Enter to WIN a free Weekend Sewing Workshop at Blueberry Hill (A Holiday Contest)
Sunday, October 30, 2011 at 10:35AM 
Have you been just super excellent this year? Have you tried your hardest, done your darnedest, been just above and beyond? Did you take in a stray kitten or bake 156 cupcakes or put out a sofa fire? Did you, at any point in 2011, have to bust out the tiny little nit comb? Skip the epidural? Change a thousand cloth diapers? Accidentally give birth in a public place, to more than one baby, or to just one extremely screamy one? Are you a dad who quilts selflessly? Did your cat's fight with a raccoon and subsequent vet bills wipe out the holiday budget?
Well then, we want to hear from you. Because we want to give away a weekend sewing workshop to somebody who really needs / deserves / wants one, and we want to hear from your friends, kids, husbands and boyfriends, parents and co-workers about why it should be you.
To enter, simply ask somebody you know (or send them a link to this post) to nominate you. They can email us directly. We'll get the workshop team together to pick a winner, who will have their choice of Blueberry Hill workshops. Airfare not included. Here's what their nomination should include:
•Name, hometown, phone number and email address of the person who is being nominated
•Name, email, and phone number for person responsible for nominating
•In 500 words or less, OR in the form of a drawing, OR Haiku, or OR poem, tell us why this person deserves a free Weekend Sewing Workshop at Blueberry Hill Inn
•Please indicate wether or not you would like the entry to be made public, as we would like to post a gallery of images and essays but will leave yours out if you prefer.
ENTRIES DUE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6TH!
send them to: workshopheatherross@hotmail.com
And if you weren't very good at all this year, if you ate the last piece of sushi every time, picked the dark chocolate chunks out of the Ben and Jerry's and then put the mangled carton back in the fridge, or left the gas tank on E for the next person, we want you to know that we would love to have you in Vermont with us too. There are still openings in all of our 2012 workshops, and if you'd like to purchase one as a gift we can help you get something under the tree. Already signed up for the workshop (or in the process of signing up) but wanting to enter the contest? If you enter and win we'll still give you the workshop for free.
Contests are so much fun, don't you think?
Reader Comments (5)
I would like to nominate Jeanne Po, an excellent sewer, knitter, mother, wife, employee, chef, homekeeper, parent council member, fundraiser, and expecially friend, for the free weekend sewing workshop. She toils relentlessly with grace and hardly ever complains. No one deserves it more than she does.
Jeanne Po, Roslindale, MA, 617-596-6905, jeannepo@gmail.com
Thank you,
Joelle Chateauneuf, joellechateau@yahoo.com 617-899-4934
I would like to nominate Maggie Bunch. I have been sewing for a long, long time (I'm pretty old) , I've taken classes with the best of the best - Wendy Schoen, Lillie McAnge - you name her. But Maggie was a member of the Cardinal Chapter of SAGA with me and there isn't one other single person that I have learned more about fine and hand sewing from than Maggie Bunch! No One!! I finally conquered bullion roses with her instructions. Smocking Bishops straight - saving all sorts of time and effor twith the pulling and the blocking and all of that. I could go on&on but just let me add I'm not the only one who has learned from her - she shares her extensive knowledge of sewing with the whole world thru her blog and several different sewing forums. And she's FUN, too!
oh goody goody goodness! what a wonderful contest! can the recommendations also be in spanish? just asking.....
I would like to nominate my sister Leslie Williams. She is a mom to two cherubic little girls, doting wife, loving sister and caring daughter. She happily gave up a successful career as an event planner three years ago to stay at home with her children. While a stay-at-home mom, she discovered her passion for sewing. She dove in head first to learn as much about sewing as she could. She has made everything from quilts to clothes for her daughters. She even made individualized bags for every kid in her daughter's class out of fabric made from the classrooms self-portraits. Unfortunately, life has thrown her an unexpected curve-ball recently. But, she has swung right back; making the best of the situation as much as possible. This sewing weekend would be an excellent reward for handling these past few months with such grace and for always putting everyone around her ahead of herself. It would be a great break and allow her to focus on herself for once. She's super fun, creative and a good gal to have around. Please consider her for this wonderful treat - no one would appreciate it more! Thanks for your consideration.
I would like to nominate my daughter, Leslie Williams, for your sewing get away weekend. She has always been super creative, and after the arrival of her two daughters, she decided to be a stay at home mom. She fell in love with fabrics and sewing and created quilts and clothes for her daughters. During this last year, she has come to a giant bump in the road. She is trying to put the pieces of her life back together and this weekend would help her to do that. She has been super interested in all aspects of sewing, trying to learn as much as she can. She is a loving daughter, mother and sister and we would love for her to have a chance to learn more about a craft she loves.