A Few of My Favorite Things

Some of my favorite blog giveaways are when the blogger asks the commenters to include specific things in their comments in order to be entered. Like asking the commenters to tell about the most embarrassing thing they ever did. Or how they began quilting. Or whether their husbands wear boxers or briefs and why. Or who their favorite Twilight character is. Whatever. Because not only is it fun to have a chance to win something, but it's also fun to read all the previous comments for their sheer entertainment value.

Now, let me backtrack a second. Remember a couple posts ago, I told you it was my 1,234th blog post? And that I'd missed my three-year blogiversary? And that I was unprepared but would do a belated giveaway soon? Well, it's soon NOW.

And so I thought, and thought, and thought again about what I could ask YOU, the commenters, to include in your comments in order to be entered into the giveaway and to entertain all the rest of us, and I finally decided that rather than come up with an original idea, I'd just sort of tweek the giveaway question another blogger posed a couple years ago--and gosh darn it but I can't remember who the blogger was, so I can't really give her credit, but it was a pattern and/or fabric designer--that's all I can remember. So here's what I want you to tell me in your comment in order to be entered into the drawing (winner will be selected by random drawing rather than excellence of answer, but non-compliance will result in non-entry):

What are your two (or three) favorite quilting blogs that you've "discovered" in the last year or two and why? (To be clear, why are they your favorites [i.e., because they're funny, inspirational, the blogger's your best friend, etc.]; not why did you wait so long to discover them.)

So that's the question, but here's what I'm trying to find out. I know the number of quilting blogs has increased dramatically over the last couple years, and there are a lot of blogs out there that I've never heard of. So what am I missing out on? I could probably blog surf all day and not come across all of them. And I figure if you like MY blog, you obviously have superior taste and sensibility which may well coincide with my own. In other words, if you like something, I might too. So save me a little time, okay? And don't tell me MY blog is your favorite. Brown nosing will not win you points this time.

Are you wondering what the payoff might be? How about two of these?

(12 Days of Christmas Charm Packs.)

And quite possibly a couple other little surprises as well?

I will pick a winner on Friday night, and the winner will be announced on Saturday's post. You must come back here to see if you've won because I'm lazy, and I don't want to mess around with trying to figure out if I can email you and/or get to your blog to alert you. And since I'd really like to kind of limit this to my regular readers if possible, no extra entries will be given for linking from your blog or announcing the giveaway to your readers. Let's just keep this fun all to ourselves, okay? And yes, the giveaway is open to persons from other countries. Even to those from other planets--like men (although in the case of a winner from another planet, prize pick-up will be required).

Good luck!

COMMENTS CLOSED--WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY!