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The results are in...

Finally!! The giveaway is closed, and after hours of counting and searching and linking and Dr. Pepper, the results are in. So here's how it all went down:

672 comments
178 blogs that linked back
177 sweet people who so graciously welcomed Moda Lissa into blogland, doubling their entries
76 lovely projects that have been posted at thimbleblossoms.com or emailed to me
minus 44 double entries

for a grand total of

1728

entries

Excuse my lameness, but holy cow people! THANK YOU! I am definitely feelin' the love over here on my end. Although it took me about 7 hours to visit all the blogs, award everyone the correct amount of points make a spreadsheet and pull all my hair out, I got it all sorted out. Phew!

After deducting that it would take approximately 4396 yards off fabric to make a quilt for each person who entered, and at least 11 years, I decided to stick to the original plan and just make a quilt for the grand prize winner, who chose this pattern:

made this comment:

"I am originally from Southern Utah. I am living in the great state of North Carolina. My favorite pattern is probably going to be the Baby Mine, in the colors of Brown and Blue. The weirdest compliment (I think it was meant that way) was when a friend said to me while I was pregnant with my first child "you must be having a girl, cause she is sucking the beauty right out of you". In a way, she was right, my daughter is gorgeous and I have never really gotten my youthful looks back. I am linking you to my blog, and it is hard to type with my fingers crossed."

and just happens to be #821,

Allison Roundy

Congratulations Allison! Email me at camille@thimbleblossoms(dot)com, we'll talk, and I'll get sewin'.

And you would think that was the most exciting part, right? Let me tell you, you'd be wrong. Remember when I told you how wonderful Lissa (of Moda Lissa fame) is to me? She's that good to you too! She is going to be giving away a second quilt! How's that for a surprise?

So, the lucky person who won a quilt from Lissa picked this quilt:

made this comment:

"Hi! I'm from Utah, but I've been transplanted to Massachusetts. I love New England, but boy do I miss the mountains! I love love love your Wallflower pattern, and I would count myself extremely lucky to have a Camille original!!!! I can't think of a strange compliment I've received, but something unique about me is that I could snap my fingers when I was six months old (cross my heart - at least that's what my mom claims) I also wanted to tell you how much I love your photography! You have a great artistic eye!"

was Lissa's 109th commenter, and just happens to be...

Wendy

You lucky duck! I'm so jealous. I want a Moda Lissa original! Email me and I'll pass you on to Santa, er, Lissa.

So there you have it. Two winners, two quilts. Two lucky ladies.

And a few more? Sure, why not!

Two more winners will each get a set of three Thimble Blossoms patterns. Their favorite plus a few more. And probably a little fabric treat to go with it. And those winners?

#145 The talented Elizabeth at Silver Scissors Quilts who I'm pretty sure after reading her blog will definitely make good use of them! Yeah Elizabeth!

and

#1127 Rebecca Radford (she may need a double batch, since she and her daughter have recently started quilting together. How great is that??) who will need to start a blog so we can see more projects. ;-) She did post this on thimbleblossoms.com though,

and her daughter Macall (hope I spelled that right) posted the one below. Yeah girls!

Well, there you have it. I'm off to the sewing machine. I've got some sewing to do! Thank you, all of you. You made my.... November!

What do you say, should we do this again sometime? I think so.

Wrapping things up

This is it! Last call for all giveaway entries. Time to wrap things up, total up all the entries, and visit about 600 blogs... sounds like fun to me! Its going to be a late night... Don't forget to check back on Monday to see if you won!

Speaking of wrapping things up,

All my printing is here, which means everything I've been DVR-ing for the last few weeks is going to come in handy over the next little while... anyone want to come to a pattern folding party at my place? ;-) And to everyone who pre-ordered, THANK YOU! Your orders will be on the way on Monday!

My little brother Ryan has been staying with us all week, and headed home yesterday. We miss him already. Come back soon Ry! It's too quiet around here! (Well, as quiet as a house with a three and four year old in it can be...) Anyway, my guest room is empty now, and I'm ready for more guests! Who's next?

(Love this picture, especially Canon pouting in the background)

And last but not least, something that you may want to wrap up for someone special, this sweet Christmasy necklace my sister-in-law Christina added to her shop today:

She's spreading the joy around and giving one away, so head on over to her blog to enter and it just might be yours.

Alright, I better get back to counting. I have a lot to get done today, especially if the Christmas tree is going up tomorrow... can you believe its time for a Christmas tree again?? Already?? I can't wait!

Happy Saturday!

Warm and cozy...

Have you heard of Today's Creative Blog?

What am I saying? Of course you have. In fact, most of you dropping by are probably coming from that direction. So to those of you who are new over here,

Welcome!

And to my peeps, head on over to Today's Creative and take a look when you get a chance. I'm beyond flattered! Thanks Kim!

To celebrate, I'm skipping the kitchen and ordering take-out. Wait, I was going to do that anyway.

I feel all warm and cozy inside. Plus its warm and cozy around here. See?

And my favorite sibling is here, ;-)
And the boys got new Legos from Nana.
AND all the giveaway love.

Plus warm sugar cookies.

Just warm and cozy, all around.

Double or nothin'... or just double

I have a few favorite people in this world, and one of them is Lissa. Ahem, ModaLissa. ;-) She keeps me up to date with the latest {droolworthy} Moda fabric, which means that she is THIS close to Santa Claus in my book. Not to mention, she has been a cheerleader for me since I started this whole crazy thing!

Anyway, Lissa has so generously offered to donate fabric to the cause! She must have known I was running low... SO, to double your entries, hop on over to her brand new blog and tell her how great she is. I'm serious! Or, I suppose you could welcome her to blogging. That would do too.

Either way, be creative!
This just got interesting...

Thanks Lissa!!

(If you are wondering what I'm talking about, it's the giveaway a few posts down. Then this will make way more sense.)

Sew happy

Yeah! So fun to see everyone participating in the giveaway (below). And so many familiar faces! It makes me so happy to read all of your entries! Pretty much the perfect distraction from the work I'm supposed to be doing. ;-)

So... I don't have any girls. I know that is stating the obvious, but I wanted to point that out as some kind of reason for why I think this is so great. What is this, exactly?

This is my boys doing one of their favorite things. Making their very own quilts with Mom.

I cut, they design, We sew. (Don't worry, I iron.)

Watching them use their creativity, and watching those little hands work makes my heart melt.

Oh, and don't worry Dad, they always use manly fabric.

Feeling lucky?

First of all, THANKS everyone for all the love on the patterns! You know how it goes, you work your guts out on something and you get the occasional "looks good" from the husband, the "great job" from your mom, but you don't really know until you put it out there. Which is always terrifying. Luckily, when I put it out there, I've got all of you girls to help me out and calm my nerves. How lucky am I?? Lucky, I tell you.

So I was thinking, amidst all the luckiness, its time for a giveaway. I've been thinking maybe a different kind of giveaway- here's how it is going to go.

1. Pick your favorite Thimble Blossoms pattern over here or here. New one, old one, whatever you like.

2. Leave a comment with your name, where you are from, your favorite pattern, and to shake it up a little bit, either the strangest compliment you've ever received, or something that makes you unique. I'll be reading your entries while taking breaks from pattern writing, so dazzle me. ;-)

3. I'll choose the winner via Random Number Generator, and make the quilt of your choice out of the fabric of my choice. I'll give you one guess on what that might be. ;-) If you are thinking Cotton Blossoms, you are probably right. Probably. Maybe I'll give you a few to choose from. Who knows, I'm kinda crazy like that. I'll probably throw in a few consolation prizes as well. Who knows what those will be!

Extras:

*Mention this giveaway on your blog and get an extra 3 entries.

**Go to the pattern page on thimbleblossoms.com and post a picture of your finished Thimble Blossoms project and you get an extra 5 entries per project. Yes, PER project. Those of you who already have projects posted over there get those points automatically. Especially if you give me a little reminder. Way to go, you!

*If you are a quilter, and would rather have the kit for your quilt, you can definitely opt for that after you win. If you aren't a quilter, you are good to go, it will be all done and ready to snuggle in when it makes it to you. If you are one of my designer friends/fabric friends/quilt shop owners/mom and feel like you shouldn't enter because you aren't sure if you should, go right ahead!! It's good for my self esteem. ;-)

As always, here is my example:

My name is Camille and I'll always be from Idaho, but live in Las Vegas and I love it. (We are playing outside barefoot today!) My favorite pattern is probablySitting Pretty, I snuggle up in it every night while I sit at the computer and read blogs and attempt to get work done. The strangest compliment I've ever received? Had to be this one. But since I already blogged about that, something unique about me... I listen to talk radio online whenever I'm on the computer. I'm an old lady trapped in... apparently an old lady's body! I've posted about this giveaway on my blog (well, that's a given!) and lets face it, I posted a lot of stuff over at thimbleblossoms.com.

Wow, that was a long entry. Sorry. But you get the idea, right?

Since some of you may be scrambling to get some projects done, I'm going to have the giveaway open until November 23, and I'll post the winner on Monday morning, November 24th.

edit: After you submit your witty, clever entry, head on over here to try your luck at a lovely quilt (or three) from at Old Red Barn Co. But don't claim the Tula Pink one. That one's mine. Me and Tula, we're tight. ;-)

edit2: Want to double your entries? See this new post!

How does that all sound? Good? Good.

Oh, and good luck!