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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Sponsor Spotlight : steam, Reliable</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/blogs/sponsor_spotlight/archive/tags/steam/Reliable/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: steam, Reliable</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>Spotlight on Reliable: Winners Announced!</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/blogs/sponsor_spotlight/archive/2011/03/01/spotlight-on-reliable.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:183578</guid><dc:creator>QCA Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>231</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/blogs/sponsor_spotlight/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=183578</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/blogs/sponsor_spotlight/archive/2011/03/01/spotlight-on-reliable.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/sponsor_5F00_spotlight/R_5F00_logo_5F00_withweb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/sponsor_5F00_spotlight/R_5F00_logo_5F00_withweb.jpg" border="0" width="402" height="98" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Smart. Professional. Reliable. Since 1955.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Reliable is a successful family business.  Founded in 1955 by the father
 of the current CEO, Reliable has grown from a small provider of sewing 
machines to an industry leader.  Reliable creates innovative, quality home ironing products for consumers, with user-friendly technology and features.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Did you know?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You most likely know Reliable for their wonderful irons. But did you know they also make &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.reliablecorporation.com/Products/Home-Steam-Cleaners"&gt;steam cleaners&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.reliablecorporation.com/The-Uberlight"&gt;lights&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.reliablecorporation.com/Products/Machines"&gt;commercial sewing machines&lt;/a&gt; (among &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.reliablecorporation.com/Products"&gt;other things&lt;/a&gt;!)?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You can &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.reliablecorporation.com/EcoPage"&gt;Go Green With Steam!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Velocity V50 has &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://thereliableblog.com/2010/09/velocity-v50-goes-hollywood/"&gt;gone Hollywood&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;They have a cool blog complete with &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://thereliableblog.com/2011/02/steamy-spring-cleaning-solutions/"&gt;Spring Steam Cleaning Tips&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://thereliableblog.com/2010/08/we-made-the-o-list/"&gt;The Velocity V50 made the &amp;quot;O&amp;quot; List! &lt;/a&gt;(yes, that means OPRAH!)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reliable Corporation has been a &lt;a href="http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/blogs/sponsors/archive/2009/07/06/reliable.aspx"&gt;QCA Sponsor&lt;/a&gt; since May 2009!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;They hail from the great country of Canada! (Yes, &lt;a href="http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/groups/canadianquilters/default.aspx"&gt;we have a group for that!&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Win one of three Reliable VELOCITY V50 irons! (Value: $99!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.reliablecorporation.com/Products/Home-Irons/Velocity-V50"&gt;&lt;img style="border:0;margin:0px;" src="http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/sponsor_5F00_spotlight/Velocity-V50-Compact-Vapor-Generator-Iron.jpg" border="0" width="307" height="210" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;No spitting! No leaking! No kidding!&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Isn&amp;#39;t she a beauty? But look! There&amp;#39;s more:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt; Left and right hand steam activation options&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; Illuminated temperature display&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; Internal heating chamber PRE-heats water BEFORE it hits the soleplate&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; Steam Ready (auto shut-off bypass)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; Built in anti-scale cartridge&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; Steam holes at tip (more steam power)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;A quilter&amp;#39;s dream!
Professional results at home.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Velocity V50 compact vapor generator iron will not leak, or
spit, and can also be used for vertical garment steaming. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; (Please visit the site to view this media)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Here&amp;#39;s how to enter:&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s the scenario. Reliable Corporation has hired YOU to write a &amp;quot;how-to&amp;quot; book on ironing. They are also letting you choose your own title. In the comment section below, please list the title AND subtitle of your book. For example: &lt;i&gt;How to Iron: A Step by Step Guide&lt;/i&gt; (but c&amp;#39;mon .... yours will be much more exciting than this!)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All entries must be posted by midnight (EST) March 31st 2011. One entry per person please!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;And the winners are .....&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wow! What a bunch of witty, funny and entertaining quilters we have here! So many great responses!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We had 230 comments and 194 actual entries. We used random.org to generate the three winning numbers to determine the winners, and they are:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;acrabbs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;jeffandjoe77&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;PKT&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Winners, I&amp;#39;ll be contacting you via messaging for your address. Thanks to everyone who participated, and a BIG THANK YOU to Reliable for providing these wonderful irons! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you didn&amp;#39;t win, don&amp;#39;t fret! &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ve added two new contests for April, so be sure to check them out! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/blogs/sponsor_spotlight/archive/2011/04/01/accuquilt.aspx"&gt;AccuQuilt will be giving away a GO! Baby prize package &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/blogs/sponsor_spotlight/archive/2011/04/01/quilting-treasures.aspx"&gt;Quilting Treasures will be giving away a Quilt of Valor quilt kit!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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