{"id":209,"date":"2017-12-08T21:26:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T21:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/?p=209"},"modified":"2017-12-29T14:46:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T14:46:21","slug":"quilting-holiday-giveaway-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/quilting-holiday-giveaway-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Quilting Holiday Giveaway &#8211; 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 18pt\"><strong>Quilting Holiday Giveaway &#8211; 2017<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\"><em><strong>It&#8217;s time to kick off our second annual holiday giveaway event!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif\">Welcome Quilters &amp; Crafters,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif\">We&#8217;re excited to welcome you&nbsp;back to our blog!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif\">We&#8217;ve been busy behind the scenes and look forward to sharing lots&nbsp;more informative, inspirational and entertaining content, and giveaways (<em>like the one below!<\/em>), with you in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Please leave us a comment* below and let us know what interests you most:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Quilt Batting Product &amp; Usage Information<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Quilting Tips &amp; Tricks<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Quilting Industry News<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Quilter Interviews<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Quilting Challenges<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Quilting Contests<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Quilting Store Profiles<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Quilting Event Reports<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Or, fill in the blank: ___________________________<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif\">We look forward to hearing from you!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 18pt\">Quilting Holiday Giveaway<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif\">And now for another fun giveaway event &#8211;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif\">YOU&nbsp;could be one of our lucky winners in our&nbsp;second<br \/>\n<em><strong>Quilting Holiday Giveaway!<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_214\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214\" class=\"wp-image-214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/12-Days-Giveaway-Cover-Shot-2017-Cropped-651x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Hobbs Batting Quilting Holiday Giveaway - 2017 (image)\" width=\"325\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/12-Days-Giveaway-Cover-Shot-2017-Cropped-651x1024.jpg 651w, http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/12-Days-Giveaway-Cover-Shot-2017-Cropped-191x300.jpg 191w, http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/12-Days-Giveaway-Cover-Shot-2017-Cropped-768x1209.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/12-Days-Giveaway-Cover-Shot-2017-Cropped.jpg 1241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #ff0000\">Hobbs Batting Quilting Holiday Giveaway &#8211; 2017<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif\">Yes, you heard right, we&#8217;re&nbsp;back with another <em><strong>Quilting Holiday Giveaway<\/strong><\/em> event, and <em><strong>this year&#8217;s event has TWICE AS MANY presents!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif\"><em>YOU have&nbsp;numerous&nbsp;chances to win fabulous presents from the collection above!<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif\">Some of the presents (<em>shown above and below<\/em>) were delivered by Santa Hobbs and&nbsp;some I picked up during my travels this year (<em>yes, that means there may be goodies found overseas at events like the UK&#8217;s Festival of Quilts!<\/em>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_215\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215\" class=\"wp-image-215\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/12-Days-Giveaway-Closeup-2017-Cropped-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"Hobbs Batting Quilting Holiday Giveaway - 2017 - Presents Close-Up (image)\" width=\"400\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/12-Days-Giveaway-Closeup-2017-Cropped-1024x724.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/12-Days-Giveaway-Closeup-2017-Cropped-300x212.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/12-Days-Giveaway-Closeup-2017-Cropped-768x543.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.hobbsbatting.com\/hobbs-batting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/12-Days-Giveaway-Closeup-2017-Cropped.jpg 1971w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #ff0000\">Hobbs Batting Quilting Holiday Giveaway&nbsp;&#8211; which would YOU most like to win?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">How do you enter to win in this giveaway?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">It&#8217;s easy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Entering the Giveaway<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">1.&nbsp;<strong>Complete this sentence in the comments*&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>below<\/strong> by the deadline,<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><em> midnight (central) on&nbsp;December 23, 2017:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 18pt\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>&#8220;What I&#8217;d most like to create in 2018 is&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Entry Example:<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">What I&#8217;d most like to create in 2018 is anything &#8211; I just need more hours in the day!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">2. Then <strong>join us daily on Instagram<\/strong> (IG: @hobbsbatting) to see&nbsp;one or more of the items that are up&nbsp;for grabs in the&nbsp;<em><strong>Hobbs Batting Quilting Holiday Giveaway<\/strong><\/em> and chime in when you see something you&#8217;d like to find on&nbsp;YOUR doorstep!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Oh, and feel free to leave an IG comment\/wish as many times as you like&nbsp;and be sure to invite your quilty buddies to join us &#8211; <em>we bet&nbsp;they&#8217;ll be grateful!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">3. And&nbsp;for an extra chance to win, <strong>share this blog post and giveaway<\/strong> (<em>using the social sharing icons below<\/em>) on one or more social media channels using the hashtags #JoyOfQuilting and #hobbsbatting &#8211; <em><strong>you just might receive our &#8216;lucky 27&#8217; bonus present for doing so!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em>This giveaway is&nbsp;open to ALL quilters, EVERYWHERE, age 18 and older.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Winner Selection<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll use a random number generator to randomly select&nbsp;26 entries <strong>from the submitted blog post comments<\/strong>&nbsp;as our winners and those winners will receive one of our presents, <em>hopefully the one they most wanted, <\/em>based on the comment(s) they&#8217;ve left on this blog post and\/or the<em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">comment(s) left on each of the <strong><em>Hobbs Batting Quilting Holiday Giveaway<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;posts on Instagram&nbsp;(<em>remember to use&nbsp;the hashtags #JoyOfQuilting and #hobbsbatting so we&nbsp;don&#8217;t miss your comments<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Please note: If you are one of our winners, we&#8217;ll do our best to award you the present you MOST want based not just on your blog post comment(s), but on the comment(s) you share on Instagram, but we may have more than one winner looking for the same present &#8211; so the more you comment, the better your chances are of getting your first, second or third present choice.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Awarding the Presents<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">On December 30, 2017, we&#8217;ll announce the&nbsp;26 blog comment winners, and one social sharing &#8216;lucky 27&#8217; winner, and <em><strong>each winner will have&nbsp;one week to claim his\/her present<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><em>Unclaimed presents will be awarded to other commentors after January 2, 2018,<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif\">and presents will be sent to winners the week of January 15, 2018.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-size: 14pt\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif\">Be sure to enter by December 23, 2017,<br \/>\nand to check back on December 30, 2017 to see if you won!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Good Luck and H<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">appy Holidays Everyone,<br \/>\n<em>Steph &amp; The Hobbs #JoyOfQuilting Team<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 10pt\">*Please Note: In order to limit spam, all comments are reviewed before being made public. 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