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The winner of the Janome Memory Craft 6300P is …

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Wow! What a response. It looks like the JJanome Memory Craft6300P is one popular machine. Never before has a giveaway on CraftGossip generated this much excitement. We are truly overwhelmed!

I am of course, talking about the Janome Memory Craft 6300P giveaway that we launched last month, thanks to Janome USA.

Before announcing the winner, some stats..

There were a total of 4134 entries since the giveaway was launched on Dec 13th.

Out of these, there were just under 4000 valid entries.

There were 356 comments on the post itself.

The giveaway has been retweeted 61 times on Twitter.

And 6 people have asked us if a winner has been posted yet!

OK, so the winner, after 5 hours of  checking and cross checking everything is… *drumroll* *drumroll* *drumroll*

Sheena Imhoff

Congratulations!

Sheena, you have 5 days to contact us at [email protected] after which we will select a new winner.

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Comments

  3. I’m soooo jealous, because I’m not a “US 18+ residents” and I couldn’t even dream of winning it. Nevertheless, congratulations, Sheena! Enjoy!

  14. Dern.. was hoping to scroll and see my name LOL.. but will be big enough to congratulate the winner LOL.. Congrats Sheena! I’m just a teensy bit jealous..okay maybe a little more than a teensy bit 🙂 Enjoy your sewing!

  17. Congratulations Sheena~~

    I hope you enjoy this so much!! Hope that you have a chance to post some of your fantastic creations with it!!!

  23. Congratulations Sheena I love Janome, you will to when you get it. I was hoping for my name but your name works too…have fun with making many beautiful items. Make sure you share with us all. Again enjoy this new machine. Happy Sewing :)))

  25. THANK YOU THANK YOU Everyone!!
    This is amazing and I am soo Humbled to be chosen!!!!
    Is this how I contact you or how?
    Thanks!!
    Sheena

  28. Congrats Sheena!

    I Would like to see a contest of this magnitude or any for that matter open to Canadian residents…I have been purchasing Janome machines for years, most recently the MemoryCraft 11000SE. I know a few other companys who do giveaways both large and small and include the Canadian public in the entry process, so it would be nice to see that for a change.

    Jacquie M

  29. WOW congratulations!!!! Cant wait to hear about all the things you have made on this wonderful machine!! And thank you for the sponsors for this wonderful giveaway!

    Debbie O in Idaho

  34. Congratulations Sheena but I sure do wish it was me….I don’t even have a sewing machine mine went belly up and I willl not be able to buy a new one but I wish you allot of luck with it.

  35. Congrats Sheena–you are going to love it !
    Hope someone will post pix of her with the new machine.
    It is really wonderful to see so much interest in sewing and to see how many folks would like a nice sewing machine.
    I just love to quilt and sew and glad to see that others do too. 🙂

  36. Sheena, I’m soo happy for you! Green with envy but woundering what will your 1st project be? I always have a tuff time trying to decide! Please have fun and let us live in your sewing shoes by sharing your choice with us!0)~ 😉

Have you read?

A Cross Stitch I Spy at the Beach

That headline pretty much describes the Under the Sea cross stitch pattern from Una Buena Pieza, which is covered with shells, fish and other creatures of the sea. It’s not intended to be an I spy, I don’t think, and most of the same kinds of animals are grouped together, but I think it would be fun for someone who didn’t stitch it to look and see what different things they can find within.

The pattern includes turtles, jellyfish, a whale, shark, ray, all sorts of fish and shells and I’m sure other things that I’m not noticing right now. Dolphins! Coral! Seagulls!

It looks like it would be super fun to stitch and fun to have on the wall during the summer months, or even hang in a kid’s room if you know a young one who loves the beach or ocean animals.

The design is 110 by 220 stitches. It comes out to about 8 by 16 inches, or 20 by 40 cm, when stitched on 14 count fabric. It calls for 19 colors.

This design looks great on light blue fabric as shown, but in the pattern listing on Etsy you’ll also see what it looks like on a darker blue and a white fabric, and they all look pretty good so you can use whatever color you like to suit your decor or your idea of what color the “ocean” should be. There’s even a customer photo that looks like it was done on a sort of tie-dyed green fabricc, which is really fun.

However you stitch it, I think this project would go faster than you imagine because there are so many fun little things to stitch. It will be hard to get bored when you can just move on to a different animal or part of the design.

Check out this pattern from Una Buena Pieza on Etsy.

[Photo: Una Buena Pieza]