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Blog Hop Winners

We have our winners already pulled out of the hat....cross checked to make sure they commented on all 4 blogs and now it is time to announce the winners!!!

Before we do that though.....I want to thank each and every one of you for taking part in our Blog Hop. It has been truly remarkable to read all the comments and just to see how many stopped by without commenting. It just shows us that quilting is alive and well in the world right now and pay attention to what is happening out there in the quilting world.

First I would like to announce the winner of the Anytime Placemat kit (using my new Glow fabric line, by Red Rooster Fabrics) and my Fast & Furious book.

The lucky girl is Marcia Rocheleau

She Said: "My daughter's wedding was just this Saturday so the timing of this is perfect. I am ready for good ideas to get me back to my quilting groove. =)"

Congratulations Marcia, please e-mail me your shipping adress so I can send you your goodies gudrun@gequiltdesigns.com

Now for the Grand Prizes!

If you commented on all 10 blogs, you were entered in a drawing for the following gift bags, filled with fabulous quilting goodies from all of us:

GE Designs, Anka's Treasures, Perkins Dry Goods, Rosebud's Cottage, This 'N' That, New Leaf Stitches, Atkinson Designs, Cedar Canyon Textiles, Scrap-Bags and Quilted Treasures.

 1st Prize    A gift bag worth $200 and the winner is:

Gwendie from www.gwendiesquilts.blogspot.com

She said: (on my blog) "

That's such a cute placemat and great directions. The designer hop is going to be so much fun!"

2nd Prize    A gift bag worth $60

Lynda Green 

She said: (on my blog) "New to blog lurking and love the idea of a hop around cyberspace. Off to try the placemat - fits well with my commitment to reduce my stash. Thanks."

3rd Prize    A gift bag worth $40

Sue Cahill

She said: (on my blog) "I think this hop is going to be great fun and I hope to learn a lot. Thanks for the wonderful tutorial."

Congratulations Gwendie, Lynda and Sue. Please send me your shipping adress in an e-mail gudrun@gequiltdesigns.com so I can get you your prizes!!

 

Many of you have asked us and encouraged me to organize another hop like this one and I am happy to announce that I am going to for sure. The next Blog Hop will be in November and you will be hearing more about that later. We will venture a little bit further than Minnesota that time around and introduce you to more great designers. Our hop is called Cross Country Christmas and we will give you great holiday ideas; projects, decorating, recipes and more......stay tuned.

Let me know what you think and tell me what other states you would like to visit on a blog hop?

 

Day 10 of the Blog Hop....the last blogger

We are at the end of our hop which is bittersweet for me. I have really enjoyed being in such close contact with all of you by blogging every day and reading all your great comments and feedback.

Our last blogger, but certainly not least, is Mary Wilberg. she owns a quilt shop called Quilted Treasures in Rogers, MN which is just northwest of the Minneapolis Metro. She does a great job featuring Minnesota designers in her shop so if you are ever visiting Minnesota physically....make sure you stop by. I met Mary soon after I moved to Minnesota and we became great friends. I have not made myself available to teach classes much, especially when the kids were younger, but Quilted Treasures has been an exception. I love teaching in her wonderful classroom so we usually try and schedule one class per session. The photo on the left is from the last class I taught there, Double Duty Runners and these ladies got theirs done in class. When you walk in the store, your head just fills with inspiration from the great models and displays, so it is a great excuse for me to get to come visit.

Mary also has a line of patterns herself that are sold exclusively at Quilted Treasures, but today she has a wonderful tutorial on her blog about how to use grommets with the cutest pillow I think I will just have to make. Make sure you comment on her blog if you have been following the blog hop to be eligible for the prizes.

The winners of the prizes will be announced on Monday. That will give you the weekend to make sure you commented on all 10 blogs and get your name in there. I will also announce the winner of the Placemat kit on Monday.

Have a great 4th of July weekend and I will see you back on Monday

Day 9 of the Blog Hop

Moving on from the "Paintstik" Lady to the "Bag" Lady.....today it is Jamie's turn to blog. Jamie Kalvestran's company name is Scrap-Bags and she has a wonderful blog called Ideas and Inspirations. She has a great selection of bag patterns that are very versatile and is going to share a very interesting technique with us today. Her background is very interesting so make sure you go visit her today and comment to be able to win the prize. If you are just starting to blog hop, make sure you visit everybody that has blogged already  since we only have one more blogger to go tomorrow.

In honor of our "Bag Lady" blogger today, I decided to put a picture of some of my bags to spice up the post. This is the Runaround Bag and the pattern for it is in the new Fast & Furious book.

See you tomorrow for the last blogger of the hop.

Day 8 of the Blog Hop

 

Today you should hop over to Cedar Canyon Textiles blog and meet Shelly Stokes. She is known in the industry as the "Paintstik Lady". Her patterns and designs are done using paintstiks and rubbing plates, where you paint your fabric first and then piece it into fabulous designs. I have never used this method but can't wait to try. She makes it look so easy. She has a great placemat pattern for you today, that you can easily make into a table runner. Go over and visit and make sure to comment to be eligible for the prizes.

Today is also very special to me because it is my wedding anniversary....so I am off spending the day doing something fun with my hubby.....after I take care of a little business. See you tomorrow.

Day 7 of the Blog Hop

As you are reading this, I am on my way from Indianapolis to Minneapolis, by car.....so I am totally jealous of you, I would love nothing more than to be blog hopping rather then stuck in a car for 11 hours with two kids, two teenagers and a husband!! There is no chance for me to get them to stop at a quilt shop.

Anyway, today's blogger in the Minnesota hop is the one and only Terry Atkinson of Atkinson Designs. She should not need any introduction, she has written many best selling books and patterns, designed fabric, taught fabulous classes and is all around a terrific gal!! She is lots of fun to be around and for the last couple of Spring Quilt Markets, we have been booth neighbors....just imagine what goes on, all sorts of booth pranks and even a little pole dancing!!

This market Terry came out with a great little book with just bags in it, Big Bags, Little Bags; and in that spirit she has a bag pattern for you on her blog today.

So hop on over to Terry's world and remember to comment to be eligible for the grand prize. If you are new here, just scroll down to my placemat post from last Monday and add your comment.

See you back in Minnesota tomorrow!!

Day 6 of the Blog Hop

Hello from sunny Indianapolis. Yes I am writing from Indianapolis and not Minneapolis, we are here with my oldest son for a soccer tournament. You are here for the Minnesota blog hop and today you get to meet Kari Carr and learn about her company New Leaf Stitches. Kari is from Fergus Falls and one of her products is a seam guide for the bed of your machine, called Clearly Perfect Angles. I use it and it is great for making half-square triangles and folded corners without having to draw lines on your squares. Kari shows you on her blog today, how to use it for flying geese. Go visit and check it out. I took this picture of Kari when we met in White Bear Lake for a little Designers day out and we made the cutest little notebooks.

I am getting lots of e-mails from you and I have to appologize for not getting to answering them while I am on the road. Many of you are asking where to get my products so I wanted to repeat the information I gave earlier.

On my website, you can find and extensive list of quilt shops that have carried my patterns, organized by state or country. If you don't have a quilt shop close by or prefer ordering online or through the phone, Roseann and Mary both carry my patterns (they are on this hop with me) and they would both be happy to ship them out to you.

www.rosebuds-cottage.com 651-426-1885

www.quiltedtreasures.net 763-428-1952

If you already order from other online sources like the Fat Quarter Shop you can find my patterns there too.

I also wanted to remind you of the Flickr group I started, please join it and load photos of your finished projects there, we are already seeing some great versions of the Anyday Placemats on there. http://www.flickr.com/groups/gedesigns

Day 5 of the Blog Hop

The Minnesota blogger of the day is Sherri Falls and she is the designer for This 'N' That patterns. Her blog is just like her designs...pretty pretty pretty...and it is called Little Bits. She has a wonderful embroidered pillow pattern for you today...free!!

I actually met Sherri soon after I moved here from Iceland. Maybe you don't know this about her but she is a fantastic long arm quilter and she actually quilted all of the big quilts in the first two books that I wrote and did just a phenomenal job.

Hop over to Sherri's world and remember to comment!!

I have gotten a couple of more questions from you that I would like to clarify.

1. My book Fast & Furious is available now.....it is the Glow fabric line that will not be available until fall.

2. You don't have to comment on all blogs every day of the hop, just make sure you comment on each of the blogs once....find the post that they published on their day (the demo, pattern and introduction) and comment there. It is ok if it is not on the actual day.

Have a great weekend and be sure to come back next week for 5 more fabulous bloggers.

Day 4 of the Blog Hop

Today's Minnesota blogger is Roseann Kermes but she owns a great quilt shop called Rosebud's Cottage. She has also designed many patterns for magazines in the industry, especially using wool. Not surprisingly she is sharing a great wool tutorial on her blog today, Rosebud's Cottage . I have always loved working with wool myself and did a block of the month pattern a few years ago called Comforts of Home where I used wool appliqué on cotton fabrics. It gives great dimension to the quilt. Roseann is having a giveaway for the cutest little Strawberry needlekeeper kit so please head over and visit her and remember to comment to be eligible for the prizes.

If you are just making it to the blog hop today, you can still be a part of it and be eligible for the great prizes. Just find my Placemat post and add your comment at the bottom.

If you have already made the Anyday Placemats, or any other project made from my patterns, books or fabrics, I just created a Flickr group for you to share your photos. Click on this link to join the group.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/gedesigns/

Day 3 of the Blog Hop

I am just loving all of your great comments and e-mails. Planning this Blog Hop has been totally worth it according to your respons. If you are new here, remember that you can keep commenting as long as the blog hop runs, just find my Placemat post and add your comment at the bottom.

Celine Perkins from Perkin's Dry Goods is the blogger of the day. She has a triangle tutorial on her blog, A Few Loose Threads. She is also having a giveaway for her new book so please head over and visit her  and remember to comment to be eligible for the prizes.

I wanted to answer one more of your questions from your e-mails....a lot of you wanted to know where to find the pattern for the bags at the top of my blog?

These guys are "Quilt as you go bags", perfect for the beach, retreat or yoga class and you can find the pattern in the new Fast & Furious book!

It is great to hear that so many of you are going to make the Anyday Placemats....It would be great to see photos.

Happy Wednesday!!

Day 2 of the Blog Hop

I would not have expected this response to my little Blog Hop idea in my wildest dreams, thank you so much for all your great comments...over 500 and counting...yes I read them all!! I know they are still coming and that is ok. You can keep commenting as long as the blog hop runs, just find my post and add your comment at the bottom.

Today, the oh so talented Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures is giving you a free pattern on her blog, Trends and Traditions It is a great little wall quilt you can whip up in no time for summer. Go check out her blog and remember to comment to be eligible for the prizes.

I have gotten so many e-mails from you too, with all kinds of questions and I am going to try and answer them as best I can.

My books and patterns are available at local quilt shops all over the world and I would love for you to encourage your local quilt shop to order them through me or my wonderful distributors. I don't sell retail myself because I support the amazing network of quilt shops and distributors that keep us in business. On my website, you can find and extensive list of quilt shops that have carried my patterns, organized by state or country. If you don't have a quilt shop close by or prefer ordering online or through the phone, Roseann and Mary both carry my patterns (they are on this hop with me) and they would both be happy to ship them out to you.

www.rosebuds-cottage.com 651-426-1885

www.quiltedtreasures.net 763-428-1952

If you already order from other online sources like the Fat Quarter Shop you can find my patterns there too.

My fabrics are a little bit harder for me to keep track of since Red Rooster Fabrics distributes them. I have been able to find numerous stores that have my fabrics available online just by punching the collection name and GE Designs into a search engine. Glow is available now for ordering so again...you can maybe influence your shop owners to order it;-) I know Mary will have it for sure.

Those of you that had trouble commenting yesterday....I think the blog might just have been a little congested!! All you do is scroll to the end of the post and click the comments on the bottom. Then scroll to the end of all the comments to find a box that says "Post a Comment". Just fill in your comment along with your name and such...hit post and it should work. Remember you can still be added to the over 500 blog hoppers participating!! Thanks so much for all the love, see you tomorrow.