Contest On a Stick

The Minnesota State Fair prides itself on being the home of 59 different foods on a stick. No kidding! Check out the video or the official "food finder" site. Not wanting to be left out of all the fun, the Creative Activities section of the fair decided to add a new category this year - "Quilt on a Stick". To qualify, your quilt must be 8x9 inches, consist of a minimum of three layers that are hand or machine stitched together, and have a sleeve on the back, which holds a paint stir stick. At the last minute, our entire staff at work decided to enter our quilts-on-a-stick! The category has several ribbon and cash prizes associated with it. How can you resist entering, with the possibility of being able to say "I won a blue ribbon for Quilt on a Stick"?

My entry is above. It is titled "Wallflower". (Although it is not present in the photo, it does indeed sport a stick.) I intended it to be a bit of a mystery and it has stumped some of its viewers, who haven't picked up on what exactly they are looking at. Leave a comment by August 21 (Fair opening day) with what you see in my "quilt on a stick" and I will award a prize of Kitchy State Fair Goodness to a random winner.

Housekeeping!

Hi Readers;

I have 2 favors to ask. First, if you subscribe to this blog with a blog reader, can you let me know if I have broken anything. I am putting together a class all about how to start a blog and I was double checking all of my settings and I want to make sure I didn't break anything.

And then, please send me your favorite links! I need examples of blogs used in many different ways - used as a journal, a shop, a portfolio, a tool - anything really! I would like to have several good examples of specific ways blogs can be used to do different things.

AND, by way of a bribe to encourage your assistance, if you leave a link in the comments or email it to me by the end of the day Saturday March 8, I will put your names in a hat and draw some fibery art prizes and give them to you! (note: I edited this to extend the deadline because Chris @ Stumbling Over Chaos is going to help spread the word.)

Love, Becka

A Contest! Sewing Stories

In celebration of discovering my new-old favorite sewing machine, I am going to give away one of these little ornaments...
(your prize will be made up special just for you, so the fabrics won't match this photo exactly)

To enter, just leave a comment about your favorite sewing or crafting tool (sewing machine, thimble, scissors or humble seam ripper? You tell me!) I will randomly draw for a winner on September 24.