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Do you love working with strips and have a stash of strip samplers just waiting to be used? Then you'll want to win a copy of this great book! We've got two copies of Strip-Smart Quilts by Kathy Brown to give away to two lucky winners.
Kathy's book amazes me because she manages to take one ruler technique and make so many different looking quilts from it. And the patterns look easy and fun! I just love this Merry-Go-Round quilt...
...and the optical illusion in this Pick Up Sticks pattern is so mesmerizing...
Kathy uses a Creative Grids 90 degree Double Strip Ruler for her patterns, but she also tells you what other kinds of rulers can be used. (Our Fons & Porter Half & Quarter Ruler is one we carry that would work.)
If you would like to win a copy of this book, leave a comment by Sunday, 8/21 (midnight PST) and tell us what your favorite new Connecting Threads fabric collection is. We'll randomly pick a winner on Monday, 8/22.
Rules: No purchase necessary. Must have a US mailing address to enter. One entry per person. Must provide a valid email address so that we can contact you if you win.
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Aug 21, 2011 at 9:05 PM The Whirlwind Romance collection is one of the prettiest ones you have come out with. I only wish that you had the table runner in the pink as well as the modern. I would buy it in a heartbeat!!!!!
Aug 21, 2011 at 5:00 PM I love, love the Whirlwind Romance collection! How beautiful!
Aug 21, 2011 at 11:48 AM My favorite is Sunny Day! Wonderful collection.
Aug 21, 2011 at 9:05 AM Great batiks! Love Spice Blossoms.
Aug 20, 2011 at 2:40 PM It's so hard to pick a favorite collection. I like Ella's Wishes, Birchtree Lane, Whirlwind Romance right now but some of these are going out of stock so quickly I wont' get a chance to buy any.
Thanks for a chance at the give away.
Linda H.
Aug 20, 2011 at 2:38 PM I love the new Whirlwind Romance in the blush palette. I is so delicate, really speaks to me.
Aug 20, 2011 at 1:10 PM Spice Blossoms are the best. Makes me feel like Fall is here. Love it.I need a a piece of pumpkin pie.
Aug 20, 2011 at 12:58 PM I like "around Town" !
Thank you to propose a chance to win the book !
Aug 20, 2011 at 11:12 AM Looks like a wonderful book love working with strip sets of fabric.
I ordered Farmers Wife Quilt today from Connecting Threads great service.
Aug 19, 2011 at 9:57 PM Love all the strip sets the spice blossoms are my pick. Love making strip quilt the book would be a nice one to have.Thanks for all of your great fabrics I am never disapointed when I open a box from Connecting Threads.
Aug 19, 2011 at 7:51 PM It's gotta be Spice Blossoms-the flannel looks so rich! Would love to win the book-thanks for the opportunity to enter! PS I love your catalogs!
Aug 19, 2011 at 2:37 PM For me it's a toss up between Spice Blossoms and Whirlwind Romance. There isnt a single print I don't like out of the lot! For some fabric lines I think they are OK and then I look at the kits and then Im not entirely thrills. I like all 5 of the Spice kits. For the Romance line love, ove the Enchanted Evening Kit and the bag but I favor the Whisper line I think. Thanks so much, the book looks great!
Aug 19, 2011 at 2:31 PM I just love the new Spice Blossom line. I really wish you could choose flannel or cotton though.
Aug 19, 2011 at 9:48 AM I would love to add this book to my collection. I especially like Pick up Sticks. Thank you for the
chance to win the book.
Aug 19, 2011 at 8:09 AM I love the peppermint forest! Love it!
Aug 19, 2011 at 5:33 AM I love the colors of Whirlwind Romance with their pinks and greens. Wouldn't they be great in a strip quilt!!
Aug 18, 2011 at 8:45 PM The Spice Blossom fabrics are so great! Thanks for the chance to win the book.
Aug 18, 2011 at 8:08 PM Ohhhhhhh...love that book. I saw the one of the cover made up on a quilting blog.
Aug 18, 2011 at 7:33 PM Birchtree Lane is my favorite
Aug 18, 2011 at 7:32 PM Can't wait to start my Canning Day quilt!
Aug 18, 2011 at 7:30 PM Too many super collections - Ella's Wishes, Birchtree Lane, Whirlwind Romance Blush
Aug 18, 2011 at 5:04 PM I love your fabrics. Great prices!!
Aug 18, 2011 at 1:15 PM There are so many pretty fabrics to choose from. I like Quilter's Candy, Whirlwind Romance Blush Palette, Birchtree Lane, Canning Day... I could go on and on!
Aug 18, 2011 at 11:45 AM I love all your fabrics, but if I had to pick one it would be Sunny days collection.
Aug 18, 2011 at 11:39 AM I love so many of the fabric collections right now, but if I have to pick a favorite it would be Spice Blossom. Those colors work so well in my home. The Strip Smart Quilt book looks wonderful.
Aug 18, 2011 at 11:18 AM That's a tough choice to make, but I seem to lean to autumn type colors so I guess my choice would be Spice Blossoms would be number one. As for number two it's a tossup between the other three. I LOVE them all!!
Aug 18, 2011 at 9:53 AM I love the Peppermint Frost collection. Non-traditional Christmas fabrics always catch my eye and my creativity.
Aug 18, 2011 at 9:07 AM I love It!!!! I just finished a competition with strips! didn't place, but there is always next time. I would love to have this book. I never throw anything away. Even strings get put into a bag for dog beds!!
Aug 18, 2011 at 8:42 AM I LOVE both Whirlwind Romance collections. Would really love to win "Strip Smart Quilts!
Thank you for doing this giveaway!
Aug 18, 2011 at 7:52 AM I love the colors and patterns in Whrilwind Romance and would love to win!
Even tho my email is Canadian I do have a U.S. mailing address...
Thanks
Aug 18, 2011 at 7:08 AM I would love to win the strip smart quilts but do not have an american address live north of the border
Aug 18, 2011 at 6:02 AM I love the Birch Tree Lane collection. That lime green is so popular here in Panama with the ladies in my quilt class. They just buy me out all the time but they are just learning about brown and its uses. Not available here often. Wish you were closer because the selection here is pretty dim sometimes. But we soldier on, class by class, we a volunteer group, Hermanas de acochado de Volcan. Everyone loves to quilt here. Use your closeouts all the time. I can ship it and the women can afford it even with the shipping attached. Great place.
Aug 18, 2011 at 5:58 AM I love working with strips!! I've been looking at several books and this one looks amazing from the photos above. Will have to check it out!
Aug 18, 2011 at 5:12 AM I love the Whirlwind Romance fabrics, especially in the Whisper pallette. Kathy's book looks great too! Thanks for the chance to win.
Aug 18, 2011 at 3:57 AM I love it all, make me a winner.
Aug 18, 2011 at 3:55 AM "Spice Blossom"~~add some spice to your life!!
Aug 17, 2011 at 11:52 PM I really, really love the Pineberry collection, particularly the Holiday Potpourri in evergreen. Thanks for the chance to win Kathy Brown's book!
Aug 17, 2011 at 9:38 PM Peppermint Forest is so cute. Would love to win the book and make a strip piece quilt from this collection.
Aug 17, 2011 at 8:17 PM Absolutely love the Pineberry Collection. The colors and print designs are everything I want in a design.
Aug 17, 2011 at 8:11 PM Oh golly, hands down, Whirlwind Romance in Whisper pallette. Love it, love it!
Aug 17, 2011 at 8:03 PM Love the Midnight Garden and Bed and Breakfast collections.
Aug 17, 2011 at 5:34 PM Peppermint Forest is cute!
Aug 17, 2011 at 3:53 PM I just received my new catalog. I just love it wonderful fall colors...Happiness Always!
Aug 17, 2011 at 2:20 PM I love the Batik Paradise Collection. So many possibilities!!!
Aug 17, 2011 at 2:04 PM Do I have to pick one?????
Whirlwind Romance blush palette and Spice Blossoms flannel both caught my eye in the new catalog. I still am attracted to Sunny Day flannel too, although that is not a new collection. Of course, I could look at the Paradise Batiks all day long but that also is an older collection but will always be at the top of my list for favorites. Thanks for the creating this contest.
Aug 17, 2011 at 2:01 PM I love the whirlwind romance collection.
Aug 17, 2011 at 1:57 PM Spice Blossoms is my favorite new collections. The colors are fabulous!
Aug 17, 2011 at 1:34 PM I would have to say anything Fall Colors is my favorite, so I love the Pineberries line.
Aug 17, 2011 at 1:28 PM Whirlwind Romance has my attention, specially the Three Quarter Bag. I do think that Ill send for
Aug 17, 2011 at 12:50 PM This summer has been exciting with all the new fabric lines you have introduced. I like all of them but I'm most anxious to purchase the Christmas Mini's.....so much potential & it will help use up my Christmas stash in new projects. Please enter me in the drawing for the book to use with all my strips. Thanks for the opportunity.