It's a Celebration!
300+ posts
1000 followers
400,000+ visitors
Thousands of comments
Of course, I could not have done it without you and as a token of my appreciation I am hosting a Give-Away! I am grateful for all of your visits, regardless of whether you comment, follow, subscribe to, or have bookmarked this page.
I have two wonderful prizes to give away - remember you have to be in it to win it. Good luck!
The first name to be drawn by random number generator will win a $US50.00 Gift Certificate from Fabric Worm. If you love fabric I know you won't have any difficulty spending this gift certificate at Fabric Worm!
The second name to be drawn will receive a 1 year subscription to Fat Quarterly e-magazine worth $US28.00 (four issues). Fat Quarterly is a new e-magazine written by modern quilters/bloggers for all modern sewers.
To enter, no jumping through hoops required! To be in the draw all you have to do is leave a comment on this post, with the only requirement being that you provide either in your profile, or in your comment, an email address so that I can contact the winner! International visitors are very welcome to enter! Only one comment per person/email address will be eligible to enter the draw.
The draw will take place at noon (AEST ) on Monday 3 May 2010, at which time comments to this post will be closed. The winners will be announced here on my blog the next day, and are also contacted by email. Good luck everyone!
This GiveAway has now closed.
Congrats on your anniversary!
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ReplyDeleteThis is awesome, so are you. :)
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ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary! Love your blog, patterns and the way you quilt! Sharonj.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your anniversary!!!!! I've enjoyed lurking and commenting on all the beautiful projects you create...
ReplyDeleteCongrats! That is quite an accomplishment. I think have about 2 followers after a year and a half! my email is janicezeller(at)mac.com
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations on all that you have achieved.
Can't wait to see what the next year brings!!
Andi x
congrats! i love your blog.
ReplyDeleteWell I'll jump on that. What a great giveaway, thanks for the chance to win, and especially thanks for the constant inspiration, I love your blog.
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your anniversary! Your blog is very inspiring and fun to read.
ReplyDeleteLove your blog! Happy Blog-iversary! You are so creative and inspiring :)
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary!
ReplyDeleteOne year already! Thanks so much for linking to us and for reading our blog. We appreciate what you give to the quilting world . . it's a colourful place and you're a big part of that !
ReplyDelete- Donna
(kindredcrafters (at) gmail (dot) com
Congrats on your Blogiversary! I love your blog!
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Congratulations! And thanks for sharing so many wonderful projects with us!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing your quilts! Keep on blogging!
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations! You truly are an inspiration and drive me to want to quilt every day...or at least as often as I possibly can :)
ReplyDeleteERoscoe@gmail.com
Congrats on a year! Thanks for all the inspiration and for the chance at your giveaway.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I love reading about and seeing all of your great quilts! Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeletehappy anniversary! thanks for being generous!
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ReplyDeleteWow 300+ posts in a year! You are so prolific in your quilting and blog posting. I love almost everything you have made and am jealous of the amount of time you can spend quilting!
ReplyDeletecongratulations! Thanks for all the posts and inspiration over the past year!
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Congratulations! I have only come across your blog recently, but have found it helpful and inspiring. What wonderful work - thank you for sharing it.
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations and thank you for all those 300 posts. You are an inspiration and an encouragement to we quilters.
ReplyDeleteHappy Happy Blogiversary!
ReplyDeleteRita, you rock! I love looking at all your colorful quilts!!!! Happy blogiversary!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on one year!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I really enjoy your blog and all of your beautiful work! Thanks for the giveaway!
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your blogiversary!! I have been following you for a while and I love your quilts.
ReplyDeleteMandy
I love your blog! Congratulations on celebrating your one year blog anniversary. Thanks for all the inspiration that you share.
ReplyDeletethat's a lot of followers in 1 year! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteYou do very beautiful work... I love seeing it and being inspired.
Congrats on such a fabulous first year...your success is well deserved. thank you for all the continuous inspiration!!
ReplyDeleteYour blog has made me think differently about quilting - it's not just for my grandma anymore!
ReplyDeletescottanderin19@q.com
happy one year anniversary!
ReplyDeletegreat giveaways! these are both things I "need" :)
Congrats! I love your quilts and your blog - thank you for the inspiration.
ReplyDelete(anita@monery.net) fingers and toes are crossed!
What a great giveaway! Congrats on a year of blogging!
ReplyDeleteCongrats!! I love reading your blog!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on one year! It's been fun to see all of your amazing projects!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate not having to jump through hoops. Congrats on your Anniversary! I have bookmarked several of your quilts for future projects. Thanks for great inspiration and pics of beautiful fabrics to look at.
ReplyDeleteHappy blog anniversary, Rita! Thank you for a year of glorious inspiration and beautiful quilts! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteOnly one year? Look how busy you have been! I would love to read about how you got to last year....when did you get the "bug" and how have your efforts changed over time previous to starting your blog?
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ReplyDeletecongratulations on such great milestones and thank you for hosting the giveaway and so much inspiration!!
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Rita! You have a lot to celebrate, indeed!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your anniversary. Fabulous giveaway!
ReplyDeleteHAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHERE'S TO MANY MANY MORE!!
AWESOME BLOG!!! LUV IT!
Regards
Sophie
While I may not Comment often, I have been among your Followers for quite some time.
ReplyDeleteI love the color that always shows up in your blog it sure brighten my days.
One year of blogging - mmmmmmm
over 300 posts - Wow ! ! ! ! !
Hope to read your blog for many years to come.
Hugs & ♥♥♥s,
Gerry
Happy Happy 1 year!! You are fantastic at this blog thing. Keep up the great work!! I look forward to each and every post. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your anniversary. I enjoy reading your blog. I'm looking forward to many more posts! Thank you for the great giveaway.
ReplyDeleteSo glad I stumbled upon your blog - I love your quilting style. Thanks for all of the inspiration you provide!
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations Rita! Your blog is a "must read" for me and I have enjoyed visiting over the past year. Looking forward to all the future inspiration.
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Your blog is an inspiration.
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ReplyDeleteWOW 300+ posts,1000 followers,400,000+ visitors
ReplyDeleteand Thousands of comments
How wonderful for you we all love to see what your doing and have to say.Congrats on 1 year
thank you for posting your process and your ideas--it's helped to jumpstart my own creative process, which was rather buried under the needs of my toddler. thank you!
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Congratulations! I have enjoyed reading your blog over these last few months!
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ReplyDeleteI'm in...congrats on your anniversary!
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ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary! I've been reading you for about 6 months or so...just about the time I started quilting! Love it!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your blogiversary! Two super-cool prizes! I love all the inspiration here.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your blogiversary!
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogiversary!
ReplyDeleteYour blog is so inspiring.
I appreciate every post!
thanks for the chance to win :)
brockdiva at hotmail dot com
That's a lot of inspiration that came from you. I would love to win either prize. I've purchased from Fabric Worm before, and her fabrics are wonderful. And I would love to get my hands on the premiere issue of this magazine.
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo! Congratulations on such a wonderful first year! I know that the years to come will bring great things as well!
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ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary! Thank-you for the beautiful eye candy and inspiration!!
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ReplyDeleteHappy Blogiversary!! Your blog is so inspiring to me. I can't believe it's only been a year .....
ReplyDeleteI love your blog and found it right around the time you justs started. I look at it first thing in the morning. The simplicity of your quilts is so refreshing!
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Congratulations on your 1st year of blogging. I find your creations quite inspiring. Thank you.
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Happy Blogiversary. I love to see your awesome quilts. Very inspiring. Here's to another year!
ReplyDeleteI would love to be included - enjoy your blog and seeing the simplistic way you have with machine quilting.
ReplyDeleteKaren
http://karensquilting.com/blog/
Congratulations on your 1 yr anniversary! You're a constant source of quilting inspiration! Thanks for the chance to enter! =)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the anniversary and 400,000 hits, Whoo Hoo!! That's a milestone and should be celebrated. Love to stop by and check out your projects.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to you! Great giveaway...what fun stuff! :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats. I think blogging changes people's lives.
ReplyDeleteAnd here is to another fabulous year!
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary to you and your blog!
ReplyDeletelissie.loo@gmail.com
Congrats! I love reading your blog
ReplyDeleteCongrats, I love looking at what you're doing.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! You make such beautiful quilts! Hard not to love. :0)
ReplyDeleteWow 130 comments in just one hour! You are a legend! Well done Rita. I love your style and reading your blog. You're such an inspiration, thanks for sharing. theresa@intuito.com.au
ReplyDeleteCongrats!! I love reading your blog!
ReplyDeleteoh my, what a lot of competition for these two awesome prizes! well i'm throwing my hat in as well! happy anniversary to you! email me at michpacey@gmail.com if there's good news!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your blogiversary! I found you back when the sewn launch party was happening, and Ive thoroughly enjoyed every post since!
ReplyDeleteMany many congratulations. May you continue to produce fabulous quilts and provide so much inspiration to others.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to your blog!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun, and congrats on your anniversary, blogiversary?You are truly inspirational.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! What a lovely giveaway!!!
ReplyDeleteYou've given me so much inspiration this year. I wish we had a gift to give you!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Rita! Those are some very impressive numbers! I am always inspired by your beautiful quilts - too inspired perhaps, because I spend far too much time sitting here and admiring rather than doing my own. ;-)
ReplyDeleteHow awesome!! Thanks for sharing your creations with us.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your blogiversary! I adore the things you do!! Cheers :D Trudy
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! And thanks for offering such a terrific give-away!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations? I would love to be entered in your giveaway.
ReplyDeleteYou've only been blogging a year? Was I there on the first day?!! I know you distracted me more than once! I love your projects!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations--your quilts are beautiful and inspirational!
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary!
ReplyDeleteP.s. I named my little girl Rita too!
Congratulations. Great blog, indeed.
ReplyDeleteFound you through flickr, great blog.
ReplyDeleteLotusLibrarian@gmail.com
Congrats! I've really enjoyed your blog. The giveaways are wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteslsattler (at) yahoo.com
love this giveaway!
ReplyDeletenettiepete at gmail dot com
You have a wonderful blog! Thanks for sharing your projects and the chance to win some great prizes!
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Congratulations! Thanks for all the inspiration!
ReplyDeletelparkermt@aol.com
One whole year! So much great work! thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your anniversary! Thanks for sharing your beautiful work with us.
ReplyDeleteWow... 126 comments. Congratulations. Your quilts always inspire me!
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary! Thanks for the opportunity to win. I love your blog.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your bloggiversary, Rita! I must say thank you for sharing all your wisdom and creativity and beautiful work on your blog--you're an inspiration!!
ReplyDeletecongrats.. Love your blog ...and quilts.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!! Thanks for the past year of wonderful ideas and posts. Here's to many many more!!!!
ReplyDeletethanks for an inspiration filled year!!
ReplyDeletecongrats!! what a wonderful accomplishment. keep up the great posts!!!
ReplyDeletekellifenderson at hotmail.
Congratulations, that's a wonderful milestone! I love your blog and return to it often for inspiration. Here's to another great year!
ReplyDeletekaitlin.neely@gmail.com
Love your work! Inspiring, for sure!
ReplyDeletejasnheidi@aol.com
my how time flies, congrats on your one year bloggaversary!!! Keep up the wonderful posts!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to you and thank you for this giveaway!
ReplyDeleteCount me in!
ReplyDeletelaurel.k.harper@verizon.net
Thanks for not making us jump through hoops but I would do it in a flat second to win these great prizes.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
Kelley
Congrats! Your blog is a constant source of inspiration to me.
ReplyDeleteAmy
amylynnthx (at) hotmail (dot) com
Congrats Rita. I guess I've been reading since the beginning. You continue to be an inspiration to me. Here's to many more years of blogging happiness. Ann
ReplyDeleteHappy 1 year anniversary! love your blog and seeing what you're up to!
ReplyDeletethanks for a generous giveaway!
Corrie;)
Wow! Congratulations!! Happy Blogaversary :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations. Your work is inspiring!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, you have been a blogging inspiration.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting us participate. Your quilts are so interesting and inspirational.
ReplyDeleteMyra
myrayeretsky@sbcglobal.net
Congrats and much appreciation for the year of inspiration! May there be many, many more to come for you!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! Love this blog and find endless inspiration- thanks!
ReplyDeletethreedancingmagpies@mac.com
Congrats! If you were to ever stop blogging you would be sorely missed, all that inspiration gone. So here' hoping for many many more anniversaries!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your one year! Here's wishing you a great next year and onward. :-)
ReplyDeleteCongrats!!
ReplyDeletexoxo~Meg
megcantrell2008@yahoo.com
I love your blog - congrats on your anniversary - much continued success!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the anniversary! I have enjoyed looking through your blog for inspiration.
ReplyDeletehappy first blog birthday! thanks for the great giveaway :)
ReplyDeletecourtney.janelle.sews@gmail.com
Happy anniversary! I enjoy your colorful blog.
ReplyDeleteSarah
getstitchy AT yahoo
Happy anniversary!! I have really enjoyed your blog in the short time I've been following it and look forward to seeing lots more great stuff in the future!!
ReplyDeleteOh, congratulations!!!! I love your blog!
ReplyDeleteyay! I love your blog and seeing all your quilts :)
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy reading your blog! Happy 1yr Anniversary!
ReplyDeleteCongrats. Love your blog.
ReplyDeleteHolly
hollydaycloset@yahoo.com
Happy Anniversary! Congrats from Canada!
ReplyDeleteCongrats... thanks for the chance to win some wonderful gifts..
ReplyDeletedebbebennett at yahoo dot com
Happy anniversary! I love seeing the things you've created!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on a great year. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteHeather
olive_and_ollie{at!}yahoo dot com
Congratulations! 1000 followers in one year is nothing short of amazing :) Your quilts are always inspirational, I subscribe by rss feeds!
ReplyDeleteLove your blog. Congratulations on a year! You are so talented!
ReplyDeleteKaren
jkham (at) netins dot net
I hadn't been quilting for very long when I found your blog. You make me a better quilter. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteWow - I would love to be entered for these.
ReplyDeletersgrandinetti@yahoo(Dot)com
Happy anniversary! Love your blog.
ReplyDeleteHi Rita,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the anniversary - what a wonderful year it has been & thanks again for your generousity with information and of course that wonderful inspiration you provide us all.
Christine xo
Thank you for all the inspiration you've provided to the online quilting community this year!
ReplyDeleteeatonjan@hotmail.com
Congratulations on your milestone, Rita. Your blog is a delight to follow! Cheers, Di www.snippetsnscraps.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the anniversary! I love your quilts!
ReplyDeletechadandbrynn (at) hotmail dot com
Wow Happy Blogiversary! What an accomplishment in one year. Thanks for entering me. I believe if you click on my name, it will take you to my email addy.
ReplyDelete50 smacks at Fabric Worm? Yeah, I could be coerced...
ReplyDeletecongrats on your milestone! It's a delight following you! ♫ ♫!
Pick me Mr. random number picker! I'll promise to love you for life!♥