RULES FOR THE ONGOING MONTHLY FQ LOTTERY HOSTED BY KC1930:
*** Rules for the 2012 Lottery Session***
PLEASE TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO CAREFULLY READ ALL THE RULES—IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE PM ME.
****ARE YOU READY FOR THE ‘TWISTS’????****
** If you plan to play the 2012 FQ lottery, contact me via PM with your email address. I will in turn email you a questionnaire for those of you that are new to fill out before playing. This information will be used for the “twist.”
**Those of you who played in the 2011 FQ lottery already have a great advantage! For instance, if you played in the June 2011 FQ lottery and play in the June 2012 FQ lottery, you will get a bonus ticket in the drawing for the twist!
**If you send in at least one (1) FQ for each month (total of 12 FQ’s) and your package is postmarked by 12.31.11, you will get a bonus coupon for each month for the twist! Be aware that your 12 FQ’s must meet the guidelines of the theme in order to be allowed.
**If you send in an incorrect fabric(s) for the specific month’s theme, I will not substitute fabric from my own stash as I have previously done. I can, however, either return back to you at your expense or enter them into the December Stashbuster lottery. Remember, if you send me the 12 fabrics as listed above they must meet the theme standard or the bonus ticket offer will NOT apply. So, please be certain they meet the guidelines before shipping! Questions? Just ask!
**If you send in a total of six (6) FQ’s in any combination of the month’s themes for ALL 12 months you will have a HUGE bonus advantage for the year-end blowout prize!
**Okay, okay, so what is the FIRST twist???
Each month we will have a surprise gift drawing—it might be a gift card, a quilting book, fabrics, sewing notions or a pattern—but it will be quilting related (does chocolate count???). Trust me when I say it will be worth the trouble! Now for the real fun! In order for you to get your FQ’s to me early, this drawing will be held at different times of the month. On the first day of each month, Mom will pick a random date from a hat and all the players with FQ’s in house (in transit doesn’t count!) will have a ticket (and any bonus tickets you have earned) put into a hat and a winner drawn. So, if Mom picks out the 15th, the winner will be drawn after the mail is delivered on the 15th!) This is an added incentive for you to ship your FQ’s in early. So, if you snooze, you lose! Once the winner is drawn, their name will be posted on the boards along with a picture of their prize and mailed out to the winner at my expense. In December, we will have our annual large prize drawing for a $50 JA gift card and some other special events sprinkled throughout the year (still working on some details!).
**SECOND twist**-It wouldn’t be fair for me to play, but some of your fabrics are just too yummy for me to resist! So, if I can’t live without it, it will go into my stash and I will replace it with a different print. And you will WIN too! You’ll get an extra bonus slip for the twist AND an extra slip for the FQ lottery! Just remember I am a BIG lover of black and white and 30’s repros, hint, hint!
Note: If you win the monthly FQ lottery, you are still eligible for the “twist” drawing (and visa-versa). We will have three winners in November (see special notes in theme description for more information.) And yes, you can win all three! WOW!!!
Again, and I cannot stress this enough, please contact me with any questions. In order to make this a smoothly run and fun-filled lottery, please follow all the rules and be fair to others.
Lastly, if adding these “twists” do not get you excited to play and increase our participants, it will be my last year as hostess of this lottery. Remember, all these bonuses are coming out of my own pocket and I cannot fathom the costs if we cannot get more people to play. So, sign up your secret sister or quilting friend (and yes, you can enter a non-HGTV player as long as you are responsible the shipping of the FQ lottery winnings). So, ladies, get those engines running and start shopping!
However, do want to thank those of you who have sent me goodies for the twister prize drawer. I really do appreciate it and I know the winners do too!
Here are the basic rules for the FQ lottery fabrics, shipping information and themes:
Use only good quality 100% cotton FQs are acceptable. No thinsies or lightly woven fabrics, please. Any fabrics not meeting the standards for quality will be returned back to you. And remember, NO SOLIDS-NO FLANNELS-NO GLITTER-NO HOMESPUN!
**If you are sending in fabrics for a TOT (tone on tone) selection, this is described as a “tone of one shade of the same color on top of another.” That is, a tone of red on red, blue on blue, etc. This doesn’t mean any additional color or a print with an added color. If you question your fabric, please let me know before mailing it to me.
A Fat Quarter (FQ) is 18 inches by half the Width of Fabric (from selvage to selvage), but must not be less than 20 inches nor more than 23 inches. Please be sure not to send in a short piece! Thank you!
Each FQ entered that month must be a different fabric.
Please, we prefer UNWASHED fabric. If the fabric is already washed, please place a sticky or pinned note on it so that the winner will know it’s been washed.
**The Lottery will have two separate collections subjects each month—one themed fabric and one color of tone on tone fabrics (except July). If you wish to enter only one, you can send from one to six (6) FQ's for that theme. If you want to send in for both themes, you can send in a total combination of up to six (6) FQ's from the two themes. There will be ONE winner per month for all the FQ’s received!
For each FQ sent, one slip of paper with your name will be put 'in the pot.' If you send six (6) FQ’s, you will have six (6) chances to win that month.
Send each month's FQ entries in one baggy with your name, address, and board name inside the baggie. You can send in more than one month's entries at a time. Just be sure to place each month’s FQ’s in separate bag and label it with the month and theme of the swap and quantity sent.
FQ’s must reach me before the last day of each featured month. In other words, December Lottery FQ’s must be in my hands by the last day of December.
Please notify me on this board or by PM or email when you mail your FQ’s so I can watch for them. I will acknowledge receipt of your FQ’s on this board and/or email.
Photos of the month's entries will be added to the album so everyone can see what's going to be in the drawing. The month's albums URL will be posted on the FQ Lottery thread each month. If you have any questions regarding a questionable fabric, contact me before mailing it out.
One name will be drawn the last day of each month. Winner will be announced later that day or on the following day, unless I am waiting for a delivery made late by the USPS. Under no circumstances will I wait longer than the 3rd of the following month. Save money and send in a group or all of your entries at once. You can then check off that project as “complete.”
**CHANGE** You do NOT have to play the minimum two months following a win.
Postage reimbursement plus confirmation cost by the winner will be expected by check or money order shortly after the winning fabric is received by the winner. You don't have to enter every month. If you like the fabrics that month, feel free to enter. If you don't, skip it! Here are the June themes:
June-“POP Goes the Color”—For all you lovers of BRIGHT prints, this one is for you! No solids. June-“Wearing of the Green”—All shades of green TOT (tone on tone) fabrics. No solids.
And here are our players!
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I'm on it, tater! Already "planted" it in the garden and gave it a dose of good ole' manure! Now, all I have to do is sit back and watch the bolts come out of the ground (ah, wouldn't that be fun?)
I was pulling out all the June FQ's I have so far in anticipation of the upcoming drawing and fell in love with several pieces! So, hi-ho, hi-ho, it was off to my fabric closets I go to find replacements for the FQ's I took. This is the best perk of being the hostess!
As many of your know, I'm a great lover of the green color(especially lime! ) and the following players have a toothy grin next to their names for an extra bonus in the drawing!
Ajne, your package has been in transit for over two weeks, so we can safely assume it is lost. I'll wait until tomorrow's mail just to be sure and then draw the lottery and twister winners.
KC- I know you love lime green and so do I. Just bought some bright lime green batik during the batik sale. Sure do love it. So thanks for the extra grin. Wonder who will be the big winner?? Have a good Forth. Sue
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Thanks Sue, right back at ya! I'll be working the evening of the 4th, but LLB will supply me with an award winning firework display next door on the river (our offices are on the Androscoggin Falls). They allow our families to sit on the 4th floor of the parking garage with a stellar view of the show. And yours truly is in charge of the potluck for the workers. So, between 6-11:30, give me a call and place an order!
The mail should be delivered early today (our mail lady has changed her route of delivery), so one last chance for Ajne! Otherwise, my nephew Will is at the ready to draw our winners!
Sorry ladies! My aunt was moved to a new facility today and I got rangled into doing some extra work that took longer than I expected. I'm just home now and after I post this I'm going to have some supper!
So, the family is off to the ocean for four days, and Katie the wonder poodle can't pull the winner, so it's up to me.
Oh my gosh!! I'm so excited!! Getting the fq sqhishy will be just like Christmas but different oh wait, it will be...Christmas in July!! Thanks for the swap.
I received a priority box today...stuffed full of fabulous, fun, bright ... and green ... fabrics!! Not one duplicate...and all pretty. Thanks ladies for the swap, and of course, thanks KC for hostessing such a fun, easy swap!
