EDIT: Carla Langendoen of Cora Quilts was the DVD winner. Hope to see you blog your thoughts about the series, Cora!
When working at the New England Quilt Museum I was fortunate enough to get a peek at a DVD called Why Quilts Matter: History, Art and Politics from Shelly Zegart and the Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc. I loved it. I talked to the TV while I watched it. I wrote a blog entry about it and was later asked to write a guest blog for their website. Before any of that happened I purchased two copies of the DVD so I could own one and donate the other to my local library. I feel that strongly about it, and continue to encourage others to do the same. (BTW, there is no monetary compensation involved here)
A few weeks ago I was contacted by the Why Quilts Matter people (who are kickass fun, BTW) and asked to view one section of the documentary and write some study-group type questions for a new Continuing the Conversation guide to the series. I was delighted to do so, and was sent a copy of the DVD as a “thank you” gift. Since I already have a copy I decided to give away the gift copy. I really don’t like the whole blog “give-away” thing, mostly because I never win and really think some of you guys are all up in your head when you require people to jump through hoops and do 94 things in order to qualify. There, I said it. THIS will be a very simple, straightforward give-away.
To enter: Send me a fat quarter of Liberty of London fabric.
HAH! See what I did there? Okay, seriously, go check out their website – you are on your honor. Then, leave a comment with your fantasy quilting or sewing notion. For example: my fantasy sewing notion is a bobbin that works with a spool of thread. You throw a spool on top of the machine, snap a spool in the bobbin case and you sew like a maniac for days – no stopping to reload the )(#&*()@#&$ bobbin. What is your fantasy notion? Maybe some genius out there will create it and we’ll all be happy.
In about a week I’ll holler downstairs (to my husband), “Pick a number between 1 and —-” and that will be the winner. (I’ll have to do it a couple of times because he is deaf as a haddock and I have to repeat everything about three times.) Sigh.
Okay, let’s have it – what are your brilliant ideas? PS – the DVD is great for individuals or guilds or groups – lots of topics and good information. (But you knew that from going to their website, right?)
