I have spent the past three months or more psyching myself up for the Quilter’s Planner designed by Stephanie at Late Night Quilter. I’ve dreamt of a year during which I’m organized, on time, and actually accomplishing my goals in a somewhat planned and consistent way. One month into using the Quilter’s Planner and I’m excited to report that it has helped me create a life that fits my vision! I also finally finished sewing the cover, which adds even more color and cheer to the year ahead. To celebrate, I’ll be giving away a Quilter’s Planner! Now is your chance to get one since they are sold out everywhere else! To be clear, the giveaway is for a planner and fabric only. The planner cover shown in this post is mine… BUT there will be instructions on how to make one just like this available soon, and I’m including the fabric needed to make the outer panel in the giveaway!
Ever since Stephanie announced that she would be teaming up with Amanda at What the Bobbin to provide a tutorial for sewing a personalized planner cover, I’ve been planning to finally cut into my cherished Art Theory panel from Ex Libris by Alison Glass. I am absolutely smitten with the result, and am planning to create a tutorial and piecing instructions for the outer panel in case you would like to make an Alison Glass-themed outer cover, too. (I’m hoping to have it to Stephanie some time next week and she will make it available on the Quilter’s Planner website.)
The cover has the Art Theory panel as the center focal print, with Essex linen in charcoal and coordinating Sun Prints 2016 on the sides. Sun Prints 2016 are arriving in stores now, but Alison was kind enough to send a bit my way in advance for this project. I love how all of her fabric lines coordinate and compliment each other so well!
Here’s the full outer cover, without the planner in it. As you can see, I chose cool colors for the front and warm for the back, complete with the appropriate Sun Prints 2016. As I mentioned above, cutting and piecing instructions for recreating this outer panel will be available on the Quilter’s Planner website soon. I absolutely love it!
Here is the inside without the planner so that you can see the Bookplate in Charcoal (Ex Libris) pockets paired with the Sticks and Twine in Charcoal (Abacus) lining. I added two ribbons; one marks the current weekly calendar page, and one marks the page on which I’m currently sketching new ideas.
I used a bit of Artifact in Charcoal from Abacus as a pen/scissor holder, too. It fits perfectly! Realistically, I most likely will keep my pencil and micron pen in the zip pocket and my scissors in my sewing kit, but I know I have an option to carry them along if need be. Plus, BEAUTY!
I found a perfectly coordinating zipper and some fun eggplant colored elastic at my local quilt shop Fiddlehead Artisan Supply. The elastic is designed for bra straps, so it’s sooooo silky smooth.
I love how the elastic holds the planner together when it’s closed. I have big plans to make a coordinating Super Tote (a Noodlehead pattern) and carrying my planner with me everywhere (scheduled for sometime in the future! LOL).
As you can see, I absolutely love my planner and am very excited to have this finished cover to show to you. I am a big list person, so making the decision to set goals and write out my lists at the beginning of each week and again every morning has been monumental. Not only am I improving at setting and staying on top of realistic sewing and blogging goals, I’m also keeping my house nearly completely clean for the first time ever. The change? A switch from “I should do…” to just doing it. Instead of looking at the dishes and saying “I need to do the dishes” I just put on my dish gloves and dig in. I also space out tasks so that laundry is done in manageable steps instead of left until it’s a mountain with no end in sight. Did the planner work some magic over me? Who knows. Either way, knowing that I have a paper planner with actual listed items I need to cross out each day has made me much more accountable for actually doing the things on my list.
Giveaway time!
Now, for the giveaway! Stephanie was nice enough to send me an extra planner and I want to share it with YOU! I’m also going to include a charm pack of Alison Glass’s Sun Prints 2016, one Art Theory panel in charcoal, and a bit of Robert Kaufman’s Essex linen in charcoal–in other words, all of the fabric needed to create the outside panel for a planner cover just like mine!
To enter the giveaway today, tell me your favorite feature of the Quilter’s Planner, OR a feature you’d like to see next year. You can read all about this year’s Quilter’s Planner and can sign up for email updates here. Leave a comment and make sure I’m able to get ahold of you if you win. If you’re a follower of Night Quilter, leave a second comment telling me how you follow for a second entry.
For those of you who want to be in the loop for next year regardless of whether you win this planner, I definitely recommend signing up for the mailing list at http://quiltersplanner.com/. When you sign up, you’ll also immediately receive a PDF of the Individual Project Planning Page. Stephanie will periodically email you new PDFs as she develops them to thank you for your support, and you will be the first to know when preorders open for next year’s planner.
This giveaway is open to US and international participants. The giveaway will be open until 8pm Wednesday 2/10 when I’ll select the winner randomly with random.org. Good luck, and spread the word! This giveaway has ended. The winner will be announced shortly!
I’m linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts Finish it up Friday, and I’m so excited to have this gorgeous finished planner cover to brighten my days!
Please note that while I usually try to reply to every blog comment by email, due to the volume of comments during giveaways I will not be able to reply to all comments on this post. Know, though, that I read every one and appreciate all of your kind words!!
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I like the ability to doodle ideas everywhere the most. A friend at our retreat had one of these amazing planners so I was able to look through it and fall in love only to find out I can’t get one. I am so incredibly disappointed! I don’t think I’ve ever won a giveaway so I’m hoping this is the first!
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I follow night quilter on instagram and I adore the cover you created. I look forward to making it when I win the 2016 quilters planner!😉
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I love the graph paper & the multiple lists – I love lists!
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I follow you on IG.
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I LOVE your cover!! I am a list maker and I jot tons of things down as I am making…so happy to see there is TONS of space for that in this planner!! I follow you on IG:) Thanks foe the chance to win!
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I love the graph paper and large format pages. I sketch, doodle, write notes, etc. and there is tons space for me to keep everything together in one book.
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I would love to win the 2016 Quilter Planner! The video clip provided so many great ideas on how to capture a year of quilting activities! I really line the creative pages to create designs. The journaling pages for writing memories of the quilts I make. I really like the planning pages to document quilt size, quilt fabric measurements and fabric swatches! To have the entire year catalogued, wow what a gift!
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The planner cover is absolutely gorgeous. I especially love how you incorporated the panel fabric and added matching squares. Just beautiful! The quilting planner looks like something every quilter should have! What a way to get organized! Thank you for offering this giveaway!
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I love that it has space for quilting planning AND regular life planning, ha! 🙂
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I love everything about this planner, the way the weekdays are laid out is my favorite! Graph paper is great too!
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And I follow you on Instagram.
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I love the graph paper and the project status page. Your cover is gorgeous. I especially love the zipper pocket on it. Genius!
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I really like the project planner pages, also the space for ideas. Really great to combine the love of quilting into a planner!
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I’m following you through WordPress
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I love all the included block patterns.from such a variety of quilters.
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I follow Nightquilter on IG and Periscope.
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Hello! I love the planner! My favorite part is the block each week and the patterns I the back!! I do follow night-quilter on Instagram as well as your self! I know you best from honest craft roomies!! Thanks for the give away!
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What a beautiful cover. It’s amazing. I like there are featured blocks throughout the planner.
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I follow on Bloglovin and on Instagram.
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Ohhh man. So I really wanted one of these and I am embarrassed to admit this, but I couldn’t afford it so I have just been watching everyone else love theirs and am hoping next year I will be in a different financial situation. 🙂 The two things that I think are the coolest are the project planning pages and the projects at a glance page. I often have trouble tracking where all the various projects are, and that just seems SO handy!!
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And I follow you of course! ❤ On feedly and instagram and facebook (ha ha ha!)
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The cover is beyond fantastic! I always need a UFO chart.
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The Quilter’s Planner is full of great features although I’d love to see the 2017 edition have ‘a month at a glance’ page includedbut not at the beginning of each month, but all twelve months together. so that you can quickly flick to the next page to see the following month. I’d want to see each day of the month page set out as a grid with each day being a little block with enough space to quickly jot down really important appointments that you quickly see by turning from one month to the next. This would save having to click through numerous pages to see if you were available. 🙂
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I follow Late Night Quilter via her blog.
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Next year I would like the days to be horizontal rather than vertical. But I would be happy to use the current planner anyway 🙂
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I follow you on IG and love your work so much! The planner is great and I would love to get one. Also love this fantastic fabric!!
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Stunning cover. I’d absolutely love a planner, I’ve been lusting over it for a while! Also a follower on Instagram (ana_giggles).
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I love all the features .. It’s awesome
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I think the projects at a glance guide would be really useful
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I follow your blog
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I love the project planning pages in the Quilter’s Planner!
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It is a toss up, I love the graph paper and designing space, the block and quilt patterns are great too
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i think the swap planner is brilliant! monique dot belmer at gmail dot com
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I happily follow on bloglovin, thanks! monique dot belmer at gmail dot com
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I love that it combines work,quilting,and life all in one planner.
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What’s not to like? Especially the tracking planner and quilt block designs. Thanks for a chance to win.
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I follow you on your blog:)
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Lovely giveaway! It surely could help me out with my organizing…..
Thanks for the chance.
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I love the idea of graph paper and the blank spaces to doodle quilting designs and keep them in one place, I love the giveaway, hope to win.
I follow you on your blog. Love the cover and Alison Glass fabrics.
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Love the blank pages and graph pages for designing quilting designs and block. Such a cool giveaway. Love the Alison Glass fabrics on the cover. Hope to win. I follow your blog.
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The cover you made is stunning. I like the separate to-do lists, and the graph paper.
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I follow you on instagram.
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Love the doodling space!
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I follow you on Instagram!
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I follow you on IG
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This looks like a fabulous organizational tool. It would be so beneficial in the never ending lists that get made daily. Thanks for the opportunity to win this product.
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I just signed up to follow your blog. Thanks.
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Hi and thank you for a chance to win! I love notebooks, journals, paper and pencil. Your cover is super beautiful! x Teje
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I just discovered this planner, but sadly, they are all sold out. I would really LOVE to win this giveaway – I don’t want to have to wait for next year’s planner!! I really like all the space for life and project planning and organization. I am trying to complete my ufo’s and these pages will be a great help in keeping me on track. I am a list person, but usually use scraps of paper. This is a MUCH better way to be organized, especially for quilters.
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