2018 ++ Tips and Tutorials Festival ++ Winners

Thank you so much to everyone who linked tips and tutorials or visited links during the first bi-annual Tips and Tutorials Festival!  Yvonne (Quilting Jetgirl) and I had such fun and learned so much from the link ups.

You voted on your favorite three links in each category, and based on the votes received, here are the winners. Please take some time to check out their amazing tutorials!

Cindy from Hyacinth Quilt Designs - How to Make a Quilt Pattern Your Own

 Vicki from Vicki's Crafts and Quilting - Starstruck Tutorial

Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirl - Diffraction Quilt Block 
(As a host, Yvonne is not eligible for prizes, but we wanted to acknowledge her tutorial.)

Patty from Elm Street Quilts - How to Make a Temperature Quilt

Cheryl from Meadow Mist Designs - How to Match Quilt Backings 

(As a host, Cheryl is not eligible for prizes, but we wanted to acknowledge her tutorial.)

Rachel from Rachel Rossi Design - How to Get a Perfect Pinwheel

Kathleen from Kathleen McMusing - Facing a Quilt

Jennifer from Dizzy Quilter - Faster Moravian Stars

Melissa from Melissa Marginet - Walking Foot Quilt Along

We hope you enjoyed the tutorial and look forward to next year's festival!!

Fall 2018 ++ Tips and Tutorials Festival ++ Voting Open

Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirl and I have really enjoyed all the posts linked up to the Tips and Tutorials Festival this week!

Have you had a chance to check them all out? If not, now is a great time to go visit them all because Voting is Open!  

(Note: voting takes place on the main link-up post, not this post)

The top three posts with the most votes in each category will win prizes from our generous sponsors:

Whims and Fancies | Fat Quarter Shop | Hobbs Batting | Aurifil

Quilter's Planner | FreeSpirit | Needle & Foot

Designs by Sarah J | Make Modern | OLFA | Pattern Drop

Quilting Jetgirl | Honey, Bunny, and Doll | Meadow Mist Designs

Example of Linkup Voting

Voting is easy: simply click the heart in the upper right hand corner of your favorite three (3) posts in each category on the main link up post here. A red heart indicates that you have voted. Note that the posts are randomly arranged, so they will appear in a different order every time you visit.

When you are ready, visit the Tips and Tutorials Festival!

Fall 2018 Tips and Tutorials Festival ++ Linkup!

Welcome to the Fall 2018 Tips and Tutorials Festival! The Festival runs bi-annually and I am lucky to co-host the event with Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirl.

I hope that you have fun learning some great new tips and tutorials!

Fall 2018 Tips and Tutorials Festival Details

• Submissions close at 11:59 PM Eastern on Friday, November 16th.
• There will be 2 categories open for submissions, so please enter into the most appropriate category:

1. Block and Quilt Tutorials
2. Other Tutorials (Sewing, Other Sewn/Quilted Items, Quilting Tutorials)

• You can submit up to 4 tutorials: two per category or all 4 in one category. The choice is yours!
• Links will be displayed randomly, so each time you visit your linked post will appear in a different location within the linkup.
• We encourage fresh, new content, so we ask that you link up posts that have be published since November 2017.
• Please only link up blog posts (no Instagram or Facebook posts).
• Voting opens at Midnight Eastern on Saturday, November 17th, and closes at 11:59 PM Eastern on Tuesday, November 20th.
• Winners will be announced on Monday, November 26th!
• The festival link up and voting are the same on both Cheryl’s blog and my blog so you only enter/vote through one blog and it will show up on both.

An InLinkz Link-up

An InLinkz Link-up

Questions about the festival?  Please ask any questions in the comments below.

Many thanks to our generous sponsors!

Whims and Fancies | Fat Quarter Shop | Hobbs Batting | Aurifil

Quilter's Planner | FreeSpirit | Needle & Foot

Designs by Sarah J | Make Modern | OLFA | Pattern Drop

Quilting Jetgirl | Honey, Bunny, and Doll | Meadow Mist Designs

Tips and Tutorials Festival ++ Winners

Thank you so much to everyone who linked tips and tutorials or visited links during the first bi-annual Tips and Tutorials Festival!

Yvonne (Quilting Jetgirl) and I had such fun and learned so much from the link ups.

You voted on your favorite links and the three tutorials with the most votes in each category, here are the winners!

1st place - Vasudha from Storied Quilts, One Spiral Nova

Aurifil - 12 large spool collection by Christa Watson and Make Modern Magazine - 6-month subscription

2nd place - Patty from Elm Street Quilts, Conquering the HRT - half rectangle triangle

Quilter’s Planner - $25 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop and Whims and Fancies - Penguin Paper Pieced Block Collection (Little Penguin Polaris, Viking Penguin Olaf, and Scottish Penguin Glen)


3rd place - Sarah from saroy, Backyard Chatter (Sew-and-Slice) Quilt Tutorial


Honey, Bunny, and Doll Etsy Shop - Four digital pattern bundle

1st place - Kirsty from Bonjour Quilts, Half Rectangle Triangle Tutorial


Fat Quarter Shop - $75 gift certificate and Make Modern Magazine - 6-month subscription


2nd place - Michelle from Bolt to Beauty, Machine-Piecing Hexagons

Needle and Foot Etsy Shop - $20 gift certificate and Whims and Fancies - Penguin Paper Pieced Block Collection (Little Penguin Polaris, Viking Penguin Olaf, and Scottish Penguin Glen)


3rd place - Sarah from Sarah Goer Quilts, Machine Bind Your Quilts Like a Pro

Quilting Jetgirl - Two digital quilt patterns and Meadow Mist Designs - Two digital quilt patterns

1st place - HollyAnne from String & Story, Homemade Spray Baste

FreeSpirit Fabrics - 21 piece fat quarter of the Rambling Rose Collection by Tanya Whelan and Make Modern Magazine - 6-month subscription


2nd place - Chattanooga MQG, How to Make Award Ribbons

Pattern Drop - $50 gift certificate and Whims and Fancies - Penguin Paper Pieced Block Collection (Little Penguin Polaris, Viking Penguin Olaf, and Scottish Penguin Glen)


3rd place - Shannon from Shannon Fraser Designs, DIY Quilt Label

Quilting Jetgirl - Two digital quilt patterns and Meadow Mist Designs - Two digital quilt patterns

1st place - Jayne from Twiggy and Opal, Concentric Circle :: Tutorial

Sarah Maxwell - 23 piece fat quarter bundle of Lapis and Emerald batiks & two coordinating spools of 50 wt Aurifil and Make Modern Magazine - 6-month subscription


2nd place - Katie from Pattern Drop, 5 Ways to Audition Quilting Before You Start

Olfa - 45mm rotary cutter and endurance blades and Whims and Fancies - Penguin Paper Pieced Block Collection (Little Penguin Polaris, Viking Penguin Olaf, and Scottish Penguin Glen)


3rd place - Debbie from A Quilter's Table, Organic Straight-Line Quilting


Quilting Jetgirl - Two digital quilt patterns and Meadow Mist Designs - Two digital quilt patterns

Tips and Tutorials Festival ++ Voting Open

Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirl and I have really enjoyed all the posts linked up to the Tips and Tutorials Festival this week!

Have you had a chance to check them all out? If not, now is a great time to go visit them all because Voting is Open!  

(Note: voting takes place on the main link-up post)

The top three posts with the most votes win prizes from our generous sponsors Aurifil | Make Modern Magazine | Fat Quarter Shop | FreeSpirit Fabrics | Sarah Maxwell | Pattern Drop | Olfa | Honey, Bunny, and Doll Etsy Shop | Meadow Mist Designs | Quilting Jetgirl | Whims and Fancies | Quilter’s Planner | Needle and Foot Etsy Shop.

Example of Linkup Voting

Voting is easy: simply click the heart in the upper right hand corner of your favorite three (3) posts in each category on the main link up post here. A red heart indicates that you have voted. Note that the posts are randomly linked, so they will appear in a different order every time you visit.

When you are ready, visit the Tips and Tutorials Festival!

Tips and Tutorials Festival ++ Linkup

Welcome to the first bi-annual Tips and Tutorials Festival I am co-hosting with Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirl!  

I hope that you have fun learning some great new tips and tutorials! 

Just as a reminder, details about the festival...

• Submissions close at 11:55 PM Eastern on Friday, June 15th.
• You can submit up to 4 tutorials: one per category or all 4 in one category. The choice is yours!
• We encourage fresh, new content, so we ask that you link up posts that have been published since January 2017.
• Please only link up blog posts, no Instagram or Facebook pages.
• Voting opens at Midnight Eastern on Saturday, June 16th and closes at 11:55 PM Eastern on Wednesday, June 20th.
• Winners will be announced on Thursday, June 21st!
• The festival link up and voting are the same on both Yvonne and my blog so you only enter/vote through one blog and it will show up on both.

An InLinkz Link-up

An InLinkz Link-up

An InLinkz Link-up

An InLinkz Link-up

Questions about the festival?  Please ask any questions in the comments below.

Tips and Tutorials Festival ++ Rules and Prizes

I hope that you are getting as excited as Yvonne (Quilting Jetgirl) and I am about the upcoming Tips and Tutorials Festival!  The festival will open for links to tutorials on June 11th.

Festival Rules

• Submissions open at Midnight Eastern on Monday, June 11th and close at 11:59 PM Eastern on Friday, June 15th.
• There will be 4 categories open for submissions, so please enter into the most appropriate category:

                1.  Block and Pattern Tutorials
                2.  Sewing Tutorials
                3.  Other Sewn or Quilted Item Tutorial
                4.  Quilting Tutorial

• You can submit up to 4 tutorials: one per category or all 4 in one category. The choice is yours!
• We encourage fresh, new content, so we ask that you link up posts that have be published since January 2017.
• Please only link up blog posts, no Instagram or Facebook pages.
• Voting opens at Midnight Eastern on Saturday, June 16th and closes at 11:59 PM Eastern on Wednesday, June 20th.
• Winners will be announced on Thursday, June 21st!
• The festival link up and voting are the same on both Yvonne and my blog so you only enter/vote through one blog and it will show up on both.

Sponsors

We are able to offer prizes to the people with the top 4 votes in each category thanks to our very generous sponsors!  Below are the sponsors and prizes for the Tips and Tutorials Festival:

Aurifil - 12 large spool collection by Christa Watson

Make Modern Magazine - Four 6-month subscriptions

Fat Quarter Shop - $75 gift certificate

FreeSpirit Fabrics - 21 piece fat quarter of the Rambling Rose Collection by Tanya Whelan

Sarah Maxwell - 23 piece fat quarter bundle of Lapis and Emerald batiks & two coordinating spools of 50 wt Aurifil 

Pattern Drop - $50 gift certificate

Olfa - 45mm rotary cutter and endurance blades

Honey, Bunny, and Doll Etsy Shop - Four digital pattern bundle

Meadow Mist Designs - Digital quilt patterns

Quilting Jetgirl - Digital quilt patterns

Whims and Fancies - 4 winners each receiving the Penguin Paper Pieced Block Collection (Little Penguin Polaris, Viking Penguin Olaf, and Scottish Penguin Glen)

Quilter’s Planner - $25 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop

Needle and Foot Etsy Shop - $20 gift certificate

Tips and Tutorials Schedule

• Monday, June 11 – Submissions Open
• Friday, June 15 – Submissions Close
• Saturday, June 16 – Voting Opens
• Wednesday, June 20 – Voting Closes
• Thursday, June 21 – Winners Announced 

Questions about the festival?  Please ask any questions in the comments below.