A Wonderful Surprise

I was having a lovely cup of tea the other afternoon with my Step mother in law on the patio when the delivery van pulled in.

I said to her I know this is because I had been waiting 3 weeks for some books for DS's distance ed.

to my surprise she had 2 parcels...I was wondering if I had ordered something or if hubby had ordered something...no not that I could remember.

when she gave me the parcel I read the back and just cried because I knew what it was...the return address said Khris and Co...I knew it was from the fabulous ladies in the online craft group I am in and that it was a "Healing Heart Quilt"...yes my heart is bruised from losing my Dad late last year after a long battle with cancer. what a difference a gesture like this makes...

These gorgeous ladies live all over the world, we are connected by a love of craft of all kinds and we communicate through the Internet.

the healing heart quilts are a beautiful reminder that you are loved and thought of...the ladies make the squares in all parts of the world and then post them off to someone in the group who  will put them all together as a quilt and send it off to the recipient.

theses gorgeous ladies have been working hard making hearts for the flood victims in south east QLD. they have so far made 10 complete lap quilts and have made many more hearts to post off to others who will put together a quilt for a close family member who has lost everything...

doesn't it just make your heart melt when you hear about some of the amazing things that people do for each other in such hard times.

I for one appreciate the beautiful creativeness of  these ladies, and will be forever grateful for their love and care.

I also had a surprise in the mail yesterday from one of the winners of my give away earlier this month...

Judy from South Australia who won the kitty pack sent me an adorable heart...isn't it just gorgeous.

Thank you so much Judy for this delightful little gift.

hugs and Blessings to all you wonderful ladies.

happy stitching

Amanda

All Prizes Posted

Well Winners I was at the post office when they opened this morning and posted off every prize..so keep an eye out for your postman he/she will bring you your prize soon...

This is the first time I have ever posted an item to Hungary and Russia so I am not sure how long it Will  take for those parcels to get there.

Please let me know when they arrive so I can breath a sigh of relief. And please, when you make something from your prize blog about it and send me an email so I can share the excitement of it all.

Again thank you all for participating in this giveaway...

Happy Stitching

Amanda

Re-Draw.....

Well as I said yesterday I am going to do a re-draw of the Angel kisses wall hanging pattern...

I stated at the very first draw that each winner had 6 days to make contact with their postal details or I would do a re-draw...so I am very sorry Deborah in Atlanta, after much effort including personal emails I still have not heard from you so I am redrawing the prize now...

A reminder of the prize...it is a very nice pattern for Angel Kisses wall hanging...

I ask the lucky winner to send an email and show us all the finished product when you get it done...it would be lovely to see what each prize winner does with the prize whether it was fabric or a pattern...

I have decided to draw this one differently, I will use the random number generator to choose a number between 1 and 74.

74 is the number of followers I have...I will then count down the list of followers from my followers list in my dashboard and that is how the winner will be found...

OK drum roll please...the re-drawn prize goes to...

Wackywoman

Please email me here so I can get your postal details...

Congratulations and thank you to all who participated, and all who won .

Keep an eye on my blog in the near future I will be starting a challenge...

have a wonderful day happily stitching and crafting.

Amanda

Final Prize Draw

Woo Hoo the final prize winner is...

Dolly Cloth said...

Hi Amanda I am a follower and I have bloged about your site great giveaways

Dollycloth.

January 28, 2011 7:15 PM

 

 

Well no matter how small this picture is, I had to post it due to the fact that I know dollycloth really well and I wanted to prove this was not rigged...

...well that was the last draw in this giveaway, however it has passed the 6 days for the first winner to contact me and she has not done so...I have emailed her at the email she gave but to no avail so hold on to your hats ladies there will be a re-draw tomorrow morning...

the prize was the Angel kisses wall hanging pattern.

Thank you to all those that participated...Congratulations to all the winners, I hope you enjoy the prizes and I ask that you send me a pick and blog about what you make with them..

till tomorrows re-draw, happy stitching.

Amanda

Draw Number 6

 very pretty fabrics, 3 Quarter meters of fabric some Flower ribbon and a spool of pretty polka dot ribbon.

the Winner is...

Lilang said...  

Nice gift!

http://lilangkrea.blogspot.com/

January 25, 2011 7:12 PM

Lilang you have 6 days to make contact here with your postal details so I can post the prize off to you...if not I will have to re-draw the prize.

Tomorrow's prize is...

Four gorgeous fat quarters, some pretty pink ribbon and a quarter square triangle tool with pattern and baby appliques.

Don't forget ladies that i will post all prizes at the same time through the week...make sure you contact me ASAP so I have your postal details on time.

have a fantastic evening tonight, enjoy whatever it is that you are doing whether that is sewing and crafting or just chilling out together.

Amanda

5th lucky Winner...

The "Friendship" wall hanging pattern

Winner is...

Renee said...

I have just discovered the world of blogging. Especially quilting and sewing blogs, so congratulations on your blog and 100th post.

January 19, 2011 5:35 PM

Renee you have 6 days to make contact here with your postal details so I can post the prize off to you...if not I will have to re-draw the prize.

Ladies because I have been so busy the last few days and will be just as busy next week, I have decided to post off all prizes at the same time next week...it saves me going to the post office every day.
unfortunately I have not been busy doing what I love (sewing) but just busy being a homeschooling Mum and wife, friend etc...but I know life will slow down again soon.


 
Tomorrow's Prize is...

Some very pretty fabrics, 3 Quarter meters of fabric some Flower ribbon and a spool of pretty polka dot ribbon.

have a wonderful evening and till tomorrow...
happy stitching and Happy Blogging.

Amanda

4th Prize Drawn...

Four beautiful fat Quarters of beige colored fabrics and some sequins to sew on.

The Fourth draw is done, Congratulations...

Koshka Lu said...

О, надеюсь, я не опоздала ))) http://koshkalu.blogspot.com/

Translation:

Oh, I hope I'm not late)))

Koshka Lu you have 6 days to make contact here with your postal details so i can post the prized off to you...if not I will have to re-draw the prize.

I give up on trying to get the picture of the draw posted so you can see the Number...too difficult at this time, and I guess you will just have to believe me that it was done objectively.
Coming up tomorrow...
a "Friendship" wall hanging pattern



Best of luck for the draw Ladies...

till tomorrow...

Amanda

3rd Prize Draw...

the complete kit to make "Nutmeg" the kitty cat...

The third draw is done, Congratulations...

Judy said...

Found you through Karen's blog.Congrats on 100 posts! I've done above too.

Many thanks

judy

Visit Judy's Blog Here....What amazing talent.
 
Judy you have 6 days to make contact with me here with your postal details so I can post the prize off to you. If not I will have to re-draw this prize.


Sorry again I can not get the picture of the draw large enough to show you the number...technologically challenged as I am...



Coming up tomorrow four beautiful fat Quarters of beige colored fabrics and some sequins to sew on.

So until tomorrow's draw I wish you happy sewing

Amanda

P.S. Sorry this draw is a bit late I got stuck  while i was out and only just got back...

Lucky Winner Number 2

The second draw is done and.... 

Sharon-NZ said...

OK sorry thought I had already been a follower LOL but have you on subscribed blogs so now you are on both lists.... :o))))

Visit Sharon's Blog here...a very talented person indeed.

Sorry I do have the captured image from the draw but it is playing up, and unfortunately I cannot make it large enough to see the draw number.

Sharon you have 6 days to make contact with me here with your postal details so I can post the prize off to you. If not I will have to re-draw this prize.

Tomorrows draw will be...

the complete kit to make "Nutmeg" the kitty cat...
keep an eye out for the draw this time tomorrow afternoon...

Sew Happy...

Amanda

The First Lucky Winner Is...

Well the first draw is done and the winner is...

Deborah in Atlanta said...

Happy 100th post. I blogged about it here: http://deborah-deborahstestblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/giveaway-for-amandas-100th-post.html

dmj53(at)hotmail(dot)com

Deborah you have  6 days to make contact with me here with your postal details so I can post the prize off to you. If not I will have to re-draw this prize.

ladies hang in there for prize number 2 coming this time tomorrow...

4 fat quarters in green hues and a small spool of green Ric Rac.

I am leaving the draw open for comments till 3:30pm tomorrow so you can still comment if you have not done so already to be in the draw.

happy stitching till tomorrow...

Amanda

First Prize Drawing....This Afternoon

It is the first of February here in Australia so that means the first of the prizes will be drawn today...
I will Draw it this afternoon at 4pm so that the rest of the world has a chance to catch up with me...
I have a clock with my local time on my blog page so you can keep an eye on that and know when the draw will happen.

Today's Prize is a lovely Angel kisses wall hanging pattern.



you all have up to 3:30pm to enter as outlined in a previous post.
have fun and good luck  fellow bloggers...

Oh and Happy Stitching to all...

Amanda