 THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED- GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!!!!
Yes it is true  August 1st 2013 the BadAss Quilters Society hit 4000 on Facebook!  We could not be more excited and that means it is time to party!!  And of course as with any great party there are gifts!!  Lots of gifts and they will be going to not one but two winners this time.  Yes TWO winners take it all!
We have amazing gifts which have been donated by the following vendors and artisans and I will be actually adding to this list as the day goes on!
Bernina Of America – TWO Bernina 215 sewing machines!
Fil-Tec – Thread kits including Glide and Penny Streeters Piecing kits
Retro- Clean – Both their amazing stain treater and their regular use wash
Debbie Berkebile – Quilt Artisan and longarm quilter – two amazing quilt kits and gift certificates for quilting services!
Aurifil Threads- amazing Italian made threads of distinction
Hunter’s Design Studio- Patterns  A full assortment of amazing patterns
Lavender and Lime – Kathy Skomp. Gorgeous traditional quilt patterns made for today’s fabrics
Fiber on a Whim- An Art quilters paradise! Kits and supplies to get you started on your art quilting adventure
Mariners Compass Quilt Shop- Â Derailed quilt kits
Laurie Tigner Quilt Artisan and Pattern designer – Adorable applique patterns
Moda Fabrics – Fabric goodness!
Nichole Webb Rivera – Artisan and teacher -Ultimate Fantasy Freehand kits
Erin Schlosser –  Schlosser Design patterns
Andover Fabrics
Skipstone Creative – adorable Applique patterns!
Blue Line Eraser- remove blue pen with ease once and for all!
Rose Hughes Quilt Artist
Barn Cat Creaton LLC
and more to come……
How the Giveaway Works——————————————————————–
The giveaway opens today and to enter all you have to do is leave a comment on THIS POST ( comments left on other posts or on Facebook will not count towards entry into the giveaway)
You may leave only 1 comment. Duplicates will be removed from the entries before the Grand Prize Drawing. Please leave sufficient identifying information such as your full name and state so that there will be no mix ups!
The giveaway is open now through Friday the 9th of August at which time it will be closed out ( 10pm Eastern) At that point all entries will be checked, duplicates removed as well as any spam comments or trolling.Â
Saturday the 10th we will draw for our two winners. Winners will be announce here on the blog as well as on Facebook.
Winners have until 9 am Monday the 12th to respond. If the winner(s) do not respond by that time they are disqualified and a new winner(s) will be drawn.
Winners must contact me at maddie6@bellsouth.net to confirm their winning.  Confirmations will be by matched  comment  number, matching name and email address.Â
Winners are responsible for any applicable gift tax of their state or country.
All donations are promised on the basis that the companies that have pledged get them to BAQS in time for the prize awards shipment. We will do everything within our power to fulfil all of the listed prizes but BAQS is not to be held liable if certain prizes are not fulfilled by the pledging companies.Â
Good luck to everyone! and please take some time to stop by and check out the sites of our great gift donors.. without them this event would not have been near as fun!
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Congrats on 4000 members and the amazing amount of swag you acquired for all of us.
Congratulations on 4000! Greetings from the middle of Norway 🙂 Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
Goose bumps! What a spectacular display of prizes. Congrats on your 4,000.
Congratulations! May your venture be as successful as your dreams. The give away is awesome!
Oh, my goodness…..would love to win this one for sure! I am in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma enjoying a much milder than normal summer!
Hi! this is Kim from lil’ ol’ Poynette, WI. I am a bad-ass quilter and proud of it! Thanks so much for this amazing opportunity! Great work on getting to 4,000! WoW!
Thank you for this awesome giveaway and for your truly badass site – from Texas! 🙂
congratulations on such a big year! baqs, spool, reaching 4000 on FB! – agnes from canada
This is awesome, greetings from Pennsylvania!
Congrats on the milestone! Thanks for the opportunity for the giveaway!
Any of these prizes would be a blessing to our small sewing class, in East Lansdowne PA
I LOVE BAQS and the freedom it gives us to break out of the “mold” and become what we already knew we were!! Congratultions Maddie and BAQS for reaching 4000 Amazing BadAss members!!
Maddie, congratulations! Love all the creativity in this group.
You truely are a bad ass! Thanks for the awesome giveaway
Just thinking of my reaction if I were to win – I hope I don’t faint!
Congratulations Maddie!!! 4000 is such an awesome number!
I have only recently found you and I’m glad I did!
And not just because of the awesome giveaway.
I am in New South Wales, Australia.
you surely must have the gift of the gab to get all those companies “on board” the most amazing line up of prizes EVER. Even though i probably won’t win as i am in South Australia i thank you and them for the opportunity. Congrats on reaching your 4,000 and i look forward to future “Bad Ass” posts
Hello, This is Karen from CA. Congratulations, such a milestone . I’m so happy I found BAQS. Maddie, I love seeing/reading your posts.
Congratulations on reaching 4000 Maddie! Incredible and all down to your hard work -I love coming to visit the Bad Ass page. Thanks for everything you do 🙂
This is one fabulous giveaway – if was fun to discover your blog and group. I will look forward to reading more about it now that I have found you. Thanks for the chance to win. 4000 is a terrific number to reach.
I live in Alberta Canada and love seeing what is happening around the globe in the quilting world. It takes many different forms but one thing for sure is that all quilters are passionate about creating beautiful things.
Regards from Alberta,
Anna
Hi I’m Vicki from Sammamish Washington. Congratulations on 4000 followers! I’d love to win the prize.
Represent! Debra from the Bay Area here. What a great giveaway!
Amazing!!!
The “Bad Ass” quilt movement is born!!! : )
I would love a nice surprise
Congratulations on 4,000 followers! Yay!! What a great giveaway too… WOW!
Thanks for all the prices and hard work!!
I would love to win. Never sewn on a Bernina.
What a fun adventure you have begun and continue to fuel!!! thanks for all you do and all you share ~ ~
Kara
What a great giveaway. I’m hoping to take a road trip down once you open your shop!
This is so great! Can’t wait!!
Wow that’s a lot of people coming out in support. I could really use some of the things that you have listed. Keeping my fingers and toes crossed that I win.
Congrats on reaching 4000+! I think you’re doing a great job.
OHHHH EMMMM GEEEEE ! What a giveaway!!
If this is badass I would love some. I am in Michigan Newaygo.
Super exciting!!! Thanks!
Woo hoo! Those are great prizes, and 4,000 is awesome.
Jen
Spokane, WA
So happy to be a bad ass quilter. Thank YOU and all who contribute the prizes!!! What great prizes!!! I would love to win!!!!
What an honor to have so many fabulous contributions. BAQ’s is one of my favorite FB contacts. I have been exposed to so many things I would never see otherwise! Thanks Maddie.
Linda in Olympia, Washington
Yippee! Thanks for all the quilty fun! Hope to see you at your shop next fall!
Would be so great to win a prize!!! Love.to.quilt!
What a great giveaway. Congrats on all the Likes!
4,000–that is awesome. Thanks for sharing your good fortune.
Wahoo…BAQS. Congratulations Maddie, 4000 likes and counting! Sending you smiles and a warm breeze from Colorado.
Congratulations on 4000…. quite an accomplishment!
Your giveaway is wildly generous! Thanks to all the sponsors!
I very diligently went through all the list of prize sponsors and visited their website..and I am glad I did! You have the most unusual assortment of things…patterns…ideas..products. Thank you – while I most certainly would want to be selected as one of your two winners, I know the information and sponsorship links will remain locatable to reflect and re-read. Thank you.
Back ache- muscle etc: ARNICA
Love the new site. Amazing prizes.
came across your website from a fellow quilter………looks like a blast and I just want to come and play too! Thanks for the chance to win a prize also!!
Beth Crawford
Central West Florida
4000 I can’t wait to see when you reach 5000
Well done!
Not everyone can crsh a site.