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What an action packed week!  Sew much going on! This list may be just as much to help me keep track of the wonderful events that are happening, as it is to let you know about them.  I don't want anyone to miss out on the excitement! First up we have a fun festival beginning this Friday!!! Amy of Amy's Creative Side is hosting the Blogger's Quilt Festival . This event coincides with Quilt Market each spring and fall.  And gives you the opportunity to enter your best work in a variety of categories. Click on this link to read more about it!  And I hope to see you there! The next bit of news to share is the AccuQuilt Block Party!   AccuQuilt organized this Blog Hop to celebrate the release of 11 new GO! dies.  And each day, one of us will be sharing projects and inspirational posts featuring the use of one of these exciting new dies. The hop runs from May 19 to the 30th.  Check out the line up of talented bloggers participating!!! Belinda Karls-Nace ...

Introducing Pink Chalk Fabrics , our generous sponsor for this month's giveaway! For the Giveaway, they are offering $25 in Stash Cash to spend in the shop! Visit Pink Chalk Fabrics to see what you would spend that cash on if you should win. SWEET!  Who wouldn't love to add to their stash without spending your own cash? To sweeten the pot a little more, I am offering the addition of a free pattern from my Craftsy pattern shop !  What free pattern would you choose? How do you enter the giveaway contest?  You have two chances to WIN!   Follow the instructions on the RaffleCopter.com widget to get started! This Giveaway is open internationally. Winner will be randomly chosen on May 20th and notified by email. Please be sure to leave your email address if you are a Wordpress user or no reply blogger.   a Rafflecopter giveaway Good Luck in the Giveaway! And... Keep On Quilting On!  

Welcome to this week's social linky party! I am about bursting at the seams! Not too much that I can share with you today....  BUT Tomorrow.... I have a BIG announcement! For now.... Here's a Sneak Peek! Pssst!  Wanna let you in on another little secret... Janeen van Niekerk of Quilt Art Designs is hosting a giveaway today! In celebration of the launch of her new website, Quilt Art Designs Publishing .  This new site features Paper Piecing 1/4" , a digital paper piecing magazine, dedicated to modern paper piecing. A talented pattern designer, Janeen has been selling her e-books on Craftsy for quite some time now.  This magazine will allow you to subscribe to receive her e-zine on a quarterly basis or to purchase a single issue at a time. Janeen is giving away copies of her latest issue to two lucky winners! Don't delay...  enter the GREAT GIVEAWAY! NOW.... What's new with you? I am sew looking forward to visiting with all my quilting friends! Show me what you g...

Thank you to all of you who stopped in to visit on Monday! It was sew exciting to have taken part in my very first guest post. Caroline of Sew Can She is a wonderful hostess! And because she graciously allowed me to share on her blog.......  We have A LOT of new friends who signed up to join us here at Sew Fresh Quilts! Welcome to this week's social linky party! If you are not sure what Let's Bee Social is all about, you can read the details here . This is what I am working on this week! These are Charley Harper organic prints from Birch Fabrics. Not sew easy to cut up anything Charley Harper. NOW.... What's new with you? I am sew looking forward to visiting with you all! Really.  I am so blessed to have you each as my friend. So.... Show me what you got! And Let's Bee Social! An InLinkz Link-up Congratulations to the winner of the Free Craftsy Class from last week's giveaway. The winner according to Random.org is #31, Alexis B ! There is a new GIVEAWAY going o...

Introducing Sew Sisters Quilt Shop , our generous sponsor for this month's giveaway! Judy started quilting back in 2000.  Like the rest of us.... She was hooked! Sew Sisters is a Canadian quilt shop dedicated to all things quilting.  For the past decade we have offered great quality fabric, notions, books, kits and patterns, both in our store in Toronto and online.  We run three very popular stash building clubs – The Bargain Lover’s Club, Kona Club, and The Batik Lover’s Club.   At Sew Sisters we believe you should buy fabric, not postage!  So we offer terrific shipping rates on orders within Canada.    You can connect with Sew Sisters in the following ways:   http://sew-sisters.com/ http://sewsisters.blogspot.ca/ https://www.facebook.com/ pages/Sew-Sisters-Quilt-Shop/ 47792797542 http://www.pinterest.com/ sewsistersquilt/ https://twitter.com/Sew_ Sisters Our Newsletter sign up is on the website. And we have a weekly facebook giveaway as well....

Happy mail.... How can you not "Have a Happy Scrappy Day" when you receive happy mail? From my good friend, Lisa of Port Hope. This delectable selection was offered in her Happy Birthday to Me and You giveaway. THANK YOU, Lisa! Botanique by Joel Dewberry Eclectic Modern for FreeSpirit Fabrics I have no idea what to make with these.........   Yet! What a fitting set up to show off some other Happy Mail that arrived the same day! I am now an official member of the Modern Quilt Guild .  I noticed that Lisa was displaying the MQG badge on her site, so I made some inquiries.  She kindly explained that even if you don't have a guild nearby, you can still sign up as an individual member.  So I did! Lisa, in Port Hope , (Ontario, Canada) and I, just west of Listowel, live 250 km apart. This is estimated to be a 3 hours drive. To meet in the middle would result in us each driving to Toronto. And while in Toronto....... It would only be fitting for us to drop in to the...