Parade of Winners - just a brief announcement

I just wanted to make a brief announcement to let you know who has once all these little giveaways here recently.

The winner of the Quilting Quickly magazine and Sophisticated Stitches book is......

#50 Margaret!  Who said, "Free Motion Quilting with Angela Walters" was her favorite quilt book right now.  I agree completely!  It is one of my favorites too and I refer to it often.  Margaret, your package will be in the mail soon.

A whole bunch of you recommended Sunday Morning Quilts also, and that's one book I don't have yet.  But after so many of you recommending it, and hearing a little more about it on the American Patchwork and Quilting Radio podcast recently, I've decided to get my hands on it.  Thank you everyone for the tips!

I also recently gave some mug rugs away from the April Showers Blog Hop.

They went to BizyStitches aka Janelle in Kansas, Rhonda in TX, Crickets Corner aka Rita, and Mystica in Sri Lanka!  Everyone has already received their little packages.  I was sorely disappointed that my post man didn't even raise an eyebrow at my mailing a package to Sri Lanka.  I guess I will have to keep trying.

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaways and congratulations to the winners.

Now I better get back to work.

Have a super sparkly day!

Jen

A Winner's Joy! - the winner of the Joy charm packs is....

Ashley showcasing the winner

Congratulations!  The winner of the 3 charm packs of Joy by Kate Spain is.....

Tammy!  Who said that the most "joy was when my son, who is autistic, graduated from high school with a real diploma, not a certificate.  It was a long battle, and took a little while longer than we hoped.  But he accomplished it....So happy I cried."

I cried a little too, hearing her joy!  Tammy has been notified via email of her win.

I really enjoyed reading what everyone is joyful about this year.  For most it was family, children, new babies, good health, new jobs, or spending time with loved ones.  All excellent reasons to be joyful!  I am certainly joyful for all those things too, and for the ability and time to create quilting projects.

I hope everyone is entering my blogiversary giveaway too.  Enter on this post if you are interested in more fabric!

Now for those of you interested in how the winner was chosen for this giveaway, let me share.  I really wasn't expecting so many entries.  My initial thought was that I would print out the 25 or so entries I received and have Ashley choose.  When I discovered that there were nearly 500 entries, I started looking for alternatives.  I thought about subscribing to Random.org, a service some blogs use for choosing winners. But, my comments aren't numbered, so that posed a problem.  And, you have to do Rafflecopter ahead of time.  Back to the original plan.  I printed up all the comments, cut them up into strips and put them in a bag for Ashley to choose.  It took me a while, but Ashley was delighted with the plan.

The bag of 500 entries.

Ashley digging for a winner

Ashley picking the winner!

She was happy help!  But I will be figuring out how to number my comments in the future!

A huge "Thanks" for all who entered, and for those that became new followers.  I am delighted!

Have a good weekend!

Jen