FRIDAY {SURPRISE} PRIZE

Starr left an irresistible comment on our Christmas Stocking Free Pattern and therefore is the winner of the sweet Key Fob Kit. She also used her walking foot for the first time, used bias tape for the first time, and made 3(3!) awesome stockings!

So I'm not gonna lie. I lost a little sleep due to laying awake with excitement over how cute my stockings turned out. I almost wimped out and skipped the quilting, but I'm SO GLAD I finally figured out how to attach my walking foot and quilted them! Adorable. A-freakin-dorable. Also my first time to use bias tape! I'm all around impressed with myself right now. :) Thanks for sharing this awesome pattern! Here's a link to pics.

Starr, send us your mailing info using the contact us form and Jaime will send you your loot. You have 5 days, but since you made 3 stockings in 3 days, I'm guessing you can get the job done.

For this week we have a really, really nice prize from Penguin and Fish. I met the designer, Alyssa Thomas, at Quilt Market and loved her stuff so much that I begged her to do something with us. And she is here to give one winner their choice of 5(!) of her embroidery patterns.

Alyssa Thomas, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, is an accomplished illustrator, designer and life-long artist. As a child, Alyssa would make everything from beaded bracelets to large papier mache masks…all to be bartered for at her “trading post.” Today she sells her wares through Penguin & Fish. Penguin & Fish offers Alyssa’s line of lovely and quirky hand embroidery patterns, embroidery kits and one-of-a-kind plush animals. She recently published her first children’s book, “No Monster Here,” and is designing her first fabric collection.
Visit the Penguin and Fish Shop to check it all out!


And all you have to do is leave the best comment of the week. Go for it! Imagine the embroidering possibilities! Wall art? Onsies? Quilt? Pillow? I'm sweating, I'm so excited.