This is the fifth Spring Sweeping the Studio giveaway. A total of 11 coordinating new fabrics--quarters, fat quarters, two half-yards, and one full yard. Leave a comment here, and check back to see if you're the winner of the random draw. The deadline is noon EST on Tuesday, June 7th.
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Susan Brownmiller: Seeing Vietnam: Encounters of the Road and Heart
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The original hardcover is shown here. The book I have is a soft cover with the same image, but a slightly different title.- Le Ly Hayslip: Child of War, Woman of Peace
Hayslip is founder of the East Meets West Foundation, author of When Heaven and Earth Changed Places, and a courageous activist. Susan Briscoe: Japanese Quilt Blocks
Modern Japanese quilting using Eastern and Western techniques. Contains 125 blocks from several different traditions, including applique and sashiko. Terrific resource for any quilter.Thomas Savage: The Power of the Dog : A Novel
I've just started this (March 26). Annie Proulx writes, in her afterward, "Gripping and tense...a work of literary art."Orhan Pamuk: Snow
If you're at all interested in exploring Turkey's past and future through the lens of riveting literature, this is a must read. It's the first book I've read by Pamuk, but it won't be the last. Atwood and Updike had this to say: “Not only an engrossing feat to tale-spinning, but essential reading for our times. [Pamuk is] narrating his country into being,” Margaret Atwood, The New York Times Book Review. “A major work…conscience-ridden and carefully wrought, tonic in its scope, candor, and humor…with suspense at every vortex…. Pamuk is [Turkey’s] most likely candidate for the Nobel Prize,” John Updike, The New Yorker.Le Ly Hayslip: When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace (Plume)
A woman's memoir of the Vietnam War (and the basis for Oliver Stone's film Heaven & Earth). Author and activist Hayslip currently runs non-profit organizations to help rebuild Vietnam. I'm reading this in preparation for my trip there next month (April 2011).Nicole Krauss: Great House: A Novel
Intriguing style and format. Haunting, philosophical, memorable. A collection of seemingly short stories that begin to weave together mid-novel, forming a complex whole by the end.Julie Mazel Sussman: I Can Read That: A Traveler's Introduction to Chinese Characters
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Oh my gosh, Ali! Orange is my favorite color and these are fantastic! I must have them. Thanks for counting me in.
Posted by: Debbie | 06/06/2011 at 08:46 PM
This would be incredibly awesome to win - thanks for the chance!!
Posted by: Mimi | 06/07/2011 at 12:05 AM
oh this is summer!!! So delicious
Thanks for the chance
Gina
Posted by: Catswhiskers | 06/07/2011 at 03:41 AM
Have always been a fan of orange. add me to the list.
Love watching your Prototypes. The idea of smaller might be better especially if you are dealing with 100(!)children..
Posted by: Annie | 06/07/2011 at 03:58 AM
This is a wonderful giveaway. I'm not entering since I've already won once. I just want to thank you again for your generosity. These are Sara's colors so I hope she enters.
Fondly, Etty
Posted by: Etty Robinson | 06/07/2011 at 04:34 AM
Those oranges are so vibrant!! How absolutely lovely!! They remind me of all the yummy & cozy things I love.
Posted by: Wilma | 06/07/2011 at 07:08 AM
Those are beautiful fabrics!
Posted by: Leta Stokes | 06/07/2011 at 07:16 AM
What gorgeously bright oranges!
Posted by: Laura | 06/07/2011 at 07:19 AM
Gorgeous orange fabric!!! I'd love to use them with some dark blue fabric. The quilt would zing!
Posted by: Becky in Georgia | 06/07/2011 at 07:30 AM
So alive! Great combinations! Hope I will your drawing...Hadassah
Posted by: Hlerner | 06/07/2011 at 07:40 AM
Love the orange prints. It's so vibrant.
Posted by: Kim | 06/07/2011 at 08:05 AM
Orange scares me - but seeing all of these together has made me brave. Thank you for the opportunity!
Posted by: Stacey | 06/07/2011 at 08:07 AM
These fabrics are beautiful! Thanks for the chance.
Posted by: Luci Dutton | 06/07/2011 at 08:37 AM
I've just started to collect oranges for a quilt, what a great addition these beautiful fabric would make, thanks for the giveaway.
Posted by: Deb Rickmyer | 06/07/2011 at 08:40 AM
Gorgeous fabric! Count me in as I would love to win these lovelies!
Posted by: Michele Bilyeu | 06/07/2011 at 08:57 AM
Please count me in as I would love to win these lovely fabrics!!!
Posted by: Michele Bilyeu | 06/07/2011 at 08:57 AM
Love the orange fabrics. The colors are so vivid.
Posted by: Kate Sykes | 06/07/2011 at 09:12 AM
What an amazing collection of orange fabrics!
Posted by: Jocelyn | 06/07/2011 at 10:23 AM
wowsers! i love orange fabrics!!!
Posted by: audrey easter | 06/07/2011 at 11:31 AM
havestarted reading your blog lately and love it .alot of orange fans in this family
Posted by: rivka | 06/07/2011 at 11:36 AM
WOW, I love this giveaway. These are my colors and I would love to win this giveaway.
Posted by: Sara Fiedler | 06/07/2011 at 12:36 PM
Wow!! These are really great. I hope my friend Sara wins because these are her colors.
Shifra
Posted by: Shifra Goldenson | 06/07/2011 at 02:42 PM
Orange is my new favorite color!! great giveaway! love it! gougeonathome@charter.net (Allison)
Posted by: Allison Gougeon | 06/07/2011 at 08:32 PM