Saturday, January 25, 2014

Grow Your Blog

It's that time again -- time to meet new bloggers and visit new blogs. If you're new to "52 Quilts in 52 Weeks," welcome! If you're a current follower, welcome back!

Grow Your Blog is the brainchild of Vicki at 2 Bags Full. Visit her blog to view the list of more than 200 blogs, all celebrating today!



About 52 Quilts

"52 Quilts in 52 Weeks" came about when I bragged in July of 2011 that I had made 35 quilt tops so far that year. Elder Son said "hey, that's almost one quilt per week!" And the challenge was on! Could I really make 52 Quilts in 52 Weeks?  Well, yes! I have for three years now, and I'm underway for a fourth! Younger Son insisted "52 quilts in 52 weeks is a great idea for a blog," so Thanksgiving weekend I dipped my toe in the blogging water.

The Younger Son (aka My Little Sailor, currently assigned to the USS George Washington aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan) is my tech editor. He updates the blog header each year, and wrote a really touching blog post last Mother's Day. Best of all, he is a professional photographer, so my profile photo makes me look 10 years younger (and 20 pounds lighter!)


I've done a lot of test-sewing, twice for Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks magazine, for Amy Gibson's Sugar Block Club, and as a member of Quilty Pleasure's 2013 Scrap Squad. I've also test-sewn bags for Sara of Sew Sweetness and several other designers. I make a quilt for each of my Mother's great- and great-great grandchildren when they turn 12 (there's a lot of them!). Last November, I made a 25th Anniversary quilt for the first of my nieces and her husband to celebrate that milestone.

2012 ushered in my first monthly "UFO Challenge." I had been complaining about how slow the person whose UFO Challenge I was following had been about announcing what number quilt we were to work on that month. DH said "Hello, you could choose your own numbers!" So I did, and we're on the third year of the 52 Quilts UFO Challenge. NO, I'm not challenging readers to make 52 each year -- just one per month!  The UFO Parade kicks off the first day of each month, details here.

Quilters are always asked "when did you start quilting?" and "what kinds of quilts do you like to make?" Well, I made my first quilt when I was 9 years old. My family had just moved from our farm into town, and it was summer, and I had no friends yet. So my Mother showed me how to draw squares on fabric and cut them out with scissors -- this was long before rotary cutters! I made dozens of 9-patch blocks that weren't sewn together into a quilt top until years later.

The advent of the 1976 US Bicentennial brought many home crafts, including quilting, back into the national consciousness. I made my first "real" quilt using Eleanor Burn's "Log Cabin Quilt in a Day" pattern. Still no rotary cutters, so we clipped the selvages and tore across the width of the fabric to make strips. The quilt was nay blue and mauve calico -- the height of color fashion in 1976! Long arm machines and free motion quilting were as yet unheard of, so Mom and I tied the quilt with pink embroidery floss. I gave that quilt to the Goodwill in 1996 when my husband retired from the Air Force and we moved from Virginia to Colorado. Now I wish I hadn't!


Two years ago my friend Deb (The Dishcloth Diva) invited me to a meeting of the Front Range Modern Quilt Guild. It was my first experience with modern quilts, and I fell hard! I've only made a few quilts that I really consider "modern," but I love the modern fabrics. My favorite fabric designers include Anna Maria Horner, Pat Bravo and Lizzie House. I guess my style is "modern traditional," that is, traditional designs with modern fabrics.

There's a Giveaway!

Pattern designer and long-armer extraordinaire, Kristy Wolf of Sassafras Lane Designs, graciously donated one each of her entire pattern line for my Grow Your Blog giveaway. That's 12 (really, 12!) patterns! I've made several of her designs, including yesterday's 'Wiley Way." Go here to see all of their designs.



And "Main Street" (photo of final quilt will be posted March 7):



Here are photos of all the Sassafras Lane patterns:



Want to win? All you have to do is:

  1. Comment on this blog post. Tell me if you're a quilter or if your craftiness takes another form.
  2. If you're a no-reply blogger, please include contact info. If I can't find you, I can't send you the prize.
  3. My blog is set not to allow anonymous comments so that the robots cannot find me. If you do not have an ID, you can still enter by email at the address listed under "About Aunt Marti" in the right-hand column of this page and I will post your comment for you so you have a chance to win. 
  4. International entries welcome, of course!
  5. Giveaway ends Valentines Day, February 14 at noon Mountain Standard Time. The winner will be announced on Saturday, February 15.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you find some fun blogs today!




From the desk of your auntmartisignature

157 comments:

  1. Lovely to read about how you came to make so many quilts each year, Marti! My goodness we need your son's ship to come back to Brisbane...there are a few of us who would like him to take our photos too! lol (I signed up for this Party too; should be fun!)

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  2. I'm already a follower but it's god to know you a little better. I'm a quilter but I like to do other bits of craft as the fancy takes me! My favourite "other" at the moment is an angel I made from a book. My goal is 12 quilts in 12 months - your goal is outstanding.

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  3. I'm a quilter but I like embroidery, sewing, cooking... Thanks for the chance.

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  4. I sew anything and everything - quilts, blouses, oven gloves, aprons, dresses, dog toys, bags etc etc. I also knit, crochet and have a knitting machine in my attic. It's been really interesting reading more about you, Marti - and seeing you too. :o)

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  5. I am a pretty new quilter. But I also cross-stitch. Thanks for the chance to win!!

    Also, great challenge!! I have LOTS of UFO's I could work on.

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  6. Its always interesting to read how people get into patchwork. Thanks for another give away opportunity!

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  7. Hi Marti
    I'm already a follower but it's good to find out a little more about you!
    I'm a quilter!

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  8. Hello Marti, I have been following your blog for some time, so it was nice to get to know you better and see your photo.
    I hope you labelled the quilt you gave away, wouldn't it be magical if it turned up again one day!
    I always enjoy your posts, part from your beautiful work, you always come across as the sort of lady I would like to be friends with x

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  9. I have been a quilter for several years now after making garments for many years. Quilting is so much more fun! Enjoyed reading about you and seeing your picture. My first quilts were the Quilt In a Day log cabins, too. Your Wiley's Way quilt is fabulous.

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  10. I love making quilts, looking at quilts, reading about quilts, planning quilts, and so on! Yours are always lovely and inspiring, thanks for sharing!

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  11. I'm a reader, a quilter & a knitter. Enjoy reading your quilty blog. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  12. I'm a beginning quilter. What a great giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  13. It was great to get to know you better. I am a quilter, but enjoy many different crafts.

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  14. Welcome to the big beautiful Grow Your Blog Hop! I volunteered to help Vicki as a GYB party volunteer. Vicki will stop by sometime I am sure, but with over 500 blogs participating it will take her time to visit everyone so she asked for volunteers to help today. I offered to help. I am so happy I did because I have found your blog. You make sew many beautiful quilts! I am now following you on bloglovin' . Thanks for sharing ... :) Pat @ Life in the Scrapatch

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  15. I am a new quilter, but have sewn (it seems like) all my life. I also do counted cross stitch, and would love to learn to knit and crochet. I have been following a couple blogs, of which you are one :) I am considering your 12 quilts in a year, but the problem is, I have too many on my list to do. Maybe if I figure out how to make them my 12? thanks for the chance to win.

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  16. I'm a self-taught quilter who probably does everything the "wrong" way, but it still manages to work out in the end! I primarily sew for Quilts of Valor Foundation, which is to honor vets of the US Armed Forces, but I make a few others on the side, too. Such fun!

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    1. Stephanie, I also quilt for QOV, but mostly now I knit Hats for Sailors (since I have a Sailor son and all!)

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  17. Marti, I can't believe I missed your blog until we became Scrap Squad members together. I so enjoy it. I started playing with nine-patches the summer between 7-8th grade; like you they didn't become a quilt until much later, and then only a doll quilt. The bicentennial was a restart point for me, but when I finished my thesis in 1985 I found I had so much time that I embraced quilting a lot! then. I'm also working on UFOs this year, but also will do some that look too exciting to miss. I'm really enjoying this blog tour.

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  18. Hi Marti,

    I'm visiting from the Grow Your Blog party. It is no nice to meet you. Your quilts are amazing! If only I had learned this wonderful talent. I am more into papercrafts. You are very talented! I plan to look around a bit more and then be on my way to visit the others. I do hope you will stop by for a visit and enter my giveaway. Have a wonderful weekend! Hugs – Donna

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  19. Hello I am already a follower so enjoy your blog often. I have been quilting for many years and love all forms of the art. Your work is stunning.

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  20. I've followed you for a while and I'm always amazed at how much you accomplish. I quilt, but I can't keep up with you! :O)

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  21. I liked reading about your quilting journey. I have done lots of crafts, but now I'm a keen quilter. I have the UFOs to prove it!

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  22. I'm a quilter, and love following other quilters, I get such inspiration from them. Thanks for the chance

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  23. I quilt, but I also like to knit as well. Thanks for your informative blog.

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  24. I chuckled at "traditional quilts with modern fabrics." Because of the size stash I have, I am trying for "modern quilts with traditional fabrics." I quilt,knit and read to keep out of trouble. clairealex at gmail dot com

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  25. I have been quilting for about five years now and love your UFO finish ups ! I got many finished up last year and am joining Marti's challenge again this year. Thanks for the push !

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    1. Martha, I hope you're the "new Grandma" Martha in Idaho -- so I know who you are! Thanks for commenting and good luck in the giveaway!

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  26. I'm a quilter and a paper crafter. Enjoyed reading your story and thanks for the sweet giveaway :)

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  27. Thanks for the info about you and how you started your blog. I am a quilter and just can't seem to get enough of it. I enjoy the process of making a quilt and love the friendships that I have made with other quilters.

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  28. Hello, I'm already a follower of you blog and have been watching your quilting progress for a while now. I'm more of a cross stitcher, but am wanting to get into quilting a bit more this year. Your blog has been a great inspiration towards that goal!!

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  29. I am a quilter! I enjoy following your blog.

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  30. I am a quilter and cross stitcher and already your follower. Love to know a little more of your quilter life. Thanks for this giveaway. Hugs from Brazil.

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  31. Hi Marti! It's nice to meet your talented self and your blog! Love that Chicago Bears quilt!

    Kelly

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  32. At this point in my life, I'm primarily a quilter. However I love to use my hands making just about anything...I've woven cane seats & wicker baskets, knitted, crocheted, counted cross-stitch, made bees wax candles, needle tatted. I'm willing to try just about anything! Love that Main Street quilt pattern. :)

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  33. Hi, I have been following your blog for a while now and always enjoy hearing about what you are working on. I am a quilter. I used to knit, crochet and do counted cross-stitch but since I began sewing more those projects are few and far between. I have taught both daughter and my husband to quilt. He will also bind for me when I am in a bind getting a project completed.
    Your blog and a couple of others are my inspiration to get the UFO's out of the closet and done so that they can be on a bed.
    I should get 3 of my UFO's finished before the end of the month. It will depend on if I end up getting called into work this weekend of not.
    Love you Wiley Way quilt. I want to make one of those.

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  34. Hi I am visiting from the party-I do lots of things-I do quilt, but I also weave, rug hook, hand dye fabric-among other things lol
    Kathy

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  36. Hello Marti! Great blog post. I feel like I know you a little bit better now! Have a super day. Thanks for the chance to win. curlicuecreations@gmail.com

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  37. I don't know where you find the energy to make so many quilts and I enjoy reading your blog.
    I'm a recent convert to quilting, although I made my first patchwork project in school at the age of nine or so. It was a horrific experience cutting hexagons out of old envelopes and using them as the papers in English paper piecing, and I vowed, 'never again', but see here, some fifty years later I'm addicted.

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  38. Hi Marty - I found your blog via the GYB event. I am a quilter and I love to embellish my smaller quilts with embroidery! My specialty is English paper piecing. If you have a moment I hope you'll drop my blog to get a sense of the type of quilting I like to do! And thanks for the chance to win some fabulous patterns!
    Karen H
    http://faeriesandfibres.blogspot.ca/

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  39. I enjoyed reading more about you. I love checking in on your blog. I like all kinds of crafts, but for the past 12 years or so my time is mostly spent on quilting. :)

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  40. i am a quilter and a old follower by email

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  41. Love to quilt! Follow your blog!

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    1. Beth, no contact info for you and you come through as spam. Please email me at AuntMarti at 52Quilts dot com and include your email addy.

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  42. I am currently working on my first quilt, a baby quilt. So I guess quilter in the making.

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  43. I'm a quilter, but also a knitter, spinner and sometime I crochet! Thanks for the giveaway.

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  44. I'm an intermediate quilter, and I saw Sassafrass Lane at the Buggy Barn quilt show this year! (Last year? Summer 2013.) I walked around saying "I love this design. I love that design." Turns out, they were all SL.

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  45. Quilter, scrap-booker, painter anything crafty I love. Thanks for the great give a way

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  46. I've been following you for quite a while and love reading your posts. I do all kinds of needlecrafts plus scrap booking painting cooking and lots more. I just wish there were more hours in a day!

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  47. I would love to win the drawing, but also want you to know, I have tried leaving comments on your site, twice, and forgot my stupid google password,so here it goes again, if you get this comment 3 times, I apologize. Anyway, enjoy your blog, and want you to know, I like sewing, have made numerous quilts for our family, some friends, but are currently working on a "Delectable Mountain" quilt by Eleanor Burns, it looked hard, so it took me 2 years of studying it, and thinking I can actually make it. So far, so good, have gotten some of the blocks done. Anyway, keep up your good blog, Thanks, Carolyn

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  48. First, WOW! Look at all your comments!! You are amazing :D I do more than just quilt, i like to sew crafty things, i love to crochet, paint, craft, scrapbook.... im a nut when it comes to crafting :) (aknussbaum at hotmail dot com)

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  49. I love quilting and never have enough time to make all the quilts I would like.
    I have enjoyed your blog for awhile and am amazed at your productivity.
    Thanks for the chance to win the patterns.

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  50. Found your blog on GYB party! What a find! I love your energy and I can tell it's catching! What a fun giveaway and the patterns would be very welcome in my collection! I love sewing, knitting, crochet... and lace! So happy to be a new follower.
    ~Tanya

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  51. Quilt mostly and I've been buying clothing pattens but I haven't actually sewn any yet. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  52. I'm a quilter, and made around 30 this year. It's incredibly fun, isn't it?

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  53. New Follower. I am having fun finding new bloggers to follow...love sewing and quilting. Greetings from Oklahoma, USA. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com

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  54. I am quilting with you again this year, but so far it is in spirit only! However, I still have one more week to get January UFO started and finished!

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  55. I'm a quilter and since I started there are no other crafts! I don't think the word obsessed is too far from describing me!

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  56. What a generous giveaway of some of the most amazing quilts there are! I'm a quilter, still finding my way through the fabric jungle :)
    Thank you for the chance.

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  57. I'm a new-ish quilter, trying to get over that sense of frustration when everything isn't "perfect". I also crochet a lot, knit a little, and would love to find time to get back to spinning, weaving and bobbin lace. Definitely need more hours in a day! Thanks for the chance to win!
    Elisa

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  58. You have a wonderful blog and I will be back to go through your blog more thoroughly...thank you for such a wonderful giveaway! I am a quilter so would love to win these.

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  59. Oh Marti, our stories are so alike, as we have learned in the past already. My friend taught me how to trace blocks, etc on to old cereal boxes and I still have the original yo-yo pattern she traced for me with the lady walking in the waves that was from an old feminine hygiene box LOL. She taught me how to trace on the fabric and cut out each square, and then Eleanor came along and wow, I followed her every word too! Such great memories you have helped me to remember, thanks! xx debbie

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  60. I love quilting, baking and painting! I wish I had the time to pursue all of my passions but it is certainly a nice escape from the 9-5 at this point. I enjoy reading your blog!

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    1. Melissa, I couldn't find contact info for you, so am answering here. I'll announce the winner of the 12 patterns here on the blog, so keep an eye out in case it's you!

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    2. Hi Marti! Thanks for the follow up... I had no idea there was nothing listed for me. I'll take care of that :)

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    3. actually... I realize I have no idea how to do that? Can anyone help me? I would like to have my contact info listed? Thanks in advance!

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  61. Yes, I am a quilter - or maybe more a piecer and then use EZ boards on my short arm to finish my quilts ;-)
    Thank you!

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  62. I'm a quilter of mostly wall hangings, tabletoppers, bags and baskets. I love working with small pieces doing applique and embroidery. I've recently started learning crazy quilting and am enjoying the process.

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  63. I am a quilter and can not image making a quilt a month let a lone 1 a week. Amazing. Thanks for sharing I read your blog all he time.

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  64. WOW! I found you today and I am totally amazed! I am a beginner at quilting, so I am soaking up as much as I possibly can. I am hoping to teach my daughters as well. My fourteen year old is showing some interest, so it makes me so excited!

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  65. I am a quilter, but don't really get much finished. Two baby quilts this month, but that is unusual for me. I work full time and take care of my elderly mom the rest of the time. Had to move a sewing maching or two into her house. I really enjoy your blog. Have been reading it for a while. Thanks for sharing and for the giveaway.

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  66. Oh my goodness! I am sure finding loads of blogs to follow and appreciate! And what a generous giveaway, too. I am a beader, jewelry designer and teacher at a local craft store. I still have lots to learn, so I recently joined a bead guild. I have been a quilter, but mostly have UFO's and a pretty substantial fabric stash. I'm thinking I better use it or lose it! Have a wonderful day, and stop by to see my crafty postings at Lily and Jasmine Treasures.
    http://lilyandjasmine.blogspot.com/2014/01/grow-your-blog-party-and-blog-hop.html

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  67. I am a beginning quilter, but mostly I sew clothing. I knit and cross-stitch when I have the time, which is unfortunately not often.

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    1. Arianna, do you realise you are a no-reply commenter? I know some people choose that, but I can't reply to your comment if you are, sorry!

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  68. I also quilt and find you amazing, I can barely get 2 quilts a year done cook dinner and make it to work every day. How on earth do you find the time energy and motivation

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  69. First things first, could your little sailor please cough...adjust my photo please????
    What a very generous giveaway this is, whilst I could never be that lucky to win, very best wishes to whoever is!
    52 quilts in 52 weeks leaves me in awe, Im working my way through one, well okay, three .... lol less UFOs, rather WIP right? Right!
    But I have great ambitions this year to improve and find more time as I drop hours at work : )
    Anyway to see all yours I am going to need time to digest and enjoy as Im now following and will browse back even further in your anals!

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  70. I'm a quilter, though nowhere near as good or quick as you are. I also make cards, cross-stitch and embroider. I bake too if that counts. Thanks for such a great giveaway.

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    1. Jen, do you realise you are a no-reply commenter? I know some people prefer that, but I can't reply to your comment if you are, sorry!

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  71. I'm a quilter, and a knitter, and I also make cards (stamped) and do other crafts. Love your blog! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  72. Hi
    You have a lovely blog and wow- you really make a lot of quilts. I too am a quilter and sometimes I feel my UFO pile is the only thing that grows. Thank you for the chance to win some gorgeous patterns. I hope you will stop by my blog!

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  73. Of course I'm a quilter! I like to bake and cook too. I tried knitting because I adore knit things, but it didn't grab me like quilting.

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  74. Goodness, i think I'm doing well if I finish 5 a year... I quilt, knit, and sometimes crochet. Last year was all about the knitting but quilting seems to be taking over 2014. madfabriholic at gmail dot com

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  75. I've been a knitter for a long time, looooong time but only recently caught the quilting bug after receiving the great gift of a good sewing machine. I'm hooked. So hooked!

    Your blog is really fun and really inspiring.

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  76. Hi Marti, Thank you for the chance to win this fantastic prize. I am mostly a quilter, but probably more a looker than a doer. I love looking at blogs and pintrest instead of doing them the quilts that is. I love your new name for this year.
    Cindy Aus.
    cindyw6621 at yahoo dot com dot au

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  77. I am a quilter, knitter, rug hooker and anything I can make. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  78. Beautiful patterns! I'm a quilter, knitter, crocheted, anything with color crafter! Thanks for the chance.

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  79. Hi Marti, Thank you for the chance to win. I am also a quilter but not as prolific. Do you quilt your own tops as well. Loved seeing all your quilts!

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  80. I've been a quilter for a long time, having figured out that it's easier to make a quilt to fit the bed than to make a pair of pants to fit my hips!

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  81. Hi Marti - thanks for the chance to win. I follow your blog on my RSS feed smack dab in the middle of my computer home page!! I am a quilter, since 2006! Recently retired, so enjoying having the extra time to work at a leisurely pace. I started my blog just over a year ago, and it is fun, tho I don't post every day. Somedays I am not productive enough to blog about anything exciting. Other days I might post a couple of times through out the day.

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  82. What a fabulous Giveaway. I have had fun watching all the amazing quilts that you make! I love to quilt, and am working on the crafty part ;-)

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  83. You are inspiring me to finish more quilts! But always happy to win something and start another!

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  84. Wow! What an inspiration you are. I was happy to finish 14 quilts last year. I hope to do at least that many this year, but I'm already falling behind (not done with my first of 2014 yet and it's almost Feb.). Thanks for the giveaway.

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  85. Nice reading all about you Marti. I am overawed that you do 52 quilts in 52 weeks! wOw! I am a quilter but I enjoy doing alot of applique and stitcheries by hand to include in my quilts.....not something I can do in a week. Great giveaway.
    Cath @ Bits 'n Bobs

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  86. Amazing that you make 52 quilts a year, glad I have stopped by from GYB, Vicky

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  87. I finally figured out how to post a comment, and I am definately a quilter!

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  88. Oh your quilts are gorgeous. I can't believe you make so many, that is awesome! I really like the one a few posts up with the super bright colors. It looks like a different design than I've ever seen. It has been lovely getting to meet you.

    Hugs
    Caroline

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  89. Hello from cold snowy eastern Canada! So glad I found your blog on the GYB party, I've had great fun looking at all your beautiful quilts. I really like the two on today's post- they're both lovely, but I think I like the "sunset" version best! I too am a quilter (although not nearly as prolific as you!) and I hope you'll stop by my blog and enter my giveaway too. Oh, I'm a new Follower too! :)

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  90. Wonderful quilts. I enjoy quilting too. Looking forward to reading your posts.

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  91. Great giveaway prize! I love quilting best. I love cross stitch too, but haven't done much since I began quilting 12 years ago. I enjoy reading your blog and seeing the quilts you are working on.

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  92. 52 a year! You are a dynamo!! Glad to be here and know more about you via GYB. Thanks for the chance.

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  93. Aunt Marti, your quilting is amazing. I am a quilter and I would love to win theses patterns

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  95. I love to quilt and enjoy the entire process from selecting a pattern to hand sewing the binding. Thanks for a great giveaway.

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  96. I LOVE to quilt! Enjoy machine piecing and hand quilting. Have been following you for a long time; you are very inspiring!

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  97. Posted for Family Zimmers:
    I'm getting my legs under me, literally, as I come back from ankle surgery in November. I've missed sewing so much and love the idea of the challenge of one quilt a month. I have the energy (and mobility) again and certainly have the fabric. I'm new to your blog - looks fun and helpful too.

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  98. I love to quilt and so does my mom, thanks for the opportunity to win!

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  99. Hi, I have followed your blog for a while and I have just seen your giveaway. I am a quilter and these patterns would be lovely. Thank you for giving us a chance of winning them
    Judith

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  100. Greetings from St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Very nice to meet you. I prefer to do surface designs on fabric instead of quilt. I also like blogging about what others are doing as well as about my own art work.

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  101. my craft Card making and paper flowers. But, I like all things creative n thrifty and I found you from the GYB party.I don’t have a lot of blog time in for I just started blogging when I joined the blog party it was my New Year resolution. 600 entries and I am Reading my 404 blog and more to go. Whew a lot of good read and great giveaways too. My site http://overboardcreations.blogspot.com/and contact info is ovr_brd@yahoo.com I believe inspiration comes from all facets of life even knowing the great people out there with wisdom and knowledge the do's and don'ts and even the wonders of life from a personal point of view. And loving the crafting networks.
    Oh thanks for letting me part of your giveaway.

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  102. I enjoy making reproductions of vintage quilts. I like your blog, good ideas here. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  103. I love to make scrap quilts. I also reading about what you are doing. Thank you for the chance.

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  104. I love patchwork. I am a patchwork teacher in my house-atelier. I like all but specially paper piecing and free motion quilted. Regards from Chile. (Sorry my English)
    Yasmin
    www.patchworkmipasion.blogspot.com

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  105. I am a quilter in every spare second I can find!!

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  106. I have set a goal for a quilt a month--that means each grandchild will receive a quilt from grandma for Christmas!

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  107. Posted by Aunt Marti for Marcia:
    My name is Marcia and I do not have a blog ID and not sure how to go about getting one. I do want to enter the contest. I have been quilting on and off for about 23 years (more off than on during this time) but I love seeing all the beautiful quilts from your blog!!! I am looking forward to being a on again quilter for a long time

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  108. Posted by Aunt Marti for Katie:
    I am really enjoying Aunt Marti's blog. All the different quilt projects she is working on is inspiring to me to work on my own projects. Thanks Marti!

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  109. Wonderful! I love setting and meeting quilting goals. We grow so much in the process! When I conquer my UFO pile, I will venture into the Modern quilt territory! I can't wait. :-)

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    1. Dena, you don't *have* to finish all your UFOs before starting a new quilt. Just sayin'!

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  110. I am an American longarm quilter living in Geneva, Switzerland. Started this obsession when I moved here and it's taken over! I'm a new follower & here thanks to the GYB party. Hope you'll stop over & comment for my giveaway as well! :-)

    http://www.busyneedle.ch/2014/01/grow-blog-2014/

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  111. Hoping to win the giveaway. Love following your blog. vfarris@q.com

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  112. I am a quilter!! I love to quilt, even though I have been quilting less than a year!!

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  113. Hello Marti, my craft is patchwork/quilting, with some embroidery thrown in for good measure, and I am from Australia. Found you via the GYB party. Any chance that photographer son of yours could come and take a few years off my photo?? Heh heh heh. Thank you for the chance of winning a great give-away prize.

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  114. Thanks for the chance to win! I have been a sewer turned into quilted as the years pass. I would love to try these patterns!!

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  115. I am a quilter. However, 6-8 quilts a year for me is a very good year.
    this year I have one quilt top done, I am learning long arm so, I have another quilted and one I am completely the top for
    thanks you for the giveaway

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  116. Thank YOU for commenting -- no contact info for you, though, so if your number is drawn by the random number generator, I can't contact you!

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  117. I am a quilter. Main Street caught my eye when I went to check out the patterns, and after seeing your version too, I may have to acquire this pattern. Very pretty quilts and thanks for the giveaway.

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  118. I started out sewing just about anything. I really found a passion in making bags/purses. I did catch the quilter bug and have now made a small queen size and a baby size quilt. I have to say I am a bit addicted but trying to keep it at bay since they are so expensive to make and only want to give them to those that fully appreciate the effort and time that goes into them. ...and my work isn't perfect yet! :) Thanks for the giveaway! My first quilt was actually a sassafras lane diamond alley quilt!

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  119. Lovely blog. I like how your son is your editor. My 11-year-old son first helped created my website/blog last year. I am a quilter and would love to win a pattern. Thank you!

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  120. Love your blog - you are an inspiration. Thanks for sharing.

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  121. Enjoyed reading your blog and how you came to name your blog. Wow 52 quilts a year ia a lot of quilts! I started sewing clothes, tailoring, window treatments and then started quilting about 5 years ago. Always something new and inspiring!

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  122. Wow, that's a lot of quilts. I'm a jack of all trades. I like to do everything! So nice to meet you and I enjoyed seeing your quilts.

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  123. I started quilting a couple of years ago and love it. I sew some clothes for my kids and I also love paper and wooden crafty things. Found your blog today while looking for some quilt binding how to, thanks for sharing your knowledge.

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  124. Wonderful giveaway! Quilting is my current obssession but I also like to cross stitch, knit, make beaded jewelry and mosaic work. I love to make things.

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  125. Quilting is my passion. I love traditional patterns and piecing, but have recently started to do more applique. Love the Main Street Quilt. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  126. I'm really liking Yummy 2 the best. It is so interesting to look at. My mind started to have all kinds of ideas on quilting this project.

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    1. Let me know if you want My Little Sailor to advise you on where to buy quilt fabric in Tokyo! Thanks for your kind comment and good luck in the giveaway!

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  127. wow, I can't believe how many quilt you make, you could be like the princess and the pea! I'm a new quilter, I'm just working on my third!

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  128. I am an incurable quilter. :) Deluged with old projects and determined to finish every one of them while also enjoying new funness that comes along!

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  129. I enjoy quilting or trying to I am still pretty new at sewing having a lot of fun though. I also enjoy paper quilling. Thank you for such a great give away chance fun variety of patterns I'm a tote/purse fanatic as well as quilts. Thanks again Becky
    derry04@yahoo.com

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  130. Hi Marti. I'm a quilter, knitter, crocheter, embroiderer, sewist, pretty much all the fiber arts. Generous giveaway from Kristy! Thanks for counting me in.

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  131. I'm a quilter and a knitter. I found your blog from Pinterest when I saw Susie's Magic Binding posted there. I love this binding technique but I'm still perfecting it. Thanks for the awesome tutorial on it.

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  132. I am a quilter been quilting since 2005 These are some awesome quilt patterns. 52 quilts in a year is amazing. how do you do it. thanks to both of you for the chance to win

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  133. I have a gang of students who would LOVE these patterns!
    http://withoutpins.blogspot.co.uk/
    Heather

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  134. I have a gang of students who would LOVE these patterns!
    http://withoutpins.blogspot.co.uk/
    Heather

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  135. Quilter? I like to make quilts for friends and family but I also like to knit. I am totally lost in crochet but this does not keep me away from it. Amazing Give Away

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  136. I may have missed the deadline, but thought I would post anyway. Great looking patterns.

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  137. Happy Valentine's Day!! I am a quilter and crafter. I love anything creative and want to everything at least once!!!

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  138. Wow! What a great giveaway. I follow you on Bloglovin. You have done amazing work!

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  139. Ihave a weakness for sailors! Married one 59 years ago.

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