The good thing is that Make It Perfect WILL be at AQM, thanks to my fantastic distributors, Creative Abundance (THANKYOU Nel, Jacques and co!!) but I won't be. I'm sad that I don't get to go and hang out with the other designers and chat with some of my wonderful customers, but will be there for sure next year!
SO...to celebrate AQM and thank you all for your support and encouragement over the last 18 months, I am going to have a MEGA-GIVEAWAY on the blog! There will be THREE prizes and lots of different ways to enter and get extra entries, make sure you read the "fine print" at the end of the post to make sure you have the best chance of winning.
FIRST PRIZE
1. You choose....between this ladies Versatile Wrap Skirt made from Amy Butler Midwest Modern fabric (one size fits all)
OR
2. This Bloom set made from Sandi Henderson Ginger Blossom fabric (size 3)
OR2. This Bloom set made from Sandi Henderson Ginger Blossom fabric (size 3)
AND3. A set of FOUR Make It Perfect patterns: Uptown Girl, Pinny #2, Pinny and Dinohunt Quilt.
SECOND PRIZE
1. A set of THREE Make It Perfect patterns: Pinny #2, Pinny and Dinohunt Quilt.
2. The current edition of Homespun magazine (I have a pattern featured in this edition...more about that later)
3. 5 "scraps" of fabric from my stash - these are decent sized scraps, fat quarter size and bigger.
Okay, so now you know the THREE great prizes you might be winning...this is how you enter:
1. Leave a comment on this post = 1 entry
2. Email me a photo of your Make It Perfect creations = 1 entry for each creation
3. Leave a comment or email me a link to your Make It Perfect creations online (e.g. on your blog, Flickr, etc) = 1 entry for each creation
4. Blog about this giveaway on your blog and leave a comment to tell me you have done it = 1 entry
2. The current edition of Homespun magazine (I have a pattern featured in this edition...more about that later)
3. 5 "scraps" of fabric from my stash - these are decent sized scraps, fat quarter size and bigger.
THIRD PRIZE
1. A Make It Perfect Dinohunt Quilt pattern.
2. The current edition of Homespun magazine.
2. The current edition of Homespun magazine.
Okay, so now you know the THREE great prizes you might be winning...this is how you enter:
1. Leave a comment on this post = 1 entry
2. Email me a photo of your Make It Perfect creations = 1 entry for each creation
3. Leave a comment or email me a link to your Make It Perfect creations online (e.g. on your blog, Flickr, etc) = 1 entry for each creation
4. Blog about this giveaway on your blog and leave a comment to tell me you have done it = 1 entry
So, there you have it...FOUR easy ways to enter the Mega-Giveaway. The winners will be drawn on Thursday 19th November, so you have heaps of time to take photos of your Make It Perfect creations and send them to me!!
I love your patterns...I have not been able to buy one yet so I haven't made anything. I have never made a quilt, kind of intimidating for me, but someday! Sorry you had to miss the AQM! Thanks for having such a great giveaway.
ReplyDeleteJenny at Southern Institute for Domestic Arts and Crafts
http://sidac.blogspot.com
oh oh - I want to win the skirt!!!!! As for emailing you pics I have created with your patterns.....maybe in ten years time :)
ReplyDeleteThis is exciting Tone - bummer you can't be at the quilt market, but next year will be a LOT better I'm sure :)
oh! your patterns look so lovely. I'm yet to make any of them (newbie sewer here), but once I get a bit more practice I have plenty of them on my list of "need to do"!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous giveaway! I'd better get sewing then...
ReplyDeleteTone - I left a link on my blog...hopefully it will send a few people over BUT they aren't allowed to win the skirt ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd for another entry I've linked you on my blog
ReplyDeletehttp://craftconfessions.blogspot.com/2009/11/make-it-perfect.html
but not sure it's in my best interests to tell more people about it?!
This is such a great giveaway! I would love to try out more of your patterns.
ReplyDeleteI just finished the Uptown Girl jacket. You can find ithttp://sweeterthancupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/11/cupcake-coat.html on my blog.
ReplyDeleteI won't be greedy as I have so much of your goodness, but I will blog about your giveaway. It's fantastic Toni!
ReplyDeleteI also added a link to your giveaway to my blog
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE to sew one of your patterns....they look so gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteFantastic Giveaway!
Sharon
Hello Toni, Please enter me in your mega-giveaway. What wonderful prizes you are offering.
ReplyDeleteOhh, I am always hopeful I might win one of your patterns!! Good luck with the AQM!!
ReplyDeleteHow Exciting!!!! Prepare for an email overload!! love your patterns!! - Jacinta B
ReplyDeletecongratulations on AQM. that is awesome! you have great patterns!
ReplyDeleteLove your stuff! Please enter me!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to enter! I've been wanting to make that skirt and bought the pattern not too long ago, but with everything happening I haven't had a chance to make one yet. Shoot it would have given me another entry. Any way, good luck everyone! Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeletemmm, i'm loving prize number 1! i'd love to get my mitts on one of your patterns!
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great giveaway and I hope I'm fighting Lisa for the skirt! And another entry for publicising the big giveaway on my blog!
ReplyDeleteWhat an AWESOME giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!!!
ReplyDeleteLove to win the patterns. Thanks for the chance. booharts@comcast.net
ReplyDelete1. Leave a comment on this post = 1 entry
ReplyDelete*WOW* Toni, what an absolutely AMAZING giveaway!!! So many ENCHANTING prizes to win! I am utterly smitten with the Blossom set you have created with the eye-catching Sandi Henderson Ginger Blossom! Now Jaida would be one lucky little girl to have such vibrant material added to her rural country wardrobe this summer! Namaste' Toni, your generosity deserves great karma from our Universe!
2. Email me a photo of your Make It Perfect creations = 1 entry for each creation
DONE, 2 creations emailed.
3. Leave a comment or email me a link to your Make It Perfect creations online (e.g. on your blog, Flickr, etc) = 1 entry for each creation
Pinny - we have another set in motion with Amy Butler Fabrics too (will blog when finished) This one uses the Max New, Spring Carnival Range. Your patterns launched my love of sewing little girly clothes!
http://caljai.blogspot.com/2009/06/jaidas-pinny.html
The FLIPSY ...
http://caljai.blogspot.com/2009/04/make-it-perfect-flipsy-skirt.html
4. Blog about this giveaway on your blog and leave a comment to tell me you have done it = 1 entry
http://caljai.blogspot.com/2009/11/make-it-perfect-mega-giveaway.html
Thanks Toni xox
What a great giveawy! I want that skirt. Really, really want it!
ReplyDeleteAbbe
OMG what and AWESOME giveaway!! Perfect for pre-christmas when we are all so busy thinking about gifting to others.
ReplyDeletelove your patterns, especially the uptown girl jacket/coat ...
ReplyDeletei would love to make something from your pattern's for eden. i made a skirt when i was sixteen as i told my dad i wanted to be a fashion disigner, so he went and brought me s sewning machine.... that's one entry done..
ReplyDeleteLisa
Wow Toni what a great giveaway. I have yet to make anything of your patterns but I have the uptown girl sitting here waiting till I get up the courage to try it. Very much a novice sewer here.
ReplyDeleteI have blogged about it to although the more people I send your way the less chance I have of winning :(
ReplyDeleteOMG what a fabulous giveaway!!
ReplyDeleteIt's exciting just to enter lol, but it would be even more exciting to win!!
Hi Toni, I really love your blog and your patterns are just gorgeous. They all look so wonderful, I'm not sure which I'll try making first... Thanks for the opportunity to win one! It is very generous of you.
ReplyDeleteha ha -keep dreaming Carli! The skirt is mine :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing girl you are! I found out about you through my friend Holly Atkinson and have been intrigue ever since. I love sewing and would love to see my little girls in your uptown pattern.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing girl you are. I found out about you through my friend Holly's blog and have been intrigued ever since. I love sewing and would love to sew uptown girl for my little girl.
ReplyDeleteHow exciting, I just love your patterns!
ReplyDeletePlease put my name in the hat :) A couple of friends are pattern testers and they rave about them! I'd love the skirt - versatile suits me to a T!
ReplyDeleteTone, you are just too cool!! I LOVE your patterns! Hope i win the skirt tho coz the one i made turned out dodgy! (I'll email a picture of it tomoro) ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat so this time you are actually going to make me something rather than just the pattern. LOL!! I want to win something just so I could see your face when I made it and how surprised you would be that I DID IT. :)
ReplyDeletewow, that is a really massive giveaway.. i love your patterns, so i hope i win something :D
ReplyDeletei have blogged :) http://whitemousecreations.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteWow what a massive giveaway! You are very generous!
ReplyDeleteWow what an awesome giveaway!!
ReplyDeletehttp://blakeandboo.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-know-ive-been-miabut-ive-been-busy.html
ReplyDeleteThe wrap skirt I made, a friend saw it and loved it so much shes begged me to sew her two! Good thing I love her lots, and the pattern is a great sew!
wow what a generous giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI too would love to be able to go to the AQM but alas I'm at home instead!
these patterns would be a great start to my christmas list (I'm planning a largely homemade christmas, not sure how I'll go)
janelockrey(at)gmail(dot)com
Your patterns are awesome!! I want to make a bunch of them, unfortunately I haven't been able to buy one yet so I don't have any projects to show you. But give it time....I'll get there :)
ReplyDelete-Kristin
Please enter me I would love to make more cute things for Chloe! This is VERY exciting great work Toni- I am sorry you had to miss AQM though!
ReplyDeleteI love your patterns and making the clothes..I was just thinking I have made quite a lot of things now...the versatile wrap, little girly reversible skirt and 2 hats and the boys shorts....love them. Thanks for having this giveaway.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great giveaway! I would love to try out some of your patterns. I've been patiently waiting for my baby girl to grow a little bigger so I can tackle a pinny or your sweet jacket...
ReplyDeleteoh i would love the skirt, but the little girls out fit is just so cute, please enter me into the draw
ReplyDeleteWhat a generous giveaway! I would love to try one of your patterns!
ReplyDeleteOh lovely giveaway
ReplyDeletePhoto on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosalind_grace/sets/72157622805137836/
Ohhh! Please pick me!!! :)
ReplyDeleteSo generous Toni! Would love to win. Thanks for the opportunity xox
ReplyDeleteWho wouldn't want to be a part of your MEGA GIVEAWAY! Can't wait to hear about your latest feature in Homespun! Congrats Toni!
ReplyDeleteLove Melissa X
I'd love to win!!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic giveaway! But, I'm sorry you couldn't make it to the AQM. I love the uptown girl jacket I've made so the patterns sound fantastic! Thanks
ReplyDeleteCount me in please! I'd love to have a go at some of the patterns & the skirt looks great.
ReplyDeleteWow Toni another great competition although this is a much bigger one. May have to take a photo of my wrap around skirt!
ReplyDeleteAngela
What an awesome giveaway! I'd take the patterns if I was lucky enough to win. I have the skirt pattern and have used it a few times.
ReplyDeleteAlso I blogged about this competition. http://thereasonsisew.blogspot.com/
What a wonderful giveaway - great patterns too!! Love it! :-) Thankyou!
ReplyDeleteOK people - you need to stop commenting!!! There are WAY too many comments on this blog for me to win the skirt!!! ;)
ReplyDeleteWow. Gorgeous prizes up for grabs!
ReplyDeleteWow what a great giveaway, very generous!! Sorry to hear you can't make it personally to the AQM, however next year will feel more special than the last. I would love to win ant of your items. I have bookmarked a few of your patterns for my to do lists-hopefully next year!!
ReplyDeleteOhhh this is the first time I've been to your blog but it's delightful!
ReplyDeleteI love your patterns!
Cheers
Mandy
I am a huge fan of your designs! I love a good giveaway and this one is tops- count me in!
ReplyDeleteHi Toni, I've just left a link on my blog for another entry into your competition... thanks!
ReplyDeleteI have seen lots of versions of your patterns in blog land - they are lovely, please put me in your draw :-)
ReplyDeletePlease enter me in the draw! Your patterns are gorgeous and it's such a generous prize.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful giveaway! I have blogged about it here:
ReplyDeletehttp://beckyetal.blogspot.com/2009/11/giveaway.html
I am about to email you all the links from my completed projects too.
Thanks :)
Hey Toni just to let you know I made a blog entry as well
ReplyDeleteHi Toni. You are very talented indeed! Did you knit the pea pod pattern I sent you for Tommy? I love love the skirt. Are sewing lessons thrown in with the prizes?
ReplyDeleteAngela F
mega giveaway indeed! thanks for your generous prizes, I would love to be a winner...I usually only quilt, but have been meaning to try some clothes for my kids. thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeletePlease enter me, i'd love to try your patterns, have heard heaps about them. thanks!
ReplyDeleteBe still my beating heart....what a delicious and gorgeous giveaway!!!! I have made lots of your treasure bags for each of my children and friends children and nieces and nephews....they are awesome and I am the proud owner of 5 wrap skirts...they keep breeding ( LOL) !! Thanks for inspiring us !!!
ReplyDeleteLovely giveaway, "mega" dscribes it perfectly!
ReplyDeletewow!
ReplyDeletewhat a super mega giveaway!
thanks!
i love it!!!
and i also blogged about your great mega giveaway
ReplyDeletethanks!
Count me in Tone - anything to stop Lisa from winning!
ReplyDeleteI need the pinny patterns! I think they're the only ones I don't have! I'm feeling lucky :-)
ReplyDeleteLinda x
That's MEGA cool from you, to give these great things away. Thanks for counting me in.
ReplyDeleteOh... I would love some more patterns. What a wonderful give away!
ReplyDeleteHere is something I have made
ReplyDeletehttp://o-update.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-04-05T17%3A43%3A00%2B09%3A30&max-results=20
And I have also mentioned this giveaway on my blog. Thank you :)
ReplyDeleteHow lovely of you to be so generous when you are so sad. I guess that while you are sad to miss the show, your family needing you is way more important. Thanks for having such a great giveaway.
ReplyDeleteWOW! You are so, so generous! Thanks for the opportunity - my sewing machine is on the bench like an ornament gathering dust!
ReplyDeleteTone, i emailed you a pic of the wrap skirt i made =)
ReplyDeleteplus i put a link on my blog here:
http://makaylagraham.blogspot.com/2009/11/make-it-perfect.html
=)
Just blogged about your lovely giveaway.
ReplyDeleteOh wow. I am so loving the wrap skirt. You are too generous. Good luck to everyone!
ReplyDeleteI have also linked this in my blog post at www.allthingsmum.blogspot.com
I love your patterns! Will send a link to my blog pictures as well.
ReplyDeleteWow - what a giveaway! If only I'd ever created anything from one of your patterns - I have been having pattern envy for a while so would relish the opportunity to win one to try out!
ReplyDeleteWow - this lot looks fab. Pick me, pick me!
ReplyDeletewow - what a giveaway! Count me in!
ReplyDeleteAnd here's a link to my "Make it Perfect" creation :)
http://and-all-things-nice.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-made-it-and-im-not-afraid-to-wear-it.html
Please include me in the draw - that Bloom set is divine.
ReplyDeleteFantastic giveawya - thank you.
So sorry you'll miss the show this year; however, family, new house, etc is very exciting anyway. Thanks for the opportunity to enter your mega giveaway ... it's very generous. Have mentioned on my blog for all to have a look!
ReplyDeleteWow great give away! I love the idea of giving from your personal stash! Your colour preferences are so fresh :-)
ReplyDeleteWill blog about this one too so stop by?
xx
H
Wow - this is so generous - I love your patterns and would (like everyone else here ) Love to win!
ReplyDeleteI have listed this giveaway on my blog here (http://cherri-berri.blogspot.com/2009/11/make-it-perfect-giveaway.html) and also listed links to the three Uptown Girl jackets I made in there.
Fingers tightly crossed!
thanks for being so generous tone! Love your patterns xx
ReplyDeleteWOWEEE!! Who wouldn't want to win such a gorgeous giveaway! Thankyou for your generosity.
ReplyDeleteI have only had a chance to make one of your patterns & it was fabulous & went together so easily. I will try & email the picture!
Awesome giveaway, very generous.
ReplyDeleteWould love to win any of them.
Hayley.
That skirt is super cute!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Toni,
ReplyDeleteI would love to win the set for a little girl, just perfect in the Sandi Henderson fabric!
ps. cant wait to order the new pattern!
Willemijn
Happy Stitches
Hi Toni,
ReplyDeleteJust love to win the Bloom set with the Sandi fabric!
ps. cant wait to get the new pattern in hands!
Willemijn
Happy Stitches
Oooh what great prizes! Off to take photos of my Versatile Wrap collection to send in for extra entries!
ReplyDeleteSo. Much. Fun.
ReplyDeleteLove your blog. Here is my blog entry from long ago with the picture of my wrap skirt.
Thanks!
Kristine
http://limabeanhome.blogspot.com/2008/08/wrap-skirt-reveal.html
What a great giveaway. I've only just found your blog, but will be keeping an eye on it from now on
ReplyDeleteI want to win!!! That bloom set is adorable, and I've been wanting to get some of your patterns. :)
ReplyDeleteI really like your patterns!!!
ReplyDeletePlease enter me. :)
I already own your Uptown Girl pattern, and even have the fabric ready and waiting! All I need now is some fusible pellon and I'm set! I would absolutely love to win some of your other patterns too.
ReplyDeletePlease count me in for an entry. carolyn.francis@bigpond.com
ReplyDeleteThanks
I'd love to be counted in for an entry - I absolutely love your patterns!!
ReplyDeletedavisdanelle@hotmail.com
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI would love some patterns! I've just started to sew clothes for my little girl and would love to add one of yours to my growing collection.
Hope you get to go to the AQM next year!
Johanna
Am I too late? hope not! what a wonderful wonderful giveaway!!! Bron xo
ReplyDeletethankyou for this wonderful chance :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great give away. I have make 2 of your skirts for myself the wrap and the flirty skirt, and the shorts and applique tee for a nephews birthday present. I don't even know if i have photos of all if i do will send you an email..........
ReplyDeleteMargaret
Hope I'm not too late, used your pattern last week and drew my own blogging giveaway from it. The hat was a success, and the pattern so easy to follow. Congrats on your success!
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