Pretty Pleats: Giveaway Day: Citrus Pleats Quilt Pattern

Monday, May 12, 2014

Giveaway Day: Citrus Pleats Quilt Pattern

What a great day for giveaways!

I have another new, original pattern to give away on this blog! And it could be yours!

Citrus Pleats wall hanging with an elegant pleated border.
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This pattern makes a wonderful wall hanging 28" x 28". Notice the elegant pleated borders and the mitered corners.

Well, folks, both the mitered corners and the pleated borders are easy to make using my techniques in the pattern.

Detail of the pleated border--with this pattern, any experience crafter can make this beautiful quilt!
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Contest is open everyone! In the comments, tell me your favourite memories of citrus.

If you do not win, but would still like to buy the quilt, you can do that at Etsy.

*My favourite memory of citrus is going to Sorrento, south of Rome, Italy, and standing in a ripe lemon grove. The smell was unbelievable!

Citrus Pleats Quilt Pattern
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Thank you for all the entries. The contest has now closed.

The winner is comment #14!

Toohey May 13, 2014 at 6:33 AM

Oh, thanks for the giveaway. Love the bright colors on your wall hanging. My favorite citus memories are all about the smells! Orange blossoms from the orchard that wasn't far from where I grew up!

54 comments :

Catskill Quilter said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; May 12, 2014 at 10:51 AM
Catskill Quilter said...: Whoops! My best citrus memory is from childhood. I refused to eat my orange, and my Mother told me that there were starving children in Europe (this was just after the second World War) and I replied, "Let's wrap it up and mail it to them!"; May 12, 2014 at 10:54 AM
Desiree said...: not necessarily a good memory... but when I was pregnant we stopped at a fruit stand when traveling. We got about 100 miles down the road and realized my husband's wallet was missing. After driving back to the fruit stand, cancelling everything, we finally found it in a weird spot in our car a few days later...

glazefamily3 AT gmail.com; May 12, 2014 at 11:09 AM
Unknown said...: My grandparents always had citrus-flavored sodas growing up and I always got to get one when we went to visit (we never kept any sodas in our house, so this was a very special treat). amy.forkner (at) gmail (dot) com; May 12, 2014 at 4:17 PM
sandyandcosmo said...: One time my Jack Russell Terrier tried to eat a lime. You should have seen the look on his face!; May 12, 2014 at 4:56 PM
Margaret said...: I have to say when I visited Florida the smell of oranges was so nice.; May 12, 2014 at 6:38 PM
Susan Solberg said...: Squeezing oranges for juice. Delicious!; May 12, 2014 at 7:43 PM
Welcome to the Glorious Chaos! said...: Watching my grandmother cut oranges and grapefruits!; May 12, 2014 at 8:12 PM
jellybean said...: Making breakfast citrus salad with my Grandma; May 12, 2014 at 8:55 PM
schmidt1016 said...: My favorite memory of citrus is eating grapefruits when I was pregnant with my first baby, nearly 40 years ago!

Leslie S. in MN; May 12, 2014 at 9:09 PM
Janet said...: Being in jungle country in Ecuador, where you could buy a huge bag of oranges for about 5 cents. We drank fresh squeezed orange juice by the gallon.; May 12, 2014 at 10:13 PM
Anonymous said...: Lemonade and our camping holidays in Italy when I was little :) xo; May 13, 2014 at 1:50 AM
Wild Irish said...: On holidays in Italy... oh the memories; May 13, 2014 at 3:54 AM
Anonymous said...: Eating oranges in the middle of winter.; May 13, 2014 at 4:09 AM
Toohey said...: Oh, thanks for the giveaway. Love the bright colors on your wall hanging. My favorite citus memories are all about the smells! Orange blossoms from the orchard that wasn't far from where I grew up!; May 13, 2014 at 6:33 AM
Sallie said...: Drinking cherry limeades after my OB doctor visits when I was expecting my first child.; May 13, 2014 at 7:49 AM
Lia*s Handmades said...: Eating grapefruits when I was a child, before I got allergic to them. Always loved the red Pomelo's :)

Many thanks for the chance to win!; May 13, 2014 at 9:29 AM
Mara said...: Love the cherry limeades I had when in College, saw the comment above, my favorite way to enjoy citrus's is drinking them.; May 13, 2014 at 9:53 AM
Stephanie said...: lemmonade my parents always make; May 13, 2014 at 1:56 PM
Sandra said...: I love any type of citrus fruit. Even growing up as a child I remember there were always some type of citrus fruit available to eat. Thank you for being so generous and sharing your Citrus Pleats Quilt Pattern with us and giving all of us the chance to win.

Sandi Timmons
sandit1@sbcglobal.net; May 13, 2014 at 3:23 PM
Bonnie58 said...: I love citrus fruits, especially the large valencia oranges that come out right after xmas. mm'mm. Great giveaway. Thanks so much for sharing; May 13, 2014 at 6:02 PM
Sarah said...: Making fresh squeezed lemonade with my children. sarah@forrussia.org; May 13, 2014 at 8:07 PM
Richard Healey said...: Loved making fresh lemonade; May 13, 2014 at 8:50 PM
jeifner said...: I know what you mean! On the north west corner of Spain you can stand near the ocean and smell the sea, the eucalyptus trees and the orange and lemon blossoms. Just devine. We always had orange or lemon Fanta with dinner, that's citrus right?; May 14, 2014 at 12:35 AM
Unknown said...: my favorite citrus memory is all of the giant lemons on the amalfi coast of italy- so beautiful!!; May 14, 2014 at 1:13 AM
Havplenty said...: Eating oranges grown in Florida in Florida in the sunshine. Delicious.; May 14, 2014 at 5:30 AM
Jess Burns said...: My great-grandmother sending us a box of Florida grapefruit every year for Christmas. I still love grapefruit, but what I find in the stores (especially the bargain grocery stores) just isn't as good.

jhunsberger (at) gmail (dot) com; May 14, 2014 at 6:34 AM
LittleWit said...: There is a local ice cream shop that makes a Lemon curd frozen yogurt and my mouth is watering just thinking about it. It's so delicious! So wonderfully lemon-y.; May 14, 2014 at 7:48 AM
BrandiSchmandi said...: my favorite citrus memory is a recent one, there is a sno-cone stand 5 hours from home that has been in operation for 75 years by the same family. they home make their syrups and satsuma is absolutely divine! i'll be going there this weekend and i'm sooooo excited! satsuma is one of the flavors i'll be getting.; May 14, 2014 at 8:00 AM
Lena said...: Fanta is citrus-esque, but I know what you mean.
I adored Fanta Orange on my first trip to Europe.; May 14, 2014 at 8:41 AM
Gill said...: A honeymoon in Sicily and the smell of orange blossom!; May 14, 2014 at 8:55 AM
Barbara O. said...: Fetching a fresh lemon from the tree to make lemonade - yummy! Thanks for the chance!; May 14, 2014 at 11:05 AM
Rocksteadyemme said...: had a lime tree when i was a kind, but my mother is a lime fiend!
emmevon(at)gmail(dot)com; May 14, 2014 at 11:15 AM
auschick said...: I had a really delicious lime and blueberry "cooler" drink last summer - it was so good!; May 14, 2014 at 11:49 AM
Tawny said...: My mom had this lemonade jug when I was little. It had a lime, an orange and a lemon painted on it. I remember loving that jug because she would only bring it out in summer. The paint was slightly worn out, but I just loved that lemonade jug. :D; May 14, 2014 at 12:17 PM
MrsV said...: Homemade lemonade in Mexico with fresh lemons from the market.; May 14, 2014 at 2:09 PM
Kayla Yapuncich said...: Well, one time I stuck orange seeds up my nose and my parents had to bring me to the hospital. Not really great, but definitely memorable!; May 14, 2014 at 7:07 PM
Amy's Crafty Shenanigans said...: I remember picking up a lemon while visiting a place in California and being told off by a security man. I think I was 3 and I cried!! It was on teh ground and I was curious... mean man!!; May 15, 2014 at 4:15 AM
Rhonda D. said...: I love fresh lemonade. Thanks for the chance to win!; May 15, 2014 at 6:46 AM
Lady J said...: I grew up having a lemon tree in my backyard. Whenever we needed a lemon for dinner, my mom would ask me to go out and pick one. It smelled so good. I would love to have one at house.; May 15, 2014 at 7:59 AM
Danette said...: My favorite memory of citrus is... Corona with a lime! Thank you for the chance to win.; May 15, 2014 at 8:21 AM
Ellen said...: Picking oranges off the trees near Phoenix, AZ.; May 15, 2014 at 9:07 AM
Anonymous said...: My favorite memory of citrus is my first time in Florida and being able to pick oranges and grapefruits right off the tree.; May 15, 2014 at 9:43 AM
Anonymous said...: When I first went back to work my son called me one day to tell me that he had a paper cut and he couldn't remember if lemon juice was good or bad to put on it!; May 15, 2014 at 10:42 AM
WhoMom said...: My favorite memory of citrus would be the first time I saw grapefruit on a tree while visiting relatives for Christmas in San Diego.; May 15, 2014 at 10:47 AM
sue said...: I remember visiting Florida many years ago, and eating my first Kumquat. It was sour and sweet at the same time; an unusual, but delightful taste!; May 15, 2014 at 11:30 AM
Tara G said...: The restaurant I worked at as a teenager served fresh squeezed lemonade. There were always lemons to be squeezed!

Thanks so much for the giveaway!; May 15, 2014 at 1:51 PM
CarrieM said...: I love how my baby boys love cuties!; May 15, 2014 at 2:13 PM
Rina Mason said...: My favorite memory is of going to see Santa at Christmas. Back in the 50's it wasn't easy to get oranges in the middle of winter in the middle of the U.S.but when we went to see Santa we received a bag full of candy and an orange. I looked forward to the orange more than the candy.; May 15, 2014 at 6:15 PM
Breanna S. said...: memory of my first citrus fruit. I do remember the first time I tasted grape fruit and was very surprised that is was not at all what I expected.; May 15, 2014 at 7:09 PM
Weatherbee ;) said...: Eating grapefruit using those neat little peelers and spoons with my grandma when I was a little girl.

Thanks for the awesome giveaway!; May 15, 2014 at 9:01 PM
Mike and Jackie said...: I love Christmas Oranges.; May 16, 2014 at 7:05 AM
Michelle said...: I love citrus in all forms--the scent and taste. I use citrus to season fish and citrus essential oils to scent soaps and body products

detroitgirl77 AT gmail DOT com; May 16, 2014 at 8:10 AM
DebraKay Neiman said...: We were pretty poor. I remember being excited to get an orange in my Christmas Stocking. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com; May 16, 2014 at 12:13 PM