I am still loving my mail this week.
Look what was in the mailbox upon our return from the movies and dinner out yesterday! It’s the March/April issue of Quiltmaker Magazine ---the one I’ve been waiting for!
First off…you will find Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s wonderful “Star Splitter” cover quilt from her book, 15 minutes of play! ((Available in the Quiltville Bookstore or at a shop near you!))
Doesn’t this quilt just beg you to dig into your crumbs and start playing?
If this wasn’t enough…..look what’s starting:
My new mystery: Lazy Sunday!
Lazy Sunday is going to run through 4 issues to completion. So face the facts – you may as well get a subscription because that’s 4 out of 6 issues this year!
And wait – there’s more!
An article on my use of the Easy Angle and Companion Angle rulers, along with great demo photos to help you remember how to use them!
And last but not least:
This issue’s Addicted to Scraps column features a great traditional block called “Betty’s Choice” in greens and neutrals ---which is perfect for the MARCH issue –and St Paddy’s Day! With the International Quilt Festival of Ireland just around the corner in June, I am getting really pumped up about EVERYTHING IRISH ---I love how this little block turned out, all from my scraps!
So let’s have a little give-away shall we?
Leave me a comment below, and since this is the March issue, and we are talking St Patrick’s Day, and Luck of the Irish – I want you to tell me about a situation you found yourself REALLY LUCKY! Be creative! I’m sure you’ve had a stroke of good luck somewhere down the line…tell me about it! Make it fun!
And since my Birthday is Wednesday, I think it would be really lucky for me to draw our winner on the evening of my Birthday – Wednesday, January 23rd! Who knows…we might even announce it during Quilt-Cam time! ((Not sure if there are plans for a birthday dinner out yet – but will let you know!))
((Thanks to Moda, I have enough summer breeze charm packs for give-aways from here until eternity..LOL!))
Luck o’ the Irish, Everyone!
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I've had so many "lucky" days, but one always stands out in my memory. Not long after I was married, the physician I worked for decided to offer medical insurance. It was pretty much out of the blue, but very welcomed. Less than a month after the insurance was activated, my husband was hospitalized for a chronic illness. We would never have been able to afford his extended care without the insurance. What a blessing it was!
Happy Birthday! Today is my birthday! :-)
The only lucky thing for me so far is that i finally found a job after 7 long months of unemployment. Yay for me!
P.S. I hope you have a fun filled Birthday.
Looks like a great magazine and happy early birthday! Thanks for a great giveaway too1
I'm so lucky to have my health back and a family and employer who supported me through my recovery. I'm thankful everyday.
My luck happened just last month. My husband became unemployed when the company he worked for liquidated with very little warning and no severance. I was in desperate need of a watch for my work as my other one had broken. We were worse than broke and had absolutely no money. A local jewelry store sent out a coupon for $100.00 off of a $100.00 purchase. It sounded too good to be true. I showed the coupon to my husband and told him I'd go in and get him a new watch. He was absolutely adamant that I get a new watch but I thought I'd surprise him with one anyway. When I got in there the men's watches were too expensive but I found a woman's watch for exactly 99.99. The store waived the tax on it so I walked out with a new Citizen watch for just the price of my gas to get into town to pick it up! I still can't believe what a blessing this was to me. I'd love to win the charm pack too as I thought I'd ordered this last fall but ended up getting Summer Breeze II which doesn't match what I needed it to! Wish me luck!
A few years ago I was waiting in line at the Post Office when I noticed a crumpled bill on the floor. I picked it up and noticed a zero in the corner. Knowing someone would be missing that much money, I held it up an asked if anyone had lost some money. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy! So I put it in my pocket and finished my errands. When I got home, I took it out and discovered it was a $100 bill!!!
Less than an hour later, my toilet backed up and I had to call a plumber. You guessed it-- the service call was $100!!! Easy come, easy go! But I was lucky I found it because I didn't have $100 to my name at the time!
My last comment has an email of onlycs11 at comcast dot net and my name is Cindy.
I was lucky enough to read this blog today! I was trying to not subscribe/renew any of my quilt mags this year and then you dangle this great issue in front of me! Would love to win this one. My mom's birthday is Jan 22, so happy birthday to you, too! Thanks for the change to win. Enjoy your day today.
When I lived in Florida, I went to the Jacksonville show. Stopped to purchase a quilt raffle ticket and kiddingly said, "Just one, please, I can win just as easily with just one ticket--like the lottery." Guess what? I won a beautiful queen sized quilt! Thanks for the offer! Can't wait for the mail now and Quiltmaker!
Would love to win!
My " lucky" quilting story began at my very first guild meeting. I was very nervous as I was just a beginner and did not know if I would fit in. That night we did a group activity and made a small block . All the blocks were then turned in and names were drawn to win 10 blocks. My name was picked and ever since then, I have felt it was a sign that quilting was for me!
Happy Birthday, Bonnie. I'm lucky to be a Mom of a daughter who is a magnet for all great finds...like a wonderful featherweight she just happened to trip over at a yard sale. Thanks for all you share with us.....love your scrappy style.
I can't find if my comment published so will wish you a happy birthday again and say how lucky I was to read the blog post this morning. If I publish twice, please forgive. Sometimes blogging comments just don't seem to work quite right for me.
I was lucky enough to once won a diamond tennis bracelet - my biggest win ever! I love Quilt Maker magazine, you AND mystery quilts!!! Can't wait to get my magazine in the mail!!! Thanks for the preview - and....Happy Birthday :)
I'm lucky to have the life that I have...especially my quilting life! Thanks for the chance and happy early birthday!
Fun fun fun! Working on finishing up Easy Street today - might need to pick this up to start another mystery.
Hoping I'm a lucky son of a gun today. Love your work. Shirley in Oklahoma
Happy Birthday! Mine is Thursday, so hopefully I can start celebrating by doing your webcam (if you're not out partying). Other than the birth of my children, The luckiest I have been, is the day that I met my wonderful husband. I had a previous marriage that was extremely painful and abusive and had sworn to never marry again. Biggest mistake of being young and dumb, I guess. Anyway, I can't even begin to tell what a wonderful man he is. He accepted my daughter as his own from day one, helped me work through the issues from my first marriage, helped me go back to school and has encouraged me to do anything I have wanted in the last 30 years. Over the last 10-15 years, I have faced a lot of medical issues (some permanent), and he bends over backwards to make life as easy for me as possible. He drives me to be the best that I can be every day, even when I want to call it quits, he nudges me along. I honestly, don't know where I'd be without him in my life. I could go on all day but I'm sure you can get the gist of it from this.
Love the magazine and now I must subscribe! Thanks for the chance to win and the inspiration to keep on quilting!
Happy Birthday! Mine is Thursday, so hopefully I can start celebrating by doing your webcam (if you're not out partying). Other than the birth of my children, The luckiest I have been, is the day that I met my wonderful husband. I had a previous marriage that was extremely painful and abusive and had sworn to never marry again. Biggest mistake of being young and dumb, I guess. Anyway, I can't even begin to tell what a wonderful man he is. He accepted my daughter as his own from day one, helped me work through the issues from my first marriage, helped me go back to school and has encouraged me to do anything I have wanted in the last 30 years. Over the last 10-15 years, I have faced a lot of medical issues (some permanent), and he bends over backwards to make life as easy for me as possible. He drives me to be the best that I can be every day, even when I want to call it quits, he nudges me along. I honestly, don't know where I'd be without him in my life. I could go on all day but I'm sure you can get the gist of it from this.
Love the block! And another mystery quilt! That's just awesome!
Happy birthday to you, I hope it's the best yet!
Hi Bonnie,
happy birthday. The magazine looks great!! I'm a fan of your mysterys.
Greetings from Germany
Nicole
I won a Samsung Tablet at our office Christmas party! I have 2 sons... So I went out and bought one more - and that was their Christmas gift! Two for one! That was great luck. I'm sewing hard to finish up Easy Street since now I need to start Lazy Sunday! Can't wait. Thanks so much for so many great projects and daily Internet friendship . New friends have been few, so I'm so thankful for you
I'm lucky in so many ways! It would be impossible to choose just one! I'm looking forward to the new mystery - I subscribe to Quiltmaker BECAUSE of you :) My birthday is Tuesday - a Wednesday gift would be great :) Happy Birthday to us!!
I'm lucky because I have the most beautiful little granddaughters that I just adore!
Happy Birthday on Wednesday, Bonnie! Hope you enjoy your special day!
Laurie
Hello Bonnie,
My smal english words didn ´t rech to tell what a lucky person I am. But when I am get the Magazine I am rearly lucky.
Greeting Guilitta from Germany
I'm so lucky to have such a great family!
Happy Birthday!
I'm lucky because I have the most beautiful little granddaughters that I adore!
Happy Birthday on Wednesday, Bonnie. Hope you enjoy your special day.
Laurie T
I am incredibly lucky to have my mom as my quilting buddy!!! She is my best friend and I'm so glad that we can share this passion together. I also think I am pretty lucky to have found YOU. You offer so much inspiration and your generosity knows no bounds thank you for the opportunity to win and also for everything you do!
Bonnie it is good to have you back on quiltcam. My luckiest day was on Halloween about 10 years ago when in the hussle and bussle of getting three kids ready to go trick or treating a gal with a featherweight called me and told me I could buy it from her if I came right over. Kinda spooky ! I talked my husband into taking the kids out for trick and treating (really lucky)and I drove out to nowhere ville in the pitch black of night to a farm. Of course, I got lost going there. Finally made it there and not only did I get a featherweight machine but I got the case, accessories and TABLE. Boy I was LUCKY !
Magazine looks great, gotta get a subscription. Enjoyed you on Quilt cam the other night. Finished my snowflake applique wall-hanging so worked on some cross stitching instead. Have a wonderful day.
Love the preview of the magazine. Makes me want it right now. BTW, happy birthday!
You are such an inspiration! I love your mysteries! Looks like I better finally subscribe to a magazine now too lol
I haven't subscribed to a quilting magazine for years. But I just might have to.... I love your mysteries! And what a fun block....love Betty's choice too. I see my life as many lucky experiences connected with family and friends I love. My most recent stroke of luck was my husbands thrift shop find..... a straight stitch, clean as a whistle, late 40's Necchi.... for $39.
I recently found this poem.... isn't it fun! Author unknown.
A Wish for a Friend
Wishing you a rainbow
For sunlight after showers—
Miles and miles of Irish smiles
For golden happy hours—
Shamrocks at your doorway
For luck and laughter too,
And a host of friends that never ends
Each day your whole life through!
It's a mystery why I'm so lazy on Sundays!! LOL. Love your patterns so keep them coming.
Hi Bonnie!
♫ Happy birthday to you !♫
♫ Happy birthday to you ! ♫
♫ Happy birthday dear Bonnie !♫
♫ Happy birthday to you !!♫
Love following you and would love to get this magazine. I just started doing mysteries and I am hooked !!
On a flight, my seatmate asked if I would switch with her husband in FIRST CLASS!! Being a kind soul, I said yes.
Probably my most lucky day recently was last Thursday, when our newest grandson was born. He was early but had a very difficult delivery, and we nearly lost both my daughter and him. Fortunately, both are now well on the way to recovery. It was a blessed, lucky day that she had the right doctor there, and plenty of helpers who knew what to do.
On a lighter note, I hope this issue of Quiltmaker shows up in my mailbox soon. I feel very fortunate for all the good magazines and for good internet blogs and discussion groups, where we can learn new things and associate with other quilters. When I first started quilting in the 70's, I just kind of felt my way along. So another lucky thing/blessing - to be living in this time and to have all these great resources available.
Recently my mom flew from AZ to IN to join me at a quilt retreat. I felt so incredibly lucky to have the ability to spend this time with her and to have rare dedicated time to sew. We shared a wonderful long weekend and my Easy Street quilt is almost finished!! Thanks Bonnie, for the chance to win in your birthday drawing. But also, thanks so much for your teaching and inspiration for quilting that helps me have a creative outlet and share this interest with my mom and sister-in-laws. You do us all such good!
Wow! What an exciting issue! Thanks so much for the chance to win a copy!
Oh so many "lucky" things in my life...love, family, etc. but the one that sprung to mind when you asked was something that happened years ago. I was about 22 and driving through a desolate area of California to visit a girlfriend. My car blew a tire and I was stranded on the side of the road. The nearest thing I could see was a junkyard and all I could think of was a friend of my mother's who had been killed when her car broke down. (This was way before cell phones.) I was trying to figure out what to do when a car pulled up beside me. To my great relief, it was the highway patrol! The nice officer got me a tow truck and drove me to the Sears where they replaced my tire and I was on my way feeling like the luckiest girl ever! (pbstrand@msn.com) Happy Birthday to you, Miss Bonnie!
Hi Bonnie,
After reading your post, I HAD to go subscribe to Quiltmaker since I seem to have a new addiction - mystery quilts! I have been anxiously awaiting the Quiltmaker Mystery issue since I started Easy Street, my first mystery quilt ever.
You make the most beautiful quilts, and are so generous with your time and talents. Thank you. Happy birthday, and many, many returns!
So here is my best "lucky" story - at least in my dreams. :) ~Teresa
"Woohoo - I just won the March issue of Quiltmaker on Bonnie Hunter's blog!"
Well, Happy Birthday Miss Bonnie. How can I pass up the chance to enter into this great celebration. I can't so I will throw my hat into the circle and take my chances on winning. I love your mystery quilts so I am probably going to go ahead and get a subscription.
Thanks for the giveaway, and so glad you are back home! My big stroke of luck was last year - my quilt guild (Cottonboll Quilt Guild of Auburn, Alabama) raffled off a Husq-Viking Sapphire sewing machine. I bought three $5 tickets and WON!!!! I love my machine!!! I use it nearly every day.
I have enjoyed the variety in your facebooks posts. Something interesting, amusing, creative, and inspiring. Love scraps,too!
When have I been lucky? Most of my life, I guess. I've been fortunate that very little distress has come to me so far in my life. A specific lucky experience was when I received my a quilt top made in the early 1940's by my husband's great grandmother and which I finished this month. Of course, discovering Bonnie Hunter's entertaining and informative blog has been another stroke of luck. Thanks for all you do for all of us quilters out here, Bonnie, and Happy Birthday!
Out at a bar, met the guy who is now my second hubby; run into him again two weeks later at the same place; start dating... Seven years later, I still feel lucky to have met him (after twenty years of marriage to first, angry, husband)!
I was trying to figure out one really lucky time in my life and have decided that I'm pretty lucky or blessed in general. I've survived a rare progressive birth defect for 40 years longer than expected, made it thru over 40 operations, thyroid cancer, Hep C and an aortic aneurysm and I just keep on ticking.
When it comes to my most recent luck I just found out Friday that I won a brand new embroidery machine from a national contest and a jelly roll from a blog. Now, if I was just lucky enough to stumble onto that featherweight that someone was just going to throw out..... :)
I would love to win the magazine because money is real tight ight now! Just started Easy Street- I'm using orangey reds instead of purple. Hopefully I'll get into your workshop in Maine in May!
Last Christmas I won an instant read barbecue thermometer. Lucky me!
I will be looking for this magazine. I am lucky that I live in a free nation with access to good government, education, and healthcare.
I am lucky that my forebearers settled in Canada
Happy Birthday Bonnie! I think you are lucky because I won't forget your birthday as it is the same day as MY BFF!!!
My lucky day was the day I bought my Janome Horizon. I've spend two years saving small amounts of money to buy a really good sewing machine, but they can be expensive. So I reached the €1000,- mark (that is about 1300 USD) and surfed on the internet. There was a shop which wanted €950,- for the JANOME. This was only used for demonstration in the shop. A new Janome around here costs €1700,- So I went over there and tried the machine and bought it. The shop owner said; I forgot to mention that you also get the sewing table and some other gadgets. He just was happy to get rid of this machine because it was in the middle of the store. He was happy, and I was extremely happy. I've sewed my Easy Street on it!!
I was going through an intersection yesterday. We have new traffic signals in our town and many are confused about what a " Not Protected Arrow" is. I felt very lucky that I was able to avoid a bad accident with someone sailing through on a NOT protected arrow.
Out at a bar with friends, I met the guy who would become my second hubby. Altho we hit it off, we had to run into each other at the same place two weeks later before we started dating. Seven years later, I still feel so lucky to have met him - after 20 years of marriage to first, angry, husband. annesimonot@sasktel.net
Hi Bonnie - I've been working on putting the components of Easy Street into block - I love it!! I feel so lucky that I found the RRCB mystery and you. Thanks for everything you do. Shanon from Ohio
I love Quiltmaker and now I'm totally excited to get that issue! The fabric is gorgeous.
When DH and I got married we went to Atlantic City for our honeymoon. I watched 5 or 6 people hit on a wheel of fortune slot game. I waited my turn. I played $12 and when I put in my 13th dollar hit it for $800. That was our lucky day ( besides the wedding)! Now luck for me would be if I were picked for the magazine and goodies, as we've moved to eastern Texas and the nearest fabric stores are in Louisiana and it's a 45 minute drive ( on a good day) and we only go when he has a VA hospital visit!
Hope you have a wonderful birthday with lots of time for stitching!
I'm lucky to have met my husband about this time 54 years ago.
Happy Birthday, Bonnie! Have a great birthday. The magazine looks great and I will be on the look out for it. Thank you for the chance in the drawing.
When my sons were in Jr. High and High School, I had to take them to school and pick them up each day. My youngest son's Jr. High was on a residential street. The police were very picky about drivers allowing their cars to 'stand' in the street while waiting for students to be dismissed for the day. The only places to park were in front of the school--if I was lucky enough to get a spot--and a very small parking lot at the side of the school, which was where teachers and staff parked--there may have been 10 spaces for parents to park--not a good situation at all for the ONLY Jr. High in town that had over 600 students in grades 7 and 8.
One day I picked up my oldest son at his High School and drove across town to the Jr. High to get his brother. The street in front of the Jr. High was packed with cars. There was one police officer, and I saw him waving drivers over--they got caught standing in front of the school, blocking the road for the residents to use. Unfortunately, I was also waved over--into the parking lot to wait for my ticket. My sons and I were just sitting there waiting, when all of a sudden there was a fender-bender less than 25 yards from us. The policeman who was waving people over for standing, he went over to the two cars involved in the accident and started talking to each driver. I sat in my car for about 10 seconds when it hit me--the officer was busy--NOW was the time to drive away and likely he would not notice. I was parked toward the back of the parking and luckily there were two entrances, one at the front from the street, and the second entrance led to another residential street--a cut-through between two houses. I drove to the back residential street, all the while looking in my rear-view mirror. The police officer never noticed that I left. When I got onto the main road leading back to my house, I looked in the rear-view mirror and my sons had the biggest smiles on their faces...I have to admit that I felt guilty in a way--I considered myself a law-abiding citizen, and what type of 'role model' was I being to my sons? I had to laugh, though. I thought that it was the city's fault there wasn't a better way for parents to pick up their children from the Jr. High and it was rather unfair that the police department had an easy, sure-fire way to make their ticket quota every day. The school did have available land to build a bigger parking lot if necessary...(which has not happened all these years later)...but I had just decided I didn't want a ticket!
When we got home, my sons started calling their friends and telling them how it was "REALLY COOL" that their mom got out of a ticket. My husband later said he would have done the same thing I did. I have to wonder if the police officer looked up later after the accident was cleared and found that all the drivers he expected to ticket had driven away...
My sons are now 30 and 27 and we all still laugh about when "Mom sneaked out of a ticket."
Thanks for the giveaway! (Carol Alaniz)
This is a giveaway to sweet to pass up :-)
I think I had some luck this year when looking for a new golden retriever to add to our family. She came available just when I needed her and her 4 year old sweetness has really blessed us.
These projects in the QM look wonderful! And the charm pack and little specialty ruler is the perfect addition. Thank you!
And a big Happy Birthday from the west coast. You are loved, Bonnie!
Happy Birthday, Bonnie! Enjoy your day. I feel so lucky most of the time, that I find it hard to settle on one lucky moment. But one of them would be getting invited by my husband's, cousin's wife, Bev, to go on a bus trip to the AQS quilt show in Lancaster PA. I'd never been to a big quilt show before and it was wonderful. But the really lucky part was forging a stronger friendship with Bev and meeting her friend, Barb. We three are "The Three Amigos", "The Three Musketeers" and maybe "The Three Stooges" all rolled into one!! I feel very blessed and very lucky to have two such wonderful ladies in my life!
PS - we also share a slavish devotion to following a certain Bonnie Hunter that borders on stalking!!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Thanks for the opportunity. I was lucky last year on St. Patty's day becouse I spent the time with 16 ladies at retreat picking out prizes from our St. Patty's day give a way. It was all items we previously donated as ww no longer wan ted then.
Thanks for the opportunity. I was lucky last year on St. Patty's day becouse I spent the time with 16 ladies at retreat picking out prizes from our St. Patty's day give a way. It was all items we previously donated as ww no longer wan ted then.
The magazine looks great! I'd better subscribe.
I was lucky last year at St. Pattys day as I spent that weekend sewing with a bunch of wonderful ladies. Get to go it again this year.
It was a lucky day for me when I discovered quiltville last winter. I have made scrap quilts for many years, but now my scrap strips are even more organized and useful than before. Your blog is fun to read every day, and following your adventures is a pleasure for so many of us. I am just finishing my Easy Street top and may need to start the new mystery.
Lucky to have a grandmother who loved to sew and passed that love on to me! Love your blog and Quiltcam!
Your birthday is the same as my dad's. I was really lucky to get him for a dad. I was lucky to find you and your site. And I was really lucky last week to fill a cancellation for your two days of lecture and workshops in Prescott. AND I was lucky to overhear a conversation at dinner with you Monday evening telling me about a bargain LAQ system languishing in a thrift shop not too far from my home. AND I was lucky to have a generous, easy-going DH who encouraged me to get it and let it take over our formal living room--the only space big enough to accommodate it! Guess I am so lucky, I cannot be disappointed if I don't win your give away, but it sure would be fun to be that lucky, too!
Lovelovelove mystery quilts! And I feel lucky right now, because I already have lots of the colors needed for Lazy Sunday - left over from Easy Street! I am ready to roll!
Wow! That looks to be a fantastic magazine and has definently tempted me to buy a subscription this year. I would really like to know the secret that string quilt holds. Can't wait to see it.
lol, since I know I'm not that lucky against all the others, I will go and look at my local news stands to see if I can find it.
My lucky day was when I met my Aunt Pat, which was on her birthday, on March 17th.1992. She has since past away, but I do love the lady and miss her terribly. Only the fondest of memories spent together.
I have had so many lucky days, but the most recent was winning "15 Minutes of Play" by Victoria Findlay Wolfe in the November Blog Hop. It was even delivered on Christmas Eve Day!! What a wonderful Christmas Present.
Happy Birthday and Many, Many More --
Beth in MN
Happy Birthday Bonnie! I feel lucky to have found quilting and have made wonderful friends as a result.
I feel lucky to have found your blog. I am using up some scraps! I love joining you through quilt cam and also doing your mysteries. I don't ususally subscribe to magazines, but I am seriously considering this one for the mystery!
I am lucky to be able to learn SO much from you! It is really hard to keep up with you sometimes. Still working on "Easy Street"... You are such an inspiration to me. I was lucky enough to go on a Fabric Frenzy with my Annapolis Quilt Guild yesterday. We had a blast in Lancaster PA and I added quite a bit to my stash...
Happy Birthday Bonnie! I am lucky to have found quilting as a hobby and to have made some wonderful friends as a result.
Well, I tried loading this on your page, hope this is not a duplicate...
When my sons were in Jr. High and High School, I had to take them to school and pick them up each day. My youngest son's Jr. High was on a residential street. The police didn't allow drivers to 'stand' in the street while waiting for students to be dismissed for the day. The only places to park were along the curb in front of the school--if I was lucky enough to get a spot--and a very small parking lot at the side of the school, which was where teachers and staff parked--there may have been 10 spaces for parents to park--not a good situation at all for the ONLY Jr. High in town that had over 600 students in grades 7 and 8.
One day I picked up my oldest son at his High School and drove across town to the Jr. High to get his brother. The street in front of the Jr. High was packed with cars. There was one police officer, and I saw him waving drivers over--they got caught standing in front of the school, blocking the road for the residents to use. Unfortunately, I was also waved over--into the parking lot to wait for my ticket. My sons and I were just sitting there waiting, when all of a sudden there was a fender-bender less than 30 yards from us. The policeman who was waving people over for standing, he went over to the two cars involved in the accident and started talking to each driver. I sat in my car for about 10 seconds when it hit me--the officer was busy--NOW was the time to drive away and likely he would not notice. I was parked toward the back of the parking and luckily there were two entrances, one at the front from the street, and the second entrance led to another residential street--a cut-through between two houses. I drove to the back residential street, all the while looking in my rear-view mirror. The police officer never noticed that I left. When I got onto the main road leading back to my house, I looked in the rear-view mirror and my sons had the biggest smiles on their faces...I have to admit that I felt guilty in a way--I considered myself a law-abiding citizen, and what type of 'role model' was I being to my sons? I had to laugh, though. I thought that it was the city's fault there wasn't a better way for parents to pick up their children from the Jr. High and it was rather unfair that the police department had an easy, sure-fire way to make their ticket quota every day. The school did have available land to build a bigger parking lot if necessary...(which has not happened all these years later)...but I had just decided I didn't want a ticket!
When we got home, my sons started calling their friends and telling them how it was "REALLY COOL" that their mom got out of a ticket. My husband later said he would have done the same thing I did. I have to wonder if the police officer looked up after the accident was cleared and found that all the drivers he expected to ticket had driven away...
My sons are now 30 and 27 and we all still laugh about when "Mom sneaked out of a ticket."
Thanks for the giveaway!
Carol Alaniz
Happy Birthday!! 25? :) I've been putting off subscribing to a quilt mag but I think I cant resist any longer ... first I'm heading out today to go pick up Quiltmaker! I'm ready for a new mystery. Thanks for the chance.
So exciting, Bonnie! I consider this my "lucky 20" year. My husband and I will be married 20 years, our oldest daughter will turn 20 later this year, my husband will retire after 20 years from the Army, our youngest daughter will graduate from HS, we will be empty nesters and on to our next big adventure...all this year! It feels like a lucky year!
ALL my days are lucky ! The Magazine cover actully looks like a pattern I would Do. The Charms are great to play with ! I make linus quilts using everyone elses stash, I put it to good use !
I'm lucky to be retired and to have time to quilt! Actually I'm very lucky - I have a great family and friends. Who could really want more?!! Happy Birthday Bonnie! Time to go get the mail and see if my Quiltmaker is here yet. ~Jeanne
Hi Bonnie! Happy Birthday to you! I think I am incredibly lucky that after weeks of frigid temperatures here in S. Idaho, I did not break anything when I recently slipped on the ice!!!
Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great day :)
Happy Almost Birthday Bonnie. I love the look of the quilt on the cover! YOU Keep us all from getting the winter blues. Your so inspiarational!
My best LUCK story was a couple of years ago. A friend of mine and I were going to do the QUILT101 SHOP HOP. We were at our beach house for the weekend and planning on setting out on Sunday afternoon. Saturday night, my sister-in-law called to say that my mother-in-law wasn't doing well (hospice) and we should plan on coming down. We cancelled our plans and she made plans to go home on Sunday and we would go see Mom. Well, Sunday morning we got the call that mom had passed during the night. My husband looked at both of us and said that we might as well go on the shop hop because the reason for going to Eugene was gone.
Sue and I left that afternoon and were gone for two days. We each got our passports stamped at each shop and had a great time.
A couple of days after the shop hop ended, I got a call from Jane's in Tillamook telling me I had won the grand prize ... a Janome 6600!!!!
I want to do the hop again this year ... same grand prize ... of course, I would not turn down the machine if I won and it would be really fantastic to have a second one at the beach house.
Happy Birthday Week!!! What a fun issue!
Happy Birthday! I've been lucky (blessed, really), many times! I once won a trip for two to Cancun - that was awesome. :)
One Christmas when my children were young and we lived in England, I entered a contest at a store, I received a call that I had won a Paddington Bear stuffed animal (very popular at that time). So I go to the store to collect my bear thinking it would be a normal size; to my surprize it was the over 5 foot display bear that was almost as tall as me! Needless to say my kids and all the neighborhood kids LOVED to sit in his lap. We enjoyed Paddington for many years and passed him him on when my kids out grew him.
Love reading your articles, articles about you, anything Bonnie! Will be watching quiltcam and the I.U. basketball game! Two of my favorite pastimes!
What a great magazine. I love your Addicted to Scraps page. My luck has been to find $20 years ago when it was most needed. It was amazing. That $20 meant the world to me and my small daughter.
I love the Quiltville blog and read it every day.
Can't wait for this one! Although I still havae a bit to do on the Roll, Roll cotton boll, I'll start another project for susre
Happy birthday! Looks like I might have to start buying Quiltmaker again. :)
Thank you for sharing another scrap pattern with us. You're helping me in my attempt to use what I already have and stick to my fabric "diet" I resolved this New Years'. Can't wait for 2014 --- you're the featured teacher at our Guild's seminar. I took your advice and subscribed to the magazine. Will keep checking the stores to make sure I get the first issue. From the colors shown, I don't want to miss one part of this pattern!
Happy birthday, a little early, Bonnie!! Got get my hands on this newest issue. I'm salivating just looking at all your pics! Hugs, --Cat
My son, who is getting ready to turn 26, was due on Dec 29 but born Jan 22. Just ooposite of yours :)
OOOOOH I hope you have a wonderful Birthday at home. I sure do hope we have quilt cam that night. I am very lucky to have great friends who have helped inspire me to quilt again. I used to quilt with my mother, until she passed away doing what she loved to do. She was at a quilting bee and had a stroke. That was 20 years ago. My 2 best friends have gotten me to start up again, and one of them told me about your website. I so love to watch you and follow your adventures. I love scrappy quilts.
I am very lucky to have had a Mom who taught me how to sew when I was a child. I have good sewing freinds. I am also very lucky to have friends that have become family.
Really lucky? I met and married my husband within three mo. in 1972 and we've made and have been happy for 41 years. In the right place at the right time. Super LUCKY.
Thanks for the chance to win.
Happy Birthday! My lucky day was 60 years ago when my baby sister was born on my birthday! You see my parents had been told they could not have any more children. But I wanted a sister born on my birthday ......so I said my prayers every night asking for a baby sister on my birthday......even they doctors said it couldn't happen. But it did....and we still enjoy celebrating together. I would love this issue do Quiltmaker!
My lucky moments were when my kids and grandkids were born. Every moment that we spend with them is such joy.
Happy Birthday, hope you have a great day.
Lucky, oh a few times the luck has been with me :)
Quilting wise, first time to Smokey Mountain Quiltfest in 2011 I won a free class certificate for 2012 and my sister won one of the Quilt guilds Raffle baskets, oh what a haul over $1100 in Quilting/sewing goods. Went in 2012 and won another free class for 2013.
Luckiest thing ever is my Family and all the time and love we have to share in everyday.
2012 was bar none the worst year of my life. But 2013 started off with a really special give from a complete stranger, A 30's Singer treadle base and a like new 66-18 sewing machine from the late 40's. I've converted it to a treadle and gosh, it just hums along.
I've been looking for a treadle for about 6 years since a friend in Canada started using one for her reenactment outfits. Falling this one was really lucky times two!
Thanks for a great mystery this year, I'll be working on assembly during quilt cam today. Sharyn in Kalama
Looks like a great issue of Quiltmaker. I really like the block.
Happy Birthday on Wednesday! I sure hope your boys do something for you! I gave birthday to our only child 29 years ago today and he is not only of Irish descent, he is our Irish Blessing and we thank the Lord for him everyday, along with our dil and 2 wonderful grandsons we rarely get to see! I sure hope you have a wonderful day and can't wait to see you on QuiltCam!
Last summer I got really lucky at an estate auction and scored a Singer 15-91 (circa about 1948)in a cabinet for $20. She needed some work, which my sewing machine repair guy was glad to do for a very reasonable fee,and now the machine is my favorite! Her name is Tallulah Faye and she runs like a deer! Thanks for the chance to win!
Gina in Missouri
hared@iland.net
Happy Birthday and enjoy your special day. By the way, on your last give away, I was so happy to win it. The Summer Breeze charm pack is beautiful. I would not mind winning again. LOL I have enjoyed the issue of Quiltmaker and have looked at it many times over. I enjoy quiltcam and other things that you do for us quilters.
Gale/Oklahoma
On the day our second child was born, my husband purchased a raffle ticket on his way into church (with his last dollar, cause he couldn't get to the bank) --- three weeks later, we were called and told that we won --- A CAR!!!--- a 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass --- if we never win another thing, that sure would top our list!
My lucky day was the day Mom taught me to sew on her treadle sewing machine when I was in 3rd grade. The stitch lines were very crocked but I was so proud of that apron. If it wasn't for that day I would have never found you. Another lucky day was when I had bilateral cochlear implant surgery on Dec. 9, 2002. I am now able to hear you on Quilt Cam. How lucky is that? Thanks for all you do and keep the tips coming.
First, Happy Birthday on Wednesday. The luckiest day of my life was the day I got married. He is the love of my life and all good things have come from being married to my DH. Two great kids and 6 grand children and 2 great grand boys. Life is good here.. not to say there have not been any downs but he is real trouper and puts up with me just fine..lol so one lucky girl I am.. there must be some Irish in me.
Call me lucky!!!I went to a 5 day quilt retreat at Hickory Knob state park about an hour from my house. Hours and hours of uninterrupted quilting!! Heaven. Bliss. The views are spectacular. Food is prepared at a lodge. Love it.
At about 4:30 I went for a short walk to stretch my legs down to see the lake at my quilt retreat. There is a trail head right near the conference center at this state park where I was attending a quilting retreat. I was only going to stretch, look at the lake, and then get back to the matter at hand ....QUILTING. I went a mile or so, thinking I would find this bench that I had visited a few years ago. I went two miles and thought "Boy, I don't remember the trail being this long, but maybe I am almost there" Keep walking.....at mile three I thought I maybe should turn around and hike back. At least I would know that it is only three miles BUT I am doing 20 minute miles (pretty up and down, rocks, roots, 53 years old...) so I decide...SURELY it can't be much further since the trail name is Lakeview LOOP. On I go. I recognize that I am loosing daylight... CHIT. I begin to power walk and run on areas of the trail that I can see are clear, level, and root free. At mile 6 I see a dock but clearly it is going to take me an hour to walk around the peninsula. I keep walking. I have no cell service in the entire park so my phone is no help. I had a bottle of water but nothing else....no whistle, no first aid kit, nada... I was only going for a short hike to see the water. CHIT CHIT. Since daylight was just about gone, I could no longer make out the hash marks on the trees and I thought if I cannot follow the trail THAT is the way to get really lost. I thought maybe I should go toward the edge of the lake and walk on the beach areas.... I finally come across a street light which is not on the trail but about 200 paces off the trail. I know the cardinal rule of hiking is to NOT leave the trail but I decide to "Go toward the light". That light was located at the very last campsite in the park. I had to walk two more miles to get back to the conference center where I started the walk. I survived. Eight miles total. Totally stupid. I am a Girl Scout for God sake!! No one knew where I was going for a walk (I was only going to be gone 15 minutes at the most). At one point I thought I am going to be spending the night in the woods because I was loosing daylight (6:00 at that point). I tell you what........I did not like that feeling!! Not that sleeping in the woods would be a problem, but NOBODY knew where I had gone and had begun to worry. I had no equipment, no flashlight, etc. Long story short, I shoulda/woulda/coulda told someone where I was going. I should have turned around at the one mile marker (since I clearly remembered the bench being just down the way....) I survived. And hey....8 mile hike under my belt. More quilting followed and good story to tell.
I took pics of each mile marker that I crossed UNTIL I realized I should not waste battery on pictures...when I might need to flash light to get help. Here is the last one I took....can you see that I was loosing daylight. Oh geeez.... Just call me tired!!
I was pretty lucky last year, when I won quite a few blog prizes, or prizes on Facebook. I was NOT lucky enough to win one of yours, though!! Hint, hint! I must buy this magazine. I was lucky enough to win Quilters Take Manhattan tickets and meet Victoria, and want to meet you! Thanks.
Happy Birthday. How many blessings you bring to the quilting community. I guess you never dreamed that you would be where you are today with quilting. I'd love to win a magazine. I promised myself that I wouldn't buy any more this year, but that didn't last long. I use this as a treat after I have finished my housework. Thanks
That is so awesome, you are a very talented person. Magazine looks great!
WTG Bonnie! Happy birthday prematurely! My BD is the 25th! looking for your mag now. Although I haven't finished easy street! and need some late lunch b4 quiltcam!
Last Christmas I won an instant read barbecue thermometer from a barbecue blog I read. Lucky me!
I went to a 5 day quilt retreat at a state park about an hour from my house. Hours and hours of uninterrupted quilting!! Heaven. Bliss. The views are spectacular. Food is prepared at a lodge. Love it.
At about 4:30 I went for a short walk to stretch my legs down to see the lake at my quilt retreat. There is a trail head right near the conference center at this state park where I was attending a quilting retreat. I was only going to stretch, look at the lake, and then get back to the matter at hand ....QUILTING. I went a mile or so, thinking I would find this bench that I had visited a few years ago. I went two miles and thought "Boy, I don't remember the trail being this long, but maybe I am almost there" Keep walking.....at mile three I thought I maybe should turn around and hike back. At least I would know that it is only three miles BUT I am doing 20 minute miles (pretty up and down, rocks, roots, 53 years old...) so I decide...SURELY it can't be much further since the trail name is Lakeview LOOP. On I go. I recognize that I am loosing daylight... CHIT. I begin to power walk and run on areas of the trail that I can see are clear, level, and root free. At mile 6 I see a dock but clearly it is going to take me an hour to walk around the peninsula. I keep walking. I have no cell service in the entire park so my phone is no help. I had a bottle of water but nothing else....no whistle, no first aid kit, nada... I was only going for a short hike to see the water. CHIT CHIT. Since daylight was just about gone, I could no longer make out the hash marks on the trees and I thought if I cannot follow the trail THAT is the way to get really lost. I thought maybe I should go toward the edge of the lake and walk on the beach areas.... I finally come across a street light which is not on the trail but about 200 paces off the trail. I know the cardinal rule of hiking is to NOT leave the trail but I decide to "Go toward the light". That light was located at the very last campsite in the park. I had to walk two more miles to get back to the conference center where I started the walk. I survived. Eight miles total. Totally stupid. I am a Girl Scout for God sake!! No one knew where I was going for a walk (I was only going to be gone 15 minutes at the most). At one point I thought I am going to be spending the night in the woods because I was loosing daylight (6:00 at that point). I tell you what........I did not like that feeling!! Not that sleeping in the woods would be a problem, but NOBODY knew where I had gone and had begun to worry. I had no equipment, no flashlight, etc. Long story short, I shoulda/woulda/coulda told someone where I was going. I should have turned around at the one mile marker (since I clearly remembered the bench being just down the way....) I survived. And hey....8 mile hike under my belt. More quilting followed and good story to tell.
I took pics of each mile marker that I crossed UNTIL I realized I should not waste battery on pictures...when I might need to flash light to get help. Here is the last one I took....can you see that I was loosing daylight. Oh geeez.... Just call me tired!! Love Y.O.
Thank you for the chance to win, and happy birthday!
The luckiest time for me was when a series of roller-coaster life changes landed me in the job where I met my husband - about 21 years ago!
Oh, lucky me! Thiry-five years ago on January 23rd I gave birth to a wonderful baby boy who is now a handsome man! I am so lucky to be his mom and to have him for my son. (happy birthday to my Marc, aka Buddy)
Another great issue of Quiltmaker! Love watching you on Quilt Cam! Thanks for the give-a-away...hoping to win! Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday for Wednesday Bonnie. I would love to be coming on your Ireland tour but unfortunately travel will be out of the question this year as we wait to hear if my husband has lost his job or not. He feels quite confident that if he did lose it, he would get another reasonably OK but it is the waiting that is the worst thing.
I plan to attend the Tuscany trip in 2015 but will be intrigued to know what quilt related things will be involved. That trip will be part of my 50th birthday trip to Europe and the States. I will have to start saving now. And of course will be looking forward to seeing you in NZ in 2016 along with your Australian trip :)
I would love to win the magazine - I don;t seem to ever be able to find it in my local book or quilt store here in NZ - I need to get them onto that I think.
Helen
I don't know how you do what you do, but if you didn't do it there would be a lot of sad quilters. Thank you for all that do, and for who you are! happy birthday, quilter STAR!!!!
I'm sick and could use a pick-me-up!
My most recent luckiest moment was last fall when Bonnie make "sort of" last minute plans to teach a workshop in Aiken, SC. Somehow, the local guild did not fill up all the slots in the class...and Bonnie mentioned on her blog there were spaces available. The guild was innudated with calls and emails from all over (out of state)from people seeking one of the slots in the class. Instantly, there was a long waiting list....well, low and behold, I was lucky to email them in the nick of time and got one into the class when someone cancelled!! And I got time off from work to attend (out of town)!!! Yahoo! It was great. If you EVER get a chance to attend one of Bonnie's workshop, take it. Use your vacation time, use your rainy day fund, do whatever it takes and go. You will learn and you will enjoy it. I would love a chance to win a copy of the magazine. It looks like a keeper. And I would love another seam guide. Bought one at the aforementioned workshop but it's buried under all the fabric on my table...so I need another one and I'll put it in a good place. I promise.
My husband mentioned an auction in town and I looked carefully through the list and saw a Singer treadle sewing machine. I went to the auction and was lucky to have the winning bid.
We also had to wean a couple of calves yesterday and I was lucky enough to get them separated and into the pen on my first try. There is much sad mooing going on today.
Happy Birthday Bonnie! I would love a new project! I just bought String Fling.Great giveaway package.
I don't know how you do all you do, but thank you for doing all that you do...there would be a lot of sad quilters if it were not for you! Happy Birthday to a bright and shining quilt star!
Happy Birthday Bonnie for Wednesday. I would love to come on the Ireland trip but I have to take rain checks on overseas trips this year - hubby may lose his job later in the year and until we know what is happening with that it is stay at home time. That is good tho - plenty on weekends free to quilt.
But I do plan to be on the Tuscany trip for my 50th birthday in 2015 - as part of a 6 week Europe and US trip - will have to start saving now.
I love the look of the magazine and would love to win it. I don't seem to be able to find it in our local book or quilt store here in NZ so I maybe need to do something about that. Thanks Bonnie.
I considered myself really lucky yesterday when my flights yesterday were rescheduled and I actually ended up being scheduled on the same flights as my husband today (had to be booked separately..long story). As it turned out, this morning's flight was cancelled for mechanical reasons and now we're re-scheduled for this afternoon. But yesterday I was lucky..haha!! :-P
I was going to college and it was the day of the review for my sociology final. Unfortunately, I overslept and missed the class. Since my professor was repeating the review that evening, I decided to catch it then. I managed to sit in on that evening class for the review and that was where I met Kenneth. That evening sociology class was Kenneth's very last class before graduating. Oversleeping that morning was probably the luckiest day of my life because Kenneth and I were married the next year. That was 33 years ago and I still consider it the luckiest day of my life! Thanks for the heads up about your Lazy Sunday mystery in the March/April issue of Quiltmaker Magazine. I'm looking forward to Quilt-Cam this afternoon.
I am so lucky to be a long-term quilter! I see bored people every day, but there is no boredom in quilting - always something new to learn, and something else to make!
I won a couple of small things at raffles but the way I'm most "lucky" is to have two wonderful grown children. And my daughter added to my "luck" by marrying a wonderful man. Looks like a great magazine. Thanks for the give-away!
I consider myself lucky every day, but my stroke of good luck came in November when, on a whim inspired by you, I went onto craigslist and found a treadle sewing machine that had just been posted located less than 2 hours (and quite a lovely drive) from me, for $50. Went that afternoon, picked it up, brought it home, cleaned it up, and just this last week completed my first quilt on it, quilting and all. Thank you for your continuing inspiration!
My quilting good luck: I recently won an Aurifil thread set. Thanks for the chance to win.
I can't wait for the new mystery! Now I am going to have to get dressed and go out and look for the magazine! Keep up the good work, Bonnie!
The most recent piece of good luck I had was the Dr. reading the results of my MRI. I had been having symptoms of concern to the point I thought I had Parkinson's. The good luck was when the results indicated Moderate Aging symptoms and NOT PD!!!!! I was relieved to know I can continue quilting. LOL Sounds good to me.
My luckiest day happened in September of 1969 when one of my college friends introduced me to a handsome blond fellow on the steps of the Campus Center. It truly was love at first sight!
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Happy Birthday to one of the most generous quilters I know.
So many quilts to make, so little time.
Happy Birthday! I've been lucky enough to win a basket full of quilting things from my guild...TWICE!
What fun to get home and go through the basket!
Can't wait for the new magazine. Looks like so much fun.
WOW! What an issue! So glad I just started a subscription! Now I won' t miss an issue!
That looks like an amazing magazine. Maybe I won't peek at the mystery
Thanks for the giveaway
I don't know if this is considered "lucky" but my husband and I have caring for my elderly Aunt who has Alzheimers & Parkinson for 3 1/2 years. It takes a toll on us in so many ways. Needless to say we aren't able to leave her alone, so we never get away. Her condition has declined and now we have hospice on our team. Beside the benefit she receives, they will care for her for 5 days & nights in a row, once per month. Whether we go anywhere or not, time to ourselves is good. For me, it will mean I can focus on some quilting. Thanks for being you & sharing will all of us.
I am a lucky lady most of the time- I have won some giveaways over the years but mostly I married someone who is a wonderfully loving man and a great dad. We have a good life together. He supports my passion about quilting and creating and never complains about my mess or the cost. I also am a teacher- a job that I love.. What more could one wish for...
Thanks for the chance to win this lovely magazine Bonnie- it looks like a terrific issue.
Regards, Anna
I think you are the most followed person on the internet!! Do you sometimes feel like you're being stalked? lol I don't know about lucky but I am very blessed. My DH does all the cooking so I am able to spend all (or most) of my spare time quilting, or at least piddling in my sewing room. I plan to subscribe to Quiltmaker this year (just haven't gotten around to it yet) but I am very excited about your new Mystery. Love the color choices too. So I wouldn't mind winning this first issue to be able to get an early start. Will be joining you on quiltcam this afternoon. Finishing up Easy Street!! Thanks for all you do for us. You are loved!!!
WOW! What a great issue! Glad I just started a subscription. Now I won't miss an issue.
I was really lucky to not get hit right in the head by a 4"x4" piece of lumber that was flying through the air right at me on interstate 81. It flew off a tractor trailer. Thankfully I hit the brakes and swerved partway into the passing lane. As a result the 4 x 4 bounced right in front of me slammed down on my hood and went sailing over my car to be heard bouncing on the road behind me.How's that for lucky? Blessed even!
Happy Birthday Bonnie. This mystery looks awesome, I love the colours. Yes I am a Canadian living in Virginia.
Lori
Wow! I am lucky to have so many great friends, and my best luck, was getting my new Irish son-in-law Kevin. He loves my daughter so very much, and they are so very happy. The knew each other in high school, and lost contact for 10 years. Thanks to the internet and their high school reunion they go together and dated long distance from northern Oregon, to Southern CA for over one year. Then they decided they were to be married, and now they are living in San Diego. I wish I had news about an impending grandchild, but not yet. We love Kevin and he is a great addition to our family! Shelley Williams
Magazine looks like a great one. Well my luckiest, most blessed, wonderful fantastic, (ok, you get the picture) day was this. Hubby and I dated in the '60's ohhh just dated myself, well anyway I went to college he got drafted and we drifted apart. He married someone else...I married someone else, neither were successful. One evening I was visiting with the man that tends my parents and now my farm and he said I needed to join Classmates because some of my class mates had asked about me. I said I'd think about it. Well, one day I joined Classmates and within a week I had an email from my now hubby (we didn't attend the same school). He had been looking for me and long story short we have been married a little over 10 years now. He is my soul mate and my biggest cheerleader for my quiltmaking and before I came along he had purchased a sewing machine and repaired it but wasn't sure about the sewing part. Now he is a sewing machine repairman but all machines must pass my sewing test before it can leave the house. I guess my luckiest day was joining Classmates and I have been blessed ever since.
Wow. Thats a lot of comments dont know how youll choose. I have a lucky cat. He was found under the hood of a car just behind the fan belt. The woman heard the little meow when she got to work about 13 miles from the parking lot she had seen kittens around the trash bin. I adopted him after she nursed him to health. He is on my lap now.
Oh yeah, and I finishe Easy St yesterday, borders too. Now for the quilting.
Looks like a great mystery quilt and projects, I am lucky to have found you and your patterns for inspiration! Thank you for a chance to win and all your hard work!
I'm lucky to have wonderful friends that like to quilt, and wonderful family that love to receive quilts.
Just finished Easy Street...my first mystery! I am now convinced I can do anything with your help. Would love to do another mystery with you before the end of the year.
I am so lucky to have been introduced to you, your blog and quiltcam over the last year. Happy Birthday and thanks for all you do for us.
Hi Bonnie,
Happy Early Birthday from Pennsylvania!
Who won't want to win your give away!
Going to order the Quiltmaker magizine!
Beth
Have a great time being home for your birthday. Thanks for the give-away. Woo- hoo on the Quiltmaker issue! My subscription starts with this issue and I can hardly wait. It is packed!! My green scraps are taking over so can't wait to do start cutting for Betty's Choice. Okay the REALLY lucky part . . . we were #3 in line for this house on Standish and our offer was finally accepted on March 17, 1999!!!
Happy Birthday, Bonnie! And many more! I feel so lucky to have a hobby that brings people so much joy. First, I get the fun of making beautiful quilts. Then, I get to watch the expressions of the persons who are the recipients of my quilts. Love that! Can't wait to get my Quiltmaker in the mail!
I was incredibly lucky to have sold my house in just 3 days!!! Thanks for the chance to win the giveaway. Happy birthday a few days early!
Happy birthday, Ms. Capricorn! (My husband is a Capricorn, too.)
Luck? Hmmmm......when I feel down I count my blessings and soon realize I don't have much to complain about. I'm lucky (blessed) to have a sound mind, a sound body, a supportive (tolerant/long-suffering) husband, and sufficient wealth to be able to enjoy life and greet each day with anticipation for the good and interesting things that will come.
I am lucky to have a husband and son who take care of me and support my sewing habit. Since I can't get out my son will go to the store and pick up fabric for me. He'll meet people at weird locations to pick up supplies I find on free cycle. I'm lucky to have found Bonnie Hunter so that I can use all my recycled fabrics.
Sue
Upstate NY
WIshing you an early HAPPY BIRTHDAY! And, many more!
One of my lucky days was the day I discovered you and your wonderful patterns and techniques! And, another is when I found all of my 'quilting besties'...on-line and in-the-flesh! These are things I am thankful for each and every day!
Honestly Bonnie, I consider myself lucky the day I came across your site. Made easy street as my first mystery and am so hooked. As a retiree I get to enjoy my time to sew. I stop to "visit" you every day.
Hope I can get lucky again!'
Mu lucky story! My husbands employer gave away a trip each year! We were in several times Even runner up once! We were.picked as winner and won an amazing trip to.Aruba! My husband lost his sight shortly after but has those amazing pictures stowed away forever! Lucky us!!'
Your Jubilee quilt blocks are looking nice. Thanks for the "tip" of the ironing tip to just take care of the seam so as to not distort the geese unit. I love watching you work and how you set things up to be so streamlined. Here is your get out "guilt" jail card . . . it is okay to make a mess in your studio during the creative process. You can always clean-up when it gets to be too much -- which you intutively do!!
Happy Birthday, Bonnie!
I am lucky just to be alive! (nearly died 2 years ago) I treasure each day...
I use to say the only thong I ever won was a hamster at a school arvival.THEN one day I got a call from a museum in Cleveland Tn that I had won the raffle quilt. THe luckiest part I got to meet the quilter.
Wow, you've a lot of lucky friends here. I have Lucky cat. He was found under the hood of a car, just behind the fan belt. The woman had just driven 13 miles from where she had first seen the kittens playing about the trash bins at the store. I adopted him after she nursed him to health. He is on my lap now.
Finished Easy St yesterday. Including mitered borders. Now for the quilting.
When I was a new quilter, I took my 4 children and my new little one out to garage sales looking for ways to feed my lovely new obsession. After the advertised sales, we came upon a homemade sign at a teeny little old stone home with the yard overflowing. I was THRILLED with all the fabric ALL over...but, the VERY old woman would not quote me a price on the pieces. I kept asking and she kept stalling and asking me and the children questions. Her eyes lit up when I delighted at some of the sweet vintage pieces, but I was concerned about prices and didn't want to pile things up without knowing. She kept asking me about my sewing and I showed her the log cabin pieces I'd been doing with a friend. She told me her family was forcing her to go into a nursing home and she did NOT want to. She wouldn't be able to sew there. We talked HOURS. She cried and I found out where she'd be taken to and promised to come visit. I told her I'd bring some of my sewing for her to see. When suppertime was approaching, I asked ANOTHER time if she could quote me a price on some of the lovely pieces before I left. Her family was going to put every bit of it in the TRASH, so she said I could take ANYTHING and EVERYTHING I wanted for $5. The next day anything not gone, was going in the trash pick-up, so the children helped me load every space in our mini-van. I am still using some of Ida's sweet pieces, but even better "the lifetime stash of treats, was meeting Ida. I took pieces in to show her and she gave me input and was blessed by the children. Like our Bonnie, she would say, "If it is ugly, cut it smaller" and encourage scrappiness. We all fell in love because I had time and stopped at an interesting sale. Ida has since passed on, but having known her was a blessing and I still use many of her lovely old vintage pieces that she'd cared for so well and saved FOR ME without even knowing I'd show up. Yes, lucky for sure.~
Lucy~
I have been a subscriber for years to Quiltmaker and watch for every issue in the mail. I would give the magazine to a quilting friend who is not a subscriber. I won one of the Quiltmaker's Treasure Chest giveaways two years ago. It was SO exciting to receive my wonderful goodies. I am looking forward to the Companion Angle ruler info in the new issue. I have been using them for Easy Street. I have owned them for YEARS and never used them. They have been getting a real workout. Thanks for all you do and have a wonderful birthday.
I just found your blog and facebook page about a week ago and am so lucky that I did! thanks for the chance to win!
Guess my first post didn't go through as I hadn't signed in. :-(
My lucky day was winning one of the Quiltmaker's Treasure Chest online contests. It was so fun receiving all the wonderful goodies. I am looking forward to the article on Companion Angle rulers as I have had mine for YEARS and never used them until I started working on Easy Street. They are wonderful. Hope you have a wonderful birthday, Bonnie, and thanks for all that you do for us quilters.
Winning this giveaway would be like me having an early birthday! Belated birthday wishes to you! It looks like a fantabulous issue of extraordinary quilty deliciousness! I am going to have to look into the chances of getting it in the UK. I'm falling in love with my machine again and as always you're an inspiration. Thank you. Now if I could just win the lottery, I'd join you in Ireland!
Happy Birthday greetings early! I felt so lucky this Christmas. No it wasn't the gifts, although they were wonderfully generous. It was that all my children, their spouses, and children, as well as my sister's family were at my house to celebrate. We had a wonderful time, truly a treasure. Thank you so much for the chance on your lovely giveaway.
I just found your blog and facebook page about a week ago and am so lucky that I did. Thanks for the chance to win!
So wait, we're starting another mystery quilt??? Yikes! I still need to finish Easy Street. I already get Quiltmaker so no need to enter me in the drawing. This looks like a great issue. I LOVE your block!
The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was finding my birth mom. What a blessing she is in my life!
Ann Mary in IL
One time, a friend and I were walking to the Metro from work and I looked down and found what I thought was a $5 bill. When I uncrumpled it, I found it was really a $50! Woo hoo! That was the last time I found any money on the walk to the Metro, though, but I keep looking!
Sandy A
The machine's name needs to be "Lucky".... lucky, it found you to love it and play with it. I am happy to see you home for Quiltcam.
Hope you have a wonderful birthday! I am so lucky to have my home, a wonderful husband who is still the love of my life after 39 years of marriage!I could write a book about how lucky and blessed I am but do not want to bore others. Happy sewing and enjoy your time at home.
A very Happy Birthday to you, Bonnie ~~ so happy I was able to complete your Easy Street mystery ~~ you are such an inspiration~
Dear Bonnie,
Welcome home. It's so good to see you again on quiltcam.
My lucky moment is that 20plus years ago, I went into the store my husband worked in at the time to price the cost of an electronic typewriter as I had started working part time and wanted to learn to type. Long story short, I never got the typewriter, but my luck was that I got my loving husband, 2 beautiful children (a son and a daughter). We have been married for just over 20years now and he indulges my hobbies.
Lisa in South Africa
Of course I didn't follow instructions!!! I think with my small brain (baby-brain!) I am lucky to be alive lol. 'Pre'-Birthday wishes for Wednesday!! Belated birthday wishes for last year :))))
I couldn't think of a story of how lucky I've been. I feel lucky everyday that I have been able to stay home and see my children grow up. I'll have plenty of time to quilt (clean!!) when they leave home.
Love all your projects and articles in this issue and am going to have to get on a mission to source a copy as it's an excellent issue. It must have been a wonderful early birthday present to see it in print!
have a happy birthday! my b-day is st patrick's day and i've always been lucky in life and circumstance ... but the luckiest is coming out of a polio empidemic almost 60 years ago when so many were crippled or did not survive. it took a couple of years to get back in the swing of things, but i did.
Happy birthday!! I love all of your projects. Can't wait to start this one!
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Happy almost birthday.
I once won a fifty dollar gift certificate. That's about the extent of my luck.
Was called for jury duty and put on a jury. It was to be on Thurs. and Fri.-they settled out of court so we were called late Wed. morning. Yes! Called my daughter, they weren't busy that weekend, conferred with the husband (husband only had to work till noon on Fri. and it was suppose to be in the 50's that weekend-too warm for wood cutting for him. Perfect. We left Friday afternoon and were there in time for supper! Great weekend with the kids and their kids!
It was the perfect "God thing".
By the way, great giveaway!
Happy Scrappy Birthday Bonnie!
I was lucky when our state first. started Lottery With the first ticket I bought I won $23.00. That was so exciting and I thought that was so easy it won't be long till I win the big one. That was about 30 years ago....still waiting!!! Happy early birthday hope you have a great one!!
Happy Birthday wishing you all the best and all the best for the coming year. Thanks for all you do for quilters.
Although I consider myself lucky in general, with good health, good friends and a great family, I was REALLY lucky in 2006 and won a trip to Scotland in a sweepstakes. I had just gone through a divorce and the trip was just what I needed. Took my mom with me and we had a fabulous week exploring in the UK!
Thank you for all you do!!
I feel lucky to have been encouraged by my husband to retire early from a full career and have time to quilt and sew. Thanks for the giveaway.
Today is a lucky day for me. It is my 23rd wedding anniversary and I am married to my best friend. I feel very lucky to have met Eric and having him so supportive of what I do. Actually, Eric is the person who introduced me to sewing and quilting and the person I can "blame" for my addiction. Another lucky day for me was when I learned about you and your blog. I have learned so much over the years and enjoy reading your blog, watching QuiltCam, and doing your Easy Street mystery!
Wow, I LOVE St. Patricks Day because that was the day, 25 years ago this year, that I met the Love Of My Life....we ran into each other in SF, I was with my friend, he was with a former roommates brother...several dates later we knew it was meant to be....and 22+ years later, we are still very much in love and very much each other's best friends...and he puts up with my sewing/quilting "messes". Now that's what I call lucky!
Oh and BTW, Happy 29th Birthday!!
When I was a kid, I won a stuffed koala bear by answering a question about the capital of Australia, I also won a trip to Vegas but couldn't go because I had just given birth to my first child. (still haven't gone yet and she is 30...lol) but I think my luckiest break was when I discovered quilting. I had never been able to feel so very creative and frankly addicted as I am now. This hobby has helped me express myself, create wonderful gifts and charity projects and best of all attain a whole new "family" all over the quilting world!! Thanks for asking!
Happy birthday, it is the first time that I have tuned in, just like having a friend In my sewing room with me
8 years ago when we moved into a new home comeing from antoehr state. We needed to buy a bunch of stuff from Sams club. 2 of those items were 2 L shaped desks for hubby and me in additon to anotehr huge cart of items. When we got home we discovered they had rang it up wrong and charged for 2 desks. But upon return trying to do the correct thing. They told it was corect. So we ended up with a buy one get one free desk...That was pretty lucky.
conn_and_vans_mom(at)yahoo(dot)com
When I was a kid, I won a stuffed koala bear by answering a question about the capital of Australia, I also won a trip to Vegas but couldn't go because I had just given birth to my first child. (still haven't gone yet and she is 30...lol) but I think my luckiest break was when I discovered quilting. I had never been able to feel so very creative and frankly addicted as I am now. This hobby has helped me express myself, create wonderful gifts and charity projects and best of all attain a whole new "family" all over the quilting world!! Thanks for asking!
My lucky day was yesterday! My quilt guild had a workshop yesterday. We learned to make Fractured Flowers. We needed to use a 1/8 inch seam, instead of the normal 1/4 inch we are all used to using. Luckily for me, after you showed us the Janome Clearview Quilting foot, I bought one - and it has 1/8 inch seam markings! While everyone else was figuring out how to get a reliable 1/8 inch seam, I was off and running! I am finishing the project this afternoon while I watch Quilt Cam. Thanks!
Hi Bonnie!
Happy Birthday, it looks like your doing something fun to celebrate! I just had the most wonderful thing happen this week. A quilting friend is in the process of moving, and is selling off extra machines. SHE had an old AG series Featherweight for sale for 100 bucks! All scratched and well loved but I dont care! I will soon have my very own FW! WOOT!!! Just in time for MY birthday!
Have a wonderful Quilty Day
Robin in Bellingham
PS thats CANTALOUPE orange! YES!
What an awesome block. I can't wait for my magazine to come. Your articles in the magazine made me keep my subscription up to date-I love seeing your new ideas every issue.
I am still working on my Easy Street, but it will come together soon.
Thanks for all you do for us quilters. You make our life better!
Hope you have a great birthday!
Happy early birthday, Bonnie!
I've been so lucky in so many ways! Great parents, great husband (and in-laws!), and a wonderful daughter! When I fell into quilting, it was another lucky day!
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