Sunday, March 6, 2011

Book Giveaway

I know I have never really gotten into giveaways on my blog like a lot of other quilters. All of you have followed me despite that and I have to say I appreciate it. That's going to change this week as I morph into a nicer, more generous, less whiny version of myself. Don't be too disappointed - My first giveaway will not be your usual gift  of a brand spanking new item. No, sorry, but almost as good, I think.

I was cleaning out a bookshelf in the basement while looking for some of my gardening books and I found a copy of my first book - American Doll Quilts - that's now out of print and is very hard to find.


It's slightly damaged on the back cover - but the front and inside is perfect. I can't remember for sure, but I think it got damaged a few years ago when I was about to mail it out to a customer and the glue strip on the padded envelope stuck (like Glue, duh!) to the book and try as hard as I could, I couldn't remove it without damaging the back cover. So I sent her a clean one and tucked this one away thinking no one would ever really want it. And maybe no one does.


Here you can see it - there's a strip of icky, sticky gummy stuff along with couple of scratches where I tried to remove it with no luck. I thought I'd let the lucky winner remove it herself or maybe just live with it the way it is. It's still a delightful book containing 16 patterns for little quilts and not bad for a first book. I get asked about whether I have extra copies all the time.


Many of you who've been following me for awhile probably already have a copy (it went out of print in 2009) but this is great for those who may have just discovered my books and want to see the early patterns where I couldn't sew a straight line if my life depended on it, LOL.


To enter: All you need to do is post a "creative" comment using these 3 words: Scraps, Crazy, and Blue. Like this: "I'm going to go crazy if  I don't win this giveaway and will be very blue if I don't get to make a doll quilt from my little scraps soon." Or: "You're Crazy, Kathy! Who would want this book with the blue cover full of quilts made from your silly scraps??"  Just like those Spelling lessons we had in the fourth grade where you had to use 20 words in sentences. We're all getting older now and this will be a very good exercise for you to think a little and possibly generate some new brain cells . . .




I will use a random number generator to pick the winner. I'm thinking there may also be some small giveaways of fabric for runner-ups - those 2 or 3 who post the most creative comments that make me laugh without being insulting. Be sure to leave your e-mail address so I can contact you if you're the winner.  Giveaway ends on Wednesday, March 9 and comments will close at 10:00 pm CST (when I turn off my computer and go to bed). Good luck! Winner will be announced sometime Thursday. And I promise I'll have more special giveaways like this one in the coming weeks.


204 comments:

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Michelle said...

Ooh I would definitely like to win it!!!
Thanks.

Asiyah said...

I'm going crazy with all the scraps in my studio! But you can help me...just send your American Doll Quilts book to me! You wouldn't want to see a fellow quilter blue, would you?

Joyful Quilter said...

Well, I'm not too fond of blue, but I would be crazy not to try making a scrappy quilt from your book out of red, or green, or yellow, maybe even orange.

Kathleen Tracy said...

Make sure you follow the "3-words rule" or your comment will not be accepted . . .

Me and My Stitches said...

I would be crazy WITHOUT scraps, and oh, so blue if I don't win a give-a-way soon!

May Britt said...

I have all the other books, but not this one, and I would be CRAZY happy if I won it. I love playing with SCRAPS from my stash and your books is so inspiring. One thing about me is that I seldom use BLUE in my quilts. I have a lot of blue fabrics, but I have problem using them.

Cathi said...

One would be crazy not to want your wonderful book, glue on the blue back cover notwithstanding, as it will help to use up scraps and make delightful little quilts!

AKnativewoman said...

Oh, you are such a crazy lady! Even if you waited for a blue moon to have a giveaway, we'd still be happy to visit you every day! This lovely book would be cherished like my drawers of scraps and together, those scraps and your book would make lovely gifts! Thanks for the opportunity to win!

southseaislandhome said...

My day has turned out to be a crazy one with having to rush my daughter to the doctor, and I was feeling a little blue until I found some small scraps of time in between the rushing, and came and read about your giveaway, and I am not blue anymore! :o)
Thanks for the opportunity.

Bonnie said...

Of course I would love to have it ... as well as many more, I'm sure. Thanks. Bonnie /Va

Ann said...

I've driven myself crazy this week sorting out all the scraps that were cluttering up my craft room and I was surprised at how much blue fabric I use.
g.finch2@ntlworld.com

Robyn said...

The sky is so blue and the clouds make it look like a scrap, crazy quilt.

Lainee said...

I'm crazy for scraps and could quilt until I'm blue in the face and wouldn't use them up. I promise to use the book to make a dent in them.

Spice said...

I'm the oddball quilter. I don't have a stash of SCRAPS in any color including BLUE so give me some claps. It would be CRAZY if I won the giveaway... and I would proudly shout hooray!

I'll stick to quilting.

Joanne said...

The slight damage on the blue cover wouldn't drive me crazy, I would still be able to make the scraps quilts shown inside!
Thanks!♥

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Anonymous said...

It will make me blue if I don't win your book - my scraps are driving me crazy!

:) Linda

Sandra said...

For years I stashed away SCRAPS like a CRAZY-woman, and now look forward to making lovely American Doll Quilts. I would love to win your book giveaway and won't be BLUE if the back cover is damaged:)

suemluvsquilts said...

Here I am,looking out at the BLUE sky,thinking I must be CRAZY to stay inside looking through my delicious SCRAPS of gorgeous fabrics, excited to begin yet another quilting adventure!

yorkie mom said...

I'm definately CRAZY to win the SCRAP quilt book so I can sew doll quilts until I am BLUE. Thanks for the chance to win! gougeonathome@charter.net

Mary said...

Top 3 reasons my husband thinks I'm beyond help:

1) I have bags of scraps that I insist I am going to use "someday";
2) I am blue and a few other choice words if I don't get to stitch everyday;
3) I'm just crazy enough to try to win one more quilt book that I don't have and absolutely want to have.

Thank you so much for the opportunity to win. Such a fun giveaway. Best wishes,
Mary

Heth said...

My dolls are all BLUE with cold, so your wonderful book would help this CRAZY quilter to use up her SCRAPS to keep them warm.
;) Heather

Rita said...

Some crazy lady is making blue because she says I have to use all my scraps. Oh well, I tried.

Carla said...

Yes, I'm blue. I have so many scraps I don't know what to do. They seem to come from every corner of the sewing room. Color me crazy, color me blue, but if I don't win your book I'll have to go boooo hooooo.

Terry said...

I'm crazy for blue scraps! Well, I'm crazy for all scraps! LOL Thanks for the chance to win your book! I'd sure love to have it! :0)

SewMary430 said...

I have been Crazy about quilting for more years than I want to remember and find that blue is in most of my quilts where they are scrapy or planed placement.I love your books and would love to have this one in my collection, I am also look forward to learning from you at the retreat next weekend.
Mary

free indeed said...

I won a GO cutter recently and haven't even used it yet...CRAZY I know! I so wanted it to tame the SCRAP bin and that is still the plan...first up is a SCRAPPY apple core quilt and I'm sure there will be plenty of BLUES!!!!
freeindeed at myfairpoint dot net

Merilyn said...

What a great give-away. A little hint on removing the sticky stuff, try using some pure eucylyptus or lavender oil on a cotton ball and gently work over the sticky area, you will find that the oil will slowly dissolve the glue. It does work, I use this method sometimes when I have taken a price label off a book that has left a sticky residue.
I would be crazy not to try and win a copy for a blue friend who loves scrappy quilt books!

Marsha B said...

A little bit of goo on the back cover of blue won't make me crazy, I love to sew with my scraps and this book would be perfect to me!

Susan said...

You may think I'm CRAZY to enter your giveaway because I already have a copy of this book, but I'd really like another one to donate to my quilt group's lending library. I just made the little red-white-and BLUE shoo-fly quilt from this book. Kathleen, if you look at your Flickr group, you can see the picture of it.The blocks were made completely out of SCRAPS, and when I needed fabric for one of the borders, I used pieces from a cut-up shirt. Thanks for the giveaway. I already thought you are pretty nice, even without it.

Linda said...

Well, you are crazy Kathy! Everyone would want your blue covered book, glue and all, full of quilts made from scraps, silly or not!! Including me.
Thanks

Jacque said...

What a crazy thing to do, you sassy thing, you!

Making me use my creative scraps to come up with this here little rap;

So, though my comments are few,
I most certainly will be blue,

If I don't managed to win
and take your sticky book for a spin! :)

Anne-Mettes Oaser said...

I would almost feel like crazy, if I should be the lucky one to win your blue book. And YES I could use lots of my blue scraps too.
Thank you, it sure is a generous give away.

Paule said...

Its crazy all my scraps are turning blue after reading this post

Cathy Richards said...

I am soooooooo blue, I have so many scraps that I am going to go crazy if I dont find a nice pattern for them soon!

Mona said...

Kathleen, I used to work in a quilt shop and I still kick myself for not buying this book (budget was so tight). I need to win this!:) If I win I pinkie swear I will go crazy making every scrap(s) quilt (blue, red, gold and pink) in the book! Thanks, Mona @peaceandquilts@gmail.com

Christine Staver said...

Once in a blue moon my scraps come out to play. They dance around like crazy and end up in a beautiful quilt. I would love to win your book!

rebecca said...

Blue, who would be blue with a crazy cool book for scraps!!

Anonymous said...

Hi, I would like to win that book. I have all your other books. I have made lt of doll quilts for my daugther from your patern. I don't have a blog, my name is Ann-Mari and I live in Norway.

Anonymous said...

If I don't get a book near me... I go crazy
Would love to win this gorgeous book
Gina
http://gina-catswhiskers.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

I have a dog named Scrappy
He makes me smile when I'm blue
He acts all funny and crazy
Until I give him a new chew

Julia, your biggest fan

Anonymous said...

My Husband Works With Traps
While I Work With My Scraps
Sometimes He Thinks I'm Lazy
And than I Call Him Crazy
He Say's I'm Like The Wommen Who Lives In A Shoe
Who Has So Many Scraps It Makes Her Husband Blue
By- Karen in IL. meandyou@sbcglobal.net

Kathy said...

I've been going crazy waiting for this Wisconsin snow to melt that I have put my blue, red, and green scrap string quilt blocks out in my garden. I am pretending they are the flowers.

Cheryl said...

Being a big fan of quilts made from SCRAPS, I am CRAZY over all your books. However, knowing how valuable this one is, I will be particularly BLUE if I don't win it.

And a big thank you for the opportunity to!

Anonymous said...

Roses are red
Violets are blue
If I won your book
I wouldn't know what to do
My scrapes would be gathered
My needles prepared
Perhaps I'll make a crazy quilt
Even though I'm really quite scared
Peg from NJ (kneedeep09@gmail.com)

Unknown said...

I would use my blue scraps to make a crazy quilt if I could find the time. Thanks for the chance to win!!!

Amy in OK said...

Wouldn't a tiny crazy quilt made of indigo blue scraps be sweet on my mother's wooden doll bed? Uh oh, I feel another project coming on!

Lisa said...

I have some crazy blue scraps I'd love to use to make some of the scrappy blue quilts in your crazy first book. :)

Nicky said...

Peg from NJ that required effort! Here is my effort in limerick form:

There was a CRAZY young quilter from Fleet
Who wished to make a doll's quilt so petite
On the colour BLUE she was keen
So she asked dear Kathleen
For a book and some SCRAPS to complete...

:D ho, ho

Charlotte Divers said...

I would love to have this book . Then I wouldn't have to go crazy trying to figure out what to do with my blue scraps of fabric.

Quiltn Mama said...

I already have a copy of of the book and really enjoyed making one of them..it's (almost) like instant gratification! Happy quilting!
-Stephanie

Lynn Koeppen said...

I'd be so happy I'd go Crazy if I won a Blue book to make doll quilts from my Scraps.

Linda O said...

My bins are filled with SCRAPS, red, yellow, brown and BLUE. I could sew like a CRAZY woman making doll quilts from your wonderful book! Thanks for the chance!

terry said...

Kathy ..... I would be tickled pink, I mean blue, if I won your doll quilt book so I could use up some of my scraps, and I might go a little crazy if I don't. Here's hoping.

Terry in So. Calif.

Marcia W. said...

This song is best sung to the Hee-Haw melody which inspired me. I've humiliated myself to win this book!
Bluuuue despair is agony on me
blue-hooo
If it twer'nt for crazy bad luck, I'd have no luck at all
blue-hooo
Bluuuue despair is hanging over me
blue-hooo
If it twer'nt for sCraps luck, I'd have no luck at all
blue-hooo
Crazy scraps make my blue eyes cryyyy
blue-hooo
I am crazy over you
bluuuuue SsssCRAPsssssss

Diane said...

Red scraps, yellow scraps,
green scraps, blue ~
All to make a crazy quilt
With a sticky book from you!

Unknown said...

Kathy,
Love the blue on the cover of your book. How did you come up with such a crazy idea for a giveaway? Your books always give me great ideas on how to use up my scraps! Thanks for the giveaway, hoping you pick me!
Nora

Lisa said...

There once was a woman who had lots of SCRAPS. She sewed all day long and loved all the colors, red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and BLUE. Some say she went CRAZY because there was no thread to be found; it was not the lack of thread but the song in her head. (I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow…) http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?p=i+can+sing+a+rainbow

Kate said...

I am feeling a little blue as i am stuck about what to write,that has not been mentioned before...I would so much like to win this book,so i will probably drive myself crazy all day while i try to come up with some scrappy comment....

Anonymous said...

Argh!! I'll be crazy, thinking about the blue scraps that won't be used, if I don't win!!!

Crazy blues!!! Whatcha gonna do, with crazy blue, scraps that stick, with crazy glue??? HOpe to win the sticky book and find the perfect pattern in the crazy collection of blue quilts.

Gerda in Alberta

Anonymous said...

I wrote ARgh in the previous post, because I had a good couple rhymes written, and went to post it wuith my Google account, only to find that my DD had changed the name and password!!! NOw I need to figure out how to change it back!!

I'm blue! but not crazy! though I am sticky when it comes to changes on this computer!!

Gerda in Alberta

Tania Brinker said...

Oops! Forgot my e-mail addy!

Gerda in Alberta is omax2@jwvantuil.com

Bolsa Nova said...

Trully crazy for blue scraps here !
Crazy for blue civil war quilts, small quilts,
doll quilts after getting to know it at 2010 Houston International Quilt Festival.
I deserve those "16 little projects that honor tradition" with me here in South America.

Diane H said...

I've thankfully made it through another long Canadian winter without going crazy and now just need the sunny blue skies of spring to melt away the last scraps of snow. Thanks so much for a chance to win this wonderful book.

Kathy said...

Why, I think you would be CRAZY not to pick me to win this book. I have lots of BLUE SCRAPS which would make a wonderful monochromatic lil quilt!!!!!

Quiet Quilter said...

All my SCRAPS are going CRAZY thinking of how BLUE they would be if they weren't used with this book!

Lauralee @ The Eclectic Stitcher said...

I'm going CRAZY with all the SCRAPS I have accumulated!! It will be a desolate and BLUE day in Georgia if I don't win this book!!!

Karmen said...

I am glad you didn't scrap the book due to its slight damage. That'd be CRAZY! It is true; I sit and wait for inspiration for the word blue. And I ain't getting anything, I would, however, LOVE, LOVE to have a copy of your book to work from. Karmen

Pat from Florida said...

Dear Kathleen,
Roses are red, violets are BLUE,
I'm just CRAZY, hoping to win this book from you!
Imagine the SCRAPPY little quilts I could make,
if my number is drawn in this sweepstake!
Hugs,
Pat from FL & MI
nana.quilts@gmail.com

fluffy said...

Kathy! You know I feel crazy to compete with all those english women. Trying to win this book with a blue cover, and put it in my librairy so it would look like a scrap quilt with all these books in differents colors.

Stitches said...

Hi Kathy, I have more BLUE SCRAPS than I know what to do with and I am going to go CRAZY if I don't get them used up ASAP. How I would love to be a lucky winner.

Linda in NC said...

This is a once in a blue moon chance for a plucky, scrappy gal like me to win an OOP book that will guarantee a crazy-wild time in my sewing room.

Pat said...

OH........that's the one I'm missing. I'd love to have it.
I never win, but one of these days I may be randomly lucky.
Pat
Dye4Wool@aol.com

Cathy said...

I'd be "crazy" if I did'nt want a copy of your book. With all the "scraps" I have I could make all my granddaughter's dolls warm and snuggly with quilts. So I'm going to hold my breath till I turn "blue" in hopes of winning this book. Hugs

Mary said...

I have lots and lots of scraps,
Of which many are blue.
I'd be crazy with joy
To win this book from you!

I do have about three large containers of blue scraps, compared to just one container of most other colors. I just discovered your blog and yahoo group about three months ago. I guess I'm just a crazy lurker!
Thanks for a fun giveaway!

Meredith said...

A Haiku for you

So not to be blue
Pulling from my stash of scraps
Crazy quilt is born


Thanks for the give away.

Anonymous said...

My favorite color is blue and I would be crazy to win our book. I have all of your books except this first book. I love to make scrap quilts and small miniature quilts. Sherri in Iowa

Anonymous said...

Kathy,
How generous of you to share such a treasure. I absolutely love BLUE fabric and have lots and lots of SCRAPS that would look great in a doll quilt. I have to admit I am a bit CRAZY for quilting as it is all I think about ;)
Karen W.
quilter51texas@yahoo.com

Marga (MarPie) said...

I do not think you are crazy, I am crazy if I donot leaf a command here. I am a blue gril all over. Blue is my collour. I donot have a lot of scraps but if there is a change to win this book a lot off scraps I wil make a lot of blue scraps like crazy to get a change.
So lots of greetings from a little crazy blue lady with blue scraps from Holland.
Marga ♥

Susan M said...

Kathy, you are crazy if you think we wouldn't want your blue book! I read your blog for your scraps of wisdom, not giveaways. I seldom enter the free draws but this one is just to good to be true! Here's hoping....

Jenny said...

I have been going CRAZY the last few days trying to decide on a pattern for a doll quilt made from my favorite BLUE SCRAPS. I know I would find just the right pattern in your book, because some of my favorite doll quilt patterns are in that very book. I would certainly treasure this one.

Anonymous said...

Oh, Kathy, I am CRAZY about your books! BLUE is one of my favorite colors, too, and it finds its way into all of my quilt projects. I keep all my SCRAPS for future projects, even the tiniest little ones. :) April Barnswell, abarnswell @ voyager . net

Lyn said...

My cat says she will hold her breath until she turns blue unless I let her play with my fabric scraps--with this book, I could make the crazy kitty a scrap quilt instead!

Anonymous said...

Call me crazy, but my scraps are just waiting for the right project and my blue winter attitude will disappear when I win this book filled with tiny doll quilts. tgeissel@bak.rr.com

Luvs2quilt said...

What gorgeous blue, scrap quilts could be made from this!! I am making a scrappy crazy quilt out of men's shirts I bought at the local Goodwill for $1. each. I think I would love tohave this book, in my book, LOL..there are no DAMAGED books. In this age of electronic stuff, I still treasure the feel of the paper book, it can never be replaced. I would so appreciate having this book...it is the only one of yours I don't have!

Karen said...

January I went CRAZY and bought three of your books. February I searched the net for that missing book. It left me BLUE what will I do, I just can't find that book. March I spot your giveaway and oh how that made my day. SCRAPS would be flying and I may start crying, should I win this giveaway!

Your books are wonderful Kathleen, beautiful quilts and I love the history to go with them. I recently made and posted the Pillow Pincushion from The Civil War Sewing Circle on my blog and I am working on Friendship Star from Prairie Children and Their Quilts.

Janet said...

You have such a lovely blog and now a marvelous giveaway. I'm crazy for a chance to win the blue book. There's nothing I like better than making and using quilts made from scraps.

Susan said...

I'm the one who is late to the party and recently introduced to you, crazy, I know, but I am a true blue friend now with scraps plenty wanting to be made into doll quilts.

Mary said...

I would loe to win your book. I was at your lecture at the Pride of Prairie Guild and really enjoyed it. I have been following your blog ever since. Your quilts are wonderful. I do have your new book and love it.

Ginny Worden said...

Crazy Scraps, Batman! She's giving away a blue book! Now what/

Quiltpecan and Sydneykatt said...

What a CRAZY giveaway! Actually, I am making a BLUE and white quilt with many SCRAPS! Thank-you for the chance to win this book! Sydneykatt@aol.com

Jocelyn said...

Oh WOW I would LOVE to have a copy of this book! I am late finding you so I am so BLUE that I missed out on your first book. It is CRAZY that it is out of print. My SCRAPS are craving to be used in these patterns! THANKS for sharing your long lost book :-)

Anonymous said...

I am crazy about scrap quilts and also about charm quilts. My favorite colors to use are indigo blues, prussian blues, and all the shades of brown. I met you at Northwestern Pennsylvania Quilt Study Group and love your books. Thanks for the giveaway! paulinefisher@verizon.net

Tradquilter said...

The was a little quilt named Blue
Made of scraps all of one hue
I thought it was crazy
And no, I’m not lazy
To win the doll book from you!

lil red hen said...

There was a little woman
who had a box of scraps;
Who jumped like crazy to grab her little cat
From off the fabric blue
Before he could squat
And leave his little poo.

Annette said...

I’ll cross my fingers tight until they turn blue
Hoping like crazy to win this book from you

I have in my mind that just maybe...perhaps
It’s the ideal use for my favorite scraps

quilting Jeannet said...

Wow Kathy! That is the most beautiful give away ever! the book is on my list for such al long time, I am waiting for 9 march.....

Warm greetings, Jeannet

Hubertine said...

Wauw Kathy, that's a surprise! I know this book seems to be a collectors item, and I can't get my vinger on it! So this opportunity is worth a lot!
Greetings, Hubertine

verbreea said...

Dear Kathy,

I follow your blog for quite a while and I like it very much.I like the quilts in your book and it's special to win a book that is out of the shops.
I would love to make a quilt with my scraps, a quilt who will look crazy. I do not use often Blue but in your broderie perse quilt it looks very nice so I will try also.
Greetings Ada

Anonymous said...

Thank you for this giveaway . I am sure that I have a place on my shelves for this marvellous book.
Best wishes from France

VivJM said...

Roses are red
My scraps are all blue
If I win this book
I'll go crazy for you

Viv x

Kat said...

BLUE are the fabrics that I ordered.
In no time, I make SCRAPS of it, otherwise I'll go CRAZY. :D

Thanks Kathleen for the chance to win this book ! :)
greetings
Kat

Quiltlia said...

Its a wonderfull book,and I have so many scraps.I made some little quilts from your other books.
Greetings Lia

Anonymous said...

Hoi, is it also possible to win/share this beautifull give-away when you live in Holland!
I try to find this book all for a long time, so I am so happy to join all the others to have a chance to win this book. With friendly greetings, Marga Holla- van Gerven

Barb said...

I adore making SCRAP quilts, but I've never been CRAZY about the color BLUE in my quilts :)

Sol Mary said...

Con estos restos de tela tan bonitos, me hago una colcha azul, estaría loca si no aprovecho esta oportunidad y me gano tu libro...besos desde las Islas Canarias. solmarygonzalez@hotmail.com

Anonymous said...

Scraps, Crazy Blue, I DO NOT wish to win this little gem, because I already own it and I would not want to keep someone else from owning one of the best quilting books!! So if by chance my # is chosen, you will have to pick again.
Wendy

Gloria J W said...

Do we have to be crazy to be a quilter? It sure helps, what with red scraps and blue scraps and bits of lace and buttons...we build a work of art!! Thanks for the opportunity to win this lovely book
Hugs Gloria

jolanda said...

People called me CRAZY when I started my very first quilt a few month ago because I have a habbit of starting things and not finish them. But that's in the past! This quilting is really my thing and for this first quilt I choose the colors brown and BLUE because it fits so well in my house. I already made a little christmas quilt and have started now with the MQ from Veronique.
As you can imagine I don't have a lot of SCRAPS yet, but since I never can throw away something... this will change very soon I think LOL. This marvelous book looks great!!! And who cares about the damaged back? I think I won't see the back of the book a lot, because I will keep looking inside! :-))
Thank you very much for the chance of winning this!
Have a nice day, jolanda from the Netherlands

Anonymous said...

What I am I thinking? that I must be crazy to enter this with 110 comments already posted. But blue or green or read.... this book would be lovely to have. Now let's see, where are my scraps?? must be a good scout and be prepared. Until I win, back to the garden....

Darlene B said...

My husband may think I'm crazy for saving all my blue scraps, but I know that they could be used in a doll quilt someday. I'm totally sane....really!

Anonymous said...

Oh how I would love to win your book. Then, I would surely know what to do with all those crazy, blue scraps. I can be reached at mandmgold@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

I have some SCRAPS but I'm BLUE. I'm new to quilting and wondering if I'm CRAZY because I
don't know what to do.

Winning your first book would be such a thrill and guide me as a beginner and show me what can be accomplished with time, patience and lots of practice.

Linda Lee from Pa snyderll1atmsn.com

Rose Marie said...

Something crazy,
Something blue,
Something scrappy,
Something new!

My bins are overflowing with scraps and I could see a number of mini quilts just coming from them.

Anonymous said...

I'm going crazy wanting to win your book. I have tons of scraps to use up, and blue is my favorite color.

Anonymous said...

I am so in love with all the scrap quilts in that blue book of yours and your crazy to think I wouldn't want it!
Kim W

Stray Stitches (Linda G) said...

I have so many blue scraps in my stash they are driving me crazy! (Not clever but true) Thanks for the opportunity to enter your giveaway.

Diane said...

I'm BLUE that your book is out of print and CRAZY about little SCRAP quilts so I'd be tickled (pink) to win a gluey backed copy.

Katie said...

Dear quilter Kathleen, lover of blue, you are driving all of us crazy with a chance to win this very special book from you. Our scraps overflow our baskets and bins, just give us some time and a pattern to use. Thanks for sharing this treasure.

Susan Hemann said...

This is a bit of a story. A friend on twitter is interested in Underground Railroad quilts, so I told her I had a few books and would let her know. I pulled out your book Prairie Children and Their Quilts.I was drawn to the BLUE Friendship Star Quilt.I'm very sentimental. As I was looking for other books by you I saw The American Doll Quilts book. I immediately went to Amazon, but they had one copy for 74.. I then made a CRAZY search of the used books stores on the internet, no luck. So I went to the publisher, who directed me to your website. I sent off an email hoping I might be able to get a copy of the book. I saw that you had a blog, so here I am. I cannot believe you are giving away a copy! I have been collecting vintage SCRAPS for years. And doll quilts too. I am so glad to have found a connection in the blog world.

Elisa (AKA scrapcat) said...

My CRAZY cat, Oscar, holds his breath until he's almost BLUE as he dives into my basket of SCRAPS in glee! LOVE to win it!

Karen said...

I'd go crazy with excitement to win your wonderful, blue book on American Doll Quilts because I love sewing with scraps.

Shelina (formerly known as Shasta) said...

I once bought some fabric to make a blue quilt. Every time I went into a store, I wound up buying more blue fabric for that quilt. I might have been crazy having a self imposed limit on buying new fabric, because now that my quilt is pieced, I have enough blue scraps to make five more queen sized quilts!

chipbutter said...

A book
To win, to win
By my chinny chin chin
So my cat can nap on
A crazy blue quilt made with scraps

dscott1111 said...

My crazy scraps will be blue if I don't win your your book!!

Betty Lou said...

This is a wonderful book for those of us who love small reproduction quilts. Enjoy all your books.

Mary said...

I'm not crazy thinking I'll win a blue book using scraps. It might just happen. Or how about - I've never made a blue crazy quilt from scraps. Or - I'm teaching my young granddaughter to sew like crazy using scraps of her favorite color - blue. Or my friends thought I was crazy when I made a quilt from scraps during my blue period. (The quilt is blue - not me.) Should I keep going? In other words, I'd love to win the book but I'll stop now.

Gill said...

I love scraps and I'd be crazy to pass up the chance to win a book of yours despite the damaged blue cover!
Thanks!

Sunnybec said...

Thanks for the chance to win. Thought I had already enter this but can't see my comments...oops bet I forgot to press "post comment" why am I always doing that!!! I am a follower now.

Anonymous said...

Well, I will be BLUE if I do not win this so neat Scrappy Book! Crazy for your Blog! Thanks so for sharing!

jldouglas@wispwest.net

Unknown said...

Scraps of red an' scraps of blue,
Scraps of ev'ry imaginable hue;
Waxin' crazy as I wonder what
To do with you!

Susanne S.

Unknown said...

Oops! Susanne S. above is at susannesmt@gmail.com

Unknown said...

I love your first book so much I've had the local library's copy for over a year now! I've been wanting to buy it, but since it's out of print it's a bit difficult. Looking forward to finding out who wins it!

Anonymous said...

If I had a chance to win, your book should follow the bridge of SCRAPS, which flies over the BLUE vawes of the Atlantic Ocean. USA to France: what a CRAZY adventure! Thanks. Delphine from France.

Janny Schoneveld said...

Oh my God.
I would go crazy when I saw 134 comments on your blog for that blue book with little quilts made from scraps.
I would love to win it.
Sorry for mistakes in the language.
I come from Holland
j.schoneveld@wxs.nl
Greetings and have fun reading all the comments.
Janny

Anonymous said...

I have been going crazy looking for this book everywhere on the blue planet. I love scraps and scrappy little quilts. And I don't mind the sticky blue cover.
Debbie Gocken - kegocken@gmail.com

christine said...

SCRAP, CRAZY, BLUE, My God, what say ? I don't speak english or a little. Blue I know, it's a colour, crazy, I know also, crazy of love for example, scrap, what's scrap, Mister Google translate by "debris" in french. Translation not pretty. But a pretty blue crazy quilt with scrap, I like, I love and a little blue book, with a damaged back cover, I think that I loved also. And you, do you like my english. Thank you for your blog, it's a régal (in french) and your new book also.

SewCalGal said...

What fun. I'd love to win a copy and make some cute doll quilts. Have made doll quilts for charity, but not very exciting ones. This book looks delightful.

SewCalGal
www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

quiltingmieke said...

piep, water runs out of my mouth, normaly that"s created by food, but this book....yes monthwatering...

buth I hope that some-one that"s even enthousiast than I win the give away
than I am happy To

succes to all

knuffel (=hug)
quiltingmieke

martinevanreet@telenet.be

Louise said...

Funny you should mention it....recently I was looking for my copy and thought I was going to go CRAZY as I knew I purchased it. Then I remembered I gifted it to my very young great niece only 6 at the time just learning to piece quilts, hopefully with some of the SCRAPS I have sent her. Boy did this make me BLUE especially when I tried to reorder and discovered it was out of publication..a sad sad day! And this is based on a very true story!

Anonymous said...

I'm going to go crazy, and blue in the face from holding my breath, waiting to see if I get your book so I can use my scraps in one of your doll quilts!

Brenda in IL

Ariane said...

I would be crazy not to want this wonderful book!! It would sure help me get rid of some of the winter blues, but cuddling up and looking at all the beautiful patterns in the book. And I could make some many new projects using my scraps!! I'm just waiting for the perfect project!! I'm hoping they will be in this wondeful new to me book!! Thanks for the great giveaway!! Hugs Ariane

Pam said...

I'm a crazy girl with scraps of blue.
Please send me the book...
Tootle-de-doo!

Pam
www.RealWomenQuilt.com

rjk said...

I will be BLUE and CRAZY if I can't make one of your quilt patterns from my SCRAPS. What a fun idea! Contact me at rjk@ndsupernet.com

clorden@frontier.com said...

There once was a quilter from Sycamore
Who was crazy to use scraps by the score
She started to sew
And what do you know
Blue and white quilts were created forever more

Annette said...

I'm a crazy quilter that likes to make blue scraps into quilts. Thanks for the chance.

Anonymous said...

I would love to make a crazy quilt using the blue scraps from my stash.

Sheila

Denise said...

I have been searching like CRAZY for a copy of this BLUE book that will help me to use up many of the reproductions SCRAPS that I have accumulated. Thank you so much for offering this giveaway.

Anonymous said...

I could drive myself crazy trying to use up all my blue scraps making small quilts but boy what fun I could have in the process!.

Charlotte S.
kurts111@msn.com

Anonymous said...

I would love to be in your drawing, I have your other books but not that one. Thanks for sharing!
Ronnie

Anonymous said...

Forgot to post my e-mail address
ronnietall@gmail.com

Kathy H said...

What a cute book, I bet there would be a pattern for a crazy quilt in there and I could use up some of my blue scraps.

Sheila said...

people i know think that I'm CRAZY, saving all the SCRAPS from my projects. I get BLUE if I don't sew a little every day. with four granddaughters a book of doll quilt patterns would be just the ticket to ward off those blues

Anonymous said...

Kathy - Thank you for offering us one of your earlier books. Its condition doesn't matter; it's the thought that counts

I am a crazy quilter who loves to sew scraps of material into works of art, and I am blue when I cannot.

Donna - bjinkymom@yahoo.com

Dori said...

I just love crazy quilts made with blue scraps.

Unknown said...

Am I crazy to try
comment number 156 am I

Your color is blue
to me is not new

Scraps make me happy
but don't think this sappy

Number generator don't make me wonder
please pick my number

Unknown said...

Forgot to leave my email address for: qubasket. It is: qubasket@charter.net

Anonymous said...

There once was a crazy quilting lady
Who thought that the idea of hade
Would be never to have enough scraps
To quilt til she would collapse.
Although a give away would make her swoon,
along came that famous blue moon.
So she decided a book it will be-
And I sure hope it comes to me!

Barb C bjc1207@sbcglobal.net

Anonymous said...

My signature ran into the email. Its bjc1207@sbcglobal.net

Barb C

Carin said...

I don't like Blue and I do like Scraps or was it I don't like Scraps and I do like Blue. Am I Crazy ??? I just like everything, especialy your first book ... so I'm not Crazy at all :-)

cazwa1962@gmail.com

Pat said...

I'm crazy about making quilts especially when I can use the blues in my scrap box. Thanks for the chance to win.

ledamewood said...

I would love to win this and have been going crazy looking for a book that provides just these patterns for my Granddaughters American Girl Dolls. Blue is my favorite color, so I have lots of blue scraps, among others.

Jantine said...

We never had those crazy spelling lessons in the Netherlands, but any way, I will give this a try. Tell you, my husband just commented on Sunday I should use more blue in my quilts, which made me buy more blue fabrics right away who will return into scraps soon as I plan to use them for a new quilt. Satisfied? LOL. I love your doll quilts and do not have the book since I didn't start on them before 2010...

Helle said...

With all my blue scraps I could make a crazy amount of doll quilts if I win your lovely book! Thanks for the chance! Greetings from Seoul, hesabella(at)gmail.com and Happy International Women`s Day!

Quilted Loon said...

Since it's my favorite color, I think I'll make a crazy quilt with my blue scraps!

Michele T said...

I must be crazy because have never made a doll quilt or a miniature quilt before so this book would be awesome (new or old, I'm not fussy!!). Since blue is my favorite colour, I have quite a bit of that colour in scraps. Thanks for the chance!!

Heartsdesire said...

I'm crazy for scraps, especially blue ones. They always look good in small doll quilts like the ones in your books.

Anne said...
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Judylynn said...

I'd love to win a CRAZY-looking copy of this BLUE book! Thank you for a chance to win something I can use to help me use up my SCRAPS.

seizethebookblog(at)gmail(dot)com

Ineke Platvoet said...

I was feeling so BLUE when I could not find your first book, as it was out of print. I needed it so bad to use my SCRAPS. Should I now win your give away I will go so CRAZY.

Unknown said...

Hey Kathy! Thanks for doing this giveaway. I don't think I am as crazy as some of the other commenting quilters. But I do have plenty of scraps that I continue to keep stored away for projects that require a smaller cut than the average quilt. Many of my scrappy pieces are indeed the color blue, and would be used a lot quicker than the rest of my scraps, since blue is my favorite color.

I hope the random number generator likes me, it doesn't seem to so far, but I still have hope! :)

Karen said...

OH SCRAPS! I can't believe your beautiful book got damaged, but I would be CRAZY not to enter your giveaway. I love BLUE fabric as much as you do....so if I don't win the book, I would love to win some of your fabrics.

Jeanne said...

The inside is the important part! I'd love to win this book.

Phyllis said...

I am a crazy fabric scraps collector and I like everything blue, mainly the pretty clear blue sky since it's not clear blue today because of the rain.
Phyllis
gailxs@hotmail.com

Lynn S said...

Doll quilts are fascinating--even those made of crazy blue scraps! I was able to see the display of vintage doll quilts at the International Quilt museum in Lincoln: each has a special story!

Red Rover said...

Whenever I'm blue, I haul out my baskets of scraps and just go crazy. I also do this when I'm pink, red, green yellow....
poebj@msn.com

Kathleen C said...

I'm crazy for blue scraps and hope to make a blue crazy quilt from my collected scraps, and that's the truth; my home is full of blue and red and full of quilts made of scraps! I love making small quilts, including doll quilts though I don't have this particular book. I think sharing slightly used books is a great way to have a giveaway-thank you.

BillieBee (billiemick) said...

Count me in as well!

Unknown said...

I just discovered your books and blog and I LOVE them! I love that you make your doll quilts with scraps, especially in shades of blue and red! The look is not crazy, but really authentic to the time of the historic quilters that we love.

Vicky said...

I'm not really crazy
And surely not blue.
I'd just make a scrap quilt
Out of this book from you!!

Okay, I'll admit that was weak!! :)

Deb said...

I would be crazy to not use up my bag of small blue scraps on a lovely little doll quilt!

Deb

Crystal said...

I would love to win your book. Maybe I could even buy some blue scraps of material from you to make a crazy doll quilt. I am a #1 fan!
(((*_*)))
Crystal

Alberta Gal, Shauna said...

I am a CRAZY fan of your books, I have them all and signed by you... The Blue book (American Doll Quilts) is the only one I don't have signed - but have a printer copy that I bought...This would be the perfect book to help use up some of my SCRAPY material...If I don't win, I will be BLUE but that is ok... Thanks for offering this book!!!

Lynda said...

I've been called worse that crazy when people see my sewing room full of boxes and boxes of scraps in all shades of blue, green, red and yellow. My granddaughter is going to the American Doll store for her birthday next month and I'm sure a cute little quilt would be perfect as a gift for her new doll.

Tanya said...

I must be a little crazy to try to enter a contest like this. I probably don't have a chance to win with the tons of participants on the list. I have so many scraps sorted by color and in all shapes and sizes. I need help yes I do, to use all these pieces and create a suprise. I relish the thought of winning a little book in blue from such an inspiration like you. Tanya
nine-patch@sbcglobal.net

Jodi said...

I am a beginner to this quilting game, a lovely friend showed me the basics and off I go to make a quilt or see what I now know. I begin to think a queen size bed may be an ambition to grand and mabey a dolly quilt, she would understand. But all of the patterns I seem to find are far to big. Small is hard to find. I would be so pleased to give these a go and a little glue stain wouldn't make me say no.

Ivy said...

Kathy,
Love to win!! I have so many blue scraps, I am going crazy wondering what to do with them all!!!(Your book would help)

Anonymous said...

Years ago I followed a course patchwork/quilting but I never did anything with it, so I don't have any scraps. Seeing lovely quilts at different sites and having a friend who is very fond of quilting, I would love to start quilting again. Perhaps I am crazy to even think I can start with the quilts from your book. Well, I don't have to win a blue ribbon with my quilts as long as I like them myself.

Love, Evelien, Holland
ejansenoflorkeers@hotmail.com

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

Kathy, I'm sure that I'll go CRAZY if I don't win your BLUE cover book so that I can make doll quilts out of SCRAPS of fabric. Who would mind a slight defect on the back of the book. Put a SCRAP piece of plastic wrap over the sticky part, trim the excess, and, voila, a great copy of the beautiful BLUE book! No more sticky, you can see through the plastic, book is ready to use. CRAZY, huh! PS: We're supposed to sew 'straight' lines? Oops! Where's the fun in that?

Wendy said...

I am definitely hooked on little quilts and I love your little ones.

Sharon said...

I'd be crazy not to want your book even stuck with glue. My scraps are waiting for ideas in blue...and red, and green, and yellow.

Anonymous said...

Well, out of the blue you decided to run this wonderful, crazy give-away of one of your books that appears to be filled to the brim with quilts made from scraps (beautiful scraps, yes, but still scraps). Thank you so much for the contest, the comments are funny! I just bought your new book and am loving it.
Beth F.

Jackie said...

I love reading your blog and would love to win that darling book for a future doll quilt for my darling granddaughters. Presently I am working on a Carol Doak paper pieced pattern using scraps for a crazy quilt of many shades of blue!!
quilterintexas@gmail.com

~Kris~ said...

I'd be crazy not to enter this giveaway, as I love your little quilts and share your love of blue! I have enough scraps to make several quilts and many, many small doll quilts.

Thanks for the giveaway!

Anne said...

My scraps need a home or
I will be blue
please little prize
I'm crazy for you.

Just finished my first Schoolgirl quilt. Love it. Received No. 2 yesterday and can't wait to start it.
Thanks so much

annembooth@hotmail.com

mimi'sdarlins said...

Oh, I'm just getting into miniature quilts and doll quilts, so this book is perfect for me! I have bits of fabric...I mean scraps, I'm a little nuts....I mean crazy, and and I just love the color pink...I mean blue!! And I don't even mind the glue on the back of the book :-)

mimisdarlins@ymail.com

mamifleur said...

Before it's too late !
No blue ,I lived in France the sky is black !
It's the night !... No, book of mini scraps quilts ,you are crazy Mamifleur , It's not for you the giveaway ! Friendship

Anonymous said...

Instead of seeing stars, my blue eyes are seeing piles of scraps that need to be sewn into miniature crazy quilts. I'm sure if I win this wonderful book, my blue scraps will be crazy quilts soon!

love, sharon
goldenneedle01@yahoo.com

Lindi said...

Are you Crazy?!?!? Do you know what I could do with your book and all my blue scraps of fabric????? L

Carol in Mid-Mich (sewnchine) said...

I have a pretty blue fabric that neeeeeeds your book,but all these crazy comments make me want to scrap all my blue fabrics. Now how crazy is that?

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