If you live in the United States, happy long weekend everyone! It’s Labor Day weekend, our last long weekend of the summer.

My grand-daughters are coming over for a sewing day! We’re going to start making Christmas gifts for friends and family. That’s right, handmade gifts for them to give. I’ve got several projects planned, so we’ll have to have more of these “sewing days” for sure! I’ll post pictures as we make them so you can share the ideas with your own children. Handmade = fun together and gifts that mean more than the ordinary “store bought” things. Can they keep a secret until Christmas? That’s another story…LOL!

Remember the magazine send away we did for Julia in Germany? If you’re new to my blog, a group of my readers sent their old quilting magazines off to someone they didn’t even know in Germany. Julia has a hard time getting quilting magazines but not anymore! LOL! I got the “sweetest” surprise in the mail last week from her. Look at what she sent!

German dog and kitty treats for you know who! Bitsy and Chelsea could smell the package as I was opening it! They were waiting as soon as I took out the treats. Amazing sniffers those dogs have!

and…

…pink treats for me! German chocolate and little yogurt gums!

and…

…the cutest pictures from Julia, along with a special thank you note. It’s going on my inspiration board for sure. For all of you who participated in this, we’ve made a new friend in Germany and isn’t that what blogging is all about? Thank you Julia! We love you!

And wait until you see the car one of my readers found for me! Lori Brown sent me an email with this photo she took! It’s the perfect bunny car!

And then because it wasn’t pink, her husband did some magic in Photoshop and ta da…

PERFECT!

A pink bunny car for me! Maybe I’ll drive over in my new pink car and pick up my Grand-daughters. Can’t you see it?

If you haven’t been here http://cinderberrystitches.typepad.com/cinderberrystitches/ Cinderberry Stitches has the CUTEST little bag you can make and the pattern is FREE! It’s adorable! Natalie does the cutest designs. She’s another one of those Australian designers I love!

Hugs,

Anne

Oh, I forgot to add…my son and daughter-in-law are having a sale on Bunny Hill fabrics, this weekend only. 30 % off the listed price on everything except Lollipop Lane! You can find it here http://www.crafts4me.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=c&Category_Code=fabric

It’s Thursday and time to pick some winners! And to think I was worried you might not participate! I wish I could give each and every one of you a prize! I asked Chelsea to do the honors and pick three winners. She suggested picking in groups of around 50. Smart dog!

No Mooch you were not invited. That darn cat!

Chelsea’s ready are you? Here we go…

Her head is in the bowl for the first winner…

Wait! She’s asking if she gets a treat for this! Of course she does! Go for it!

And we have our fist winner!…picked by Chelsea! Good Dog Chelsea!

#1. Stephanie from Pickerton, Ohio! She posted on August 25th.

Congratulations Stephanie!

Her head is in the bowl again…Go for it Chelsea!

2. Lynn S. left a post on Tuesday, August 26th. She said she is working on her Baltimore Bunny Borders! Yeahhhhhh Lynn!

Chelsea gave up on the third winner. She just wanted her nap. I think she’s lost some brain power with that her new diet. So I picked winner # 3…

#3. Vickie E…the first one to post a comment! That’s right I just couldn’t help it, it’s a scavenger hunt! First one back wins! Thank Vickie!

I just can’t thank all of you enough. You brought smiles to “my” fabric company with your words, and made all of us happy! Henry Glass has some great designers. Just wait until you see the new fabric lines and new designers at Fall market! It’s going to be a great year for fabric!

Lucky winners, just send me an email with your choice of Bunny Hill Pattern, your name, address etc. and we’ll ship your pattern and fabric right off! Click on the email link on the right…

You all were so great! Thank you!

Hugs,

Anne

Hi everyone! The scavenger hunt is officially over! Chelsea is picking the winners right now. Back in a minute!

Remember those days when scavenger hunts were all the rage? Oh come on it wasn’t that long ago! Well the idea came to me that it would be fun to have a virtual scavenger hunt. That’s right a virtual scavenger hunt with prizes! So here we go, are you ready?

I’m taking you on a scavenger hunt of Henry Glass fabric designers and it should be fun! The idea started when MY fabric company, yes that would be Henry Glass, started their own blog. That’s right they have their own blog and no one has ever left a comment. EVER! Now think about it…for a fabric company to do a blog takes a lot of time, commitment and a desire to reach out to their customers. So I have to hand it to them for going to extra mile. Don’t you think they deserve some comments?

So here’s what you have to do in my scavenger hunt; visit the Henry Glass blog and leave a comment (the link is in the list below). You can comment on any post you like but you have to comment. Then visit the sites I have listed below, find the answers and bring the answers back to me. Yep that’s it!

And what do you get for all this work? First you get to know some really good Henry Glass designers. Second you get to win some fabric and patterns! I have 3 fat packs of my “Flowers for Emma” fabric I’ll be giving away(one each for 3 winners), plus you can choose a free pattern from my web site. That’s right a free pattern, even a block of the month! But first a little work…

1. Henry Glass Fabrics new blog: http://henryglassfabrics.blogspot.com/
2. Michelle Benesko is a NEW Henry Glass designer with a beautiful new fabric line. Tell me the name of her debut fabric line. http://cicadadaydream.blogspot.com/
3. Heather Mulder Peterson is so well known if you don’t have one of her patterns I’d be very surprised. Tell me the name of her newest fabric line. It’s on her blog at http://ankastreasures.wordpress.com/
4. Linda Lum Debono is everywhere! She’s written several books and been in numerous magazines . Tell me the name of her Christmas book…it has stockings on it…you can’t miss it. http://www.lindalumdebono.blogspot.com/
5. Little Quilts a name we all love! Did you know their shop has a blog? Look on their post for Monday, July 21st and tell me the name of the designer who visited their shop! http://littlequilts.blogspot.com/
6. Buggy Barn I love their designs and their fabric! A little bird told me they have a fabulous new fabric line coming up. Tell me the name of their latest book. It’s on their web site. http://buggybarnquilts.com/
7. Kim Diehl and her famous designs. My friend Anne loves her more than me. LOL! What is the one word you will find in the name of all her books? http://www.kimdiehl.com/

That’s it! That’s all you have to do. I know, it’s a bit of work but it should be fun. This is only a few of their designers. You can see lots more, along with FREE PATTERNS on their web site at http://www.henryglassfabrics.com/ And more exciting news is coming soon. Henry Glass has added more well known designers to their list of names. So get ready, I see lots of beautiful fabrics in the very near future!

I’m not telling how I’m choosing the winners so don’t just copy the first comment on my blog. I’ll know if you did. Really. Come on…it’s time we worked for a giveaway. I’ll be choosing the winner on Thursday, August 28th. Ready, set, go!