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I started blogging in April of 2007 – almost 3 years ago – wow how time flies. At first I really didn’t know what to write and didn’t write very frequently. I finally decided to just write as I talk as though I was actually chatting with you. I am not very good about formal sentence structure and I know it! I just don’t care anymore – I assume if that is what a person wants to read they will go elsewhere 
About a year and a half ago I really got into it and started blogging on a very regular basis. To celebrate this 500th anniversary I am having a give away – winner will be announce in one week on Friday the 22nd of January.
There will be two winners. The rules are simple. Leave a comment and tell me where you are from and you get one chance. Blog about it and make sure you tell me and you will have two chances.
prize #1 included 20 light aqua hoffman batik 6" squares, 20 dark aqua hoffman batik 6" squares, a McKenna Ryan pattern and the other things in the photo.
prize #2 is another stack of both colors of batiks, another McKenna Ryan pattern and an assortment of other items in the photo.
The two aqua fabrics are the ones that I used in my Dutch Treat quilt which originally was going to be much larger than it ended up being. I had cut a lot of 6″ squares in preparation for the quilt so had a lot left over. The 3 bears pattern featured in the second grouping of prizes is the one that I used for the wall hanging in the motorhome. It is like new as you trace the pattern on to fusible web so the pattern is not disturbed in anyway. I had cleaned my sewing room back in the late fall and filled a basket with items that I do not used – possibly used slightly but not so you would notice. Some things were given to me that I never used as was not something I needed or use. I still have a basket – no longer overflowing but still full so plenty for future give away’s.
And the weather today with this warm up that we are having and enjoying!
slightly out of focus as I had to stand over to the side so my shadow wouldn't be on it. The little boy has no jacket this time and no little snowman in the corner Someone asked the last time I posted a photo of the thermometer what kind is it. It is from the Weather Channel and is digital.
I have been busy today organizing fabric – yes once again. I have decided that I will go ahead and start soon on the Little Brown Bird quilt after all. I have been undecided about it. I do not know if I will make the whole thing, but I am going to give it a start and decide as I go. I will be using a lot of almost solids – batiks and moda marbles. I want to make sure there is no bleeding so I have been washing fabric and pressing all day! And still more to go through in my wire baskets on the shelves. I will use a little of the other fabrics (prints) here and there but most of them I will wash as needed.
The Red and Green Traditional Applique quilt I will be starting first. I have the background fabric for both quilts on bolts on the shelf. The Red and Green quilt will be mainly moda marbles and batiks also with prints thrown in here and there. I have been collecting batiks and marbles for sometime now in preparation. I mainly get fat quarters and I have plenty of them. I might be organized enough tomorrow for a photo. My fabric needs organizing and I have a feeling it will take several days of working on it to get it all under control (and I have a very small stash compared to some of you I know).
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Wow! 500 posts. i just had my 15th. I’ve got a long way to go. Congratulations.
500, congratulations!! That is quite an accomplishment. I love reading your blog and look forward to many more posts. I think you know already, but I am from CT. We, too, are having a little warm weather today, but not for long.
.-= Jackie´s last blog ..Dreaming of Butterflies =-.
Do you always wash your fabric, I am from Yell county like in the movie true grit. I really really like the bear pattern.
I’m from Richmond, VA and congratulations on your blog milestone! Keep it up!
.-= Vicki W´s last blog ..Fiberactions Challenge – Initiative revealed =-.
Happy Blogiversary greetings from Dallas, Texas. Those aqua fabrics would be perfect for a little project of mine . . .
.-= sophie´s last blog ..Fat Felt Flower Face =-.
Congratulations on 500 posts, Karen.
Thank you for such a generous giveaway! I have just recently become aware of McKenna Ryan and her work. Its lovely and quite different from anything else I have seen.
Hello from sunny and warm Melbourne, Victoria, Australia!
.-= Miriam´s last blog ..Waterloo progress =-.
Congratulations on 500 blog posts! I don’t blog, because I’d NEVER get any sewing/quilting done here in MONTPELIER, VA (Not far from Richmond, VA)
Congrats in your 500th posts, wow!, it’s a lot!!!. I’m from Costa Rica and I’d love to enter in your giveaway!, thank you and keep going!
Congratulations! Love the fabrics. And one can never have to many doo-dads can one? LOL
I am from northeast Texas…the currently semi-warm and dry part of the state. ;o)
.-= Sherry´s last blog ..Speaking of Ice… =-.
I just blogged about your giveaway on my blog. Be sure to enter me twice! If you pull my name twice, do I get both? ;o)
.-= Sherry´s last blog ..Blog Giveaway =-.
Congratulations on your 500th post! I’m from KS and OK. How? There’s a move in progress. I enjoy your blog. Either prize would be wonderful and might help get me back to quilting. Thanks for the giveaway.
Congratulations on 500 posts. I’m glad you write like you talk. It makes you feel like a neighbor I’ve known for a long time when I read it. I’m from “near Chicago” IL but still in the cornfields.
.-= Wanda´s last blog ..The binding is done!!! =-.
Thanks for the giveaway and congratulations on your 500th post. Since you write like you talk, I feel like I get to know you better with each post.I’m glad you post often and I visit your blog every day.
I live in Northern Arkansas where it is windy, foggy, and damp tonight. But the temperatures sure have been nice for the past week.
Congratulations on reaching 500 posts – it is such a wonderful way to meet so many interesting quilters around the world.
I live in Edmonton Alberta Canada where we are having a mild winter by our standards- around zero to 5 above this past week. Edmonton is a large city in Western Canada ( the metropolitan area in one million people)
Happy quilting and blogging.
Warmest regards,
Anna
.-= Anna´s last blog ..Flower Power…. Could it inspire? =-.
Congratulations on reaching the 500 mark – looking forward to the next 500!
Janet
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia Canada
Great giveaway! Congratulations on reaching 500 posts! I put a link on my sidebar.
Doina from Romania
CONGRATS on your post #500 Karen!!! Great giveaway’s! I have added your giveaway’s to the sidebar on my blog.
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Norwegian Astrid from Mauritius –
.-= Astrid´s last blog ..UFO #1 / OPAM #1 =-.
Hi there, I just stumbled across your blog. 500 posts, now thats a milestone. I would love to enter your giveaway if I am eligible as I live in Crete. I am into crafts and the fabrics would be coming to a good home. Thanks.
.-= Judith Burry´s last blog ..This is what I have been doing lately. =-.
Congratulations on your 500th Anniversary! Long live your blog!
Rebecca Potts Baker, Concord NC
What wonderful fabrics and patterns. Thank you for putting my name in.
I’m from Caledon, Ontario Canada about an hour north of Toronto. It’s lovely to meet you – I’m off to explore your blog.
Wow, 500 posts is great! Congratulations! Very generous prizes. Thanks for the opportunity.
I’m a transplant to middle TN, but I’m from the Black Hills of South Dakota:)
.-= Vicki´s last blog ..New Year’s Resolutions II =-.
Sherry Hogan
Congrats on your 500 post
What a great giveaway, and a fantastic milestone. Keep up the awesome work!
.-= Caron Mosey´s last blog .. =-.
Congrats on the 500th post!!
I’m new to reading your blog
I’m Aislynn, from Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada..
.-= Aislynn´s last blog ..Socks & Magic Loop =-.
500 posts! How can that be. Congratulations.
.-= chris´s last blog ..Out My Studio Window and Around the House =-.
Say, I love that little guy on the thermometer! You know who/where I am: Marianne in Barre, VT, your DJSP for 2009! Happy 500th!
You are always so busy and now cleaning, too. If I can get off this computer that is part of what I plan to do: some quilting then some cleaning then some quilting then some sewing. I am planning on a two day studio day: haven’t spent much time in there lately.
.-= Gari´s last blog ..Still behind =-.
Vicky Welsh sent me over, (FB), I am so glad she did, the prizes are fabulous, but your blog is just awesome and I will definitely put it in my favorites! I am in NH! God Bless, Happy New Year!!
.-= Erin Bennett´s last blog ..Happy New Year! =-.
Congrats on your 500th!…….unlike Wanda up above, I’m not “near” Chicago, I’m IN Chicago. Way up north by the lake.
I don’t blog – no time for that. I’d never have time to read other blogs.
I love McKenna Ryan too. I have a couple of her small quilts hanging in my kitchen.
Hi Karen,
thanks for asking people to write where they’re from – I find that so interesting to read, especially how many international readers/quilters there are
500 posts is a very impressive milestone, well done. Especially in view of bloggers dropping off left and right this year it seems. I’ve already lost 3 of my favourites, booh!
Anyway, if I could only make a dutch treat quilt with those beautiful fabrics, too, but that won’t happen, I’m not patient enough
Cheers,
Christine (PEI, Canada)
.-= Christine´s last blog ..Bring On The Lemons! =-.
Wow, 500!! I have a ways to go, but like just talking too, doesn`t really matter if anyone reads it or not. I get to get things off my chest. I love your blog and will add it to my sidebar, so I know when you post.
Tammy
.-= tammy bowser´s last blog ..The Pennsylvania Farm Show =-.
Congrats on 500! I don’t blog but love to read them – and especially quilters since I quilt! Was invited yesterday by a local physician’s wife to see her antique quilts made by her great aunts and great grandmothers – (she herself is in her late 70′s) and the handwork is something to behold! If only I can get that small of stitches in my handquilting! Absolutely beautiful patterns and the stories were priceless! Here in Montgomery, AL today it has finally warmed up to 51 degrees but is rainy – staying in and putting two quilt tops together! Thanks! Teri Dingler
Congratulations on your 500 posts, job well done! I’m from Finland, started blogging last May, quilting over 10 years ago. I landed to your blog via Google when looking for quilt blogs in the UK.
.-= Hannele´s last blog ..Suunnittelua ja surfausta – Planning and surfing =-.
Congratulations on your 500th post! I enjoy reading your blog, you are always working on such creative things and do each so quickly! It is warmer here today too, in western West Virginia next to the Ohio River(I can see the hills of Ohio and Kentucky from the window!) We have had unusual amounts of cold weather and snow, so am very glad that it is almost 50 degrees out!
Those batiks fabrics are wonderful. I live in a tiny community with one stop light called Conestogo. Its about 1 1/2 hours west of Toronto, Ontario. Today I would say its warm as its just marginally above freezing.
.-= Heather´s last blog ..First Nations/Aboriginal Fridays – Beth Cuthand & Mary Longman =-.
Hi Karen,
Congrats on your 500th post. It’s taken me a very long time to pass 100 so I’m impressed. Just found your site from a comment on Pioneer Woman’t site. I will not only blog about your site but add a link from my site. I’m orginally from Michigan, but live in Vacaville, Ca now. I’ve been making blocks for about 3 years and recently just finished my first quilt for Christmas.
.-= Debbie´s last blog ..I feel like Oprah! =-.
Congratulations! Love your blog…especially the DJ projects…
.-= Anya´s last blog ..In a Rut? =-.
Oops, I forgot to mention that I’m from Wellsboro, PA.
.-= Anya´s last blog ..In a Rut? =-.
Well, Karen, you are well read by those of us who enjoy your chats and projects! I’ve been itchin’ to do some four patch since you started those up. The DJ, well, I just admire anyone who wants to try it.
I’m Pokey, from Ontario, California, where lots of quilters are this week for “Road to California”. Yep, ten minutes down the street from me!
.-= Pokey´s last blog ..Plaid Ticker Tape =-.
Hey Y’all! Congrats on your 500th post. That’s awesome. I’m fairly new to your blog, but have thoroughly enjoyed it.
I’m from Douglasville, GA.
God Bless You!
Donna Mc
.-= Donna Mc´s last blog ..This says it all…. =-.
I live in Helendale, Ca and I congratulate you on being a dedicated blogger. Myself on the other hand am not.
Muchas felicidades por este nuevo aniversario, espero que sigas haciendo muchos proyectos tan lindos como lo que hemos visto en tu blog, y por supuesto sigas compartiendo tus vivencias con cada una de nosotras.
Un abrazo muy afectuoso
Odette
.-= Odette´s last blog ..OCURRIO EN UN PESEBRE =-.
Just found your site. Just in time for your giveaway. I’m from NE Arkansas.
Congratulations on your 500 milestone.
.-= Shirley´s last blog ..Spreading Our Wings =-.
Hi Karen!
Sure I want to join your giveaway! Congratulations with your 500 posts – wow, thats a lot:o)
Greetings from Merete in Norway
Karen, Yahoo for a giveaway but even more important, Congratulations on your 500th Anniversary. I cannot even remember how I found your blog but I have certainly enjoyed it. Loved the photos you put of when you are traveling. I traveled to those places vicariously through you. Thanks for that. But more importantly, you have really encouraged all of us “out here” to pick up needle and thread and get quilting!!!! I always turn to your blog when I get bogged down or just don’t seem to be doing any sewing. Although I am not a big hand sewer (I love my machine!!!!), I do enjoy seeing your projects and am in awe of what you can do with non-mechanical sewing. So, again, Congratulations from Summerfield, NC and another Karen.
Congratulations on your 500th posts! What a milestone! I am from northeast PA where today it is raining and melting what is left of the snow! I love the snow – it makes winter seem more cheerful than the grayness that’s underneath it.
.-= Karen K´s last blog ..Caught Up? =-.
Wow, Karen, 500th post! Congratulations!
Best wishes from Moscow, Russia
Tatyana
I am from Yarragon South in gorgeous West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Congratulations, Karen, on your 500th post!
Quentin
Hi! I just stumbled upon your blog and I have enjoyed reading it. I am from Broken Arrow, OK.
.-= Shelley´s last blog .. =-.
Congratulations, Karen. I just found your blog, thanks to Vicki W. I will be adding it to my GR so I can keep track of what you are up to. 500 posts is quite an amazing number; I’m up to 178! I live in Southern Maine but after retiring in September,I’m spending the winter in FL. Thanks for sharing…Kathy
.-= Kathy W.´s last blog ..Suzanne’s great big giveaway and sale =-.
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