#BROTHERGOESPINK FOR CHRISTMAS

In the middle of October Brother Australia approached me to create a Pink Christmas themed project as part of their #Brothergoespink campaign with the National Breast Cancer Foundation. I was totally blown away and extremely flattered that Brother Australia would want to work with me and especially on something as important as raising awareness and funds for breast cancer research and support. Not only is Brother Australia supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation they’re also giving you the chance to win 1 of 12 amazing giveaways in the lead up to Christmas (but more on that soon!).

Brother Australia asked me to design a Christmas project that used pink as the primary colour and would be easy enough for a beginner to make it. Sounds easy enough, but it took me a lot longer than I thought it would to come up with a project.  I went through a couple of ideas, but in the end I settled on a basic patchwork pattern that I think delivers impact, has a lot of room for having fun with fabrics and can be made by someone completely new to quilting.

I designed, made and (drum roll) quilted the “Joy of Christmas” wall hanging.I decided that a Christmas ornament with one of my favourite emotions on it would be a great way to spread Christmas cheer. I’m so happy with how this wall hanging turned out. I designed it, made it and then quilted it myself all within a couple of days (a Christmas miracle in itself!).

It’s a great scrap buster (I just hit up my pink scrap bin) and the fabrics don’t even have to be Christmas ones (there’s not a single Christmas fabric in here!). The background fabric is a Dear Stella tone-on-tone silver mini dot and it makes it sparkle in person. I also used white and cream tone-on-tone prints for the word ‘joy’ which makes a nice texture.

I quilted it in a traditional straight line quilting pattern that anyone can do and I think it’s fun and a little traditional for a time of year that can be really traditional. I’m really thrilled with how it turned out and I can’t wait to use it this Christmas.

But enough about my “process” what you really want to know is how you can win fabulous prizes, right? So here’s the run down…

#BrothergoesPink for Christmas

Step one

Follow this link to the #Brothergoespink Christmas projects and pick which project you would like to make.

Be sure to pick from the first 15 listed, with ‘Pink Christmas’ in the name.

Step two

Following the instructions, create your #Brothergoespink Christmas project.

Be sure to add at least one creative element that is unique to you and make sure it’s #PINK.

Step three

Capture your finished project and head back to the Brother Australia Facebook App (click this link to go there) and submit it (click submit on the Facebook app page). Make sure you do so before the 8th December 2014.

If you choose to make my quilted wall hanging I’d love to see it so be sure to tag me or email me to show it off (and so I can show it off too!). And don’t forget to tag whatever you make with #BrothergoesPink if you’re sharing it on Instagram.

It’s so easy to enter, and do you want to know what you could win?

There will be two Grand Prize Winners chosen by Brother Australia‘s three judges. Each Grand Prize Winner will receive a prize pack valued at $1,898. The pack includes:

• 1x ScanNCut CM550DX valued at $699
• 1x NS55 Computerised Sewing Machine valued at $699
• $500 Eftpos Card

But that’s not all, there will be TEN Runner-Up Winners chosen by our three judges. Each Runner-Up will receive:

• $350 Eftpos Card

Now I’m no mathematician but those seem like some pretty good odds for walking away with a pretty amazing prize. So, what are you waiting for? Go, check out the projects and get to making something amazing and pink! Good Luck!

Disclosure: I was provided with a Brother NS55 as part of my participation in the #BrothergoesPink Campaign, no further compensation for this article was provided. All opinions expressed are my own and have not been influenced by the businesses involved. For further information about my disclosure policy please click here.