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I have a give away for two readers:
I have a give away for two readers:
Each winner will receive four fat quarters of Susan Branch fabric from her Tea Party line AND a heat resistant pastry brush AND
A Decal Kit from Fiber Flies.
I ordered one for myself a few weeks ago. Mine says " I (heart) 2 Quilt"!
The give away decals are "I (heart) Sewing! and a hand with a needle & thread. I have already put mine on my car. So cute!!
Lynn from Fiber Flies sent these two along to give away to two of my readers so I thought I would add them to my give away!! Go to their website to order your own if you don't win or need them for gifts.
To win - leave a comment telling me how you kept cool (or warm) this week!
I will draw two winning names on Monday, July 25th.
Have a great weekend. I'm heading "UP NORTH" for a few days.
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I kept warm this week. I live in the midwest and work in a factory with NO air conditioning. Not a good weight loss plan but effective none the less!
The decals are so cute!! I kept cool with lots of icey lemonade and a small fan in my sewing room. Our heat index was 109 one day. We took the afternoons off and stayed inside. I loved having the time to sew on my June Bug quilt.
I have kept cool the good old fashioned way - Air Conditioning! Ha ha! I'm pretty frugal with the A/C but when things get into the 90s I go for it! Thanks for the chance to win. I have a little lonely fat quarter of the Tea Party line that would love some friends.
Great giveaway Mary!! Truthfully it has not been as hot here in Florida as in the rest of the country. But in Florida we do have great Air conditioners in our homes and cars :-) Thanks for including me in your giveaway.
Thanks for hosting this giveaway, how fun! I have just cracked a window when things got a little warm...but warm here is 70.
Well I have no AC - fan power and lots of showers! Love the FQ sets - yellow is so lacking in my stash.
I am home on disabilty after surgery and both kids are gone. I hunkered down with the A/C in the house and cut out my 2nd quilt - a pinwheel sampler. Thank you for the chance to win - a fellow Minnesotan.
I love that fabric! :) I kept cool by turning on the air conditioning until it was actually cold in my house :) My Dad treated me to a chocolate malt :) YUM!
I hate to say I had to keep warm this week, and I live in France and this is suppose to be the summer!! It was so cold I had to hunt out a jumper!! We should be in the high 30s and yesterday was 15 degrees Brrrr ...it's going to be a long long winter LOL. Linda
Our weather is so wonky that I had to keep cool with fans in the windows then the next day I had to snuggle under an afghan I was crocheting to keep warm!
Sami
that decal is adorable and yes it would go on my quilt as soon as it arrives if I am lucky enough to be the winner!
such cute fabric would love to make a little quilt with them....ok staying cool these past few days has been tough! staying inside the air conditioned house has helped and running errands in the early am has helped.
Drinking lots of ice tea. Today it should be 96 lets just say you can find me in my sewing room today
Kathie
I tried to keep cool this week with the help of ceiling fans and by going out as little as possible!
Lovely giveaway. I have a couple of Susan Branch cookery books and love themn.
Margaret
I tried to keep cool this week with the help of ceiling fans and by going out as little as possible!
Lovely giveaway. I have a couple of Susan Branch cookery books and love themn.
Margaret
I kept cool by turning on the a/c in the afternoon! my husband likes to leave it on, though, so I've been freezing at night.
Wonderful giveaway, love it.
We are keeping warm with quilts, our winters are short here in Brisbane/Australia but you do need a quilt to snuggle on the sofa
cheers
Christine
Mary, thank you for the chance to win. I kept cool by dipping in the pool and pretty much staying in my sewing room with the fan at full blast.
Hi, I'll kept warm by quilts.....
I manage to stay cool by not moving quickly.....staying indoors as much as possible (where we have a/c)....staying hydrated and giving up my early-morning walks (which makes me sad but it was necessary as it's been too humid even then to walk). The decals sure look cute...and fabric is always good, isn't it? :)
Staying cool ay? Well, to be cool yesterday I let my boys sleep in and then I took them to African Safari Animal Park....they thought I was very "Cool." As for the heat....there is no staying cool if you go outside....so I just decided to be "the cool mom" instead of being "cool"..:)
Kelly
I've been keeping warm - I know that soon enough I'll be shivering and complaining! LOL I love the summer! Thanks for the chance to win!
Jacque in SC
quiltnsrep(at)yahoo(dot)com
Hi Mary.....
Over in the other side of the world.... or where I live... Mad its cold and we are having heaps of rain.... the only way to keep warm is to keep sewing... and do lots of it.
Sandy
Great giveaway! Please count me in! Last night was a small storm that cooled air.
I haven't kept cool, but I have been enjoying baseball with my kids. I did make neckties with polymers in them to keep the kids cool between innings. I will be happy when the heat breaks just a bit.
Does hiding in the house after 10 am with the blinds shut and the AC on full count? We're also going to try the local tiny water park to see if that keeps us cool.
I've been spending a lot of time in my basement quilting studio! Thanks for the chance!
Keeping cool here by drinking lots of water and enjoying the air conditioning and beautiful view I have from the seat in my sewing room.
I kept cool by staying in the a/c. I'm cleaning my sewing room, and it's in the basement - the coolest part of the house. I'm hoping to find the sewing machine soon and do some sewing. Love that fabric!!
I have stayed cool this week by NOT going outside. I stay in under the A/C and the whirling ceiling fans. Thanks for the opportunity to enter your great giveaway.
I'm staying cool by staying inside as much as possible! Thank goodness for air conditioning and fans! LOL Thanks for the great giveaway! :0)
Thanks for the great giveaway! It's unseasonably warm up north in Maine. I've been suffering for two weeks now. I've never owned an air conditioner, but the thought has crossed my mind lately! I have ceiling fans to help with the hot air. I take a cool shower then sit under the fan :-) At night I open the windows and try to cool the house. I hope the heatwave ends soon!
I haven't seen the car decals before, they are brilliant! I'm not very creative about the heat. I just stay inside and crank up the A/C.
Love those decals! Thanks for letting us know about them - they would make wonderful little gifts.
Our basement stays much cooler than upstairs so that's where we are sleeping in this heat. Thanks for a chance in your giveaway, Mary.
I had a tough time keeping cool this week, since temps have been around 100 all week, and very humid. Stayed indoors as much as possible!
Love your giveaway! The heat's not too bad where I am. Keep cool!
I open every single window in my house in the morning, then close them up and draw the shades/curtains by 9 or 10 in the morning. And then around noon, I give in and turn on the AC.
Down here in Alabama, I'm not sure it's possible to keep cool, but we try! I drink about a gallon of ice cold sweet tea a day, and rinse my tootsies off with the hose any time I'm outside. It helps! I sure would like to win; now THAT would be cool!
WOW! IT WAS A HOT ONE!
TRIED TO DRINK COOL DRINKS+ENJOYED WATERMELON! THANKS SO FOR SHARING!
jldouglas@wispwest.net
Hi Mary! I love your blog ... always on my list of 'must reads.' I've been crankin' the old A/C and sprinkling myself when I'm watering the flowers. Great way to stay cool! Thanks for the give-away!
Well, the day before my brunch the AC broke. I was starting to sweat it. Luckily, the repairman came and a hefty bill and we were all set to cook and party. Love those tea pots...what a nice giveaway. Many Thanks.
Thanks for the chance to win your wonderful giveaway. Susan Branch is one of my favourite artists and I love her fabrics. I kept warm this week. Since I live on the wet (west) coast of Vancouver Island, temps here are around 70 -72 degrees. Quite pleasant really. Especially for quilting.
Well it's supposed to be summer here in the UK but it's dull, overcast and showery! In fact yesterday was only 15 degrees in the morning!
Typical British Summer! Coats on everyone!
Well it is for sure a matter of keeping cool here.. 18 days in a row of 100 degrees or more.. YUCK!! It is a matter of staying INSIDE in the Air conditioning as much as possible.. The heat is makes me feel horrible. Leave me the A/C thank you!
Staying cool by staying in the A/C, drinking peach tea. May go for a snowcone later. Thanks for the giveaway!
I am in Seattle this week and it is 61 degrees, I had to go buy a little jacket and some enclosed shoes...I know I am pathetic...but I hate to be cold....that is why I am an island girl....
I kept cool by staying in the AC. I am such a wimp when it comes to extreme heat or extreme cold... I should, move somewhere a little more temperate, huh?
I've been keeping cool by staying inside with the AC running! Also, I've been drinking Crystal Light Pink Lemonade with lots of ice. Plus, ice cream for a cooling treat.
Heaven forbid if there's a power outage....guess we'd have to just deal with the heat and humidity...perish the thought.
Hugs, Karen
Keeping cool is not too difficult where we live. We live right near the San Francisco Bay and cool breezes prevail. Houses here have no A/C. You actually need to put the heater on occasionally at night.
Yummy giveaway Mary.
I've been trying to keep cool by having all the fans on in the house.
SewCalGal
www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com
I went home to Iowa last weekend for our 82nd Linn Family Reunion. It was way too hot. I was on my feet from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and rarely sat down. Pictures of me show me with a very red face. That's how I kept hot. That evening I cooled down with a big chocolate malt. Yum! Cute giveaway, Mary. I love Susan Branch's designs and am looking forward to fall when I will feel like drinking a cup of hot tea instead of iced tea!
I went down to the quilt shop in our town to sew. They have air conditioning, and it was a great place to visit with friends.
Well since I've had to work this week I was able to stay cool at work and then at home in the ac in my sewing room!
Thanks,
lots and lots of water.. plus some fun adult drinks helped to keep me cool..
jmistok(at)gmail(dot)com
I've kept cool by drinking lots of water with ice and staying indoors:) Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks for having a giveaway!
I kept cool by going to work. It's like a freezer in my office. It helped make going outside to go home a lot more bearable!
I kept cool by staying inside and playing with fabric all week! Too much fun!
At &PM here in Md it was 98 degrees F (feels like 103 according to weather.com). We have the AC cranked so cold that Im actually cold and my feet are freezing!
Ha! There is NO staying cool in South Georgia these days. We have had several days with the heat index around 108-100. I am way too cheap to adjust my thermostat, so I have been dealing as best I can, wearing as little as possible...haha. No complaints though :) Thanks for the giveaway! It would be a hoot having the sewing decal on my car, which I share with my 17 year old son. He would just die :)
I kept cool by staying inside as much as possible, in the air conditioning. I know, I'm not very creative...... but hey, it worked!
Great Giveaway!! Air Conditioning and hangin' out sewing in my basement kept me cool!! I'm a new follower also! Looking forward to following your creativeness!
I kept cool all the time in an air con room.. Don't like warm weather especially my place I am living having summer throughout the year... Thanks for a chance...I am a new follower too.. ^^
We have been trying to keep cool by staying indoors with the air conditioning. I am only working on little projects rather than any big quilts because it is too hot to move all that fabric around.
It's really old here in Melbourne si I snuggled up under a quilt with my little dogs and drank mugs of hot Milo. Thanks for the chance to win this great prize.
Sorry, That'll teach me not to check what I've written. Its actually cold here in Melbourne.
I kept cool with the help of;
Fans!
Watermelons!
& Water!
I kept cool this week with the AC on full, iced coffee and the occasional fudgsicle!
Ever since I moved to the "south" (Kentucky, not the deep south) I haven't had to live without central air. Thank goodness! So I just stay in my sewing room, cool and happy.
FUN giveaway!! We've been spending a LOT of time either in the house with the AC running or in the pool. Today? In the pool for sure!
I kept cool. Just have the air conditioner fixed, and learned how to make a cup of nice iced coffee. A nice way to keep cool in summer. Thanks for the chance.
I kept cool by staying close to the air conditioning. Thankfully yesterday and today we're having a break from the heat and have beautiful weather. Thanks for the giveaway chance! :)
I stayed cool in the car with the a/c on....at home a little a/c & a few tower fans. At work, my co-worker keeps setting the a/c down to 60*f, so today I have a long-sleeved top on to stay warm! LOL
Thanks for the chance! :D
I kept cool by staying in my sewing room. It's next to the central air unit, so it's the coldest room in my house.
I'm staying inside in the a/c, much like everyone else! It's 108 here in the shade, and that doesn't mean the heat index - that's the temp! I plan to stay in the a/c too....
Thanks for the giveaway!!
My sister, SIL, and I went to the beach to work on planning a shower for my niece. Yes, it was hot out there, but we either stayed in the shade or the water! Thanks for the giveaway!
Ice cream for supper, salad for lunch, and lots of cold showers! Thanks for the chance to win some great stuff!! VermontPines@aol.com
We are still in a major heat wave. We are getting up early and doing everything that needs doing outside. Then the rest of the day is spent in the house with the a/c going full blast. Nice giveaway.
What a cute giveaway! I kept cool by not venturing outside very much.
We are in a heat wave so to keep cool I kept all the windows in the house shut, drew the curtains, turned on the furnace to blow the cool air from the basement upstairs and enjoyed some popsicles :- )
I didn't keep cool, lol. Today is the worst, can't even go in the pool, it is that bad. I stay in the air during the day and then late in the afternoon I jump in the pool and then water the garden while I am still wet;)
Debbie
Our AC broke Tues am and was repaired late TH - it was up to 93 in the house - we opened windows and doors, pulled out 3 fans from storage as well as using ceiling fan - took a cold shower and went out to eat dinner in an AC restaurant.
As our temperatures here this week ranged between 50 and 75 to 80 F there wasn't a lot of need to do either. We had a fire in the woodstove one evening when it was cool and DH wasn't feeling great. Today was a bit of a scorcher (for us), probably 85 or so, but we're having an extended rainfall now which is cooling things off nicely. Only issue is that I just finished watering the garden. :)
I just moved from where it is 104 degrees to a place that tops out 78 degrees with intermittent serious rain. I'm lucky if I know how to dress each day! But the general plan is to open the house in the morning then close it up tight. Mostly I decided not to let weather dictate what I do or don't do. I'm going with what I got! Off to sew! I wish. Off to unpack the sewing room!
I have been staying inside in the air conditioning this week, and one night we went to the beach and watched the sun set. It was cool with a nice breeze and that wonderful salt air!
I'm keeping warm by re-arranging my Studio....
it's been 50-odd degrees in Melbourne (Australia)
I've been keeping cool by playing in the pool with my boys!
I kept cool by keeping the shades drawn, moving one of my treadles into the family room by the tv, only turning on the lights aimed at the treadle needle and sewing space, and making disappearing 4 patch blocks. Fun giveaway. Love the decals, and teapot fabrics.
What a great giveaway! I live in the Southern part of Texas, and we are so hot and dry that it's more than miserable. I've TRIED to stay cool by staying inside, and the poor AC hasn't cut off yet.I've also tried to fix meals that don't require heating up the kitchen much. Other than that, i spend time sewing or stitching, because heaven forbid that I might sweat and lose a pound. LOL
I stayed cool by living in my sewing room, which is in the basement. Believe it or not, I actually had to wear a sweater once in a while!
I kept cool by going to work where it is air conditioned LOL
It's Summer here in Portugal and I usually use the air conditioned but this has been a rather cool week and it's been easy to cool just being in my sewing room.
What a fun giveaway!
Well, I am keeping cool by staying home in my AC with the ceiling fans and not doing a lot of cooking that involves too much of the oven or stove. Smoothies, salads, sandwiches, etc. Makes life easier too.
thanks for a chance.
hope it is cooler up north for you!
Swamp cooler and ceiling fans. If I get desperate there's always the basement.
What neat decals! The fabric is pretty cute too.I would so put that on my car too. It's been too stormy and cold here this last week so I stayed in and had a quilt on my lapto work on, it's the best way.
I've made sure the windows are CLOSED since it's been so muggy it's worse inside with they're open! And when it starts to get too muggy inside and the fans can't keep me cool enough, then the AC gets turned on. :)
Oh Mary, I love your giveaway LOL! We were lucky this week in that the hostel where we stay for the week, while David takes his treatments, is fully air conditioned. When this fails to keep me cool, I get a really cold facecloth and lay it on my face and collapse on the bed under the fan LOL...yeah, not a pretty picture but it helps LOL! Hoping next week is cooler!!
Sorry to say, but our summer here in Montana has been awesome. I think the heat wave skipped over us this summer and landed in your neck of the woods.
My husband is from Wisconsin, is I know what "Up North" means. have a great time!
Crossing my fingers to win! Those decals are awesome.
I kept cool by doing exercising and errands early in the morning.
I kept warm by coming to visit you in Minnesota. Now I'm keeping cool by spending a week here at the lake, in California, 7000 feet elevation. Nice and cool!
Im in Victoria BC and we have not had much of a summer. Today is our first real warm day and to keep cool my sister and I moved our quilting out side in the shade of some trees.
The only way to keep cool in Northern Virginia is to stay inside and do nothing. Fan4may at aol dot com
Hello Mary,
I have the fire going, Winter here in Australia.
Happy days.
Bev.xoxo
My A/C is cranked up and mostly I'm staying inside! (This is my first time to your blog although I've seen your name in comments all over blogland! I came here via a link on Stray Stitches.)
We've been out of the HOT zone, but we still open up all the windows and really cool down the house every morning, then close it up tight! I've taken to ironing out on the back porch with the deer and the birds. Lovely! ~Kd
www.KdQuilts.com
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