09 December 2015

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway - Fabric

Welcome to Mara Creates on your next stop for the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day! My name is Mara and I am an American living in Greece with my Greek/Australian husband and our 2 children, I sew to keep my sanity, how about you?

I look forward to this week twice a year and I know you have many places to swing by, today I am giving away a tin Full of charm fabrics cut by me.  These are not my fugly fabrics, oh no, I am giving you some of my favorite fabrics, text prints, low volume, Alison Glass and then your choice of "Weeds" by Me and My Sister or  "Color Me Happy" by V & Co.
Are you on Instagram?  Did you see the recent hashtag #getyourquiltywishesgranted  It is such a fun hashtag and I granted a few wishes, one girl wanted some text prints and strawberry prints, one wanted some low volume prints and another some Alison glass and another a few charms to make charity quilts.  SO while I was cutting up those request I cut up a few more for YOU!

I am giving away one tin this week, here my blog and the other on my IG account, next week, @mara.creates , follow to see when that one happens, I also have another giveaway on there right now from Monday and it ends Monday December 14th.

Next year I am hosting a Year long Sew Along from the book "Sew Fantasy Toys" written by Melanie McNeice , she also designs fabric under the name Melly and Me.  It will be a nice and easy Sew Along, with Giveaways each month, if you are interested, leave your e-mail HERE and I will send out an e-mail with more information closer to the end of this month.

Entering this Giveaway is Easy, Use the Rafflecopter below, so I am sure to have your e-mail address and in the comments
Tell me your favorite cookie and come back next week to see who won this Giveaway and get the recipes for these 2 Greek Christmas Cookies, Melomakarona and Kourabiedes, *cookies will not be included in with the fabric for this giveaway, I am so sorry :(  I will ship Internationally cause, HELLO, I am International :)
My favorite cookie is the Sugar Cookie with frosting on top, like the ones they sale in Grocery stores in the States, yummy!

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172 comments:

quilter said...

I love sugar cookies the mostest!
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kupton52 said...

I guess I'm so unimaginative...but peanut butter cookies (soft and moist) are my favorite...have been for 62 years...and probably always will be!

kupton52 said...

I guess I'm so unimaginative...but peanut butter cookies (soft and moist) are my favorite...have been for 62 years...and probably always will be!

Raina said...

My favorite cookie is Shortbread

ThreadCatcher said...

I like a soft ginger snap cookie. Thanks for the giveaway.

Sara said...

I love lemno cookies :-)

Wild Irish said...

Love love Oat Cookies

atabanana29 said...

I love gingerbread!

Mary Ann said...

Chocolate chip

Diana said...

Snickerdoodles have always held a special place in my heart.

Joy said...

I love good old sugar cookies.

Karen in Breezy Point said...

I just bought an enormous tin of Walkers shortbread at Costco, but I do love snickerdoodles too!

Mokki said...

I like chocolate chip. You can't go wrong with chocolate :)

HeatherK @ A Reformed Heath'n said...

During the holidays, I love to make my great-grandma's Spritz recipe. It's the only one my kids ALWAYS request =)

Anna brown said...

Oatmeal raisin cookies with walnuts.....happyness04431@yahoo.com

Anita said...

Kourabiedes are very good, my greek mother in law makes the best!
By the way, I have been to Meteora once, my husband is from Thessalia.

Becca said...

Good ol' chocolate chip! :-)

Sandra said...

It just has to be oatmeal with raisins cookies. Love em. Can't get enough. I like the idea of the tin fabrics. Great collection by both of them. Either tin is a great choice. Can't go wrong with free fabric. Thank you for being a part of the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day and the chance you have giving us to try and win. Happy Holidays to you from Sonora, Ca.

Sandi Timmons
sandit1@sbcglobal.net

propswife said...

My Favorite cookie is Nestle's Toll House Chocolate Chip, with no nuts.
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Rachel said...

My favorite cookies are rainbow cookies. Three colorful layers surrounded by chocolate and sprinkles! Yum.

Rosa said...

Chocolate chips is one of my favorite cookies!
Thanks for the fun.

Les said...

I love macaroons any flavor any kind

Jen Barnard said...

I love gingerbread men.
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Robyn said...

Starbucks' Frappe cookie! I know I am supposed to say chocolate chip or sugar cookie or something, but really... I am not much of a cookie person. I do love those Frappe cookies though.
rtgandy at gmail

Nicola said...

I love chocolate chip cookies, especially when eaten with a mug of hot chocolate at hand!

bee said...

the local bakery here has the best cran-oatie cookie! craisins and white chocolate and oatmeal - yumm!

Stitchin At Home said...

Brown sugar cookies.

Kay said...

I love very buttery shortbread, or anything cinnamon flavoured. Thank you for a great giveaway. x

Linda said...

I love homemade chocolate chip cookies. Thanks for the chance to win.

Jodi said...

Peanut Butter Cookies!!!

quilt455 said...

Pumpkin spice that my youngest daughter makes me each year for Thanksgiving

MoniqueB said...

Molasses cookies are my favorite.

Unknown said...

I love sugar cookies quite a bit but my fiance recently perfected a chocolate chocolate chip cookie that is to die for!

Barbara O. said...

My favourite cookies are Vanillakipferl... In case I win, I'll exchange recipes with you ;-)
Thanks for the chance!

KathleenD said...

I love the chocolate tipped Madelines I buy at the store. My favorite cookies to make though, are anise Biscotti for my husband (his mother's recipe!) and a drop cookie with white chocolate chips and Craisins!

Joyce Carter said...

Thank you for the giveaway. I love Sugar cookies.

Heidi [Banks of Frog Creek] said...

Chocolate Waffle Cookies!

Vicki H said...

Soft chocolate chip cookies are the best.

Dody said...

I love no bake cookies. Yum!
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fenna said...

chocolate chip of course ;)

Unknown said...

My favourite is peanut butter (with chocolate)

Gill said...

Shortbread

amy said...

Chocolate chip for me! With Spritz cookies a close second.

Anonymous said...

HELLO, it is the traditional Shortbread! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Kat said...

There is a traditional German christmas cookie I really love called Vanillakipferl. They are crumbly and sweet and taste of vanilla, as the name suggests. But I really like the look of those Greek ones too! I was in Thessaloniki a few weeks ago and we ate so much pastry and sweet things…

Cheri the Quilting Nanny said...

Hello! My favorite is sugar cookie cutout with butter cream icing! I have been making them myself for 38 years and everyone expects them every year!!!!
Cheri
fabricandmemories(at)yahoo(dot)com

Kristen said...

I love shortbread cookies or chocolate or peanut butter the most.

Bossymamma said...

I like cookies with caramel or toffee in them.

Gidget said...

Frosted sugar cookies!

Mindy Sebastian said...

I make a yummy sugar cookie - and I add peppermint this time of year! Looking forward to making myself a batch soon!

Shannon P said...

Oatmeal raisin!

Anonymous said...

Girl Scout Samoas!

Michele T said...

I love all kinds of cookies but especially Jam Thumbprints!!

Emily C said...

I love the shaped christmas cookies.

Carin@Ullhärvan said...

I love gingerbread cookies!

Judy H said...

my favorite....the last one I just baked....love making cookies at Christmas

Jayne said...

I've always loved spritz cookies! Childhood love that I never have any more!

Donna said...

My favorite is the Mexican wedding cookie.
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MarshaLaw said...

I don't know if baklava is a cookie exactly but it's my fave. After that, we're talking soft chocolate macadamia. I suddenly got the urge to run out to the grocery store. 2 extra Kg, here I come!

Lori said...

My all time favorite is chocolate chip

Janna said...

Frosted sugar cookies for me.

AlidaP said...

tim tams!! thanks for the chance!

✄ Erin @ Sew at Home Mummy ✄ said...

I love pfefferneuse (spelling?) they are these gingerbread balls with a white hard sugar coating. They are awesome!!

Kim Stewart said...

My favorite cookies are snickerdoodles!

Kim Stewart said...

My favorite cookies are snickerdoodles!

Ramona said...

My favorite is creme de menthe bars.

CraftyKat said...

My fave is white choc and cranberry (kat-gyay@hotmail.com)

Jess said...

gingerbread cookies!!!

AStrangerView said...

Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate chip Cookie - I like it all together :) Thanks for the fun giveaway!

refabulous said...

My favorite cookies are biscotti... especially chocolate walnut! YUM.

Kim said...

My favorite cookie is chocolate chips.

OhioLori said...

I love the Sugar Cookies..iced & sprinkles for sure! :) My Husband fave are Spice Drops! (kind of a Ginger Snap..) Thank you for chance to win your Give-a-way! :)

Little Ella Lu said...

Christmas time requires sugar cookies and gingerbread.

June D said...

My favorite cookie is that Italian pine nut cookie with almond flavoring and egg whites. What an exciting life you must have living in Greece. Thanks for the chance

June D said...

I follow thru google and bloglovin. Just finished a charm quilt - the best. So much fun to do FMGing using the seams as a guide.

java diva said...

Anginettis are my favorite. And loukamades!! But those are nearly impossible to find unless I go to our local Greek fest.

Unknown said...

Gotta be sugar cookies

Angelia Lanouette said...

I love a good old fashioned soft chewy chocolate chip cookie!

Christine said...

Mexican Wedding Cookies are my favorite!

Pamela said...

Peanut butter oatmeal! Thanks for the chance to win this fun fabric!

Pamela said...

I follow you on Bloglovin. Thanks again!

Andy Bee said...

Gingerbread, gingersnaps, gingercake...
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Béa said...

Gingerbread cookies +++

GranChris said...

Sugar cookies

GranChris said...

I follow on BL

Jolien said...

I actually like cake better, softer and usually it's more to share. Applecake with some cinnamon. Cookies I rarely bake, last time I bake some chocolate chip one's with my sons, those were good. :)


Ooh, I have to add one, I'll always, always love egg-cookies, they're usually huge, soft & eggy -> http://www.thedutchtable.com/2012/01/eierkoeken.html

fabricstasher24@gmail.com said...

Love a nice crisp gingerbread cookie. Thank you for the giveaway.
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Judy @ Sew Some Sunshine said...

Classic chocolate chip!

Rita Lynn said...

Oatmeal raisin cookies

Myself said...

chocolate chip cookie of course :) Many thanks for this great giveaway!

lalaluu said...

I like both oatmeal raisin and chocolate chip cookies, so when I make cookies, I combine them to make oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies!

SewDoUQuilt said...

Chocolate chip cookies. jarvenpa1ne at gmail dot com

Lisa England said...

My favorite is Cappuccino Flats from a recipe in an old BH&G Christmas cookie book.

laurawilson25 said...

My favorite cookie is a homemade sugar cookie with colored icing. Thanks for the giveaway!

laurawilson25 said...

I'm following on IG.

Patty said...

Chocolate chip! Happy holidays.

Margaret said...

Sugar cookies with icing is my favorite

Niechelle Wade said...

Kolachkis!!

Mrs Quinn said...

Peanut Butter Blossoms!

Annmarie said...

Frosted cut out sugar cookies are my favorite. My family & friends' favorites too!

Unknown said...

I love choco-chip cookies with shredded coconut on top :)

Kylie Carlson said...

I love chocolate crinkles!

Jessica said...

I love World Peace cookies!

Karen said...

gotta love the ginger molasses drops.

charlotte l said...

Really cookies are just my favorite. Any kind will do!! Thanks!

Lou said...

My favorite cookie that I bake is the regular old chocolate chip but I always buy the chocolate hearts from Germany every year!!!! I have already gone through 2 pkgs:( UGH! Better buy more:) ha ha!!!

Magdalena said...

Haha, cookies - or to be more truthful, Greek font - caught my eye first of all. I used to study Greek for a few years, can't remember much but still can read it :)

Kathy E. said...

All cookies are my friends! My favorite would be a white chocolate macadamia nut...chewy and soft! duchick at gmail dot com

Brenda said...

I love making and eating Spritzen butter cookies. I'm also a big fan of Snowballs/Russian Tea Cakes/other names. Love those tins.

Kate said...

Chocolate chip oatmeal!

Jan Baker said...

Love frosted sugar cookies

Lindsay said...

I like "monster cookies" with peanut butter, oatmeal, chocolate chips, and m&m's!

Paulette said...

I love Oatmeal Raisin cookies!!!

Lee said...

Gingerbread is favorite!

Christine S said...

Sugar cookies!

Deb (Two Cheeky Monkeys) said...

Triple choc chip are my faves! But I do love good gingerbread and shortbread cookies too. :)

Marti M said...

Sugar cookies.

Hayley said...

Shortbread! Thanks for the giveaway

Kathy H said...

My favorite is the snickerdoodle.

Southern Gal said...

Pound Cake Cookies!

T Hays said...

I love decorated sugar cookies!

Sarah said...

My favorite is simple -- chocolate covered pretzels.

Amber said...

Properly good sugar cookies are definitely the ones I miss the most!

Lori’s Loops said...

sugar cookies are my fav! lorislegacy at mail dot com

Amanda said...

I love decorated sugar cookies! :)

Unknown said...

I love peanut butter cookies, and oatmeal & raisin cookies.

Anonymous said...

My favorite cookie is the chocolate chip cookie!
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mn_esota said...

My favorite cookie is ginger molasses!
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STH said...

Love gingerbread at Xmas time!

Unknown said...

I love shortbread, but I definitely want those recipes!

claire ross said...

I love cranberry and orange cookies x
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Anonymous said...

I love shortbread and butter cookies

Renea said...

My favorite cookie is the Russian Teacakes (we call them Snowball cookies). Thanks for the great giveaway.

JoanG said...

I love oatmeal raisin cookies. Thanks for the chance to win.

Welcome to the Glorious Chaos! said...

My favorite cookies are peanut butter blossoms!

Janie said...

Chocolate chip.

Marit Johanne said...

I love ginger bread cookies! Thanks for a lovely give away!

jellybean said...

gingerbread men I love decorating them

jellybean said...

following on Pinterest

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Lia*s Handmades said...

I like the ones that are both black and white and rolled up, I have no idea what they're called but my mum makes them and they're yum :)

Many thanks for the chance to win, Mara!

DebraKay Neiman said...

Sugar Cookies! crystalbluern at tds dot net

Unknown said...

I love sugar cookies!
Thanks for a chance to win! julia(dot)glotova(at)gmail(dot)com

Afton Warrick said...

I love frosted monster cookies.

Havplenty said...

Pumpkin cookies are my favorite.

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Kathy said...

What fun cookies! They don't have them near me. I like my grandmother's recipe for filled raisin cookies. Sometimes I use apricots instead.

Sallie said...

Oatmeal with chocolate chips, dried cherries and walnuts.

www.hudsonvalleyquilts.com said...

Coconut bars.

Susan McG said...

I love chocolate chip cookies. Always a favourite. Thanks for the generous giveaway.

tktl said...

Snickerdoodles!

Knittingdancer on Ravelry said...

I love the No-Bake Cookies (Chocolate, peanut butter, and oatmeal). Some people called them dropped cookies.

Rose Santuci-Sofranko said...

Yum...Chocolate Chip cookies are my fave...swooooon...Thanks and God bless! ILuvTheEucharist @ aol.com

Unknown said...

cut out cookies with icing, my family makes them with honey and they're awesome.

Stephanie said...

Chocolate chips

Unknown said...

I like Monster Cookies.
Holly

Unknown said...

Spritz cookies, made some today.

Amy's Crafty Shenanigans said...

Peanut butter with a Hershey's Kiss on the top!!

jeifner said...

My favorites were maple pecan pinwheels, from one of those 500 cookie recipe book. They have maple syrup, brown sugar and orange peel. So delicious! But since I can't eat them anymore, chocolate chip cookies :)

Amy Allan said...

I love Chocolate Chip

Danette said...

Sugar cookies with icing! Oops! I need to bake some. Thank you, peterstankovich@comcast.net

Julie said...

Meringues with chocolate chips!

Allison Dey Malacaria said...

It's a toss up between Gandma's pinwheel cookies and my mother's chocolate chip cookies. :-)

Lori said...

ginger and peanut butter with chocolate kiss

DebbieKL said...

coconut Macaroons!

Karen said...

I love frosted sugar cookies!

Libby said...

I love Russian Tea Cakes. So buttery !

Deal.licious Real Food Debby said...

I love to bake cookies, but don't really like to eat them. I guess I would pick a peanut butter cookie. They are yummy.

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Lin said...

Shortbread cookies - especially at this time of year!

Carla G said...

I love oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! :)

Martina said...

I love the Brunsli cookie , a speciality from Switzerland!

Danielle Roberts said...

my favorite cookie is choc chip

Tu-Na Quilts said...

Gingerbread men! Note the plural. kthurn(at)bektel(dot)com

A. K. said...

Chocolate chip