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 1401 – 1600 of 1783 Newer› Newest»What a wonderful giveaway. I'm throwing my hat in the ring with the other 1400+ people who are hoping to win too.
It might just be my lucky day!
~~~fingers crossed~~~
This is so exciting - not only because of the chance to win but because this has been my attempt at a quilt. It is still binding-less but still has gotten rave reviews. Thanks so much!
What a dream machine I got my first Janome30years ago and it still goes would love to update >
Wow, Dana! Thanks for helping SO many people get going on making a quilt...you made something that looks intimidating accessible to a lot of people who wouldn't otherwise have dared try it! I made mine with my Mom. We had a blast picking out the fabric together.
Pam
What a beauty of a machine! What a joy, I'm sure, it would be to own!!!
Lori French
loritfrench@comcast.net
Would love to have a Janome 6600 to quilt with!!! Please choose me!
libertythreads@charter.net
Fingers crossed here.
If I am lucky enough to win this great machine I would give it to my youngest daughter who is doing textiles at school. Happy days and thanks for a great prize. Good luck everyone.
What a fabulous prize. Thank you for the chance.
jenni
onething (at) beautifulheritage (dot) com
I recently went from a police detective to a SAHM and I am having a blast! However, my craft endeavors have been almost non-existent due to a difficult to use machine. I would love this machine to help this cop become a crafter!
Wow! And I'm just starting a new quilt now.
have to throw my name in the hat...
Oh, I need a sewing machine of my own---I'd love to win.---Elizabeth
I would love to win this sewing machine. Thank you for your generosity! It's amazing!
Oh, my goodness, what I could create with this! Thanks for the chance!
Dana, Your generosity is overwhelming! I'd have purchased that machine a year ago if I'd had funds available. Good luck to everyone. Whoever wins that Janome is one lucky person.
Ann ( aekesko26@yahoo.com )
Bravo for such an exciting project and thank you for the great instructions and generous giveaways! I'm using Wonderland by Momo and it's the first quilt I've made that my daughter really likes...yippee! Hopefully I'll get some pictures posted soon. Thank you Dana!
Despite the fact I'd need immediate medical attention after having a heart attack should I win, please count me in!
This looks like such an awesome machine! Thanks for putting on such a cool giveaway.
Thanks for the giveaway! I would love to win this!
Wow, I'll take that beautiful sewing machine. Thanks for the great tutorial and the giveaway.
thanks for the chance
I killed my machine in October and have been sewing with my mother's 25 year old machine since. I would LOVE to win this machine!
Linda
I love reading your blog!
This would be a great present for my wife.
Brien
wow! So many entries! I just want to say that I am so happy to be a part of this quilt a long- it has been fun and so much easier than I feared! I used the Paula Prass fabrics and love them! I will get pictures to Flickr Group once I am finished- I plan to work on this all week! Yippee! Thank you Dana- you rock!
i would absolutely love that machine!
What an amazing machine....I'm drooling!
wow this is really neat. ive had lots of fun, smiles, etc. thank you thank you
i was having trouble getting this comment posted. hope this one works.
this has been fun, fun, fun.
thanks for all you do.
My goodness. What a giveaway! *crossing my fingers*
this has been fun. thank you very much.
I was in the sewing machine shop just the other day drooling over that model, it would be a dream to sew on.
WOW!! This would be amazing - a fab new machine is on the list of purchases I'd make if I hit the lottery - in the meantime I just stitch along with my old *sigh* kenmore workhorse... Thanks for the chance!
Holy Moly! I would love to win this sewing machine - I've been begging for a sewing machine for years to no avail!! Thanks so much for hosting this awesome contest!!!
Wow, already 1400 comments. I hope it bodes me well to enter so late.
The machine sounds wonderful.
It's so beautiful.....Janome makes a good machine -- for me, hopefully?
Amazing. This quilt along has been inspirational and informative. Thanks!!
please,please, let it be me.
nichole@shinners.org
Would looove to bring this machine home!!! I'm dreaming about the threas cutter! Thanks for this quilt along! :-)
My quilt is finished because my back problems only got worse but finally today, I feel I am improving. It took serious meds and now looks like I might have to have surgery so this was not a fun time. I'm hoping in a day or two, I can get back on track with the quilt. It would be fun to win that machine. Somebody is going to scream really loudly when they get the e-mail from you saying they have won! LOL!
Oh, brother, I can't type......That should have been "My quilt ISN'T finished"....I'll blame it on the pain meds. :-)
Just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed the quilt-a-long. This is my first quilting experience and the simple instructions and clear photos have made the whole thing so much easier. Thanks!
thank you soo much for this quilt along Dana it has been a great adventure...and I have been a slack posterer of my participation..anyways what awesome giveaways you have had during this , and spectacular finale you are giving away..gotta be in it for a chance, thank again Cheers Vickie
I can't even imagine owning such an awesome machine! Thank you for the chance. I've had so much fun reading along with your quiltiing!
Lisa L.
What an awesome give-away! So, I'll toss my hat in the ring and cross my fingers and toes :)
Even though my quilt isn't done - and I've only posted two pics in the flikr group, I'm so thankful you did this! It's been a lot of fun and I know I WILL finish the quilt (just after I'm finished with school 7/31!!!).
I drool even thinking about winning that machine!
Hello Dana, thankyou very much for a chance to win this great sewing machine.A friend of mine has this and it is a beauty !! I love reading your blog spot and all the creating you do.
Best wishes...Heather Miller
[ daleandheather@three.com.au ]
I would love love love to win this! Sitting here with my fingers crossed....and toes too! :)
Thanks for doing this! What an amazing give away!!!
Shann
Crossing my fingers and toes and well just hoping I win :)
That is a gorgeous quilt...you definitely did a great job on it...as usual.
Thanks for the quilt along. I hope to do it one day.
WOW...I would LOVE to win this. SO much!
My odds of winning aren't good....but I am going to give it a try....because I would really be blessed to win this great sewing machine...which I can not afford.
Wow! There are a bazillion comments to this post! (okay, not a bazillion, but approaching 1500) I guess that's not surprising with such an awesome giveaway. Good luck to all. Can't wait for a full report from the winner.
My mom and sisters all love to sew. I would love to make them jealous with this baby. Pick me! Pick me!
What a fancy machine (-:
I hope to win and will be anxiously watching!
Tanya
Wow, this has been fun. Winning would just blow me away, I'm sure whoever wins the sewing machine is going to be blown away. Good luck to everyone. This experience has been fun.
I would love to win this amazing machine! *crossing fingers, legs, eyes, and toes*
I feel like one in... thousands of others... who enjoy your blog. If I don't win, it's just a good chance to say, thanks!
shakingsugar at gmail dot com
I'm quite the newbie when it comes to quilting. Your tutorial has been so wonderfully informational, I have alot more confidence now. Thank-you. I'll be having a heart attack if I win this amazing giveaway.
Oh WOW!! I'm crossing my fingers, toes, eyes, legs, etc. :) I just don't know what I'd do with a machine that wasn't over 15yrs old!! I hope this one wants to come to MY house!
What an amazing giveaway. I have been wishing for a new machine as my newest was a gift from my grandma in 1984.
What a great give away and I've loved your quilt along.
So enjoyed the quilt-a-long! The machine is to die for!! Thanks for the chance:).
It is my lucky day! I just know it...my hubby took my 5 kids to the zoo and aquarium...now this:)
WOW! What a fabulous giveaway...oh to win....the quilts I would make, the cloths, the delightful treasures.....here's hoping...
Wow. This is the most amazing giveaway. Hoping hoping hoping I am so lucky!!!
I have absolutely LOVED the quilt along and, although my quilt isn't done due to my 3 week vacation in the middle, I love the tutorials and will be using them for a loooong time! Thank you thank you!
Nicole
Yow! What an amazing giveaway! I'd love to win, my poor little cheapo Singer can barely get through two layers of cotton. :)
me, me, me!
Wow! I can almost smell that new machine smell.
Love your blog!!
I'd love to win ( but don't tell my friend who is my machine quilter!) so that I could do it myself... and I know my daughter would borrow it too for her quilts! So PLEASE pick me (us)!
PS...I learned so much doing this!
I'm just beginning to learn quilting. I've got a very basic machine that works okay, but not great. It would really be exciting to win something like this machine and motivate me to keep challenging myself.
Thanks for your blog. I really enjoy following your activities, lessons, and projects. Your work is really lovely. Keep it up!
~Colleen in Moline, IL
Wow, amazing machine! I think my old Viking would be jealous, but I could handle the pressure of making them get along.
Such a wonderful giveaway...count me in.
Thank you so much for the fabulous tutorial. I have been collecting fabric for years and reading quilting books but never knew where to start.... that is until I found your blog! Now I am halfway to my first quilt! Thanks.
I have a 25 year old Bernina. I would love a new Janome 6600P. I am retiring soon, and I would love to have a new machine to quilt to my heart's content.
I've got my fingers and toes crossed and my eyes shut hard. If I actually won, the world would hear my screams of joy. :)
just saw the quilts on flickr, i'm going to make one for my pregnant friend. hope i didn't already leave a comment because i'm spacey that way!
I keep my fingers crossed....
OMG this would be the greatest thing ever!!! Thanks!
OO OO Pick Me! Pick Me! This looks like a dream machine. :-)
I love the Janome machines and would absolutely love to win this one!
Thank you, Dana!
Wow! What an incredible giveaway! If I could be so lucky...
clearly, with 1487 comments and entries, the chances of my winning are slim. but hey, they'll be even slimmer unless i enter! :) good luck to everyone!
A machine of my dreams! Thanks for the chance
I love reading your blog. Didn't have time to enter the quilt along, but enjoyed it nevertheless. And winning a machine that makes quilting easy, who wouldn't wnat to give it a try? I do!
What an awesome machine. Love all the fun features it has. Thanks for a chance to win. Stacy
srhodes2350@yahoo.com
Wow- The chances of me winning this are slim-to-none, but I'd LOVE if I did, and I'm sure that whoever does win it will be singing your praises for YEARS to come!
(Gorgeous quilts, by the way!)
I would LOVE this machine. Please let me have the lucky number!
All I can say Dana is thank you so much for starting this quilt-along! It has been the best few weeks in a really long time. To be able to follow a passion of mine with other fellow quilters has been such a great experience. Obviously I would love to win that AMAZINGLY gorgeous sewing machine - but if I don't I have still won.
Thank you again and please do this again! :)
What a beauty, she makes me dream! Thank you for the quilt along too!
wow, what a fantastic prize - I'd love to win this!
please please pick me!
Anna
I`ll keep my fingers crossed because I`d love to win this one. Thanks for doing this generous giveaway, Dana.
Oh, boy i hope i win. I could use a new machine. Pick me.. Angie
arcarlough@msn.com
me me me me me me
what a great blog and a fun thing you are doing...hope you a very deserving person who will use it to its fullest potential and theirs!( i know i would if i got it)
awesome!
My goodness!! My mom and I could totally use this!! *crosses fingers*
I wanted to put in my comment for a chance to win this machine. It would not be for me, but for my mom. Her name is Stephanie. Her most favorite hobby is sewing and she is really talented at it. She has been wanting this machine for probably about three years, but can never afford it. She is an angel in her everyday life as she takes care of my little sister, Maddie, who has Down's syndrome. All her extra time goes to Maddie. I wish that she could have this machine to be able to relax and enjoy herself...she really deserves it.
Thanks for your time!
Can't even believe this giveaway is possible - you rock!
OH! This is just what I need to create the beautiful quilt for my new daughter. I just got the pieces in the mail last week!!
Thanks for the chance!!
This is just lovely. My husband just said I needed to get a new machine.
Wow what an amazing give away. This would definately make quilting a lot easier. I have four children and every school year I make each of their teachers a quilt with the class children handsprint on it. I've been doing this for the last six years. My machine is about worn out. I got in on the quilt along a little late, but am finishing it up. Thanks for the fun.
I would love to try out that machine. It has so many fun little things that I'd love to use.
Dana - I would be so blessed to win this machine - I bought my first Janome when I was 17 years old and I still love it. My 11 year old daughter is using it to sew p.j. bottoms and fun little pillows for her doll. Reverse doesn't work any more, but this machine is a workhorse! I have a Janome serger too - second hand to me, but I love it.
Thanks you for making quilting less of a mystery!
awesome! Right now I have a 1 in 1510 chance to win - doesn't look too promising for me, huh?
Such a great blog! Thanks for all the fun stuff! Not to mention, the best giveaway EVER!!!!!!!!!!
Great!
Are you kidding me? What are the chances??? I mean ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND 12 people here. Anyhow... If you saw the things the I tried to create on my grr**Kenmore*** you might just shed a tear of sympathy.
Please, oh please, oh please pick me!!
Please, oh please, oh please pick me!!
I fear that leaving a comment may cause my machine to revolt, but I'm willing to risk it!
Come to mama! Oh the places we'll go Janome 6600... But we'll need a nickname for ya before we get started. I'm open to suggestions...
I just recently found your website and now I am addicted! It would be great to win this!
pbirch2008@hotmail.com
Great website! Keep up the great work.
Wow, just... WOW... I'm tossing in my comment and crossing my fingers too, ha!
PS - your blog is so pretty - total eye candy! :)
I would love to win! Choose me! Pick me! :0)
jakh_irwin@juno.com
how exciting!! i would love to win this amazing sewing machine. hope to win.
thank u'
shimrit
sgazit@gmail.com
I would love to own this Janome, it would be a dream come true. My current sewing machine is about ready to give up. When it does quit I'm not sure how I'll replace it.
Good luck everyone!
Jeanie
jeanie62@maine.rr.com
Add me to the list of hopefuls
evsoledad at hotmail.
Wow, count me in. I would love to start quilting. What a prize!!
Oooh...pick me! I just started quilting and would have so much fun with this!
Oooh...pick me! I just started quilting and would have so much fun with this!
So awesome. Pick me!
Oh my goodness--the things I could do with this! What an amazing giveaway!
Amy D.
i have been looking at janome for a little while. it would just be awesome to win it. thanks for doing this quilt along. i may be behind,but i am still enjoying it.
waving hand wildly pick me pick me!
Great giveaway and quilt along! Thanks! :)
quite the list of comments! Looking forward to seeing who is the lucky winner. Thanks so much!
My poor old Husqvarna wouldn't know what to do if I had a new machine. :) Didn't have the time to participate in this quilt along. Maybe next time. If was a fun thing to read along though.
I don't have a walking foot so I hand quilt everything, which means that everything takes forever. Two of my friends are getting married in the next year and a half and I'd love to make them quilts! Winning this would make a lot of people very happy! I love your blog :D
Oh my!! what a beautiful sewing machine----my mom has just started quilting--and if I am lucky enough to win---I am going to give it to her!!! Maybe it can take a few vacations to my house every now and then!!!Happy 4th of uly everyone!!!!
Ooops! I just left the following comment, but I didn't include any kind of ID. Sorry!
I don't have a walking foot so I hand quilt everything, which means that everything takes forever. Two of my friends are getting married in the next year and a half and I'd love to make them quilts! Winning this would make a lot of people very happy! I love your blog :D
katethedragon@hotmail.com
Thank You soooo much for this wonderful chance!
I just saw your site, while looking at Blackberry Rambles blog site.
What a wonderful thing. I loved the idea of your quilt-a-long. I live in Tennessee, but could be right there learning with you!
I did not have the opportunity to learn from my Grandma, but do remember a big quilting frame in the living room, and the neighbor ladies coming in for the afternoon.
I love your fabrics. Thank you for considering me!
Thanks for your quilt along!!! I would love a new sewing machine, and this one looks fab, with all the bells and whistles!! countrycuttins@yahoo.com
I wish, I wish , I wish...
squee! i would love to win!
What an amazing giveaway!!!!
Please count me in. I will love to have this beauty at home.
Thanks for a great giveaway!
What a heart attack I'd have if I won...not that I'm holding my breath, but stranger things have happened!!!
Oh please pick me! I would think of you daily as I sewed which such an amazing machine. pretty please!!!
Beautiful Blog, Beautiful Quilt, Beautiful Machine! And all of this from a Beautiful Person! Thank you so much for sharing your love of life with all of us!! Sharon
What an amazing giveaway! I would love to try out this machine!
It would be great to have such a fantastic machine. Thanks for a great quilt-a-long.
WOW - at this point today 1547 people had left greetings - is that not amazing - thankyou for the opportunity to for a minute believe that I might win - it would be so wonderful - happy 4th of July from Guelph ON Canada
would love, love, love this machine!
oh wow. i really want this. i am crossing my fingers...
I would so love to win this machine! Your quilt a long project has been fun! Glad you've had such a great response in the comments section... just hoping I'm the one you pick!!!! I went to look at some Janome machines yesterday but the 6600 wasn't available for me to check out. Perhaps I can check it out in person!!!
Happy 4th of July to you!
I would love to win the sewing machine. Maybe I'll get lucky!!!
Wow! This is an amazing contest!
I'm going to leave a comment, because you just never know, right? ;) Thank you for such a generous giveaway and for being so generous with your time and talents. I love your blog.
Melanie
I want to win win win! Check out my blog. You inspired me to get started on a quilt made from my late grandma's clothes!
jenquilts.blogspot.com
Okay...here's my shot (I never win anything). I'll be keeping my fingers crossed till the winner is named...oh, this is going to hurt!
Heaven!! I would be in heaven!!
I have always wanted to learn to quilt and a nice sewing machine would make it so much more fun!!!
Enter me please to win that wonderful sewing machine...thanks ever so much...love your blog!
Wow - what a great give away
I would love to win this for my mom! Thanks for such a great giveaway!!!
I would love to get a chance at winning this lovely machine. Please and thank you now for the wonderful opportunity
Wow! I'd love to win! Thanks so much !
I have so enjoyed following and participating in this quilt along. I would love to win beautiful machine. It would absolutly make my day. I have loved seeing all differnet colors people choose and it has truly made me think outside the box. May God bless all of us for being so creative.
Hi,
I just found your blog through Jodi@This, That and the Other. She had a picture of a quilt that she had made with the quilt along, so I had to stop by your blog to see what it is all about. I did enjoy your tutorial on binding the quilt (that is all I have read so far.) Would love a chance at the machine. Happy 4th of July!!!
My goodness, almost missed the mac-daddy of giveaways because of vacation and lack of computer availability!
Like the other 1500+, hoping for a new sewing machine!
It's been a great quilt along!
I would love to be able to quilt my own quilts. Send that new Janome 6600 my way. I loved doing this quilt since I got to use my black, white and red stash.
Please add my name to the Janome 6600 wanna be owner list. Everyone I know that has one loves it!
Beautiful work as always. Thanks for the step by step tutorials.
mesabutterfly@yahoo.com
Oh what I would give to win this little baby!
AmyFitzy
Wow, so many comments !!! Winner or not, it was nice to learn something about another brand of sewing machine. Whoever wins it will be overjoyed !!
Oh My... Such A Thing... 6600...
My Mo Mo Wonderland just arrived so off to begin your awesome Quilt A Long now... Better late than never... Hey?
Thank You Dana !!!
Please. Please. Pick. Me. I'll pay it forward (in tiny impoverished, but grateful increments). I'll make baby clothes and never leave another project unfinished (for more than a year), and I'll use up all my stash, and generally do everything right.
Pretty. Please. With batting on top. I mean, in the middle.
(All of that aside, yours is an amazing blog, and I sure I am glad the giveaway made me find it. Thanks so much.)
I jumped right in on week 4...and have been LOVING this process so much!!! Ofcourse, my sweet SINGER..is huffing and puffing..she has been working so hard!!!
Thankyou for such a great Toot!!!
You are an artist...an amazing crafter and superb at giving directions!!
Thank you for igniting my new love!!
If ever the random generator number is going to pick my number...please let it be this time. So many people have benefited from this quilt along, we should all be giving you something. Thanks Dana, and I hope many blessings come your way!
To have a chance to win is amazing. I have been a Janome fan forever and always wonder what the facination is over Bernina! What a perfectly generous giveaway.
thanks so much,
sue in wisconsin
OH MY!!!!! This HAS to be THE GIVEAWAY of giveaways!!!!! SO many entries,it took me forever to scroll down to get to my turn,but I perservered and here I am!!!!!
I've also been around the block!!!
SEVERAL TIMES LOL!!!!!!
So how about makin' an old lady REALLY REALLY HAPPY and pick ME!!!
PLEASE??????
Sherry
wow, that would be great to have to sew with.
caitlin_keely@sbcglobal.net
What an amazing machine can do so much, Keeping my fingers crossed, Lots of luck to us all! Robin H.
Although I never win anything of significance, I never stop trying! I sure wish I could win this sewing machine!
I love this website, everything on it is eye-catching :)
OH How I would like to have another machine!!! Please pick me!
Shine on me! :)
I would be ever so grateful if it was me!!!
That would blow my old Singer out of the water! Thanks for the awesome contest!
My experience with a Janome sewing machine has been so positive!! These are great machines and I would so love to win this Janome 6600. Thanks for this opportunity!
Oh, what a wonderful machine this would be! Just started quilting and it would be lovely to have a machine like this.
How fun!! I just found this on Janome's Facebook link. If the 6600 was mine, it would be so fine. Thread cutter and knee lift, beats the old POS I deal with. Help me whisk out the old and bring in the new, I'd be forever grateful and no longer blue! ~*.*~
I've been quilting a couple of years. Still learning. But I would love to have quilting as a source of income for our family. My husband, a teacher, is looking for a job. We and our daughters (2.5 & 9) will probably end up in my in-law's basement apartment. Nice to offer such a machine for free!
I can't even imagine what it would be like to own and use a machine like this! I've only had basic ones for the last 20 years because that's all I can afford. I would love to win this :)
Along with everyone else, I would love to win this! Great machine!
It would be so lovely to win! :)
I would love to win this machine! I have had a Janome 6500 for about 5 years and would LOVE LOVE LOVE to upgrade!
Beautiful machine. Quilting is a lost art in some areas. Would love to see it make a big comback.
I love the photos on that red chair. Oh my goodness, those are awesome. What a great chair, too, to highlight your work! I got to use the automatic thread cutter once... oh oh oh. I so loved that. I've been in machine envy ever since. (I have to jiggle my cord to keep my trusty old machine going these days. Lol.)
My machine is old and tired. I would love to give this 6600 a new and wonderful home. I promise to love and cherish her as we make beautiful quilts together.
maggie
I just wrestled with a quilt using my Janome Gold. Nice little machine, but quilting with this would be like HEAVEN!!
Wow! I just happened to find this site by chance this morning and I am so glad I did. Winning the Janome 6600 would be so amazing! Best of luck to everyone who enters. I know I am already dreaming of all those quilts yet to be sewn! Thank you for such a wonderful opportunity!
This Janome would be a reason to set aside my 24 yr. old Kenmore. Really, I'm still using my old Kenmore.
Debra
lighthousevabeach@yahoo.com
This would be absolutely wonderful!!!
tmbj_64@hotmail.com
I've only just started quilting because I can't stand to throw away the leftover bits from my sewing! Thank you!
Wow! What a number of comments, add me to the list. Pick me! Pick me! PLEASE!!!
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