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:
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Oh WOW!! Really?? I would die if I won this. I currently have a lil' funky brother that's about a million years old and doesn't have ANY lil' gadgets. I've been wanting a new machine, but times are rough and it's not a necessity....or so he says. I'll just keep all my fingers and toes crossed that I win this.
Thanks for the chance!! :)
please, o' please, o' please, random number thing, please pick me.
I'm still finishing my quilt with my granddaughter. We had a couple of weekends away so we got behind. Thanks for the quilt along it was a lot of fun.
I JUST HAD TO LET GO OF MY SEWING MACHINE TO PAY BILLS AND SO SADLY ID LIKE VERY MUCH TO WIN THIS ONE!!!AS I NO LONGER ONE .....izzyr2009@comcast.net
Izzy R.
love your blog -thanks for sharing all your great info. please enter me for the Janome.
Thanks for the opportunity. I would love to have a playdate with that lovely friend.
I still can't believe you are doing this. How are the puppies?
I love it! Hopefully....
Could sure use a treat like this, would love to start making quilts and other fun things :)! Thanks for this chance :)!
Hugs,
catherine
catlevy@eastlink.ca
oh.my.gosh. i would kill to win this!! my sewing machine is the most basic on the block. this would definitely take my skills to the next level!! please, please pick me!!
sarahannseitz@gmail.com
www.comeandseetheseitz.com
oh drool. yummy yummy machine.
Oh if only...am I allowed to enter even though I helped with the give away designs? I hope so...I would very much love a chance to win it! :)
I have never won a giveaway but keep on entering any way! I sure would LOVE to win this one!
Jessica
info@aroostudio.com
Oh, my. I could sure use an upgrade. Thanks for the chance.
What an awesome giveaway! I'd love to win.
e_ashes@yahoo.com
Its beautiful.... wow im excited to see who wins.
I think that I'm trying to figure out what my odds are in 1200 people? But I can't win if I don't comment right?
Oh my, that machine would be a piece of heaven to win!!! Crossing my fingers. :)
Love your blog!
Love your blog and all the fun projects. Love your fabric!!
I would love to be the proud owner of this Janome sewing machine! I love the 9x5 sewing area. Perfect to machine quilt some of my quilt tops.
Wow! Great Giveaway!!! Some one is going to be soooo lucky!!!
I would love this new sewing machine, mine is almost 30 years old. Love your quilt and all the tips for a novice quilter. Thanks!
I just gave birth to my second baby 5 hours ago, and I was sitting here in the hospital and I remembered this giveaway and I knew I'd forget if I didn't enter right away!! (Thank goodness for wireless internet in the hospital!!) Thanks for the chance at this awesome giveaway... I dream about this machine.
Thank you! What a wonderful opportunity!
Please pick me!!! I love that machine and want one so bad!! You are a fabulous quilter and writer by the way. Love the blog and the quilt a long.
This has to be the most awesome giveaway EVER.
:)
This has to be my lucky entry...sure hope I win!!! Thanks so much for the wonderful directions each week for the quilt!
Mary Jo
Oh.. I would so love to win this beautiful machine. This sort of machine has been in my dreams for so long. Imagine what one could accomplish on this masterpiece. Thank you so much for the opportunity,
I can't believe I stumbled upon your blog at the right time! :)
Gorgeous quilt! And a fabulous giveaway. I have a super simple Janome and absolutely love it, so I can only imagine what that machine could do!
Gorgeous quilt! And a fabulous giveaway. I have a super simple Janome and absolutely love it, so I can only imagine what that machine could do!
I haven't done the quilt along, but I plan to in the future. I loved your quilt! And I hope I win the machine!
I haven't done the quilt along, but I plan to in the future. I loved your quilt! And I hope I win the machine!
I do all my sewing on a Janome Jem, so a machine this size would be this quilter's dream! Thanks for the chance to win!
I want to win the Janome 6600, but if I don't I have enjoyed the quilt along and hope there will be more quilt alongs. I sent my quilt top to The Backporch Quilters and am waiting for its return so I can do the binding.
If only I could be the lucky one!
This has been an amazing journey!
oh wow, I am so impressed. I didn't win the lotto here in australia so this is my last hope.....:-)
you can't win if you don't play. so here I go, make a little old lady in tennis shoes happy, I need a new sewing machine
I have really enjoyed being a part of this quilt along and while somewhere along the lines I got a little behind:) I hope to get it finished up in the next week or two. It was a lot of fun and hope to par take in another one in the future.
I would also love to win this machine and put it to the test then again who wouldn't love winning such a great prize.
Thanks so much for putting this all together and being so generous of your time and give aways.
Thank you so much for all your work, this has been an amazing experience and I have 3 great quilt tops from it. My Paula Prass one has been claimed by my mother already!
I am so excited! Cant wait for the results!
Oh. Man. This would be EPIC. Still chugging along with my quilt - and loving it! Thanks for everything.
katie.mills@hotmail.com
Wow - I'd be tickled pink to win! Thanks!!
Thanks for the chance to win the prize.
I hope to win as well...maybe luck will be on my side.
Oh my gosh - I hope I win! I would love to see what I could do with this baby!
let's see, a standard kenmore or this amazing machine? hmmm...
This is the "mac daddy" please count me in!!
take care Kim
I would love this, I am never that luck by getting picked, hopefully this is my day.
Yowza! That's one dreamy machine!
I have a Janome and love it so much, but if I won I might be willing to pass it on to my little sister who wants to learn how to sew.
I would love to get a big girl sewing machine... my fingers are crossed.
Ho. ly. cow. What an AWESOME machine! Would I be able to even run the thing? I'd love to find out!! Pick me! :-)
Thank you for the chance to win! Your quilts are beautiful. Love the quilt-a-long!
Jamie
maricopafabrics at cox dot net
OH.
MY.
HEAVENS!!!!!
what an awesome machine- it's like the Rolls Royce of sewing machines!
I would just love to drive it around town :) :)
Well that is just about the swankiest sewing machine ever. Fingers crossed ...
I love your web site it is very inspiring
I love your work...
Wish I may, wish I might...
I've never,ever won a contest before, but I just had to try because this machine looks amazing! My mom is a big time quilter and I'd love to follow in her footsteps.
That machine looks amazing! I have really enjoyed working on a quilt with you. Thanks for this great opportunity!
Angela D from Washington
I have a wonderful Bernina, so this machine would go to my mother-in-law. She just started quilting about 2 years ago, and already has made a quilt for every grandchild and great grandchild in their favorite colors. She has done this on her 1973 straight and zigzag stitch only machine. She would have fun with decorative stitches. Thanks!
I just found your blog from another one I read... I love the quilt along - I'm going to follow along and use your wonderful instructions/suggestions. Thanks for the opportunity to win that wonderful Janome!
many thanks for the nice 6 weeks. It made so much fun work together from week to week.
Perhaps I win this sewing machine. It would be wonderful :-) Have a nice day.
Veronika
What a turn-out, you must be very pleased. And think of all the beautiful quilts out there!
Thanks for having the quiltalong.
I will have my fingers AND toes crossed! Thank you so much for this generous giveaway!
What an extraordinary thing you have done to take the time to do this. Hope I win
This machine is the bomb! Oh how my life would be complete, if I were to win this...
Oh wow!!! Can't believe your giving away a sewing machine!!! What I wouldn't give to win that!! Thanks for the love!!!
Hugs,
Gina
I promise to learn to machine quilt if I wil this machine! Have a great day
What an awesome opportunity! I hope you pick me....if I am so lucky it would totally make my day! Thanks for the heads up on all the features too.
What an awesome offer! Would absolutely LOVE to win...fingers are crossed...hope you pick me... thanks for the opportunity! Am almost done my first quilt and have so thoroughly enjoyed making it and have so many more ideas for anything to sew. my email address is sueaikema@hotmail.com
Oooo here's hoping you draw my number. I would love a sewing machine that could quilt so easily! :)
Still don't have my blocks finished yet but I am getting closer.
Sure would be nice to win the machine and be able to quilt the finished top.
Wow - how different life would be with a machine like this. A very generous give away. To the person who wins it, I really hope you enjoy it immensely. (of course I would love it to be me)
I thank you for a chance to win this wonderful sewing machine.
Your quilt turned out to be beautiful.
Be still my beating heart. I would so love to have that sweetie in my sewing room.
Followed your link from another blog while looking for fun quilt a longs. I think I have found it!
Oh could life get any better? A new sewing maching...wow...that would be the day of absolute happiness! Thanks for the chance! :)
Lucky lucky me? Oh I hope so...chris
What a generous prize! I hope I win.
Who wouldn't want to win?!
Please throw my name in the hat..I'd love it :)
melissa
I could soooo use a new machine! Mine is a hand-me-down and has seen alot in her life. She has been kind of lonely without a friend to talk to..... I guess that she dislikes our conversations, we really don't have alot in common, her being a machine and all! Thanks for the contest.
Thanks Dana, I really enjoyed this quilt along and can't wait for the next one. Please pick me, for the Janome, mine is worn out.
Dana,
Wow, 1290 posts so far and the week-end has not started, yet. What a giveaway, how did you ever manage it? Oh, yeah, that's right, you went to college, now I remember. Thanks for being such a great person. I hope I win, my 1949 Singer just isn't cutting it anymore.
Hugs from Georgia
Yvonne
Ooooh! I LOOOVVVVE Janomes! What an awesome prize! If I won this, I would feel like the luckiest girl in Australia! You would never hear the end of it! Please random number generator thing-a-ma-bob - pick meeeeeeeeee!!!
This quilt along has been so much fun! My daughter and I are both doing it. I really need to win this one, so I don't have to share my sewing machine any more. :-)
Thanks so much for organizing this quilt along. It's been fun and your instructions have been great. Thanks.
I fell off my chair when I saw "International entries welcome". I am writing this from Hamburg, Germany where we are visiting at the moment.
We live in Tokyo, Japan, land of beautiful Japanese fabrics. Sadly, I cannot buy sewing machines from here as the printing on any machine, the sewing manuals, any instructional DVDs plus aftercare service will be in Japanese...& I can't speak Japanese.
I "visit" Sears online often to gaze & dream of language-friendly sewing machines. And now, I will cross my fingers & toes & Hope that I win this!!! Have a good day!
While I would love to own that sweet machine, I just want you to know that your quilt is amazing. I've never quilted before, but seeing the colors you used makes me want to jump in with one of my own.
I love this sewing machine! Great giveaway and I hope I win!
This would be wonderful!!! I can't wait to see who wins!
Um, so I am in love with this machine with the little I know about it! Would love to win such an amazing machine. Thanks for hosting this great giveaway! -Elyse
please dear lord let her pick me... oh the things I could make!!!!
Oh I would so love to have a machine I can quilt with, I am only beginning to, now and my machine doesn't do the trick...
I would love this beautiful machine! Love the quilt-a-long!
JW
Oh, I love my machine but I'm sure that she'd enjoy a rest and being moved to a supporting actress role.... I know she'd love for me to move up to something racier, which would allow my skills to improve as I sew for our home and our two little girls.....
Whoa! I'd so love to win this. Definitely can't afford one on my own!
This machine looks amazing...wow, I would love a chance to get to play with this!!
When I first started blogging, I won some little things. I haven't won anything in a long long time.
My zune tag is "toohappygirl" if I win this bad-boy I will have to change it to "tooluckygirl". You are going to make someone very happy. How fun. Thanks.
I think I have a better chance of winning the Lottery, but thought I'd enter anyhow :-) Who COULDN'T use a new Janome!
Pick me, pick me!!!! LOL!
Oh, Yes!!! I could use this!!! If 'brown-nosing' will help, I really LOVE your blog!!
Wow! what an amazing giveaway!!! This would be an amazing machine to win! Im casting my ballot :)
Hopefully with good luck!!
Oh! What FUN!! Thank you for the chance to win this beauty!
It would be so wonderful to work on this machine! Giveaways are so fun!
Oh how I could use one of those. I have some major quilt-making (though no where near 20!) coming up in the next year and having one of those would REALLY help.
I love this blog, lots of inspiration, great music, and i would LOVE to win this machine
If it's in His plan, I will have this wonderful machine soon! Awesome giveaway. How truly exciting!!!!
Un-believable! That is my dream machine!
So many comments-wow. Maybe I'll be lucky....
I'm on vacation and was so afraid that I missed this post! I will catch up when we return but wanted to say thank you for having the quilt along, it's been lots of fun. And I hope you will do it again. Take care.
I'm having a bit of a bad summer....this would totally make up for it!!!
AAAAK!!! i WANNA WIN!! WHAT A GREAT BLOG AND GREAT GIVEAWAY!!!
AAAAK!!! i WANNA WIN!! WHAT A GREAT BLOG AND GREAT GIVEAWAY!!!
my machine just decided not to stop when I say stop, so I sure could use a new machine, and one like this... is worth dreaming about winning...
hi! thanks for this to great of a giveaway!!!!
ihope to win! i would love a good sewing machine!! what a dream!!!!
Oh my gosh! Winning this machine would be a dream come true. I sure hope my number comes up.
Thank you for the opportunity!
I have so enjoyed the quilt-a-long. My quilt didn't turn out exactly as I wanted, but maybe next time if I'm lucky enough to use the Janome, it will. :o)
I would love to have a new machine to learn how to quilt on. I've done raq quilts for years now it's time to learn how to make traditional quilts.
Reading blogs are new to me, I've found them very helpful.
Good Luck to everyone!
A new sewing machine would be a GOD SEND! My sounds like a train coming through the wall after years of use/abuse!
Janome! The one and ONLY I think the tune goes! LOL
Oh Oh Oh!! I need a another machine for two of my grown daughters. They are squabbling over, oops I meant sharing, my mother's old machine. It is great that they both want to sew, but I can't referee from 800 miles away. So please please let it be me.
Wow, this is amazing. Thanks for the opportunity!
What a beautiful quilt and an enjoyable quilt along!
Dana
You're the best!!! :-) Hope lady luck is with me on this one!
oh my goodness, what an amazing prize!
how i would love this! especially since my other machine is dead
I have my fingers crossed!
Ohhhhhh what a marvelous sewing machine - if I could be so blessed
What an amazing machine. With five girls we would so it all sorts of sewing love. I also heart your quilt!
i don't even know if my comment can count since i couldn't do the quilt-a-long with y'all. but...since it might, i'm throwing my name in the hat too!
it's been fun watching the quilts grow in everyone's flickr photos. such beautiful quilts!! thanks!
Wow! this could make quilting easier
thank you so much for walking us through this quilt along. A quilt is something I never thought in a million years I could do, but Im tackling it... which is amazing. Im a few weeks behind... but still so in love with those little squares, this could be addicting.
ohhh and a Janome would make the whole thing "funner" I do believe!
a girl can dream.
Thanks for your blog and this giveaway!
A sewing machine...I would love to win! Love your site.
Ali Cook
auntalis@juno.com
Woo hoo! This is so exciting. I can hardly wait until Tuesday. thanks for a great quilt a long!
Loving this whole thing....still need to quilt my top. Trying to build up the cofidence to free motion it my self .... :-)
Dana-
Thanks so much for doing this quilt along. I have really enjoyed making my first quilt (though I am behind). I hope to get the top together this weekend.
My daughter is getting married in October and wants me to make her a quilt, so I guess that is next on the agenda.
Thanks again!
Good luck to all!
Thank for letting me enter and I just love all these beautiful quilts and great advice. Thank you!
Angie
Get out of town! Oh, the things me and that beautiful machine would sew!
This contest is AMAZING. I have been considering a new sewing machine, and this is at the top of my list! It's gorgeous, and from what I have read, it sews like a dream.
Wow, this is an amazing number of comments. This is awesome. I would love to win the Janome. Thank you for having such an awesome give-away. Take care and God bless, Cory
Oh my someone is going to be very happppppy...i hope it is me!
Thanks for the quilt-along! I'm so happy with my little quilts. Here's hoping I win that fancy machine....
Oh, Wow!! Compared to my (loved but limited) little pod cruiser at home, this would be the mother ship!! Then I could turn my UFO quilt tops into real quilts!! This such an awesome blog; I hope you do other quilt-a-longs in the future so I can join! Looks fun!
I want to win! AWESOME giveaway!
For some reason I had it in my head that you had to finish the quilt to even get an entry. I was so sad when I had surgery and knew I wouldn't get it finished. But HOORAY! Now I still get a chance! Thanks so much!
I just found your sight and am going back to read the quilt along from the beginning after I post this. Great site!
Thanks,
Marie
sagers at comcast dot net
My daughter has a Janome and has been trying to talk me into purchasing one! Maybe I could win one! : ) I love your blog!
I have had a great time doing the quilt along! I was reading a blog the other day about sewing machines and she had a picture of my machine that I still use everyday that is now considered an antique! I think I could really use an updated machine! I hope I win!!!!!
I have had a great time doing the quilt along! I was reading a blog the other day about sewing machines and she had a picture of my machine that I still use everyday that is now considered an antique! I think I could really use an updated machine! I hope I win!!!!!
Oh goodness....come on random number generator, pick me!!
I have enjoyed your blog - found it from Julie at Joy's Hope. The quilt she made was beautiful and I think I will have to do a quilt along by myself, since I missed this one. I think the Janome would feel at home on my dinning room table :) Glad to have blogs like yours to refer too.
That is an incredible giveaway! Please bless I am the lucky girl. Thank You!
Wowwy, This has been an exciting blog to follow. Thank you for doing this. It has been inspirational and soo so generous of you. I am making my first ever quilt now.
ctrsprite59@hotmail.com
I hope I win.
Crystal
I would love to win this machine. I love Janome sewing machines!! Thanks for such a great site!
Thanks for the time to host this Quilt Along. It was definitely a great experience for me and I have completed my first large quilt all by machine and have gained the confidence through your tutorials to complete many more throughout the years to come. Thank you, Dana!
Susan
I can't believe this give away?!! Is it for REAL???? I never really know, I never win anything!! Here's hoping my luck changes!!!
(khardy@shaw.ca)
Oh wow! This would be awesome :).
Brenda
sdalef AT iwon.com
please, prety please, pick me!
Would really love this - my machine is on it's last legs. Thanks for a lovely blog!
Carmen
laidley@onlink.net
definitely a dream machine! fingers crossed!!
1372 comments before me. I hope you pick number 1373! I'm still in the middle of sewing the strips and cutting them into squares, but one day I'll get my quilt finished.
I love your quilt. The colors are beautiful. Paula designs such incredible fabrics.
Thanks.
It would be awesome to win this beauty!
-Jennifer-
What a gorgeous quilt! I would love to be entered for the sewing machine.
I want it! I want it! I want it! Oh, how I wish I would win it!
what a great giveaway - Janome is the best!!
Yes please- that's amazing
woooooooooo, so excited about this. just thinking about it makes me giddy.
Wowza. What a great prize!
oh the joy that i could create with THAT machine! oh random picker pick me!
I love your site. I also LOVE your playlist! Sometimes I come here just to hear it :)
Wow is this for real... Beautiful machine. :)
megsinhi@aol.com
I would just die of excitement, if I were to win! Well, not really die, but I think my heart would flutter. I have been working up the courage to ask for a new machine. Mine bit the dust after 20 years. So, for the past year or so, I have just run up the street to use my mom's. I haven't done much sewing lately, but now that youngest has graduated from High School. I want to get more involved in sewing!
What an amazing machine!
Love the quilts sure hope i win! Thanks for the contest!
Ransom- Barziboo275 at aol dot com
The quilt along has been great fun! Thank you for organizing it and for all of the wonderful giveaways!
I've had so much fun following your quilt along. I've been gathering up fabrics and still plan to make one...I love all the pics! Thanks for the great giveaway chance...
Lisa in GA
Wow, that looks like the Mac Daddy of all sewing machines!!!! Thank you for the chance to win!
Please pick me. I would love to have it. But who wouldn't? Thanks.
Dana,
I am a long time quilter and quilt teacher, but have loved the journey with you. Fantastic Fun! Never a boring moment and I appreciate the offer to possibly win a Janome!!! I need one desparately so maybe this will be my lucky day!
I solemnly swear to provide the best home on the planet for that beauty!! : ) You are amazing for doing this.
Oh how I love thee, let me count the ways!!!! That is fabulous!!! PICK ME PICK ME! ;)
Oh how I love thee, let me count the ways!!!! That is fabulous!!! PICK ME PICK ME! ;)
Oh, you don't know what it would mean to win this machine!! I am using a JC Penny basic machine that I got when I graduated from high school 20+ years ago. Every time I go to buy a new machine I just can't pull the trigger. Four kids, all their expenses, a supportive husband who works oh so hard to provide for us all, and at the end of the day my passion for sewing beautiful creations for my friends and family gets put on hold once more, knowing the money that I would spend on the machine of my dreams, should really go toward the education and needs of my family. So each week when I head to the fabric store I always stop to look at the amazing machines always dreaming of having one of my own. Once a month or so I try to convince myself how I need to put my needs or shall I say wants ahead of my sweet family, yet I always walk away, knowing my wants and hobbies must wait another day. So I would LOVE this wonderful fantastic machine!!!
Please enter me to win the Janome 6600! Thank you! *Love your blog :) Brittany
Thanks so much for your wonderful giveaway!
The quiltalong has been so much fun.
Good luck to everyone, but most of all to ME ME ME!!!
Oh my gosh while I was off finishing my quilt I almost missed the final comment for the giveaway! 1398 already, oh my gosh so many people want this wonderful machine, I have a 4900 and I can only dream of a 6600. Good luck to everyone!
oh this is a fabulous give away! i have adored following your blog and tagging along with the quilt along process! i would love that machine to quilt on! sweet!
I've had a great time doing this quilt and all the giveaways you have been doing. Wish me luck along with everyone else........
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