Update: This Giveaway is now closed. Congratulations Lauren!
Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day rolls around twice a year and today I am thrilled to offer free edge to edge quilting for a lap or twin sized quilt. It is such an honor to be involved in your creative endeavors, and I love to help you bring your quilt tops one step closer to being used and cherished by your loved ones.
I quilt on a computerized A-1 Elite machine, guaranteeing beautiful, accurate stitches. The edge to edge designs I am currently offering are all quilting patterns that I have created myself using AutoCad.
Interlocking is my most popular design, and it looks great with a variety of contemporary quilt styles. Graphic block based quilts, improvisationally pieced designs, whole cloth quilts, and T-shirt quilts all look great with this quilting design.
Interlocking Edge to Edge Quilting Design
Floral Spirals has a whimsical feel and is a lovely way to soften a graphic pieced design or add interest to a simply pieced or whole cloth/panel quilt.
Floral Spiral Edge to Edge Quilting Design (finished quilt has been washed to soften and enhance crinkle effect)
I am adding new designs all the time, and I can also work with you to create a customized edge to edge pattern to coordinate with your fabrics or quilt top.
This giveaway will be for quilting services for one quilt that is up to 6,000 square inches, but I still have plenty of openings available if you would like to have your quilts done for Christmas! My edge to edge quilting rates are 2 cents per square inch. (To calculate the square inches, multiply the quilt top length by the quilt top width. For example a quilt measuring 50″ x 70″ would be 3,500 square inches. Multiply that by .02 to determine the quilting cost. 3,500 x .02 = $70.00 ) Please email me at cassandra(at)thenotsodramaticlife(d0t)com if you would like more information about the quilting services I currently offer.
How to Enter
- This giveaway is open from Wednesday, December 9 to 11:59pm Eastern on Sunday, December 13th. I will notify the winner both by email and on the blog by Wednesday, December 16th.
- Due to Shipping costs, this giveaway is only open to United States shipping addresses (I do have another giveaway of a PDF pattern that is open internationally, so I hope all of my readers will check it out!)
- If you are selected, I will send you a form to fill out and enclose with your quilt top, quilt backing (which should measure at lease 8″ larger than the top in both width and length), and batting of your choice. You are responsible for shipping these items to me.* I do ask that your quilt top arrive between the the winner announcement of this giveaway and March 31, 2016.
- Turnover is usually 7-10 days from the time the quilt top is received, although it is sometimes sooner. I will provide a single, solid color, high quality quilting thread for your quilt. Aurifil is my most common thread, but I will occasionally use King Tut or WonderFil. Once the quilting is complete, it will be shipped to you via the USPS in a priority flat rate box at no charge to you.*
- In the coming year, I am hoping to include several tutorials of quilting/textile techniques on the blog. You may enter this giveaway by leaving any comment, but I would really love to hear about what kinds of tutorials you would be interested in seeing!
- The winner will be determined by a random drawing.
* In the event that the selected person is located in the Central or West Central part of Ohio, an in person pick-up/drop-off may be arranged.
Good Luck! Please be sure to check out all of the other fantastic giveaways going on this week on Sew Mama Sew!
108 Comments
anna brown
December 9, 2015 at 6:53 amNice giveaway i have never had a quilt professionally quilted would be a cool win….happyness04431@yahoo.com
Cheryl
December 9, 2015 at 7:51 amWhat a wonderful prize! I love your quilting and hope I win. I would love to see some tutorials on different FMQ designs you have developed.
Erika
December 9, 2015 at 9:48 amWhat a great giveaway! Thank you!
Diana Collins
December 9, 2015 at 9:48 amI love your interlocking design. Thanks for your giveaway.
Tammy
December 9, 2015 at 9:52 amThose are lovely quilting designs!
Alida
December 9, 2015 at 9:56 amWhat a wonderful giveaway! I think that tutorials about how to come up with simple design that are easy to quilt on a domestic machine would be very interesting!
Joyatee
December 9, 2015 at 10:09 amThank you so much for such a generous giveaway! I have never gotten a quilt professionally quilted, so I would love the opportunity. I have quite a pile of quilt tops adding up that I need to get around to quilting, so this would be great for helping me with that.
I would love to see tutorials/techniques on how best to manage large quilts on my home sewing machine.
Thanks again for the giveaway!
Jayne
December 9, 2015 at 10:12 amOMG! This is the best giveaway! I would love to make a quilt and send it off. I rarely ever get to do that! Thank you so much!
Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty
December 9, 2015 at 10:26 amWow, this is a fabulous giveaway! I’d love for you to give a quilt top of mine some quilting love. : )
Joanna Malachowsky
December 9, 2015 at 10:35 amThis is so exciting! I would love to have your beautiful quilting on one of my projects! Generous giveaway 😊
Jill
December 9, 2015 at 10:38 amThat is such a generous giveaway. You do beautiful quilting.
Meghan eschbaugh
December 9, 2015 at 10:58 amWhat a great prize! Fingers crossed! I love free motion quilting tutorials.
Janequiltsslowly
December 9, 2015 at 11:06 amWow! Fabulous prize. Please pick me, I have so many finished tops in the cue.
Jen V
December 9, 2015 at 11:06 amThis is so generous of you. I love your two patterns you showed! 😍
Jessie Hansen
December 9, 2015 at 11:07 amI have quite a few finished tops that need some quilting. I like to do it all by hand but your rates are really not bad. I would love to win this, and may bookmark your site for future reference!
Elizabeth
December 9, 2015 at 11:15 amYour work is always gorgeous to admire – I would love to win the chance to bring some home with me!!
Audrey
December 9, 2015 at 11:28 amOoh, this is fun! I seriously admire longarm quilters! 🙂
Tish
December 9, 2015 at 11:34 amThis is an amazing give away, and I’m not sure that I have ever read of someone giving away their services before. I love that idea. I always love new free motion quilting tutorials.
Amy
December 9, 2015 at 11:43 amWhat a wonderful prize! I have a quilt here that need’s finishing and your style of quilting is lovely! Would be
so happy to win!
Allison
December 9, 2015 at 11:54 amOh, what lovely quilting this is!
Linda Rupe
December 9, 2015 at 11:57 amI love your Interlocking pattern and would adore that on solids just as pictured, rather than a pieced quilt. For tutorial interest, I think tips on what a longarm quilter needs from the quilt top piecer/creator would be good because many don’t understand that some of the things done in piecing make a project difficult to quilt.
Amy Gossman
December 9, 2015 at 12:00 pmI have just the quilts for your giveaway! Thanks for doing this. LOve the flowery designs.
JessZ
December 9, 2015 at 12:27 pmWow! Thank you for such a generous giveaway! I’d love any tips on quilting! Every one has their own method and there’s always something new to learn! Maybe tips for machine binding? 🙂
Ella
December 9, 2015 at 1:30 pmWow! what an incredibly generous giveway! Thanks for a chance to win. Your quilting is beautiful.
sharon
December 9, 2015 at 2:04 pmwow amazing giveaway
Robyn
December 9, 2015 at 2:21 pmHave a quilt quilted for you is always a wonderful weight lifted! That is the part that makes me so nervous, because I have visions of ruining the top I have so painstakingly pieced.
Lesley Griffel
December 9, 2015 at 3:33 pmLovely prize!!
June
December 9, 2015 at 3:36 pmWow! what a great give away. I really like the Interlocking Edge to Edge Quilting Design and I have several quilt tops I could send off very soon! Thank you for putting my name in the hat.
Erin D.
December 9, 2015 at 4:17 pmOh my goodness, what a wonderful prize! Eep! I’d be so thrilled to win 🙂 and your tips would be greatly appreciated!
Megan
December 9, 2015 at 4:39 pmWow! What an amazing giveaway! Both those patterns look so cool. This would be a perfect kick in the pants to get a queen sized quilt top done that I’ve been working on for YEARS! 🙂 Ok, not actively working on it for years but I did start it a long, long time ago.
Claudia TN
December 9, 2015 at 4:45 pmThank you for the giveaway! So generous. (claudiapate at live dot com)
annabelle
December 9, 2015 at 5:13 pmI would love tips on picking the best home machine for quilting.
Thank you for sharing your skills and time!
Jess Lobbe
December 9, 2015 at 5:52 pmI am new to sewing, just started this year. I never learned how to sew as a child, besides hand stitching buttons and sewing patches. No one in my family every owned a sewing machine. My mother-in-law made me a quilt and I was just amazed on how detailed a quilt can be. There is so many things out there that I would love to create, hopefully with the continued help of Sew Mama Sew, I will be moving from a “beginner” to a “intermediate” sewist in no time. I would love to be able to finish my own quilt tops, but for now, I need help with this.
Ariel Huffman
December 9, 2015 at 6:46 pmWow! What a generous giveaway! When it comes to the quilting portion of making a quilt complete, I’m always so intimidated by basting and making sure everything lays flat. I would love a tutorial on how best to baste if you don’t have a longarm or any other fancy tools.
Libby
December 9, 2015 at 8:07 pmOh, I so hope I win ! I may just have to buy this if I don’t – I’ve had a finished quilt top waiting for me to have time to quilt for… 5 years ? Come on Christmas !
Judy @ Sew Some Sunshine
December 9, 2015 at 8:21 pmI love your interlocking quilting, great giveaway!
Karen Caves
December 9, 2015 at 8:53 pmHow exciting…..I’ve never had a quilt professionally quilted.
Faith J
December 9, 2015 at 9:19 pmI’ve been quilting my own quilts on a home machine, but with plans for a quilt a month for my new grandson’s first year, this would be wonderful to win!
Darci Matheny
December 9, 2015 at 9:43 pmI love your work! Thanks for the chance to win!!!
Charlotte in GA
December 9, 2015 at 9:45 pmI would love to win this. ive got a few tops im about done with and Ive never had one professionally quilted! Thanks for the chance.
Jess Kennedy
December 9, 2015 at 10:19 pmWow! What an awesome giveaway – I love that you love to create your own designs!
Sarah
December 9, 2015 at 10:29 pmYour work is beautiful!
Connie Cain
December 9, 2015 at 10:39 pmWhat a wonderful giveaway!! I have some tops that need quilting. I have only finished one quilt so far, but have half a dozen tops to finish. 🙂
craftyccain@gmail.com
Beth @ Cooking Up Quilts
December 9, 2015 at 10:50 pmThis is such an awesome giveaway! I love seeing tutorials on FMQ designs and seeing the process from start to finish is so helpful. Thanks for the chance to win.
Lauren
December 9, 2015 at 10:51 pmYour quilt designs are great esp the grid
Linda
December 9, 2015 at 11:13 pmWhat a unique giveaway. Thanks for the chance to win.
Vicki C
December 9, 2015 at 11:22 pmLove that floral design! Thanks for the chance.
Annie
December 10, 2015 at 12:38 amGreat giveaway! I’ve never sent a quilt away to be quilted on a longarm – would love to try it!
Afton
December 10, 2015 at 1:27 amDesigning your own quilting patterns with AutoCad is impressive. What a generous prize!
Amanda M
December 10, 2015 at 3:48 amWhat a fantastic giveaway! I love love love your interlocking design. Thanks for the chance! 🙂
Chris
December 10, 2015 at 5:42 amI would love to win this. I have a quilt ready to send.
Maryse
December 10, 2015 at 9:31 amThat’s awesome! I didn’t realize you were designing your patterns; I like the Floral Spiral. Nice work!!
Ellen M.
December 10, 2015 at 9:32 amWhat a generous giveaway! I have nearly finished my second (ever) quilt top so this would be great. Many thanks!
Diane in VA
December 10, 2015 at 10:43 amCassandra, how generous and it’s nice to meet you:)
There’s a Spring themed quilt top in my closet for a special sister and I’d love to have this quilted w/ a graphic /geometric design .
Shayna
December 10, 2015 at 10:51 amBeautiful quilting, great giveaway!
Catherine in MI
December 10, 2015 at 11:28 amWhat an amazing giveaway!
I actually have a quilt that I think is twin sized…well, actually not a quilt – just the top! I would love to see it finished.
Thank you so much for the chance.
Christine Sherman
December 10, 2015 at 11:45 amI have never sent a quilt out yet, this is awesome! Thanks for the chance!
Lisa
December 10, 2015 at 12:00 pmI’ve only ever hand-quilted small pieces — I’m not sure where I’d start in asking for tutorials. I’d love to be able to do the fun part of piecing my daughter’s quilt without the headache of figuring out how I’m going to get all the layers basted without the cats bunching it up every 30 seconds…
jessica
December 10, 2015 at 12:26 pmWhat an amazing giveaway! Thanks for the chance!
Cathie
December 10, 2015 at 1:15 pmWow, this is such a wonderful giveaway. I love your work.
Marissa C.
December 10, 2015 at 1:38 pmOooh, your interlocking design is super cool!
Janet G
December 10, 2015 at 1:57 pmBeautiful quilting and awesome giveaway! Thank you so much for sharing!
Amanda
December 10, 2015 at 2:49 pmWow, what a generous giveaway! I have been wanting to make a quilt for my daughter and this would definitely encourage me to get it done! 🙂
Kathy E.
December 10, 2015 at 3:55 pmWhat a generous prize! I have seen professionally quilted projects and would love to have one quilted by you! Fingers crossed!
Kate
December 10, 2015 at 4:23 pmWhat a great prize — thanks for the chance!
Veronika
December 10, 2015 at 4:58 pmWhat a fantastic prize!! My fingers are crossed SO hard! 🙂 your designs are lovely!
Pam S
December 10, 2015 at 6:11 pmWhat a wonderfully generous prize! I’ve never had one of my quilts professionally quilted before. Thanks for the chance to win. Your work is beautiful.
Monique
December 10, 2015 at 6:31 pmWhat a generous giveaway! I appreciate the ability to enter, thank you
Lauren
December 10, 2015 at 6:41 pmHow great is it this! Your work is beautiful! I’ve never had a quilt professionally finished and although I’d LOVE to see one of mine quilted if I won this I would send in one of my moms quilts, she has been so patient with teaching me how to quilt and sew and she more than deserves this! She makes GRGEOUS quilts and has also yet to have one quilted professionally! Fingers crossed! Xoxox
Denise
December 10, 2015 at 8:57 pmI would love to win edge to edge longarm quilting. Tutorials on how to select quilting motifs to enhance a quilt would be wonderful. Or how about how you customize edge to edge quilting to enhance a quilt. That would be fascinating.
Lindsay
December 10, 2015 at 8:59 pmWOW! What an awesome giveaway! I would love to learn more about machine quilting.
Minn
December 10, 2015 at 11:41 pmI love FMQ tutorials, but have been too anxious to try. A tutorial to help me overcome my fear would be great!
rose(dot)minn(at)gmail(dot)com
Shari Borger
December 10, 2015 at 11:43 pmGreat idea! My own fmq is pretty poor so having something I pieced that I’m proud of professionally done would be amazing!
Amber
December 11, 2015 at 12:49 amOh goodness. If anything could convince me to manage to get a quilt top finished while doing grad school, getting to have it professionally quilted certainly would! Very generous giveaway 🙂
Lorinda Davis
December 11, 2015 at 1:24 amI love both designs, but the interlocking design is simply amazing! I’d love to see some tutorials for quilting on a domestic machine. Thanks for the giveaway!
sarah c
December 11, 2015 at 9:34 amWow great giveaway my fmq is not up to par so I have a top or two that needs this giveaway.
Shelley Folkerts
December 11, 2015 at 10:38 amThanks for the wonderful giveaway. I have only had one of my quilts long armed quilted and that was over 15 years ago. It was donated to a charity auction. I am still learning on how to set up my machine to even attempt free motion quilting.
becky moyer
December 11, 2015 at 10:41 amwhat a great giveaway. Thanks for the chance to sample your skills! 🙂
Kathie L
December 11, 2015 at 11:05 amI have so many tops waiting to be done. This would be terrific.
Janie
December 11, 2015 at 12:06 pmLovely designs. I have never had a quilt professional done. Thank you for the generous giveaway.
Heather
December 11, 2015 at 12:13 pmWow! What an amazing giveaway! I’m still learning the basics of quilting so any and all tutorials are helpful. I’m definitely wanted to learn more about FMQ and Quilt as you Go methods, as well as machine binding techniques. Thanks for the opportunity!
SarahAnne (sash) Hazlewood
December 11, 2015 at 7:02 pmThe quilting is gorgeous. I’ve only had one piece completed on a long arm & it turned out great. Thanks for the give away opportunity!
Kim
December 11, 2015 at 7:20 pmI’m always looking for tutorials on how you choose what pattern to quilt on each quilt. I usually get stuck on that part. Thanks for the chance to win!
Alicia
December 11, 2015 at 8:09 pmAmazing! I have a whole satack of rops that I want to get done but have never had one professionally done.
Lynne McLandsborough
December 11, 2015 at 8:11 pmWhat a fantastic giveaway. Your quilting is amazing – I really love the interlocking pattern
Nancy mcmahan
December 11, 2015 at 8:43 pmGreat giveaway. Thank you
Deb
December 11, 2015 at 11:28 pmThis would definitely be special! I’d love to have you do a quilt for me.
Rochelle
December 12, 2015 at 12:56 amI can’t believe this is a giveaway, Cassandra. What a generous offer. You’ve come miles in the short time you’ve had your longarm. I am so impressed. Thanks.
Kati Tobler
December 12, 2015 at 3:31 amThank you for the chance!
Joanna @ Midwestern Bite
December 12, 2015 at 6:05 amEeeeeeep! I really want to win this. I’m working on finishing up my first lap quilt and am pretty sure I want to have it quilted for me. I don’t know that my $200 Brother (or me for that matter) is quite up to that challenge.
Paige @ Quilted Blooms
December 12, 2015 at 10:15 amYour quilting is beautiful and the designs too! I would love to win!
Niechelle Wade
December 12, 2015 at 7:35 pmWow, what a great idea for a giveaway! How wonderful! Have a Happy Holiday. 🙂
Stephanie Daniel
December 12, 2015 at 8:50 pmSuch a wonderful giveaway! I am always interested in FMQ techniques.
Shauna
December 12, 2015 at 10:34 pmWhat an awesome giveaway!
Melissa Q
December 12, 2015 at 10:50 pmI’ve never had a quilt professionally quilted. How about a post about sending a quilt to a longarmer for the first time: things to make sure you do, or things newbies do that cause trouble for longarmers? Hope that makes sense. I’ve considered sending a quilt to a longarmer, but I am a little afraid they might look at the quilt top and not like how it was pieced (too many loose threads, too little seam allowance, etc.).
Tasha
December 13, 2015 at 12:26 amOh your work is wonderful! It would be great!
Louise
December 13, 2015 at 2:15 amThanks for an awesome giveaway!!! That’s awesome!
Karen Hurst
December 13, 2015 at 3:01 amThank you so much for this wonderful giveaway. This would be fantastic!
Trish
December 13, 2015 at 7:51 amWow!! This entices me to start a new quilt 🙂
karen b
December 13, 2015 at 8:14 amWow! I’ve always wanted to try to have a longarm do one quilt. Savvy advertising!
Judy Hudgins
December 13, 2015 at 9:56 amGetting ready to have my first professional quilting job done. Would love to win this!
Silvia Sutters
December 13, 2015 at 12:17 pmI love your work Cassandra! That first design is amazing!
Mary Hoagland
December 13, 2015 at 3:28 pmI would like to learn more about free motion quilting on a regular sewing machine. How about new patterns? I love the ones in your pictures above. Stippling is getting old fast.
Karen A
December 13, 2015 at 4:01 pmWhat a generous giveaway. Thanks for sharing your talent.
monique
December 13, 2015 at 4:16 pmSuch a generous giveaway! I’ve never had a quilt professionally quilted but its something I keep thinking about every time I struggle to get a quilt in and out of a tiny throat space. Your work is beautiful! I love the interlocking pattern! Merry Christmas!
Kelly O.
December 13, 2015 at 9:09 pmWhat an amazing giveaway!! crossing my fingers and my toes! Merry Christmas!
2016 Planning Party
December 23, 2015 at 3:29 pm[…] to be big. I may pay a long armer to quilt this for me. Maybe Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirl or Cassandra from Not So Dramatic Life? I think they both offer these services. I don’t know anyone local and would rather pay […]
Claudia TN
December 8, 2016 at 12:16 pmThank you for such a generous giveaway!