Sew30SewFun June 2017 - giveaway winners =D

I hope you all are having a Happy SUMMER so far!!!  It has been so CRAZY hot the last few weeks here in Utah!  I move in extreme slug fashion when it's over 80.   I feel happy and grateful for many things! Right now, top of the list would be my air conditioner =P

 

 

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There will be no challenge for July.  I might try something a little different for August!  Thanks to all of you for your inspiration, communication and willingness to play along.  I hope it was beneficial to you.  I know that I DID get more things IN PROGRESS than before I started the challenge.  And, for me that IS progress =D


Congratulations to the TWO random drawing winners! 




The following winners... please send me an email so that I can give you the details on how to receive your Gift Certificates

Winner (1) ~ $30 Gift Certificate

 to online Fabric shop

 

 ~ Moira ~

Quilt Designer and Sr. Data Analyst and lives in Texas

You can find her on her blog

The Quilted Snail

 

 

 

 

 

Winner (2) ~ $30 Gift Certificate

to Online Fabric Shop

 

 

~ STH ~

Avid sewer/quilter and lives in Oregon

You can visit her on her blog

Living In Color Blog

 

 

 

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Sew30SewFun June 2017 check-in and giveaway update

 

How didja all do this last week of June and for the month?  I didn't do very good this month!  =(.  I was out of town for 10 days and that really put a gimp in my giddy-up =P

 

...and, yep, I was on a "SEE-food" diet! (ha ha)

 

 

But, I had a great time traveling to Washington State and hanging out with our kids and grandkids! =D.  I was able to visit a few yarn shops and a quilt shop.  I'll try to post more of those adventures in a later post. 



 

 

 

This little critter is just theeeeeee cutest

(well, from grandma's point of view LOL). 

This is our youngest grandie, Mr. "lar-lo" 

... my nickname for him.  =P

 

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Please leave a comment about how you did this month on your projects.  I will do a random drawing from all the comments for June's Challenge. 

**The comments for June's challenge will close July 5th @midnight Mountain Time.  I will post the winner by Friday July 7th =D.

 

NOW CLOSED =)

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Sew30 SewFun June 2017 check-in and giveaway update

 

I didn't get much sewing time in since last Monday.  But, I have been spinning on my drop spindle, and doing some knitting too.  We have been visiting with family in the Tacoma/Seattle area of Washington State.  =)

 

This is a Turkish drop spindle hand made by Jeri Brock

(you can find her HERE)

Shamrocks hand carved =)

 

 

Some Grandies at a fun Mexican restaurant near

Seattle, Washington. 

 

This wee one is our youngest grandie, Arlo.

He sat at the "adult" table. lol

 

 

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Since I've not been sewing his whole week...the dollars have been adding up in the Cyber-Jar.  OH!  MY!  =P.   I've decided to create TWO cyber-jars!!  =D -- Each will have at least $25!  At the end of June 2017, there will two giveaways with a minimum of $25 each.  =D.  I'm still traveling for a few days...so who knows, there could be more!! 



 



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Sew30SewFunJune2017 Challenge Check-in

Heeeeeelllloooo...

I apologize for not doing the check-in sooner.  But, my laptop was having KUHnipshunz with internet connections the last couple of days.  So, I couldn't log on to blogger in my usual way and upload pictures, etc.  I hope this didn't discourage you in your quest to get some sewing done for the challenge. 



How has your sewing time been going?  What projects have you been working on...maybe finishing?
Reading about your projects in very encouraging =)



My sewing has been going slowly.  =(.  But on Thursday at our local quilt group meeting I was able to get in an hour plus.  And, I did to a bit of sewing on Sunday.  My total for last week was approximately 2 hours.  I'm still *in-progress* with my Glam Clam quilt.  I've had some glitches.  I can get hung up on choosing colors when doing a scrap quilt.  And, I was having a hard time choosing extra borders.  Then, a glitch in the bottom "muffin" pieces for the last row.  Ugh...sigh...it can suck the momentum out of a smooth sailing with so many glitches.  But, I'm going to persevere.  =P

 

 

A great mug with some words of wisdom. 

Bought it a wonderful local yarn shop.







The challenge continues to help me get more sewing done, working towards finishing projects that otherwise would be sitting sadly in a container on a shelf.


Besides sewing I have been working on other crafty projects =D.  I regularly have to switch tracks with my craft genres (knitting, crochet, spinning fiber, weaving...) to keep my interests from getting too stale in one area.  I hope to share some of these projects in future blog posts. 

Do you have other handcrafts besides quilting?  If so, what?

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The Cyber (giveaway) Jar is currently:

 

 

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Winner of Sew30sewFUN May 2017 and June Challenge info

The winner of the $35 Gift Certificate is.....

 

MARY!!  ...from "Texas Hill Country"

https://hillcountryquilter-mary.blogspot.com/

 

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 Thank you SOOOO very much to all those who participated, and left comments about their progress and projects!  All of you have encouraged me to hang in there with this challenge myself!

 

 

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Sew30SewFUN June 2017

 

 

1) Try to sew just 30 minutes, 6 days a week

 

2) Please comment about your progress on those Blog Posts with the subject being... Sew30SewFUN

 

3)  There will be a gift certificate at the end of June.  The winner will be chosen from those who leave comments on Sew30SewFun blog posts. 

 

4)  This challenge can be different for different people in that a Winner for the Gift Certificate is NOT chosen only from those who actually succeed with sewing 30 minutes/6 days per week.  My thinking is that we can be successful even if we are doing better today than yesterday  =)

 

5)  There will be a minimum of $25 for the Gift Certificate.  But...it could get higher.  I will be putting $5 in the "Cyber Jar" each day that I do not sew the 30 minutes. 

 

6)  TODAY (June 5th) is the START date!  Ready?  Set?  Go...

 





Sew30SewFUN June 2017