Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Gratitude and a Giveaway


Yesterday our family went through this and this list of gratitude prompting questions.  Some of the questions were really unique and it made me think about all of the things that I am grateful for.

One of the things that I am grateful for is quilting.  I love the planning, picking fabric, cutting, sewing and quilting.  (Not so hip on basting and binding, but you can't have it all.)   When all is going well, it provides a sense of peace (some people say mind-numbing-piecing, I say peace).

I love taking beautiful fabrics and bringing them to a higher plane of beauty and order through piecing and quilting.  I love that my quilts are always beautiful even when my kitchen isn't. :)

I am more grateful than I can express for all of the people I have met through quilting.  I don't know if quilting attracts super cool people or if a shared passion makes us all compatible, but I love hanging out with my quilting friends.

I am grateful that I have had so many more opportunities than I could ever imagine open up to me through quilting.  It started with my first post on Moda Bakeshop and the journey just keeps going.


Did I mention that I am grateful for fabric?  There are so many beautiful fabrics!!!  And Moda Fabrics has graciously provided four charm packs for a giveaway today.  Let me tell you about them.

Dottie - Lots of dots in small and medium sizes.  A great basic and blender.  I know I have mentioned this before, I really like dots.

Purebred - Love horses and paint by number?  Then you will love this line.

Basic Mixologie - This is my favorite of the bunch (it almost stayed at my house).  Lots of tone on tone and small modern prints in great colors.  It should reach stores in December, so you are getting a sneak peek.

Flying Colors - This line of fabric features birds, rainbows and raindrops.  It is not due in stores until February.  You could be the first one on the block with this fabric!  Not that that is saying much in my neighborhood.  I think I am the only one on the block that haunts online fabric stores.  :)



To enter to win these charm packs, I want to know what you are grateful for.  There are three chances to win:

1. What are you grateful for today?  It can be quilting related or not.

2. What Moda designer or line of fabric are you most grateful for?
(I am super grateful for all of the great fabrics Sandy Klop of American Jane creates.)

3.  Share this giveaway on social media.  (on Instagram here.)

Please, leave a separate comment for each entry.

The giveaway is open to quilters with a US postal address.  (I am beyond sorry to have to limit it.)  It will run until the morning of Monday, November 30 CT.  A winner will be randomly selected after my children leave for school.

Thanks!  And have a great Thanksgiving weekend!



77 comments:

  1. I'm grateful to live in the U.S. with all its faults and glories. We are truely blessed. sjvonfumetti at yahoo dot com

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  2. It's hard to beat Zen Chic. I love almost all of their fabrics. Thanks for the giveaway. sjvonfumetti at yahoo dot com

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  3. This year was a terrible year for my parents health and my mum still has a couple days left in the hospital recovering from open hear surgery. I am so grateful that I still have them. When I was younger I wasn't as aware of how precious time with them is.

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  4. Joanna Figueroa from Fig Tree. I am a fan girl!

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  5. I am grateful that you shared the gratitude prompts (?s) today! I have printed them out to stick into my gratitude notebook, which I only started a couple of weeks ago. What a life changer!

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  6. I am grateful for Jan Patek, and Fig Tree, and French General too! Happy Thanksgiving!

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  7. I am grateful for all my sewing and embroidery projects that have helped me so much during this very difficult year.

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  8. I like the subtle texture of the Cross Weave Moda fabrics.

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  9. I am most grateful for my family and our health, our jobs, our home, food, and comforts of life.

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  10. I have always been fond of the fabrics designed by Bonnie and Camille. The colors and prints are so lovely!

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  11. I don't have a US postal address (sad face) as I live in Australia but I am grateful that you shared the gratitude prompts which have made me really think about what I am grateful for. I do love Zen Chic fabrics though.

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  12. I'm grateful for all the great friends that got me through the last 21 months. Including you, my dear ;-)

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  13. Urban Chics (just wish they'd release lines a bit more often!!)

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  14. Shared your giveaway on facebook

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  15. I am grateful to belong to such a wonderful worldwide community of people who share my passion.... QUILTERS!!! I am also grateful for my happiness and health!

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  16. I am grateful for my family and friends.

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  17. I am grateful for Sandy Gervais' fabric lines for Moda-love them all!

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  18. I am in love with Bonnie and Camille fabric line. Or Kate Spain.

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  19. I am great full that our whole family will be together this Thanksgiving, it has been 10 years since we could.
    patsystitch@gvtc.com

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  20. Designer. Fig Tree.
    patsystitch@gvtc.com

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  21. Shared on Pinterest
    patsystitch@gvtc.com

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  22. I am grateful for my family and my health.

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  23. I also love American Jane. I just made a project using one of her beautiful floral prints.

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  24. SHARED YOUR NEAT GIVEAWAY - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/187110559495495848/
    msstitcher1214@gmail.com

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  25. HELLO, so grateful for Jesus in my life;grateful for loved ones around me; grateful for needle+thread to occupy me+to share with others! Thank You for your Blog+Inspiration to others!
    msstitcher1214@gmail.com

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  26. My favorites are Bonnie+Camille! Have loved their designs and color choices for quite some time!
    Thanks to You for a sweet Giveaway! msstitcher1214@gmail.com

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  27. I'm grateful for my Dear Hubby and his help pick out fabrics and saying "This quilt is my favorite"
    Dots are my favorite fabrics.

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  28. I am grateful for all of my quilting friends!! I just love all fabrics so choosing just one ... Flying Colors no Dots, hmm can't just choose one.

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  29. grateful for quilting and for my large family and of course Hubby. love dots and solids

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  30. I'm grateful for so much: good health, loving husband, close family and friends, distracting hobbies.

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  31. I'm grateful for Erin Michael's collections, particularly Lush Uptown and Purebred, which combine two of my favourite things: quilting fabric and paint by numbers!

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  32. I am grateful for my close relationship with my kids. We live so far from other family bit we are so close to each other that I still really love the holidays.

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  33. Ruby by Bonnie and Camille is my all time favorite. It love it so much you don't even know. I also adore Vanessa from V. And Co. She's become my friend since I moved here and her fabric is amazing!

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  34. I am grateful for the time off work so I can work on sewing stockings for Christmas.

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  35. I love the Mon Ami line! My daughter loves everything to do with France and I am planning a new quilt for her next year.

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  36. I also shared this on Twitter. Thanks for the fun giveaway!

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  37. I'm grateful for my students. It's getting towards the end of the semester and they are tired. And I still got a great stack of papers today!

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  38. I'm grateful for Janet Clare. I love her sea themes.

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  39. Grateful to moda and their fabrics for the giveaway...and you for being a part of my quilting journey. I have used the American Jane line several times and enjoy the vintage attitude and memories that it brings to me from my childhood.

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  40. I am grateful for my husband today! I am pregnant and feeling terrible. We weren't able to travel for the holidays and he is working hard to make this holiday special for me and the kids.

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  41. I am thankful for Bonnie and Camille

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  42. I am grateful for having food to eat today.

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  43. I like the Hugaboo line of fabric.

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  44. I shared on G+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CarlaShiver/posts/EGzmL9dBFmX

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  45. I'm so thankful for the entire online community. It's brought together the love of our favorite hobbies, allowed for us to share and inspire others and I have made some fabulous friends across the globe. Sending warm Thanksgiving wishes too all!

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  46. I am grateful for my husband and for living in the USA, the greatest country in the world. I love the Moda line 3 Sisters.

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  47. I'm thankful for peace and quiet. 24Tangent@gmail.com

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  48. Dottie and Basic Mixologie are my favorites out of the 4 you have listed. 24Tangent@gmail.com

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  49. I am grateful for a husband that has stayed with me for over 45 years with me having MS for the last 20+ and no longer can do so many of the things a wife and homemaker usually does - he is my anchor

    rahobbit@yahoo.com

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  50. I really like Kansas Troubles line of Moda fabrics and am grateful for all of Moda's precuts beings it is very hard for me to cut fabrics any more due to the progression of MS

    rahobbitt@yahoo.com

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  51. I am thankful for family, friends, and a loving Lord and Savior. I am also thankful that we were able to see so many of our far flung family and friends on our 10,000 mile trip this past summer from east coast to west coast including our daughter and her family whom we had not seen for three years. Nancy A: rangerer@sbcglobal.net

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  52. After a horrible rollover car accident on 11-21-2015, I'm so thankful that my 35y.o. daughter and I survived and are doing as well as we are! Really gave me a new appreciation for all the aspects of life!

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  53. I love Moda's Dottie--dots just seem so happy!

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  54. I'm grateful to live in the U.S. with all its faults and glories. I came to America 9 years ago.

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  55. I like Moda fabrics too. fancyandpoor@yahoo dot com

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  56. I'm grateful that I just got to buy food for my family in a grocery store! :) What a privilege. Hope you and yours had a great Thanksgiving, Leila!

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  57. I'm grateful for the Kate Spain Paradiso layer cake that is waiting for me to create with! I just love that line!

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  58. I'm grateful for homemade Christmas decorations.

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  59. I'm looking forward to the V&Co. Ombres by Moda that are coming out in January.

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  60. I am thankful for my kids, my grandkids, and my grand pets.

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  61. I am thankful for Zen Chic. I love all her designs.

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  62. I am thankful that my family is healthy.

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  63. I a, thankful for V and Co, Zen Chic, Kate Spain and Bonnie and Camille.

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  64. I'm grateful I got to meet you in Des Moines!

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  65. Today I am most grateful for my husband of almost 40 years. He is truly my best friend and my right arm.

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  66. I think Kate Spain and the Sisters are right up there.

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  67. There are so many things that fill my heart to overflowing, but foremost would be the love, grace, redemption and illumination that my Savior has given to me.

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  68. I'm most grateful for my freedom. A day never goes by that I don't appreciate it and I'm grateful for all of this that have fought to protect this freedom.

    QuiltShopGal
    www.quiltshopgal.com

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  69. I shared your giveaway on a page where I share insights on giveaways and contests: http://quiltshopgal.com/giveaways-and-contests/

    QuiltShopGal
    www.quiltshopgal.com

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  70. I am grateful for my warm house!!! Cuddled up on the couch with the laptop.

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  71. I'm so greatful for my newly established friendship with my aunt, watching family reconnect and her patience as she teaches me to quilt!

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  72. Love that you are waiting until your kids go to school to pick the winner - sounds like my house!!! Grateful for having a wonderful sister!

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  73. I am grateful for so many things - my daughter, my job, my dog, time to quilt, and my dishwasher.

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  74. I have a hard time choosing a favorite designer, since I like to have a variety of fabrics. I like Kate Spain among others.

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