Full Circle - Giveaway!
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I generally have a story about most anything, but this one I felt compelled to share. It is a story of generosity and of paying it forward (or sewing it forward, as I like to say). It also ends in a Giveaway for you!
This story starts at my first Quilt Market in Pittsburgh in the Spring of 2014. Here I met Jessica VanDenburgh from Sew Many Creations (and our Featured Designer in December 2014). I had been overwhelmed with the buying choices, and she graciously gave me her pattern Stacked which eventually became our first quilt kit at Red Thread Studio.
The sample quilt was soon pieced by my mother-in-law, Louise, and quilted by my friend Monica of Diary of a Quilt Maven.
Fast forward to the Fall of 2014 when I was gearing up to launch the website but was in need of a brand logo. Enter a dear friend from my childhood who also happens to be not only a high school art teacher, but also photographer and graphic designer. If you knew Andrea, you would know that she is a giving soul. She worked with me patiently to design the Red Thread Studio logo and would not accept any payment in return.
Now and after nearly a year of vending at quilt shows, we have only one Stacked Quilt kit left and a beautiful quilt that needs a new home.
Well, the Stacked Quilt is on it's way to Andrea, and I couldn't be more excited for her to open the box! I don't know about you, but my favorite part of making quilts is giving them away!
And, so that the story does not end, we are giving away the last Stacked Quilt Kit which includes nearly 7 yards of fabric and the Stacked pattern. Our only request is that you find a way to also Sew It Forward and keep the story alive.
You can enter the giveaway by simply:
- Leaving a comment below telling us how you would Sew It Forward with either this kit or another quilt you have made or plan to make.
The Giveaway is open worldwide and ends March 31st at midnight EST, and the winner will be chosen using random.org and announced on this very post.
Good luck!
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I love to find beautiful fabrics to make quilts that I can give away to those I love. I recently made a quilt from my colorful stash that has gone to my friend battling cancer. She will take it with her to adorn her hospital bed as she heads back for her second bone marrow transplant. And one of my favorites was a quilt made from my husband’s grandmother’s hankies, collected when she was a girl. We gave this quilt to our niece who just got married as a remembrance of her great grandmother. I would love to Sew It Forward with this lovely kit!
My sister is a neonatal ICU nurse. They need small quilts for mothers to use to cuddle with their babies when they finally get to hold them and take them home.
If sadly, the baby goes home to Heaven, they have a new quilt to wrap them in.
This is my plan to pay it forward.
I would give it to my daughter’s dance studio to be auctioned to raise funds for tuition scholarships. One beautiful art form used to support another.?
I’d quilt it forward by making this for my daughter!
I would sew it forward by using it to teach my sister to quilt…she is FINALLY interested!