Giveaway for Clothworks' AMB Farm to Fabric Challenge!

Clothworks Presents

Farm to Fabric Challenge

This post is a challenge and a giveaway! American Made Brand has a great challenge going on and some lucky designers will have their quilts in the Houston Quilt Show!  Now this is a challenge worth taking.  Plus, it's for everybody who creates quilts from their own designs!

AMB wants to get the word out about its challenge, so they've asked several bloggers to spread the word and are offering this great tote as a giveaway prize .

You can help spread the word and have a chance to win this useful tote (without the veggies, of course).  Because time is running short, I'm going to ask you to blitz the internet: use whatever social media you have--Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, your blog, Flickr, LinkedIn, Reddit, StumbleUpon, 3rdRevolution, etc. You have three days, so hurry!  Entries close on July 30 at 5 p.m. Wednesday evening  I'll choose a winner.

Get out there and blitz, buzz, and bark! Now I need to know what you do, so come back to this post and leave a note. Every, yes every, time you write about this challenge you can come back and enter!  So if you share on Twitter, FB, and Flickr, you have three opportunities!  It's that easy.

Info from the Clothworks website.

The Particulars [or the rules]

• Any techniques may be used – piecing, applique’, embroidery, photo transfer, whole cloth or manipulated fabric, etc.
• You may submit at most two quilts for our consideration.  Quilts must be a minimum of 25” x 25” and must have hanging sleeves attached.
• Quilts must be made specifically for the challenge and must not have been published in books, calendars, magazines, newsletters, websites, blogs or any other form of publication prior to November 2014.
• Completed submissions with visuals must be received no later than Friday, August 15, 2014. 
• You will be notified no later than Friday, September 5, 2014, regarding quilts chosen to be included in this exhibit along with shipping instructions. 
• If selected, quilts will need to arrive in Houston no later than Wednesday, October 1, 2014.
• Quilts will be returned by the end of December 2014 if quilt does not travel, or arrangements made to have a quilt picked up at the conclusion of the show.
• If you agree to allow your quilt to travel, your quilt will be returned by the end of August 2015.
• Open to US residents.

Timeline Overview

Announcement and preview – March 2014
Registration open – June 15 to August 15, 2014
Notification by – September 5, 2014
Accepted quilts arrive in Houston by – October 1, 2014
Quilts returned to owner – December 2014, or August 2015 if traveling.

How to Enter

Registration is now open. The last day to register is August 15, 2014 until midnight CDT.

To preview the registration forms, click here.

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To submit your entry on-line, click this button to start: 

When you have completed your registration, be sure to print a copy of the confirmation page for your records.

Friday Finish

I am completely finished with the teaching quilt that I started a few weeks ago with the intention of using it to give a talk about my art quilt process.  Last night I added the hanging sleeve and label. Can you believe that this means that I am finished early?!!  I know, I know.

 School ended for me today, thank goodness!  This means I can quilt to my heart's content....at least for the next couple of months!''

I'm only a week away from debuting my license plate block for American Made Brand by Clothworks. I thought I was finished with it, but I added another small element and now I'm done. Really. I am.  I wish I could show you, but I have to wait.  Of course, you don't have to wait to see the New Hampshire and Virginia plates.  They were debuted today.  


Unfortunately, typepad.com was down again today, then up again, and back and forth, so who knows if it's working.  I haven't see Pat Sloan's block because each time I tried typepad was acting quirky. I finally got to see it and say hello to Pat late this afternoon.  It is worth the extra work.

Tomorrow, head on over to New York (Quilts from my Crayon Box) and North Carolina (A Stitch in Time).  While you're visiting these great blogs, learn a bit about each state and don't forget to sign up for the giveaways.  Each one is giving eight fat quarters from the AMB collection--of which there are 50 colors! 

Clothworks was generous in providing so many fat quarters for our blog tour, don't you think?  To add to the fun, some bloggers have additional prizes--most of them unique to their state!  Can we say whoo-hoo and thank you?

Hope I see you at one of the blogs on the tour!