Visi-GRID Quilter’s Template Sheets—Giveaway

November 28th, 2011 in Contests
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Carib Blues Quilt

"Kaleidoscopic XVII - Caribbean Blues" by Paula Nadelstern

Visi-GRID™ Quilter’s Template Sheets are here!

Paula Nadelstern helped us develop the best template sheets in town…it’s easy to read the ruler increments without any glare and the plastic has a really nice matte finish so you can mark it nicely with a pen, plus it doesn’t slip around on your fabric. Paula uses this grid-printed template plastic to get striking accuracy with each wedge of her beautiful kaleidoscope quilts.

wedge diagram

Example of mapping out a template for piecing a wedge

Here are just a few ways Visi-GRID sheets make all your projects (not just kaleidoscopes!) easier and more accurate…

  • Fussy-cut multiple and identical and/or reversible template shapes for repeat patterns and motifs
  • Mark seam allowances (the template functions like a window frame) to identify areas of fabric that will be visible in a patch
  • Make symmetrical shapes and patterns—align a gridline within the middle of each patch
  • Get mirror-images of shapes with only one template—use it to mark patches in one direction, then just flip it over to use again for the other direction

One lucky person will win a package of Visi-GRID™ Quilter’s Template Sheets. 

To enter, just leave a comment on this post by 6:00 pm PST on Sunday, December 4, 2011. One comment will be drawn at random to win…the winner will be contacted via email and posted here on the blog next week.

Visi-GRID™ Quilter's Template Sheets

4 sheets per package

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!

Congrats to Willa, whose name was drawn at random from the comments on last week’s post. Willa won a copy of the newest title in our Pattern Pack series, Heartwarming Possibilities.

Related posts:

  1. The Quilt Show Summer Giveaway
  2. Paula Nadelstern Kaleidoscope Collection Giveaway
  3. Winners of the Paula Nadelstern Kaleidoscope Collection Giveaway
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67 Comments

  1. Jeanie
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 12:40 pm | Permalink

    This looks fantastic! Hope I win!

  2. Lisa
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 12:52 pm | Permalink

    I’d love to give this a try!

  3. Sandi
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 1:04 pm | Permalink

    I need all the help I can get for accuracy.. this intrigues me.. I have never tried them.

  4. Marilyn Weyman Kegg
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 1:10 pm | Permalink

    This looks like really cool stuff and I haven’t seen it anywhere. So I hope I win!!!

  5. willa
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 1:26 pm | Permalink

    I liked it on Amazon.

  6. willa
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 1:27 pm | Permalink

    I signed up for patternspot

  7. willa
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 1:27 pm | Permalink

    I joined the troupe

  8. willa
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 1:28 pm | Permalink

    This looks like a great way to approach much of what I do!

    Thanks for the chance.

  9. Jan Sutter
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 1:33 pm | Permalink

    That is sooo cool, I love that pattern and fabric and color!! Beautiful!

  10. Kathy
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 1:35 pm | Permalink

    Now this looks like fun!

  11. Maryam Hassan
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 1:54 pm | Permalink

    I have been wanting to try this….the template sheets would be a great help! Paula Nadelstern is one of my favorite Quilt Heroines!

  12. Tara E.
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 3:03 pm | Permalink

    This looks wonderful! I would love to try it!

  13. Barbara Campbell
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 3:07 pm | Permalink

    “liked” on FB and also on Amazon – 2 chances to win?

  14. Joyce Triezenberg
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 3:45 pm | Permalink

    I would love to try some Visi-GRID out.

  15. Liz Matthews
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 4:45 pm | Permalink

    Would love to try these rulers, but haven’t been able to find them locally

  16. Stacey
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 4:57 pm | Permalink

    I love working with templates (call me old fashioned, but they just feel right to me!). The ideas of being able to flip it over and see through it are exciting.

  17. Patricia Hersl
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 5:13 pm | Permalink

    Interesting. I may like to give this a try.

  18. Bev C
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 5:16 pm | Permalink

    This looks like a very versatile product. Thanks for letting us know about it.
    Happy days.
    Bev.xoxo

  19. Bev C
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 5:17 pm | Permalink

    I get the Pattern Spot Newsletter.

  20. Kathy Pflaum
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 5:36 pm | Permalink

    I would love to try this method. ALways looking to try and learn new ways of working with my fabrics and fibers.

  21. Mary Flynn
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 6:06 pm | Permalink

    Now this also looks like something I could use on the longarm!

  22. Janet
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 7:04 pm | Permalink

    This looks like a great tool. Thanks for a chance to win.

  23. Kathy M. Boice
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 7:38 pm | Permalink

    I have never heard of this product before. Looks like a great prize!!

  24. Angela Grasse
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 7:44 pm | Permalink

    I love Paula’s quilts. I actually got to take a workshop with her a few years ago. Amazing

  25. julie
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 9:17 pm | Permalink

    What a nice tool. Thanks for the giveaway!

  26. MelodyJ
    Posted November 28, 2011 at 10:33 pm | Permalink

    This is very useful.

    melodyj(at)gmail(dot)com

  27. Jan
    Posted November 29, 2011 at 7:51 am | Permalink

    Wow, I’d love to win the Visi-GRID. I have one of Paula’s books and have been planning to give it a try right after the holiday season. Fingers crossed.

  28. Linda E in AZ
    Posted November 29, 2011 at 8:04 am | Permalink

    Looks like an interesting product which I’d like to try out.
    thanks!

  29. MoeWest
    Posted November 29, 2011 at 8:30 am | Permalink

    I would love to try them. Thanks for the giveaway.

  30. MoeWest
    Posted November 29, 2011 at 8:31 am | Permalink

    I liked this product on Amazon.

  31. MoeWest
    Posted November 29, 2011 at 8:32 am | Permalink

    I get the PatternSpot newsletter.

  32. MoeWest
    Posted November 29, 2011 at 8:33 am | Permalink

    I follow PatternSpot on Twitter.

  33. Hannele
    Posted November 29, 2011 at 2:53 pm | Permalink

    Oh, what a wonderful giveaway, I’d love to try those!

  34. Jusa
    Posted November 29, 2011 at 9:38 pm | Permalink

    Looks like a well thought out tool.

  35. Jusa
    Posted November 29, 2011 at 9:39 pm | Permalink

    I liked this on Amazon

  36. Jusa
    Posted November 29, 2011 at 9:40 pm | Permalink

    I get the Pattern Spot newsletter

  37. Donna
    Posted November 30, 2011 at 7:58 am | Permalink

    Would love to try these!

  38. Donna
    Posted November 30, 2011 at 7:59 am | Permalink

    I also liked these on Amazon.

  39. Kris Searle
    Posted November 30, 2011 at 7:03 pm | Permalink

    I have one of Paula’s books and this would be a great tool to use with it. Thanks for sharing.

  40. Jennifer Schifano Eutsler
    Posted December 1, 2011 at 2:18 pm | Permalink

    I could sure use some of that. It’sbeen a while since I used gridded template plastic.

    Have a super day!

  41. MarciaW
    Posted December 1, 2011 at 5:51 pm | Permalink

    We have some patterns that require template plastic and precision which have avoided. It would be great to win so we can try this new style of template material. Thanks for the chance.

  42. MarciaW
    Posted December 1, 2011 at 7:25 pm | Permalink

    I’ve already signed up with pattern shopper.

  43. Dale Anne Potter
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 10:42 am | Permalink

    WOW – I need some of that template GRID sheets! I would use it for enlarging my sketches….
    I am already a Creative Troupe member
    Already follow PatternSpot on twitter
    Just signed up for their newsletter
    and will be liking the product on Amazon.

  44. Glenna Reynolds
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 3:31 pm | Permalink

    Great tool!

  45. Glenna Reynolds
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 3:32 pm | Permalink

    “liked” on amazon

  46. Asta
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 3:34 pm | Permalink

    I would love to use this!!! Thanks for the chance to win one!

  47. Anita
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 3:37 pm | Permalink

    This would make fussy cutting these shapes very easy!

  48. Marelle Jackman
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 3:38 pm | Permalink

    I would love too win this for a special friend who is a quilter
    xx

  49. Peggy
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 3:42 pm | Permalink

    I’m looking forward to giving them a try.

  50. Kathleen Frye
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 3:48 pm | Permalink

    I have that very photo “Kaleidoscopic XVII – Caribbean Blues” by Paula Nadelstern (from the QNM March 1998 magazine) posted on my corkboard above my cutting table. It is my inspiration.
    Looking forward to making my first Kaleidoscope quilt.

  51. Hueisei
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 3:52 pm | Permalink

    Sounds interesting, thx for the chance to try this.

  52. marsha
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 4:25 pm | Permalink

    this is really intriguing…

  53. marsha
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 4:25 pm | Permalink

    liked on amazon.com too

  54. JoAn GODFREY
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 4:31 pm | Permalink

    I LIKE THIS ON AMAZON. NEAT PRODUCT!!!

  55. JoAn GODFREY
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 4:31 pm | Permalink

    I SIGNED UP FOR THE PATTERN SPOT NEWSLETTER

  56. JoAn GODFREY
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 4:32 pm | Permalink

    I AM FOLLOWING PATTERN SPOT ON TWITTER

  57. JoAn GODFREY
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 4:33 pm | Permalink

    I SIGNED UP TO JOIN THE CREATIVE TROUPE, THOUGH I THINK I HAVE BEFORE…….

  58. Patricia
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 4:53 pm | Permalink

    What a wonderful tool! Thanks sew much for the chance to win!!

  59. Judi Thayer
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 4:55 pm | Permalink

    I’d love to win a new-to-me product! It’d be a chance to try template quilting! Thanks for the chance!

  60. JoAnn L
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 5:26 pm | Permalink

    I would love to win this!!!

  61. Julie
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 7:11 pm | Permalink

    The grid sheets look very interesting. I would love to win a package.

  62. Sari
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 7:30 pm | Permalink

    I love Paula Nadelstern’s work and would love to try out Visi-GRID.

  63. Bev Harrison
    Posted December 3, 2011 at 12:07 am | Permalink

    Paula’s quilt is stunning! I also love the peacock-blue colorway.

  64. susan
    Posted December 3, 2011 at 9:04 am | Permalink

    This would be so handy when designing stitching patterns! I’d love to win.

  65. Pam
    Posted December 3, 2011 at 10:03 am | Permalink

    Wouldn’t paper-piecing be easier? This sounds like a lot of work for this result – PP gives perfect points every time and no time-consuming cutting and matching of seams.

  66. Moira
    Posted December 3, 2011 at 11:58 am | Permalink

    Looks like a great product to try!

  67. Ellen
    Posted December 3, 2011 at 12:33 pm | Permalink

    This looks like a product I could use for my next project.

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