Can you believe it, I have hit the 3 year mark with my blog and my quilting hobby. Surprisingly, it feels much longer than that. In a good way, of course.
This blog started out as more than just a quilting blog. It was a space in which I shared all my hobbies & interests. Slowly, quilting/designing has consumed my world, and I have moved some of the other content to my IG account (ml_wilkie), focusing here on all things quilting.
I was thinking about the best way to recap this past year. It has been a crazy productive year, especially considering that I only have the weekends to really concentrate on quilting. To share with you how crazy it’s been here is a mosaic of my main finishes (links to the projects can be found on my Project Finishes menu above).
A lot of these projects, represent some big accomplishments this year, including:
- A couple of great swaps, and participating in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Quilts
- Contributing 5-part tutorial series “Design to Reality” on Sew Mama Sew
- Two quilt entries accepted to QuiltCon 2015 & just the fantastic experience attending QuiltCon.
- Block of the Month (February) Cloud 9 Cirrus Solids
- A quilt featured on the cover of Love Patchwork and Quilting Magazine (Publication)
- A second publication in Quilt Now Magazine (Publication)
- A quilt featured in one of Art Gallery Fabric LookBook + pattern release.
- Quilt of the Month pattern for the Modern Quilt Guild
It is starting to get hard now to choose a favorite. I expect more of the same for the next 12 months, maybe a little less chaotic.
Ok, so I have to say this……I would not be where I am today without my wonderful supportive husband (in both allowing me to work on my quilts in my limited free time and understanding my fabric addiction) and the support system you all have provided. Thank you so much, to those who follow me here on my blog and/or Instagram. Thank you, thank you!!
This giveaway is a small gesture in which I can give back to this fabulous community I find myself immersed in. I am giving away a $50 gift card to Hawthorne Threads.
So, how do you win this gift card?
- Just leave a comment answering “What quilting accomplishment do you hope to fulfill over the next 12 months”. It doesn’t have to be big – anything.
- If you are a follower please leave a second comment, just letting me know you follow.
- A giveaway winner will be chosen at random at 8pm next Monday 7th (Labor Day here in the US)
- This post will be updated with the winner and the winner notified via email.
Note: I read every comment but due to the number of comments I may not reply to your comment.
You, also, have a second chance of winning a $50 gift card to Hawthorne Threads by visiting me on IG (Instagram ml_wilkie)…look for the give away post in the next 30 mins.
Again, thank you!! Good luck and I hope you all have a great week.
***********Winner*****************
The winner is Lynn over @Monkey Needle!! Lynn I will be sending you the gift card today!!
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1. i follow you. Congrats on 3 years
I follow you on Bloglovin. Congratulations and thank you for the give away!
2. i have hit a road block with my sewing. I haven’t felt like doing much letter. So I am working towards a goal of escaping this rut and getting back to quilting in the next months
3. I want to make a quilt using solids only.
4. I am a follower.
5. I really want to make time to work on free motion quilting.
6. I’m a follower
7. Awww, happy anniversary! 😀 I’m a follower of course!
8. Congrats! We’re quilting about the same time. I have 2 very special quilts for weddings to make this year.
9. I follow your blog 🙂
10. I have so many goals! I guess my most recent design goal is working on not having the quilting on my quilts be just an afterthought.
11. Happy blogiversary. I’d like to finish more of my UFOs in the coming months. Thanks.
12. I am a follower and still want one day to make your wonderful bars and circles quilt
13. I’m a follower with Bloglovin’. Thanks again.
14. I hope to make the next year one of greater creativity. I am scheduled for three classes that I think will help that.
15. I would like to make a modern quilt using only solids that is an original design.
16. I would like to finish some of my quilt tops into completed tops and piece the projects I currently have the pattern and fabric for. In order to do that, I need to stop getting sidetracked by starting new projects, but I won’t give up making blocks for charity quilts!
17. I follow my email
18. I follow via e-mail. Congrats on 3 years!!!
19. I’m really hoping to make a quilt for my brother and his family
20. I need to say “no” more often to outside commitments so that I can spend more time in my studio..and bring to life all those ideas I have rattling around in my brain!
21. I am a follower.
22. Yay to reaching such a fun milestone and congratulations on your fabulous accomplishments this year!! I’m hoping to finish up a bunch of old WIPs and start blogging more regularly again in the next twelve months.
23. And I’ve followed your blog when we hung out at quilt con. I still dream of that delicious mac & cheese!!
24. Congrats on the anniversary! I do so enjoy following along with your great quilt projects. I am really hoping to get my quilt top list pared down–more finishes under my belt.:)
25. I’m a bloglovin’ follower!
26. Happy Anniversary! And thank you! I love all the inspiration on your blog. My quilting goal in the next year is master free motion feathers.
27. I follow you via Bloglovin. Thanks again!
28. I am hoping to finish some more UFOs. They’ve sat so long that when I was cleaning I found some that I had totally forgotten.
I follow you via my blog, no idea of the details…I’m a luddite, and proud of it.
29. I’d like to put something in etsy. I give most of what I make away and I don’t want that to change but I think I’m ready to take the brave step of selling a few pieces.
30. Happy Blog Birthday. May the next three years bring you even more magazine articles, a fabric line, and a book. As for my goals, I would love to increase my fabric budget, and move into designing more quilts, rather than just sticking with the basics. I shall conquer curved piecing too, I have already enrolled in the class for later this month. Thanks for the giveaway.
31. I follow via Bloglovin. Congratulations on your anniversary, you have done some amazing things.
I have quite a collection of fabric and an working on creating quilts of various sizes to donate to fundraisers in our area. I love working with fabric but can only house a limited number of quilts. I think this is a great way to work with fabric and still spread some cheer in our community.
I also follow on Bloglovin.
Congrats! You’ve accomplished so much in 3 years. I love you’re style. In the next 12 mos I want to have all my current WIPs done and a quilt accepted to show at QuiltCon. Eep I typed it out loud. Thanks for the giveaway.
I’m a follower!
I want to master curves.
I’m hoping to sew up a few quilt tops in the next 12 months, but baby number three is due in 2 months, so I’ll just be glad to do any sewing 🙂 I will probably focus on hand sewing as you can do it anywhere, I’m making pumpkin seed blocks and it’s easy – grab two bits of fabric, cut to shape then hand stitch! I enjoy it greatly, and the end product isn’t the goal, just the enjoyment of making them!
I follow you on bloglovin and have done for quite some time 🙂
I hope to brave sewing curves and foundation paper piecing in the next year
I follow you via email and instagram
Zippers! Must must must try to sew in a zipper. Thank you for the chance!
I am also a follower
I hope to get two more charity quilts made.
I follow via email.
I think it is time I made quilts for my nieces and nephews! Thanks for the giveaway.
I am a follower
Congrats on three years, and so many achievements! I want to get a pattern written this year.
I follow you via feedly. Thanks!
Congratulations! I would really like to get a quilt into a quilt show, but that might not happen this year. One day, though. 🙂