Firstly, I want to throw out a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who not only participated in the blog hop, but also just popped in and commented leaving your encouragement for everyone involved and also letting me know that you were inspired to get your cushion making skills happening! If there was one thing I wished to gain from this experience, it was to see all you creative peeps becoming even more creative (who thought that was even possible?) and sharing said creativeness with the rest of the world! In total, there were more than 70 cushions made and shared between the Flickr Group, emails and the linky! That's amazing! I'm so proud of you all!
But having said that…… I now have to pick a favourite. As I have explained before, it's like being told to choose your favourite child (which for interest's sake THIS WEEK is Lochie! The eldest received a bevy of awards for his efforts in year 9. Ssshhhhh, I didn't choose ok?). Given I clearly have no problem choosing my favourite children on a weekly basis, surely I can choose my favourite cushion yes? No. I threw it open to the other fabulous bloggers who all worked very hard to help bring you this blog hop, and they helped make it more difficult by all choosing different ones! But……. This is the conclusion I came to:
The winner of a $50 voucher to the Fat Quarter Shop, for having the most votes for Favourite Cushion is……..
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| Mary Emmens! Congratulations Mary, your gorgeous Snowy, Pebbles and Pete are fabulous! |
Now on to the winners chosen for all our amazing runners up prizes……..
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| Congrats to Kathy for this gorgeous Waterfront Park cushion! You have won a bundle of fabric from Polka Dot Tea Fabrics! |
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| And to Amy with this fab "Xmas Tree" low volume cushion. You have won a $25 gift voucher to The Intrepid Thread! |
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| This darling mermaid cushion by Good Golly Ginger was especially chosen to be one of the winners by my mermaid adoring five year old Chloe. Apparently I now have to make her one! Congrats to you Katie, you've won your choice of three paper piecing patterns from Quiet Play! |
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| Quiet Play - Winner's choice of 3 Paper Piecing Patterns! |
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| Erin from Missy Mac Creations! You've won yourself a $20 voucher to Patternsonly.com! |
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| Jan from Sew Surprising made quite a few awesome cushions! This Pinterest one was a winner! You've won a $20 voucher to The Oz Material Girls! |
And last but certainly not very least is……
Aren't they all amazing? I truly wish I had enough prizes to give everyone something! To those who have won, I shall forward your email addresses to the sponsors so you can receive your goodies ASAP.
Once again - thank you ALL so much! I was so very nervous hosting my first ever blog hop, and even though it was in the middle of the most busiest time of the year, I have enjoyed every single moment of it! Seeing all the wonderful cushions shared by my favourite bloggers and all of YOU has put a big smile on my dial and kept my spirits high!
So to everyone - I wish you a very Merry Christmas and I hope that all of the lucky recipients of your cushions are just as impressed as I!
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Fabulous blog hop Midge! Such awesome entries - you definitely had a tough job picking the winners!
ReplyDeleteGreat fun! If you decide to host this again ( next year? ) I will be coming along for the ride. These last two weeks just have been way to busy for extra ( however fun ) projects!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all the winners!
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Thank you so much for hosting this, it was a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to everyone. I'm glad your blog hop made me to try binding pillow and last night I tried to install zipper the way Gemma shared so thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteOh WOW I just read your email but I didn't realise you had picked mine as the favourite - I am so delighted, thanks again for organising a great hop!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to everyone. . . .that was fun!
ReplyDeletecongratulations to everyone, and im sure I would have also picked these cute penguins *g*
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all the winners! Love all your cushions
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the winners! and thanks for hosting a great hop.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!
Great fun and yay to all of the generous peeps who gave the yummy prizes!!!
ReplyDeleteWow-0-wow! Thank you for picking my cushion! Great blog hop and thanks to all the sponsors !
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all the winners and a big thanks to you for hosting a really fun and inspiring blog hop.
ReplyDeleteGreat picks! They are all fabulous pillows!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pillows! Congrats to everyone!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pillows! Congrats to everyone!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations everyone and thanks Ms Midge for organising a great blog hop :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for a fun hop Midge and all of the gorgeous inspiration!!
ReplyDeleteYippee! Thanks Midge and all the sponsors. Great fun! :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all the winners!
ReplyDeleteI was pinning these cushions madly last week and visiting blogs all over. Please do it all again Midgey as it was a fun blog hop.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all of the winners! And thank you for hosting such a great and inspiring blog hop!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for running such a wonderful blog hop Midge, and for having me along for the ride. It was wonderful to be introduced to so many creative people and so many beautiful projects. Congratulations to all those who participated and won prizes. It is so inspiring to be around so many talented people. Thanks again, Lauren.
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