Surprise! Weekend Giveaway: Fat Quarterly

>> Thursday, April 22, 2010



Have you guys all heard the buzz swirling around the new sewing eZine that's debuting next week? The Fat Quarterly is launching next week and is an e-magazine written by modern sewists for modern sewist.

Each quarterly issue is going to be packed with: patterns, tutorials, challenges, interviews, previews of upcoming sewing lines and more. Are you super excited yet? You should be!

Look at the talented list of people involved in creating the eZine:

Tacha @ Hanies
Katy @ I'm a Ginger Monkey
John @ Quilt Dad
Kate @ One Flew Over ...
Brioni @ Flossyblossy
Aneela @ Comfortstitching


Also, as a Virtual Quilting Bee tie-in ... do you see what all 6 of these people have in common? Yup - they're all in at least one (some lots more than one!) Virtual Quilting Bee! See what a great community this is?



A Giveaway! Fat Quarterly has generously donated a copy of their first issue to us so one of YOU will be the first to see it & all it's goodness. It doesn't come out until Tuesday the 27th, but just comment ONCE on this entry for a chance to win a copy that will be emailed to you on Monday the 26th. That's it. If you want to tell me what you're sewing or what the weather is like where you live right now (rainy and cold here ... grrrr!) you can do that, too! Contest will only be open until Monday the 26th at 10:00am (MST) - so you've got to be quick.

If you don't win, don't worry, you can purchase a copy of the eZine that will be emailed to you on Tuesday. From the sneak peeks that have been posted already in their Flickr group I guarantee you're not going to want to miss out on this!

69 comments:

Luv 2 Kreate April 22, 2010 at 10:36 AM  

Can't wait until this 1st issue comes out! How exciting :)

Jeni Baker April 22, 2010 at 10:36 AM  

Great giveaway, it looks like it's going to be a great ezine!

Brooke April 22, 2010 at 10:39 AM  

Two days ago it was stiflingly hot! Today? SNOW!

Arnden April 22, 2010 at 10:40 AM  

I definitely will be getting myself a copy if I can't win one. This was such a great idea!
I am kind of disappointed that we will have rain all day on Earth Day, but it is a gentle reminder of how the earth works so well.

Val Miller April 22, 2010 at 10:41 AM  

I can't wait to see it ... lots of buzzing going around the web about this creation!!
It is sunny and cool where I am today, and I am reading blogs instead of working - shhhhh don't tell my boss : )

Holly April 22, 2010 at 10:41 AM  

I'm in Vancouver, Canada and it's a sunny Earth Day here! This morning I was sewing some string pieced blocks for the Red and Aqua VQB (my first!).

~Michelle~ April 22, 2010 at 10:45 AM  

I'm sewing bee blocks right now, lol :)

Katie B April 22, 2010 at 10:48 AM  

I'm really excited about this new eZine! I'm in Alabama, and it's sunny and warm here. Feels like spring! I'm sewing up a quilt for my friend who is pregnant.

Sarah April 22, 2010 at 11:25 AM  

Great prize! I've got too many projects going but this afternoon I am working on a quilt for my sons second birthday!

Katie April 22, 2010 at 11:25 AM  

I can't wait to get a copy, whether through a contest, or purchase myself. Looking forward to it.

Jenny April 22, 2010 at 11:28 AM  

Im sewing some quilt as you go log cabin blocks and i am really enjoyijng the process now that i have gotten used to the idea that it just might be one block a night!

Trudi April 22, 2010 at 11:33 AM  

Sewing up some UFO's, here in sunny UK! Heading for a warm weekend too! A copy of this would be the icing on the cake!

Jennifer April 22, 2010 at 11:33 AM  

Working on the first month of my first quilting bee! Very exciting!

Anonymous April 22, 2010 at 11:35 AM  

Eeek! How cool! I'm so excited for the ezine! Hurrah!

Barb April 22, 2010 at 11:38 AM  

I'm really looking forward to FQ!

Kelly O. April 22, 2010 at 11:52 AM  

I'm really interested in the scrappy flying geese pattern in the first issue :)

Sherri April 22, 2010 at 12:27 PM  

oh, I so want to win a copy of the new e-zine! It's cloudy and drizzly here today...and I'm trying to clean up my sewing area so I can quilt!

karen @ badlandsquilts April 22, 2010 at 12:33 PM  

Oh, I'd love to win one, it sounds so cool!

Vanessa April 22, 2010 at 12:40 PM  

Looks great.. i'd love to win!

karen April 22, 2010 at 1:16 PM  

It's mostly sunny and warm here (in Hawaii, so it's usually like that).

As for sewing I have a million projects going, but just realized my only niece's 1st bday is in a week, so I must finish her stuffed bunny and doll quilt.

Anonymous April 22, 2010 at 1:52 PM  

Oh, I'd love to win. The projects are just so gorgeous!

Jantine April 22, 2010 at 2:06 PM  

I would love to have a look in this magazine ;-). Just came home from studies and got a phone call from an old friend, very nice! That made my day.

RDV April 22, 2010 at 2:06 PM  

I'm so looking forward to FQ! From the sneak peeks that I've seen it looks like it's going to be great.

Ramanda April 22, 2010 at 2:31 PM  

Weather report for Rifle, Colorado...rainy and overcast one minute, sunshiny and blue skies the next! Oh how I love the spring in Colorful Colorado!

Unknown April 22, 2010 at 2:59 PM  

This is great! Having even more inspiration...I think I might need to buy some new fabric to celebrate!

Anonymous April 22, 2010 at 3:31 PM  

so excited about the FQ launch :)
looking like a sunny day here on the Sunny Coast, yay :)
x

Grace Wong April 22, 2010 at 4:02 PM  

sounds like a col ezine, count me in on the giveaway!
shou.milk@gmail.com

Danielle April 22, 2010 at 4:09 PM  

I can't wait to see the first issue!

Sara April 22, 2010 at 4:33 PM  

I'll enter to win, but looks very interesting, might have to get it regardless.

Kelli April 22, 2010 at 5:30 PM  

Oooh...I'm so excited to see this!! Hope I win!

Lisa April 22, 2010 at 5:50 PM  

Will probably get it even if I don't win... but it would be so much fun to win!!

DianeY April 22, 2010 at 6:17 PM  

It's boringly beautiful in Hawaii!

Marcia W. April 22, 2010 at 6:27 PM  

Looking forward to the FQ magazine - hope I win the giveaway. The weather here is cool in the morning/night and hot during the day. We need rain as is very dry. mlwright29 (at) hotmail (dot) com

Meg April 22, 2010 at 6:45 PM  

Awesome! Thank you for this giveaway!

Janet April 22, 2010 at 7:30 PM  

We are having the earliest spring. Snow is usually here until at least the beginning of May but it's almost gone and the puddles of water are even dry. It's 6:30 p.m. and I'm sitting on the couch in glorious full sun. My cucumbers and zuchini plants have buds. What am I going to do - it's much too early to put them in the greenhouse? Love to win the magazine, btw.

What is an Ostomy April 22, 2010 at 8:39 PM  

I would love to win this ezine! It was raining so much that the power went out for about 1 hour. I am a virtual bee member of the HIVE in Not your grandma's quilting bee.
momcindy
crangellaw@yahoo.com is my email

Melissa April 22, 2010 at 9:19 PM  

I'm very excited about this ezine! :) Right now, I'm sewing on a couple of blocks for a raffle quilt the LA Modern Quilt Guild is making.
MUST. FINISH. TONIGHT!!!

Tracey April 22, 2010 at 10:27 PM  

Oh man - I want this bad!! Good Luck everyone!

Sara April 23, 2010 at 7:56 AM  

I've already bookmarked the web site in my favorites - cannot wait for FQ to come out!
P.S. Love the VQB web site -well done!

Urban Crunch April 23, 2010 at 8:03 AM  

The sneak peeks have most certainly peaked my interest. Looks like this will be a fantastic magazine! I can't wait to check it out!
Jaclyn

Marilyn April 23, 2010 at 8:18 AM  

I'm very excited about the e-zine. I haven't seen the sneak peeks yet so thanks for posting the link--I'm going there now!
~it's rainy and cold here today too;)

Vivian April 23, 2010 at 9:58 AM  

How exciting! Please include me.

We are enjoying official eating outside weather up in Northern Canada...we live for being able to eat outside LOL (pics on my blog! http://nn.dlpgraphics.ca/blog).

Amy Sp April 23, 2010 at 10:00 AM  

I can't wait to see what this is all about!

P.S. We have the threat of severe weather here today. Hopefully no tornadoes!

Gill April 23, 2010 at 10:36 AM  

just struggled back overland to the uk from portugal where the weather was lovely - no volcanic ash to be seen anywhere!!!
the weather is lovely here too
gill

Doris April 23, 2010 at 10:49 AM  

Enjoying this sire, Erin, and can't wait to see FQ next week!

Anonymous April 23, 2010 at 1:41 PM  

Hola from lovely and cool upstate New York. I'm sewing slouch bags from Akiko Mano's book, Linen, Wood, Cotton. For those who have the book and have not tried it, go online and get the errata information before cutting and sewing. There are a few mistakes in the pattern. With corrections, though, it is easy, unusual, comfortable, and numbers of other positive adjectives.

wishes, true and kind April 23, 2010 at 2:00 PM  

Yea, Fat Quarterly! Can't wait for that first issue!

Lens April 23, 2010 at 3:26 PM  

Can't wait to April 27. I need to know the content of the first issue!!!
:P

carmel April 23, 2010 at 4:19 PM  

sounds great!
i cant wait to see this magazine!
i am now starting a new cross stitch project
i finaly finished one today- yey!

Mary on Lake Pulaski April 23, 2010 at 5:08 PM  

This sounds like a great source of inspiration from some superstars! Thanks for an opportunity to win the first issue.

Anonymous April 24, 2010 at 7:43 AM  

I am looking forward to the first issue of this e-zine, even more so if I win it!
Lately I have actually been on a roll with my quilting. I've completed 2 quilt tops from start to finish in the last 2 weekends. They are all ready to be sent off to the long arm quilters!

Jeanne April 24, 2010 at 4:01 PM  

Sounds exciting, something new to read. WOOHOOO. Thanks for the opportunity to win the first issue, think I will be buying it if I don't win. :)

Angie in SoCal April 24, 2010 at 10:24 PM  

Love ezines - they're so green!

Would love to win this,
Angie
lvbfan(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

Mama24Monkeys April 25, 2010 at 12:17 AM  

Win or not I am looking forward to seeing what FQ has to offer. If my suspicions are right, it would be nice to get a free copy out of all the ones I am SURE to buy after! Thanks for the chance to win!

Mary C April 25, 2010 at 6:45 AM  

Recently joining an online quilt bee has really expanded my horizons on the quilting world. I've been wondering why magazine publishers are not getting it? That the same tired old quilting mag format isn't cutting it any more! Can't wait to see this new ezine! Mary

Kris April 25, 2010 at 8:03 AM  

I'm super excited for this to come out!

Sylvie - Madame Créative April 25, 2010 at 8:12 AM  

I am super excited by this eZine too!
Today we are having a nice sunny and warm spring weather in Northern France, and I am binding a placemat quilt in my garden while my daughters are playing.
Thank you for the giveaway!

Little Miss Shabby April 25, 2010 at 1:34 PM  

Coldish and rainy here--kinda thunderstormy too. A good sewing day. =) I'd love a chance to win what sounds like and amazing publication! =) Thanks for a great giveaway.

Vicki @ DottyJane April 25, 2010 at 1:40 PM  

Sounds like fun! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.

Anonymous April 25, 2010 at 4:37 PM  

Thanks for such a neat giveaway!

jldouglas@wispwest,net

Meghan April 25, 2010 at 5:58 PM  

Yes! I am so excited about Fat Quarterly, but I have to wait until my May 5 payday to buy it. Unless I win a copy, of course :)

Unknown April 25, 2010 at 6:57 PM  

I'm excited about Fat Quarterly!! I've been working on a pattern this weekend, geeky stuff :) Thanks for the chance Erin!

pitbull April 26, 2010 at 9:55 AM  

Thanks for the chance to win fabric! And thanks for the great blog, Erin.

epban April 26, 2010 at 10:01 AM  

I'm working on blocks for the 3x6 bee 2nd qtr! Can't wait for Fat Quarterly!!!

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