabric!
My friend Barb and I would love to win this beautiful fabric!!
Thank you for the giveaway! I’m not sure what I would make, but I love the fabric! I also shared a link to the contest on Facebook.
Love these fabrics! I have several friends that would love to win with me.
Just got into my stay yesterday cause the quilting bug hit me with the cooler weather coming. Just learned of a friend who is getting into quilting and I would enjoy seeing her face when I let her know about the wonderful Fat Quarters coming her way!
I love these fabrics!! I am so super excited I did not even have to think about what I would do with them. For a long while now I have been wanting to make a quilt and bunting to match to use on my outdoor patio (verandah) for those cooler seasons and WOW!! here it is!! I am so excited!! We so enjoy sitting outdoors taking in the cooler evenings and the last of the days sun, and often when there is a chill in the air we pull out the blankets and wraps to try and avoid having to go indoors until it is really necessary. And the bunting to match the quilt? well…….I just love bunting on my verandah! The actual design, probably something with a leaf design, using blocks and bars or if I feel adventurous enough perhaps even some applique. Thank you for the opportunity of allowing us to share!
I love the fabrics, they are just my colors. I am working on The Farmers Wife quilt and they would fit in perfectly. My friend, Linda would love to share the goodies.
Blue Nickels bar hop has given me some good ideas also.
Love these new fabrics – I have a friend who I just encouraged to start quilting and it would be lovely to able to win a bundle like these to give to her to start her stash!
I would love to surprise a friend with a win… I would make a quilt for a senior for my charity group.. My friend would probable make a quilt for her mother in law
Ny Mother is hinting loudly that the boys in the family are next in line to be receiving a quilt from me. This would be a good start towards that. I love the fall colours I see included.
This would be fantastic to win… my friend is out of her quilting mojo and something like this just might snap her out of it!!! Thanks so much. I have shared it on FB… I hope some of my friends take part!!!
ps I will be following the ‘bar hop’ to get ideas… just in case… or in any case!!
I am always following you on the blog and have found a lot of free patterns to keep. I know a good friend that would enjoy winning the European Taupe 8 Fat Quarters as well as myself. I would be joing in the Bar Hop also. Thank you for the wonderful opportunity to win.
Sandi T.
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These are my colors. Didn’t they used to be called “muds”? Either way, I make anything with these! Just love them. But I am seeing a delicious applique, very Baltimore style.
I have a lovely friend who I would certainly share with and the fabric is wonderful! I think taupe fabrics are so versatile and I have a pattern for a wallhanging – taupe fabrics would be stunning!
Georgeous fabric. I am trying my hand at designing my own quilt and would love to use these fabrics, and share them with my best friend (for 50 yrs) who got me into quilting.
I would share with my sister/friend. Not sure what we would make but I love the fabric.
I think I’d just stash for now, but I’m sure my aunt who would get the other half would do something right away.
I am drawn to the soft, muted colors of this collection. Very enticing. I can see myself curling up in a comfy puffy quilt made of this fabric.
What a fun giveaway! The colors are perfect for my bff Karen and I love them too! thanks!
I can see using these in an applique project. While I don’t have anything in particular in mind, when I look at the fabic I think outdoors….
Thank you.
I really like these fabrics. I would make a fall table topper with them. I have so many friends who would like them too, it will be hard deciding who to share them with.
I am doing fall wallhangings right now and these would fit right in.
I love these fabrics and know just the friend I would share them with. I got lots of ideas from the blog hop, now I just need to win the fabric and decide which project to make!
I love Clothworks fabric. I want to make a special quilt for my bedroom and if there’s any leftover fabric I can make a baby quily for Harties Haven. It is a home for abandoned babies. I will sharr fabric with my friend Mirinda who introduced me to quilting
I am seeing something with stars . . . love these colors!
I also shared this on Facebook. I would love to add these beautiful fabrics to my stash and make a georgous memory star quilt. Thank you for the chance to win.
I am new to the quilting hobby and was introduced by a good friend. I did a tablerunner and a circular coffee table cloth and a few handbags but so far nothing big yet. I just came home from summiting Mount Kilimanjaro and thought,this would be an excellent project.Do you have colours for that theme? I’d like to share with my daughter Monika,who also recently started quilting and who makes baby blankets for her friends.
My friend Sue would love this. I would use the fabric to make table runners.
I would use the fabric for pillows and quilts in my family room;
the perfect colors and small prints to add to my sunflower applique project! I would share the other fat quarter set with my sister!
I would probably add them to some other fat quarters and make a Fall throw for a friend. I already like Clithworks on Facebook. Thanks for the chance to win. Oh, and I checked out the bar quilt along too. Great blocks.
I already LIKED you on FaceBook so I shared the FB post on my own FB timeline. I would like to share these fabrics with Original Quilty Friend. If I win, I will reveal her name and address to you. She would make a wonderful hand quilted treasure and I would make a quilt for my son and practice my machine quilting.
I have two new patterns that would be lovely with these fabrics! I would share this with cousins and friends in a scrappy quilt!!
Beautiful fabrics! I would use them to make pillows for our couch – the colors would be very complimentary. I would share the other fat quarter with my sister. She recently retired and could use some fabric to inspire her and get her quilting again.
I would love to win and share with a friend. After all, quilting is more fun with friends!
I just designed a ribbons quilt, and after seeing the Bar Hop, I think that would be a great project for these subtle, earthy tones! Or maybe an Irish Chain.
I already had Clothworks liked on Facebook, and I have signed up for the emails….that’s how I found out about the hop and share giveaway !
Thanks!
I will for sure make something cute with these fabrics.
these fabrics would make a wonderful snuggle quilt for my living room. I would also use them to make quilted shawls for a local nursing home. sew beautiful!
My son Jack just got engaged! I would use this delicious fabric to make them a paper pieced quilt I’ve had my eye on!
WOW.. this is the best give away. My friend Diana and I would love to win these bundles and we would work together and make some kind of quilt. I’ve been doing the hop and getting ideas. I’m thinking for me it would probably be a quilt for my loving hard working husband. He is the best. I ‘Like” Clothworks on FB already and I’m on my way to “Share” right now. Thanks
These would make lovely friendship stars
I do not know which pattern I would use with this fabric, but I know exactly who I will share it with…..Portia, and I will have a great time figuring out what to do with this fabric.
What a gorgeous bundle of fabric, I can see some beautiful quilts evolving from this line! I also have a dear friend that I would share this with.
I would share this with my friend Judy. These are right up her line and for myself I would make several pillows for the living room. They would work up great in these fabrics.
The Bar Hop is such a neat idea!! I got inspired to get into the sewing room.
OH–and I would make a cozy throw-size quilt for me and the cat to snuggle under!
I think I’d make a quilt with fall leaves on it. and I would share the fabric with my sister who is also a quilter.
This line of fabric is wonderful. Begs to be made into a snuggly lap quilt to nestle down with good book this winter. So many possibilities.
What great fabric and a great idea for a give away. I think I would make a fall quilt using a twister pattern.
These are my colors. Can’t wait to create a table runner And bed runner with Taupe VIII
This bundle of fabric would make a wonderful quilt, I have a couple of designs in mind, I just saw the quilt block from SewSowinLove and I would love to use that block for this quilt. What a great quilt block design! AND to be able to share a bundle with a friend……AWESOME
Thank you for the opportunity.
As I’m mad on owls, I think I’d like to design my own owl quilt pattern and matching ‘softie’ owl with these gorgeous autumn colours.
Thanks for the chance to win it
Hugs
Naomi
We live out of state and the holidays are fast approaching. I try to make table toppers or seasonal wall hangings for my daughters-in-law for the various holidays so this appears to be a great color spectrum for fall! Woo hoo! Would LOVE this collection!!!
I really like Jan Peoples’ “A Good Day” block. I actually think I would like to do this in a quilt.
I have a few ideas in mind among them some star blocks and I will make them into a quilt for Soldiers Angels.
what great fabric, and love the colors. I would make a quilt for charity out of this great fabric, That way not only do I win to be able to work with this great fabric, and enjoy it while I work with it, but I get to make someone else happy by giving it to someone who will charish it and needs it to use.
These fabrics would be great in a Newfoundland Country Quilt…I’ve wanted to do one so this would get me started!
Love these new fabrics. If I am lucky enough to win some, I will share them with my Little Group of quilters.
They will definitely be put to good use.
I am thrilled to get a chance to get an addition to my stash and my buddy April who helped me start my quilting journey deserves to be rewarded as well.. thanks!
I would use this fabric for table runners that I am making for gifts And I am sure my friend Nancy would love these prints also.
I have several quilting “buddies.” We have been doing a lot with FQs. I really like Kari Nichols patterns from MountainPeek Creations. But, I must say having the fabric in hand would be really helpful.
I have many patterns that I have marked to make this year. These fabrics would look wonderful in any and my friend Wanda and I get together all the time to quilt, so we would have a great time using them in projects.
My friend Jackie and I would love to win this contest. The fabric is in beautiful colors to make a quilt for one of my sons.
My BFF and I would have an awesome quilting weekend using these fabrics. Cozy lap blanket and a small pillow if there is enough fabric left over.
I shared on Facebook! I’m sure I would make a quilt with these lovely fabrics
I’ve got a few friends who would be interested in winning the other set, so that would be a tough choice to make if I won!
This would be great for my farmers wife sampler.
I want to share these fabrics with my quilting buddy so we can have a fun SEW DAY together. She can have fun with this bundle and I can make my son a quilt. His was destroyed by a couple of puppies left alone to ‘play’. Little imps! Thanks so much for the opportunity to win.
I think I would make a warm quilt to snuggle under this winter.
Christine and I love quilting together, and looking at (buying, lol) fabric. This collection would be great for a cozy lap quilt. Lots of great ideas for this! Thanks.
Oh! I have just the friend to share these with. You should see what she shares with me. I’m thinking these would make great e-reader/Nook/Kindle/iPad covers. They seem to be on my mind a lot lately. With the holidays coming soon, they seem like a perfect gift.
I would love to make a cathedral quilt with a beautiful set of fat quarters. Thanks for the giveaway.
I am thinking I would make this lovely owl bag that I just got the pattern for.
a nice quilt for my mother!
The European Taupe lines are always so beautiful! I’ve been saving the Country Cottages BOM from Shabby Fabrics, and ET VIII would be the perfect fabric for those cute little vignettes.
Well… tough choices on what to make! But, I think I’d have to make my favorite quilt from one of my favorite blocks – the log cabin! The fabric looks really cozy and I think a log cabin quilt would be perfect for it.
I have been collecting BOM for cottages..these might work, otherwise will have to go through my stash of quilt books and mags and find something wonderful to make. They are packed away at the moment as we are moving in 16 days. I am having severe quilting withdrawals!
I love the colors and I know my sister Madi would love them also. What to do with them, well to start I would make a jacket for my Mother n law for Christmas then use the rest for a quilt.
This fabric would be perfect for me to incorporate in a fall embroidered design that I can make into either a wall hanging for my office or a quilt for me. I’m not one to make for me that I love this material that it looks like a “Me” project.
Oooh I like how part of the goal is to break down the barriers between modern and traditional quilting – I enjoy seeing modern takes on traditional, and now I’ve seen some traditional takes on modern with some of the blocks!
Truth is I have no idea what I’d make with the pretty fabrics if I won – something for my mother in law most likely, since I think she’d love the prints!
Hi ladies! This fat quarter is extra scrumptious! Since my daughter and I are both quilters, it would be super fun for us to win!! I picture a fun array of floating pinwheels!
Jean
I have a grandaughter that was diagnoses at fifteen months with diabetes…I use fat quarters to make holders for her insulin pump. She wears them on a belt around her waist. They wear out and have to be replaced. She loves having different colors to wear.
Wonderful Fat Quarters. My daughter and I are beginning quilters. Thanks Alot
I’m a beginning quilter, and I would love to use these fabrics in a simple Yellow Brick Road quilt. My best friend is an experienced quilter, and these fabrics would be perfect in her family room. Thanks for this opportunity.
My sister and me are both quilters and she is always doing such good things for people, that it would be nice to do something unexpected for her. I know that she would really like these fabrics! Thank You.
I’m not sure yet what I would make with those lovely fat quarters – I really liked the first on the hop with the frame, and also the floating bars. Maybe something like one of those for my grandson or husband. The extra set would go to either my sister who designs all kinds of purses, doll clothes, etc. from scraps, my sister-in-law who has a new great-great grandchild, or my neighbor who is a fantastic quilter.
Thanks for the opportunity!
I would use the fabrics to make a tradional quilt for my husband. The colors are great, and I also like the prints
I belong to a the Trading Fabric Postcard Swap Yahoo Group and will be using some of these fat quarters to make group swaps! thanks in advance!!
I would love these fat quarters as a surprise project for my mom and I! We love to sew together and I’d love to teach her how to do a wintery and warm stack and whack crazy log cabin with these European Taupe 8 Fat Quarters! It would be such a fun project and would give us a wonderful excuse to get together and bond!
I think I might try a modern quilt.the colors seem right for that!
I have a wonderful, caring friend that would just love some of those European Taupe Fat Quarters! And with the other set, I would make a cozy quilt for my nephew, who is getting married in December!
I would have to see the fabrics up close to decide what quilt to make with these fabrics but from what I can see, a nice log cabin quilt for my husband might be appropriate. Thanks for the chance to win!
i’ve been following clothworks on facebook with great interest for a while now and i’ve shared the post on this giveaway to my fb page. if i should win this fabulous bundle, i’d like to make a quilt of ashley jones block of leaves and stems. it’s perfect for fall!
Love the ideas in the barhop! Now I just need the fabric! lol
It is beautiful!
I’m into lap quilts right now and teaching my daughter. Would love to give this package to her.
What fun! I’m not sure what I’d make but my new quilt friend would help me decide,
I snet my friends on face book this entry, I hope we when so we can make some gifts for our families or freinds. Always nice to have a fresh stash of fabiric. Iwould have to see the fabirc in person to decide what I wanted to do with it.
I would use these beautiful fabrics to make a table runner, placemats and a wall hanging!
What wonderful warm colors – I’m thinking cozy quilt for the couch, watching TV!
Pure fun to see what others are doing with that fabulous set of FQs! It looks like a perfect set for a cuddle quilt. In a house full of boys (hubby and three amazing sons), the color scheme would please us all.
I have a quilting friend I would love to surprise with these. They are just her colors and she is setting up her new sewing room this week. I would put mine in a quilt I’m making a friend who requested one several years ago and I have finally got around to making it in my long list of to-do’s.
I will share an challenge my friend to make something, the could donate to pay it forward.
I would probably use these to make a bag (or bags). I seem to be making a lot of those lately and I have some nice patterns using FQs
Beautiful fabrics. Thanks for the chance to win!
Wow! What a stack of fun! I would use these to make some kind of fusible flower quilt, straight from my imagination. Have a super day!
Thanks for the lovely giveaway. I’ve visited the bar hop blogs daily to collect the block instructions and save them into a folder. I made the Uberfest blocks last year. So, if I am so fortunate as to win, would make that quilt using this bundle as well as adding fabrics the way the designers have done. We already have liked Clothworks on facebook as Margaret Wright (a.k.a. my mother who will be my quilting friend if I win), though today your page isn’t loading correctly for some reason.
I do love these neutral colors. Thanks for the chance.
You said that friends could enter too. So, this is the mother entry of the M&M duo. I would make a quilt with this bundle if I WIN. Once I see the fabrics, would select the pattern and recipient (perhaps my son as he likes these colors). We already like you on FB as Margaret.
I love the blocks I have seen. I would love to use Scott’s H bar block and the Split Rail blocks, I think they wo0uld be great together to make a throw for TV watching this winter.
We shared a link to your contest with our FB friends who also quilt.
I’d use this fabric in a quilt. I know that’s not a new idea, but it’s what I like to do best.
Beautiful! Shared your post. Can hardly wait to cut into the fabric!
Wonderful line of fabrics! I would make a quilt for my lake home. I would love to share the fabrics with a friend who introduced me to quilting. Thanks for the chance at your giveaway.
I would love the chance to make some butterfly blocks with these lovely fabrics! I found out about this giveaway because I follow you on facebook.
I have just the person to share with and I would make a quilt to donate to our local battered women shelter for Christmas!!!
These European Taupe VIII fabrics are my favorite colors! I would love the challenge of making a quilt with them. It would probably be patchwork, or a combination with applique, possibly in the borders.
Thank you for the giveaway. Hope I win! I need to make a quilt for a Christmas
gift for my son.
Very pretty fabrics.
I would use these beautiful fabrics to make a table topper
Love, love this fabric! I’m not sure what I would make but I’m hoping to make covered journals for Christmas presents, I think these would be great for that.
This bundle would make a lovely table runner.
I have just started teaching my daughter how to sew and we are just getting on the how-to’s of quilting! I would share the fabrics with her to help get her started. It has been a great blessing getting to share my passion for quilting with my daughter.
Beautiful fabrics! Oh I see a primitive applique wall hanging with these beauties!
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Clothworks always has lovely fabrics. Would be perfect as a throw in the family room to snuggle under in front of the fireplace.