Blog-anniversary and a Giveaway

The time has finally arrived to celebrate with all of you my blog-anniversary.  I cant believe it is one full year of blogging!  What better way than to celebrate with a giveaway.  I have THREE great sponsors that is celebrating with me, so I just want to extend a BIG HUGE thank you to them!

But before I get to that.. I thought I'd share a little bit about ME.

I live in a very small town in South Africa.  I am 35 years old and married to a gentle hearted man.  We have 3 children, our oldest son is 17 (Marco, had his birthday yesterday ♥), middle child is 13 (Ruben) and Kayleigh, now 22 months old.  I used to work at a local coal mine...NO, I did not take out coal, but I worked as a Maintenance/Scheduling Planner for about 11 years.  After our last baby was born (2011) I had no desire to go back to work.  That was when I became a housewife.  Even though that by itself is quite demanding, I found that I had too many hours during the day, where I did 'nothing'.  So I bought a general arts and crafts magazine, saw a quilt pattern and it all went from there... That was when I made a quilt for the first time, and since then I had no desire to stop!

I have really come a long way this past year, not only in my quilting, but in my blogging too.  I started my own linky party running each Monday, called "Anything Goes - Quilt 'n Sew".  It is so nice meeting everyone, seeing your gorgeous hand work and I admire every single one of you.  

My dream is to one day design my own quilts, or even teach what I've learnt.  I know I still have a long way to go as every day I am learning something new, but I am going to make this dream come true one day.

So enough of all this talk,...  I mentioned a giveaway!

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Dorothy has a quilt shop situated in Epping, Capetown here in South Africa called Dot's Quilts.

She is kindly sponsoring a Lecien’s St Ives 4pc fat quarter bundle (left) and Free Spirit Designer Melissa White’s Misaki range 4pc fat quarter (right) .  These fabrics are just gorgeous, the colours are bright and would look wonderful no matter what you decide to make!  

You can visit her online shop or view her facebook page too.  Be sure to check out the gallery of the quilt shop itself, it is just beautiful!   

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Yolande, also from a local quilt shop here in South Africa called Pied Piper Quilt Shop and Lady Slipper Needlecraft is kindly sponsoring one reel YLI Mono-filament Clear, one reel YLI Mono-filament Smokey and YLI Variegated 100% cotton machine quilting thread - colour DUSK.

You can also find her on Facebook, with lots of tips and inspirational ideas.

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I would also like to introduce you to Christa Quilts who is giving away a $20 gift certificate good for anything in her store!

Christa has been quilting for almost 2 decades but she just started modern quilting only 6 months ago. In addition to running her on-line shop full time, she also blogs and loves free-motion quilting.

You can visit her blog at christaquilts.wordpress.com where she is offering a free quilt-along showing you how to make an entire quilt from start to finish.

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One lucky person will win the 2, 4 piece fabric FQ bundles, thread AND the $20 Gift Certificate!

Here's how,

①  Visit Christa's store at www.ChristaQuilts.com. Then come  back here and leave a comment telling me what you would like to buy from her store if you win

②  My followers get a 2nd entry, if you follow my blog let me know that you do by making a separate comment to record that entry. Don't be shy, just click 'follow' ...LOL (optional)

③  Follow me on Facebook, just let me know that you do by making a separate comment to record that entry.  I've added my Facebook page link below, just click on "like" below...(optional)

④  Help spread the word!!  This is just another way to increase your chances of winning, either blog about it or share it on Facebook, I've added the Facebook "send" button to make it a bit easier to share.  Remember to leave a separate comment to record that entry.  (optional)

So there's 4 possible ways to enter for this giveaway.  This giveaway will run for a week,  and will end on Friday 8 March 2013.  "True random number generator" will pick the winner and I will announce their name here on my blog.

If you're a 'no reply' or anonymous commenter, please remember to include your email address in your comment so that I can contact you, should you win!

*Note*  All entries are welcome local and international, this giveaway it is open to  EVERYONE!!

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Happy quilting.