It's Giveaway Day at Sew Mama Sew. I have a beautiful bundle of Fat 1/8s to give away, courtesy of Michael Oakshott at Oakshott Fabrics. I have used Oakshott fabrics often in my quilts - if you are new here, you can check out the my quilts tab to see them, or look here, here, here and here.
This bundle of 12 fat 1/8s is called Lakes. Each of the 100% cotton fabrics is woven on a blue warp with different colours shot through as the weft. The challenge with these shot cottons is to capture in a photograph the shimmer that the different coloured weft threads creates. I went about looking for shining sun rays to help me out.
To win the giveaway, leave me just one comment per person and I will draw the winner randomly. Tell me about your favourite lake/ocean spot and why you like it or tell me about a lake/ocean location you are hoping to visit one day.
Please leave your email in your comment if you are not sure if you are a no-reply blogger (you can write it as yourname [at] emailservice [dot] com or whatever so that the email strippers won't recognize it if you are worried). If I cannot find you, you cannot win.
I wish you all good luck now, as there are too many comments to answer during giveaways. Oh, and if you have not yet been, head over to Sew Mama Sew to enter all the other giveaways that will be linked there this week.
Best,
Leanne
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«Oldest ‹Older 601 – 697 of 697When I was young we visited Lake Superior and I would love to go back.
I have to say my favorite lake is Spider Lake in northern Wisconsin where we like to go camping.
I have been living in Oregon for over seven years and still haven't been to the ocean yet. I keep planing to go there sometime.
Got to be Lake Tahoe! I love the colors in the Oakshotts lines. Amazing Giveaway.
We are blessed to be able to spend our summers on Eastern Long Island. The unique geographic location offers beaches that range from the smooth wide sands bordering the Atlantic Ocean, the rocky shores of Block Island and Long Island Sounds and Peconic and Gardiner's Bays.
Lake Como in Italy is my favorite visit so far. ldtreetop@gmail.com
My favorite ocean spot is the Central Oregon Coast. I like it because it's close enough to drive to, and it's gorgeous! Also, it's not a sunny warm beach, so I don't have to get swimsuit ready to go ;)
I'm not much of a water person but I do love the mountains!
Anywhere in the Azores...Portugal. Amazing water and green green hills all around. Exactly... No better than photos! So serene and a simple life...bliss
Redondo Beach, CA - I grew up there.
Fish lake in the Steens mountains in Oregon because it's peaceful, beautiful and wild.
I loved sullivan lake in washington as a kid, the area around there is just beautiful
Oh my, how gorgeous are the colours!
If I had to pick a lake it would be Lake Tahoe, but ocean would have to be San Francisco Bay, where I live. Thanks for the giveaway :)
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I love the Lake of Biel in Switzerland. I grew up here and came back again after living in England for almost eight years because I missed it. Thank you for a fantastic giveaway. Oakshott's are so beautiful, I have two quilts planned already but would be happy to add another one to the mix.
ooo - I would love to be able to play with these. I can imagine such a glorious lap quilt or mini wall quilt.
What a great giveaway! Love the colors! I would love to visit Hawaii some day! Thanks for the chance to win!
One day I'd like to visit one of those oceans with clear blue water that you can see through to the bottom.
I'm wishing to see Hawaii some day. It is supposed to be our trip for our 25th anniversary. Hopefully it will happen. We were supposed to go for our honeymoon 18 years ago but we bought a house instead. Thanks for the chance to win.
I love those fabrics! I like to visit the fjords in Norway one day.
When I was in high school I went on a scuba diving trip to Florida. I don't remember all of the beaches we visited but I do remember they were beautiful. I would love to take me family there for vacation some day.
I like the Jersey Shore. It is very Americana and old fashioned. Three generations of family will walk down the street together hand in hand... Old fashioned fun rides, and the gentle sound of the surf! It refreshes the soul. I hope to see the UP of Michigan and the lake there some day
We spent summers at Candle Lake as a kid so it's a favourite but Lake Louise is right up there. Someday I would love to do a tour of all the lochs in the Scottish Highlands.
NOTHING beats the white sands of Pensacola Beach, Florida. I have visited there for over 25 years during the summers! Breathtakingly gorgeous!
And you just can't beat the clear blue waters found in the Caribbean ......
ahhhhhhhhhh................. ;)
I love going to the beach in California. However, I would love to go to the beaches in Hawaii. They look so beautiful.
Niagara-on-the-Lake is just gorgeous. We love to make it a pitstop whenever traveling across the border.
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I love the north sea (in the netherlands, where i live). mreidsma(at)hotmail(dot)com
My favorite lake is Lake Superior. It is beautiful in any season (always cold though). I could sit and look at it all day.
Deep Bay on Vancouver Island holds a depth of feelings for me that I see and feel in these fabrics. How I would love to wrap up my loved ones in a quilt of these delights. With appreciation, heather
I would like to visit Lake Louis in Canada some day.
I'd like to visit the Pacific Ocean - we've seen it while we were on a birding trip, but didn't get a chance to jump in.
Thanks,
Peggy
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I have always wanted to go to a beach with White Sand - most of the ones on the east coast are rather brownish and white sounds so pretty!
A few summers ago my (now) husband and I rented a cabin on Lake Cayuga in NY (one of the finger lakes) - while we were there we eloped so it ended up being our honeymoon spot as well. It was just peaceful and beautiful and I can't wait until our son is old enough to go back and stay there again.
I was in northern California once and the beaches were lovely. Beautiful fabrics, thank you!
My best spot is Fox Lake, near Whitehorse, Yukon.
I've never seen an ocean in my life. Hope to go there some day!
Thanks for a chance to win! julia(dot)glotova(at)gmail(dot)com
I love a tiny place in South Africa called Natures Valley. It has a beautiful lagoon that leads into a wild and wooly ocean. It is very special as I used to go there every holiday when I was growing up. I would love to go to a tropical island of some sort - one of those places with crystal clear warm water.
I love all oceans, but the one I want to visit most is the Mediterranean. I've got my fingers crossed for our 20th anniversary trip this September. Plus, I love Oakshotts so I'm crossing my toes for this giveaway!!
I love any ocean with waves for me to swim in, and water warm enough to tolerate it. I used to live 2 blocks from the beach in LA and it was wonderful.
Loch Lomond is always a beautiful spot
I'm looking forward to someday seeing Niagara Falls and taking 1 of the boat rides and getting all misty.
• • • My favorite was at a beach on Kauai.
the Jersey Shore
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I grew up in Huntington Beach, CA. No other beach will ever be more beautiful to me than "my" beach.
So beautiful!
Oh Key West has some of the most lovely beaches. But there is an amazing black stone beach on the road to Hana on Maui... I love the ocean.
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I went to South Lake Tahoe for my honeymoon 10 years ago, but it was in Jan! I'd love to go back during the summer season and see it again!
I love those colors and how they shimmer! I remember a beautiful trip to Acadia National Park in Maine when I was a girl, and a picnic lunch on the rocks high above the shore.
Those shot cottons are amazing! I love Kihei in Maui.
Being from Hawai'i, I just love the ocean beaches there more than anything. But I also enjoy the gorgeous mountain lakes here in Oregon, especially Jubilee Lake, Lake Wallowa, and Anthony Lakes in Eastern Oregon--all gorgeous for different reasons.
I would love to work with these Oakshotts. I am very fortunate to live on the coast- Charleston, SC and I get to see the water every day. Thanks for participating in the Giveaway Day.
My favorite lake is Lake Michigan. It's always such a treat to drive up there in the summertime (I live in Indiana). christyjones(at)purdue(dot)edu
Pretty tough question for a true water-lover! Choosing one, it would have to be Lake Chelan, in Washington State. Puget Sound is a top-rate boating community too!
Very generous giveaway Leanne, how will we all get any sleep thinking about ti?
I just visited Lake Michigan last week last week and it was lovely, The sunrise over the lake is beautiful.
Although it may just be Pensacola Beach it is one of my favorite beaches! I just love the white sands and the clear water!
always wanted to hang out at one of those ocean huts at the fancy resorts in Tahiti. Oh well...
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Those are gorgeous!! I love the beaches in Maui...but Pacific Beach here in WA state is great for something close to home
I'd be in heaven if I won this giveaway. I have been in love with the iridescence of shot cottons and silks since I can remember. I have one very small bundle of Oakshotts, which surpass the quality of anything else I've seen, and these would add to my mini collection. I have pictured in my mind small churn dash blocks on perhaps a yellow or cream background, but am not sure what the rest of the quilt is. I think these blocks are an inner border. It's growing in my mind. Or maybe this colorway would lend itself to being the focus of the quilt center. I'd have to see them and play with them to know for sure. Thanks to you and to Oakshott.
I've only been to a tropical beach twice -- at Negril in Jamaica and at Nusa Dua in Bali (while we were trying to get out of Indonesia when Suharto was overthrown). But I'd really like to see the tundra shores at Barrow, Alaska, where my nephew is working on an endangered bird protection program.
I live in Saskatchewan with many lovely lakes and some that are dear to my heart but I have to say that when I saw Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia, it crept into my soul in a very special way.
My fav would probably be a beach Maui where my husband & I eloped 15 years ago! I like all lakes & oceans though, they're so soothing & uplifting! Beautiful cottons & colors for your giveaway! barknfrogs@yahoo.com
Cannon Beach in Oregon is may favorite beach so far...but we are vacationing at Mendecino Beach, California this summer....can't wait! Thanks for the chance to win some fabric!
Hi!! Love to be at the ocean at St. Pete's Beach in Florida!!
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Beautiful fabrics. My favorite ocean spot is anywhere on the Oregon Coast.
I love just about every beach I've been to. For lakes, I love Crater Lake- it is absolutely breathtaking!
Ölüdeniz, Fethiye, Turkey)) Thanks for the giveaway!
We may or may not be meeting up with my mom & stepdad to go camping at Lake Tahoe. I've never been, so I hope we make it.
I'd love to go to the white beaches in the far north of scotland
My favourite beach is Tapotupoto in the Far North of New Zealand. The sands are golden, there are very few if any people, the water is warm and calm. Just gorgeous! I would love to try some of the beaches in Souther Italy!
These would ad a beautiful shimmery dimension to a quilt. My favorite beach is a little place in Australia called Evans Head. I think there's around 5,500 people living there and two of them are my parents. It's nice and quiet, has a few different beaches and a beautiful saltwater river you can also swim in...what's not to like
I love the Gulf coast of Florida. Thanks for the chance to win these beautiful fabrics.
I grew up visiting the Atlantic Ocean from Emerald Isle in North Carolina. It is one of my favorite places that I hope to share with my kids soon! Thanks for the opportunity!
I love the Pacific Ocean. The Oregon coast is my favorite, though cold.
I love the Pacific ocean
I've only been to the pacific ocean once at 9 years old. I would love to visit Jamaica or the Caribbean though.
detroitgirl77 AT gmail DOT com
Those are beautiful colors!
I love the lake district in UK
These are beautiful! One of my favorite lake spots is the northern Puget Sound area. I grew up out on that water! I'd love to visit Hawaii someday.
I don't really have a favorite lake spot as I'm more of a mountains person. In the mountains by a lake would be wonderful if you know of such a place. Thanks for the chance to win this as I've not seen any of this fabric around here!
We visited a wonderful beach in St. Thomas once. I often visit Vancouver, the closest ocean destination for me.
I love the fabric, the colors are beautiful, people sometimes ask me why I sometimes have only solid colors in my quilts, and I always say most people use them only for background or backing, I let the block pattern showcase the solids, and these are just great with the shimmer......
I like to walk or run on the beach, but I don't like to get in the water. Thanks for the giveaway!
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Favorite ocean - the Indian Ocean, visited a few islands and plan to visit a lot more, absolutely beautiful!
I lived in Charleston, SC in my younger years. Would love to retire there! Folly beach is great!
I love going up to the cottage near Parry Sound (on lake Shewanaga....probably not spelled properly) .... so much great kayaking and nothing but clean air and sunshine!
Thank you for the chance to win this beautiful bundle !
My favorite lake is Lago di Garda, in Italy. The scenery is dramatic.
And I'd love to go see the Giant Causeway.
My favorite ocean spot was Cape Hatteras. But I spent summers on lakes in the south.
pinkfish [at] gmail [dot] com. I love going to the ocean in Santa Cruz ca. Those fabric colors are amazing!
Paradox Lake in New York. As are Middle Creek in PA. Santa Monica Pier in CA. They all have a special memories becuz I was with my True Love before he passed away.
Thank You for the chance to win these wonderful fabrics and for being a part of the Giveaway.
In Kind Regards,
Tricia Mid-MI.
quercus0828 at yahoo dot com
Lake Huron, right outside Bay City. I went up there last year for the fish sandwhich festival and I couldn't look away
I could drink in the vistas along the coast of Maine for the rest of my life. I have a son relocating there soon, so I may get to visit! yeah!
Someday I'd like to see the Dead Sea.
Such pretty fabrics - what a wonderful giveaway.... Any where with water is great - so relaxing.
Thanks for the chance.
MaryLou
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One of my favorite lakes is Foy's Lake in Kalispell, MT. We would spend a few weeks in summer with my grandma and got to ride in my great-uncle's canoe on that lake, so it's special to me.
My favourite ocean spot is Sooke on Vancouver Island.
I've got three favorite lakes - Diamond Lake, a small lake in eastern Washington State where I spent most of the summers of my childhood; Lake Pend Oreille in northern Idaho, where I lived as a teenager; and Lago Maggiore in Italy, which I visited 10+ years ago and have wonderful memories of. Thanks very much!
I love the beach at the Coronado Hotel in CA the beach was so beautiful. It has been 27 years since I sat on the beach with my one year old playing in the sand. Sweet memories!
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