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January 18, 2012September 13, 2012

Iron Quilter – We have a WINNER!

After months of waiting, we finally have our Iron Quilter! Before we reveal the winner, we’d like to thank all who participated in this contest for their hard work, creativity and passion for quilting. All of the submissions were stunning and enjoyed by all.

Before we announce the winner, we’d like to mention a few things. First of all, we limited the contest to one comment (with up to three votes) per IP address (per computer). This was to make the contest fair, as it is possible to one person to vote multiple times under different accounts/aliases, which is not in line with the spirit of the competition. This disqualified a portion of the comments, but we still had over 1000 comments (over 3000 votes) from unique computers that counted. As we plan to have similar contests in the future, we’d ask kindly that you leave it to us to make sure the voting is fair and accurate and avoid disparaging remarks about others in the comments section. Fortunately, most of the comments were extremely positive and encouraging towards the participants who worked so hard to make their projects. We are excited about doing a similar competition in the future and are already discussing how to apply your suggestions to make it even better.

Okay, enough rambling! Now for the moment you’ve all been waiting for, the announcement of the Iron Quilter! Here we go … the winner is … drum roll please … with 322 votes … Project # #17! Congratulations on winning not only 15,000 Quilter’s Cash points, but also the respect and admiration of the people! You did an awesome job and we all loved your creation.

In second place was project #29, winning 7,500 Quilter’s Cash points. Great job!

In third place was project #33, winning 5,000 Quilter’s Cash points. Congrats!

We will be in touch with the winners about how to claim their prizes. Again, we are so thrilled with the level of participation and enthusiasm you all displayed in this one-of-a-kind contest. Happy Quilting!

Here were the top ten projects:

#17 – 322 votes

#29 – 304 votes

#33 – 243 votes

#25 – 143 votes

#42 – 140 votes

#4 – 127 votes

#13 – 119 votes

#24 – 112 votes

#1 – 88 votes

#43 – 81 votes

January 5, 2012September 13, 2012

The Iron Quilter

********UPDATE********In the comments below, many of you have expressed concern that some individuals appear to be voting multiple times for the same project under different aliases. Although we cannot control this, the spirit of the competition is that each person have only one opportunity to vote (and can vote for three different projects in their comment). We understand this concern and desire to make this contest as fair as possible. We have decided that we will only be counting one vote per IP address (aka – per computer). We realize this will not completely stop any unfair behavior, however it will do a lot to level the playing field. For those who choose to participate in the voting, we kindly ask you to vote only once to show respect for all the participants have worked extremely hard on their projects. *****

First of all, can I just say how amazing it has been to observe the sheer creativity in the Iron Quilter submissions as they’ve rolled in over the past two months. I’m still astounded at the variety of projects that came from everyone using a common ingredient. Quilting is truly as good as the creative minds behind it.

If you’re joining us for the first time and haven’t a clue what Iron Quilter is, check out the kick-off video that was released at the beginning of November and read the contest details.

The entry period of the contest has ended and now we’re in the home stretch. Here’s how you can still get involved! From now until midnight of January 16th you can vote on your favorite Iron Quilter submissions. All you have to do is comment below on this blog post and list your THREE favorite submissions (you will see that each submission has a number that corresponds with it). Each of your votes counts as a point (note – you can not vote for the same twice). Feel free to also add some additional kind words to recognize the contestants for their hard work in completing and submitting their projects (during a very busy holiday season). The winner will be announced on our blog on Tuesday, January 17th.

So without further adieu we present to you our Iron Quilter submissions, all using the specialty cut Moda Summer Breeze charm packs as their primary ingredient. We have posted one picture of each project below, but will be posting more pictures (if available) of the projects on Facebook in the next few days (they will be public, so you won’t have to be a member of facebook to view them).

Good luck to all those who entered the contest!

Iron Quilter - Missouri Star Quilt Co — Entry #1

***Note***

This should be everyone’s, there were a few submissions that didn’t have a correct email address or image with them, if that is you, please resend a photo to us and I’ll get you added ASAP. Vote away!

January 2, 2012September 13, 2012

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!

The winner of the amazing and beautiful snowflake Quilt is: CAROLYN WOODWARD!!!

We hope you absolutely love-love-love it! You are going to have a lot of other quilters that are jealous of your win! (heck, even I’m jealous)

If you are one of the ‘jealous’ ones, that want that quilt in a bad way, you can still get a kit for the quilt, here. (if it says out of stock, you can click on the link to be notified when it comes back in stock. And it is coming, back in stock!)

We have had a wonderful Christmas and New Year, celebrating with family and friends. You can see a picture of a few cousins spending the night at Grandma Jenny’s on facebook! All those quilts and all those kids! Life just keeps getting better and better.

Have a great week! We have lots more fun things to share with you this year!

~Sarah

December 30, 2011September 13, 2012

Eye Candy…a pretty Jelly Roll race quilt!

This little Lady (i like to call her that) is on her way to the machine right now to get quilted! Isn’t she a beauty!?!? LOVE this collection by Kate Spain. It’s called Terrain, and I just can’t get over the bright-fun-happy-spirited colors it has in it! So many combinations I like…I think of it as POP ROCKS for your eyes! (remember that candy! it’s like a saliva seizure!) LOL, Ok, this is getting weird. I hope you know what I mean! Anyway…ENJOY.

photo (7) — You love it too, don’t you!??!!

The Jelly roll race is SO quick and easy! Once you make one, you can’t resist making another. Raise your hand if you know what I mean?

EXACTLY!

For this particular quilt Amy used this jelly roll, this for the inner border and this for the outer border. We do have all of these other options left, if you want something a bit different.

GO ahead, make one for yourself.

Now I want to.

*but you already knew that, didn’t you!

December 27, 2011September 13, 2012

Another table topper Winner!!

This one is one of my favorites! It’s made with Pink and Chocolate fabric (unavailable, sorry) It is just so soothing and rich looking.

The lucky winner is: CHERYL SEIPKE

Congratulations Cheryl!! This topper/baby quilt will be in the mail soon!

We hope that you are all enjoying your Holiday season. Our Christmas was spent together as a family, enjoying ourselves and reflecting on how blessed we’ve been this year.

Thank you all for being such a huge part of our lives. We couldn’t do any of this without you.

Talk to you soon,

Sarah