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Congratulations Marilyn! New Giveaway

First of all, congratulations to Marilyn for winning the Crafty Kids magazine from the last giveaway!  Email me with your snail mail information please, Marilyn, and I will get that right out to you.

I am getting ready to be in a new round robin - this one is an Under the Sea theme.  So, I was digging around in the stash to see what type of fuzzy yarns I have for seaweed, etc.  I found over 20 skeins of eyelash, boa, chenille, feather, etc. types of yarn so I think I should share the wealth a bit.  The first item in this week's giveaway is approximately a yard each of each one of the textured yarns I found in my stash. 

The second item is this cross stitch kit.  It is cute but I don't think I'll ever get around to doing it.

The 3rd item is a Bucilla crewel kit called Floral Butterfly.  I have pretty well gone off crewel completely now so I'm not going to work this one up myself.

The last item is a do it yourself diaper kit with pattern and fabric already cut out.  Honestly, how long has this been sitting in my stash?  My babies are both in their twenties!  Even if I made this I have strong doubts I could convince either of them to wear it!  roflol

This week there are even more ways to enter!  So, here is how the giveaway works:
1. For one entry leave a comment telling me something you are celebrating!
2. For a second entry, become a follower or let me know you already are in a separate post.
3. For a third entry, blog about this giveaway and leave me another comment with a link to the post.

4.  For a 4th entry, visit the Crazy Quilting International blog and come back and tell me in a separate post something you saw there you would like to try!

5.  For THREE extra entries, become a follower of the Crazy Quilting International blog and come back and let me know.

Good luck!

Comments

Suztats said…
I shall be celebrating my birthday this month. So winning your giveaway would sure be a nice Birthday present! Thanks for the chance.
Suztats said…
I've been a follower for a little while, and so enjoy your posts. Being new to CQing, I'm learning quite a lot!Thank you.
Suztats said…
I would really love to learn how to do some silk ribbon embroidery. Some of the SRE on CQI is fantastic!
Suztats said…
yeah, me again. Can you tell I'd really love to win your giveaway? I am a follower of CQI. Thanks.
Lesley said…
I am celebrating getting the all clear from skin cancer
Lesley said…
I am a follower of your blog and I really enjot it
Lesley said…
I, too must try ribbon embroidery. I've been meaning too for ages.
Lesley said…
I am a follower of CQI, and I find the pics so inspiring!
Marilyn said…
Yippee - I really wanted to win the book so I can come up with things for DGD to do when she visits. Hmmm. Celebrating. Well, my birthday was earlier this month but that probably doesn't count. I guess I'll celebrate the rain today. Even though we were promised hot and sunny, the weatherman reneged last night but the water table is still really low so the farmers say we need more rain.
Marilyn said…
So many lovely things on CQI. I'd really like to try a covered tin one of these days.

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