Before I get to announcing the winners I want to say that this has been an incredible experience for me.  I have had such an amazing time and have learned so much (which you’ll hear more about at a later date in my interview)…  Without the support of my mother-in-law (the challenge giver), the entrants, the judges, and the community, these challenges would not have been the fun they were – thanks to you all!

Tonight I will announce the third, second and grand prize winners.  I will announce winners of the Random Prizes (shown below) throughout the weekend (I still have to take pictures of my girls drawing the names…) so if you don’t win the Grand Prize don’t loose hope!

Sponsors for the Random Prizes:

Giveaway 1: Karol from FabricCandy is donating a set of Five Fat Quarters of the Ava Rose Collection.

Giveaway 2: RainbowFabrics is Donating $25 to her etsy shop.

And I did a little ‘shopping’ myself to create some more fantastic prizes!

Giveaway 3: The Quilter’s Pocket Reference – An Easy Guide to Yardage and More by Peggy Scholley and a ‘That Purple Thang’

Giveaway 4: Quick & Easy Block Tool (I have this and LOVE it!)

Giveaway 5: An Add A Quarter Ruler, 5” Lightweight Craft Scissors, That Purple Thang and a Spool of YLI Soft Touch Black Thread

Giveaway 6: That Purple Thang and one of my personal favorite quilting books - ‘Nickel Quilts – Great Designs from 5-inch Scraps by Pat Speth and Charlene Thode’

And to help people get excited about the upcoming 2010 Quilts by Barb Quilt Retreat I am adding some fun thangle sets to the giveaway! (What is a thangle you ask? – check out this: http://www.thangles.com/howtheywork.html)

Giveaway 7: Thangles – 2.0” Finished – Makes 450 Half Square Triangles from 2.5” strips

Giveaway 8: THANGLES Orion Star Quilt

Giveaway 9: THANGLES Mini Trio

Giveaway 10: THANGLES Blueberry Stars

Giveway 11:  pretty little mini quilts from PennyFabricArt

Wow…I have a lot of blogging to get done this weekend!