Think Pink Giveaway

A week or so ago, my one year blogiversary quietly occurred.  It went virtually unnoticed as life demanded my attention.  Now it's time to remedy that.  So, I present my blogiversary post.

I really didn't know what to expect when I started this blog.    I was intrigued when I discovered quilt blogs and decided I wanted one too ;-)  Who would have expected, certainly not me, that 242 blog posts, 42 Sew and Tell Fridays, 2 Bloggers Quilt Festivals and 101 Followers (thank you!) later,  what quilting experiences I would discover?!  In the past twelve months, I became part of the Orlando Modern Quilt Guild, attended my first ever quilt retreat, participated in quilt alongs and quilt challenges,  and met many, many fabulous bloggy friends.  Of course, I've also spent more time on Flickr than is healthy, killed too many trees printing pages and pages of tutorials, and kept several online fabric stores in business ;-)

I still remember my first post (got a kick out of rereading that) and the first people (Sherri, Thelma and katquilter) who commented on my blog.  I still get a thrill when I receive an email notification that someone has left a comment on my blog.  I hope that excitement never fades.  Thank all of you so much!  You inspire me!  I have learned so much and still have so much more to learn.  I am excited to see what the next year will bring!

Now for the giveaway part of this post.  October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Both my mother and my paternal grandmother are breast cancer survivors!  I wear pink every day during October.  It's just my thing.  I know it won't cure breast cancer or raise any money, but it's what I do.

I am giving away this Amy Butler pattern, 2 yards of Windham Fabrics Pink Ribbons by Rosemarie Lavin and 1/2 yard of coordinating pink heart fabric.

I am also giving away this mini Think Pink quilt which I made using Mrs. Moen's Nothing to Wear pattern.  The middle dress fabric and the backing is the same as the giveaway fabric.  The other dresses and binding are The Pink Ribbon Signature Collection by Karen Neuburger for Quilting Treasures which I've had in my stash for years.

I finished hand sewing the binding on after dark so this picture is off and the other pictures show an incomplete mini.  I tried the FMQ techniques learned from Juanita's workshop to quilt encouraging sentiments in pink thread.  I also quilted hearts, "love" here and there, and my signature in white thread.

I used the Pink Ribbon fabric for the backing, but I didn't sew it on until after the FMQ...

 otherwise the back would have looked like the above picture ;-)

If you'd like to win the pattern, fabric and mini quilt, please leave me a comment telling me something about yourself...such as what do you like to do when you aren't quilting?...how long have you been blogging?....do you think wearing pink 31 days in a row is insane?  Make sure your email address is set to show on your profile or you include it in your comment.

Additionally I am giving away this pair of Tula Pink Plume tennis shoes.  Just so you know, they are new and were only worn once.  That was when I tried them on and realized I had ordered the wrong size.  I loved them so much, and I ordered another pair...this time paying more attention to the size chart!  If you would like these, leave me a comment with your shoe size.  I will send them to the person with the matching size....random number generator if more than one.

This giveaway will stay open until Sunday, October 17th.

Have an amazing day!!!!