If you have looked through the Fat Quarter Shop's FQ bundles section, you will surely have noticed the 'Blogger's Choice Bundles'. Woweee, I thought. Wouldn't it be great to be so famous a blogger that you get your own bundle listed in the FQS?
I thought it might be fun to post what I'd put together as a bundle for FQS if I was a famous blogger.
And then I thought you might find that fun too!
Especially if FQS has hopped on board and offered one lucky person a fat quarter bundle all of their own choosing as a prize.
Well, sorry, that's not happening.
Nope, not a fat quarter bundle. They're offering you a WHOLE HALF YARD of 15 fabrics of your choice - 12 prints and 3 solids. The only problem now is that I can't win. Dammit.
What you need to do:
- Go to The Fat Quarter Shop website and choose 12 coordinating prints and 3 solids from their selection. There are various ways of browsing - I started off in the 'modern fabric' section and went from there.
- Either a) create a blog entry about your set of fabrics; or b) if you don't have a blog, upload them somewhere they can be seen in one link - eg flickr, picasa, etc. You must include pictures of your fabrics. You can 'borrow' these from the FQS site. It would be very helpful to the judges if you could do a photo collage of your various prints. Instructions below if you don't know how - new IT skills are always useful!
- Come back here and link in your entry by 15 January. Please link your photo collage as the thumbnail if you can! I'm going to post mine in the next few days. I started with one print I loved and worked others around it. My 'shortlist' ended up at about 23 fabrics and boy was it hard to cut down!
As we know I'm easily corruptible and open to bribery, I had to find some independent judges. So we have (drum roll, quilter's hall of fame):
- Superior Sunni (my arch nemesis) from Love Affair With My Brother (of course)
- Magical Megan from Canoe Ridge Creations
- Classic Cara from Cara Quilts
- Helpful Heather and Megan (I needed two Megans) from Quilt Story
Each of these lovely ladies is going to choose ONE entry as their favourite. Then the amazing Miss Amy of Amy's Creative Side is going to be grand high judge and choose the best final entry from the finalists. She is well qualified as there is going to be an "Amy's Choice" bundle featured in the FQS in the new year.
So get browsing and share your inspiration for coordinating fabrics into a quilt with us!
The linky party will close on January 15.
How to make a photo collage
- If you don't use Picasa, it's one of the best free downloadable applications for working with photos. One useful tool is the collage tool. You can choose your photos and arrange and rearrange them into a collage.
- Mosaic maker is a free online tool. You have to have your photos uploaded somewhere first (eg flickr) for it to generate the mosaic for you.
- Please provide any more tips in the comments section if you know of different, simple ways of doing it!
131 comments:
one entry per person?
O...M...G... This is quite possibly the very best thing I have heard all day... and it's still Christmas here!
Couldn't resist...
Thanks for the great comp...well worth waiting for.
Yay, that was fun!
Thanks for hosting :) this is awesome!
Hi Laura! I hope you have had wonderful holidays! Your idea is fantastic - I'm only sorry that you can't win! I'm in but I need a lot of time to find those fabrics because The Fat Quarter Shop has just so so many adorable fabrics!
Happy New Year and thank you! x Teje
wow awesome fabric supply merry xmas
That was a lot of fun :o) Thank you
Fantastic idea! Can't wait to start playing!
This is so fun!! I could spend hours doing this and probably will! hahaha! Brilliant :)
What's a wonderful idea! I can't wait to see the others blogger's choise! Wonderful!!!
Thank you for the chance to win - I definitely have fun browsing FQS!
I'm in ... I love this idea.
Hugs and I wish you a Happy New Year
This is SO fun. I'm going to have to make time to join in. Thanks for the fun contest!
What a fab competition, i've had loads of fun making my choices and I know how to use mosaic maker but how to I get the images onto flickr in the first place so that I can then make my mosaic? Sorry if im being really blonde, Christmas may have muddled my brain but I just can't work it out!
wow, what a cracker, or should I say quokka, of a giveaway! ... though I think the practicalities of entering might stretch me a bit ... not sure how I'd manage those mosaics! but sounds like fun and a great way to stock up for the New Year!
That was hard, but so much fun. Great challenge. I've blogged about it :-)
It was a challange to work out how to upload the images...the mosiac maker worked best for me through flickr...but the fabric selection part was fun. Thanks for a great challenge Laura
It's amazing how you organized this. Passing off all the work to the judges.
Thanks for hosting such an awesome contest. Just LOVE this idea! I had so much fun making my bundle.
What fun! I love seeing all the different combinations of beautiful fabrics!
This is great! It took me hours to pick. Way too much fun.
I decided to play along, too. This was a lot of fun. Thanks for being so creative.
Cindy W, AUS
I am so glad I don't have to pick the winner, they are all winners to me, but there are some yummy palettes coing out here.
I am keeping my own faves file on them so I can refer back to my faves from this comp.
Love it. But also love you blog wallpaper too.
After hours of browsing and narrowing down my choices, I finally figured out how to make the mosaic and link it to your site. Whew! I love the bundle I created and I am thrilled that I got my link to work!!! Fingers crossed.
Whoa, spent so much time making my selections--thanks for the fun contest!
I love my fat quarter bundle so much I NEED to have it all - lol!!
This was so much fun! Thanks for hosting such a great competition. I've already looked at a few of the entries and WOW! So many talented ladies out there! :)
This is so much fun!! Thanks for the chance to win!!!
Yay I finally managed it, wow what a palaver that was, making my mosaic has taken me hours of trying different ways but I have eventually done it. I had so much fun choosing the fabrics and looking at other peoples choices. Thanks for the chance to win
What fun seeing everyone's picks! Ya'll did great!
Ouch. I now have to learn mosaic? If I do not join in is it cowardice, or that I am thick?
This was a ton of fun! I already had a blog post up today, so I had to link to an image in flickr with a link to the blog post that will go live tomorrow (I'm traveling and wanted to enter while I could!)
delete #62 as it was from my computer and is replaced by #63 (link) I always wanted to know how to make a mosaic - that was fun.
I LOVE making mood boards. This was so much fun!! Thanks Laura. : )
What a super fun idea for a contest!! Thanks for putting this together, Laura!
Fabulous idea - what a fun contest!
Truely fun! Hope to get to do this for real some day! Thanks!
SO fun!! Thanks so much for hosting this - such a great idea!
Such a fun idea, thanks for the chance to to do this.
Wow! I currently have 315 fabrics saved to try to do this. How will I ever take it down to 15? Yikes. This may take a while. I went through the entire store though, I had to be thorough. LOL! This is a great challenge. Can we only make one palette?
Jennie, you are a no reply blogger and there is no way to contact you to reply! Yes, only one entry per person and yup, yikes indeed! It is hard cutting it down!
Would creating a Pin board at Pinterest work for a link or is doing the mosaic the only way.
thank you
-annabelle
Wonderfully fun, no, GENIUS idea!
Fun!! I couldn't resist : )
I love this competition! I've just blogged my entry and uploaded my thumbnail. Thanks for the chance to win!
http://whatsherrymadetoday.blogspot.com/2011/12/hello_29.html
Thank you for this! I can't wait!
What great fun.
After looking at the entries, I can't imagine how the judges are going to choose a winner!
Thanks for the contest.
This is such a good idea! I had so much fun choosing my fabrics and looking at everyone else's bundles.
Thank you for hosting this!
Thanks for the great opportunity! It was lots of fun! :)
What a wonderful treat! Thank you!
What a great idea! Thanks for the chance. I had fun!
There are going to be a million entries!
Great Idea - I hope this contest happens often. What a wonderful excuse to browse all of the fabric and daydream and shop.... Fingers Crossed :)
What a great contest and what a hard task to choose just a few prints! Thanks for this chance and good luck to the judges!
Phew! That was hard work!
I've done one! http://pennydog.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/fat-quarter-shop-fun/
That was so much fun! What a great contest idea! Thanks for hosting!
Thanks for the fantastic competition:) Best,Debuko.
I FINALLY got it narrowed down. That was soooo hard to do! Sure was fun though. Everyone has such nice picks. I can't wait to see what bundles are chosen.
That took a while. But such fun! Of course, now I have to start the hunt for two more fabrics to be perfect replacements for two that are going or already gone.
I'm in too! Now I'm wanting a bunch of fabric...
Yay! That was fun!! What a wonderfully amazing giveaway!!! :-)
How are you ever going to pick one?? There are so many that are amazing!
Wow! There is a lot of competition! Great challenge. Thanks!
amazing contest! Thanks so much!
What fun this was--coming up with a wish list and learning a new technique with the computer. I will have to explore Picasa a little more. Thank you for the opportunity to be in this contest.
This will be so hard to judge. Thanks for hosting this!
Thanks for hosting this great event! I had so much fun choosing the fabrics, and it's so interesting seeing the beautiful combinations people came up with!
This is a great activity!
I'm just finishing up my own bundle and will be linking up, woot!! Poor husband has no idea why I've been downloading all the fabric pics, lol!!
My mum wants to join in on the action, but doesn't have a blog or flickr, just Facebook. Would it be ok if I posted it for her on my blog to link it up here?
This was SO much fun!
Thanks so much - how fun! And I even learnt how to use mosaic...
I hope it was ok to use a quilt challenge as inspiration to choose a bundle - I wouldn't know where to start otherwise as there were far too many lovely fabrics to pick from:)
Thank you! This was a lot of fun. :-)
I had to ENTER, the deadline is MY BIRTHDAY! I chose from a few different Lines that aren't available at my LQS! I hope I win!!!
What a wonderful idea and a great competition...wow...I am imagining receiving 15 yards of this glorious fabric, what a dream!
How fun! I've enjoyed putting my collage together!!
Wow, what a great way to look at almost all the fabric on the Fat Quarter Shop's site. It took a long time, but I sure did see some beautiful fabrics in the process. I might just have to make a teeny purchase.....or two....three.....four......
That was just a blast to do, I cannot believe how much time I spent doing it though. My legs are stiff and I haven't done a thing besides this yet!
Thanks for hosting this! It was fun picking out the fabrics for my bundle.
this is so fun. :) Think we could talk Kimberly in to a coupon code for all the non-winners!?! I really like my bundle!
What a fun idea!!! Trying to narrow down the field now... :)
I love this idea, so fun! Thanks for hosting it! =)
What a fun idea, I had a great time creating my dream bundle. I also wanted to add that you don't have to download the photos anywhere to use the mosaic maker. Instead you can just copy the image location (right click on the image and then copy) and then paste it individually into the mosaic maker. It won't give you a list of links, but it is easier than saving and re-uploading every image. Hope that helps!
i am seeing a lot of tangerine! it sure is the color of the year, huh?
WOW....I'm speechless. I did my first mosaic last year and I don't know why I don't use it more often to 'audition' fabrics together. What a brilliant idea!!! I will be using it more often when I place an order!!! Toya
This was so much fun. I have a new way of choosing fabric. And I may have to order the fabrics in "my" fat quarter bundle.
Thanks for this! This completely made me rethink how I go about buying fabric and now has given me courage to buy it online. I have never been able to do it before!
This is such a brilliant idea. And I think the Fat Quarter Shop will do very nicely out of it too. I think I'll be buying quite a few of these collections. What about a Viewer's Choice award where your readers vote for their fave too?
WOW! What fun! Thanks!
That was fun!!!! I'd so love to win. I think I could enter ever contest on the internet & never win a thing though! ;-)
That was TOO much fun. Thank you for an awesome idea and a fun creative activity!
How fun! I'm a new quilter and would love to add to my stash :)
Great idea! And I love some of these fantastic collections.
oh, crap! i added my fabric mosaic (i'm #261, suzanne paton) but it didn't link back to my flickr. hmmm, i'll give it another go. suzpaton@yahoo.com
ok, it's official, i'm technically impaired! i deleted my original mosaic--now i'm #262. i hope i linked it correctly because i would love the chance to win! thanks for the fun contest! suzanne
That was a good learning process for a 50-something quilter who is sometimes computer-impaired. But, I did it! I think. It's all fun, and now there are so many collages to look at. I wish the judges "Good luck!"
Geez Louise! Thought I'd never get if figured out. Don't laugh :) I'm still learning. I got 15 on my picture and linked it to my Picassa but they aren't all equal in size :( Oh well.
I'm a 50 somthing "girl" too... now my brain is kind of hurting a little bit.
Thank you for the chance to win
SassyCathy Lassitter Byrd (Cathy Byrd)
byrd@gulftel.com
Oh what an awesome giveaway, I loooved choosing all the fabrics! I have entered & am #270. Please feel free to read my post about this giveaway on my blog: Daisy Doe Blog - Challenge / Quokka Quilts: Blogger's Choice Giveaway.
I don't envy the judges at all! They certainly have a tough choice to make! :D
Cheers,
Erin @ Daisy Doe
Thank you for such a fun contest!
I just want to thank you so much for hosting this contest. I would love to win, but it was so much fun even if I don't. I loved the process of picking out the fabric and I know I will be doing that again the next time I am picking out fabric!
This was so much fun! Loved the Mosaic Maker too - now there is another tool in the "sometime" blogger box! THANKS!
Great Fun! I have made my FQ Bundle, I think the fabrics are beautiful. Take a look, what do you think ☺
Thanks for the chance to win!
I used a photo grid app on my tablet to make the mosaic. Great fun!
Thank you so much for hosting! I checked out the rest of your blog. I had no idea what a Quokka was. They are so cute! I made sure to include a link to your about page in my blogger choice post because I thought it was very sweet. Oh and I love the skirt you made! New follower!
Happily Following,
Ashley @ Thereisnoplacelikehomemade
Thanks for hosting this comp. It was good fun!
This was a lot of fun! Thanks for hosting it.
it was a lot of fun picking my choices! Thanks for hosting. I am a new follower too :)
This was SO much fun!!
I had fun choosing the different fabrics... tough time weeding so many out... I have posted to my blog, here, and am also a new follower of your blog... Life is Good :)
Peggy Toole's Florentine fabrics at Robert Kaufman are sumptuous. They form the basis for my selections. Check out my blog background to see if you don't agree. http://wisconsinquilting.wordpress.com
They are perfect for these dark winter nights with the sky so full of stars.
Oh my goodness that was hard! But so worth it! Thank you for hosting this!! xoxo
nancy
What an awesome give away. I had a blast choosing my fabrics. Thanks for the fun and for hosting.
That was a lot of work deciding on just the right fabrics! Thanks so much for hosting a fun giveaway!
Thanks for this fun little challenge. Awesome give away!!
This is great! It took me hours to pick, thanks for the chance to do this.
This was fun and challenging all at the same time - took me ages but worth all the effort.
What a great idea for a giveaway, thanks!
gee - just found this competition in time - know what I'll be doing today !
So fun!! I stumbled upon you from Retro-Mama's blog and am SO happy I did ... thanks for thinking of this super fun idea. Winner or not, I'm feeling inspired!!
Thanks so much for putting this together. It's much harder than it looks, but I truly enjoyed it!
Have loved tweaking my final selection!
This was fun to put together, the only problem is now I'll want to buy these fabrics even if I don't win.
What a great idea! Fun and challenging, and of course, now those selections look even more desireable. Loved seeing through others' eyes too!
I kind of stuck to one line with a couple extras thrown in but I love the line so it made sense to just stick with it. I don't envy the judges having to narrow it down. Thanks for the chance to win!
I am not sure if my link went back to the flickr page, where I listed the SKU's for this fabulous contest. I have also listed them on my blog so I hope they show!
I'm with you - I already have some of them in the shopping cart!!!
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