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Sunday, 9 February 2014

Belated Blogiversary GIVEAWAY

Look - it's me!

I did it again - I missed celebrating my Blogiversary in January so I am celebrating now instead!  Happy belated 2nd Blogiversary to me!!

This little blog started after I returned to the UK from a trip home to Canada for the Christmas holidays.  When I was home I decided that I wanted a way to share the 'crafty shenanigans' that I was getting up to so my family could see how I spent my spare time [waves hello to family].  And here I am two years on and I still love blogging as a way of sharing!  Thank you to everyone who pops in to look around, to those who follow by GFC, email and Bloglovin and to everyone who takes the time to comment - I appreciate each and every one of you!    

To show my thanks and to celebrate two years, I am having a giveaway.  I love giveaways - and hope you do too!  I've gathered a few things for one winner to enjoy:


Up for grabs is a crazy selection of scraps in mostly blues and purples - two fat quarters worth!  I've also got Issue 2 of the Love Patchwork & Quilting magazine with bonus Tula Pink project book, a handmade finger pincushion with pins and some Aurifil Wool thread in a lovely blue.  I will no doubt add something chocolately in as well!!

So, to enter my giveaway, please tell me anything but if you need an idea, how about your favourite blog to follow.  This giveaway is open to anyone-anywhere.  Second entry if you follow me in some way!   Winner will be chosen in a random style and announced on this post and by email.  Giveaway is open until 15th February 2014 and winner contacted soon after.

Good luck and happy sewing.

**GIVEAWAY IS OVER**  Thank you to everyone who entered!

Congratulations to Rachel of mammafairy sews!

168 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness, Amy. Of course your blog is my favorite. Thanks for the chance to win these goodies.

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  2. Happy two years Amy! It's too hard to pick one, just look at the list I follow - they all inspire me, including you of course!

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  3. How sweet to celebrate your two years blogging with a giveaway!! We are enjoying the last few days watching the Olympics!!

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  4. I am following you and your blog via Bloglovin' - thanks for the chance!!

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  5. Hmm... I like lots but one I enjoy is the refashionista.

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  6. Congratulations Amy. I already follow you with bloglovin

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  7. I love reading all blogs for inspirations. I have a grand baby due in September so I have a lot of sewing to do so these blues would come in perfectly . Thank you

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  8. I don't have time to blog between working 2 jobs, but I love to read other peoples blogs to stay in the loop and be inspired. That new Love and Patchwork magazine looks fabulous! I Tula. Thanks for the chance to win! And btw, I love the mini you made for DQS14.

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  9. Happy Anniversary, Amy! I have a few favourites but you and your shenanigans are one of my top views! What part of Canada did you visit?
    Thank you for the chance :)

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  10. I follow you through bloglovin'/GFC

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  11. Happy Blogoversary Amy! Theres too many favorite blogs! I cant choose one. This is a great giveaway, thanks for the chance!

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  12. Im not a follower, I was a stalker! hahahahaha Yes, I follow you vía Bloglovin!

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  13. I can't pick one blog as my favorite because there are too many wonderful blogs. I look forward each day to the time I have set aside to read the blogs I follow. So many talented people with so many creative ideas.

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  14. Happy blog birthday and thank you for the lovely collection of goodies. I too could never pick a favourite blog, over 1000 appear in my reader. I love yours, I hope to be reading it for years to come.

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  15. I also follow you, in Feedly and probably on Bloglovin too.

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  16. Congratulations! I follow over 100 blogs and love them all. I get my inspiration from all of you. Rcoyle at olemiss dot edu

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  17. Happy Anniversary! May you blog for many more years to come! My favourite blogs are those that have to do with bag making and patchwork.

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  18. Congratulations Amy.It`s nice meet you!!

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  19. I follow many blogs and anyone have his aura so it`s hard to choose only one favorite.

    Thanks for the chance.I`m a follower by GFC.

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  20. Thanks for the chance to win! The blogging community is so supportive, it's an awesome place to be.

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  21. I follow many blogs and I always find such inspiration from all of them, including yours! I've learned so much since joining the online quilting community. Happy blog anniversary Amy! :-)

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  22. And I follow you with Bloglovin'.

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  23. Happy second bloggiversary to you! I am guilty of not noticing time going past, too!

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  24. yes, I have you in my side bar, so I follow you!

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  25. Happy 2 years of blogging and many more to come!!

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  26. Of course I'm a follower via GFC…always enjoy visiting :)

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  27. Happy Blogiversary, Amy, and thank you so much for your giveaway. I love all the blogs that I follow so it would be hard to choose just one. Each is unique in its own way.

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  28. I started my blog as a way to keep me motivated to get projects done. I think I'm the queen of WIPs.

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  29. I also follow you via Bloglovin.

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  30. I have started following this blog
    http://missourimel.com/
    because she has some great projects and she also shows all of the current giveaways, which I have added you to the pages.

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  31. Happy Blog Anniversary. I like the Missouri Quilt Company and Lori Holt.

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  32. Happy Blogiversary!!! I am a happy follower via Bloglovin'. :)

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  33. Following Bloglovin' @ The Simplified Home

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  34. Happy 2nd blogiversary! I found you on flikr, and I just started following you by email,

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  35. Happy 2nd blogiversary! I found you on flikr, and I just started following you by email,

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  36. I've become addicted to paper piecing so I love blogs that feature paper piecing. Quilt Art Designs, Quiet Play and Fandom in Stitches are my favorites!

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  37. Congratulations Amy!
    Juliet at tartankiwi is one of my favourites!

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  38. Happy 2nd Blogaversary!! I love tula's fabrics!

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  39. You need a doctor for those pimples!
    Happy blogiversary. I reckon Sew Mama Sew is a good start and often leads me off in all sorts of bloggy directions xxx

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  40. Happy two years of blogging! There are so many great blogs that I read, it's so nice that people want to share all of their crafty exploits. It's so inspiring. It would be impossible to choose just one

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  41. Thank you so much for the chance to win your wonderful giveaway! Happy blogiversary!

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  42. Congratulations on your Bloganniversary. Chocolate is ALWAYS nice. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com

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  43. Happy Blogversary:-) I love all the blogs I read!

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  44. Happy belated bloggiversary, Amy! I am glad I met you in London and I am looking forward to your next crafty shenanigans (I remember I asked you to spell that when we met two years ago in the sample swap :o)))
    Love
    Christine

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  45. And yes, your blog is in my feeder - though I am not sure if I follow directly via bloglvin or through GFC. The internet is a complicated thing :)

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  46. Congratulations! I certainly love your blog, but just now I like The HEXIE blog, because they have a BOM going on. And of course I had to make the hexie blocks there.

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  47. And I'm following you by Bloglovin', Google and wherever I find you. Thank for this great giveaway. I should need all of it, but I'm i special need of pink and blue scraps.

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  48. Ohhh I follow on Google and feedly, love those scraps

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  49. Happy Happy 2 Year Blogiversary!!

    I follow you already on Bloglovin. I can"t say I have just one favorite Blog I follow...yours is on my List tho! lol Alwasy feels like I just spent time with a gooood friend!

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  50. Happy blogiversary. Those 2 years have flown by and Ive cut down on my blog reading. I think instagram is taking a lot of the blog traffic

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  51. Happy blogversary. After your blog I love attic 24, always so jolly!

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  52. Congrats on two years of blogging! Isn't it just the best! I have lots of favourite blogs. Lots! I am having a giveaway too! Stop by.

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  53. I follow you on BL and GFC.

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  54. I follow over 150 blogs so picking a favorite is hard. I love Red Pepper Quilts aesthetic and love Little Island Quilting for the pictures of where she loves. Her work is beautiful too.

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  55. Happy bog anniversary and here is to a third crafty year. I love seeing what you get up to and all those WIPS. Di x

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  56. Yay! Congratulations, Amy! Woo hoo! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  57. Hi Amy,Happy Blogversary! Hope you have many more as your blog is so enjoyable.

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  58. Congratulations! I enjoy reading your blog as well as several others. They are an important part of my day

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  59. Happy blogiversary albeit belated!!!I follow so many but one of my favorites is Kristy at Quiet Play but that's because she is such a prolific paper piecing pattern creator! I of course, check you out regularly,too :) Congrats

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  60. Happy belated blogiversary! Thanks for the lovely prizes!

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  61. Happy blogiversary. I love reading you blog as well as many several others!

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  62. Happy Blog anniversary. I like your colorful style, I also follow sew mama sew and lots of others...love it when you post your work and tutorials.

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  63. Happy Blog anniversary. I like your colorful style, I also follow sew mama sew and lots of others...love it when you post your work and tutorials.

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  64. I enjoy your blog .... lots, following your colourful work.

    Happy Blogaversary xo

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  65. Happy Blogiversary. There are so many good blogs out there it is difficult to pick a favourite, especially as I tend to waver between dressmaking and quilting.

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  66. Congratulations Amy for a great blog :-)

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  67. Happy Blogiversary #2! Let me just say that when I'm in a hurry and can only read a couple blog posts that yours is one of the ones I choose to read...every time!

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  68. Happy Blogaversary! thank you for the giveaway - I follow many blogs - I love to read them! thank you!

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  69. Oh Happy Day! :) May your next year be filled with many hours of creative fun!!!! :)

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  70. You really want me to choose just one? Impossible! (Although yours is one of the ones I have to read before hitting that 'mark all as read' button ; 0)

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  71. Fun giveaway!! I love blogs!! One of my favorites is Maureen Cracknell!

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  72. Family are wonderful. I got my two sisters into quilting and know we get together every week. Between all the laughing we manage to get some quilting done.

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  73. I follow many blogs, but one of my favorites is Quiltville. Congrats on the blog anniversary!

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  74. Congratulations!!! Love the giveaway items....Love the creativity!!

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  75. I'm a blog peeker. Thanks for the look!

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  76. Happy bloggy birthday! I'm afraid I can't pick a favourite blog at the moment - there are just too many to choose from!

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  77. I really like Jo's Country Juction. Thanks for the giveaway. jen dot barnard at btinternet dot com

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  78. I am a new follower via bloglovin! :)

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  79. I really love to read Sew Mama Sew, they always have great posts.

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  80. I am a new follower via bloglovin! :)

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  81. pramuditahandaristi at gmail dot com

    Happy 2nd blogiversary! I just found your blog today., so I need to check out your old posts! :)

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  82. I'm a new follower via Bloglovin.

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  83. Congratulations! I'm afraid I can't pick just one, but I enjoy Maureen Cracknell Handmade and Ellison Lane are two I enjoy. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  84. I am a new follower on Bloglovin'.

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  85. Something to tell you - I like to craft - mostly quilt and a little knitting and embroidery. Congrats and thanks for the giveaway!!!!

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  86. Congratulations. I just discovered your blog.

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  87. Good morning and happy blogaversary! I have so many favorites but I'll give a shout out to Melissa over at 100 Billion Stars. She does such lovely things with colour.

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  88. Congratulations on your belated blogaversary . I have many favorite blogs but yours would be at the top . Thanks for the chance .

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  89. My favorite blog is a russian one, about embroidery and quilting. It's in russian of course, so i have to use google translation to try and understand their posts, tutorials etc lol
    But they make beautiful little treasures with a few scraps, and some thread. I fell in love with their work. :)

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  90. Where does the time go! Doesn't seem like 2 years already. I do love to follow via Bloglovin.

    A giveaway too, oh my! Excuse to add to my stash *teehee*.

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  91. Happy Blog anniversary! I don't think I have a favorite blog - I like how each is different.

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  92. Happy Anniversary.I am so glad that I found you on facebook.Here's hoping that I am the lucky one.

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  93. My favorite right now is Laundry Basket Quilts

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  94. Happy Blogiversary!!

    What a fun giveaway!! I'm a huge fan of Tula Pink -- So your giveaway is especially exciting!!

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  95. thanks for the lovely giveaway

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  96. Greetings from Canada! I'm busy making a queen size QAYG quilt for our bed. My first one and I love it. Thanks for the fun giveaway.

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  97. Following you now via email (laura84watt). Always great to find a new blog.

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  98. I love to look at GreenFairy Quilts because of her beautiful quilting it inspires me to keep trying with my FMQ. I am English but now live in France. Love your little dog! Hugs Linda x

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  99. I am your newest follower on Bloglovin :-)

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  100. Happy Blogaversary! Thanks for the giveaway. I follow you through Bloglovin. Yours is my favorite blog, of course! vickise at gmail dot com

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  101. Anything? :) your blog looks like fun to follow , I'm looking at what seems to be a Christmas Bunny, which is adorable!!. I'm working on a bunny door hanger right now. A friend sent it to me as she knows I love bunnies. (even little funny ones) Thanks for the chance to win some awesome stuff. I need to try some of that wool thread too.

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  102. Oh I just signed up for your blog to be delivered to my Outlook through RSS. If I do the other blog methods I can't seem to keep up lol.

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  103. I following you on Bloglovin :)

    Thanks for the giveaway such great things to enjoy!

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  104. always read tour goings on !!love the things you make !!

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  105. One of my favorites is Cat Patches. I just connected to your blog from Missouri Mel's, another one of my favorites. I am eager to look around your blog.

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  106. Following you on Bloglovin'. I'm originally from the UK and now in Canada. Maybe we'll cross paths one day!

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  107. I follow you on bloglovin and Happy Blogiversary! I'm a new quilter so I don't have a favorite yet, all of them have helped me out! Thanks for your blog, great inspiration and help when I don't know what to do!

    tdkcarpenoctem@hotmail.com

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  108. I don't want to worry you, but I think you have the dreaded multi-spot measles! :) My favourite blog is probably Cat Patches, I have been reading for years and adore Barbara!

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  109. I follow by email :) And Happy belated Blogiversary!

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  110. About me...When I was ten years old in the 1962, I asked all my neighbors for fabric and my mom taught me to hand sew a Nine Patch Block. Mom helped me put all the blocks together and Dad built a quilt frame. The best part is the whole family helped quilt, including my 2 older brothers. Lots of sore fingers later, we had a finished quilt and the best part is that I still have it today. Good memories!!
    Kathy Davis
    kdavis1@centurytel.net

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  111. I follow on Bloglovin.
    Kathy Davis
    kdavis1@centurytel.net

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  112. Well, my favorite blog to follow is SewmamaSew. (I assumed you meant that yours was excluded. People usually ask that question when they want to find new blogs to follow.)

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  113. Lets see I would just flip for just the magazine! Still haven't found it here! I follow many and love yours and Madam Samm's. Just because we do communicate and such great ideas!

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  114. I follow in all ways and it is incredible here we are after two years! Love it! Here is secretly hoping Iiii win! Have a wonderful week and Happy Anniversary my dear!

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  115. Happy Blogversary!!! I enjoy your blog, but I have a look at Bonnie Hunter's blog everyday - quiltville.blogspot.com

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  116. Happy 2 year anniversary! Congrats and keep it coming.

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  117. Congratulations on your 2nd Blogiversary! As a new follower by email I look forward to exploring your blog. -- soparkaveataoldotcom

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  118. Congrats and I want to celebrate with you by winning!

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  119. I love Tula Pink. I'm trying to break out of a rut and try some modern quilting. I've been collecting fabrics. Would love to win your giveaway.

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  120. Happy Anniversary Amy. I couldn't possibly even begin to choose a favourite blog but love all sewing and crafty blogs. Yours is right up there at the top of my list.

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  121. I follow your blog by email that way I now I'm not going to miss anything. I love reading your posts. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway and the chance to win.

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  122. 2 years! I have lots of favourite blogs many you already follow but alifeunderquilts.blogspot is my newest one after receiving an EPP book for Christmas.

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  123. I follow you on Bloglovin too.

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  124. Hi Amy thanks for hosting this giveaway. I follow you on bloglovin. I look at lots of blogs all doing different things, sewing cooking, crafting, self sufficiency. A hilarious blog is called Going Gently, give it a look-see.

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  125. Cheers to two years, Amy! I'm now following you via email. So glad that you've joined in the Skinny Pinnie Pincushion Swap, so I can get to know you better! I love following sew many blogs...if I could only see one, it would be Pleasant Home.

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  127. Happy Blogversary! :)
    Amazing that you found the time and enery to post regularly over the last two years!
    Thanks for the chance to win, Amy.

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  128. I'm following you via bloglovin.

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  129. I just love following all my blogger people. THAT's a problem when there are so many talented people out there i bloggers ville. I appreciate the fact that you find yourself behind as often as I do! Thank you for this chance to win........and oh yes I do follow you.

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  130. I enjoy your blog. Happy 2 years!

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  131. bloglovin follower: Nicole Sender

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  132. Wow...lovely give away..please count me in. I can't possibly pick a favourite blog...but I sure do like the ones written by fellow Canadians living in the UK :o)

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  133. Second entry comment as I follow you in Feedly :o)

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  134. My favourite blog to follow that is inspiring me to try my first quilt and embrace color is Stitched in Color.
    Thanks for the chance to win.

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  135. I follow your blog through e-mail. Thanks for everything and the awesome giveaway. Becky
    derry04@yahoo.com

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  136. I have many blogs I follow LOVE all the encouragement, advice, projects and general thoughts all the great bloggers offer. I am impressed with how much time and effort that must go into writing a blog on top of crafting and life in general. Thank you for all you do. Becky
    derry04@yahoo.com

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  137. Congratulations!

    I would love to win :)

    jachelno at gmail dot com

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  138. I follow by Bloglovin already

    jachelno at gmail dot com

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