Fall 2018 Tips and Tutorials Festival {Rules and Prizes}

I hope that you are getting as excited as Cheryl (Meadow Mist Designs) and I am about the upcoming Tips and Tutorials Festival! The festival will open for links to tutorials on Monday, November 12th.

Festival Rules

• Submissions open at Midnight Eastern on Monday, November 12th, and close at 11:59 PM Eastern on Friday, November 16th.
• There will be 2 categories open for submissions, so please enter into the most appropriate category:

1. Block and Quilt Tutorials
2. Other Tutorials (Sewing, Other Sewn/Quilted Items, Quilting Tutorials)

• You can submit up to 4 tutorials: 2 per category or all 4 in one category. The choice is yours!
• We encourage fresh, new content, so we ask that you link up posts that have be published since November 2017.
• Please only link up blog posts (no Instagram or Facebook posts).
• Voting opens at Midnight Eastern on Saturday, November 17th, and closes at 11:59 PM Eastern on Tuesday, November 20th.
• Winners will be announced on Monday, November 26th!
• The festival link up and voting are the same on both Cheryl’s blog and my blog so you only enter/vote through one blog and it will show up on both.

Sponsors

We are able to offer prizes to the people with the top 3 votes in each category thanks to our very generous sponsors!  Below are the sponsors and prizes for the Tips and Tutorials Festival in reverse alphabetical order:

Whims and Fancies – Digital quilt patterns

In addition to designing wonderful paper pieced and traditionally pieced quilt patterns, Soma also shares photography, drawing, and painting inspiration on her blog.

Sarah Maxwell – Sew Sweet Flannel Plaid 14-piece fat quarter bundle

Sarah designs fabrics for Marcus Fabrics. Her newest collection contains a rainbow of print colors.

Quilting Jetgirl – Digital quilt patterns

Quilting Jetgirl specializes in modern quilts, especially quilts that contain a transparency element. Through her blog, Yvonne educates, inspires, and supports quilters and strengthens the online quilting community.

Quilter’s Planner – Quilter’s Planner bundle

The Quilter’s Planner is a yearly organizer designed specifically for quilters. The planner also comes with a magazine with a year long quilt along as well as over 10 other quilt patterns.

Pattern Drop – $30 gift certificate

Pattern Drop is a PDF quilt pattern of the month club, featuring premium, fully tested, unique, and beautiful quilt patterns. 

OLFA – 45mm rotary cutter and endurance blades

OLFA makes superior cutters, mats, rulers and more; the perfect tools to cut fabrics and make accurate quilts.

Needle and Foot – $20 gift certificate

Needle and Foot is an Etsy shop specializing in high quality quilting cottons and has different special guest artist curated fabric bundles each month.

Meadow Mist Designs – Digital quilt patterns

Meadow Mist Designs focuses on producing innovative patterns with clear instructions.

Honey, Bunny, and Doll – Four digital pattern bundle

Honey, Bunny, and Doll is Etsy shop selling fabric and quilt patterns.  They have a large selection of Kona solid fabrics.

Aurifil – 12 large spool thread collection

Aurifil is a favorite of quilters for their high quality, wonderful colors, and variety of thread weights.

• Monday, November 12 – Submissions Open
• Friday, November 16 – Submissions Close
• Saturday, November 17 – Voting Opens
• Tuesday, November 20 – Voting Closes
• Monday, November 26 – Winners Announced