the new quilt blogger blog hop and a fabric giveaway

I'm so excited to announce that today is the first day for the 2014 New Quilt Blogger Blog Hop! There are so many wonderful bloggers participating this year and many of them have been very busy updating their blogs and expanding their blogging skills in anticipation of their day on the hop. There will be 2 blog hop days this month and 2 more in July - plenty of time to visit the over 80 stops on the hop. I've linked to one group of blogs and those bloggers will link to an additional group. Everyone will be sharing their favorite quilting and blogging tips so there will be lots of fun information circulating.


Blogs to visit today: Michelle @ Michelle Bartholomew Katie @ Good Golly Ginger Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs Karin @ Leigh Laurel Studios Kim @ Ties That Bind Quilting Yvonne @ Quilting Jet Girl Sarah @ Smiles Too Loudly Vera @ Negligent Style

Jana @ Jane Machado

And to start off the blog hop, one of my new sponsors, Lima Sews, is having a awesome giveaway! Linh, the owner of this wonderful shop, will be giving one lucky person a $50 gift certificate to her shop. What would you choose if you won? The collage above shows some of my favorites fabrics she currently stocks.
From Linh:
LiMa Sews offers a thoughtfully curated collection of designer cottons through its online Etsy store. Exciting things will be happening this summer with many new collections scheduled to arrive from Art Gallery, as well as Heather Ross's beloved Far Far Away collection. Linh, the owner of LiMa Sews, also offers affordable longarm quilting services in her home studio located in Portland, Oregon, and is always happy to answer any questions about quilting. You can email Linh directly at [email protected] or give her call at (503) 784-4885.
To enter the giveaway to win a $50 gift certificate to Lima Sews, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post - any comment will do (want a topic - how about a blogging tip?) (one entry/comment)
Bonus entries: 1. plum and june followers - old and new - get a second entry. Just leave a comment saying how you follow. (one entry/comment)
2. for another entry, take a look around Lima Sews and leave a comment with your favorite fabric from their shop. (one entry/comment)
You can enter up to 3 times. Please make sure that your email address is in your comment if you are a no-reply commenter. The giveaway will stay open until Monday, June 9th at 8pm ET and a winner will be chosen at random and contacted by email.
The winner chosen at random is KimJune 3, 2014 at 10:04 PM who wrote
"The Shelburne Falls collection from Linh's shop is gorgeous." Congrats Kim!