Yes I am announcing a giveaway. (Can I get a Hooray?)
After doing the book review more than half of the comments said "Yes do a giveaway." So a copy of Finish Almost Any Quilt by Marguerita McManus is going to be up for grabs. Oh, not "just a book" no, it will be autographed by the author! (I love having autographed books!)
If you need to go back and read the review it is here.
So how do you enter? You can get several entries.
1. Comment on why you want or need this book.
2. Be a follower and tell me so in a separate comment.
3. Blog about this giveaway and come back tell me in a comment with a link to your post.
4. The lucky few who commented on the book review PRIOR to this post (and I know there were 17!) get an extra entry for commenting to tell me that they commented on that post.
This giveaway will run through January 27th. Mr Random will pick a winner. The winner will be contacted prior to being announced.
Please be sure that you are NOT a no-reply blogger. (not sure? Check by following this tutorial) If you are no-reply, you must leave your email in the comment to win.
Okay...let the comments begin!
I must inform you that I probably won't respond to all the comments on this. But I do promise that I will read them all!
156 comments:
I am very interested in this technique which is why I want the book. I need it just 'cause! Thanks for the book review.
I am a follower.
I have never used this technique and it sounds perfect for the Loving Hands quilts I make. Thanks for the opportunity to enter your great giveaway!!
I am a faithful follower of your wonderful blog :)
Comment #1 for me....I need this book because I spent more than I could really afford last year on getting my tops quilted...I need to find a workable way to quilt them myself!
Comment #2 for me.....I have been a follower of this blog for a long time now!
Comment #3 for me: I have posted about this on my blog (even though it will lessen MY chance of winning....boo-hoo!!!) I told my blog readers if they decide not to enter the giveaway, that's fine but I told them they really should sign on as followers of your blog. Here is the link to my blog post http://alittleofthisandalittleofpat.blogspot.com/2012/01/giveaway-link.html
Comment #4 for me: I do believe I was one of those who jumped right in and commented when you first spoke about this book and started to review it. So.....this comment is to inform you of that. (AND...can you tell how well I followed your rules for entering this giveaway? Can you tell how much I want to WIN this giveaway?? LOL) Here's hoping!!!
I need the book because of that crazy Moose on the Porch!
I'm one of your faithful followers.
Jumping up and down!! I posted on your previous post!!! Good think I like to chat.
Alrighty Gene. I posted your announcement. Kind of small, because I want to win. Here's the link:
http://billiebeesblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/announcing-genes-announcing-of-giveaway.html
Oh please!!!, enter me in the drawing!!!, I'd love to finish alot of quilts using the book, thank you for the chance :)!!!!
I have been your follower, from a while now, *fingers crossed*
Hey Gene! I'd love a copy of this book--I've done several quilts using one form of QAYG method, but there are several quilts I've not tried because it didn't seam to be possible. Lucky for me I'm not a perfectionist ... just a quilter living in a very small space (5th wheel) and I know my quilting would benefit from this book! To have it autographed is the icing on the cake -- I love autographed books, too! :)
I am a follower. I thought I already was (us Alabamians need to stick together!), but evidently something went wrong. As is well with the world now, though. :)
And... I blogged about it, too! :)
I would love you win this book. Sounds interesting
I need this book because I hate finishing and would make a lot more quilts if I knew an easier way to quilt them. That is all.
Sarah
I'm a new follower of your blog. Enter me in the drawing for this interesting book. I do have trouble (sometimes) finishing a quilt! Thank you for the chance to win. Michele G
Gene, I need to read this book. Currently I have two quilts, back from the long arm quilter for over 10 months, that just need to be binded. Another two that are in rows..sew those rows together..come on... another that is all together except for the last row, I need to make one more block...I think I need to read this book. I'm hoping that it will help me stay on track. Why is it so much fun to start a new project, and so painful to finish? Michele G
I spend a small fortune having quilts done....I really am interested in this book. Thanks for the chance.
I not only want the book I need the book! Anyway I can save money is wonderful these days. I have spent I an sure thousands of dollars sending quilts out, if I can find a managable way to do them at home that will not make me rip out my hair I am all for it! Thanks for the chance
I am a follower
I am new to quilting and would like to learn this method. I love reading and all things books. And I love havng autographed ones.
swordfish4203 at gmail dot com
ohhhhhhhhhhhhh...I NEED it! I used to send everything out but now due to finances I have to finish them myself! I need HELP! Thanx for the chance!
I really want to learn to finish my own quilts. I have always sent them to a quilter but my hubs says that is getting way too expensive.
I tend to start and not finish projects, so I really think I need to read this!! lol
I am a follower.
I blogged about this giveaway: http://quiltyascharged.blogspot.com/2012/01/giveaway-at-gene-black-alabama-artist.html
I'm sure my reasons for wanting this book are similar to others' - starting projects is much easier than finishing them. A little quilters' ADD, perhaps?
I am a follower! Have been for a while ;)
Gene, I'm sure this book would be very useful to most quilters, and I need all the help I can get-lol. :)
I am one of your followers. :)
I would love to own this book. I've been quilting for a while, but I'm new to the quilting as you go method. I plan to start a new quilt and try that method. It seems to be much easier to quilt as you go along.
Blessings!
I need this book because I spend SO much time trying to finish, unsewing, continuing to finish, unsewing, etc.. Maybe this book would help me to just FINISH my quilts. Thanks for the opportunity to win this book.
I am a follower of your blog. Thanks for the opportunity to win this book
I am following you now!
Here is the link to my website with your giveaway:
http://momof3girls-momofmanytrades.blogspot.com/2012/01/giveaway-by-gene-black.html
I'd love this book because I have been curious about this technique for a while now!
I am a follower! Thanks for the chance!
I have uUFOs stashed all over the place, waiting to finished. If I could learn her techniques, they'd be finished in a trice and I could get started on using up my stash and finishing as i go. I definitely need this book!!!
I'm an avid follower, Gene! :)
Cool book! I am a newer quilter and the quilting process intimidates me. I've completed two quilts but still feel I have no idea what I am doing! ;)
I'm a new follower.
I need this book to guide me on finishing the blocks that I make and no idea what to make with it! thanks for the chance.
I am a follower
Hello, I am a follower. I would love to win this signed book.
I really need this book asI need to finish two quilts and the prospect seems daunting to me.
This is perfect timing! I just started what is going to be a HUGE quilt and I am too cheap to send it out for quilting. I've been looking around for a good QAYG method.
2. I am a long time follower!
3. Blogged! http://spoolhardygirl.blogspot.com/
And Tweeted, just for good measure. :)
Oh yes please. I'd love to win this. I have a Granddaughter arriving next month. With this I would be able to make more quilts for her much more easily.
Wonderful book. I am sure the tips provided in the book will help me. TQ.
New follower!
Oh man! :( I have been following your blog for quite awhile now via email subscription so hopefully that counts. I just looked and somehow I never clicked the 'follow me' button on the sidebar of your blog however. I have done so now and am now a 'legal' (haha) follower.
Thanks Gene for the great giveaway.
I'd love to win the book to learn more about this technique of finishing my quilts (have way too many UFOs - need to rethink how I make my quilts). Thanks for the chance to win.
I would like the book to inspire me to finish up a bunch of my UFOs. I'm sure it has a lot of great ideas. And while I am sewing instead of reading it, it can be reminder sign for me to "Finish Any Quilt"!!
I'm a follower. THanks for the chance to win!
Here's a LOUD HURRAY! Yes, I am also one of your faithful followers.
I am a follower. Thanks for the giveaway chance!
Linda
http://homesweetquiltinghome.blogspot.com
I want to win this book 'cause I have sooooooooo many UFO'S that I'm sure this book could help me get some of them finished.
Besides.......I haven't won anything in quite a while...lol
I NEED a book called, "Finish any Quilt", since I have several dozen blocks that need to go into quilts! Linda
http://homesweetquiltinghome.blogspot.com
Yes...yes...I did a quick blurp on my blog...
here 'tis:
http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/01/did-ya-enter.html
I do need helping finishing a few quilts so I am thinking this book is for me! :) thank you.
I am a new follower! Thank you again.
I would love to win a copy. I certainly can use all the advice possible on finishing up around here.
I would love this book! I want to learn everything I can about quilting!
I do follow your blog daily!
I need this book because I am awful at finishing!
I am a follower. Thanks for the chance to win the AUTOGRAPHED book. I love autographed books too.
I blogged about your fantastic giveaway!
http://pattis-tyme.blogspot.com/
I have only been quilting for a year. I need all the help I can get! Hooray for the chance to win Finish Almost Any Quilt.
I blogged about your giveaway today at:
http://new2quilting.blogspot.com/2012/01/2012-should-be-great-year-to-learn-free.html
I would love to learn this technique!! Thanks for the chance!!
I am a new follower and look forward to your future posts!!
I need this quilt because I am working on using my stash of fabrics and need different ideas
Gene, I am not usually a big finisher of quilts but sometimes I do like to give quilts as gifts. This book would definitely aid me in finishing and afford me some new techniques.
I'm back..... So I've posted and linked back to you and of course, I'm a "FOLLOWER". Good luck to everyone participating!
I have a lot of quilts to be finished. This book sounds like a great help!
I am a new follower! Looking forward to read more!
I am new to your blog, and I reallllly need this book , even though MZBillie forwards me your info. I have 8 tops that need to be machine quilted, and I have never done it, and am scared to death to try. these are charity quilts for the fire victims of central bastrop, TX
I am kingcooper0001@aol.com
Also a new follower, and since I cant afford to have anything pro quilted I need to learn how to do it myself. thanks
I am kingcooper0001@aol.com
I'd love to see what blocks and patterns work well together to finish quickly. Thanks for the giveaway!
I'm a follower. :)
I'm one of the lucky few (#10). Thanks for the giveaway!
NEAT BOOK!
THANKS FOR SHARING!
HAPPY QUILTING ALL!
I blogged about your giveaway at http://salliessampler.blogspot.com/2012/01/two-more-giveaways.html
Blogged here - http://loveitsewit.blogspot.com/2012/01/lots-of-great-giveaways.html
Thank you!
hum..finishing a quilt is good.. would love to finish more! New follower..
After reading the review, this is definitely a book I could use. Love the idea of 'finishing' quilts. Thank you for the giveaway.
I am a follower, but don't have a blog.
This is definitely the book for me!!! I am a lot of things--- but not a perfectionist-- and I like it that way. Life is too short to spend too much time worrying about that last 5%-- just get the first 95% done and call it good! :-) I would so love to be able to learn to quilt my own tops too.. I have quite a stack of them waiting for me to hand quilt-- mainly because I cant' afford to have them all machine quilted.. Anyway, I would surely love to have a copy -- and autographed? That's even MORE special!! :-) Thank you for the chance to win a copy!!!
I am a blog follower too! AND a fellow Alabamian.. :-) Thank you for the giveaway!
sounds like a great book to keep me moving forward with projects
I`m a follower
I'm a (silent) follower.
I am one of the lucky 17.
Anything to help me get these flimsies finished is a plus in my book :)
I could do alot of projects with this book!
I'm a follower..
Hello! First things first - I'm an Alabama girl! Literally - Roll Tide Roll Go Bama! Way down in the deep south on the good old Gulf Coast.
I need this book very badly - I NEED to finish a lot of quilts I have in progress. Surely need some guidance, tips, and other help :)
So send it on down here -
Thank you,
Cathy Byrd
byrd at gulftel.com
I'm following you - now don't get us lost ok?
and '
HOORAY!
Cathy Byrd
byrd at gulftel.com
http://sassycathy-sassycathy.blogspot.com/2012/01/finish-almost-any-quilt-book-giveaway.html
I blogged about your site and the book giveaway!
Cathy Byrd
byrd at gulftel.com
I so "need" this book!! I have made my goal to learn/practice different FMQ and believe this would so help me with that!!!
I've tried to do this technique on my own but was a dismal failure lol. This technique would be perfect for me and this book would make me actually capable of doing it! VermontPines@aol.com
I love books that teach me different things....I have several different quilts that I could use ideas on....Sometimes I get in a rut and need some help to think outside of the box. I also love to pass on a book when I am through so other people can enjoy it...Thanks for the opportunity Gene!
and I have been a follower for a long time!
Do I have any UFO blocks to finish? Does a bear... Well, the answer is yes, I do. And this books sounds like something I could use to turn them into quilts!
Hooray! This looks like a good giveaway. :)
I'm a new follower.
I would need this book for inspiration to get my projects done.
I think it will be a good one.
I'm posting this on my blog this evening.
Have a great rest of the weekend!
I so want to finish a quilt, but can never get the hang of wrestling a full sized quilt in my machine. This book is just what I need!
Thanks so much for doing this giveaway! I'm a brand new quilter, intimidated by large projects. I just finished my first quilt top (lap-sized) and would love some new tips and inspiration.
Hugs,
Pam
I'm a new follower!
Thanks to Margeurite introducing me to your blot I'll be a follower now.
This sounds like EXACTLY the book I need! Thanks for the chance to win...
It would be great to know how to break down the process of quilting a large project into more manageable portions. I love having books autographed by the author.
I am a follower.
this is so wonderful of you to offer this giveaway. I need this book cause I am afraid of doing anything large than a small lap size quilt, and then I just get the top done and fall apart on the backing and qulting. I am so behind finishing charity quilts. thank you
aka kingcooper0001@aol.com
I would love to have this book if it would help me complete any (some) of my quilt tops, ufo's and fufo's. I just can't stop piecing but cannot quilt a top on my own machine. I need HELP!!!! ROLL TIDE!!
I need this book because I want to learn how to do the technique that you inspired her to write about! LOL I truly would like to know how to accomplish it, and I'm a visual learner, so this would work!
I'm one of the seventeen! Yay! Thanks for the extra chance to win!
I happily follow your blog!
I included your giveaway in my blog today:
http://straystitches1.blogspot.com/2012/01/its-finished.html
I need it cos I'm a terrible finisher!! :) Quantity more than quality!
Sounds like a great book! My new sewing group has been talking about different ways to deal with big quilts and home sewing machines and this would be great to try!
I would love to have this book for the tips on t shirt quilting and machine binding! Thanks!
I am a follower of your blog.
I've very interested in Quilt as You Go and similar methods and this looks like a great resource to start me off. Plus I have a pile of t-shirts waiting to be made into a quilt, I'd love to read her suggestions and method! Thank you for a lovely giveaway.
Quilt as you go is the next quilting technique on my list of "must learn". I would love to have this book as it would be a great help in that learning process.
The main reason I need it is that I have quilts to finish. Some are still block sets!
I am a follower. Thank you for the opportunity to win the book.
This certainly sounds like the book for me. I always get stuck at the big quilt under the little machine stage.
Well, you know, I have been the perfectionist type and to prove it I have a gazillion unfinished projects in the cupboard! I need this book to give me the strength to just get them done! How else will I have any legacy to pass on to future generations? I need some ideas!
I am a follower now. Best regards :)
I would love to learn this method of quilting! And I am lacking in the quilt book category, so this would be great. THANKS for the chance!
I'm always up for learning a new technique, this one looks very efficient too! thanks for the chance to win.
Happy Sewing
I thought I was a follower before. But I wasn't good thing I checked.
I'm a follower now......goes I remember emailing with you years ago......remember when you did your flute music blog? Way back then :0). thanks for the chance to win.
Happy Sewing
Hooray!
I really NEED this book, I never seem to finish my quilts. :-)
Hugs
Raelene
PS I am now a follower.
Also put on my blog
raelenesramblings.blogspot.com
I need the book because I am new to quilting and need all the help I can get.
http://richardquilts.blogspot.com
I am into simplicity and making a huge quilt and then either man-handling it through the quilting process or paying someone else to do it is just not where I'm at right now...I love organization and this looks like something I really want to try...thanks for the giveaway!
I'm now a follower...
I am a follower, thanks for the giveaway.
I am a new quilter & would like to know a simple way to finish my quilts with a way that isn't overwhelming. Thanks for a chance to win this book! :)
Gene, it looks like a great book. Good review too. Those are the things I need to know before I invest in a book. Thanks.
I am now a new follower of you. Thanks!
I've always been curious about the technique and still trying to wrap my brain around it. Perhaps the book is like being invited backstage to a magic show! Secrets to be revealed! Bring it on David Copperfield :)
I'm a follower :) Thank you Gene for organizing this giveaway. The book is a perfect giveaway item! Hope you are enjoying what is left of January! Really! Where DOES the time go!
i get your emails, as I am a follower. I need this book , since you asked, because I have several charity tops here that need to get to the homes they belong to and need to be finished and I am scared to death of doing the quilting.
I'm intrigued - sounds like a great book.
Ann
Great giveaway.
Ann
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