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How To Get A Free Charm

We announced a few weeks ago that our first book "The Simple Home" was due out in August.  If you would like to preorder the book, you can on our Etsy site now.  But the best part is, for every copy that is pre-ordered, you will receive one of our charms- it's the house one, in honor of the book's title!

So, if you want to be one of the first to get this:

 

You will also get one of these for free! 

 

We can also autograph the book for you- just let us know when you place the order.  Please keep in mind that this is a pre-order, and we will ship them as soon as we get them in.  Click here to order the book.

Winner!!! and a new Make Life Project

I am hoping that you all had a fantastic Easter!!  I know we sure did!!!  Last week we had a contest for our new patterns and the randomly selected winner is ............ Paula who wrote:

  I really like Pure and Simple. I would love to see more Bags!!!

Paula e-mail us at info@sweetwaterscrapbook.com and we will be sure to send your patterns out (You will have to wait until May - because they just aren't ready yet!!)

We also have been enjoying the projects that you have been showing us using our Make Life fabric collection and would like to share with all of you -

Julie Herman of Jaybird quilts shared with us this cute little quilt - It even comes with instructions!

Find it here on the Moda Bake Shop!

Enjoy and we will be posting more projects soon!

Posted by Susan

Pure Pattern Contest!

We are having a contest- even though we don't have the entire prize finished!  To introduce our new line of patterns that coordinate with Pure, we thought we would show you a few and then ask you what else your would like to see.

So here is how to enter- leave a comment letting us know which of the 3 new patterns you like best and tell us what other type of pattern you would like to see with this collection (large quilts, bags, pillows, table runners, etc.)

We're only showing 3 because that is all we have completely finished.  However, the winner will receive our entire collection of Pure patterns -there will be 7 in all.  All of the patterns will be available in May.

Here are the first 3:

Pure and Simple

Pure Joy

Pure and Sweet Table Runner

We will announce the winner on Monday.  Good Luck!

-posted by Lisa 

Day 5 ..........Spring Labels and a Giveaway!

Many of you are familiar with our labels.  You can put them on just about anything - towels, quilts, clothing, cloth napkins, table runners, cloth easter baskets, cards, etc......  If you are not familiar with them all you have to do is cut them apart, iron, and sew around the edges - Simple enough!   Here they are - they can be found on our etsy site.

 The best part about today is  - leave a comment about what your favorite springtime activity is and you will be entered into our drawing for a free set of Spring labels.  We will announce the winner on Wednesday!

Happy Monday

and Happy Free Pattern.  Missouri Star Quilt Co. was nice enough to share this fun quilt idea out of Make Life with us.  We are all eagerly waiting for the yardage to arrive but this quilt uses a layer cake and jelly roll(which are available now).

 
The pattern can be found here they also did a fun little video about the Authentic Dessert roll - check it out!

Thank You so much to Missouri Star Quilt Co.!!
P.S. Make sure to come back tomorrow when we begin our newest collection of patterns and kits for Easter!

It's A Contest!

From listening to the news, I know that many of you are experiencing this -

 This is the river that is near my house and I just shiver when I drive by

I really shivered when I stepped out to take this picture!  Let it be known that I DO NOT like cold weather - it makes me sad.  I long for the days when you can walk outside and not have to bundle yourself or your kids from head to toe.  I honestly do not know how you people who live up north deal with this all winter long?????  We are lucky here in Colorado,it can make it to 60 degrees in the middle of winter if it really wants to but right now no chance for awhile according to the weatherman.  So to deal with the long winter nights I have taken up knitting.  When I was a child I always wanted to knit so I would try and try but I could only get about 2 rows done because my yarn on the needles would become soooooooo tight that I couldn't get it off and I would just give up (so would my mom I think she thought I was hopeless when it came to knitting).  But it is winter and I needed something to make me happy so I thought I wanted to try that knitting business again and -

I did it - I was able to get the yarn off the knitting needles and I completed my first scarf!  I am hooked for sure.  My husband started calling me grandma and then my kids proceeded calling me grandma as well. I don't care - I love it!  My favorite part of this scarf is the little ruffley thing at the bottom -

I found this cute pattern on Fiber Wild and I also found a cute knitting blog called Pickles.  You just have to check out this bean bag they call Puff Mama!

On to the contest - At Quilt Market this past fall all of the Moda designers had triangle squares at their booth that featured there newest fabric release.  Everyone at market would then go to each of the different booths and pick up each of the different designers triangle squares and could then complete a quilt out of all of the different pieces that they had picked up.  For inspiration, the moda designers each created a quilt using these squares.  These half square triangles were made using a paper piecing technique from Laundry Basket Quilts.  Here is the quilt that Sweetwater featured using these squares -

and guess what??  We had some squares left over and are going to be giving them to one of you

They are already sewn and ready for you to use.  All you have to do is tell me how do you cope with winter?  I know some of you enjoy winter, so tell me what it is that you enjoy. 

I don't know about you but Mexico is looking pretty good right now!!!  Have a great weekend we will announce the winner on Monday.

posted by Susan

 

Holiday Cards Plus Win Some Fabric! (Make Life...)

It has been a couple of days since our 12 Days of Christmas has ended, but our holiday features have just begun!  Today, we are debuting our 2009 set of Holiday Cards on our website www.sweetwaterstreet.com. 

Here are a few of my favorites:

  
  



Each also has a coordinating address label.  Here are some samples:

 

If you haven't ordered our cards before, here is a little information.  They are printed on a high quality, heavy weight cardstock with a linen finish.  Any wording can be changed, such as "Merry Christmas" can be switched to "Happy Holidays".  They come in sets of 25 and envelopes are included.  Orders generally take a week from the time you order until the time you receive your cards.  If you have any questions at all about our cards, please don't hesitate to e-mail us at info@sweetwaterstreet.com

If you are looking to save a little money on postage (who isn't?), we also have holiday postcards where the card is printed on the front, with your address on the back.  Here is a postcard sample:

Now, for the fun part.  If you order your Holiday Cards before December 1st, we will send you this cute kitchen towel for you to give as a gift, or adorn your own kitchen.

To view the entire holiday collection, please click here.

Now, for the most fun part- win a Moda pre-cut of our "Make Life.." collection!

Here is how you enter.  Simply view our Holiday Card collection here and leave a comment letting us know which card is your favorite design.  We will pick the winner next Friday.  Good luck and have a great weekend! 

-posted by Lisa

Our Magazine Feature

If you just received a copy of this

Turn to page 78 to get a free pattern of this

 

My mom created this floor mat a few months ago in the Authentic fabric and it is now featured in the special Quilt Scene issue.  This issue debuted at the Quilt Festival a few weeks ago, so many of you may have already picked it up.  If you don't have a copy, click here for more details.  I love this magazine.  It is fresh, informative and has tons of great projects included.

Also check out page 48 for this quick and easy project

For fun, let us know what your favorite quilting/crafting magazine is!

Have a great day-

posted by Lisa

Jackpot - Make Life Scraps Giveaway!!!

Do you remember a few weeks ago when we mentioned something about giving the  Make Life scraps away after making all our new quilts for Quilt Market.  Well, we have gathered them up -

and now it is time to give them away!!!!  You are going to have so much fun with these if you are the lucky winner.

On to what you have to do to win these.  It's all about Fall - we have officially been in the fall season for about 1 month and the weather has been crazy here in Colorado.  Two weekends ago the high was 20 degrees 1 week later we hit highs in the 80's (just this past weekend) and now we are back to cold wet weather today (as indicated by the droplets of rain/snow mix on the bowl in the picture).  So the question is - what is your favorite thing about fall?  We will announce the winner next Monday.

posted by Susan
 

We're Back & We Have A Winner!

We had a great time in Houston, but are happy to be home.  I took lots of pictures at Market, but I forgot my camera at home (80 miles away), so I won't be able to show them to you until later this week.  However, we do have a winner for the necklace giveaway. 

Congratulations to Kimberlee who wrote:

Oh it sounds like so much fun, I wish I could meet you guys! I just found out my local quilt store got in Authentic! I'm soooo excited!
The floor mat is stunning! I may just have to make that.
My phrase is...
make life bloom

Kimberlee, please e-mail us at info@sweetwaterscrapbook.com with your address and the color you would like your necklace.

For everyone else, don't feel bad, you're not alone.  We were out of necklaces about 45 minutes into the show- so even some of the people who did go to Houston went home without one.  Next time, maybe we will start making our giveaway earlier so we have more to give out.  Thanks for playing, we should have a new contest in the next few days.

posted by Lisa