{"id":102,"date":"2017-01-06T23:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/?p=102"},"modified":"2017-01-07T13:55:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T13:55:28","slug":"quilting-holiday-giveaway-2016-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/quilting-holiday-giveaway-2016-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Quilting Holiday Giveaway 2016 Winner Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif\"><em><strong>Quilting Holiday Giveaway 2016 Winner Announcement<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif\"> Quilting presents to help you achieve your 2017 quilting goals &#8211;<em> did you win?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Happy New Year Quilters!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and that your new year is off to a good start.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">We&#8217;ve been busy, busy, busy here at Hobbs planning for our&nbsp;attendance at many of the&nbsp;quilting industry&#8217;s largest events, and working on inspiring and informative content to share with you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Speaking of that, we&#8217;d love to hear from you &#8211; <em>what would you most like to find here on our blog?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Share your thoughts with us in the comments below and you might just be the lucky recipient of a special Hobbs Fan Surprise!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">And speaking of winning, we have winners to announce in our first <em>Quilting Holiday Giveaway&#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27\" style=\"width: 372px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/HobbsHolidayGiveaway2016\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27\" class=\"wp-image-27\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/2016-Giveaway-Shot-1-300x263.jpg\" alt=\"Quilting Holiday Giveaway - 2016 (image)\" width=\"362\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/2016-Giveaway-Shot-1-300x263.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/2016-Giveaway-Shot-1.jpg 723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Quilting Holiday Giveaway &#8211; 2016<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">For those who might have missed our 2016 holiday giveaway announcement, we offered up <em><strong><del>12<\/del> 13<\/strong><\/em> fabulous quilting presents and all you had to do to enter to win was share your 2017 quilting goals (and\/or share this giveaway) &#8211; <em>easy, right?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">And now, the big reveal &#8211; <em>the winners of the <strong>first 12<\/strong> presents in our first Quilting Holiday Giveaway are&#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Present #1:<\/strong> <strong>Margaret Causton<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; you&#8217;ve won&nbsp;the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terylloy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Teryl Loy Enterprises<\/em><\/a><\/span> 1\/4&#8243; Arc Template &amp; 1\/4&#8243; S-Curve Template Steph purchased at&nbsp;the Int&#8217;l Quilt Festival in Houston<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Present #2:&nbsp;Laura McFall<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; you&#8217;ve won the amazing <em>Famor\u00e9 Cutlery<\/em> 11.5&#8243; EZ Glide Fabric\/Batting Shears provided to us by&nbsp;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.famorecutlery.com\/quilting.html\" target=\"_blank\">Famor\u00e9 Cutlery<\/a><\/span>*<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Present #3:&nbsp;Dani Funk<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; you&#8217;ve won the fun and fresh &#8220;Office-Themed&#8221; fabrics&nbsp;(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/246814755\/last-one-type-by-julia-rothman-7-fat\" target=\"_blank\">including the typewriter pattern and orange and grey paper clip patterns spotted here<\/a><\/span>)&nbsp;Steph purchased from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elkhornquilts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Elkhorn Quilts<\/em><\/a><\/span>&nbsp;at the Int&#8217;l Quilt Festival in Houston<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Present #4:&nbsp;Suzy Webster<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; you&#8217;ve won the&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.needletravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>NeedleTravel<\/em><\/a><\/span>&nbsp;Fiber &amp; Fabric Mania! Travel Guide, your guide to local quilting, fabric and fiber shops in the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Present #5: Jamie Wickam<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; you&#8217;ve won the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/life\/home\/design\/article\/Homespun-quilts-bring-back-Christmas-memories-10591387.php\" target=\"_blank\">Christmas Quilts Christmas Memories Book<\/a><\/em><\/span> that Steph purchased at&nbsp;the Int&#8217;l Quilt Festival in Houston &#8211; wait till you see the quilts and read the accompanying stories in this sweet book! Oh, and there&#8217;s also a darling pair of quilt earrings to boot!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Present #6:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Loretta Webre<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; you&#8217;ve won the <em>Sew Kind of Wonderful<\/em> QCR Mini Ruler &amp; Mini Pumpkins Quilt Pattern provided to us by&nbsp;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sewkindofwonderful.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sew Kind of Wonderful<\/a><\/span>*<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Present #7:&nbsp;Shirley Jobson<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; you&#8217;ve won the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wonderfil.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Wonderfil Specialty Threads<\/em><\/a><\/span>&nbsp;InvisaFil B003 &amp; B008 Thread Collections purchased by Steph at the Int&#8217;l Quilt Festival in Houston<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Present #8:&nbsp;Cindy Staub<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; you&#8217;ve won the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aurifil.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Aurifil<\/em><\/a><\/span> Heather Jones Studio\/Robert Kaufman Fabrics Thread Collection purchased by Steph from&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.followthatthread.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Follow That Thread<\/em><\/a><\/span> at the Int&#8217;l Quilt Festival in Houston<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Present #9:&nbsp;Shannon (comment #84)<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; you&#8217;ve won the <em>Superior Threads<\/em> Artisan Spirit Sandscapes Thread Collection provided to us by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.superiorthreads.com\/?gclid=CIeiz-6QsNECFQS5wAodweMInw\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Superior Threads<\/em><\/a><\/span>*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Present #10:&nbsp;Hillary (comment #32)<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; you&#8217;ve won a package of&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/products\/thermore\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Hobbs<\/em> Thermore Batting<\/a><\/span>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Present #11:&nbsp;Liz (comment #80)<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; you&#8217;ve won a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/products\/tuscany\/tuscany-wool\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Hobbs<\/em> Tuscany Queen-Sized Wool Batt<\/a><\/span>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Present #12:&nbsp;Jan McCoy<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; you&#8217;ve won a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/products\/tuscany\/tuscany-silk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Hobbs<\/em> Tuscany Queen-Sized Silk Batt<\/a><\/span>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Please join us in congratulating these lucky winners!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;text-decoration: underline\">Winners 1-12:<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"> Please send your full name and mailing address via email,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"> to us at <em>shackney<\/em> (at) <em>hobbsbondedfibers<\/em> (dot) <em>com<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"> (<em>using the correct email format, of course<\/em>) &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"> and please include<br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Winner of Present #__ &#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong>(please fill in your present #)<br \/>\nin the subject line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Presents will be sent out within two weeks.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">A huge thanks to everyone who played along and especially to those who shared our giveaway via social media!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>One More Winner!<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"> And that reminds us, we have one more winner to announce!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">The winner of our bonus present, <em><strong>present #13<\/strong><\/em>, which is awarded to one social sharer who included the hashtag #JoyOfQuilting in their share of our giveaway, is&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>jacklynngt (from Instagram)!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Congrats <em><strong>jacklynngt<\/strong><\/em>,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"> you&#8217;ll be receiving our bonus present, Present #13 &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"> <em><strong>you get to pick the Hobbs batt of your choice!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">jacklynngt:<\/span><br \/>\nPlease note above the instructions for claiming your prize,<br \/>\nand p<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">lease also include the type of Hobbs batt you&#8217;d like to receive<br \/>\nin the body of your email &#8211; <em>thanks!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong><br \/>\n*Thank You Giveaway Partners!*<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"> We&#8217;d like to offer our sincere thanks to all of the companies who generously provided&nbsp;their products as presents in our giveaway &#8211; <em><strong>y&#8217;all rock!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">A special thanks to:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Famor\u00e9 Cutlery<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; they provided us with present #2, a wonderful pair of EZGlide Fabric \/Batting Shears, a must-have tool!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Sew Kind of Wonderful<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; they provided us with present #6, their QCR Mini Ruler &amp; Mini Pumpkins Quilt Pattern, a perfect combination for creating a very special quilted treasure!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em><strong>Superior Threads&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>&#8211; they provided us with present #9, their Artisan Spirit Sandscapes Latte Thread Collection, the perfect complement to high-quality fabrics and Hobbs&#8217; premium batting products!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">These companies offer wonderful products for quilting and we hope you&#8217;ll stop by their websites (<em>linked above<\/em>), and booths when you spot them at quilting events in your area, to let them know how much you appreciate their providing their products as presents #2, #6 and #9 (<em>respectively<\/em>) for our giveaway &#8211; <em>we couldn&#8217;t have done it without their generosity!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">And finally, we&#8217;d also like to thank <em><strong>Teryl Loy Enterprises, Wonderfil Thread <\/strong><\/em>&amp;<em><strong> Follow That Thread<\/strong><\/em> for offering Steph a great deal on presents #1, #7 and #8 (<em>respectively<\/em>) &#8211; <em>we appreciate your assistance in making this a fun giveaway!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Thanks to all of you for joining us in what is only the first of many fun posts (<em>and giveaways<\/em>)!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">We wish all of you a joyous and creative 2017,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"> <em>The #JoyOfQuilting Team<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quilting Holiday Giveaway 2016 Winner Announcement Quilting presents to help you achieve your 2017 quilting goals &#8211; did you win? 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