Free Printable Cards and Discount

I wanted to take a moment and just say thank you! 

I am so very grateful for each and everyone of you because with out you, well, I don't want to think about that! 

To show my appreciation, I am offering up two special things for you! 

First up is 20% off your entire order in my shop!! Yep. Order whatever you like and save 20% on everything! Just use the coupon code THANKS when you check out and it will automatically apply. Click HERE to go to my shop.

Next, (and I am quite excited about these) I designed a couple of free printable cards for personal use for you to download and print at home or at  a local print shop. (Link is down below photos)

How many times do you find yourself with a gift but no card? Or, you just want to jot a friend a thank you note but you don't have time to hit the store? 

I am here to help you with that "it's not a problem anymore" problem. ;)

First is the free printable card that says Hello! It's blank on the inside. It's simple. It's sweet and can be used in a multitude of occasions! 

Second is a Thank You card. There are so many times I've needed a quick thank you card I can't even tell you how many times. It's so nice to have this file on hand, print it up, personalize it and send it on its merry way. This also, is blank on the inside. 

If you'd like to download the file for your own, please click HERE.  Note: Dropbox has a 20GB per day download limit so if you receive an error message when you try to download it, you may have to try the next day. 

I'd love to hear your thoughts on them and if you take photos of them in use, be sure to use the hashtag #FreckledWhimsy .

If these go over well, you may see more cards designed by ©Freckled Whimsy!!

Much Love!!!

Winner of Cucire Giveaway

It's that time!!

I've asked my daughter to choose a winner this time and she chose number 23....

So the winner is....

BillieBee please email me your mailing address at karrielyne at gmail dot com and we'll get that straight out to you!

Congratulations!!

Much Love!!!

Sponsor Giveaway

Hello Friends!!

I have someone new to introduce you to. 

Her name is Elizabeth and she runs a cute little shop called Cucire (pronounced "coo-CHEER-uh").  She sells thread, notions, fabrics from designers like Amy Butler, Heather Ross, and Jeni Baker. She also has voile and solids! 

If you are interested in Amy Butlers line called Belle, she is running a monthly special at $8/yard!! Woohoo!! Gorgeous line! 

On top of that, we're doing a giveaway, sponsored by Cucire, of course! 

Wanna know what she's giving away? You're going to love it. I know I do!

One winner will get....

#1-- AURIFIL!!! She's giving away Aurifil! Its Zen Chic's Dance With Me collection which includes 6 spools (220 yards each)! 

#2 -- 5 Fat Quarters of Art Gallery's Pure Elements that match perfectly with the thread!! 

Aren't they just yummy?! Perfect for Fall, which is just right around the corner. 

Also perfect for you to get started on all those Halloween projects! 

Alright, how to enter.... you have 3 chances to enter. Winners entries will be verified. 

1.  Like Cucire's Facebook Page --- > Click Here, Like her page, then come back here and leave a comment that you did so. 

2.  Visit the Cucire Shop --> Click Here, have a good look around, then come back here and tell us what your favorite thing(s) are in her shop in the comments!

3.  Share this giveaway --> This can be done on ANY social media. Just post a link back to this post when you share and come back here and leave a comment saying that you did so, and where. 

***International friends, this is open to you too!!! 

Giveaway begins right now and will end on August 4th at 11:59pm CST. Winner will be announced on August 5th! 

Well, what are you waiting for? Enter, enter, enter!!! :D 

Do You Pinterest

Pinterest is no secret. 

We all have found ourselves spending hours scouring it for that perfect recipe or cleaning remedy. Ever look for a new quilt pattern or maybe you're looking for a new puppy and want to measure cuteness. It's like a one stop shop with distractions bigger Channing Tatum dancing in Magic Mike. ((Ahem... ))

Um...what was I talking about...

Oh yeah, Pinterest. 

You might notice that if you hover over my pictures now you will see a little Pinterest Icon show up in the upper right hand corner! If you click that, you can pin that photo directly to your Pinterest account! Wowza!  No more choosing from all the pictures on that given page. You only post what you click! I love it! 

Do you have your own blog that you'd like to set up like this? It's not too bad, but you do have to have some basic knowledge of editing the template in your blog. 

I followed a tutorial over at Blogger Sentral where Greenlava makes it pretty straight forward. Go ahead and give it a peek... Click HERE for the tutorial. 

Here are just a "few" of my favourite things on Pinterest. ((Ahem....))

Don't follow me? You can look me up under KarrieLyne! 

Much Love!!!

Darling

Last but certainly not least, let me tell you a bit more about Darling. 

You can get this on Craftsy or My Shop. 

I saw Heather Ross' new line called Briar Rose and instantly fell in love.  Can you blame me?

I wanted to do a design that had larger blocks so I could capture the details in this fabric. Smaller blocks tend to smaller pieces, and sometimes you lose the features of the fabric.  I wanted to showcase this line! 

So... the blocks in this quilt are 16" and has pinwheels. Both yield to showing off this adorable line. Granted, whether you use this line or another, it will look beautiful! AND... make just one more block and you can make a pillow to match!!

Getting shots of this quilt was a bit of a trick. The wind was a bit pesky that day, but we made do. Even had a few laughs. 

I hope you think this quilt is as Darling as I think it is. :)

Much Love!!!

Embrace

Oops, I've been a bit behind in posting more details on my other two patterns! 

Right now my life consists of work and softball. Oh, and more softball..lol! It really is a fun time, save for days like yesterday when it was 100+.  I was just sitting there and sweating. Ew. Yuck. But..we won so it's all good! 

OK on to Embrace! 

You can get this on Craftsy or My Shop. :)

This quilt started out with me wanting to do a "hugs and kisses" type quilt. I loved seeing all of the X and O quilts out there but I wanted to do one of my own that could be a lovey dovey Valentine's Day quilt, or an any day quilt. 

Ohhh...now I want to make this in red and white.... and pink .... and a touch of black ... hmmm... 

Ok ok.. back on track!

Here is my original EQ mock up. 

I love how this pattern plays with your eyes.  The more you look at it, the different it seems. And the best part?  It's made up of two blocks, one being a square in a square which is so easy peasy! Then there is the X block, which is also easy to piece, which means this quilt goes together quite fast!! 

This pattern includes directions for FIVE sizes again! 

Purple is my favourite color so when I saw Dear Stella's line called Piper, it was a no brainer for me to use their fabric!

Here are a few shots that were taken in the making of the cover...

This biased stripey binding steals the show for sure!!

Another high five to my kids for holding up the quilt for this shot. :)

And the final cover shot...

It's one of my babies, so of course I love it. What do you think?

Much Love!!!

Promenade

The other day I posted three of my newest patterns and I promised I'd come back to tell you more about them. 

First up... Promenade. 

You can get it on Craftsy or my shop. 

Thus far, this is my favourite pattern.  The funny thing is, it was a complete accident. I was playing around in EQ (Electric Quilt) making a bunch of blocks and decided to start auditioning them.  Literally 15 minutes later this quilt was born. 

As soon as I saw that the negative space was creating an octagon (of sorts), I was sold.  The best part, the blocks are super easy! 

This was my EQ mock up... 

Isn't it delightful? I used Les Amis by Patty Sloniger for Michael Miller and I think it's perfect.  Mostly because it has turtles in it. Thank you Miss Sloniger! Please bring more turtles :) 

This pattern includes instructions for FIVE different sizes!! 

My children are wonderful.  We went out looking for a place to take photos and wound up on a golf course, of all places.  They were sort of patient while their arms started to get sore with me trying to get a good photo..heehee! 

These photos were taken at a historical trading post in my wee little town.  

This one was taken at the same place and is the one I used on the cover of the pattern. 

I really {{heart}} this quilt.  I hope you do too!!

Much Love!!!