3 Year Anniversary – Giveaway!!

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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).

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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!!

 

214 thoughts on “3 Year Anniversary – Giveaway!!”

  2. Vicki in MN's avatarVicki in MN

    Congrats on 3 yrs.! I really want to finish a queen quilt for our bed, and complete one for the camper, and I also want to make up several baby/lap quilts for donations too.

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  4. Laurie's avatarLaurie

    I would really like to finish the DYO sampler that I started in May 2014. I don’t like having a lot of WIPs and this one has occupied my design wall for months. Congrats on 3 year- I enjoy your work.

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  10. LINDA's avatarLINDA

    HI, I hope to do FMQing that I approve of ? Just learning and so far not impressed, but I’m determined to do it well. Great Fun! Congrats on “3” Years! Thank You for a neat giveaway!

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  11. mageez's avatarmageez

    we’re snow birds so for 6 months i build quilt tops. mostly these are donations and baby quilts with a few artistic ones thrown in to keep my creativity happy. then i bring them back to washington for the summer and do the quilting on my longarm. last year my number was 14. i hope to beat that this year. maggie

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  15. Lori Smanski's avatarLori Smanski

    happy blogaversary. Hmm I am making a lot of things for Christmas. After Christmas, I want to make some new placemats and pillows for our house. And start on a queen sized quilt for our bed.

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  19. Leslie Schmidt's avatarLeslie Schmidt

    Congratulations on 3 years of fantastic creativity! This year I want to make a queen size quilt for our bed. I’ve never made one that big, and since I quilt on my Bernina 153, it is a daunting task.

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  21. Renee's avatarRenee

    Congrats!
    I hope to have a quilt in the Calgary Heritage Park quilt show in May 2016. Being a very structured quilter, I also want to create an improv quilt and learn to relax. Love your quilts and blog!

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  22. MC's avatarMC

    I’m hoping to get my first QAYG project finished! I’ve had the individual blocks for over two years, in various states of assembly/basting/quilting and they really really need to become a functional quilt.

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  23. Renee's avatarRenee

    My next big accomplishment is getting a long arm. I was hoping to do it this year, but we decided to refinance the house…but definitely within the next 12 months!

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  28. Rochelle's avatarRochelle

    Congratulations on your 3-year anniversary. Things I hope to accomplish…I keep trying to be more creative and am trying to teach myself about color, the color wheel, and all associated terms. This is a big challenge because being a senior citizen it doesn’t come as easily as it might have when I was younger. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  34. magistra13's avatarmagistra13

    In the next 12 months I would like to finish my first and second quilts, both works in progress right now. In addition, I would like to make a Christmas Quilt, a quilt for my husband, and a quilt for my daughter. So, I guess I would like to complete 5 quilts at least.
    Beth

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  36. Erika's avatarErika

    Congratulations on your blogaversary! I hope to get a Christmas quilt made for my parents in the next couple of months and then two quilts for my kiddos’ beds after that.

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  39. Sandra's avatarSandra

    I follow you on Bloglovin’. My, you have accomplished a lot. I have a large fabric fish (fabric collage) that I would like to finish in the next year. And Hawthorne Threads is one of my favorite.

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  42. Sandra's avatarSandra

    And for my second comment–I want to complete a large fish fabric collage that I have partially completed. Also, I have several quilts quite close to a finish and I would like to get them completed. The Hawthorne Treads gift certificate is a great prize. I love their fabric and a gift certificate gives a lot of leeway. Great idea. Thanks.

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  43. Cheryl's avatarCheryl

    I like seeing your mosaic. I had missed a few of those and now I want to make a hippo!
    In the next 12 months, I want to finish 3 quilts that have been in my head for too long.

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  45. Kathy h's avatarKathy h

    I remember that hippo and want to make one someday too. Congratulations on 3 years. I hope to finish my daughter’s wedding quilt soon.

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  46. fayzer2's avatarfayzer2

    Congratulations on 3 years! I plan to sew as much as I can. At 73, every day is a blessing. I am working on quilts for everyone in my immediate family and my best friends. I just hope the Lord gives me time to finish them all.

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