So this is it. The moment you all have been waiting for. I'd like to think that the quilt along and all the giveaways along the way have been fun. And educational. And worthwhile. But let's face it. They don't mean squat in comparison to this.
I know things people. I've been to college. And around the block a time or two.
I've got my finger on the pulse of the human spirit.
You have been waiting for the mac daddy. And today is the day.
Leave a comment to this post for your chance to win the miraculous Janome 6600.
It is fantastically amazing. I love it so much that I missed it while on vacation. For real.
Some of my favorite features are:
-- the independent motor for bobbin winding
-- speed control lever
-- the start/stop button
-- the almighty automatic thread cutter!!! (can't I get a Amen on that one?)
-- extra high pressure foot lift
-- knee lift!!
Oh. I. Could. Go. On. For. Days.
What? You don't want me to go on for days? Hmmm.
Ok. Well, let me just summarize by saying that I love the Janome 6600 because it allows me to make quilts with absolute ease. Like this.
::Deep cleansing breath::
Leave a comment to this post for a chance to win the Janome 6600. Only one comment per person. International entries welcome. Contest will run from now (June 29, 2009) until next Monday, July 6, 2009 at 6:00pm EDST US. A winner will be announced on Tuesday, July 7th.
Good luck!
-dana
1,783 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 1001 – 1200 of 1783 Newer› Newest»This is great! Thank you!! I have always wanted to quilt. And you have made this so (or should I say sew) easy. Thank you!! Thank you!! I can't believe all of these comments.
What a great giveaway! I'm so excited :) Good luck everyone!!!
I would absolutely love to win that machine!
These quilt-along posts have been great. You've done a terrific job. And I'd love to throw my name in the hat to win a sewing machine... how lucky can a girl get?
oh heavens - to win this baby!
great quilt-a-long!
It's freakin awesome!
oh pick me, pick me please!! I have the perfect little home for it! How exciting!!!
I could so badly use a new machine-especially this one. Then maybe I can do my own quilting!
jhajack(at)yahoo(dot)com
What a great machine. Who wouldn't love to win that. Enter me please
Billie
bigmick@austin.rr.com
oohhhh..... I would love to win one!! Thank you so much for the opportunity!! :)
Enter me please! And pick me too :)
Ann Sandler
Wow! I'll take it :)
Please enter me!
Thanks, I would love to win this sewing machine!!!
I wish I'd known about the quilt along when it started. The tutorials look amazing! Thanks for taking the time to be so thorough.
Holy crap. This machine looks awesome. I'll keep my fingers crossed!
Dear Dana:
Thank you for such a great quilt along experience. I am amazed at your generosity! You are definitely going to improve someone's quilting projects. Thanks!
Oh my goodness! I would so love to win! Please enter me!
sweetanlo92292(at)yahoo(dot)com
OOOooo la la! AMAZING giveaway!! Pick me! :D Gonna go don my lucky slippers...and shirt...and socks...
Oh, put my name in! That would be the coolest day of my life if I won!
amazing give away! thanks for the chance!
wow, wouldn't I LOVE to win this!!
maren04@telus.net
I know I have a snowballs chance in Nebraska of winning this, but please add me. This machine looks like a dream! :)
oh wow, i would love to win it
The quilt is on my wall, almost finished.....aren't they all...
yeah for whoever wins!!!
Okay the odds aren't looking so good - but, heck, somebody's gotta win right? I have a Janome 4900 that is pretty darned awesome, but I'd love an upgrade so I could give mine to my cousin who wants to learn to sew. Thanks Dana - it's been fun!
I would love to win this machine! Thanks for the chance! :)
Well I really have loved the quilt along ... even if I'm at a stand still on week 3 :). I will finish it and I've been so creatively inspired by this quilt along!
And the machine, well yeah, that would be pretty sweet too!!
Thanks Janome!
Can it be that the quilt-along is over already? I did the quilt-along AND used flights of fancy (so beautiful). Sewing machine aside, the added knowledge and finished quilt ARE the prize. Thanks for a great experience Dana!
Wow -- what a great give away! My Janome just died on me and needs to go into the shop for repair. Oh, how I miss it already! But...replacing it with this one would be awesome!
~Jill~
Thanks for the chance Dana!
Wow, over 1000 entries already but I guess you never have a chance if you don't enter so I am tossing my name in the hat for this amazing machine. I can't imagine what this would do for my sewing projects!! Thank you
This is so incredibly generous! I did not participate in your Quilt Along but I hope to come back to it when I have a new sewing machine!
In a word, WOW! What a great giveaway!! Please, please, please pick me. shaunsnews@hotmail.com
I love Janome! Please pick me if you would. Such a wonderful give away!
What a giveaway! I new sewing machine is what I am wishing for on my birthday in July, then I can machine quilt all the flimsies I've finished
oh PLEASE!!!PLEASE pick me!!!!
Dana - thank you so much for your time in putting this tutorial together =) This was definately the motivation I needed to finally learn how to put together a true quilt. I was so into it, I ended up with not one, but three quilts. One finished baby quilt, one baby quilt that only needs the binding and one for my Niece's new apartment (hopes she likes it) =)
Now I will sit patiently back, work on finishing my quilts and dream about this awesome Janome machine. Imagining the sewing possibilities. I may never leave my sewing room (ok - not true, don't think my son would like that too much...hehehe).
The quilts made by everyone are beautiful. So many beautiful color combinations and design ideas. I totally enjoyed my time here with all of you at Old Red Barn Co. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW! I'd love to win.
Oh my goodness, it would be a dream to win this!! :)
I've just got to say that you are too cool! It's incredible the number of newbie quilters who joined in to make this quilt. You've started quite a movement..inspiring SOOO many!
The amount of time/energy/effort you put in is also incredible! So a heartfelt T-H-A-N-K-S is definitely in order.
Now, about that machine...how did you pull off a giveaway like that? Are you looking to adopt a sister, by any chance? LOL!
Oh I love these machines!!! I went to another towns quilt shop and saw how these babys run... and WOA!!! I want one so bad I can't stop thinking about it!!!
Hmm...my last entry apparently didn't make it :P. So here's my entry again. In the Flickr pool are the photos of the quilt in progress & completed using flight of fancy fabric as well for the extra entries. I have been eyeing the Janome 6600 for a while now, and would love to win it; I didn't know it had a separate bobbin winding motor!
I would love to have a machine like that in my sewing room! Thank you for the chance to win such a fantastic prize.
I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE a new machine :)
Pick me please!!
Sign me up, I'm feeling lucky!
Thanks for the quilt a long - it was so much fun!
I'd have no excuse to not sew if I had that machine... :)
Oh how I would cherish that beautiful machine. I would give it a very happy home. Mine!
Laurel M
This looks like a great machine to own and how wonderfull it would be to win. I like your quilt on the red chair, looks great.
I would love to win the sewing machine! I own a lower-end Janome (a wonderful machine just the same) that will be given to my daughter if I win this fancy model.
Wow! I so could use a good machine! Thank you so much for sharing your ideas! I love it!
i've so enjoyed following the progress of the quilt-along, thank you, and please count me in on the draw.
Wow - what an opportunity! This sounds like an amazing machine and a dream come true. I would love to be the new, proud owner of this Janome. I've even practiced saying the name out loud, so I don't mispronounce it! It just rolls off the tongue so sweetly. Thanks again! Finishing up the piecing on my top as I got a late start. I'm loving it. Appreciate all your hard work!
Oh enter me please...I would love to win.
Pat
I would write a good and proper thank you note..on real paper with a stamp and everything.
Wow,it seams that i'm not alone wanting this machine ;)!
Oh my...it's beautiful! Oh, the things I could make! Yummy!
Hi!
My wife would love to win this machine and so it doesn't sound sexist (!) she would use it to sew things for me too! Who knows? Maybe I will discover the world of sewing! :-)
What do I need to say??! My chances are slim to none, but here I am. I have a Husqvarna-Viking quilting machine that doesn't even stack up. Just imagine what I could do with this beautiful machine...if it makes a difference my partner is leaving me for 5 months all alone with nothing to do but quilt! lindsey892 .at. aol .dot. com
What do I need to say??! My chances are slim to none, but here I am. I have a Husqvarna-Viking quilting machine that doesn't even stack up. Just imagine what I could do with this beautiful machine...if it makes a difference my partner is leaving me for 5 months all alone with nothing to do but quilt! lindsey892 .at. aol .dot. com
What an awesome prize! I got my top done, but I need to find some good backing and then get it quilted. Can't wait till the next quilt along! Thanks for a fun time! I really enjoyed it!
I need a new sewing machine and this would be the best machine. Hope I win
I would love to win this! Pick me!
As of today, July 1st at 6:29 am Central time, there are 1,061 comments- which makes me 1,062. My chances are slim to none... but I'm trying anyways. Because my chances are slim- that means there's still a chance, and I would be so so so happy to win (and replace) a sewing machine! And not just A sewing machine, the MAC DADDY of sewing machines!!
O Wow !!! I would sooo love to win this giveaway !!! I'm holding all my fingers and my toes too..
What a neat blog! What a great machine!
I have REALLY enjoyed this quilt-along! Thanks for your WONDERFUL directions and help! I love the colors in your quilt, and you have truly inspired me.
What an exciting draw!!
Love your blog.
I finally started this quilt, but not with the fabric I orginally wanted to. I just randomly picked fabrics out that I thought were bright and cheery. I just hope they all work out in the end, I'm not good with picking out fabrics yet. Still a beginner! --Patty almaelou(at)hotmail(dot)com
I've enjoyed reading the quilt along posts and hope to come back to them to make a quilt one of these days... Maybe with a new Janome!
Wonderful experience! Thanks for putting the quilt along together.
Oh, this could be the answer to all my problems for the rest of my life! Hehe.
I am new to your blog. I have been following your quilt along and someday soon will start one of my own. Thank you for taking the time to post step by step!
Tried to leave a comment, but it doesn't seem to be working.... I LOVE this machine, I sure hope I win because I'm never going to be able to afford one.
Cindy
holy cow, 1072 comments? I don't think i have a snowballs chance.
I'd like it if you showed your finished quilt in all its glory. Please oh please.
PICK ME pick meeeeeeee pick pick MEEEEEEEEEEEe pick me *uses telepathy* youuuuu muuuuuuuuuuust pick meeeeeeeeeeee... I'm asking ya wid my braiinnnn....
Thanks for the great quilting lessons. I would love to upgrade from brother to janome.
I have nothing witty to say, but I do enjoy your blog and would be just thrilled to bits if it were my name/number drawn. :)
Sometimes all I want is a fun and easy pattern and this pattern is both. Thanks for doing this.
Crossing my fingers, saying lots of little prayers, & holding my breath for this grand machine. Oh, oh, oh, if only I could win!!! Thanks for the fantastic & generous give-away.
Good luck to everyone entered!!!
pick me pick me
I finished the back yesterday, now i´m ready to quilt now. oh! how i would like the janome for that work.
thanks for the QAL! I will post aditional pictures as I progress with the quilting.
I thank you for a wonderful tutorial, although I have not made the quilt top yet, I have made notes and bookmarked and saved your pages on the tut.
LisaB72
I just have to tell you that I love coming to your site- Love the music and the inspiration I always leave with. So glad I found you.
My fingers will be permanently crossed until Tuesday!!!
Amen! Crossing my fingers...
great tutorials!
i'd love to win (my chances I suppose are getter than winning the record lottery today in australia - 90 million!) particularly because you have talked this machine up so much and there's no chance of me being able to afford one in the foreseeable future (like many I suspect).
anyway, here goes...
janelockrey(at)gmail(dot)com
This would be wonderful....Thanks for the opportunity!
Thanks so much for the opportunity..much appreciated!
joomoolynn@yahoo, com
Oooh, looks like I could have a lot of fun with that...
I can't believe you are giving away a sewing machine! I would love to win! :)
holy cow!
How exciting!
Dana,
I would love to win the Janome as my daughter loves to quilt and sew for my one and only granddaughter! Wouldn't she be surprised!! Thank you for this opportunity.
elmoandsimba@gmail.com
Thank you for the great tutorial!!
I have been waiting for this moment! Would absolutley love to get this baby!!
I'm fascinated by the free quilting. When I try it on my machine, I end up with a tangled mess.
I have been waiting 7 weeks for this moment! Can't wait to win this baby!!
Man that machine would really help me crank out some awesome quilts! Jenn in TX
I am bookmarking your site. love it. Thanks for the tutorial!
I want it, want it, want it, want it, want it.....Please :)
I love it, need it and naturally want it! I'd be thrilled to win the sewing machine. Thanks for the opportunity and all the wonderful tutorials along the way.
This has been so great! I've been behind and thought I was too late. Since it's the summer it's hard to resist being outside. My son, Gavin, loves the zoo. I'm glad I found this site and will continue to follow. I would sooooo love to win the Janome so please pick me.
Already over a thousand comments-oh well, it's better odds than the lottery! I do enjoy your blog and love the quilt just finished in your quilt-along. Thanks again.
sign me up! and if i win the sewing machine i'm gonna need that awesome red chair to come with it. :-)
pick me! pick me! pick me! that is one GORGEOUS machine!
oh how awesome!
I'd love to be so lucky.
This quilt along has been fantastic. I now have a beautiful wedding gift for a very special couple...all because you taught and encouraged. I'm in for the big chance; thanks so much, Dana!
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH it would be an honor to journey with this machine as it does the work it was meant to do. Please, please, please choose moi/
I love to read your blogs. This Janome 6600 machine is just what I have been dreaming for...
I love your blog and loved your quilt along! You are one talented Lady!
Oh my, I would love to win this! Thanks so much for the opportunity!
Thank you for sharing this step by step process! I hope to make a quilt myself very soon and this awesome sewing machine would make it even easier!!!
Thanks for the Quilt Along...would LOVE to win it!
oh for a random generator that likes BIG numbers..
Man oh man - I think I would cry if I won the Janome. My little work horse of a sewing machine is near death. My bobbin winder just bit the dust two days ago and I'm limping to finish my quilt! Thank you for the tutorials, lovely photos and the giveaway!
--andy
andyknowlton@gmail.com
Please, please enter me...I just started this wonderful hobby/obsession and am currently working on my Grandma's old Kenmore. A new machine, especially this machine, would be wonderful! Thank you!
thanks to much for the give away!!! How I would love to win!!!
rmra@hotmail.com
Oh I really want to win! It is such a fancy machine.
thanks to much for the give away!!! How I would love to win!!!
rmra@hotmail.com
This is a long way from my 28 year old Janome. An update would be fantastic.
I would LOVE to win this! I only have Janome machines and think they are the BEST! Thanks for doing this drawing.
Sandy A in St. Louis
Thank you for hosting such a great giveaway!
Wow! What a great prize! Since I am sewing on a Hello Kitty machine, it would be a huge upgrade! lol.
Oh my! I would love to win!
Amy
abf3615@aol.com
wow...quite a lot of entries! Hopefully I'm that lucky ONE! Fingers crossed.
That machine is scary crazy. In a good way.
I'm feeling lucky!
I'm feeling lucky!
Oh Baby, would I love that machine!!!! I had a Janome 6500 but sold it with my Grace quilting frame. I trully miss the automatic thread cutter!! I am obsessed with quilting and reading quilting blog sites. Thanks for the chance to win!
The quilt came out gorgeous. Love your blog, hope I win this great machine!
What an incredible step by step tutorial for quilting. You did such an awesome job to keep us inspired and wanting to do more! Thanks for such an excellent time!! -Andrea
i would love it...if i won...miracles do still happen!
OH my goodness!! This has to be the best giveaway ever!!
Good luck to you all! (But, better luck to me! :) haha!
Pick me! Pick me! lol
I've had an awesome time with this quilt along. I'm not done yet, but it's getting there!
I love your tutorials. Especially the one about binding. It was so easy to follow. That sewing machine looks awesome! I would love to win it.
this sure would be a handy thing to have. With 4 kids and another due in a short time, this would sure help with the price of new clothes in what seems like every 5 minutes. What a great giveaway!
I know it's a longshot, but count me in!
What a great prize!! I am crossing my fingers, this beauty would make it a breeze to finish up my quilt. I have been on vacation for the past two weeks and I am dying to get back to my project. Thanks for the pattern and detailed instructions, its been wonderful!!
I forgot to add my email address. The one with 4 kids and one on the way. Thanks again.
anged02@hotmail.com
Wow, what a giveaway! Who wouldn't want a shiny new sewing machine!
This has been a wonderful series. I have learned so much from you. Thank you for the chance to win this great machine!
I would love to win this machine and have really enjoyed this quilt along. Thanks for your generosity.
1142 comments. Wow. Well, I can only hope and pray that lucky # 1143 gets pulled! Thanks again for hosting this fun event, Dana!
Love your quilts! Would love the sewing machine even more!
Kelly
bkcheek@bellsouth.net
ME ME ME!!!
What a lovely machine :)
I would love the new machine (drool!!)
OMG!!!! I am wishing and praying so hard to win. It would be a GREAT surprise for my upcoming bday. Thanks for sharing the tutorials.
yay! It's time, it's really time!! Oh how I hope the sewing fairies place my number in the magic randomizer!! ;o)
Wow! I'll keep my fingers crossed!
horse_hunt at hotmail dot com
I wonder if 1149 is my lucky number?
Oh yes I think so :0)
Happy Sewing, and thanks Dana
for a really fun site.
Thanks so much for the oppurtunity to win this.
Now this would make the BEST B-Day gift EVER!!! OOOHHhhhh... I hope it's me ;)
Heather
what an AMAZING blog contest.... i would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win!!! :) Susan
Hi Dana! I would love to win this machine!
Thanks so much for the give a way.
Preparing to start the quilt soon! This would be AWESOME to win!
I would love the chance...
myrayeretsky@sbcglobal.net
http://www.adventuresbabysewing.blogspot.com
Thanks for the great giveaway Dana! This would make quilting so much easier!!! Also in case anyone else reads this...Happy Canada Day!
There are no words to describe what my life would be like if I won this machine.
Dana, holy cow! I know my chances of winning this machine are slim to none, but I'll give it a go anyhow. I love that instead of just giving this away you took the time to teach people how to quilt along the way. Here's to hoping!
Not only are you talented you have the best music on the web. Thanx! Always a pleasure to click on YOU!
Megan
What a giving heart you have! This machine would allow me to grow in my sewing skills and accomplish many of my dream projects that are difficult for me to do on my current machine -
I'm so thrilled to have a chance!
Susannah @ Art Nest
My top is done, but I'm going to wait to pin and quilt it until I'm not 8 months pregnant and I can bend over! I may make another one in Christmas or Patriotic Prints meanwhile since those were the ones that I liked the best on the flicker photos.
Thanks for the great quilt-a-long, I hope this isn't the last. Janomes' are quiet little purrers...
Awesome! Thank you for the chance to enter your contest! I simply can't imagine winning such a prize!
wow, i could use this fancy smancny sewing machine. i love you choice of fabrics. so fun.
Oh, I'm very happy to leave a comment in hopes of such a prize! Hope you have a lovely 4th of July!
Wow... this has been such a wonderful quilt along. I've not been able to do it along with you, but I've totally been there with you in spirit! I'd truly love to have a machine like this! Hugs for all of your efforts with this project!
Sue
I love the projects you do! They add such joy to my day.
I know that won't influence my chances to win, but that doesn't make it any less true.
Oh my gosh !!!! Would make the most awsome Bday present !!! My birthday is on the third and I am sooooo in need of a new machine :)))) Thinking good thoughts :)!!!!!!
Terrie
Don't have a google account but my email is terrie7365@msn.com
Hi! I just found your lovely blog and I'm LOVING IT! It helped me a lot, such I'm a begginner in quilting! Win that beautiful quilt won't be that bad....I'm from Brazil and a international quilt in my home would be amazing!
Congratulations for your talent!
Patricia
gegepa3@gmail.com
What a tremendous way to cap off a fantastic quilt a long. You are amazing for putting this all together! I had a ball!
seriously, best giveaway EVER!
Love your tutorials! Thanks for sharing all your goodness with us!
I would LOVE, LOVE to win this!
What are the odds that I might win?
I know, I won't win this, but maybe you think I will
thanks for all this work
I'm in with the other zillion people..Please pick my number..I'll name the machine after you!
Pat
Oh my stars! This is the mac daddy of them all-hope I win!
Minnie
Oh! What I could do with this machine! I'm crossing my fingers!
SWEET DEAL! It's a little overwhelming.. but worth it.
Loved every minute of this quilt along, I'm still a long way behind but I love my quilt so far.
Amazing giveaway, pick me pick me, lol...
Donna x
Oh, I would love it with all my heart and soul! Come to mama, little Janome...
Woohoo! I've never seen a drawing for a sewing machine before! How cool. Thanks for the chance!
I would love to win a new sewing machine!
To be so blessed...:)
Molly Schultz
This has been a wonderful quilt-a-long. I wish it had been around with the first quilt I made, which sat around for a year, because I was so intimidated of sewing on the binding. I would love to think that I would churn out many a quilt if I had that mac daddy sewing machine! Thanks for the great giveaway!
This would be awesome. My mom was just teaching me how to quilt before she passed away. I'm still learning so this woould be wonderful.(punkaliscious@hotmail.com)
It's a long shot, but I have to at least try!!!
I'm an international reader, but I'll be back home in a America in a few weeks and I NEED THIS!!!
Oh my, what a wonderful and beautiful giveaway!
This machine looks spectacular.
Thank you!
Pick Me!
nanders4782@suddenlink.net
oh dear...what a lovely lovely creature...thanks for the chance.
regina
Oh the things I could accomplish with that beautiful sewing machine...dreaming...
Oh! A lovely machine. I'm sure it would love to live with me! LOL
What a wonderful giveaway!
even though there is almost 1200 comments already, i'm still going to cross my fingers since i really, really would LOVE to have such a great machine!! oh, the possibilities!! just makes my heart go pitter patter thinking about it!! :)
I have enjoyed reading your blog and trying to quilt along for years now. And I can't believe that you are now doing a wonderful giveaway! You are too much.
I'll keep my fingers crossed! Thank you!
This has been a fun quilt along to follow... I love the ease of the pattern, and I especially love the graphic impact of the finished quilt.
Keeping my fingers crossed....
it looks fantastic, I would love it, does it have a self-threading needle? ooh-ohh, I'd really get into all kinds of sewing "trouble" with it!
This is such an amazing giveaway!! Wow. I'm so sad I missed out on the quilt along but I do plan on doing it at my own pace in the near future. Thank you so much for this opportunity!
I really need this sewing machine to start your wonderful quilt! Thank you for the great tutorial.
Ramber
Loving this quilt along...thank you SO much for doing this!
Oh My Gosh!!!! I have been lusting over the Janome machines for years! To win one would be the most amazing thing. I have 1-1/2 granddaughters to sew for and this would really make it easy. Hope it's me!!
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