Giveaway: Freespirit Designer Solids (and Other Basics) Sample Card Giveaway
I think the universe is conspiring against me posting to True Up lately — last week I had a sick little boy that needed tending-to, now this week I have his crud, and we’ve had two days of major power outages — day one because windstorms, old trees, and power lines don’t mix, day two because the entire state of Texas had to undergo rolling blackouts (and of course our neighborhood seemed to get more than our fair share of darkness).
But I want to make up for the sparseness today (and fight all this grayness and chill) with a pretty spectacular giveaway. FreeSpirit has sent me two sets of sample cards of their new Designer Solids and other basics collections — a beautiful, saturated assortment of colors meant to coordinate with their designer print collections. I am reaaaaalllly tempted to keep a set for myself, but I love you so I want you to have them.
As anyone who frequently uses solids, you know that samples are extremely helpful in planning projects and purchases (especially online purchases). And the sample cards are not available for retail purchase! I’ll try to convince them to sell a retail version, but in the meanwhile, this will be the only way to get your hands on them.
Here’s a rundown of the tonal basics:
Beads — a small polka dot. 25 colors.
Houndstooth — the classic weave in print form, which I can’t help but see as diagonal space invaders. 25 colors.
Twine — like a beautiful mess of string. 25 colors.
Dapples — your basic mottled tonal print. 50 colors.
Fresco — like Dapples, but at a larger scale and more defined areas of color. 25 colors.
Instincts — almost like a tiny animal print. 25 colors.
Pinwheels — little curlicues over a Dapples-like background. 25 colors.
Just leave your comment on this post, and I’ll draw a winner randomly next Thursday, February 10, around 10am Central U.S. time. Two winners will receive a solids sample card and one each of the other seven basics collections. Thanks to FreeSpirit for providing these lovelies!
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What an exciting giveaway! Thank you!
Ooh, this is awesome! I’m drooling over the houndstooth, I think it would make a great quilt binding!
I would love to win these!
How nice of FreeSpirt to send you things!!
Awesome!!! This is such a cool giveaway.
I cross my fingers.
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These WOULD be good for planning projects–you don’t have to worry if your computer is showing the colors correctly if you are ordering online. Thanks.
Lovely and overly helpful!
im super curious about free spirits basics…would love to branch out from Kona!
Awesome giveaway! The winner is going to be one lucky person!
I’m here in Austin too and the weather is crazy isn’t it? I am expecting a snow days tomorrow for the total of 3 inches we’ll be getting. I’m sure the East Coasters are rolling their eyes now.
I love this idea of the sample cards. It has been something I am working towards to add more solids to my sewing projects. Thank you for sharing these with us!
When I owned my quilt shop, I had customers that would ask for these – and would cut them into tiny squares and sew the most AMAZING quilts! Silly!
Oh please oh please oh please. I’ve been agonizing over online fabric purchases for the last few days and this would really help in the coordination department. I have no problem picking a print but how to pick to fabrics to match!
I’m always on the lookout for good solid cotton fabrics! Sorry about the crazy power outages, I seem to have escaped them this time around.
OOOOOOOOOH! How exciting! I would love to have these as an independent fabric designer!!!
Wonderful giveaway! Truly useful in all kinds of planning!
Wow, what a fantastic giveaway! Thanks for the chance!
Oh, how wonderful! Owning one of these would be so helpful!
Yes,yes, and yes!
Wow, what a fabulous resource to have! Thanks for offering it up!
the cards are absolutely fantastic!
Whoa, I can totally use something like that! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
oooh, nice!
They definitely need to sell ‘em retail! Don’t know what I would do without my Kona one. I’d love to win one! Please please pleeeeeeeeease
fingers crossed.
What a great score it would be to have the color card!
Oooh, I would love to win this!! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
I love all those little colorful squares!
I love solids and sample cards! Thank you for the giveaway!!
WOW this is amazing! You are too sweet to give it away!
Fun giveaway!! I’m not sure if my kids or me would love these more?
I love how bright and cheery the colors are! I would love to have the cards!
I rarely throw my hat in the ring for giveaways, but this one is irresistible! What a wonderful help this would be when planning projects.
And please, add my name to any group/list to implore Free Spirit to produce these for retail sale!
A wonderful way to match the basics to the well loved fabric lines! I would love to agonize less about matching colors online!
I can’t believe they don’t sell these retail. Madness! Thanks for sharing both of them. Very sweet of you!
Great help for planning !
sample cards are worth their weight in pure gold – awesome give-away – thanks for the chance
Wow, love it! Beautiful colors!
Wow! That’s a fantastic and very helpful give away. Love your blog, by the way.
oh wow, what an exciting give away! thank you for sharing! my fingers are crossed!
Well I’d love to win one, but I think FS may be missing the boat if they don’t put it out for sale! Since I never win, I would defiinitely buy one!
Thank you so much for sharing! These would be so helpful.
Me please!!! I love my solids!
Oh, those cards are fabulous. Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
They are all so beautiful! Love these colours and what a great way to see whats current this year! Thanks for sharing them!
I love solids so much! Thanks for this giveway!
Those are great! Thanks for the chance to win.
Oh, I just love this type of thing. Especially when working on quilts and trying to decide on a solid color that works well. What a great giveaway.
What a thing of beauty! I would put them up and just gaze at all the colors. Thank you for the chance to win.
ooh, sample cards! I would love them. I hope they agree with you and make them available, I hate choosing colors online without swatches.
Ohhhh…I would love to have one!! What a great giveaway!!
What a fantastically useful thing! I would love to have the opportunity to win this