#194, Maggie, who said: 
I never wreck my vacuum by sucking up snarls of loose threads and pins. That’s why we buy vacuum belts by bulk.

Ha ha! Nor do we, Maggie!
Thanks to everyone for participating.  I am so far behind in my emails that I haven’t gotten to write back to everyone, but we read every single big fat lie and they were hysterical.  Who would have ever thought so many swimsuit models and chocolate-haters reading this blog!

Late this week I’ll have a giveaway of some scrapbook software – so check back soon.

Happy sewing!
Amanda

Hi everyone,
In the interest of totally shameless self-promotion, I wanted to let you know that I’ll be talking about Veranda on Fat Quarter Shop’s great blog, The Jolly Jabber, tomorrow.  Fat Quarter Shop was one of the first places to pick up my entire pattern line when it came out and they have such a great blog.  (Also lots of sales through their twitter feed so it is definitely worth following!)  They also kitted Jewels of My Garden, which appeared in Quiltmaker this summer and will be added to my pattern line in the not-so-distant future.

For visitors from The Jolly Jabber, please comment on yesterday’s post to enter my Garden Paths and Verand Roll-Up Giveaway.  (I am so enjoying reading all your big fat lies about yourselves incidentally, and that is NO lie!)  Welcome!

Happy sewing!
Amanda

This giveaway is now closed…
Tomorrow I am guest-blogging at Sew Sweetness, which is hosted by Sara in Chicago.  She has lined up 30 days of fun sewing articles this month.  I’ll be talking about buttons and buttonholes – specifically how to use them on the back of pillows.

I “met” Sara this spring.  After noticing that she faithfully commented on many of my blog posts I emailed her asking if she might want to test a pattern for my line.  (Yes, be careful faithful commenters!)  That pattern was Garden Paths, my best seller, so I thought that it was only fitting that I host a Garden Paths giveaway with this post. Not only am I giving away the pattern but I have one Veranda roll-up that I’ve saved for just this purpose. 

To enter you must be a follower of this blog and leave a comment on this post telling me a big lie about yourself.  (I must give credit to this giveaway idea to the very funny ladies of at Me and My Sister Designs.  They did this a few months ago and I thought it was absolutely brilliant.)  Don’t forget to leave me a way to contact you should you win.

I’ll start:
At a statuesque 5’10”, I am a very relaxed person with absolutely no tendency towards obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Winner will be chosen using the Random Number Generator on Saturday

Make sure to hop on over to Sew Sweetness and say “hi” to Sara because she is having a giveaway on my entire pattern line – one more chance to win something fun!

Happy sewing!
Amanda