I love Mettler thread. Really, really love it.
And when I was planning the second quilt along with the pinwheels I contacted Mettler and asked if I could give away some of their thread.
And they stuttered and balked and questioned more than once just who the heck I am.
But alas! I am persistent! And Mettler is generous.
For I am giving away TWO Mettler thread collections containing 28 spools of thread each.
Just leave a comment to this post anytime before Friday, April 2, 2010 at 6pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time USA. International entries welcome . . . as always. Two winners will be selected by random draw soon after the deadline. I'll even put together a prize pack for the person leaving the best/funniest/wackiest reason why they should win the thread.
Good luck.
-dana
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 547 Newer› Newest»Wowser Dana! You are amazing! I love Mettler... mind you it's all my LQS sells so it makes me a very easy convert!
Right - not so sure I can come up with a wacky reason for winning but I do have a need... my son keeps stealing my threads from my sewing cabinet and playing with them! And since I am meant to be on a fabric budget (which includes cotton) it'd be oh so lovely to stock up. And I promise to put them up high. Very high. Where little hands can't find them!
LOL - didn't know who you are! Shame on them!
please count me in...I could always use more thread!
Holy cow, one - how could they NOT know who you are, are they living under a rock? two - oh what lovely threads, looking at those makes me all excited, please tell me that's normal?
Oh well, fingers crossed and all that.
What a wonderful prize!! I would love to win those bright colourful threads.
I live in the UK, I hope that is alright.
s.e.clarke@gmail.com
oooooh you can never have too much thread- especially beautiful thread like Mettler. Fab giveaway - yay for your persistence ;o)
Gorgeous thread!
Not feeling creative or funny this morning :(
I have a hard time stepping out of a quilting rut of only using white, so this would definitely open up the possibilities for me!
Oh dash, just spent hours making funny comments, only to have it wiped out (to say it was funny may mean my nose will grow like pinocchio) so now must just beg for the opportunity to win this giveaway. I love Mettler threads, but don't aways find it easy to get hold of, so winning this jolly lot would be stunning. Thanks again for you persistence.
This is the third time of trying to leave a comment, as you can guess my first attempt was witty funny etc etc, now I am down to just begging. Would love to win this, as Mettler is a thread I love, but cannot aways find in the shops nearby. Thanks again for you persisitence with Mettler
As you can see all of my comments were there, just did not know where to look so I must appologise
OMG!! what a great opportunity!!! Thank you!! But did you have to phone a lot to Mettler??
Thread...it is the fabric of my life! Just yummy, I tell you!
Rosemary
oh! yes...come to me thou Mettler threads..yep the 28 spools of you..for I have been using mettler threads since my 1st ever completed quilt...but uurrmm...so far I've only completed 1 quilt of my own ;-)
I am a thread addict...I need more thread...now.
Good for you for persisting!!! I wouldn't have the 'guts' to do that at all.
I have just completed a Machine Quilting Workshop and I need all the thread I can get my busy little hands on, for I will be practicing, practicing and practicing. My stitches look like ants trails made by ants after a sugar hit ~ all jumpy and all over the place!!!
I would love to win this thread. Oh........the things I could quilt!
Jill in PA
What a great giveaway! Thank you!
YAY!!! for Dana!!! Well done getting us such a nice price to win! (Fingers crossed...). Reasons why I need (really need!!) thread? Not funny or wacky I'm afraid.. unless you count 'the dog ate my thread' which he did! he just loves stealing spools and chewing them all up,then pulling at the yarnball that comes off them and destroy-destroy-destroy.... ha ha ha..... (this last one one of those evil cartoon laughs... by the dog of course...). I now have banned him from the sewing room and he has his beady eyes on anything coming down for handsewing in front of the tv...
Main reason is that I was inexperienced and silly... I saw this wonderful offer on ebay.. Umpteen colours and for... SO CHEAP! I was amazed! and as I am a beginner and thread is expensive and I never know which colour I need.. I thought I'd get ALL the colours AND lots of white as you always need white... mmmm.... you guessed... It breaks, it tangles up in the macine, it doesn't 'glide' well etc etc... All the stuff I expect Mettler does well, right? So now I am at the stage that I am using up this thread (as I have got it and even though it was comparatively cheap... I got a lot so still forked out quite a bit!)(you live and learn). Using it up and getting more and more frustrated... So now and then going to the shop and getting one or two spools of the better stuff. Gutermann is the only one they have here, and some very old sulky that was left over from when they changed, but not all colours. And I match and buy per project... I SO would like to ditch the ebay stuff but won't unless I have a new collection of colours as my base for applique etc.. So not funny I know.. but true nevertheless!
It is already funny enough to read the comments. There are some great entries in there!
I really don't have a great reason why I would be the best person to win the thread, I just want it :) (and the sewing with black and white thread gets kind of boring)
You could make a voting poll so we could vote for the best entry :D
I could use this right about now!! I love me some Mettler too. It's just the best when quilting or making my bags or aprons!! Only cotton thread I'll purchase.
with love,
Olivia
ps.. lucky post #219! Yippie.
Hope all is well with you my dear.. haven't read too many adventures of your wee family lately.. but I'm sure you've had many and quilting fun too.
xxoo
Oohh... yes please, I only quilt or sew with Mettler cotton threads on my bags, aprons and quilts. I get the extra large spools to last longer. But funny thing, I always seem to be running out of thread..
Thanks for the drawing!
Miss you lots Dana!!
with love,
Olivia
I think you should pick me because sometimes I am just too cheap to buy the best. However once I have used the best -and loved it- I will quit being so cheap and buy it. Other than that you should pick me because there are 7 days a week and that would lower the number of days I was picking lint out of the bobbin case!
Over the last year, I have been bitten by the quilting bug...and, more specifically, by the free motion quilting bug. These threads would make for incredible quilting!
Powers of persuasion, eh? Worth it, though, that is beautiful thread!!
So generous of you (and Mettler)! I have never sewn with Mettler thread but I've heard of its glory. In fact my brand new babylock machine is asking for it by name! Thanks!
I would love to try that thread. ceciliajon at gmail dot com
I would love to win that thread! I just moved to Italy and am new to the quilting world and that would just be perfect to help me get started! I have no clue where to get decent thread around here yet (or anything else for that matter). Anyway, it would be nice, but if I don't win I can always buy some on Ebay!
Zowie, what gorgeous threads! I should win for two reasons:
1) I recall you saying you want to MARRY Mettler thread! and
2) I have an idea what it took to get Mettler to come through - I'm a long-time customer service professional and "persistence" is a relative term! :)
(I imagine your version is like my sister's - she's funny and sweet and plays dumb and gets away with everything, whereas if I play sweetie I get blown off so I am a fitch-with-a-B, to use the kids' term).
I'm hoping that if I win (hint-hint) I can line those bright colours up on top of my sewing machine and they will act as my lighthouse beacon - I may actually notice there IS a sewing machine in my sewing room somewhere.
It might even light the way to my missing sew-jo ;)
Well, Dana, I comment a lot here. This time there happens to be booty. I would love to win thread because I like winning prizes. (I also like commenting...)
Love their thread as you can always find a color you need!
I'm glad your persistent, good for all of your followers. Thank you too Mettler!
I'm trying to think of a clever answer but it's early and I'm still drinking my coffee and the only thing I can think of is flossing...which is gross...
I promise I won't use it to floss. :)
Colorful spools wait
Inspiring creative play
Quilter's rainbow dream
It would be a dream come true to win this giveaway.
Pickles. Yes...that's what I thought of when I read your story about contacting Mettler. What creative initiative to go after something as wonderful as thread!
Well, I bought a jar of pickles from Mt Olive that was defective...corroded inside. I contacted the company, and the rep was sooo very nice! The next thing I knew UPS had delivered a huge variety gift box of pickles to my door! I will never forget the way I felt about Mt Olive at that very moment. I have pictures of me with the pickles and everything.
So, I'd love to win your giveaway! I think that Mettler thread would remind me yet again that there are people out there in the world willing to do something nice and make things right! Thanks for the giveaway!
Dana thank you for the chance!
Wow! thanks for your persistence to organise this giveaway!
I should definately win because I've only ever quilted with off-white thread and this would force me to branch out and explore the world of colour! Here in Australia we're headed for winter and this colour may just get me through with a smile on my face!
Thanks too for making this open to O/S entrants, it's so lovely to be able to participate!!
Hi Dana,
I'm delurking for those beautiful threads:-)Thank you for the give-away! Why should I win? Because I never ever won anything on the net ;-)
Have a nice day
Daniela
I've heard how nice Mettler thread is but I've never used it. I'd love to win this fine collection!
Beautiful thread. Thanks for giveaway.
I looooove thread! I have been dying to try out thread painting!!! P.s. I'm a soap maker too... How about throwing in a bar or two??? :-) Thanks for the drawing!
How nice of you to beg for me. And you don't even know me! Here is hoping this works and I am one of the lucky winners.
Happy Easter - this thread will be like having an Easter basket of colors I can use.
Jleibfried@aol.com
Ohhh...beautiful! This thread would add a splash of color to my otherwise dreary thread stash.
The thread is beautiful and I agree. They should know who you are :-) Sarah skubinski@mac.com
oh, i NEED this thread. it's like the centerfold of "looking at beautiful crafty things" addiction. with it, i could seam together a bib to mop up the drool that i am forming just looking at all those tight little spools. ( i would LOVE to be able to say i had some tight little spools. )
What beautiful thread! This would certainly brighten up an otherwise sad weekend. My poor dog was hit by a car this weekend, and after an expensive trip to the vet, we believe he'll be ok. It fractured his pelvis and knocked his hip out of joint, but everything's been reset, and he's in a sling (and in the kennel) for two weeks, at least. So, I'm super glad he's going to be ok, but this would surely brighten my day! So, PICK ME!!!! It would make me and my puppy, Tater, very happy!
I just loved reading all the comments. Good for you getting what you wanted and you have collected a fine group of women.
Thanks for the opportunity to win some yummy thread.
How lovely! I love thread of all colours thank you for the chance to win :-)
OH I love Mettler thread too! Then my fabric store stopped carrying it and I have missed it very much.
What a generous prize for you to offer up.
Hope I hear from you.
Brenda
Awesome thread giveaway! I don't have a clever reason, I just WANT MORE THREAD!
Mmmm lovely!
I'd love to have a package of Mettler thread!
ooooo--Thread! What a great giveaway. I could so use it, too. I guess the best reason to give it to me is because I give away about 90% of what I sew so the love would go on. Plus, I just like pretty things and those packs are "sew" pretty. Thanks for the chance.
Hmm, maybe I need to try some of that pestering. I mean, persistency. I've never used Mettler thread, so I'd love to give it a try!
Persistence does pay off! And persistence plus generosity is a great combination. Beautiful threads for beautiful quilts. Enjoy your blog and thanks for the chance at winning. - Leslie
Thread! Oh man, how I love beautiful thread. Would it be awful to win and just stare at it? All the beautiful colors! My heart is beating fast. Love at first sight.
Well who doesn't love new thread. Would you be disgusted, or feel sorry for me, if I shared that I buy mine (Coats & Clark) at Joann's when they have their 50% off sale?
Okay, here's a funny, true story: We had just boarded a plane with our children to go on vacation. My 10 yo daughter was sitting with me so I was busy buckling her/me up and getting outselves situated in our seats, when my daughter noticed televisions above certain rows ahead of us but could not hear what was playing. She asked me where our television was and never having been on a plane such as this, did not know the answer but I saw an unmarked button just above my head, so of course I had to push it to see if that was what released the tv from it's secret location. Well....turns out the button was for the emergency oxygen masks (which immediately dropped down into my lap) The airline stewardess began jumping up and down (and said some things), then to shouted to the pilot that we had a "no go situation" and to shut down the plane which was warming up for takeoff. Then I was removed from my seat, the Captain came on the loudspeaker and announced what I had done (in case they missed the antics of the stewardess embarassing me the first time) and the plane was delayed from takeoff for 25 minutes. Everyone was angry at me because they were afraid they would miss their connections. All the while my daughter was announcing to everyone that it wasn't HER that did it, and my husband (in the row behind me) pretending he had no idea who I was!!
This is a fabulous give away.
I think I should win because I am so thread illiterate. When I first started quilting I made my first 2 quilts with Rayon thread... come to find out after my first quilt coming apart in several places, and my second quilt practically falling apart after it was washed that the thread was my problem.
And since I'm getting close to running out of thread now I'm kind of scared to go shopping for it because of my past failure.
What a great give-a-way! I only use Mettler thread. My machine loves it and the lint is far less than other brands. Oh, what I could do with all those colors.... YUM!
my thread rack is getting empty and and the other spools are crying out for some new friends to play with!
may not be the best/funniest/wackiest reason why i should win this selection of thread but it's the truth! my thread rack is rather sparse at the moment and could stand to be refilled.
so, can you help a girl out!!
What a great give-away! Thanks for doing sticking with it at Mettler!
I love Mettler thread too! I've used it since I started quilting 8 years ago! What an awesome giveaway!
Ohh! I'm ready to tackle my first quilt. I'm sure this thread would help make it beautiful.
A girl can never have enough thread!
never used Mettler thread...so curious. everyone seems to love it.
gah I love mettler, their colors are so rich!
I can't think of a clever reason why I should win. I just know I waaaaaaaaaaant it.
Ooh, pretty.
I would love to win this prize. not sure the thread would play well with my current collection of hand me down, thrifted, garage sale thread that i currently use,but i would love to see what all the hype is about nice thread.
I have this weird fascination (which, with funding could be a full-fledged addiction) to thread. I love it. I hate to waste it. And I never have enough colors.
What a great giveaway and yay for great quality thread!
love you love your quilts love your photography. You have taught me how to quilt. i am forever grateful.
Mettler thread- amazing. no sewing no quilting without it!
Love starting my day with you. You go great with coffee. All of my quilting supplies (including my APQS longarm) are being held hostage by the hubby I am now separated from. I am working with the bare minimum (and an attorney) these days.
you are a blog celebrity! did you tell them that due to your constant love affair with mettler thread that I personally went to my LQS and demanded
(well actually, I did say please) that they begin carrying the line-- and they said "why?"
and my only answer was because Dana says it's the best!
(I may have had to come up with some other reasons as it seems your fame has not reached St. Marys, Ontario(population 2000)
--but trust me, they know who you are now!)
Mettler needs to know you! :)
why should I get the thread?
Well truly, I live vicariously through everyone elses quilty ability to choose thread to match their quilt.
and I mean honestly,
If you're not going to use turquoise thread in your quilt then how am I to know how wrong I was unless I have some on hand to try myself.
Basically, by winning this thread, it would allow me to research my colour advisement instead of just giving random advice and waiting to hear it proclaimed from the "world wide web"tops that I, Kelly O., actually have no clue what colour thread matches and in fact may even be colour blind, my skills are that poor!
Living out in the boonies, I can only get poly thread locally, so I started buying online...one spool at a time! My colors have many gaps in them, but I tend to make do and get by; but I sure would love a rainbow box of color like this to EASILY pick just the right shade that is needed. THanks Mettler for your generousity and thank YOU for always looking to gift your readers with benefits galore in so many ways!
ooo that looks cool
so much so I could drool
please pick me!
I need Mettler thread because I have stacks (literally stacks) of non-conventional material in nonconventional colors and I would never match it with non-conventional (read not black, white, brown or grey) colors because I am too cheap! Help!
I began quilting again after a quilt tutorial you gave a tutorial last spring/summer. Bought myself a new sewing machine recently - a fancy computerized one. Couldn't for the life of me figure out how to make it work without a foot pedal! My 7 yr old daughter sat right down and got to work. Guess that's how it is when your're of a generation where everything is computerized!
Yes, Mettler IS generous and how nice of YOU too! What a great giveaway. Thanks for the opportunity o:)
I should & need to win to use the thread to tie my hubby up...so he want keep me from getting more FABRIC. Thanks for using your time to get us a giveaway.
I've never used Mettler, but would love to try it out... reasons I shoud win...
1) I have made every one of the quilt-a-long quilts... I may have not finished them but I made the tops
2) By getting free thread, I will have more money to buy fabric
3) The nearest place to buy thread for me is an hour away :(
I would love to win all those beautiful spools of thread! Not only would they be great for quilting, but my little, busy body, 1 year old stays somewhat distracted, while I am sewing, stacking them up and knocking them over. Double purpose...you can't beat that!
I love thread...I love how it looks hanging on my wall. I always need more. Hope I win!
I haven't tried Mettler thread before, but after your post I think I'm going to have to try it. Thanks for the give-a-way!
i am drooling!
Is 284 the lucky number?
Where would we be without thread?
None of our beautiful creations could come to fruition! How sad would that be?
I need this thread to finish about a zillion works in progress......or so I can start way too many more :0).
thanks for a chance to win Dana.....
Happy sewing
No thread to be had in this one horse town! I have a small ziplock bag of thread purchased in 1996!!! For real! My hubby bought the sewing machine and thread when he was a Private in the USMC. I recently dusted the thing off and tried to sew. The thread keeps breaking because it is so old. I just keep trying because there isn't any thread in this town on the border, and I am trying to teach myself to sew. Yep, no thread at all!! I will be sitting here looking at the sewing machine until I get some thread. I love your site and would love to try to make a quilt. It is a dream! Threadless in Del Rio, TX!
OOh mettler thread, how fantastic!
I think you should pick me because if there are colors I am not able to use I will use them to devise a way to keep the barn swallows out back and out from underneath the front porch (not sure what yet, but my first three ideas have failed). I am tired of getting dive bombed every time I leave the house!
So many quilts, so little thread! I get in a rut and just sew with various shades of gray and brown. What a treat it would be to actually match my fabric! Fingers crossed.
Nancy
I should win the thread because then I would never ever have to convince myself that its okay to use black thread when piecing light colors because I'm too lazy to go out and buy appropriately colored thread.
Every time I do this I don't realize how bad it looks until my whole quilt top is done. Oy, when will I learn to stock up on thread. The only reason I have so much black thread on hand is it was for my first quilt and I *greatly* overestimated the amount of thread needed.
I dream of quilts (it's true!) Too many ideas running through my head that they come out while I try and sleep. Which also means I need lots of thread to finish those (yet to be made) quilts. And like everyone else, I'd just sit and stare at it's beauty, too.
Awesome giveaway!
Oh man these prizes are amazing and beautiful. I love COLOR! These are so colorful and lovely. I don't have a best/funniest/wackiest reason I should win these--I just should!
What a fabulous giveaway! I think I should win the thread because I am very forgetful and having that much thread to tie around my fingers will surely help me remember whatever it is that I am supposed to remember. (Like where I put the thread.)
I love Mettler thread! What a great give-away. This would be a great birthday present to ease the pain of turning 50 on April 11th.
Ohhhh, great giveaway! I need all that thread because I have three unruly cats that just WON'T stay out of my way when I'm sewing. I figure I can tether them down ;)
Ok, not really, but that's my unique entry! I have lots of quilting to do on various tops, and I'm sure there are more than suitable colors in those packs!
Dana...I'd love to win these babies. I too have never used Mettler before. I'm a Gutermann girl myself but I can be persuaded!! :) Thanks!
JenS.
So... I got one of those for Christmas and, they are all completely, totally gone... ALREADY. That's why you would make a great choice in giving it to me... they will all be gone in approx. 3.8 months. Hee Hee I LOVE YOUR BLOG.
I have no witty, funny reason, I just love that thread, and well, it's expensive.
How dare they pretend not to know who you are! All is forgiven... throw my name in the hat
I've been trying different threads, but haven't used Mettler yet. The colors are beautiful.
Such beautiful thread! I would LOVE to win this prize!
I love that thread too!! I need that thread!!!!
I feel like a little kid right now: Me, me, please pick me! I love Mettler thread, and every time I go to my quilt store to buy it the little checkout lady does a double take, re-checks the quantity and the price, and finally says - wow, thread sure is expensive these days! I guess I need to win to stop giving my little old quilt store lady half a heart attack each time I make a thread purchase. :)
WOW! What a wonderful prize.
I think I should win these threads because:
I once was a quilter with fabic galore,
But it was hidden away, forgotten, ignored,
For I had nothing to put through needle to sew,
Except for the cheap stuff I bought long ago.
I've had dreams of owning such beautiful threads,
But alas it wasn't true when I rose from my bed,
Oh how I would love to own such lovely spools,
For quality threads are the greatest of tools.
So with fingers crossed that my dreams will come true,
I send this note for your review,
I hope you take pity on me and my tale,
For I would love to receive these in the mail!
Thank you.
I have never had Mettler thread, so I am deprived and really need to be inspired and pampered. Don't you feel really, really sorry for me now?
I have loved following the quilt along. I have half my pinwheel quilt top done. I am looking forward to the Hexie quilt. Thnak you for the great give away!
Why should I win this thread?
I have a ginormous stash of fabric which seems to be taking over my bedroom (seriously) But do I have thread colors? No, I have a handful of colors but mostly just cones of white thread, seems a bit silly.
I love Mettler thread!!!!!!!!!!! It is the best to quilt with, it makes my machine happy!!!! It never breaks during quilting and there are so many colors to choose from!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks!
Thanks for a great giveaway. I've never used this brand, but definitely wouldn't turn it down if I won!
I need that thread because I can't go to Jo-ann's anymore because I have four boys who won't behave in a store!
I am just discovering what a difference a good thread makes! I would so love this!
This would be the most amazing prize. Because quilters come with strings attached and I need more strings. People keep pulling the ones I have off of me. :)
My tiny corner of a sewing room would be happy if I won the thread. And I would too.
Thanks for sticking it through for us!
I am so excited you are giving away this thread...I love it too since you guys have gotten me hooked with the first quilt a long....only wacky thing I can think of is...the baby really needs it too! he will be in here in 2 weeks and what is a momma to do without great thread to make things for him and his siblings?
I really love Mettler Thread. And I do have a fun little thread story to share. When my grandmother died, we (my mom) inherited a bunch of her old thread. Mostly the cheap stuff you used to could buy for 10 spools for a dollar. And my mom let me use this thread for my practice sewing. So I had this friend that wanted to come over and we were going to sew her an outfit. Red gingham shorts and a sleeveless top. So we made this outfit and I though we did pretty good for a couple of teenagers without much sewing experience. And we used the inherited thread. Well she went to an amusement park over the weekend in her new outfit with her parents and her boyfriend at the time and rode a water ride. When she got off the ride and sat down, apparently the thread was so rotten that the water was its final straw and her shorts seam split right up the rear. I mean that thread just disentigrated. So she spent the whole day in her cute little outfit with the seat out. So the moral of this story is don't use old cheap thread, even if it has strong sentimental value. And now I really NEED that thread because friends don't let friend sew with old rotten thread. The End.
Amy T.
I just started using Mettler thread, and I really love it! What a generous giveaway, glad you were persistent!
I wish I had a great story on why you should pick me, but I just don't really. I am relatively new to sewing and I haven't used anything but boring Coats & Clark thread. I don't even know what kind of differences there are between different types of thread. I'd just love to have some to play with and find out.
I'd love to win! And I have no wacky reason why I need it other than it would probably take me until I was old and grey to use it all up and then if I was old and grey, I might appreciate a little color in my life. Lame, I know. ;)
Oh! I LOVE Mettler thread! Thanks for the giveaway!
So pretty - and organized unlike the mess I've got in my sewing room! thanks for the chance!
Oh that thread looks awesome! What a great giveaway! Thanks!
In a pinch, could I use this thread to floss my teeth? I would love some designer floss!
In reality, I am a quilter and such lovely colors would certainly enhance anything I do. I am just starting machine quilting and have tried different threads, but there sure is a lot of breakage for thread labeled "Machine Quilting". Well, maybe, it just might be, my 20 year old machine.
Hmm, why should I win this thread? Because it's gorgeous and I want it, that's why! Seriously though, I love Metler thread but can't afford to buy it regularly.
I'm not clever or witty but I sure would like to win the thread! It's the best!
Wow, 325 comments already! I guess there are dozens more who want to win that thread too :) Pick me!
Yeah for thread! I should win that thread because it would last me the longest! I only get to quilt here and there due to being soooo busy with foster kids and nonprofit groups. (thats a good reason, right?) Thanks for working on getting a giveaway!
Woohoo -- THREAD! :) You know what? My mom just recently said that she has to shop for thread again, so this prize would come at the right time.
You want a wacky reason why I should win the thread? Let's see... I live on the second floor. Just imagine a fire breaks out. Wouldn't it be great to have thread nearby which I could use instead of a rope (which I don't have at my place) to escape the flames? See there -- the thread could save my life one day... It's not a luxury -- it's a necessity! And a possible lifesaver... :)
Hugs,
Birgit
Im not a witty or clever person but I know a great giveaway when I see one!! Enter me please, please, please. Does begging win?? Thanks for all your helpful tips and funny blogs. KIM ROSS
You know, I should probably win this thread because it would be a lot more fun pulling GORGEOUS thread out of my dogs poop (he's a trash eater).
Just sayin'...
Hi Dana,
ohhh I love Mettler Thread too.
Why should I win these thread??? Well, easy, I never go out of the house without a little thread hanging somewhere at my clothes.
And at least I had to srcoll down 320 comments!!!!! That's a lot.
Many greetings from Germany
Heike
Wow, I wonder how much all that thread is worth?
I have a serious addiction to thread. I love colour and something about the way it looks on a spool makes me giddy with excitement.
Thanks for allowing international entries. So many giveaways on other blogs do not.
Well, I am an addict of all quilting supplies - in the words of my fiance, a gearhead. In the words of my mother, a hoarder... I'd make really good use of these bad boys!!! I have quilts galore on the go that would benefit from this shiny threads!
conagujadeplata@ymail.com
Wonderful! Thanks. Never tried Mettler, not sure where to get it and just feel pretty clueless about thread.
No funny reason I should get it but more sentimental. I got a new to me 1920s machine last June and really started sewing again. It came with half a dozen bobbins that were full, each with 6 or 8 or more colors of thread. Unwinding a bobbin to use left me with a big pile of thread and made me wonder about all the projects over the last many many years that had been made with care and love on my machine.
I love quilting with bright colors! Great giveaway!
Wow - looking at all those great colors together is like looking into a box of chocolate...so yummy! I would love to win this thread because it looks bright and spring-y and I need some color in my life right now. I am a displaced southerner who just endured the worst mid-west winter in 20 years and now am patiently waiting on spring to arrive. Normally I would have flowers blooming by now, however, I could settle for thread sitting on my sewing table while I wait for blooms here (maybe May?). Thanks for the great giveaway!
I just must win because, could you believe that would actually be the kick in the a... I would need to finally make myself a quilt. I have bought Kaffe Fassett books, Amy Butler's, Jane Brocket's, and following both yours and Posie Gets Cozy's blogs. Maybe that would be the kick !!!
Wow, Mettler thread! And the colors are delicious. I'd love the win.
: )
Oh man, 337 comments. . .I doubt I can be funnier than most of them. But I am in LOVE with this thread. I collect colors. If I see a anything I *love*, and it comes in various colors, then I have to have all the colors they make. That goes for yarn, embroidery floss, fabrics, pens and pencils. heh heh.
I don't have any of this brand of thread, because we live in a tiny town and they just don't handle fancy brands. We are lucky to get all the colors and kinds of threads Coats & Clark puts out.
So now I am drooling and feeling a bit of thready-envy with those tempting boxes of thread. I can't imagine how fun this would be! I just got an embroidery machine, and am experimenting on machine free-motion quilting. How much fun could I have with those threads?
Your blog is so fun, and even though I don't stand much of a chance to win, I still want to say that I love reading your blog.
How could they have never heard of you??? Now ME, I could see that. I have 31 followers. And I love each one. but a thread company might just tell me to jump in a lake. Good for you Dana!:D
thanks for this opportunity to at least put my name on the list.
~a
I've never worked with Mettler thread, I'd posit that as a newby to Mettler, that I should win because I tend to attack good things with vengance. And, well, that would mean Mettler would sell a lot of thread and thus give you more to give away again! :)
I can't tell you just how much I would love to win this thread!!! I am somewhat new to sewing/quilting and I haven't been able to convince my husband to let me spend the extra money on really nice thread. We are grad students and very dollar counts double. LOL So to win this and show my husband first hand the difference good thread makes and it isn't just me wanting to spend more money would be a really great feeling...an I told you so feeling that is long coming to him because this has been a battle for a while and he just won't relent. LOL
What a generous giveaway, Dana. Let's see why should I win this thread, because
Mettler thread is bright and cheery..and I am not. Mettler thread is thin and strong, and I am not. Mettler thread is wonderfully useful...and I am not! So you see I need the Mettler thread to better myself! :)
What a great giveaway! I would love to win this thread as I am severely lacking on Mettler thread in my thread collection. I have used it in the past and both my machine and I love it.
I need that thread so I can stop unraveling my fabric to make my own matching thread! Just kidding. I would probably just stoke it and then go buy fabric to match all the thread.
How funny - to be so excited about thread! Well, I am! What a great giveaway - thanks for the opportunity to win!
Thank you, Thank you. I would love to win such beautiful thread.
Oooh, what a great giveaway and thank your for your persistence! I can't think of anything funny or wacky so I'll have to rely on chance!
Oh! I would love to win!! Since I only have black, white and cream thread for sewing with, I would love to win me some variety!
My you have a lot of very interesting friends with great enthusiasm for their projects. I am one of those who also find it hard to locate quality product. Having become a moderately experienced quilter it is now obvious to me that all of my hard work deserves only the very best materials. Threads from Mettler would be the perfect thing to create that 'Wow' factor we are all striving for in our work.
Here's another Haiku for you;
Blogland giveaway
Mettler threads from Old Red Barn
Beauty for my Quilts
there are already far to many clever comment-ers here...so i could tell you how those look like entirely unattainable treasure boxes full of jewels (but that wouldnt be terribly clever at all)...
i have never tried this thread...it looks delicious...it would be so wonderful since my thread consists of shades of pink and black and white.
thanks for your persistence! and heres to hoping i win
OMGoodness! What a wonderful giveaway! I don't think I'm funny...although my grandchildren do ;-)...and it's those same grandchildren that I love to sew for! Hence, I need lots and lots of thread...in lots of colors. How perfect that would be!
Well, I think I should win because I have never even tried fancy thread! But, just looking at all the beautiful colors and how neatly they all appear in their boxes makes me want them so bad! I currently keep most of my thread in a shoebox because I got a neat little plastic spool holder box thingy and it will not fit normal sized thread! Only the small spools will fit. Very unfortunate because I was really trying to make an effort to be organized. I think winning this thread will reinspire me to be an organized person - just think what a difference that could make for my whole life!! :)
Thanks for the great giveaway and I'm loving making my rainbow pinwheel quilt.
What a great giveaway!! I love thread!! Thank you so much for being persistant!
I have been so busy with contruction on my house that I haven't been on the computer in a while....I didn't know you were doing a new quilt...and just what I was going to do for my kids....I think I will join!!! Thanks!!
I would love to win! To the first commenter, mathematics/probability would say you have just as good a chance as anyone else to win... But we all know the first one never gets picked. ;) :)
katievarela@att.net
I've actually never used it but was just told about it at a MQG meeting. I'm always in need of new thread. My 15 months old recently learned where I keep all of it and decided that his favorite thing to do is suck on ALL of it. Mind you he's teething and has lots of drool. Which equals all my thread is gross and not usable. So, not crazy or waky but it would sure be amazing to win!
When I got my first Bernina I was told to always use Mettler and I did.......then I tried another brand and ended up with tones of fuzz in my machine. I LOVE METTLER!!
Thanks for your generosity and God bless!
I love Mettler Thread, it should would beat the thread I have been using. Lets see my current thread is still on wooden spools with price tags on them that say $.19 and are engraven in the wood Belding Heminway Co., Coats and Clarks and J&C Coats I inhereted them from my Great-granddad who past away a few years ago. Some new thread would be fantabulous! Hoping random number thingy picks me :)
Alas, I have no funny or wacky reason for wanting this, other than I also use Mettler, but I have only used the basic colors. Yes, White, tan and black are the only colors I use, so I need to spice up my life a little bit with these beautiful colors. What better way than to win!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I would love to win this...after all you can never have enough thread!!
Thanks for the awesome giveaway.
Lisa M.
seafern cottage
I should win the thread because I need a sewing notions fix and if I don't have it soon, I just might go crazy...or my husband will because I'm always asking for more sewing stuff. Either way, there is a huge risk that our house will have at least one bonkers person living in it!!
Hope I win! :)
oooh, thread! I love thread. Yay for mettler for coming through.
Those are lovely threads!
Carlierae26@netscape.net
Love Mettler!
Such a SWEET GIVEAWAY!
Thanks Dana!
Love,Linda
jldouglas@wispwest.neet
love the thread. love your blog more!
I would LOVE to win that beautiful thread. I am making quilts for my very first grandchild and could think of no better thread to use. ((Crossing my fingers,))
great giveaway. I'm new to quilting and have pretty much no thread, with the exception of the spool I'm using to make my first quilt. I could really use this!
I love Mettler thread and now Mettler can see how much your readers do too!
I'm a thread collector. I just today spilled of box of thread on the floor, and had to spend time on my hands and knees searching for wayward spools. I love Mettler, so put me in the running.
The reason I should win this is because I have a 20 month old with a fetish. Too young to have a fetish you say? She likes thread. She likes it so much that she unrolls it completely. I've hidden the thread and she finds it. I think her daddy tells her where it is. You cannot believe the amount of knots and tangled thread that a 20 month old can create. She even wrapped it around the dogs tail once. Please pick me. Please. You'll be saving my sanity ;)
I'm always up for a freebie!
Oh please count me in, that is just my very favorite thread ever.
I'm a thread collector. Earlier today I spilled a boxfull of thread, and I had to spend time on my hands and knees searching for errant spools. I love Mettler thread, so please put me in the running.
Hey Dana,
One can never, ever have enough thread. Thank you for being so persuasive, and 'who are you?' as if they had to ask. Thanks a bunch. Susan
Please count me in. What a great giveaway idea! JaneyJoop
Absolutely gorgeous. Would love to win. Fabulous prize!!
Oh wow, Dana, this is amazing!!
I should win the thread because I only own/use one color. Cream. I piece with it. I quilt with it. I raw-edge applique with it. I baste hexagons with it. Help me branch out and add some color to my life!!
(Wacky? Maybe Also, sad, because it's completely true.)
Oh wow, Dana, this is amazing!!
I should win the thread because I only own/use one color. Cream. I piece with it. I quilt with it. I raw-edge applique with it. I baste hexagons with it. Help me branch out and add some color to my life!!
(Wacky? Maybe Also, sad, because it's completely true.)
I would love to win the thread because my dog is named Mrs. Nesbit. I think that is very funny! The name came from the movie Toy Story. Thanks for the chance to win!
Lovely. I might be another one who would just want to sit and admire them (and pet them, and love them, and feed them, and name them, no wait, that's what you do with fabric, right?). Seriously, I have a major chronic thread shortage. And it's been years since I've sewn with anything that was both high-quality and the right color. So I would love to win.
Got no wacky reasons over here! But I love reading your blog, you are so funny and an amazing quilter.
So I'll just say, oh pick me pick me...
Donna x
I neeeeed this thread. I recently took a quilting class where the host of the class noticed my generic spool of thread, stopped me and asked, "What are you using for thread, rope? Are you trying to saw your material in half?" She then insisted I use some of her thread (which was not Mettler, but Prescencia or something like that, which she loves). I couldn't believe what a difference good thread made in how my machine behaved. It was like buttah!
Reading through the comments, I agree with Susan - we should all send an email to Mettler! Then they'll know who you are. Kind of reminds me of Tim Gunn on Project Runway (don't you love that show?)
THANK YOU, METTLER!
Why do I want/need the thread? Have you seen the quilt Welcome to the North Pole by piece of cake? Great quilt. See sample here: http://www.pieceocake.com/Patterns/DinnerAtSanta.html
I'm doing it in bright colours and instead of hand applique, I'm doing satin stitch by machine. Pretty much each of the 14 buildings, gets one or more thread colour for the satin stitch. Then all the greens for the 18 trees. Can you say OMG! While readily available, due to duties, etc., the price of thread is way higher in Canada, so it's turning out to be quite the investment!
Thanks for the opportunity to enter....
Cheers!
I never have the right color thread when I sit down to sew. Seems I always have to run to the store first. What a great little box of color these are.
I'm a newbie quilter and use plain old Coats and Clark. I would like to try some quality thread. But really, it will come in handy when I run out of floss (for teeth that is!). Thank you.
Tina from California
Count me in! Look at all that beautiful thread!
I'd love to win. I've a new machine and would love to try a new brand of thread.
I'd love to be able to match up every lost button, rip, and undone seam in our wardrobes with those lovely colors. Oh, and sew too of course!
How very cool!! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
What a great giveaway - and congratulations (and thanks) on your tenacity with mettler. Why would I love to have a pack of these? To save my mother's threads - yes, even as a grown adult I am perpetually raiding my mother's thread stash because I don't seem to have the right color on hand - this may have something to do with the fact that using her sewing room is more fun (and better equipped) than mine so I tend to be closer to her thread stash than my stash - but this is secondary. How would having a tasty packet of wonderful threads help me/her, then, if I am constantly closer to her stash? I have found that like a pack mule I am perpetually toting my favorite fabrics, tools, etc with me when visiting on the off-chance that inspiration and the sewing need may strike. Clearly this pack of Mettler would be IN that ever growing bag of needs and inspiration that makes the near daily trek to and from her sewing mecca, thereby sparing HER thread stash :)
I love Mettler thread, too! It was the first I ever used on my Bernina machine, and I am partial to it. I would love to win this thread because of the box it comes in....great way to organize the spools I always have rolling around in misc places!
Oh, pick me, pick me! I haven't had a chance to use these threads. I'd love the chance to get my hands on some. Thanks for the great giveaway.
Because I deserve a wonderful birthday present!? After all aren't I the most wonderful , about to be 65 on Sunday,comment-er of all!
Seriously I'd love to win and get to try this thread!
very cool give away...
Great thread! I'd like to win so I could say I won something on one of these give-aways! It would be awesome. :!)
dana-
great giveaway!
I think I would use the thread to finish teaching my youngest child his colors!
he loves to sit on my lap at the sewing machine and constantly ask, over and over and over again: mom, what color is this?
however, he does have down two colors most important: Black and Gold!
What an amazing collection of thread. Thanks for the chance to win!
398 comments?????
wow!!!!
only with a give-away?? sad!!
anyway....
as always.....love your blog!!
xo
eva
What a lovely giveaway Dana!!! Boy do you ever have a lot of readers too!.
I would love to win the thread because:
all my thread (six spools - black white cream, grey, tan and invisible is packed up ready for our move) and I am afraid I will never find them again in the mountain of stuff we are moving and if I did find them they are just so boring compared to the lovely colours that you are offering. Please save me from boring and send a little colour into my life. Gotta go i minute and my computer power is kaput and I dont know where the cord is
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