Welcome to you ... my friends and followers!
My first post in my humble and often
wandering rambling blog was on
May 28, 2010 ... not so long ago in days,
but so very many lifetimes ago.
I do not recall when I reached 503 followers,
though I am grateful for each of you!
Nor am I aware of when I surpassed the 300th
post ... certainly I haven't had much wisdom
to share or I'd have remembered right?
What I do know, and think of often ... are
the wonderful, wonderful quilters, bloggers,
... FRIENDS ... I have met through this blog.
Those of you who visit with me often know
my stance on kindness, my belief in a kind word,
and while I will not rant on that again today,
but I do want to share with all of you my
utmost gratitude for those people who have
made such a difference in my life through this
blog ... Mary of Quilt Hollow was one of the
very first to make such an indelible impression
on this newbie blogger all those posts ago ...
she may not remember why,
but I do and thank her for it!
I also know for a fact that my blog would not
be nearly what it is today if not for the grace
and intelligence of a very dear
Cheerleader Madame Samm.
She chooses to lead Sew We Quilt,
our online quilting bee of which I am
grateful to belong and participate ...
She shares, inspires, and CHEERS for so many,
I am proud and honored to think of her as friend.
But beyond anything, I would not have reason
to share my ramblings and sometime creative
endeavors were it not for my friends and followers
who chose to visit me from time to time and
are so very kind to leave encouraging words...
There are so many, many for whom I am grateful
that I would be afraid of leaving any out,
so instead, to all, I humbly say ...
Thank you!
For offering of my gratitude, I share with you
what has been in my head for quite some time
just waiting to be taken out and created ...
just for one of you ...
Saturday morning I started with a scrap of
Minkee, drafting paper, and some bits and
pieces from my fabric stash:
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| Teddy ~ in the making ... |
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| A close up of the material for color purposes since the weather did not cooperate for proper picture taking ... |
What I ended up with is of my own design and quilting:
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| Thank You Teddy ~ 20 x 22 inches |
Please forgive the pictures ...
the clouds and rain did not assist in proper
picture taking, but I did not want to wait
any longer to post this giveaway ...
I adore teddy bears ... the soft and fuzzy
squeeze-ability of them ... they often become
our best friends as children and become reminders
of childhood friends long into adulthood.
Therefore, once this Teddy entered my
head, asking to be created, I couldn't resist
the idea of adding the thank you ...
In fact, I already have a few more in the works
with different colors and different words
on the banner above ...
stay tuned for more shares :)
especially since my daughters haven't seen this one yet {grin}
I did purposefully create this hanging
in muted colors, hoping it would work in
with more decor by doing so ...
This giveaway is open to the followers of
Why Knot Kwilt and to my Facebook friends
as I know many follow my blog via Facebook.
So please, if you are interested in my giveaway,
either for yourself or as a timely gift for another
at this time of year, leave me a comment,
tell me how you follow Why Knot Kwilt,
and MAKE SURE I CAN CONTACT YOU.
No-Reply bloggers cannot be contacted
and therefore there is no way of letting
you know you won and will have to be passed
up for another.
If you wish for a second chance to win,
well, leave a second comment and let me know
when you first came across my blog and
if you have a favorite post ... or
what brought you back for another visit
besides my charming good looks
and witty humor, of course!
hahahahaha
Warm wishes and happy stitching!
of course ... I will ship internationally!!!!
heck ... details, details ...
I will draw a winner on 12/13/13...
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