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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I would love a shade card! I have to order most of my fabrics online and this would be so useful!!!
Thanks!
Testing my luck for one of these handy sets!
Oh, I would love to win a color card!
I love your site. It inspires me. Hope i win
How generous! Count me in for the giveaway and thank you for all the fabric inspiration.
I would love to win this, it’s so useful! Thanks for the chance!
Oh, please let me be lucky this time!!
I have never had a samples card before. This sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for a chance at this and thank you for all the time you spend showing us the fabric that is out there to create with.
Sample cards are so fancy! Probably because they are so expensive. Thank you for allowing one lucky person to feel rich for a day!
Please convince them to sell them! I live in a place where the LQSs don’t sell solids…..???….How can you live without solids? A color card would make things sooo much easier. I’ve never used the Free Spirit solids because if I can’t at least see them once it is hard for me to go ahead and buy them. Cool give away!
I think I just died and went to heaven!
I LOVE the sample cards.
I have a Kona one that I use all the time and I wish more manufacturers made em for sale.
Fabulous collection & very generous of you to offer the set up as a giveaway. Thanks!
We’ll all sign the “please offer a retail version” petition — the more I order fabric online, the more I value color cards! Thanks for the chance at these ones!
There really isn’t a place around here to buy solids. This would be wonderful to have for ordering on-line!
Wow, a fantastic prize. Have a new pattern in mind using solids – this would really help in the selection process. Thanks for the opportunity!
Awesome, these look fantastic!
Thank you for a very generous and FABULOUS giveaway. Such a useful thing to have when designs your quilt.
Since I basically have to order all my fabric online, these cards would be fantastic to have! Thanks for your generosity!
Hope you feel better soon!!!
Thanks for all the fabric love! I would be thrilled to get a hold of those cards.
Cool sample cards — I find I turn to my kona card way more than I ever thought I would!
Hope your weather improves…..
loves this! Beautiful fabrics + organization = happy seamstress!
those are lovely!
These are superb, thanks for the opportunity!
What a great giveaway. Thanks for the opportunity; I’d love to win.
Ohhh! I would love to win this Giveaway! I’m kepping my fingers crossed
Have a nice weekend!
LOVE them!
What an incredible giveaway! It really is perfect for Internet purchases! Thank you for sharing!
Oooh! I would love to win these color cards. Thanks!
oooohhh aaaahhhh A dream come true!
Thank you for the opportunity to win these!!
Wow! Those cards are great. Good luck to all!
Count me in! How wonderful to have these for projects
Love sample cards! horde sample cards. Put my name in the pot.
What a great giveaway!! Thanks for a chance! I hope you feel better soon!
First time to your site and love it! These sample cards would be great, makes it so easy to order online.
They will certainly chase away the winter blahs! But, uh oh! Does that mean I will be compelled to buy even more fabric? Sorry to hear about the crud. My daughter calls her son The Little Germ Factory
Love the sample cards. They are so handy to have when trying ot decide what color to use. I would love to be the winner of one of these beauties. Hope you are feeling normal soon!
Thanks.
ooooh, I love color cards. me!me!me!me!me! thanks for the giveaway.
The polka dots rule!
I woul love to win these. I use solids and have found it is difficult to gauge the colors correctly online. Thanks for the chance.
I love color cards too! The Kona one is so useful!
Ooooooh, I’m lusting after all those beautiful color possibilities, and I would love, love, love to win this giveaway! Thank you for your generous offer!
I would love this!
This looks terrific. It is so hard to get color cards and I live in an area where most sewing stores don’t carry extensive collections of solids.
Ack! Wish I had this last week! Just received an online order of some solids that are just a teensy bit off.
Really appreciate you offering this giveaway!
ooh, me! I’ve been dying to get my hands on one of these solids cards. I rely so much on my Kona and Moda Bella cards, and I love the new Freespirit colors, so one of these would certainly be a big help!! Thanks for the giveaway!
Awesome! I would love it!!
Awesome giveaway! I would love to win this sample card. Please count me in. Thanks.
The only fabric store I have access to is a JoAnn fabrics. I NEED sample cards!