Saturday, August 25, 2012

BACK TO SCHOOL BLOG HOP WITH GIVE-AWAYS

GIVE-AWAY NOW CLOSED

I'm celebrating!!! For the first time in 24 years, I won't be shopping for school supplies or packing lunches this fall. So, I am participating in the Back to School Blog Hop Party !

There are well over 100 blogs participating, each with a give-away for you to enter.
The Blog Hop Button to the right, will be updated on August 26th. You will find a list of participating blogs there.

This time around, I am giving away my Fruit Cocktail Placemats that I recently blogged about.
They need a good home.


Also, because this is about back to school, how about some fabrics with text on them !



There are 3 quarter meter cuts up for grabs. 

Simply leave a comment on this post and I will choose a winner after Sept. 3
I will ship internationally

Enjoy the blog hop : )


*REMEMBER  If after leaving a comment, you click on your name and it goes nowhere, I can't get ahold of you. Please leave an e-mail address in your comment.



244 comments:

  1. we are shopping for school supplies and shoes this afternoon..
    fun fabrics and placemats.

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  2. I'm celebrating 10 years of no back to school!!! thanks for the chance to win your beautiful placemats, they would have a good home here and the fabric is beautiful!

    Vicki (email addy below) just leave out the spaces!

    vickibrown @ shaw. ca

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  3. Thank you so much for sharing your adorable place mats and those beautiful fabrics! x Teje
    nerospost@gmail.com

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  4. What lovely placemats....I have just the spot for them! And the additional fabric quarters are so nice. Thanks for a chance!

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  5. I was already in love with those placemats, but that fun 'wordy' fabric really seals the deal. Fun and 'fruitful' in more ways than one. I just dropped my last one off at college last week. They get their own supplies now.

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  6. What a great giveaway! We have now left elementary school behnd, but still have middle and high school to go... Thanks for the chance to win!

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  7. Congratulations on being school free! I have to say, I kind of miss shopping for school supplies.

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  8. Great giveaway Carla! I remember my first year of no kids going back to school. Feels a little strange, but that just leaves more money for buying quilt fabric. lol.

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  9. Someone with school age children asked me the other day if I missed back to school shopping, I had to say heck no! It has been 13 years for me!
    Thanks for the cute give away, you will have to mail it this time, I can't be there to pick it up! LOL

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  10. I must admit when you first posted about your placemats I was hoping you would give them away and I could win them! Love them! And the fabrics, too. Thanks for the chance!

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  11. HELLO! SWEET GIVEAWAY!
    YOUR PLACEMAT IS ADORABLE>IT'S GIVING ME IDEAS ?
    THANKS FOR SHARING!

    msstitcher1948@yahoo.com

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  12. Does that mean you're not going to be able to buy yourself a new pack of felt tips and some nice notebooks whilst you're 'shopping for school supplies'?!! Gorgeous place mats and fabric - thanks for the chance to win them!

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  13. Your placemats are delicious! Lovin' the text prints too. Nice!
    Thanks for the chance.

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  14. Hooray! No more school supplies which means.... Spend the money on new fabric. And if you are feeling nostalgic store the fabric in the old lunch kits.

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  15. I'm with you! for the first time in over 20 years no 'back to school' in our house!
    Thanks for a great giveaway!

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  16. I'd be celebrating too, 24 years is a long time to be making lunches. I've been making lunches for 10 years so far and habe at least another 9 to go unless uni students want a cut lunch...now I'm depressed thinking about all those sanwiches I have to make, surely I deserve to win, right?

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  17. No back to school shopping!!! Combined bliss and a little sad:) shopping for stationary is just about as good as shopping for fabric :). Your fruity placemats are a delight - a perfect reminder that I am heading into spring and leaving winter behind.

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  18. wow Carla,
    thats such a generous giveaway, I would love to give the placemats a good home ☺
    Liebe Grüße
    Bente

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  19. Yeah for no more getting ready for back to school! Love those placemats and the fabric. They would look lovely in my new home.

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  20. Such a sweet giveaway!! Happy weekend to you! xo Heather

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  21. Today we celebrated my youngest grandnieces first birthday! Two grandnieces just returned to school last week (one 7 and one 4), and we are after school sitting two days a week. So far, so good. Love the text fabrics. The placemats could be put to immediate use on our eat-in island. These kids like to eat snacks after school! Thanks for the sweet giveaway.

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  22. Those are neat placemats! If I don't win I'll have to make some!

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  23. Love the placemats. They are neat

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  24. I love your placemats, they would look so juicy on my countertop and I also love text fabric. Thank you for the opportunity to go in the draw.
    Cath @ Bits 'n Bobs

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  25. Those are beautiful placemats!

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  26. Placemats are something that I really must make. Your are lovely.

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  27. Oh my gosh, those placemats are just darling!! Were those an "All People Quilt" pattern? Love 'em! I haven't had to do back-to-school shopping since the fall of 2005. I do not miss it, either!! :)

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  28. Awesome placemats - super colours!! And how did you know that text prints are my absolute favourite!!?? ;)

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  29. Essas fatias lindas já estava na minha lista de desejo,vivi bisbilhotando o seu blog.Entenda seguidora.Obrigada.tiacarminhapezzuto@gmail.com

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  30. Such cute placemats and great text fabrics too! thanks for the chance!

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  31. I do hope you enjoy your extra time now that there is no more back to school shopping. Thank you for your lovely give away - your place mats and fabrics are wonderful.

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  32. these placemats are such fun, gret fabrics too.
    Thank you for the chance

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  33. Hi Carla - I'm a new follower! I love the placemats - very clever! The fabrics are very nice as well - I'd love to win them :*)

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  34. I can't imagine not having school shopping. We don't start school until the day after Labor Day so I have been avoiding. Wonderful giveaway, thank you.

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  35. These place mats are so cute. I just recently fixed my 'no reply' status. Hmmm, when I switched to Google+, it screwed everything up, so I switched back.

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  36. those placemats are great! thanks for the giveaway!

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  37. cute fabric! Good school year to everyone!

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  38. I, like a lot of other quilters, am obsessed with text prints. I try to buy some whenever I can find it. Thanks for the chance to win.

    P.S. Cute placemats!

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  39. Ooooh I love fabrics with text on them! They're great :) The placemats are pretty amazing as well. They would be great for outdoor parties!

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  40. Great placemats and I LOVE text fabric! Thanks for a chance to win!

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  41. What a fantastic giveaway! Love your beautiful placemats and the fabric is neat!

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  42. Love your placemats. They remind me of some potholders that I crocheted once.
    rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com

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  43. The placemats are darling! I would be more than glad to give them a home!

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  44. Lovely colors in those placemats. Yes that fabric with words is great for a back to school lunch bag.

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  45. I love the placemats! Thanks for the chance.

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  46. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  47. Thanks for the giveaway! I love back-to-school because it means my favourite season is just around the corner. :)

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  48. That's something good to celebrate! Those mats are just adorable! And the fabric is awesome! Thanks for the chance.

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  49. Eeeeeeee gorgeous placemats and fabric. I would love to win x

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  50. What a wonderful giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  51. A great giveaway. And congratulations on being done with back to school shopping. I do not miss the chaos.

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  52. Ohohoho a melon an orange and a lemon that is a great set of placemats.
    I'm celebrating the 17th year of going back to school (university now) depressing .. anyway thanks for the cheery give away!

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  53. With love from Russia! I am a follower! Thank you!

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  54. Those mats are adorable :) Thank you for the lovely giveaway!

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  55. G'Day from Australia! Spring is coming here. Your place mats are super cute for the new season that is upon us.

    Deborah
    homemakerhoney @gmail .com

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  56. Great giveaway! Thanks for the chance! Have a Happy Day! :)

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  57. This is my first year shopping for school supplies!
    Loving your placemats!

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  58.  Thank you for the chance to win such a great prize.



     

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  59. I LOVE the quilt in your header! GORGEOUS.

    And the mats are cute too. Thank you for a chance to enter and win your giveaway...I'm a new follower.

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  60. Those placemats are so lovely! What a great giveaway!

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  61. Not part of the blog hop, although now I will go and stalk some of the others, and not having to do the back to school shopping, yippee, but seriously loving the place mats! I made some coasters resembling slices of citrus fruit!

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  62. Your delicious placemats would suit my kitchentable!! They are so lovely!

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  63. Those are just gorgeous. I would gladly give them a new home.

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  64. Oh they are wonderful. Would love to add them to my kitchen!

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  65. Gorgeous placemats. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  66. Your placemats are gorgeous! Thanks for the lovely giveaway.

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  67. I LOVE the batiks you used in your mats. I would love to win them and also the KONA solids. Nice fabric.

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  68. I love words - and did school shopping yesterday with grandaughter.

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  69. Your placemats are adorable, I love working with Batiks. Thanks for the chance to win the fabric.

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  70. those placemats just made my day :)

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  71. Love your give-aways and your blog.....

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  72. Those placemats are SO CUTE! awesome giveaway; thanks for the chance!

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  73. I love the place mats. So cute.

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  74. Love everything in your giveaway! Thank you for a chance to win.

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  75. Thanks for your kind words on my blog today. I've prayed that you can sleep as well! I like the idea of a word quilt. I'm praying that the next nightmare I have God will show himself strong in it. Have a blessed Sunday!

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  76. I think those placemats would be very happy at my home! ;-) My granddaughter, Clarabel, has had a fascination with the placemats on our table since she was tiny, so I know that she would love them! Also, I really like the cool text fabrics!! Great prizes! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  77. I have a good home!! They are beautiful! I am a follower.

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  78. Beautiful placemats!! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  79. Your placemats are beautiful. And that fabric -love it! Thanks for the giveaway!

    happyacres@wowway.com

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  80. Your placemats are really beautiful. Thanks for the chance to win them.

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  81. How awesome! Your placemats are so beautiful! Would love to own them and I always love text fabric!

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  82. What a great giveaway.. thanks for the chance!

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  83. Awesome giveaway!!! Thanks for the chance... I would love to win!

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  84. What adorable placemats!! And that fabric is awesome! Thanks for a chance to win! :)

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  85. Those placemats are so cute! And I love the texty fabrics.

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  86. The placemats are super cute. The fabrics are wonderful too.

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  87. your quilts are so cool. thank you for this chance. hugs

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  88. Thanks for the generous giveaway. I'm a new follower who found you through the blog hop.

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  89. I love your placemats. Thanks for the chance.
    quilting[dash]lady[at]comcast[dot]net

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  90. What a cute idea for placemats and the colors are so pretty!

    What darling fabric you chose to giveaway! I would love to be entered in your fun giveaway please!

    Bee blessed
    mary

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  91. thanks for a great giveaway!!!
    quilter@nbnet.nb.ca

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  92. Oh I love your fruit placemats! Look just like yummy slices of fruit! thanks for a chance to win your giveaway!

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  93. I love text prints! Thanks for the chance

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  94. Cute placemats and love the quilt in your header. Thanks for the chance to win the mats and fabric!

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  95. I love those placemats! So cute!
    Thanks for the chance to give them a great home.

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  96. Your placemats would make great wall art - I love your colour combo choices! Thanks for the giveaway.
    bandkgram(at)hotmail(dot)ca

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  97. Love your placemats! Thanks for the chance to win. very nice site.

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  98. Oh my gosh, Carla, you are so generous! Those placemats are gorgeous and the fabric is very fun. Thank you!

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  99. ahh I'm so jealous that you didn't have to school shop!! I have sooo many years of it left!

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  100. love your place mats, you did a wonderful job on them. I'm always short of light colored fabric so your group would be much used at my house. Thanks.

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  101. I love fabric with writing on it.

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  102. My older kids go back to school tomorrow. The younger ones have been in school since mid-july.

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  103. What a generous giveaway. Thanks so much.

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  104. Thanks for the chance to win! The placemats are cool! I hope I win them!

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  105. I love both the giveaway items! Back to school for my grandkids but not until Tuesday. They have a PD day tomorrow :!

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  106. Oh, your placemats are gorgeous, and I LOVE text fabrics. *fingers crossed* Thanks for the chance to win such a great giveaway! :)

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  107. Thanks for the chance to win your cute placemats! What a cute way to summer up the kitchen.

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  108. OMG those placemats are wonderful!!!

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  109. Would love to win - thanks for the chance.
    tagelaursenpiaeriksen@gmail.com

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  110. Thanks for a chance to win the beautiful Fruit Cocktail Placemats and fabrics.

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  111. No school for me, too old and no children, but I like your give-aways :) Hope I win!
    Gun, Sweden
    gun@lapp.se

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  112. I must seem weird not to buy school stuff. More dollars for fabric right! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  113. Trading in school supplies for fabric for the last few years, soon, well 2 years it will be time to buy for the grandson....thanks for the giveaway.

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  114. Those placemats are beautiful and I love texty prints. Thanks for the chance to win

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  115. I love those placemats! Thanks for a fun give away!

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  116. The placemats are amazing. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  117. These are gorgeous placemats!! I would love to win this wonderful giveaway!! Wow! No kids in school, eh! That`s a great feeling!!!

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  118. Cute placemats! Perfect for a summer picnic!! :D And this was the first year in my entire life of [51 years] I did not go back to school shopping....my mom was a teacher, we used to go with her shopping, then as a student we shopped, then as a mom we shopped, then as a teacher and wife of a teacher we shopped....but not this year! I no longer am teaching, my children are no longer in school so this year....I celebrated and bought....tada....Fabric!! I didn't even miss back to school shopping. Should I feel guilty about that?

    sowingstitches [at] yahoo [dot] com

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  119. What cute placemats! I love fabric with words on it, too. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  120. Wow your placemats are adorable!!! And the fabric with words is wonderful! Thank you for participating in this blog hop!

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  121. We have nearly finished shopping for our school supplies! It's certainly a job I won't miss in the future (about 15 years!)!!
    I love the fabrics :)

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  122. thanks for the giveaways. it would be nice to win.

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  123. great give-away! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  124. I love the placemats - thanks for the chance. Next week is back to school for my cute kiddos!!

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  125. Lovely prizes, and congratulations on not having to go back to school shopping!

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  126. Fun, thanks for the chance to win! Keep up the great work on your blog =)

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  127. Beautiful placemats , thanks for the chance at your wonderful giveaway.

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  128. I love your placemats and they would look good at my house. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  129. Your placemats are beautiful, and i'd love to have something you made in my home.

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  130. I love those placemats, AND I have an almost round table! The fabrics look fun too - perfect for a back-to-school reminder! My "baby" graduated from college earlier this year, and there aren't any "grands" yet, so I won't be doing any back-to-school shopping for a while yet - unless I can find a group that's gathering backpacks, etc. for a needy family or two...

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  131. I have a round table that would appreciate your hard work ;)

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  132. How fun - I love fabrics with words and I still like your placemats!

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  133. beautiful placemats and the fabric is great! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  134. I love your awesome placemats. Beautiful colors and the perfect thing for summer.

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  135. Cute placemats! Thank you for a great giveaway. I love the text fabric.

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  136. I love the fabric with words on it. Just fantastic.

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  137. Your placemats are adorable...Thanks for the giveaway.

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  138. I love the placemats! The fabric is fun too. I have no children to get ready for school, my youngest is allmost 25 but he learned today that he was accepted in to a Masters In Teaching program and is so excited. I don't think I'll have to take him shopping though.

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  139. Your placemats are so pretty and would make any table cheery looking.

    I don't have the yearly shopping for school supplies any longer, BUT, I am an office supply addict and LOVE buying them. I love this time of the year as the really fun supplies are on sale for next to nothing so I can stock up on those. Some of those I need are also extremely cheap as well such as the sheet protectors which I use for my patterns I've printed from the different blogs that I want to make.

    Thank you for the chance to win your beautiful placemats and the super cute fabrics. Love the words on the fabrics.

    vburr at charter dot net

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  140. the placemats are great. love them.
    Thanks for the chance.

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  141. What cute placemats. I love how summery they are.
    I would love the typewriter fabric, it is perfect for teachers gifts.

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  142. Such adorable placemats! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  143. Love the text fabric and your placemats look good enough to eat - perfect for our upcoming summer. Thank you for a fabulous giveaway!

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  144. Text prints are so great. Love the fruit slices.

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  145. gorgeous placemats and I love the text fabric,

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  146. Ahhh those placemats are too cute! Yes, please! And I'm very short on text prints in my stash. I need to win this one! Haha.

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  147. Love this give away party, and love your give away too. Thank you for organizing

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  148. Gorgeous placemats and fabrics. i miss getting new school supplies..... Thanks for the opportunity on the draw and good luck to all the particpants
    bonnielarson58@gmail.com

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  149. I love your placemats and the fabric! (and the amazing quilt of your header too...) thanks for the shance!

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  150. Just love your placemats!! Thank you for the giveaway.

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  151. I follow you in my google reader and thought these placemats were adorable when you posted them the other day. What an awesome giveaway thanks!

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  152. love the placemats and as for school, well we love school shopping for the grandkids...

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  153. Wonderful placemats, f I don't win I'm going to make some!

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  154. I'm really glad my children are grown up!

    dfne @ peterjh. wanadoo. co. uk

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  155. Love the placemats. my only daughter passed away and i have no grandchildren babscorbitt@gmail.com

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  156. Those placemats would be perfect on my round kitchen table!

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  157. Adorable placemats! And fabric!

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  158. Love the PM and fabric. Plus that gorgeous Quilt

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  159. What yummy placemats and fabric! awolk at rogers dot com

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  160. The placemats are too cute! And fabric with text!

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  161. No more shopping for me either ;-) Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  162. We're at the other end of the sprectrum... just of 2nd year of back to school. :) winterwrens at gmail dot com

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  163. I love the placemats! The colors actually match my kitchen. Thanks!

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  164. Your placemats are so cute! Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  165. Really love the placemats. Such happy colors. Fun fabric too- I am a teacher and I can see a bag.

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  166. Cute placemats. i would love to win them..count me in.

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  167. Thanks for a great giveaway.
    Thanks,
    Peggy
    peggy_verdongibbs@att.net

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  168. what fun placemats! Also love the text fabric. Thank you for such a sweet giveaway.

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  169. Such cute text fabrics. I just love the quilt in your banner!

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  170. The placemats are just beautiful! Now, I need to go read your post about them.

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  171. Gorgeous placemats - and fabric. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  172. When I clicked on your blog and the page loaded up I was in awe over the beautiful string quilt !! Then to see the placemats, wow !! You don't require us to follow your blog but I plan to. I'd love to be the recipient of the placemats and fabric, that is an awesome prize !
    Thank you for making this blog hop so fun !
    msmargie33@gmail.com

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  173. Love those placemats! Thanks for the chance.

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  174. This is the first year my kids are going to school, I can't wait till they start school and I can get down to some crafting!

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  175. Placemats are soooo cute! Very generous! Thanks!

    NTZASQRL2@MSN.COM

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  176. Your place mats are just wonderful. I am a school secretary, my girls are grown so my back to school shopping is for clothes for me. Thanks so much for your generous give away. I love your blog.

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  177. I really like your placemats. My young Son saw them, ans says they were super summery and asked if I would place my name in for the chance to win for him. I love them & the letter fabric. So thank you for the ooppuntity for such great items.

    Sincerely,
    Tricia



    p.s. I would love more info. on the "pay it forward" thread you started. TY

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  178. Great prizes! I love the place mats! :)

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  179. Thanks for such a nice giveaway.

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  180. What cute placemats. I know just where they'd go. My husband is a coach so he started back to school last week. Thanks.

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  181. Love those placemats! I drive a schoolbus and we've been back in for 3 weeks (this week was interrupted by Isaac)

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  182. Those placemats are awesome. My boys are big watermelon fans so here's hoping. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  183. The placemats are lovely! I'm going back to school on Tuesday so the text fabric is appropriate.
    Barb@Witsend

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