tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11796614059069784722024-02-20T08:05:18.434-05:00The Quilting BookladyBeckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429702283826931866noreply@blogger.comBlogger447125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179661405906978472.post-84668893618684020762014-01-25T12:56:00.001-05:002014-02-16T12:34:49.591-05:00Grow Your Blog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i>Congratulations to Brittany, of<a href="http://picklesquilting.blogspot.com/"> Pickles Quilting</a>! Brittany is the winner of the giveaway. I'm off to my sewing/reading room to gather items that I think she will enjoy. Thanks so much for joining in this giveaway! The comments were so much fun. I've discovered several new to me blogs. </i></span></div>
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In the evenings whle Dear Hubby watches TV, I read blogs. This past year I've definitely read more blogs than actually writing blog posts. My non-blogging definitely began when I agreed to co-chair the Programs Job for my local quilt guild (Gwinnett Quilters' Guild) It has been lots of fun, lots of communicating and lots of personal growth. I'm hoping to blog sometimes about the wonderful quilt teachers I've met because of this venture (Amy Bradley, Marie Bostwick, Mary Lou Weidman, Edytah Sitar, Muriel Pfaff, Jennifer Jangles, Paula Barnes, Lisa Bongean, Kathy Brown .....) In addition to my guild work, we are currently living in two homes. My dear hubby will retire in 3 months. At that point, the last phase of our moves will be completed. We sold our home in July, moved necessities into a rental home and moved the majority of our life to our retirement home at the lake. We are at the rental house during the week and our retirement house on the weekend. It's a hour and a half drive each way. We are leaving the suburbs of Atlanta for small town living. Our new home is near the Georgia/South Carolina border in the quaint town of Hartwell. It's a new adventure for us, but one with many blessings!</div>
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In some of my blog readings, I ran across Grow Your Blog (<a href="http://vicki-2bagsfull.blogspot.com/2014/01/welcome-to-grow-your-blog-2014.html" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">http://vicki-2bagsfull.blogspot.com/2014/01/welcome-to-grow-your-blog-2014.html</a>) Blog Party. WOW!!! Hundreds of blogs with many different areas of focus are in this hop. It will take weeks to visit them all, but what fun ! Lots of new blogs to visit and new ones to follow!</div>
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I adore blog giveaways. I enjoy hosting them and participating in entering them. For this blog hop, I will have a giveaway. I'm stealing this idea from another blogger. I'll choose a winner on February 15th. To enter, tell me a bit about you. What are your interests, what do you like to read, what do you collect or just something to guide me. I'll select the giveaway prize on your interests. If you like to read, I'll send you a book I enjoyed. If you are a fabric-holic like me, I'll send you some fabric some my stash. If you are a cook, I'll send some of my DH's recipes (he's an awesome cook). Get the idea? I'll try to cater the giveaway to your interests. </div>
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Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429702283826931866noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179661405906978472.post-30251609286351308462013-12-09T14:00:00.002-05:002013-12-09T14:00:45.261-05:00Sew Mama Sew Give-away<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's giveaway week at<a href="http://www.sewmamasew.com/2013/12/giveaway-day-supply-giveaways-fabric-patterns-etc/"> Sew Mama Sew blog</a>. Blog giveaways are great fun. It's a quick and fast way to meet new bloggers and discover new blogs. If this is your first visit to my blog, WELCOME! I've been on a bit of a blog holiday and hope to quickly get back to regular blogging. Dear hubby and I have recently moved to the northeast corner of the state of Georgia. We have a new Hometown. We are exploring the area, taking in new events, and meeting new folks. To celebrate our new Hometown, my giveaway includes two charm packs of HOMETOWN by Sweetwater for Moda. </span></i></div>
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Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429702283826931866noreply@blogger.com437tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179661405906978472.post-2228464232185214742013-12-08T13:05:00.001-05:002013-12-08T13:05:25.117-05:00Dusting off the BlogLet's see if I even remember how to use Blogger :) I'm trying this on my Ipad, so..... you may never actually see this :) Lots of changes, lots to share with you. Hope you will reconnect and join me! Merry Christmas! <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidKNhg_z8EFExEBrW5eis_iHvzB9Y_8OGQNbXiHvOParwkoILJyymaKfgXtZTmUxYXi2-hWhfA5NVdAJoK1J4c99MrNJJnf9cnCD_VUfb0wAw3LqwFWsgGuqQHmLo0gvIB0rsh18mFi3AJ/s640/blogger-image--1153195883.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidKNhg_z8EFExEBrW5eis_iHvzB9Y_8OGQNbXiHvOParwkoILJyymaKfgXtZTmUxYXi2-hWhfA5NVdAJoK1J4c99MrNJJnf9cnCD_VUfb0wAw3LqwFWsgGuqQHmLo0gvIB0rsh18mFi3AJ/s640/blogger-image--1153195883.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Let's start at the beginning... We have moved. Well stage one and two of our move has occurred. Stage three will happen in April. Rather out of the blue, DH and I decided to look at homes. We lived in the Atlanta metro area and liked the idea of getting out of the business and traffic of the metro area. We looked in several areas near our metro area, but decided to move 100 miles to a small town near the Georgia/South Carolina border and near Lake Hartwell, a man-made lake. This is one of the views from our back porch, my favorite place to sit and drink coffee. We purchased our retirement home in April. Our home sold in July. We moved most of our possessions to the new home in July. DH doesn't retire until April of 2014 so we are in a rental house during the week. During the weekend, we are at the retirement house. Confusing, I know. The boxes are mostly unpacked. Still have a couple in my new sewing room. Maybe, knowing I want to show you the sewing room will encourage me to unpack and place the final items. There is lots of mental organizing in trying to remember what items we need to transport between the houses. This weekend, I forgot my warm pj's. I do need another pair but for now I'm bringing the one pair back and forth. Lots of instances of , "It's at the other house." We are loving discovering our new town. There is an active retirement population as well as families who have been here for decades. We are actually in a neighborhood. Our home has lake views on three sides, but we do not have a lake lot. Even though we are in a neighborhood, we are out of town - "country-like." There are cows across the street on a large estate. "Town" is 4 miles away. A city with everything we need and then some is 30 minutes away. The best thing is that the local quilt shop is 3 miles from our new home. There is also a second shop fifteen minutes away. Life is Good!</div><br></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429702283826931866noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179661405906978472.post-86452847875971907392013-02-08T08:34:00.001-05:002013-02-08T08:34:41.997-05:00Snow Sewing ....Ellijay 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> This curve in the road among my quilting friends will now be known as "Jane's Curve." What began as an innocent little "field trip" to the quilt shop <a href="http://www.countrystitchesinc.net/">Country Stitches</a> in Blue Ridge, Georgia became a "rescue mission" for Bob and Vickie, owners of<a href="http://www.whitepathlodge.com/"> Whitepath Lodge</a> in Ellijay, GA. We knew that snow was predicted for the afternoon hours. I had stalked weather.com and the weather reports for over a week before our sewing retreat. No one anticipated several inches of snow in a short amount of time in the morning hours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> dreamy wonderland. The ridge and road leading to Whitepath Lodge received the most snow in the county. Jane took awesome care of us. Her Highlander did a superhero job of trying to get us up the hill. It was that extra yard of fabric that we purchased that did her in. (LOL)</span><br />
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Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429702283826931866noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179661405906978472.post-43897804689746544712012-12-25T07:47:00.000-05:002012-12-25T07:47:13.398-05:00Merry Christmas, Dear Friends!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429702283826931866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179661405906978472.post-84990879605986182892012-12-09T20:04:00.002-05:002012-12-09T20:04:53.547-05:00Quilter's Christmas Party<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i> <a href="http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/2012/12/welcome-to-quilters-christmas-party.html">SewCalGal</a> is hosting a virtual<a href="http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/2012/12/welcome-to-quilters-christmas-party.html"> Christmas Party</a>. Fun!! She has many prizes to giveaway from some very generous donors. Most importantly she is raising funds for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Homefront">Operation Homefront</a> for military families in need of assistance. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>SewCalGal has requested that quilters share some of their holiday traditions. One tradition for my husband, sons and me has been the making of our bean soup mix. The first year that we were married, we discovered a recipe for a mixed dry bean soup mix in a monthly magazine. We purchased beans at our local grocery store, packaged them in ziplock bags, reproduced the recipe and gave them to family and friends for Christmas gifts. Each year, dear hubby worked on the recipe to improve it. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>we had to form an "assembly line" to package the beans and recipes. Lots of great memories for our family and lots of good hot bean soup for our family and friends.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Visit SewCalGal's blog to find the list of other quilters sharing their holiday traditions, buy<a href="https://www.operationhomefront.net/DonationForm.aspx"> raffle tickets or golden tickets</a> to benefit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Homefront">Operation Homefront </a>and Celebrate the Holiday Season!!!</i></span><br />
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Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429702283826931866noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179661405906978472.post-32395898359951734092012-12-09T19:04:00.000-05:002012-12-09T19:04:36.496-05:00Blog Hop Party with Give-Aways<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>The <a href="http://quiltinggallery.com/quilters-fun/quilters-blog-hop-party/">Quilter's Gallery</a> is celebrating it's 5th birthday! Hard to believe! Michele Foster provides quilters a wonderful website with loads of information, free blocks, contests, giveaways....... The party begins Monday, December 10th (birthday number 5) and goes until Saturday, December 15th. Many bloggers are participating in this fun birthday celebration. It's a PARTY!!!!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Won't you join in the party? How? By visiting the participating blogs listed on the Quilter's Gallery <a href="http://quiltinggallery.com/quilters-fun/quilters-blog-hop-party/">blog</a> and entering to win the many giveaways. My giveaway is a colorful fat quarter tote (made from 2 fat quarters).</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i> I always thought this tote would work great for a small knitting projects, stitchery or Lunch even! I'm sure a couple of other items will find their way into the bag for a surprise. Love surprises!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i> To enter the giveaway, share with me the title of your favorite Christmas book and/or novel. I have two novels that I like to reread during the holiday season. <u>Winter Solstice </u>by Rosamunde Pilcher</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Choosing a favorite children's book is almost impossible. <u>The Night Before Christmas</u> in all it's versions definitely is in the top 10 :) </i></span><br />
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Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429702283826931866noreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179661405906978472.post-67204022914177920332012-12-02T18:29:00.000-05:002012-12-09T09:14:12.314-05:00Traveling Stash Box #2 Giveaway - Winner<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>I just love the <a href="http://sewinglyalong.blogspot.com/search/label/traveling%20stash">Traveling Stash</a>! This is the third one that I've been lucky enough to win. There's something about the whole "trash to treasure" concept that appeals to me. This is Traveling Stash Box # 2 that I won from <a href="http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/2012/11/traveling-stash-hoffman-sushi-bundle.html">SewCalGal</a></i></span></div>
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Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429702283826931866noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179661405906978472.post-86610594203182882742012-10-31T18:58:00.000-04:002012-10-31T19:06:13.990-04:00Bloggers' Online Quilt Festival <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I used a new technique with the Big Twister ruler and batiks which are not my normal fabric preference. My cousin Peg and I were raised like sisters. She had older brothers. I had younger brothers. Our mothers were sisters. Recently, she and her husband Mason down-sized to a town home. She loves batiks, but her home is mostly neutral in color. My challenge was to use batiks in a lighter tones, but also have a bit of "POP." While in Houston this week, I delivered Batik Sunrise to Peg and Mason. How fun to gift a quilt to someone special and the quilt immediately becomes one of their treasures.</span></i><br />
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Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429702283826931866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179661405906978472.post-8701566815079097212012-09-18T16:00:00.001-04:002012-09-18T16:00:53.758-04:00Winner of the Traveling Stash Box<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Congratulations to Joanne Lendro of <a href="http://splittingstitches.blogspot.com/">Splitting Stiches</a> blog! Joanne is the winner of the Traveling Stash Box #1. Thanks to all the wonderful ideas of items to include in the stash box. It helped me make some decisions on what to add from my STASH!</i></span><br />
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Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429702283826931866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179661405906978472.post-13737771423660224262012-09-10T17:36:00.000-04:002012-09-10T17:36:41.472-04:00Traveling Stash Box Has Arrived<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Hi Friends! I seem to have taken an unplanned blogging break. Not sure if I am back to blogging for good. The good thing is that I am getting some sewing and reading done! Last week, this wonderful box arrived at my house. It's the Traveling Stash Box # 1. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>As you can tell from the photo, the box was stuffed with sewing goodies. It is perhaps the box with the most variety in the boxes that I have won. In addition to the fabric, patterns and books (2), the box contains panels, thread, floss, notions (machine needles, quilting gloves) Kindle Fire cover, and other wonderful stash items. This box began it's travels in January of 2011. That's almost 2 years. In fact, I found my name on the list of places that it has visited. Yes, I've had this box before, but nothing in the box was the same as when I previously received it. I thought I would have everything decided when I posted the giveway, but I'm still undecided about some items that I will take and what items I will add. Elderly parent care, bathroom renovations, son home from Disney and now in new university and other son getting married in a month - there's been some distractions:)</i></span></div>
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These are the items that I'm thinking of keeping. One yard cuts of fabric and a pincusion pattern<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My friend Brenda is giving away an entire quilt kit!!! The dogwood flower batik was a limited edition fabric for the Atlanta Shop Hop several years ago. Road to Romance is a fun quilt to sew. In fact the version that I sewed is the current cover quilt on the pattern.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I used dark '30's prints, green 30's solid and a background fabric with dots. Click fast to Brenda's <a href="http://cowgirlwithquilts.blogspot.com/">blog</a> and enter her <a href="http://cowgirlwithquilts.blogspot.com/2012/07/complete-quilt-kit-giveaway.html">giveaway</a>.Tell her Becky sent you:)</span></i></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429702283826931866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179661405906978472.post-64163766267098999772012-07-11T16:38:00.000-04:002012-07-11T16:38:22.854-04:00Words on Wednesday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>A Finish! A Finish! Finally, another Finish! Leap Year is the new Schnibble pattern by Carrie Nelson of <a href="http://www.missrosiesquiltco.com/">Miss Rosie Quilts</a>. It is the June project for Another Year of Schnibbles hosted by <a href="http://pinkpincushion.blogspot.com/">Sinta</a> and <a href="http://www.aquiltinglife.com/">Sherry</a>.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i> Look what arrived at my house earlier this month - The Leap Year Traveling Stash. I won the box from Cherise at <a href="http://sewinglyalong.blogspot.com/">Sewingly Along</a>. It was over-flowing. I was surprised that the box held together. What treasures were inside! Yes, were. I've had a marvelous time touching, examining and choosing the stuff I wanted to keep.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Books to donate to the guild library, Christmas fabrics, Ghastlies FQ, charms.... I will probably continue to remove some of the non-quilt shop fabrics and add some additional quilt shop quality fabric. The art director at my MIL's assisted living can use the old fabric for art and crafts. I like to use only quilt-shop quality fabrics in my sewing so that is what I am adding to the box.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Here are some of the items that I added to the box:</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Music, dots, black and white..</i></span>.. </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>neutrals</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Christmas</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>florals,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>I Spy charms (each charm is different)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>thread (I organized my thread stash this week. These spools need to go to a home that will use them)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Patterns (2 of my favorites for precuts - Sassy Sixteen and Tic Tacs)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>and wool pieces from thrift shop wool that I recently felted.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Here are the rules:<b style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">THE TRAVELING STASH RULES AND GUIDELINES</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><b style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><u>RULES:</u></b></i></span><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Be an active blogger. Post about receiving and the giveaway on your blog in a timely manner.</i></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>There is a note in the box that logs where the box has been. Please add your info and place the note back in the box.</i></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>There is a list of Rules and Guidelines in the box. Please read and follow these and return the list to the box.</i></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>You may take anything you like from the box. Just replace every item with comparable<b> quilt shop quality items equal to the amount taken. </b>See guidelines below.</i></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Ship the box to the next person in a reasonable amount of time.</i></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Due to the amount of postage shipping is only within the USA.</i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><u style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b>GUIDELINES:</b></u><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The definition of a stash is a secret store of valuables. For quilters it's a collection of usable quality products. The stash should contain mostly fabric with a few patterns and/or books and other items.</span></i></span><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><b>FABRIC: </b> Should be quilt shop quality in new condition. Scraps should only be included if they are cut for adding to a collection and packaged accordingly (i.e. I-Spy squares, postage stamp squares, etc.). There should not be anything under a Fat Quarter unless packaged like this.</i></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><b>PATTERNS/BOOKS:</b> Should be in new or gently used condition. They should be kept to a minimum (books are bulky and add weight).</i></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><b>OTHER ITEMS:</b> Should be in new or gently used condition. Tools, notions, etc. These items should be packaged if necessary.</i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><b style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><u>IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER:</u></b></i></span><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>If you receive a box with anything that is of "poor" condition you should not feel guilty in tossing it out.</i></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Only put items in the box that you would be proud to own. The box is NOT a dumping place for all your outdated unwanted items.</i></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Items should be free of smoke and pet hairs.</i></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>You must replace items you take with the same quantity of like-kind items. Replacing more than you take is always welcome. :) </i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>The winner of this Traveling Stash will host the next giveaway on July 29th. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>The Leap Year Traveling Stash begins today, June 29th and ends on Friday, July 6th. To enter the giveaway, please give DH and I suggestions on how to celebrate the Fourth of July. We are in code red air alerts and record breaking temperatures here in Atlanta. We want to have fun, but stay COOL:) Thanks so much for visiting my blog and entering the giveaway! Happy Fourth of July!!!!!!</i></span><br />
<br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429702283826931866noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179661405906978472.post-32450369889339881452012-06-13T07:31:00.001-04:002012-06-13T07:31:35.828-04:00Words on Wednesday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429702283826931866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179661405906978472.post-24476837102615545442012-06-11T15:03:00.000-04:002012-06-11T15:06:12.604-04:00Design Wall Monday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>It's been a wild week! All I've managed to do is to put all the blocks for Patches & Pinwheels on the design wall. Notice that one blank spot in the bottom right-hand corner? I evidently have problems with counting. My blocks were all counted and checked-off the list, but somehow I am one block short. I dug in my scrap bind and found three half-square triangles the right size. I only need to make one additional half-square triangle and sew the pinwheel block together. Tomorrow is "free" day. I'm hoping to make real progress on sewing the rows together.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Dear Son has been home for the past 4 days. He is working in the college program at Disney World in Orlando. While most folks go to Disney World for vacations, he had four days off and came home for vacation. He is absolutely loving working at Disney. We've had a wonderful long weekend visiting with him!</i></span></div>
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<br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429702283826931866noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179661405906978472.post-5118490026967427802012-06-11T14:07:00.003-04:002012-06-11T15:06:35.436-04:00June the Sixth<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>The Sixth of June is important world-wide as we celebrate the anniversary of D-Day. In my family, especially on my mother's side of the family, the Sixth of June is important for weddings and celebrating anniversaries. In 1987, Dear Hubby and I were married in a small ceremony in my brother's home in Louisiana. We courted and began our marriage as a three-some. J his son was five when we met and seven when we married. From the beginning, I knew the my man was an awesome Dad. J and his girl are getting married in October of this year. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>My Mom and Dad were also married on June 6 of either 1942 or 1943. Here they are on their wedding day on the steps of St. John Cathedral in Lafayette, LA. Dad was in the Air Force and was involved in France and Belguim during the War. It is a blessing to have this photo from their wedding day. Dear Hubby's parents were married around the same time, but no one in their family owned a camera to take a photo on their wedding day.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>I have never seen a photo of my grandparents wedding day. Mom's parents, Ida and O'Neil on the left, were the first to marry on June 6th. This is actually the wedding photo of Mom's brother and his wife, Myrtle, during the 1940's. </i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>This year was a special anniversary for Dear Hubby and me. We celebrated our twenty-fifth anniversary. Our celebration was quiet, but we plan to celebrate with a cruise in the Fall when DH is able to take vacation days. June 6th is special in our family with three generations celebrating wedding vows. Of course, DH and I are the only ones celebrating this year, but we remember my parents and grandparents in a special way. Happy Anniversary also to <a href="http://cowgirlwithquilts.blogspot.com/2012/06/cant-believe-it-has-been-15-years.html">Brenda </a>and Joe (15 years) on June 8th and <a href="http://silverthimbletalk.blogspot.com/">Pat</a> and Andy (40 years), June 10th.</i></span></div>
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