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Today we are participating in the Blog Hop Party With Give-Aways. Sponsored by Quilting Gallery we participated in the last one and had such fun I had to do it again.
Here is a better look to see what they are.
To enter, I want some help setting a new goal for Richard And Tanya quilts. I am new to quilting (Me speaking of Richard) and Tanya is even newer then me. I made my first test quilt and finished it on Christmas Eve last year. My first full size (baby quilt). Yes I have a few issues with making big quilts (I have made over 50+ baby or lap quilts). But I have made up for the lack of size in the quantity I have made.
This is a collage of just a few (21) of our quilts that we have made this last year. My goals for this year (2012) was to make 52 Quilts in the 52 weeks of the year. I am proud to say that I have exceeded that number. You can see some above and more can be found on my Quilt Finishes Page. Though most of Decembers have not yet been added.
So to enter you have a few options.
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1) Leave a comment listing a suggestion for a goal for quilting in 2013.
2) (Bonus Entry) If you follow Richard and Tanya Quilts, tell me how you follow.
3) (Bonus Entry) If you like my quilts find your favorite on my complete page and tell me the quilts name.
4) (Bonus Entry) Tell some one about our giveaway. (I don't care how just spread the word. You can knock on the next door neighbors door if you like.) You don't need to tell me how you told some one, but you can if you want to make me laugh.
So please leave a separate comment for each entry. Open to all any where in the world. We are willing to ship internationally. Contest closes Sunday Night, December 16th meaning any comments made before Monday when I will draw the winners name. My son Jared (he is 8) will help come up with some clever way to pick it in a random way.
So 4 possible entries. Here at Richard and Tanya quilts I answer every email personally. I enjoy to communicate with my users. I hope you enjoy that and enjoy following my blog. You can find below some of what you might find in a blog post here. Enjoy your day and I hope that after you enter the many giveaways that you will come check us out and see what we are all about.
Jared is in Christmas stress mode, I do not think it will come fast enough for him. I have been trying to keep him busy and off the computer. So today he made me a Flying machine and I told him I would show it off for him so here it is.
I know your saying why is he still talking? You want to get to entering the drawing. The last few days this is what Tanya and I have been working on they are 12 day calendars you can read yesterdays post to get the link to the tutorial we are using to make them and learn a little more about them. We plan to make 40 of them before Christmas and I only have 4 made and basted sounds easy right only 36 to go?
Now go enter the drawing already.
Winner is Sandra I will send her a email! Congrats
495 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 495 Newer› Newest»I really like Grandpa's Cards!
I told my daughter about your giveaway. She's a quilter, too.
Well, you could go for double or nothing. I think 52 quilts in a year is awesome. I had a goal of doing only two and I did double that.
I am a follower by e-mail.
Hard choice to pick one favorite but I like Zig Zag Now I'm Mad and the Purple quilt.
I told my quilt group about your give away.
I follow via gfc
You've received lots of great advice already for goals. Maybe pick a book that you love and make every quilt in it? And blog about it of course!
Patchwork Quilt out of Twirl Fabric with Pink Minky Back is my favorite~!
Thanks for a great giveaway!
How about doing a QAL??
My favourite quilts are 'Men Quilt Too' and 'A view of Deer Valley'
I don't have a blog so I've emailed my sewing group!
Maybe try a different block each week.
It's a wonder how you made so many, esp with a new baby in the house! I'm thinking with said baby, you may need to make a few fewer to give yourself some breathing room...how about 32 for the new year with one of them being queen size goal.
I really liked the plus plus and the zigzag now I"m mad quilts...very nice!
I'm a follower
I think you should make it a goal to create four large quilts next year - one each quarter.
Tweeted the giveaway.
https://twitter.com/AlphaBecky/status/278153541112193024
I like Zig Zag Now I'm Mad quilt.
ah goal setting...RUMBA...readable, understandable,measureable,behavioral, achieveable...that stuck from nursing school didn't it...my goal to quilt and have fun...i see read it tho it didn't write it down, understand it, measure by how much fun that was, seek out projects i will enjoy..and i can achieve both those goals
My suggestions for goals for 2013 would be the same suggestions I create for myself. I always try a few new techniques a year, this year was to get better at my applique, try more complicated ones. Another new technique is a different binding technique or to put piping in your binding. If you haven't done so already maybe try raw edge applique on a wall hanging or follow a complicated pattern, (McKenna Ryan or Toni Whitney). Good luck. Vivian
Again I like the soldier start but since I already said that before I will go with the Halloween quilt as my favorite. Vivian
I've been toying lately with an idea for what would probably be called an art quilt. It might be interesting to challenge yourselves to make an art quilt of some scene - real or imagined. :-)
I'm following your site through blogger.
Congratulations on getting so many quilts done! Good job! I like the two Dragonfly quilts in purples the best. Lovely.
If I should make 52 quilts in a year, they had to be small as stamps, ha, ha. You're fantastic. May be your goal should be to learn a new technique every month? Thanks for the chance to win, I really need those fabrics!
At a lost for words, 52 quilts is awesome. Mission accomplished. Thanks for the giveaway.
WOW! Congrats on exceeding your 52 quilt goal. My fave is: Men Quilt too.
Good job! I hope you double that for 2013!
I just got off the phone with a fiber artist friend and told her about the blog hop and to jump on board :)
Goals for 2013:
1/ double number of quilts for the year
2/ use a color in every quilt that you normally don't use
Happy Quilting :)
over a quilt a week?! That is quite an accomplishment. Maybe a new goal could be 13 different challenges for 2013 - for instance, a king-size, since you say you have mostly done small ones; a challenging pattern you didn't think you would tackle; maybe a charity quilt...
I follow with Google Friend Connect!
I love the one you called Snake in the Garden! Looks complex. thanks for the chance!
I think you need to bite the bullet and make that special quilt for your bed.
am a follower
I like your
Halloween Quilt and
Soldier Star
Wow 52 thats a lot, I hope you make a full size quilt one day, I know you will be super proud of yourself for doing so.
I am a follower also
I love Fire in the sky, great colors
Fun fabric bundle! Over 52 quilts?! thats amazing! Maybe a good goal for 2013 is to tackle a bigger quilt-it really isn't that much different once you get a hang of rolling up one side while you're working on the other. Good luck!
My approach to my quilting goals is to make a list of individual goals for the year. For example, my list for 2013 includes:
Finish triangle quilt for myself, finish star quilt for friend's wedding, complete one paper pieced quilt, try one quilt pattern that requires precise points (HST, flying geese, etc.), try one english paper piecing project (probably will be small!) and try free motion quilting.
This frees me from counting numbers, and lets me focus on skills (and specific projects that I want to finish!), and as a new quilter, I am primarily concerned with building my skills!
A good goal would be to learn and master one new technique every month.
Pinned your contest!
I follow you in my google reader!
I think a good goal (it's actually one of my quilting goals for 2013) is to try new techniques I'm not very good at!
52 quilts in 52 weeks is astounding. How about doing half that many but making them double the size? 26 big quilts would be an awesome goal for the year.
I follow through email. Thanks for the giveaway!
I like zig zag now i'm mad. I also like men quilt too.
My favorite is Men Quilt
I think your goal should be a large quilt.
What fabulous fabrics to possibly win. Thanks for the chance.
52 in 52 is amazing. From your post I think it may be time to challenge yourselves to make a bed quilt.
kj_hahn(at)telus(dot)net
I am following via facebook.
52 quilts in 52 weeks has already blown me out of the water. I've been quilting for 11 years now, and I haven't made that many quilts EVER. Maybe make charity quilts. There are lots of great charity's, and they would all appreciate a quilt or two. See how many charity's you can donate to.
Of course I follow. Lets see, I get emails from you (but, that isn't how I follow) and I follow in my blog reader (whatever way blogger does that, I never pay attention to details like that).
Even though I don't like grey, I LOVE your dresden plate quilt. It makes me smile each time I see a picture of it. If I win these FQ's, I'm thinking I need to make a pinwheel quilt with them, adding some red and white fabrics. PS: Hey Jared, love the Legos. Aren't they fun?!? I still have mine from when I was a kid.
Goals are good! How about trying new techniques like paper-piecing to get those perfect points, hexies, applique and embellishments. These can be small projects just to see if you like them.
I follow you on Google+ and via GFC.
My fave finish is Fire in the Sky!
It is great to make small quilts, I do it myself to learn a new pattern or complicated block. Myself, I would not make the goal too high that you cannot have fun with what you are doing. Tell yourself 5 large quilts for the year. Then make small ones in between. My main thought would be "Let go, and just have FUN!"
I follow your blog all the time, by e-mail and when I don't receive one, I check it out anyway.
Hard to decide what quilt is the best. You did a great job on all of them. I think I will go with the Zig Zag.
What about learning how to paper piece? Its really fun once you learn.
Maybe a good goal for 2013 is at least one big bed sized quilt?
I follow through RSS (google reader)
I like your plus plus quilt a lot.
I told my quilting neighbour about the giveaway.
By the way, I was doing a search for a baby quilt on etsy the other day and one of your quilts showed up in the sponcered section of the search results. If I may ask, how has your experience promoting your items through etsy been? Have you found that it has increased traffic and/or sales?
Thanks!
You could buy or borrow a book of quilting blocks and challenge yourselves to make a certain number of quilts with different techniques.
I follow via email and google +
Twirl Magic is lovely!
I would suggest trying out some new techniques as a goal for 2013. Thanks for the giveaway.
love all your quilts but mostly the rag ones
i follow you
I forgot to tell you that I'm a follower. So interesting to be!
You made more than 52? Congrats! (does that include quilting or just tops?) I'd shoot for 100 in 2013!
I'm a follower (via email)
Grandpa's Cards is my favorite (absolute stunner!)
How about new techniques, a different one each month?
And following via Google plus
I don't see it right now, but I like the pink pinwheel baby quilt with prairie points - I remember liking it on etsy, but I don't see it there now either.
It seems to me like you should try making a lap size quilt next!
I like your Twirl Rag Quilt!
A great goal for next year would be to add a new skill each month. Making 50+ quilts in one year, you must be ready to branch out a little.
I think my favorite finish is Grandpa's Cards.
Maybe you can try smaller, more detailed blocks in 2013.
I'm a new follower on Google Reader.
I love your Plus Plus quilt.
I emailed some friends about your giveaway. Thanks for being so generous!
I think that over 50 quilts in a year is a terrific accomplishment. I would say maybe 65 quilts for the new year but that is more than 1 a week. Good luck.
Learn more FMQ.
I'm a old follower of your blog.
You are a machine! A quilting machine ;) Love balck and whiet fabrics - my goal is to make a two-colour quilt in 2013 and these would certainly help!!
hehehe - I just told my husband about your giveaway!! ;)
I would suggest that you shouldn't top the 52 small ones, just make yourself a goal where you say you want to at least finish one big one!
I shared this giveaway on Facebook!
Welcome to the quilting world! I think I did about 21 this year...lap size mostly and gave them to people at my church..and then 1 for each of my 5 grand kids as their christmas gifts and then 4 for myself/house. Good going on your Count! I'd like to be able to follow your progress as you learn new techniques and incorporatet them into quilts. I might be intermediate in ssewing, but I still love to follow progress..one can never know everything in the quilt world! I would love those black and white FQ's as I am planning to start a black/white/red quilt for my "tv room" come February!
Thanks!
Cheri
quiltingnanny(at)yahoo(dot)com
my goal for 2013 is to finish the three quilts that I have started. I love the black and white material. thanks for the giveaway.
Hi Richard and Tanya! While reading your post, the thought for a goal that occurred to me would be for you to participate in some of the online samplers or blocks of the week. Barbara Brackman has a good one on one of her blogs. Bonnie Hunter has mystery quilts that are great learning experiences.I'm impressed with your 52 quilts in the year. Great job!
wow that is a LOT of quilts you made! my challenge is 75 for 2013! Or, to expand your horizons so to speak, try sewing some clothes--it's a lot of fun :)
I follow via gfc.
I shared it on pinterest ,.... sorry, not funny.
I like your idea of full sized quilts. Quality over quantity?
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perhaps a quilt for each month of the year, following a theme, of th month.
(SNOW flakes in January, hearts in february, etc)
Maybe do a quilt with Pantone's 2013 color of the year... all green in varying shades and hues.
lisamcgriff (at) hotmail (dot) com
I like the purple one!
I think a goal could be to make 12 seasonal wall hangings to change out with the months. Thanks for the chance at some great fabrics.
I follow via RSS Feeds.
I like the Soldier's Star quilt.
I think I need to make a block each months so that I can have a full quilt at the end of the year. You did a very good job in this year.
I am a follower
I love all your rag baby quilt!
I tweeted - https://twitter.com/hueisei/status/278326694014750722
I cannot wrap my mind around so many quilts. I work by hand and am lucky to have one or two finishes a year! I think you might make one large quilt each month and make it represent that month. Anyway, if I could work that fast it would be a fun project for me'
I like Flight of the Dragonfly. I'm partial to purple :-)
You've done an amazing job!
ktreve (at) hotmail (dot) com
I follow you by email and I like you FB :-)
ktreve (at) hotmail (dot) com
I think for 2013 you should set a goal to make some larger quilts.
ktreve (at) hotmail (dot) com
I told someone about your blog and sent them a page link
ktreve (at) hotmail (dot) com
Thank you for the chance to win 52 quilts is pretty amazing so 53 for 2013?
My suggestion for a 2013 goal...Quilt Around the World. Make as many quilts as you can in 2013 to represent as many countries of the world. It would be interesting to see how many you complete and which countries you quilt. Another idea, you could do the States (that's only 50).
Deborah
pinkscissorsdesign @gmail .com
Following via GFC
Deborah
pinkscissorsdesign @gmail .com
I like the Zig Zag quilt.
Deborah
pinkscissorsdesign @gmail .com
Tweet!
http://richardquilts.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/blog-hop-party-giveaway-day.html
Deborah
pinkscissorsdesign @gmail .com
How about 1 larger quilt a month
I follow via various modes. Google+, FB. Blogger
I really like Moms quilt, I follow you by email and Facebook. Suggestion for next year 1 quilt a month auctioned/donated to a worthy cause :)
My challenge for you next year is to create a quilt using the wonderful Lego designs your son creates - take photos of them and try to recreate them with fabric. And it has to be a big enough quilt that it will fit on his bed when he gets big - so not a baby quilt, more like a twin bed size.
I am a follower using GFC
I have a long list of wips i would like to finish in 2013.
I follow your blog through google!
How about practicing one new skill per month? New free motion quilting patterns, paper piecing, etc.
My favorite Quilts are still "Twirl Magic" and "Plus, Plus", the last one being the first quilt I started seeing and hearing you guys work on.
Mom's Quilt is my favorite, I love scrappy rainbow themes.
I think for a new goal for 2013 you should participate in a BOM that would help you strengthen and expand your skills. It doesn't have to be that exactly, but a "Skill-builder series" would be nice for you guys. I very much admire all that you have accomplished, truly.
But I think you have a special voice to new quilters, so seeing you stretch and grown a little bit more would encourage them I think.
The hardest thing would be for you to have an unfinished project! You could always learn a block, make a quilt and set aside one fo the blocks for the finished BOM quilt at the end of the year!
Humble goals for 2013, as I can't plan my workload at the moment. A few bags, one or two twin size quilts, one or two lap quilts. That's it.
If I manage more, I'm happy, if not, I'm not frustrated. :-)
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For 2013 you should tackle a larger quilt, King size maybe, and you should write a pattern/tutorial, maybe host a quilt a long with it! :D
I would suggest maybe one full/queen size each month. My 5 yr grandson loves legos as well. He would love your son's plane.
I follow you be email
My favorite finished quilt is Men Quilt Too.
I told my sister of your blog via e-mail
Follow via gfc. I think your goal should be about 75 quilts for next year. Love what you've done sofar. I really like the giveaway you're having. I've just started to collect some black and whites, some from other givaway's and some from elsewhere, and would love to add the ones from you! Thanks for the giveaway.
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WHAT a team you two make.. I think your goal should be quality not quantity.. also, Man quilts, we dont have that !!!!!
I follow by blogluv, google, fb and email and esty.....
Men Quilt Too! favorite
I'm already a follower.
Thanks,
Peggy
peggy_verdongibbs@att.net
I like your "Back to the Beginning" quilt.
Thanks,
Peggy
peggy_verdongibbs@att.net
Since I am not a quilter, I wouldn't have any quilting goals; however, if I could give advice, I would tell you not to set a goal too high or that is too demanding of your time and energy. There are only so many hours in the day and if we over-do, we tend to stress out and then we get sick.
Thanks,
Peggy
peggy_verdongibbs@att.net
Well, I guess you will have to make big, grown-up quilts in 2013 and stop doing baby things. 52 king size quilts! Or maybe just one enormous quilt, like for a Guiness record!
saruqa at gmail dot com
I follow you on GFC
saruqa at gmail dot com
I like the zig zag now I'm gone mad quilt
saruqa at gmail dot com
Possible quilting goal:
Make a monochromatic quilt in every color (one a month? 12 main colors), then one rainbow quilt at the end using all the colors and scraps from those 12.
And I just told my boyfriend about your giveaway, I am trying to convince him to enter, so if he wins, the prize will be for me, does it count?
saruqa at gmail dot com
My faves of your quilts:
Plus Plus
Dots and Flowers
New follower by email!
Told some of my modern quilting friends about your blog and giveaway. No funny story there, sorry.
Hi Richard and Tonya.You have accomplished so much this year and come so far in your quilting that it will be hard to beat this next year. But I would like to see you make a full sized quilt and maybe try a little hand quilting. There are so many different techniques also that you might want to try. TO accomplish as much as you have and being so new at it, I know you can do anything that you set your mind to.
I am a follower of your blog through GFC and on Facebook. Thank you so much for the giveaway. I love black and white prints.
I love Tanya's Pinwheel Quilt, Applique Flowers Quilt and Zig-Zag Now I'M Mad quilt.
My husband wanted to know what I was doing talking to a man on the computer and I told him about the giveaway. Does this count as spreading the word? LOL (You don't have to count this one)
WOW, 4 chances to win, awesome! I follow via google, but don't have a blog.
jbechosend at sbcglobal dot net
I would like to learn some new technique for 2013 and learn to use my new sit down longarm machine!
jbechosend@sbcglobal dot net
Sent your blog addy to my quilt friend via e-mail!
jbechosend at sbcglobal dot net
My favorite quilt, that you made, is Zig Zag now I'm Mad, love it! Thank you for the great giveaway. I want to do a quilted jacket in black and white so they will be perfect. I guess I am a no reply blogger, no blog, so here is my information again.
jbechosend at sbcglobal dot net
Impressive amount of quilting done! Maybe you want to do something like I am, I'm choosing three new techniques to learn and try to perfect (like free motion quilting, applique, paper piecing or learning to sew curves) That way it's not overwhelming and I can do more relaxing projects in between.
Thank you for the giveaway!
I pinned your giveaway..thank you.
I congratulate you on all of your finished projects. One way to do something new (like a larger quilt) is to use a kit. Makes it a little less painful. Thank you for the giveaway.
Love your Appliqued flowers, Back to the Beginning, Men Quilt Too, Twirl Magic, and Twirl Doll...sorry-couldn't pick just one.
Ok, I follow you on Google+
I have also Shared the word about your humorous blog on Google +
The quilt that stood out was....
Train Wrek...
Not because I really loved the quilt... because I really loved the name... it's a solution to my back pain, so I'm told.
Suggested Goal.... make a quilt full size by hand. LOL Janey x
Favorite Quilt - Mom's Quilt.
MaryLou
Fun4Me1249@aol.com
You have out done yourself with making 52 quilts in a year - way beyond anything I could accomplish - maybe to try some different patterns or techniques.
MaryLou
Fun4Me1249@aol.com
I follow by Google Reader/Blogger Follow. (laren.oz@gmail.com)
This is my goal for the year, and not a bad goal. I am trying to make smaller projects as well, but projects for my home. Table runners, placemats, table toppers, plate placers (to put your warm plate on when you are eating on the couch). Things like these. Things for in the home.
Well, my quilting goal for 2013 is to build up an inventory so I can finally begin selling some. I would love to get some sold by word of mouth, but I'm also wanting to open an Etsy shop. Hopefully I can be somewhat successful :)
I love your "Mom's Quilt"! I have a FQ bundle of rainbow fabrics, and I've been wondering what to do with them. This might be it! :)
My goal is to finish repair the wedding quilt friends made us years ago
I follow you on Google+
My favorite is your Bee 2 Quilt. Great job on all of them!
I think you should make a quilt with a new technique every month in 2013. Thanks for such an awesome giveaway! Happy Holidays to You! :)
I follow you via gfc! :)
I like your Halloween quilt! :)
Maybe a goal to make 12 big quilts or try some different kinds of designs or blocks.
Love the fabric give away.
I follow with google friends.
52 quilts in 52 weeks is awesome!! :) Maybe you could try different blocks or techniques every month/week. Thanks for a chance to win that beautiful black & white fabric! :)
I follow your blog via gfc & fb! :)
I love your Plus Plus Quilt! I've been thinking of doing that one too! Thanks for a chance to win! :)
I spread the word on twitter. :)
And I like your son's flying machine - it reminds me of my boys building with lego. :)
Congratulations on getting all those quilts finished. I don't have any idea how to top that for 2013! You are doing fantastic.
I am a new follower and looking forward to seeing what you do next year. I am sure it will be exciting.
My favorite quilt is your Reunion Plus Quilt. A Plus quilt is on my to do list for 2013. Well maybe I should say it's on my I hope I can get it done list!
I told my best quilting buddy to stop and I think she will. I really like your son's airplane. Have you seen the legos made into a sewing machine. I'd love to find a pattern to make one of those. I have legos from 30 years ago when my kids were young.
The goal I would suggest is to make a larger quilt, either lap quilt of twin size quilt. Build up to king size gradually.
I love your Plus Plus quilt. I have this one on my bucket list!
One of my goals has been to try and learn a new technique every couple of months, so I have tried paper piecing, FMQ, improv, free piecing and stepping out of my color comfort zone. I am going to try hexagons and hand quilting next.
I follow on Google Connect
Make a block a month and by the end of the year you would have a large quilt.
A goal would be to sew a large quilt (King size, I think it´s called), and take time to handquilt it. Just for testing the tecnuique!
Gun, Sweden
gun@lapp.se
Wow! More than 52 quilts in a year??? That's really amazing. Good job!
I guess, since you haven't made many large quilts, I think your goal for 2013 should be to make a large one! :)
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