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Congratulations Lesley - plus this Week's Giveaway!

First of all, congratulations go out to Lesley for winning the fuzzy fibre collection of yarns - have fun making seaweed or whatever tickles your fancy!  Also hope you enjoy the three kits that go along!  Please send me your mailing information and I will get this out to you right away.

This week's giveaway is for three books from my rather eclectic collection.  The first is "Teach Yourself to Make Angels & Fairies", written by Jodie Davis.  There are instructions for everything from a teddy bear angel to a Raggedy Ann angel (so cute!).  Just another case of not enough time to try everything!  lol Maybe you will have better luck.


The second book is "Stencilling:  A Harrowsmith Guide".  I love the old Harrowsmith magazine, Canada's answer to the back-to-the-land movement.  I must have really liked this book because somehow I managed to buy three copies!  So, one of them is up for grabs.

Last, but not least, is "Hand Spinning and Woolcombing" by Grace M. Crowfoot and H. Ling Roth.  Included in the volume are "Methods of Hand Spinning in Egypt and the Sudan" as well as "Handcombing".  Maybe you know a spinner who would enjoy this?

 So, here is how the giveaway works:


1. For one entry leave a comment on this post telling me anything!

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 which round robin you like!

5. For THREE extra entries, become a follower of the Crazy Quilting International blog and come back and let me know.
 
That's it - all there is to it!  Good luck!

Comments

Anonymous said…
Hi Kerri I love your blog you have so much worthwhile information those books would be nice, maybe this is what I should do to reduce my stash. Thanks Linda
Anonymous said…
Kerry I have been following you for quite a while. Thanks Linda
Cathy said…
Kerry, what wonderful books! What?!? You don’t use all 24 hours in a day to stitch and craft either?? What slackers we are, LOL!! I LOVE the CQI blog, ggggggg! ;-) Hugs, Cathy
Jane said…
I would really like to win the Angels book, thank you for having this give-away.
Jane
Jane said…
I also became a follower of the crazy quilt site, so 3 more chances, right? Thanks!
Jane
Marie-Andrée said…
Hi! I love books, I love your blog. I'm a follower.
mandreel@gmail.com
Marie-Andrée said…
Thank you to drive me to Crazy Quilting International. I'm a new follower of this blog.
mandreel@gmail.com
Marie-Andrée said…
I love books. I love faeries. And I was just looking for stencils this time. Thank you
mandreel@gmail.com
Lesley said…
Hi Kerry, I'm so excited to have won your giveaway. You can contact me on:
technoturt@yahoo.com
Thank you again. I look forward to hearinf from you. Blessings

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