Monday, May 21, 2012

Giveaway Day!

Hi!  I had so much fun exploring people's blogs last time and even won some fabric, so I decided I had to give something back this time around.  I made this mini for the Modern Mini Challenge back in February.  It's 23" x 23"  with the Album Four-Patch in the center.  Tutorial for this block is here.
 I love it, but I don't have anywhere to put it in my house - it doesn't go with anything I own, so for the giveaway - there are no hoops or requirements - I just want it to go to someone who would actually want it.  That's it.  It's open internationally as well - it's only fair that everyone should have a chance. :)
 Just to make life a little more interesting answer the following:  What is your favorite place you've ever traveled to and why?  The winner will be randomly selected from the comments this weekend.

Update: Winner is #28:

My favorite place to travel so far has been Nantes, France. I went for my 6 month anniversary with my husband and loved the culture and the people.

Thanks- and hope you enjoyed Giveaway Day!

78 comments:

  1. Hmmm,.... I loved Virginia. Such a pretty place.

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  2. I haven't traveled a lot, but I loved the Oregon coast. Its beautiful.

    This quilt is so pretty. Glad our family room is red, black, and white right now!

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  3. Rarotonga as is lovely and great snorkelling

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  4. We went to Colorado last fall and loved it. The scenery is spectacular. I live in Indiana where all you see is corn fields.

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  5. Morwelham Quay in Devonshire. a living history 18th century town with a mine ride and living farm...it's actually really great!

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  6. I've been a lot of places but I liked Ramah, NM. It is literally in the middle of nowhere! We were delivering a building (steel frame building parts not put together) and the lady who bought it made us coffee on her campfire (no joke) and the neighbor was called "Indian Joe" and seriously lived in a TEEPEE!!!

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  7. Portugal! We've been several times and I love it!

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  8. My favourite place that I have visited is Port Lockroy in Antarctica - it is simply stunning.

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  9. I don't travel hardly at all, but I would have to say when we visited our daughter and son-in-law in North Carolina a few years ago. He is a marine and were stationed there. The beach and the surroundings were so beautiful.

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  10. my fave place to have been is mexico. i love the culture, the people, the food, the color everything! can be a beautiful place!

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  11. We spent a week in Philadelphia a few years ago and that was great (other than the whole getting sick and having a miscarriage when I got home thing) but we spent just 1 day in Denver 2 years ago and man, I want to go back!

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  12. quebec, so lovely! fingers crossed! treevt80 at yahoo dot com

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  13. I loved Venice, Italy. It's such a different experience with no cars and beautiful canals all over the place. This is lovely, the colors are fantastic together.

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  14. Rome. It is gorgeous and so full of history! It's just a fascinating place! This quilt is amazing and would match my red couch perfectly! I love the colors! jinglesells at gmail dot com

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  15. Australia - there's nothing that tops snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef!!

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    melissajpalmer at yahoo dot com

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  16. I think my favorite place I've ever been is Boston, MA. So much history and so many things to see! Your mini quilt is BEAUTIFUL!!! I would love to hang it up on my sewing room wall! I promise it would be well loved and admired if it came to my house to live! :) Thanks for the opportunity to win such a great giveaway!!! :)

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  17. Bosnia. It is beautiful, full of history and opened my eyes to what is important in life.

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  18. I haven't been outside the US, but would love too!! I love sister Oregon. I love the small cute town with the mountains not far away. The weather is almost always nice. Love it!

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  19. My favorite place I've ever been was the Australian Outback. So beautiful and so many stars at night!

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  20. Great colors! It would fit in my studio quite nicely :) Favorite travel place is Munich, Germany -- it was an amazingly beautiful and wonderful place to be. I wish I could go back!

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  21. My favorite place I traveled to is Oregon. I saw Crater lake, the coast at Heceta Head Light, the Mackenzie River, Silver falls State park, and more. I love Oregon--such variety of the land.

    trilliumcreates AT gmail DOT com

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  22. I would love to go to Vermont when the leaves or falling, mostly we just stay home.

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  23. Wow, black and white with red is so powerful, I love it. We are living our dream and have retired into our RV and are exploring our wonderful country. We have found that every state and little town USA is special in its own way, and haven't formed a favorite place yet we have so much more to explore.

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  24. India!
    i think everyone should go there at least once in their life!
    thanks for the giveaway!

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  25. I love Amish Country in Pa, so many beautiful quilt shops to go to...

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  26. I don't travel much, but I loved going to Canada. We went to the ocean, and it was so pretty! Thanks for the opportunity to win the beautiful mini quilt!

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  27. My favorite place I have ever visited was Ireland. In fact, I loved it so much I ended up living there for over 7 years.

    Great giveaway = thank you.

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  28. My favorite place to travel so far has been Nantes, France. I went for my 6 month anniversary with my husband and loved the culture and the people.

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  29. Great quilt! I've loved driving across country. I also loved New Zealand and Hungary.

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  30. I love Nawlins, it's just so different than any other place I've been to.

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  31. Loved Flagstaff Arizona. Cool weather, even in the summer. Beautiful.

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  32. I was to Hanoi, because I went with my Parents ;) and the place was lovely, especially the scenic Sapa Valley.

    Please come join my giveaway too:
    http://whimsyloft.com/2012/05/may-giveaway/

    Hugs,
    Grace
    whimsyloft (at) gmail (dot) com

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  33. It looks lovely! Our favorite place has been Boston! We love visiting historical sites. =) Thanks for a chance to win.

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  34. That is gorgeous, my daughter is really into the whole red bl;ack and white thing and I know she would love it if I was lucky enough to win it.
    My favourite place I ever travelled to was Istanbul, I loved the bustle and the colours

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  35. The favorite place I have traveled to was Mackinaw, MI with my son.

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  36. My son would love that quilt, those are like 'his' colors for his room :D Let's see... my favorite place I've traveled too would have to have been South Carolina, Not that I particularly like SC, but I went there to meet my boyfriend.. 10 years later we're married with three kids :D

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  37. This is awesome - red white and black - super cool!! I've been so many places I loved... Sorrento Italy, Whitby England, Ottawa Ontario, Kingston Ontario, San Fran USA and London England (where I live).

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  38. i have many barcelona spain, basel switzerland - I love europe in general because of the history

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  39. Beautiful quilt! My favorite place I traveled to is Scotland because of all the history, the gardens, and the awesome people there!

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  40. My favorite place is actually camp grounds on lake michigan. Probably because I have so many good memories there. :)
    peachstateme (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  41. My favorite place I traveled was Alaska. My mother and I took our only cruise there. It was the next to the last trip we took together before she passed away in 2009.

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  42. My favorite place is the beach, especially the Outer Banks in NC. We had a very enjoyable vacation there. Thanks for the chance to win your lovely quilt. Linda

    rodlindafansler at gmail dot com

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  43. We loved Maui, Hawaii. Perfect place to unwind.

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  44. Cinque Terre, Italy. Gorgeous!

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  45. Key West Florida for the Millennium What a party, what fun people, never-ever get tired of Key West. Beautiful quilt, thank you for the opportunity to win it.

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  46. My favorite place I've been to was Budapest! It's a truly beautiful city full of history, I would go back in a second (if I had any $ to)

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  47. I could definitely find a place for it!! We loved traveling to Scotland for the spectacular scenery.

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  48. My favorite place is Germany, I love the food and history!

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  49. My favourite place was Uluru in Australia. It was a very spiritual experience!!

    xo Steph

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  50. I really loved Philadelphia. But I think I'm biased because as a Cali girl, snow is a novelty to me. I loved it because of the beautiful snow and architecture.

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  51. Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah. We stayed in a cabin right on the grounds and even got to keep one of the shelter dogs overnight.
    shel704 at aol dot com

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  52. What a lovely mini quilt!I love the colours!Of all the European countries I have been to I would definitely go back to Finland. It is such a beautiful well organised country! I love the red on their wooden homes all inside forests! But my country Greece has amazing places to visit too; among the many islands I definitely recommend Santorini!AriadnefromGreece!ariadnesky@hotmail.com

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  53. This is a lovely mini quilt and I can use the colors with my decor, so thanks for offering it as prize! I loved Disney in FL, I know that might seem a cheesy answer but I had a blast from the moment we arrived all the way through and we were treated so well!

    Just in case, my contact info is: scrapgirl1467 (at) yahoo (dot) com

    Thank you for participating and for offering such a lovely prize!

    Have a wonderful day,
    Maureen

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  54. My favorite place I've ever been is volcano park on the big island of Hawaii.

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  55. We spent a week in Maui - it was amazing. The weather was perfect, there was so much to do & see. The only hard part was flying back to North Carolina. Thanks for the chance to win your pretty mini-quilt.

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  56. My favorite - Venezia maybe - nice town.

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  57. I've never been outside the US, but I love Florida. But only when it's not hurricane season! :)

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  58. I loved my day at Yosemite. What a gorgeous place

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  59. Paris because of all the museums and so much to do there! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  60. I loved exploring Germany - the blackforrest region w/ my girlfriend - thanks!

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  61. I love Niagara Falls. I am going back this summer. =)
    Thank you for the giveaway.

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  62. Wyoming, I was there for my honeymoon

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  63. The best place I ever visited is Timbuktu there's not alot there really bar camels to be honest but its just the fact I can say I went there is brilliant :-)

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  64. Tasmania (I live in Australia), lots of natural beauty, national parks, gorgeous locally made food and plenty of wildlife :)

    kate1485 at hotmail.com

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  65. I loved going to florida... just sitting on the beach was heavenly

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  66. The Bretagne in France .. and why .. probably just happy childhood memories going camping with the family and friends and of course getting to see the sea ...

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  67. oh man its amazing..i love the colors..my favorite place is the keys for sure..its totally relaxing ..wish i could live there :) raineoc@yahoo.com

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  68. Paris...it's magical.
    sntbosch(at)msn(dot)com

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  69. Our favorite place to visit is San Francisco. Really enjoyed all the things to do and the weather was really nice whenever we visited.

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  70. My Favorite place was Tybee Island, GA. The little cottage we stayed in had so much charm and a screened in porch the size of the cottage which we practically lived in the entire stay. Best of all was a little lap pool which was heaven at night and very private...did a little "skinny dippin'" while my hubby and son went out for ice cream one night! ;)

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  71. I went to Hawaii, it was so beautiful there! mjalfano19 AT gmail DOT com

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  72. I loved my trip to London! It's full of national museums (which have free admission) like the Victoria & Albert where there are tons of tapestries, lace, and historical clothing to see. Plus the theatres are amazing- I saw War Horse and Oedipus at the National and they both blew me away. Thank you for a lovely giveaway.

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  73. I think Costa Rica is my favorite place I've ever been.

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  74. my favorite place that i have traveled to would be: one year we drove as a family to walt disney world and made all kind of stops along the way. the best family vacation ever
    quilting dash lady at comcast dot net

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  75. That's a hard choice--a favorite place! I love the beauty of Niagara Falls. There are too many choices to pick from!

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  76. I think your mini would make a nice stroller quilt. The most interesting? It is difficult to decide, as interesting is relative. Paris is wonderful to look at, Southern Chile is nature untamed.

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  77. My favourite colours! My favourite place would be Simon's Town, South Africa - had my honeymoon there :)

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