Saturday, November 19, 2011

MmmCrafts Basics felt collection! And a giveaway!

 photo by Renae Bradley, benziebazaar.etsy.com

(Thanks everyone! Comments are now closed!)

I was nicely invited by wool-blend felt purveyor, Renae Bradley, to curate a custom color selection for her etsy shop, Benzie Bazaar. I was very tempted to play and put together some pretty pretty colors just for the sake of color - which I love to do, people! However, it occurred to me that it would be much more practical to put together the ten felt colors I use the most in my patterns and projects. It's an array that would start anyone's felt stash off in the right direction. So here is my collection as photographed by Renae, MmmCrafts Basics, which can be found in the Guest Curator section of her shop.

image by Renae Bradley, benziebazaar.etsy.com

Benzie Bazaar offers 80 colors of beautiful wool-blend felts that are packaged with ever so much care. I know this for a fact because I've had some great experiences purchasing from her shop for my projects, and can say she is a swell person to boot! Not only that, she also offers international shipping, which is a lovely feature for all my readers outside the US who are having trouble finding a local source for wool felt.

As a nice holiday bonus, if you are one of the first nine to purchase the MmmCrafts Basics bundle from Renae, you'll also receive a coupon to my etsy shop for 10% off the price of any PDF pattern in my shop!

And did I mention the awesome giveaway? Two commenters will each win a combo prize pack:

The MmmCrafts Basics Color Collection
(ten 9x12 inch sheets of gorgeous wool-blend felt)
AND
One PDF pattern of your choice from my shop

To enter the giveaway, leave one comment on this blog post, and I'll randomly choose the two winners next Tuesday! Whoo! Giveaways are fun.

180 comments:

  1. Yeah, who don't love a give away! Thank you so much! The colours are wonderful and I would love to feel and try real wool felt. For my embroidery projects on kids clothes I've only used PE felt yet as it is easily washable.

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  2. Hi from Finland! Just loving the new Little Red and friends :) And this give away is so much fun :D

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  3. Yummy colours! I LOVE working with felt, thanks for pointing out a great felt supplier & for the give away!

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  4. It can be so hard to find nice suppliers that will ship to the Netherlands so this is great! And I would love a chance to make some stuff with that felt!

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  5. I love to work with felt. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  6. I love the colors in your felt pack! Crossing my fingers for the giveaway. Thanks for being so generous!

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  7. Hello from South Korea! Thank you for having giveaways! I love all of your craft ideas!

    -Emilee

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  8. I love this because felt is something new where i live so we dont get nice colorus, we have something similar to felt but its horrible to make things with-

    Thank you very much for this ! :D

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  9. Wow, what yummy colors! Thank you for such a fun give away. Always enjoy reading and seeing what you are doing! Still making toothfairy pillows!

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  10. Nice giveaway! I love to work with felt.

    Greetings
    Elli

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  11. Love all of her wonderful felt collections! (already on my Christmas list!) Thank you so much for this lovely giveaway too! :)I have several projects swimming about my head that this bundle would be perfect for!

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  12. Oh, those colors are so pretty! I love sewing and crafting with felt. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  13. What a beautiful colors. Thanks for the give-away.

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  14. Cool that you're now a curator! :) Great color choices!

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  15. This a lovely giveaway. Your patterns are wonderful, I have had my eye on your Red Ridding Hood pattern for a while. Wool felt is hard to come by locally so it is nice to find a good online supplier

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  16. such lovely colors of wool blend felt, please enter me in your generous giveaway ~ thanks !

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  17. Oooo-fabulous give-away, y fingers are so crossed!
    Thanks

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  18. mmm! gorgeous felt - count me in please!!

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  19. LOVE the colors! This would be SO great to win. Fingers crossed.

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  20. Beautiful wool felt? Yes, please! :)

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  21. I´m so glad to find a wool-blend felt purveyor that offers international shipping. I love to use this material for crafts but it´s not easy to find it here in Uruguay.
    I´d love to win this givaway!
    Thanks!

    Su
    http://lavidalalala.blogspot.com/

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  22. I am from Malaysia and it is quite hard to find suppliers with nice felt type and designs. And for that, yes! I want those gorgeous wool felt the world has to offer! Please... *wink*

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  23. yay! I have felt on my shopping list now for some Christmas projects. Love the colors - much better selection than I have in podunk

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  24. just beautiful. will be visiting her shop soon!

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  25. Very pretty, I love your patterns!

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  26. A Lovely warm palette of soft primaries & neutrals to show them off against! Thanks for the giveaway.

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  27. Thank you so much for doing this giveaway. And thanks so much for turning me on to wool felt. I found your site through Pinterest a few months ago and have been following ever since. :-) THANK YOU.

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  28. Beautiful collection of colors! I would love to win to add this to some felted scarves I'm working on.

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  29. Beautiful colors, I'd lOVE to win!!! -Renee

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  30. What a lovely selection! Fingers crossed.

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  31. Fabulous! I'm in like flynn! So great to have all your colors in one place. I'm headed over to purchase now!

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  32. Beautiful! I've got several felt crafts on my list to do, but have yet to acquire anything except the icky 100% acrylic felt, and we know that won't do!

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  33. I love felt... and the colors chosen are so lovely! Hooray for giveaways!

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  34. I'd love to make a project with this palette of felt & one of your patterns!

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  35. Beautiful colors and great giveaway!!

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  36. Wow, perfect timing with the holidays around the corner. I love felt projects.

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  37. Wool felt and a wonderful pattern too?
    What a fabulous giveaway.

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  38. Lovely giveaway! I've got some projects this would be perfect for.

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  39. You had me at felt! Add another pattern, and I'm hooked. So glad to know about her shop. I'm always on the hunt for good felt. Thanks for the chance to win. :)

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  40. Love felt and LOVE MmmCrafts. Great giveaway.
    artteajannell.blogspot.com

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  41. I would love a chance to work with real wool felt! Great giveaway!

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  42. Oh, this is so wonderfull giveaway. I would love to win. YOur paterns are so gerat and the felt bundle look sso nice. Thank you so much to enter me.

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  43. Beautiful colorway! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  44. Fern is such a good colour, and would make a good girl's name too!

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  45. Lovely colors of felt!! Love your blog and patterns!

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  46. fabulous color selection! i'd love to win. thanks!

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  47. Oh my gosh. Want. To. Win. :-) thanks!!oh my gosh.

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  48. Hello from Germany!
    Thank you for invitation to win
    your beautiful wool felt packet.

    Dunja

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  49. If ever there was a giveaway I wanted to win, it is this very one! Thanks for this opportunity.

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  50. I'd loooove to start using felt more in projects...right now I'm just using the cheap childrens pkgs, and I'm sure its nowhere near the same! The colors sure aren't!

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  51. I've recently been turned on to wool felt, and it's amazing! I would love to win this!

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  52. Hi there, wool felt is a wonderful addiction; thank you for the giveaway fun!!

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  53. What a gorgeous combination of colors! Thanks so much to both of you for offering the giveaway. :)

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  54. Thanks for bringing to light a great wool felt supplier!

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  55. I would love to win either the felt or one of your patterns. Count me in. Woo-hoo!

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  56. How fun! I love your color selection, I have recently started playing with wool felt and have had so much fun!

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  57. I'd love to win - and I love your patterns! Thanks for the giveaway yzobela at hotmail dot com

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  58. This is so cool! I just book marked several felt ornaments that I would like to try :) Thanks for the opportunity!

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  59. I would love to win wool-blend felt and a pattern (I've had my eye on Red and Gramma Wolfie for a while now)!
    Thank you

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  60. Beautiful colours! Would love to win, I've been wanting to use some high quality felt to make some play food for my kiddos!

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  61. Gorgeousness! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  62. I love felt - the colors are beautiful and the giveaway is great - thanks

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  63. Thank you so much for this wonderful giveaway!
    Hugs from Hungary!

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  64. What a beautiful bundle and awesome giveaway! Have to go check out the shop! :)

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  65. Lovey colors! I don't have any wool felt, would love to add that to my stash. I have patterns and ideas to use it thought!

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  66. Thank you so much for the great giveaway!

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  67. My daughter & I are working on some felt gifts for Christmas. This would be perfect!

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  68. I've never worked with quality felt before . . . this would be awesome!

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  69. Would so love to win, thank you sooo much!

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  70. Eek! I would love this felt. I usually use the cheap-o stuff.

    ashb2005@gmail.com

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  71. Wow! I would love, love to win! Thanks for the contest =)

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  72. This is fantastic - would love some wool felt and a pattern!!

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  73. I didn't work with felt yet, so if I would win, this would be a great opportunity!

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  74. I would love to use this felt for crafting! Such pretty colors.

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  75. Wool felt is so fun to work with! I hope to win!! Thank you!

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  76. Ohhh...so many things I could do with felt! Thanks for the giveaway! Amy @ gasudimack(at)sbcglobal(dot) net

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  77. This would be such a treat for my sister for Christmas. She loves making projects with felt! Nice colors!

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  78. Awesome give-away! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  79. What a fabulous giveaway! Perfect to make special Christmas gifts. Thanks for hosting the giveaway!

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  80. I would love this package. It would help me complete my extra long, impossible list of Christmas projects. Thanks for the opportunity to win!

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  81. Working with felt has become one of my favorite things!

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  82. How great! I have a long list of projects that involve felt, but not much felt to go around. Love that blue spruce color too!

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  83. I have been thinking about exploring the world of felt, and I think this would be a perfect entry point! Thanks for the chance!

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  84. Would love to try more felt projects! Thanks for hosting the giveaway!

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  85. Wow - what beautiful colours! I love love love the mustard wool-felt. I think I want to make clothes from that ;) but maybe a 9 x 12 sheet wouldn't cover me haha.

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  86. I am so addicted to felt! Love your selections.

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  87. Wowee, there are a lot of entries for this! You know how to pick an exciting giveaway! Well you've got to be in it to win it so fingers crossed!

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  88. Hi from Australia!!love all the colours and just love felt, thank you for the give away.

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  89. Just in time for ornament crafting! I love the colors you picked -- I love having a little bit of every color, because it makes the possibilities seem endless.

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  90. Yay! I love using felt for projects!

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  91. Qué lindos colores de felpa!!! Me encantan!

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  92. Great giveaway I love the colors. Thanks for the chance to win.
    insidethefireafi@gmail.com

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  93. I have quite a few felt projects on my to-do list, it's so much fun to work with! Thank you!

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  94. Hello from Canada! I love these colours! I'm just getting the hang of working with felt and would love to start a stash (much to the chagrin of my dear hubby). Thanks for the giveaway!

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  95. I've never worked with wool felt but all your yummy projects make me want to! No money for crafts, so a giveaway would be great!

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  96. I like all the colors, but especially love the peacock!

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  97. Very nice selection of colours. Finally I have my own blog so a chance to leave a comment!

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  98. Oh the possibilities! I would love to win this. Thank you for the giveaway.

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  99. What a wonderful giveaway! Thank you!
    Lucie

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  100. What a cool giveaway! thanks for the chance to win! :-)

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  101. What a cool giveaway! thanks for the chance to win! :-)

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  102. Just found your blog via Happy Zombie and I love it. The felt is absolutely lucious. What I could create with that!

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  103. I would love to win this. Katy Kitty needs a coat. It's getting cold outside and her silver puffer with fur trim is getting SO last year.

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  104. I love Benzie Bazaar felt. It's so hard to choose which colors to get so thanks for putting together a great basic package!

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  105. I was just doing some felt shopping and trying to figure out what to buy since I've never purchased high-quality felt before. This was really helpful. Thanks!

    mindywissink [at] gmail [dot] com

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  106. I think you picked just the right colors. I'd love to start a collection of felt and work up a wonderful felt project, but I've always been intimidated by what colors to buy first. This solves my problem!

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  107. This felt looks wonderful! And I love the two faced doll patterns. I had a doll like that as a kid! Very cool. Thanks!

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  108. There are so many things I could do with this felt!

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  109. I LOVE FELT. that's all there is to it.

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  110. Felt is so fun to work with. Love to win some. Thanks for the chance.

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  111. I would love to make something with that felt... it can be hard to get here!

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  112. I've been dying for some new felt!

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  113. I think those are the perfect color choices... pretty sure that's what I would have picked out on my own, so uh... good job on that? Yay! Hope I win.

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  114. Fabulous giveaway....luv, luv, luv creating with felt. Please throw my name in the hat!
    xox
    Karen

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  115. What a great selection, all the colors look delicious! Count me in! :)

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  116. There are so many projects i would love t make with felt ! wahooo ! Enter me pleeeeeeeeeeease !

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  117. Felt is my most favourite thing to create with. Ever!!

    Thanks for the chance to win some in such fab colours too!!

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  118. Fantastic!! I love felt and the colours are awesome!

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  119. Oh yippee! Just in time to introduce my youngest to the world of felt! Thanks...

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  120. Ooo I'd like to be entered please :D I need to make more felt food for my daughter for xmas when she gets her new wooden kitchen :D

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  121. I would love to win. I have just started crafting with felt again and this would be a great help. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  122. Ohhh pretty pretty colors. I would love to win. My crafty 10 year old would love this for Christmas! (but she'd have to share with mom)

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  123. love the colors!
    sarah.currence at gmail

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  124. Beautiful colors! It's hard for me to decide which colors to get, so I often end up getting nothing. I guess that's a good way to keep the stash under control!

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  125. Such vibrant colors!
    Thanks for sharing this awesome shop, definitely putting it on my favs list for future shopping. :)

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  126. After using some wool felt here in the u.k and being quite unimpressed I would love to be able to rave about some that is wonderful, I would love to win, thankyou for the giveaway :-)

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  127. What a great giveaway! It's very difficult for me to find wool felt locally.

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  128. Wow...how great is this!?! Amazing...great colors, and fantastic blog!

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  129. Hooray for giveaways! Love the color combination you put together - such pretty, pretty colors!

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  130. Awesome. I've been wanting some nice wool felt for a while :)

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  131. I am such a sucker for felt... in every color. I'm off to check out her shop right now! Also, since most giveaway comments are totally boring, I just want to let you know that I am making three pies plus stuffing and stuffed mushrooms for Thanksgiving and I can't wait to eat them. Especially the pies. :)

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  132. Awesome giveaway. Lovely color choices. Love felt and your designs, so it's a win, win :). Thanks for the chance! Hope you and your family are well.

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  133. What wonderful color choices! I am thinking about felt crowns for Christmas presents. Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  134. What a great giveaway! Thanks for doing this!

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  135. I always want to own high-quality and beautiful felt like these. Wish me luck!

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  136. I love felt. I'm now in the midst of working on a felt advent calendar for my daughter and other Christmas projects. I would love to get my hands on more wonderful felt! :) Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  137. Mmmm... I am imagining the lovely feel of that felt while using it to make something wondrous. Thank-you!

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  138. Great colour combo would love to get my hands on some wool felt. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  139. Oh my goodness -Beautiful colors! I NEED to win these!!!

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  140. I love the colors!!! Who wouldn't love some wool-blend felt and a new pattern!

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  141. What a great way to get started with felt but with a collection hand picked from someone who knows best!!

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  142. What a great giveaway, lovely colors, it gives me so many great ideas!

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  143. I've been longing to try some of your felt craftiness, this looks like a great way to get started! Love your blog!

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  144. My oh My! These are incredible colors! I love wool felt. I also knit, so maybe that is why I love the feel of wool in my hands. Thanks for the give away! I really enjoy your blog.

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  145. Those are beautiful colors I would love to add them to my stash.
    ~Tammy~
    stbyrd60@yahoo.com

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  146. wow. thanks so much for the generous giveaway of a great colour combination. And thank you for highlighting this wonderful resource.
    I love your patterns. Any would be a treat to make.
    thanks for sharing.

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  147. I love your colors! It's great to see them all layed out like that...

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  148. Oh the things I could make with all that felt! Thanks for the chance!!

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  149. Such lovely colors you picked! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  150. Love your colors!! thanks for the giveaway :)

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  151. what lovely colors of wool. lindagerig@sbcglobal.net

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  152. What great colors, so many things I could make with them! Thanks for the chance to win some.

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  153. I'm using so much felt for my christmas gift right now ... and i would LOVE one of your pattern ;)

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  154. I would love to win! I have only used the cheapo felt and have just had a hard time deciding what to buy, this would help big time! Very thankful!

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  155. Those are so lovely! I'd love a chance to try out a pattern for Christmas too!

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  156. Love it! I have a million ideas running through my head. THANKS!

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  157. Oooh, I would love some beautiful felt.

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  158. I would love to try my hand at working with felt, and you're right - the craft store stuff is blah.

    marcia.zitzelman@hotmail.com

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  159. I hope I win, I've been wanting to work with felt forever. ocampo_dulce@hotmail.com

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  160. I'm new to this line and love the colors. I can't help imagining what I could make with the lovely felt. Thanks! jodeejeanATgmailDOTcom

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  161. Love your color way and would love to try out that felt! kzomboracz(at)gmail(dot)com

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  162. Thank you so much. Those felt colors are simply beautiful. I'd love to play with them!

    winterwrens at gmail dot com

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  163. Yes, Benzie Bazaar's Fet range and quality is top notch. Love it, I use it for My Teeny Tiny Dolls. Would love to win a lovely felt pack.

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  164. Oh such lovely colors! They'd be great for some coasters, or ornaments, or lovely felt flower pins. . hmmm. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  165. Who can't use more felt? Just in time for Christams too.

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  166. i hope i can win this giveaway.. i love Benzie's felt :)

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  167. what a wonderful felt supplier. Would love to win some and a pattern. Thanks

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