Moms in Training Raffle

I am very excited to announce a raffle with some pretty fantastic prizes!  I have a goal to raise $500 by the end of May for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in memory of my uncle Gordon.  Leukemia took his life, but we have the opportunity to help find a cure so that others may survive. 

$1 gets you 1 raffle entry up to as many dollars and entries as you want. 

The following is the prize package:

1 - Custom quilt  you help me design, up to lap size (or choose 1 of 2 that I have already finished)

2 - Cute beach bag

3 - 2 full sheets of Jamberry Nails

To enter the raffle, just go to the this link and make a donation.  You will automatically receive as many entries as donation dollars!  Easy!  The contest closes after the my race on May 30th. 

Quilt #1

Quilt #2

Beach Bag

Jamberry Nail options - Choose 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you so much for all of your support!

http://pages.teamintraining.org/oswim/momintrn15/kgriffard

2015: Word of the Year

After much reading of blogs and becoming obsessed with all things quilting, I realized that I needed to actually participate in the tradition of New Year's Resolutions.  Sort of.  There's this wonderful thing called the Word of the Year.  It's a word you choose that kind of sets the stage for everything you do throughout the year.  I threw around so many options.  "Finish" was at the top of the list.  But in the end the word that won out was "CELEBRATE"! 

This year, I want to celebrate my achievements, my finishes, even my baby steps.  Celebrating brings with it a spirit of happiness and positivity.  It cultivates an attitude of gratitude.  And there really is so much to celebrate! 

I've also joined the incredible Pat Sloan in her quilting forum.  The ladies there (who call themselves Sloanies, which is seriously awesome) are all about support and finishes and working on those UFOs.  Because of them, I have a plan of attack and a list of all of my unfinished quilts and projects.  And I'm no longer afraid of UFOs!  Pat Sloan also has a gorgeous fabric line called One For You One For Me which has had me drooling since it came out.  For my birthday last year, I convinced my awesome husband to buy me a fat quarter bundle.  Oh the yumminess!  I am using it to participate in Pat's block of the month party.  So much fun!  She has also convinced me to make time to sew at least 10 minutes a day and the progress is so inspiring. 

One of my favorite moments this week was getting an email from Carolyn Friedlander telling me that I had won a copy of her new book!  I was definitely excited.  Then when my package came and she had included two mini charms of her latest fabric line Doe, I was over the moon.  (Yes, I'm drooling over this fabric line too.)

These quilters are so generous with their time and talents!  I couldn't be more thrilled to be part of such an incredible community. :)

A Baby Quilt

2014 was full of a lot of time behind the sewing machine.  Too many projects went unfinished so my goal this year is to remedy that!  I am going to start documenting my projects on here, and my goal is to do at least one per week. 

This is the quilt I made for Gabby last spring before she was born.  I bought it as a half yard bundle of fabric and made up the design from there.  It is sewn and quilted on my home machine.  I also added some strips of ribbon to the front to give it a little texture.  This is one of my favorite finishes!