Sew Mama Sew Giveaway!

Hello My name is Mara, I am an American girl who married a Greek boy and now I live in Greece.

I mostly love looking at and petting fabrics and every once in a while I actually complete something to show to you, you can check out any of the buttons at the top of the blog to see what is going on with me, they are still a work in progress, I did a remodel on my blog this last week, I hope you like it?

Thank you to all of the new visitors visiting from Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Week (all links will take you to a new window, so link away, if you see something you like,) and Thank you to all of my regular readers.

Now let's get to the giveaway!  I have 2 bundles of joy leaving my house and possibly going to yours.  One winner must be an International (non US or Canadian) so if the first name that is picked by the Rafflecopter is from the States then I will continue to pick the second name until it is an International person. 

GREEK BUTTERFLIES PACKAGE:

This is just an example.

 What's Included:

1. 1 yard of fabric, you get to pick from my stash, you can pick 2 half yards, or a half yard and 2 FQ's (like pictured) or 4 FQ's or even 8 Fat Eighths if you like.  The winner will tell me their 2 favorite colors, or the 2 colors most lacking in their stash and We will put a bundle together.
2. 2 spools of thread, ΠΕΤΑΛΟΥΔΑΣ (pet-a-loo-duhs) means Butterflies in Greek and this is a thread made in Greece with Egyptian Cotton, I would say it is like a 40wt thread, and I can even say it is very comparable to Aurifil thread.  Once we have picked out your fabric bundle I will take the fabrics to the local Haberdashery and pick out 2 colors that match well with your bundle.

   

   My favorite colors recently have been grey with a beautiful Tile Blue

3. Triangles on a Roll, (not pictured), I will also be putting in enough Half Square Triangles on a Roll for you to be able to make a larger version of this Flowers and Butterflies Quilt.  This is a pattern I came up with and I will be making a tutorial for it soon.  In the meantime if you have not heard of Triangles on a Roll then please check out my previous videos on them or watch the one below.

My son is a better quilt holder than my daughter.

 This is the quilt I whipped up using charms and the HST's on a Roll, this is only (4) 16.5" (unfinished) blocks sewn together, but I will send you enough to do  20 blocks, of course you can use use the HST paper for whatever you want to make.

Okay I'll hold the quilt for you, what is it?, oh that's pretty,  wait something beeped on my computer, mmm, I better push a button, I don't want to hold the quilt anymore, I need to type, I better get a closer look at this, (she's not the best quilt holder)

But she is wearing her Butterfly dress for this photo shoot.

EVERY WHICH WAY PACKAGE:

1. The digital pattern "Every Which Way", written and designed by Cornelia Pramendorfer of Pieced With Love XOXO, a wonderful pattern that I am in the process of working on, and will show more pictures as I get more done, if you would like the pattern now you can purchase it on Etsy or Craftsy.

   

   Image courtesy of Cornelia, this is the quilting she did on a pillow with her pattern.

2. 1 Large Spool of Aurifil 2024 40wt thread, I get all of my Aurifil thread from Elita in Switzerland, she has good prices and good service.
3. Half Square Triangles on a Roll, (picture shown with plastic wrap on), I will cut out enough paper for you to be able to make Cornelia's lap sized quilt, if you were to do this without the papers you would need to cut, 420 small squares of fabric to make 840 Half Square Triangles, I will help you out with that ;)

I am not sponsored by anyone and all of these items other than the Every Which Way Pattern has been purchased by me and I am giving it to you.  Cornelia is getting married at the end of the month, so be sure to head over to her blog to wish her good luck. I will be having a larger fabric giveaway in June for my big birthday bash, so make sure to come back.  I will also be organizing some European Fabric Swaps to come soon (of course any one is welcome to join)  I thought the first ones could be a Low Volume/Text swap or maybe a Christmas themed swap.  I am working on getting some shops to give us discounts for the fabric purchasing and we can all get together to make an order and I will cut it and then send it out to all of my International buddies, are you interested?

HOW TO WIN: use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter, you don’t need a Facebook account. Simply enter your name and email address in the widget instead. The first entry is available to all, just tell me where you live.  There are more options to earn extra entries, if you’re so inclined. Do as little or as much as you like. All SMS giveaways end on May 16 at 5 p.m. PST.   Since that is in the wee hours for me in Greece, I will have the Rafflecopter choose the winners the next day and then contact the lucky guys by email.

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