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Hey everybody, it's time once again for the Quilter's Blog Hop Party and Giveaway. Special thanks to the Quilting Gallery for hosting. If you haven't been over there yet, click through because there are tons of awesome giveaways!
If you're discovering my blog for the first time, welcome! I'm Shannon, a research scientist by day and art quilter and general crafter by night. I hope you'll take a few moments to look around and maybe come back in future! Here are a few of my recently finished quilts; you can see more by clicking the pages at the top.
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| Rejoice Rejoice, Shannon Conley, 2012 |
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| S is for... #3: You Cleared My Name, Shannon Conley, 2012 |
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| Spring in October, Shannon Conley, 2012 |
Now for the good stuff:
To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment below telling me something interesting about you. Whatever you like, your favorite Christmas/Holiday tradition, your favorite type of project to do, or maybe your favorite flavor of toothpaste.
That's it! If you want to follow me or add my blog to your reader, that'd be great, but it isn't required. I'm willing to ship internationally, but please make sure that if you are a no-reply blogger that I have a way to get in touch with you. I'll use random.org to draw a winner on the evening of December 15th.
I'll be giving away two prize packages to two different people:
Package 1: This is two patterns, the Kitschy Corset Apron (which has a bunch of different cute variations) from Brassy Apple, and the Jack and Jill hat pattern from Izzy and Ivy Designs (these are adorable for the littles in your life). It also includes Denim by Design by Barb Chauncey which has tons of great ideas and patterns for recycling/upcycling old jeans into a variety of fun accessories/bags etc. I'm also putting in one of the cathedral window pincushions I recently made using a bunch of fun Christmas scraps.
Package 2: This is a fun lined zippy pouch with a paper pieced flower, a crocheted cotton granny square dishcloth (seriously guys, these are so scrubby and great for cleaning up, I never use regular dish cloths anymore) and the book Simply Sublime Bags by Jody Kahn. It has tons of pretty and easy bag/purse projects.
Hope you enjoy and good luck to all in the giveaway!
Wow, Shannon! Those are some great packages. And just as I finished drooling once more over your nativity quilt, I scrolled down and my eyes popped at the dinosaur quilts. Absolutely amazing. Were those patterns, or did you design them yourself?
ReplyDeleteSomething about myself - - - I'm getting pretty darn good at making pencil indication marks with both hands when I'm reading my history texts on the treadmill. ;D
I'm a follower already. Let's see - I don't like strawberries but like strawberry flavor.
ReplyDeleteWhat great giveaway packages! I'm a fairly recent follower, since seeing your dinosaur entry in the Bloggers Quilt Festival! These days I live and breathe quilting - that's about it for me!
ReplyDeleteHi. I still really like your spring in october quilt! Something about me... In the hopes of creating a new Christmas tradition this year we are going to start eating a russian/polish (eastern European) dish for Christmas eve supper.
ReplyDeleteSomething interesting about me: in 2 1/2 years my hair has grown from a very short bob to below my waist. Long hair is much easier for me than short.
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wow! loooove the nativity quilt. too cute. I'm from denmark, quilted for 8yrs
ReplyDeleteAwe, thank you for a lovely giveaway! I really love sewing...since I first learned at 11 years old! I have made a ton of handbags and am now enjoying quilting. Thanks for a chance to win.
ReplyDeleteI love everything in package #2... the crochet dishcloth looks awesome. So, I guess it could be interesting that I have tried to crochet lots of times and can make a straight line but I have never been able to round the corner and go back - just one really long straight string. Maybe I should break down and take a class.
ReplyDeleteCute stuff! Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff, Shannon! Some day I hope to visit every state. Currently, I think my number is around 24.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the wonderful giveaway! I am trying to teach myself how to crochet this year!
ReplyDeleteSou brasileira,mãe de três filhas e avó de um casal lindos.Viciada em papel inglês e costurinhas.Não tenho blog ainda.Obrigada,seus prêmios são ótimos.
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tiacarminhapezzuto@gmail.com
What a great giveaway. . you are so talented! I think I'm following you at least I am now in reader. I couldn't find the GFC on the sidebar.
ReplyDeleteA little about me is that I need more quilty finishes under my belt to catch up. Or feel more comfortable with the entire process. I love what you always come up with.
Thanks for this awesome giveaway! I really want to learn paper-piecing next year, since I#ve never done it before.
ReplyDeleteOh pick me pick me!! Super giveaway! I can read upside down which causes problems when I can read the painted words on roads that say "DO NOT ENTER" - I have to relaly think if that is upside down or upside up so I just tend to avoid those roads regardless of which direction is allowed !!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway! I love knitting lace shawls!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great giveaway. An interesting thing about me is that Kaffe Fassett looked at a picture of my quilt on television and gave me advice on why the colours don't work as well as I had hoped.
ReplyDeleteLove your art!
ReplyDeleteI just learned that our grocery store has a locking mechanism once the carts reach a certain area of the parking lot--- SO- my children aren't really that heavy!! I'm just dumb and have spent 30 minutes pushing a locked cart around the store! HA! Mama Weight Training!
are you serious that those dinosaurs are qults?! I thought at first glance that you had painted those!! very impressive! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting this giveaway! I am an avid knitter but am learning to quilt.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for being part of the birthday hop. Very nice blog and wonderful quilts.
ReplyDeleteShannon, I would love to see the inside of that Denim book! I'm a follower. You do beautiful work!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the lovely giveaway! I am a quilter and crocheter
ReplyDeleteWell, interesting, I;m not sure but I can say a few words in about 10 different languages including Hindi & Swahli :) Happy Holidays!
ReplyDeleteHmmmm, I failed sewing in school ; ) now I quilt like crazy ; )
ReplyDeleteWow! Your nativity quilt is stunning! How long did it take to make? It looks like it's a mosaic and not a quilt.
ReplyDeleteI am a new email subscriber. I like prize pack 2.
Deborah
pinkscissorsdesign@ gmail .com
Great giveaways and your quilts are amazing! About me, well failed terribly with my first try at quilting. I now do pictorial paper piecing, just sew on the line! jbechosend at sbcglobal dot net
ReplyDeleteInteresting? How's this: I fix ships for a living as an engineer for the Navy.
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway! thanks!
Both packages are wonderful. It was fun seeing your other quilt works. I voted for your Nativity quilt and it looked like many others did too. About myself...I am a fabricholic.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great giveaway. I'd love to have the purse book. So far I haven't made bags but would like to make some.
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Something interesting about me. Hmm, well I talk to cows. I raise beef cattle and you'll often find me in the pasture talking to them. I'm weird like that.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful quilts! WoW! Amazing! I'm a new follower and I'll be back to read about your Rejoice Rejoice quilt and to see what else I've missed. I have made a few "art" quilts and had a blast doing them. Toothpaste? Ultra Brite, hehe.
ReplyDeleteThank you for a generous giveaway and a chance to win.
Two winners! Woot! Woot! You Rock!
usairdoll(at)gmail(dot)com
Wonderful giveaway! I dream in technicolour and so intensely that sometimes I cannot function the next day for all of the action from the night. I am exhausted when I wake up. Is it a medical issue - I have no idea!
ReplyDeletei sometime wish I am doing a phd on quilts then physics.. LOL..
ReplyDeleteI love your quilts! Great give away, thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteI'm really stunned by your quilts, I feel clumsy with my 1.5" pieces...
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful giveaways, thanks for offering!
If I could chose, I'd pick package # 2.
I play clarinet in the local concert band, which is where i met my husband. I'm into pouches now, I love the addition of the hexie flower.
ReplyDeleteWow! Two great giveaways!
ReplyDeleteI'm researching my family history and I can get back to Edward 1st (of England!)
I just love teaberry gum
ReplyDeleteI've always been the shortest, in school and almost everything else. Now my 13 yr. old son who is also on the small side, is now my size and growing rapidly and eating nonstop. ;->
ReplyDeletei love to quilt! not make clothes just quilt
ReplyDeleteNice give-aways :) I love to read books! Detective stories, thrillers, anything really exciting!
ReplyDeleteGun, Sweden
gun@lapp.se
I'm looking forward to making gingerbread houses with my girls on Christmas eve.
ReplyDeleteMy gosh your quilts are just beautiful. You are so talented. Both of your giveaways are exceptional and you would make any quilter happy with either one. I follow your blog and enjoy myself while visiting. Thank you for giving all of your followers a chance to win. Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteSandi T.
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Sonora, CA
I love to quilt and to welcome my guests during summer time. Your give-away is just lovely. thank you for the chance.
ReplyDeleteYour work is jaw droppingly awesome! Me.....when I get to eat at Red Lobster, I ALWAYS eat the coconut shrimp appetizer,I NEVER deviate from that plan!!
ReplyDeleteI am eating mint buds right now while I take a quick break from work to look at the blogs in the hop!
ReplyDeleteI grow a lovely plant called paracress, also known as the toothache plant. It's a fantastic baby teether - just chew a little and it temporarily numbs your mouth.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt Rejoice Rejoice brought tears to my eyes. That is so stunning!!! How on earth did you make that? I love how it looks like stained glass. You are so gifted!
ReplyDeleteI'm a homeschooling mom to 2. They never said being a referree was part of the job. ;)
Have a merry Christmas, Shannon!
Thanks so much! Your quilts are awesome! I love to handpiece and especially hexagons.
ReplyDeleteShannon, you do incredibly beautiful work!! Something unusual about me? My husband and I are fulltime RVers. We've lived in our 5th wheel -- as camp hosts -- for over three years now! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for a great giveaway. Your quilts are totally awesome.You are very talented and creative!I like to applique and do embroidery on my quilts. I also like to make scrappy quilts.And when I am not sewing, I like to read.
ReplyDeletePackage #2 please. I am still so amazed by Rejoice Rejoice! Thank you for making me look at fabric like mosaic tiles. I was a nanny for two summers in college on the east coast. It was a wonderful experience living with another family!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win the apron! But the other one is good too!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe when I laid eyes on Rejoice! Rejoice! Is that applique? Piecing? Amazing job. Well, I am not that talented/advanced in quilting. I am probably an intermediate skilled quilter and would love to branch into sewing other things so this is a great giveaway for me. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSomething interesting about me - I have a squished knee that the doctors rebuilt with Coral.
ReplyDeleteWow. Great gifts. I LOVE blog-hops. Thanks for the opportunity on a great giveaway and have a Merry Christmas. bonnielarson58@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteThanks for being in this fun blog hop. I would really like to try your package 2 as the scrub things looks very interesting.
ReplyDeleteMy eyes are so dark brown that one time the doctor had a hard time seeing my pupil.. I was not so confident in that doctors skills.
ReplyDeleteThank you for a chcne to enter your giveaways. Thos eare very nice items you have slected to giveaway to some lucky someones that win. I love to sew especailly kids clothes.. But I amcurretnly working on a upcycled denim hexagon project.
ReplyDeleteconn_and_vans_mom(at)yahoo(dot)com
Those dinosaur quilts are to die for!
ReplyDeleteI am allergic to coconut which makes a lot of Christmas goodies a NO NO for me.
HI Shannon, Great name my daughter is also a Shannon. I do all sorts of needle work. Lately I have been making cute things, such as apple cosys and a little tiger. Whatever I decide to make it has to be fun. I do a regular post on my blog called Needlework Tuesday where I give a weekly update of what I have been working on. I'd love to win set 2
ReplyDeleteI would love to win the sewing package. I do not see where to follow you on google. Something interesting is I have summers off to sew, sew sew
ReplyDeleteDon't rightly know which one to choose, but I still think option 1 would be my first choice. Love the quilt you have at the top of your post! Stunning. I am a mother of 5, and always told "You must be busy.." (I am not! just involved in a number of things: Adventure girls club leader, skating for my girls, taxi driver for all 3 kids left at home, seamstress, and a few more minor things.) Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteFirst, I would like to say your quilts are beautiful. I just started quilting last year, but have learned alot and am loving it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the awesome giveaway! I'm one of 9 kids, and as much as I love having a big family, I don't have it in me to have that many!
ReplyDeleteI'm so impressed by your art. It is beautiful. You are very generous to offer two packages. The second one would be my first choice. Thanks for participating in the Blog Hop Party.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chance!
ReplyDeleteSomething interesting about me? Hmmm...oh man I can't think of anything interesting about me!!! Let's move onto Christmas traditions.
Every year I look forward to taking my girls to town to scour the shops for the perfect ornaments that suits each of us. We each get one each year to add to the tree. I like red and sparkly. Thankfully the girls have outgrown Spongebob squarepants!
I love your work. I am a night owl but can rise early. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI'm equally a math/science nerd and creative girl and switch easily back and forth - I don't believe in the zodiac per se but honestly I'm the picture perfect Gemini! Great give away - thanks!!! See you fridays!
ReplyDeleteHi, Shannon - what wonderful work you do, both with your Day Job and your quilting! About me? I can only sleep 6 hours a night, rarely anything longer. Makes me sad :(
ReplyDeleteFun giveaways! Two of my favorite types of projects are upcycling fabric and making bags. I just finished a denim tote as a christmas present yesterday!
ReplyDeleteWow!! love that Nativity quilt....thanks for the fantastic giveaway!! About me.....I am a hand quilter trying to learn FMQ.
ReplyDeleteWhat amazing quilts!! As a new quilter (one tiny doll quilt under my belt! lol) I can't quite envision how that mosaic-like nativity quilt goes together. That is stunning!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway chance! Our favourite Christmas tradition is making gingerbread houses together! My boys are 3 and 5 now, so maybe the outcome will be more than just gobs of icing and candy. Merry Christmas!
What a wonderful giveaway. Our favorite Christmas tradition is spending the day watching movies in our pjs.
ReplyDeleteI am your neighbor in Arkansas! Love your mosaic nativity!
ReplyDeletethank you for this great chance. hugs from Italy. Alessandra
ReplyDeleteI love option 2. As for me, I love love love to piece quilts, but the quilting and finishing, not so much....thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteHmmm interesting huh? I donated my right kidney to my brother 25 years ago :-)
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Fun giveaways! I like to watch ABC Family cheesy Christmas movies.
ReplyDeleteOK, those quilts are amazing!!! Wow! Let's see...I have been running for the last 2 1/2 years. :)
ReplyDeleteWow! Your Rejoice, Rejoice quilt is amazing! Great giveaways! Most of your items are new to me. Would love to win either! My favorite toothpaste is Crest. I love piecing tops. I'm a traditional quilter. Merry Christmas!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway. I am a cake and cookie decorator in my spare time, I started quilting this past year and I'm trying to learn everything I can. Tonight I taught myself how to put a triple mitered border on a quilt... It looks awesome!
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Thank you so much for the giveaway! That zippered pouch looks wonderful! My friend Marie crochets dishcloths and they are wonderful! Love your granny square style!
ReplyDeleteSomething about me...
My family is super talented..
My uncle can make the sound of a train and it sounds so real..
My aunt could really yodel...
My other uncle can wiggle his ears and never move a muscle to be seen!...sure enough!
My youngest daughter can get on her hands and knees and raise her shoulder blades up off of her back and looks like a lion ready to pounce!
and me.. I can move both nostrils in and out like a rabbit without any other facial muscles moving.. :)
See, told you my family is talented. :)
Merry Christmas!
That bag book looks like fun. Hmmm something interesting? Ok, a little weird maybe but I have a form of synesthesia that means I see colours when I'm touched. Oh and my knees are ticklish. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI love your amazing quilts. Interesting fact about me. Well I have just started to make art quilts. I got back into quilting in April as I now have some spare time and linking my art and quilting is a great combination.
ReplyDeleteSomething interesing about me? I'm in a very high level position at work (in Hitech company) and no one there (I've been working there for a year now)- knows that I'm sewing :) It is my secret... :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great givaway!
Your quilts are AMAZING!! Wowie!! Gorgeous work!
ReplyDeleteI'm a new Follower of your Blog. I loooove doing Random Acts of Kindness (& not letting anyone know who it is! LOL Waaaay fun!) I use Crest toothpast! lol I love sewing & crocheting! (You are sooo right..the dishcloths are super..& spoil you!)
Love your zippered pouch too! Thanks for chance to win one of your gift bundles! :)
Merry CHRISTmas Blessings!!!
I try so many different things that I don't develop favorites!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway! your quilts are amazing!!
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Awesome giveaway packages! I would be thrilled with either (tho I do have a pile of old jeans what I nearly threw out yesterday, then didn't...)
ReplyDeleteSomething interesting about me: I have met and conversed with Princess Diana. I worked at a posh London toy store in 1988, and she came in (in a lovely grey skirt suit with one of her fabulous big-brimmed hats) and I waited on, helping her to find some lovely gifts for her two young nieces (yes, the princesses of Fergie). She was so nice. I couldn't believe she came in and shopped on her own-- leaving the bodyguards in the Range Rover parked outside!
I am a quilting newbie. I finished two quilts this past year for two grandchildren and I have one needing to be finished for my daughter.
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ReplyDeletemy favortie projects are my charity quilts, the ladies in my group cross stitch squares and send to me to turn them into quilts
ReplyDeleteBetween quilts and other projects, I make hospital gowns for preemies in the NICU at a nearby hospital. Our granddaughter was a micro-preemie at 2 lbs. 4 ozs. Making the gowns is a way of thanking God and praying for the little ones in the NICU.
ReplyDeleteYour quilts are just stunning! So beautiful. SOmething about me: on Christmas Eve, our family drives through the neighborhoods that have luminaries. Our grown children still enjoy doing this together.
ReplyDeleteI love, love your "Rejoice Rejoice"!! I voted for it, too. Hmmmm, I wonder who won; I must check. Here's something about me...I'm short and sweet! I always laugh when I see a blogger ask for 'short and sweet' comments cuz that describes me, for sure!! lol
ReplyDeleteYour work is wonderful.I love to read. I got a Kindle last year for my birthday/Christmas present and haven't put it down since!
ReplyDeletewhat a fun giveaway. I teach at a small middle school in rural Washington and I love to crochet and sew sock softies.
ReplyDeleteI love the first set of goodies! I love to read, just about anything...lol. thanks and Merry christmas. vickise@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI am now retired, and love being able to quilt whenever I want. Thanks for the chance to win. I am a new follower.
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Something interesting about me/.... hmmm... well I can only eat small things in even numbers. For instance when I eat M&Ms or grapes or raisins, Hershey Kisses, olives, anything small like that, I can't eat... say 5, I'd have to eat 6 or take 4 and throw the last one out or give it to my kids. ... true story
ReplyDeleteSuch great giveaways! Thanks for the chance. Not much interesting about me.....I met my husband online and we've been married for 11 years!
ReplyDeleteYou have beautiful quilts! That first one is just stunning.
ReplyDeleteI'm a homemaker in Washington state, taking care of my husband and our two cats. :) Nice to meet you! Thanks for the chance to win and Merry Christmas!
lovely giveaway, thank you for a chance. Ive been quilting since I was 14. My sisters and I cut my mom's scraps into squares for my grandma to make us a quilt, but she decided she was too 'old' to quilt, so I made the quilt! It is hilarious looking at it now, but got me started down a fabulous path!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway....something interesting about me.......I work in a hardware store and love it!
ReplyDeleteI love your give aways. This is the first year I am giving my motherinlaw a hand made gift. Wish me luck.
ReplyDeleteI have traveled the world coordination watercolor (painting) workshops. Have been to Russia, Japan, lots more including across US and Canada. Pretty interesting places and wonderful interesting people!
DeleteLovely quilts and beautiful giveaways! I love that nativity quilt. As for something about myself...funny you should mention toothpaste. I have always hated mint but struggled along with it for years because you have to brush, right? Then I found cinnamon toothpaste and I'm delighted just to open my toothpaste morning and night! pbstrand@msn.com
ReplyDeleteI am a weird old lady living in a tiny rabbit hutch in Tokyo that is too small for a sewing machine, but enjoying creating strange fabric objects by hand. I'm looking for a small project to introduce some women to handwork and I wonder how long it might take to have the ladies make a pin cushion like that.
ReplyDeleteStunning work! I'm a new follower, just so I can see what you are up to! Something interesting about me? I have a 23 year old son, a 2 yo daughter and a 6 month old son.... there's been a bit of a gap in my sewing time *grin* I break more rules than I follow when it comes to quilting... Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI will pretty much only use cinnamon toothpaste... if it ever goes out of style I will be in trouble LOL... I just have to say that everytime I see your work I am blown away, thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHoly carp, your quilts are absolutely stunning! My eyes popped out of my head when I saw your nativity quilt. WOWZA!
ReplyDeleteWhen I get a drink at Starbucks it's ALWAYS a skinny iced mocha, lite ice and no whipped cream.
I like package #1. My favorite projects are knitting and quilting! I enjoy creating things for my grandsons.
ReplyDeleteLovely prizes! My favorite tradition is making (and eating) lefse - a Norwegian potato pancake that you roll up with butter and sugar. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI love the rejoice rejoice quit that is amazing I think I saw a blog post a while back that you shared it too. As for interesting about me I am a guy that has only quilted a year but made more then 50 quilts.
ReplyDeleteLove the mosaic and the dinosaur quilts! My interesting fact: I enjoy using my daughter's pictures to make my quilts.
ReplyDeleteI love hexagons, and I love your mosaic work. Thanks for the giveaway! tubakk@online.no
ReplyDeleteWow - your 'Rejoice, Regjoice' quilt is amazing! Before becoming a full time mum (many years ago!) I taught high school mathematics (and loved it!).
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