Carol Doak has put together the perfect tools to bring quilters and cardmakers together…her new book, 50 Little Paper-Pieced Blocks, is filled with adorable, perfectly-pieced 3″ quilt blocks in a variety of themes including stars, hearts, flowers, a birthday cake…even crayons, an airplane, and a candlestick!
This book is also a great intro to paper piecing for those of us (ok so maybe it’s just me) who have been a little afraid to try.
Once you’ve made all your favorite designs from the book, you can tuck them into Carol Doak’s Keepsake Frame Cards and mail them off to friends and family. The card stock is handmade and really lovely…definitely works as a mini art frame too, to display the blocks that you want to keep for yourself. If you’re not into cardmaking, you can mix and match the blocks to make table linens, wall quilts, pillows, or just about any cute fabric accessory.
Click here for a few FREE block patterns from the book, just to whet your paper-piecing appetite.
One lucky person will win a copy of 50 Little Paper-Pieced Blocks, PLUS a pack of Carol Doak’s Keepsake Frame Cards! To enter, leave a comment telling us about the nicest greeting card you ever received.
Comments will be closed at 6:00 pm PST on Sunday, November 6, 2011—the winner will be contacted via email and their name will be posted here on the blog next week.
Increase your chances to win! Enter an extra comment for each of the actions you take below. Tell us what you did and thanks in advance for spreading the word!
- Sign in to your Amazon account and hit the “like” button for this book
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Congrats to Jenny, whose name was drawn at random from the comments on last week’s post. Linda won a copy of Mickey Lawler’s SkyQuilts.
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I’m VERY afraid of paper piecing so this would be a great thing for me to win! :)
A Birthday card from my father-we hadnt talked in 10 years- and he was telling me Happy Birthday and how much he loved me:) Cant get better than that:)!!!!!
Any cards made & sent by my grandchildren. Thery put so much effort into them. If I win the book I would share it with my granddaughter.
The cards are a neat idea! Looks like a fun book to have–hint hint! ;)
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The nicest greeting card I got was in my dreams for Valentines Day this year from my Sweet Mother who passed away last year!!! It was signed by her in her handwriting….when I asked the man who gave it to me how he got it….he told me he had strict instructions to make sure I got it this year!!! I cried in my sleep and was crying when I woke up too!!! I will never forget that dream…..
I liked on Amazon
from my husband…. need I say more? He’s a real romantic;-)
I love Carol Doaks patterns. I hope I win.
It would have to be the birthday card from my daughter and son-in-law who live in Taiwan telling me how much they wished I had a wonderful birthday and they were thinking of me on my day even though they could not be with me.
The best card is the one your not expecting, when it says HELLO, I was just thinking of you. That reminds me, I need to find my box of cards, it is time to send some out to my unsuspecting friends.
The nicest card I ever received was from my son when he was about 5yrs old. It was the first card he made for me totally all by himself and it was beautiful… and it totally expressed his love for me, which is what cards should be – handmade and from the heart.
LOVE ALL MY HUSBAND’S CARDS!
THANKS FOR SHARING!
Love this!!!! Quilting and scrapbooking combined!!!!! Thanks for sharing!
My best card was for my birthday this year I received a card in the mail from my bestfriends mom and when I went over to his house I took it to show him how pretty it was and before I could give it to him he handed me a card from him. When I opened the card I just started laughing it was the same card that his mom had sent me from Ohio I was just so proud because they both thought of me as such a special person that even 1300 miles apart the sentiments were the same. Oh and the cards were purple, I am a purple freak!
I liked on Amazon and shared on FB, plus I already subscribe to all the other items for extra entries.
I love paper piecing and have all the rest of Carol’s books. Can hardly wait to get my hands on this one!! For those who are afraid – this looks like a good way to start. Carol’s directions are really good and easy to follow.
I want to paper piece. the only time I tried, it was kind of a disaster.
but, I want to try again!
any card from my kids!
One book to combine all those things I want to do or try but haven’t……paper piecing smalll pieces……and paper crafting lets jump right in…..hope I win
Carol Doak rocks! Thanks for the contest!
I’ve liked you on FB!
SEW BEAUTIFUL!!! Just can’t get the hang of paper piecing, glad someone else can!!!
A hand beaded card of Asian symbol for Harmony. My friend made it for me ‘just because’.
That’s an easy one. When my son was 5, he got me a birthday card that said “Happy Birthday 8-Year Old” totally believing that Mommy was 3 years older than him. To this day, that’s what he’ll still answer, and he’s 37!
Just subscribed to the You Tube channel!
A homemade mother’s day card from my son was the best card I’ve received.
My sister is an artist and has made wonderful cards over the years. My favorite is the anniversary card featuring a tacky tourist couple.
Carol is my favorite designer! I’d love to win her book and the note cards.
i already like you on facebook.
i subscribe to your newsletter
i joined your creative troupe
i hit the like button on amazon.
i think the nicest card i have recived was from a quilter thanking me for supporting her in her quilting. i had to tell HER how much she supported ME. she died a few years ago and i really miss her.
I really like getting and sending the Smile Box greetings. My sister made some of the most beautiful torn paper cards. Wish I could enclose a picture.
The nicest card I ever received? I recently received one from my 17-year old son who has had a rough year- well, I guess I have had a rough year due to him. He gave me the most thoughtful card “just because” and wrote a very heartfelt message inside. Maybe I’m doing something right :)
I liked you on Facebook
and I liked the book on Amazon- I really do like it too- looks very interesting
I Love Carol’s Doak’s work and would love to win the cards so that I could SEND the “best card someone ever got” to a special friend!! The best card I ever got was a dirty paper plate my brother sent me to remind me I was missed at Thanksgiving Dinner!! Really!! I was living in TN and all my family was in OH. It was my first Thanksgiving away from home. He nicley folded the paper plate in half, addressed it and put a stamp on it! That was when the Post Office took their delivery promises seriously!! LOL
don’t have a favorite….save handmade cards and admire them all.
Paper piecing is on my learn to do list for 2012. I would love the book to help get me started.
A card from my Mom when we were estranged. It brought us back together.
My sister-in-law makes such beautiful paper cut cards and I treasure every one of them! This is just the book I need for lots of ideas to make cards especially for her, too. Thanks “sew much” for this wonderful giveaway!!
I think the nicest cards are handmade cards. They seems to mean a little bit more.
I liked the book on amazon
The nicest card I ever got was my very first Christmas card after I got divorced and was renting my first house. I don’t even know how these people got MY address (as they were sent to me and not us as a couple, and not forwarded but addressed to me). I still have those cards. They meant the world to me.
I love the cards my grandchildren give me! Some are homemade (lots of love there), some are store-bought and beautiful.
This looks like so much fun. Thanks for the giveaway.
My oldest daughter, who was a handful as a teenager, gave me a mother’s day card that said “Mom, I realize it wasn’t easy raising me…The best and the brightest are always a challenge!” and she glued a picture of herself – wearing a shirt that says “I heart me” – over the cartoon girl on the front of the card. I have the card still many years later. A very special card.
Thanks for the opportunity to win this fabulous book. A great way to get projects precise. My favourite card was one my Sister gave me for Christmas one year. She made it out of bits from other cards and some red ribbon. Far to nice to throw away. It is on the bookcase in my sewing room.
happy days.
Bev.xoxo
There isn’t any single greeting card I can mention: all the cards that children have made for me fot mothers’ day are special :)
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I liked on Amazon.
The most lovely card was fibercart for my birthday this year.
Your newsletter is already coming
I liked you on facebook
We have Flickr contact
I already joined your creative troup
I got a birthday card in college from a former boyfriend I had broken up with six months previously. It was sweet and romantic and I knew we were going to be ok. We married other people but we’re friends to this day, 30 years later.
Just “liked” you on Facebook.
Any card that is made by the person giving it is special.
Nicest card was one with a drawing of a bunch of different owls – it was so cool that it inspired me to create a crewel embroidery wall hanging with those owls. I particularly remember the large snowy owl.
thanks!
That’s a very tough question. I can’t think of a specific one, but in general the ones my son made for me when he was little made my heart melt. In general, when someone goes to the trouble to make a card instead of buy one, it looks beautiful to me.
I liked this book on Amazon
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This would be a delightful book to have – both for little special cards and making mini quilts. Thanks for the chance.
We already liked you on FB and left another comment today as Margaret and Marcia. look for the butterfly avatar
A “just because” card from my sister Kathleen shortly after our Mother and younger sister died.
I liked this great book on amazon! :)
I like you on facebook! This looks like a great book to teach me how to paper piece! Thanks for a chance to win! :)
I signed up for the PatternSpot newsletter! :)
Carol taught me to paper piece! Liked the book on Amazon!
Nicest card i ever received was a birthday card from my dad, just days before he passed.
Liking on facebook! Such a great resourse!
We’re contacts on flickr now!
This looks such a great book ! I would love to win a copy!
I’m a CT member!
The most recent card we got was a really good one. Sent from the kindergarten of my granddaughter with her photo and a drawing for the Jewish New year.
I ‘liked’ on Amazon.
I am signed up for the Patternspot newsletter.
I am subscribed to your YouTube channel.
“Liked” the book on Amazon!
I love Carol Doak’s patterns and the way she makes piecing intricate blocks so easy and foolproof. The nicest greeting card I ever received was a condolence card from a 4-year-old friend, with her hand-drawn picture of my beloved dog we had recently lost to liver failure. I’m sure this book has a perfect block for me to make to send her!
Already signed up for the PatternSpot.com Shopper eNewsletter
I’m one of your Flickr contacts
Ooh, those blocks are so pretty! I’d love a chance to win. Thanks for the freebies.
Wow, I’d LOVE to find this book in my mailbox!
I’m subscribed to your YouTube channel
I really, really, really “Like” you on FB! LOL!
Funny you should ask, the nicest card I received was in the mail yesterday. I was at hancock fabrics and asked a woman where she got a specfic pattern. She said she made it and said she would be willing to send me a copy of it. I gave her my address and said thanks and not a thought came to mind. We began talking and I found out they were on their way to the thrift shop to purchase extra winter coats for her daughter’s class (kindergarden teacher). Without a thought I handed the daughter/teacher $20.00 and asked her to buy some extra for the kids. The thank you note with the patterns said that her daughter (the teacher) was overwhelmed by my generosity. I thought no more about it, just a simple act of kindness. Can’t have kids go without winter coats even in the Carolinas, it still gets cold.
I would love to win!!!!
The nicest card I ever got was from Carol telling me how much she enjoyed spending time with our quilt guild and getting to spend time with each other during her lecture and workshops for 4 days. It was amazing and so is she. The most caring person you could ever meet. She makes us all laugh and you can’t help but learn to paper piece when you complete her classes. I would really love to win this book and add it to my collection of her works.
Looks like a great book!
Love Carol Doak and all her paper piecing innovations!! She is so creative!
Love Carol’s paper piecing method.
The best card I ever received was a hand painted Christmas card from a friend. She had to hand deliver it because at the time she could not even afford the postage for a stamp.
The nicest card that I ever received was hand made and a true work of art!
Love your books and patterns! The stars designs are spectacular. Bea
I would love to have a copy of Carol’s new book, thanks for having this drawing for us!
Nancy/NC…
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I think the most wonderful card would have to be one from my husband that I received a number of years ago. He is not into the sentimental things very much and that year he went all out plus the card and it was the sweetest one I have ever received in my books. Cards from my kids when they were small and made their own were wonderful too as are the grandkids cards, but hubby’s tope the list.
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Looks like another great book from Carol. The best greeting card that I’ve received is one with pictures of my grandchilren.
I subscribed to your YouTube channel
I liked you on Facebook
any card from my granddaughter that she makes is my favorite cards. She always knows how to touch my heart.
The nicest card I ever received was a handmade card from a lady in my quilt guild, thanking me for serving on her committee. It was constructed from quilting fabric and was so very pretty and I have it still–how can you throw things like that away?
I joined your Creative Troupe
Oh…Carol…looks like another MUST have book…and would love to win it free. Great addition to all my other Carol Doak books.
Fern
A birthday card , this year hand drawn by my son and his girl.
he is 31
My favorite card of all time was from my DH, who normally does not give cards of any kind. He included some very sweet sentiments.
Carol is an awesome quilt blogger, author, paper piecer and love to hear her laugh.
Thanks for giving us a chance to win!! I really appreciate it! This book looks like just the thing to really make an impact at Christmas! Thanks so much!!! Love it!!!
Follow both your Yahoo blogs every day. Just finished the twisted mystery, but keet forgetting to take a photo and post it.
Christmas card from my daughter. She printed off a picture of a lovely quilt and added her family’s greeting to me and then laminated it so I would always have it. I keep it by my sewing machine.
hello greetings from Spain.
I like participating in this beautiful drawing.
I am a quilter and I like doing new things.
kany
Would love to have a copy of this book!!!!
The nicest greeting card I ever got was from my husband when we had been fighting over silly things. While I was at school, he decorated the entire living room to say he was sorry & Happy Birthday and taped the greeting card on the door so I’d see it before entering.
That was 20 years ago & is still as fresh in my mind as though it were yesterday.
Just love Carols books. She has just the right way of teaching and she has taught me several new tricks.
I was blessed with a greeting card from my husband when we first started going out together, he knew I loved to quilt so he found one with a quilt design that said “you have taken my heart”
that was 25 years ago!
Best card I ever got the last one from a friends mom it made me cry & smile at the same time
Carol is just wonderful and I can’t wait to start making all these blocks.
The nicest greeting card I ever received came just a few months ago after going on a “quilting cruise” to Alaska with my sister-in-law. She hadn’t originally been thrilled about the idea, but I think she knew I wanted to do it soooo bad, so she agreed to go with me. Her “thank you” card came a couple of weeks after we got home, and it talked about how wonderful a time she had and how it renewed her interest/excitement in life ~ her husband died tragically almost 6 years ago. Of course there was intense emotion for me, and I will never forget the card…
I have done a little paper peicing with paper to make cards and loved it so I joined your group to learn mauch more, I would love to have a copy of your book. thank you , Great group.
I “liked” the book on my Amazon page!! :)
I liked you on Facebook, and I’d love to have a copy of Carol’s beautiful book!
Can’t wait for the new book. Love paper piecing!
Cards my mother wrote to me when she was in her last years — most cherished ones….
Pick me pick me…lol
The nicest greeting card that I received was from my six year old niece who lives in upstate NY. I have recently relocated to Temple, TX. She colored me a picture to hang on my fridge. She told me how much she loves & misses me. It makes me home sick. That is the BEST greeting CARD that I have EVER received.
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Thank you for introducing me to it. :)
The card I’m thinking of today was a handwritten thank you for something I did for someone and I didn’t think my act was significant. It was important to her. So it just goes to show you that you should put good things out into the world.
Love Carol Doak’s patterns!
I received a paper pieced Christmas card from a friend a few years ago and I cherish it. To think she spent all that time making little ol me a Christmas card was amazing!!! It was a Carol Doak pattern.
I subscribed to the PatternSpot newsletter!
Always love your new designs. Can’t wait to see the book.
I have been a fan of pfp since the first day I knew what it was. I love how perfect the points turn out and the variety of blocks they can create. Carol is my idle.
patty
I added C&T to my FLICKR contacts! :)
I like C&T on Facebook.
Love Carol Doak, she is the best.
I love paper piecing and I love minis. This would be the perfect book.
OH A NEW CAROL BOOK SOOOOOO EXCITING I NEED THIS FOR MY COLLECTION! I have every book and pattern she has ever published! and for all you out there who don’t know Carol’s work COME JOIN US and find out what a fastastic and giving person she is!! she has a yahoo group and gives us her time and exclusive patterns! PICK ME PICK ME
I signed up for C&T’s YouTube channel. :)
This would be a great way to try out those little cards. Hope I win!
The nicest card I ever received was one my daughter made in school. It was for Mother’s Day and had a poem she had written herself. I’ve kept it for all these years.
Even if I don’t win this, I will still make it part of my collection!
Yay! Carol’s books are great! Hope I win. :)
The nicest card I ever got was from my oldest son. He hand made it with crayons for Mothers Day. He included a handmade gift certificate as the gift redeemable for a day off from his brother and he fighting. They were about 9 and 6 at the time. He grew up to be the sweetest man.
I would love to win this book. I love Carol’s books and I love to paperpiece.
Thanks for the chance to win.
I “like” C&T on Facebook. :)
My favorite card is a paper pieced block with red and white flying geese from my friend Diane. It hangs on my wall, I can see it every day and it makes me smile.
Best cards I ever got were homemade Mother’s Day cards. Love the books and patterns!
I would love to win this book! Carol got me hooked on paper piecing when she cam eour our Westfield NY quilt guild and I took a class from her!
My favorite greeting card was for Mother’s Day from my (then) teenaged son who thanked me for “putting up” with him and then wished me a Happy Mother’s Day and gave me a coupon to buy something for $30. I liked the sentiment more than the shopping gift!
I am planning on making our Christmas cards this year. This book and the patterns would be so helpful.
I “liked” you on Amazon.
I would LOVE to add this book to my collection of Carol Doak books. She makes paper piecing easy and beautiful.
I liked you on Facebook. : )
I “Like”‘d you on Facebook! Now all my crafty FB friends will know about you!
did everything but flickr cuz i dont have flickr LOL
I subscribed to your channel on YouTube! Looking forward to some tutorials!
What a great looking book
I added you as a contact on Flickr – Nansi, if you have a Yahoo account, it’s easy to sign up for!
I signed up for the PatternSpot.com Shopper eNewsletter!
I am learning paper-piecing and think Carol is the queen of paper-piecing! With a full-time job I don’t have a ton of quilt time, but would love to make little ones for cards. I would like to revive letter writing with my friends since it’s so much more personal and these cards would be perfect!
I love Carol’s books! Her paper pieced blocks are all beautiful!
Luv paper piecing but need lots more practice and really like the looks of the little blocks thank you for the opportunity
The neatest greeting card I have received was a postcard…. Fabric postcards, from a swap on Carol Doak’s yahoo group.
My favorite card is all of the homemade cards, quilted post cards that
I have received.
The neatest greeting card I have received was a postcard…. Fabric postcards, from a swap on Carol Doak’s yahoo group. They are wonderful stop by the group and join us.
Carol is the best teacher. Her patterns are fun.
I love paperpiecing and doesn’t the book look interesting?
How cool! I LOVE paper piecing!
I am already a member of the Creative Troupe and have Liked you on FB forever. But I liked the book on Amazon, subscribed to your You Tube channel (and subscribed to updates!), made you a contact on Flickr, and signed up for the Pattern Spot newsletter.
Have all of Carol’s books so far. Would be really nice to win this one.
I am new to pp but just did the Twisting Mystery, recieved your 40 bright and bold blocks as a gift and would love to win this new book of 50 Little PP blocks, Paula
The sweetest card I have ever received is a card from my grandkids telling me how special I am to them. Life is good and families are wonderful
I have never done paper pieced blocks. I am new to quilting and this looks very interesting. What a great idea for a drawing.
I love it! and I know Carol will NOT dissapoint. I would LOVE to win! ;c) PICK ME! Pick ME!
The nicest greeting card was from my son in Grade one on Mother’s day…and it was made with fabric!! (but not a Carol Doak pattern…)
My favorite greeting card is always my birthday card from my father – he turned 91 this year – a WWII & Korean War veteran. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Oh how I would be in Paper Piecing Heaven if I wre to be the LUCKY Winner!!!!!!! Since I joined Carol’s yahoo group I have dicovered the ability to do quilts that I NEVER thought I could do! LOVE you Carol
I love all Carol’s books that I now have and would love to have a chance to win this one. I am so addicted to paper piecing!!
I would enjoy having the little patterns in this book to use on gifts.
A birthday card from my sister who had been astranged from the family for over 10 years.
I love paperpiecing and Carol’s cards. I have sent several cards to my sister-in-law this summer. She has been undergoing treatment for breast cancer and the cards brighten her day. this new book would give me many more ideas fro her cards! I “liked” CT Publishing on facebook, too.
The nicest card I ever received was from my daughter in the war zone in Iraq.
My favorite card was the card my husband got me for out 20th anniversary. It was exactly the same card that I got him! We even wrote about the same thing in it! My daughter says we need to get out more!
I love handmade greeting cards…I have a favorite here at home from my sister-in-law that is paper and rubber stamped and I take it out ever year…it has snowmen on it..just gorgeous..I think this year I am going to have it framed! I want to do the cards like Carol does..that is on my bucket list!!!
My favorite greeting cards are the ones my youngest son makes. Personalized with pictures
I already “like” you on facebook
I just moved and so did a lot of house cleaning. I found several favorite cards while doing this. They were the handmade Mother’s Day and Birthday cards made and given to me by my children when they were little.
Love Carol Doak’s patterns!
Just liked you on Facebook
Also liked the book at Amazon
I used to teach nursing assistants & one year was asked to teach 15 sixteen year olds at a small town high school.They didn’t want to be there so you can imagine their attitudes. At graduation 6 months later they gave me a big bunch of flowers and a home made card that simply said, “Thank-you for being you and thank-you for allowing us to be ourselves. We will never forget you.” Best card EVER!
These are adorable! Love them!
The best card was my recent birthday card from my best friend who is currently serving in the US army in Iraq. It was hand-made by local Iraqi women. Moreover, any word from my friend, while she is overseas, is so welcome.
I liked C&T on Facebook
I Love Paper Piecing and you!
I just now subscribed to the C&T YOU Tube channel – looking forward to seeing some good stuff there!
The best greeting card I ever received was from my dad, who has since passed away. It was a “Welcome Baby Girl” card sent at the birth of my daughter. We had been estranged for over 20 years, and had only just re-established our relationship about 6 months before. It was the first, and possibly only card I got from him as an adult.
I went to my Amazon account and liked this book. Even though I haven’t seen it yet I haven’t met a Carol Doak book I didn’t like!
The best card I ever got was a childhood picture of me calling Santa. I hope some similar memories around quilts will be special ones for my friends and family.
I subscribed to your YouTube channel and look forward to watching your videos.
These are so unique and fun!
I just LIKED C&T on Facebook – should be fun.
I just joined the Creative Troupe! Can’t wait to get the info in my email!
:)
I love your patterns, methods, and books Miss Carol!
I subscribed to the PatternSpot.com Shopper newsletter in my yahoo mail account. Will be looking forward to some cool patterns. Thanks.
I also LIKED Carol’s book, 50 Little Paper-Pieced Blocks on my Amazon account. I love paperpiecing – would love to win the book.
ALL MY CARDS ARE PRECIOUS TO ME, BUT I STILL LAUGH AT THE YEAR MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT THE EXACT SAME CARD. GOT TO LOVE THAT HAPPENING. I KEEP MOST OF THE CARDS I HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE YEARS FROM OUR CHILDREN. NOW WE HAVE THEM FROM OUR GRANDCHILDREN. WHICH IS EVEN MORE PRECIOUS. JOAN W
I really like to paper piece little pieces. They’re fast and make people wonder how you did such detail.
The nicest card I received was handwoven by a dear friend. How wonderful to have a book with patterns to make a quilted one for her.
I would just love to win this book – it looks awesome!
My very favorite card I received was from my grandmother…I rec’d it after her death but she had already sent it. I rec’d it with mixed emotions…happy …but sad. Wished I’d more time with her.
My nicest greeting card was from my husband last year on my birthday. He is not given to writing or to many words, but in the card he expressed how special I am to him and how his love for me grows stronger and stronger! He is a keeper!
I love Carol’s patterns and I love paper piecing with small scraps! My favourite card was actually a little book from my best friend.
A card from our Daughter saying she arrived in Ukraine safely. She was there a month working with farmers to help them market their produce in a more efficient way.
Roses are red
violets are blue
I have a big head
but I love you too!
From my son when he was about 8.
The best card I’ve had was the one from my granddaughter for my 70th B’day. she made it herself with drawings of women with lots of different clothes. We both love clothes. She did a great job and she’s only nine.
Nicest card I ever received was hand made by my daughter for Mother’s day when she was scrap booking
I know this book will be an awesome one as all of your books are!
The nicest card I have recieved have been hand made postcards. Some of them were paper pieced.
I liked you on Facebook
I love Carol’s books! This one looks like another winner! I really hope I win!
I just “liked” on Facebook!
An “I love you”, card from the sailor who became my husband.
I just “liked” on Amazon!
Joined Pattern Spot!
Applying to Creative Troupe. That looks like so much fun!
I am brand new to paper piecing and starting with a small project sounds like the perfect way to learn!!!!!!
A Christmas card from my father with a little money in it and told me to be sure to spend it on myself and not groceries, etc. He has been dead nearly 30 years ago but the memory is still there.
My best friend Lorraine makes cards for family and friends and last year she made me the best card I have ever seen. It was a little quilt made up of 1/4 inch little squares of different fabrics surrounded by a lovely border fabric. This little quilt was the front of the card. I really appreciated the amount of time and effort that Lorraine put into that card, she is the best friend anyone could have. I wish everyone could have a friend just like her.
I love Carol Doak’s books I have all of them except this one and one other.
The nicest greeting card I’ve received was from my daughter on Mother’s day. She finds the best cards that just fit me to a T. I keep all the special cards from my daughter, son & husband! Yes, I do have alot of shoe boxes filled with precious cards.
The nicest card I received was actulally multiple cards when I was in the hospital with heart problems. My family bombarded me with cards and flowers. They are so loved. I still have all their cards.
Mystery cards, when you have to figure out who sent it. (there have been a few that I never figured out). They drive me insane, but are fun.
I signed into my Amazon account and hit the “like” button for this book.
Thanks for the chance to win your new book “50 Little Paper Pieced Blocks.” Wouldn’t it be fun to have a card exchange with these new patterns? Thanks also for the free blocks. I learned paper piecing from Carol and love it.
Just subscribed to your YouTube channel!
I ‘like’ you on facebook
I love to make and get greeting cards made out of the small quilt block.
They are wonderful keepsakes.
Isn’t to all the recommended sites and did as directed
Love the small quilt blocks
My favorite cards are all of them. I have collections for all occasions from so many dear friends and family.
I just signed up for the PatternSpot.com Shopper eNewsletter – Hope I win!
I love paper pieceing and everything I’ve learned has been from Carol’s books and yahoo group.
All the hidden humour/private joke cards I get from my kids. Drives other people crazy and they don’t “get it” when you try and explain them…they try and outdo themselves each year. It’s great fun!
Carol’s designs rock. I’m sure this book will be as fabulous as all her others.
The best I’ve ever received was from the team at my chemical plant, the day I got my release from the oncologist. It was just a little piece of copy paper with a dot matrix graphic on it, but they had folded it in fours and everyone on all three shifts had put their names in congratulating me on surviving 40 weeks of chemotherapy, all the surgery and radiation while I managed to stay on the job. Lovely! I still have it, more than 20 years later.
I would love to win Carol’s new book.
This book of little blocks is going to be so exciting. I entered the postcard swap on the online group and it was so much fun. Now I will have more opportunities to share these cards with friends and family. The small blocks are just perfect for building a design for that size.
All the cards my DH has given me especially Valentines Day. Love making cloth postcards to give away.
The nicest greeting card I received was one from a friend some 23 years ago, using one of Carol’s blocks. I still have the card and I love it.
Warm hugs,
Ruthie
I “liked” y’all on Facebook (again)! :D
Must be insane-handicapped with RA{just had surgery on hand to be able to use fingers}, but I love pp-my way-I use used dryer sheets to print the patterns- & 3 inch patterns or ones I can downsize keeps me happy…so this book of patterns would be treasured
I promoted this contest on my own FB page.
I would be thrilled to win Carol’s new book. I can’t afford to buy it right now and probably not for a while to come, but I would love to have a copy all my own. I love her work and would really like to meet her someday.
Joyce – Who would like to be half as good as Carol.
I’m currently unemployed so I’d love to win this book to make Christmas Card gifties out of my stash. :D
I “liked” this book on Amazon (and added a recommendation link to my FB page).
I signed up for the PatternSpot newsletter (can’t wait to see what I find there!)
I submitted my information to join the CT Creative Troupe. Can’t wait for more information about this!
The nicest card I’ve gotten lately was a homemade one by a friend. She had used little cut out objects and embellishedit with buttons and ribbons.
Congrats on the new book! I can’t wait to get my hands on it. I love paper piecing, and you make it so dang easy! : )
I liked C & T Publishing on Facebook.
I love to paper piece and your books and instructions are the best.
Wow, Carol, your new book looks fabulous, I’d love to win a copy. Congratulations to you, the Queen of Paper Piece Quilting Arts!!!
~Christina in Cleveland
I liked C&T Publishing on facebook.
I’m looking forward to making those 50 little paper pieced blocks! Thanks for creating the book!
The nicest card I have ever received is a homemade one from my grandchildren.
The most wonderful card I ever got was from my granddaughter when I quit smoking. She thanked me and told me how important it was to her for me to be around a long time.
I’m so excited about your new book – and hope I can win a copy! ! !
I liked this book on Amazon
Years ago I received a card from a lady who was a missionary in China. She wrote all over the card with such inspiring and caring thoughts that I would never have thought of. That was my favorite and unfortunately that card
was lost and so was her endearing words.
I really would like to win the new book!! I signed up for everything!!! Me, please me!!!
Mary Beth
Carol’s blocks are just so darling. I love making her blocks.
Way to go with this book.
The best card I ever received was a handmade Mother’s Day card from my (grown) son. Inside, it just said, in his handwriting, that he felt lucky to have me as his mother. Made me cry. LOL
Love Carols books, you make it all come easy., would love to make cards for friends.Congrats on another great book.
Nicest greeting card I ever received was a home made mother’s day card from my son who was in grade 3 at the time.
Love all of your designs Carol.
Beautiful designs!
A card from my Mom telling me she cared because I have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
This looks like a great little book! I am really adicted to paper piecing! This would very nicely feed my habbit!
Thanks for all you do for the quilting community, Susan
I am one of Carol’s yahoo followers. Would love to win one of her books.
Love all (and have all) Carol’s books. would be great to have her new one too!
My girlfriend made a postcard size quilt for my birthday! It hangs in my sewing room so I can see it every day.
My favorite cards are the ones that my husband gives me. It’s mostly the personal and heartfelt messages that he add to them that touch my heart.
Best card I ever recieved was from my husband. We had just met a few months prior…it was the 1st anniversary of my sister’s death She was killed in an accident ….it was a very comforting “I will be there for you” card. Today … 11-6 is the the 14th anniversary of her death.
I have a scrapbooking friend who sends me the prettiest handmade cards to thank me for even the smallest gesture. It’s lovely being the focus of someone’s creative energy.
I liked you on Facebook!
This year my parents got me a extra special card, telling my how much they love me and are proud of me–no matter how old I get, I always want to make my parents proud!
The neatest card I have ever received is a hand made card that was sent to me by a distant cousin that I never met. Although she sent me the card many years ago, I still have it, and have it displayed on my shelf, along with my pictures of my family.
I think hand made items are so much nicer than anything purchased in a store.
My favorite greeting cards were always hand made and made by my children and now my grandchildren. I’ve run out of places to store them – I’ll never throw any them away.
Any birthday card I get from my friend Jill — always good for a laugh!
I subscribed to C & T Publishing’s YouTube videos and I am looking for ward to the great videos there! Thank You!
I also subscribed to the PatternSpot’s eNewsletter!
I LOVE all of Carol’s books! The best greeting card I ever got was handmade by my DGD, Kaitlyn!
The best greeting card is a surprise one sent by someone to say ‘have a great day…just thinking of you’. That card can just make your day ! I sent paper pieced valentines in February and people loved them. It was nice to send that kind of card.
From my great aunt when I we were going through a difficult time – a note of encouragement.
I have some of Carol’s books…they are awesome! I haven’t done any of her greeting card patterns….but would love to try them!
liked you on facebook
I have ‘liked’ this book on Amazon!
I would love to have a copy, especially since my sewing time is so small. I need to work on small things.
Lois
I have signed up for the newsletter on PatternSpot.com!
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Did all 6 for 7 entries total
I have made you one of my contacts on Flickr!
I have subscribed to your YouTube info!
I have ‘Liked’ you on Facebook!
I have joined your Creative Troupe!
I love the handmade cards and my favorite is displayed in a frame!
My favorite cards are the hand made cards that my children made as youngsters…Great Memories:) They are 27 and 30 now and are my pride and joy! I enjoy making card for my friends….hope I win!
Liked on FB!
I didn’t even know there was a youtube channel – I just followed the link and subscribed!
Awesome blog.
My favorite card is one made by my daughter when she was little – she is all grown up now.
What a wonderful collection. Perfect to add to my collection of books with patterns that I can accomplish. I love paper piecing.
While packing to move I found birthday cards that my Dad sent me in college and birthday cards from my cousin/best friend, both who passed 20+ years ago. It made me sad but happy to think of all the good times we had….
Carol Doak you are Awesome! Love your work!
As a single parent raising a son and daughter was not easy but very rewarding. My favorite card came to me on Fathers Day from them. It was a handmade cards with bits and pieces of an array of color paper they had found and saved. They tried to make it as cheerful as they could with X’s and O’s scattered throughout. In side they had printed “You are the BEST Mom and Dad we could want.” I cherished that card for many years until it was destroyed by water. What made it even more touching was that I had lost my own father that Christmas.
The nicest card I ever received was from my daughter. She thanked me for making her what she is today and for always being there for her. She is very special. I would love to win a copy of Carol’s new book.
Mothers Day 2010 it included the first ultrasound of my granddaughter . That is how my son announced this joyous news.
Ok! I’ve “liked” on Facebook and amazon.com, I’ve joined your YouTube channel, I signed up for the enewsletter, and I’ve added you as a contact on flicker….do you think I’m eager to win? :)
i love mini quilts and love to make cards so excited about the new book…got to take a class with her a couple of years ago best class i have took it was so much fun and i learned alot
i love doing paper piecing and would love to win the new book
I would so appreciate the chance to “win” this book, to have in my hands your creations to love and handle forever
The best one was a sentimental Mother’s day card instead of the usual funny ones.
Enjoyed your “mini”lecture at the Quilt Festival.
I would love to win this book.!!!
“Homemade” is always best! Cards from my sons are treasured.
“Homemade” are always best! Cards from my sons are treasured.
The best card I ever got was one my husband actually went out and bought and signed himself. He hates cards and giving them. He loves me.
Have beenwaiting for this book. Have all of her others and use them all the time. Can’t wait to get this one.
Ginnie
Even after 43 years married, my husband still always spends time to find the perfect romantic card for me on each occasion. I’m so blessed!
Jean
Wow, I would love to learn paper-piecing with this book! I just love Carol’s designs! I don’t have one favorite card, but the ones I received from my daughters when they were younger are at the top of my favorite list.
The most memorable one was the one a friends mother sent me when my own mother died. It said all the right things to know everything would be alright.
I had received a birthday card from my Dear Grandmother for almost 50 years my last and best one was 2 years ago. Gram (97 yrs) had really bad eye sight but was determined to write her message in the card. I miss them dearly as now I get no BD cards in the mail it is always great anticipation when the mail man came near my BD.
I am so glad in hindsight I had kept most of them, I can read them still and remember those years.
The blocks are adorable.
I wanted to come to Portland to take your class and my MIL got very sick so I couldn’t come so winning your new book would be great!!!!
When she was little (about 8, I think) my daughter made a Mother’s Day card for me that was beautiful! In addition to all the wonderful little hearts colored on it, it said, ” Mommy, I’m so glad you’re my mommy”. That just made my heart burst with love!
What a great prize winning Carol’s new book would be!! I can hardly wait to get started paper piecing again.
The hand made cards I got from my children and now get from my grandchildren are the best cards. They are perecious to me. I love
Carol and her books, I’d love to have this one too.
love this book!!!
Would love to win your new book. I enjoy paper peicing. Have finished 4 quilts using the 50 Fabulous State Stars blocks.
I love all of Carol Doak’s books and patterns. I didn’t like paper piecing until I took a class from her she changed my world to paper piecing.
I would love to have her new book..
Paper piecing is such a wonderful way to get fabulous accurate points. I so enjoy doing this the Carol Doak Way. The 50 Fabulous State Stars blocks was the first King size quilt I made with paper piecing. It did turn out wonderful. So many compliments on the stars. I do mainly large quilts, but I want to do small projects this year. I would love to have this book in my collection. Love Paper Piecing!!!! It is the only way to go!!!
My 40 year old son sent me a Mother’s Day card with a handwritten note that would melt any mothers heart. Even a paper pieced heart!
Thank you Carol for all you do for the quilting world! I love your patterns.
One of my favorite cards was a birthday card from my sister – it referred to “eating chocolate chip cookie dough” something we both indulged in as children. It brought back lots of lovely memories. I would love to paper piece a card to send to her now.
Carol’s new book looks great! Thank you for sharing a few sample 3 inch blocks.
Using many of your heart patterns for my grand daughters baby quilt.
Really cute. Thanks.
The best greeting card I received recently was after I managed to flip my ATV twice in a two week period…my Aunt Charlotte sent me a card and how she found one that started with “CRASH—BAM—BOOM” on the front, I will never know…but even though my ankle was fractured and I was bed ridden for awhile I was laughing with tears! Thanks Aunt Char! YOU ROCK!!!
always love carol’s books!
Hi I am entering to win the book. kim nolen
The nicest card I ever received was from my husband on the birth of our first child. He brought me on rose and a hand written card telling me how amazing I was in giving him a son.
I would love the book…I have them all, Carol. Use them all the time!
The nicest card I have received recently was a sympathy card from a friend – her comments touched by heart.
I always learn something new from Carol’s book.
Best greeting card ever was back about 25 years ago when I was in my mid-20′s and didn’t have a boyfriend. It was from my dad… he asked he to be his Valentine. He’s been gone about 13 years now, but I still have that card that reminds me what unconditional love is all about…
I got the cutest little pieced sunbonnet sue care when I lost my mother from a friend of hers. My mom had told.her I quilted and she thought Sue would help cheer me.
My best greeting card was a paper pieced postcard from a long lost friend.
I love Carol’s books, I gave this one a like on Amazon!
Best card ever was made by my son , let’s just say I am officially the best mom in the history of mom’s according to this card.
When my daughter was about 3-1/2 she “colored” a birthday cake in one of her coloring books, tore it out, put it in an old utility bill envelope and presented it to me on my birthday. Best card EVER! :o)
My favorite card was from daughter for my 50th birthday. She made is herself and put a lot of meaning into it.
This book looks light so much fun!!
I love the designs and would like an opportunity to win the book–that is exactly what I need is paper piecing blocks. For some reason when I do it the regular way I can never get a square block–something is always off.
The nicest card I have received is from my sister-in-law. She makes the most beautiful handmade cards I’ve ever seen! Thanks “sew much” for the chance to win one of Carol’s awesome books!!
I LOVE Carol’s blocks!!!!!!!!
This book will be a great, non intimidating way to make an inticate project.
Big or small. Still enough pieces to keep amy more experienced paper Piecers interested too. A great companion for the “300 paper-pieced Quilt Blocks” book to make a combination of sizes in the one project i think.
great job Carol
The nicest card I received is one mysister made with a poem she had written for my birthday many years ago.
I love paper piecing. Carol’s patterns are so easy and fun to do. It would be nice to win.
Love to PP and this looks like such fun. Would love to add it to my library.
My friend Sue sent me a card thanking me for all the I do for the guild. It was made using techniques from the book Stitch Alchemy, which shows techniques for making a kind of fabric paper. Not only did she send me the thank you note card, but she sent me a selection of cards to use myself! It was such a nice and unexpected surprise.
I am really enjoying the miniature paperpieced blocks from Carol. thank you so very much. jean
The nicest greeting card I ever received was the one I got for Valentines Day, 1967. I met my future husband in Ashland, Wisconsin on a bitter cold night……a typical college Wednesday night at the local gathering place (Cabby’s Tap). My future husband gave me a card that said “Won’t you be my hunny bunny”…….we still talk about it today. Therefore, it was a great greeting card.
My nicest was from my Dad the day after my son was born. It was my first Mothers Day and inside it said Thanks for the help Mom. Your son
The cards I get from my grandkids.They always make them and they are very special to me.
I have every one of Carol’s books. To win this one would be soooo awesome. But if I don’t, that is ok…..cause I will either ask for it at Christmas time of my Birthday!!! Keep them coming Carol I love your work!
The nicest card I got was from a foster child who sent me on every year for Mother’s Day. It was his way of keeping in touch. One year I did not get one :( I was contacted a few weeks later to find he was now tetraplegic from a car accident. He passed away two years ago
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I already have the notecards and most of Carol’s others books. It would be great to have a book with block specially designed for the notecards and still perfect for mini-quilts.
I aint skeered of paper piecing. But doing it solely for 5 years now. All thanks to Carol Doak.
I aint skeered of paper piecing. But doing it solely for 5 years now. All thanks to Carol Doak.
Mother’s day cards from my daughter–they always made me teary.
I love your patterns, I have made one of the mystery quilts and have yet to start the new one tho I have all of the instructions. Like just gets in the way sometimes.
The best greeting card i ever received was the first Mother’s Day after my son died (at 17)). His best friend sent me the card, and he said he had been thinking of me, and “this is the card Brady would have bought you.” Needless to say, I cried and cried. It was so thoughtful of him.
LOVE love love Carol Doak & paper piecing. It would be so great to add this book to my collection!
Something new from carol doak is always a welcomed addition to my library and list of future projects. Hope I win a copy. Thank you.
The best card I ever received was one that was handmade by a coworker letting us know her support while our child was dealing with chemo. She was very talented in calligraphy, and drawing. I am not! Quilting and sewing are the way I share with others.
Hi Carol, I am enjoying your yanoo group, and you have certainly whet my appetite with the freebies you have offerred so generously. Thank you for them.
Joan
My favorite greeting card was actually a mother’s day card the first mother’s day after my daughter got married. My new son-in-law also signed the card thanking me for raising my daughter to be such a wonderful woman! Made me cry!!