1000 post giveaway!
This is my 1000th post! And it wouldn’t be right not to have a giveaway would it? No, it wouldn’t.
I’m currently on my 11 day nearly-tour of Canada so let’s see what I can find for you…
Here’s the lovely Mad About Patchwork shop, of course I wasn’t going to buy anything… AHEM COUGH SPLUTTER
Apart from these things…
AMH Folk Song (not sure if I will keep it all yet), Franklin charm pack and a free FQ
Yardage! More dinos because I didn’t buy enough for my shirt before, $6 a yard Pretty Potent and some Nomad…
How about a Loominous prize?
You could win these 3 FQs…
Also included is this clutch, a joint project between myself and Sam – the pattern is for sale here but you can win the cover clutch all finished and ready for use!
For your chance to win these prizes, you can enter a few times.
Firstly, leave me a comment, a fun fact or about Canada might be an idea if you don’t know what to say, like “Canada has six time zones,” or, “Alberta is entirely rat-free and has been for 50 years!”. Maybe you’d just prefer to tell me what is the greatest TV programme of all time?
Secondly, please let me know if you follow this blog on some kind of reader or by email.
Thirdly, if you follow me on one of the social networks, let me know that too. I’m on most of them.
Fourthly, you get another entry if you share this giveaway in some form, perhaps on Instagram or Twitter?
Thanks for sticking with me all this time! I’ll draw a winner when I get back to Blighty (where does that name come from? Another idea for a comment…). I land on 9th July so soon after that. I will also post internationally, even if it means repatriating this fabric!
July 1, 2015 2:27 am|
Canada is known for the great sense of humour that people have across our country and this is most reflected in our Canadian TV shows such as Schitt’s Creek, This Hour has 22 Minutes, Mr. D, Just to name a few!!
July 1, 2015 3:43 am|
I’ve never visited Canada but I have friends who live there and know pastor and his family who are from there, they are lovely people and if they are examples of Canada I’m sure you will have a wonderful time.
July 1, 2015 3:54 am|
Mayne Island BC has BC’s longest running pub. As well as the first (long inactive) jail in the Gulf islands.
July 1, 2015 3:55 am|
I follow you by email! Happy Canada day!
July 1, 2015 4:00 am|
Canadá é o meu sonho de consumo…quem sabe?..
July 1, 2015 4:00 am|
Eu sigo por Email
July 1, 2015 4:01 am|
Obrigada por abrir internacional,sou do Brasil
July 1, 2015 5:27 am|
I’ve visited Vancouver, BC a number of times and it is a beautiful city.
July 1, 2015 5:38 am|
Follow you by e-mail! I enjoy your blog!
July 1, 2015 5:40 am|
Liked you on facebook!
July 1, 2015 5:42 am|
Shared on twitter
https://twitter.com/minibea/status/616104140758867968
July 1, 2015 6:36 am|
Canada has a really cool flag!
Is that a fact or an opinion? Hmm, pretty sure it’s a fact ?
July 1, 2015 6:38 am|
I get emails about your blog, but you also appear in my Bloglovin feed
July 1, 2015 6:39 am|
I follow you on Facebook & possibly Twitter but I don’t use that much. I’m also on the PP forum x
July 1, 2015 6:51 am|
The famous children’s book Anne of Green Gables was written by Lucy Maud Montgomery on Prince Edward Island Canada.
I hope you are having a lovely time.
July 1, 2015 6:59 am|
Since being little girl my favourite book has always been Anne of Green Gables which is set in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is still my dream to visit the area. have fun shopping. x
July 1, 2015 7:00 am|
I already follow you on Facebook. Congrats on your 1000th post. x
July 1, 2015 7:11 am|
Shared your giveaway on my blog. It’s still new & not set up properly & it’s only read by Google spiders ? x
July 1, 2015 7:37 am|
I also follow with Email. x
July 1, 2015 8:22 am|
I follow on Blogger. I know a little about Canada, stories told me by my friends dad. He grew up there, in a log cabin, which, in the fall, the whole family had to stick moss and mud between the cracks to keep out the winter wind!
July 1, 2015 10:52 am|
A bear cub named Winnipeg was exported to the London zoo. This cub became a favorite of Christopher Robin Milne and inspired his father to write the tales of Winnie the Pooh.
July 1, 2015 10:52 am|
A bear cub named Winnipeg was exported to the London zoo. This cub became a favorite of Christopher Robin Milne and inspired his father to write the tales of Winnie the Pooh.
July 1, 2015 10:53 am|
I follow you by email
July 1, 2015 10:55 am|
I’m an IG follower
July 1, 2015 11:07 am|
I love the spool of thread stool in your picture,, no facts about Canada,, although I have family out there. Follow you by email,, and on IG.
July 1, 2015 12:26 pm|
Alanis Morissette used to do sticky pop-dance music before she got all angsty. It was as awful as you’d think it would be.
July 1, 2015 12:26 pm|
I follow on Instagram (@quiltingrainbows).
July 1, 2015 12:27 pm|
And also on Feedly :). Thanks for the chances to win!
July 1, 2015 1:27 pm|
A second post for me.We don’t have a TV so I can’t chose a TV programme, but many years ago, we nearly moved to Chatham Ontario, when my husband was offered a job there.
July 1, 2015 1:27 pm|
I follow you on bloglovin☺
July 1, 2015 1:28 pm|
I did not know any where was rat free! Wow!
July 1, 2015 2:31 pm|
Wow – 1000 posts and a post on Canada, but no mention of the Thousand Islands in the St Lawrence river?
July 1, 2015 2:32 pm|
Following on Bloglovin.
July 1, 2015 2:33 pm|
Following on Twitter and IG.
July 1, 2015 2:34 pm|
Retweeted.
July 1, 2015 2:56 pm|
Sir John A. Macdonald, the 1st prime minister grew up and was buried in Kingston, Ontario. Butter tarts are a fabulous Canadian dessert. Ottawa has an amazing tulip festival every year. If you want to learn more about Canadian humour, watch Corner Gas.
July 1, 2015 2:57 pm|
I follow you on email.
July 1, 2015 3:17 pm|
Wow, I want to write a nice book for your readers about Canada. Canada goes from coast to coast to coast, with three world oceans bordering it – Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic. It is much larger than the USA and currently the second largest country in the world. We have some of the most beautiful mountains in the world, forests that one can drive at highway speeds through for a whole day before you are through, more fresh water than most anywhere, the third largest supply in the world of oil, fantastic diamonds and a lot of other minerals and gems, and most every culture and peoples too. It is very safe here. There is really no better place to call home in my humble opinion and yes, our flag is very cool, even my flag crazy teenager loves it best. I’ll stop now, there are a lot of silly facts too, people here are funny as well as apologetic.
July 1, 2015 3:17 pm|
You know I follow your blog and you everywhere. I read your blog in Feedly. Thank you for the lovely giveaway and enjoy your holiday. Happy Canada Day!
July 1, 2015 3:28 pm|
I’ve never visited Canada but my niece and her husband went there on their honeymoon and had a great time
July 1, 2015 3:29 pm|
Email follower
July 1, 2015 3:31 pm|
I follow you on facebook
July 1, 2015 7:46 pm|
I moved to Canada last year from the US. I gotta say, it’s working out well so far!! BC is beautiful!
July 1, 2015 7:46 pm|
I follow you by email
July 1, 2015 7:48 pm|
Oh yeah I forgot! Before I moved from the US, I was born in Blighty! I was just reading last week ( I think it was on one of those cool mental floss links) that Blighty is derived from some kind of Indian word and was used in India in colonial times.
July 1, 2015 7:50 pm|
I’m a Facebook and Twitter follower!
July 1, 2015 7:51 pm|
Shared on Twitter!
July 1, 2015 8:44 pm|
Have never visited Canada and am now unlikely to – I have family in Australia and New Zealand
July 1, 2015 8:44 pm|
I follow you by email
July 1, 2015 8:44 pm|
Shared on Facebook
July 1, 2015 11:33 pm|
Congrats on 1000 posts. Hope you are having fun on your Canada tour. I love that spool in the shop, so cute. I don’t know anything about Canada, LOL other than it is a above the US. We don’t have cable, so we watch Hulu, and we really love Castle and Alias.
July 1, 2015 11:33 pm|
I follow you on email
July 1, 2015 11:34 pm|
I also follow you on FB
July 1, 2015 11:34 pm|
I shared this give a way on FB
July 2, 2015 1:22 am|
My cousins and uncle visited Canada last year, but I’ve never been. Would love to visit some day.
Thanks.
July 2, 2015 1:22 am|
I follow you on Bloglovin.
Thanks.
July 2, 2015 3:26 am|
Mississauga longest running mayor just retired after 36 years
July 2, 2015 3:27 am|
i follow you through email.
July 2, 2015 8:24 am|
I got the wettest I have ever been in Vancouver- drenched. It never stopped raining. My favourite place though is Victoria. Picture perfect harbour with a very grand hotel.
July 2, 2015 8:25 am|
I follow on Bloglovin.
July 2, 2015 8:56 am|
I have been to every province (10),hope to see the three territories.
Originally from Sudbury Ontario, Nickel Capital of the world. Now live in Fort McMurray, Alberta, known for Tarsand oil. Manitoulin Island is the largest fresh water island in the world. All of Canada is amazing not only for its’ beauty, but very multicultural. Hope you enjoyed your visit. Fabulous place to live. Thank for a chance to win. Happy quilting 🙂
July 2, 2015 4:19 pm|
Game of Thrones is definitely the greatest program of all time! Thanks!
July 2, 2015 4:19 pm|
I follow you on Bloglovin. Thanks!
July 3, 2015 4:36 am|
This year is the 50th Anniversary of our Canadian flag. It was officially unveiled on Feb. 15, 1965.
July 3, 2015 4:38 am|
I follow your blog on Bloglovin.
July 3, 2015 4:38 am|
I follow you on Instagram. You lucky duck that you got to go to Mad About Patchwork!
July 3, 2015 1:53 pm|
I’ve been following you via email for ages.
July 3, 2015 1:56 pm|
Fact: Newfoundland is the first place in North America to welcome in the New Year as we are half an hour ahead of everyone else. We have our own time zone because of the island’s location.
July 4, 2015 6:11 am|
I don’t know a lot of “facts” about Canada, even though they are only a couple hundred miles north of me in Washington State. We’ve been to Waterton Glacier Park, Ainsworth Hot Springs, Vancouver and Victoria B.C. We enjoyed all of our Canadian trips. Congrats on 1000 posts!
July 4, 2015 6:12 am|
I follow your blog through email subscription.
July 4, 2015 6:13 am|
I also follow you on Instagram. Love all of the ways you share what you are doing. Also love #Instahank, except when he’s behaving badly.
July 6, 2015 8:30 pm|
i follow your blog via Bloglovin!!
July 6, 2015 8:31 pm|
I follow you via IG @winkowl
July 6, 2015 8:33 pm|
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/mimistarquilter/status/618140288599486464
July 7, 2015 1:13 pm|
My favorite tv program is Twin Peaks!
July 9, 2015 12:14 am|
By chance I wasn’t born in Canada because my parents were going to live there but at the last minute they changed their minds, so I was born in Italy! I would have learnt french… sigh!
July 9, 2015 12:15 am|
I follow via mail.
July 9, 2015 12:15 am|
I follow you on Instagram too!
July 10, 2015 11:46 am|
I have visited Vancouver – loved it it was wonderful. I still vividly remember booking dinner at the top of Grouse Mountain and being lucky enough to get the table in the”point” of the restaurant – the views were stunning. I’m going back one day!
July 10, 2015 11:47 am|
i follow you on Instagram 🙂
July 10, 2015 2:24 pm|
Canada has one of my favorite quilt blocks at the flag — Maple Leaf — in RED! Happy 1000.