Mare's nest: THE WINNER!!!

before I announce the winner, I'd like to introduce all of you to my good friend Trudy. Trudy is an award winning quilter who works out of her home in lovely Wisconsin. I wish I had some pictures of her awesome quilting to show you, but take my word for it, she is great! Trudy, who is currently a non blogger agreed to be my impartial judge since she doesn't know any of my bloggy friends. soooooooooooooooooooo (drumroll please) Trudy says..............

"I choose the quilt shop one (erzebat). Reason is, even though I admire your selfless efforts to save a child under the Hummer, and the story of your 'day at home' is fun, the fabric store one is pretty funny and sums us all up"

So, there you have it! Erzebat, email me your snail addy and the totebag will be on it's way!

honestly I had to have someone who doesn't know all of you judge because there is NO WAY I could pick! they were all GREAT! Pole dancing, snicker. The dog and the snow removal certainy could have been true!! The Hummer one really made me feel good though! So brave, so selfless. And Kims! HA!!! In my dreams I am that flexible! And getting all my Christmas quilting done, that is yet another DREAM!! Ahhh lovely dreams huh? Well i'ts been fun, now back to my armchair and my quilting magazines. I think I need about 81 more though!

Three pennies a day

I have been trying to give my three cents worth lately. I read about this movement to change the world by 3 pennies.
What you do is, every morning you put three pennies in your left pocket. During the course of the day if you do something nice for someone you move one penny to your right pocket. So, it can be something big and nice, something unexpected and nice or even something small and nice like opening the door for a stranger. Then at the end of the day your goal is to have the three pennies in your right pocket.
Kind of neat huh? Just a little pocket reminder to be nice to people and go out of your way a bit. I also tell myself sometimes, "ooo that wasn't a nice thought, I should have to move my penny back!" ;-)
I hope whoever reads this has a three penny day.

Up date on one of the Worlds Smallest Quilt Guilds

Our membership is now officially 50% bigger than previously noted! My good friend Susan from Florida is now an official member of the guild. Initiation took place at the International Quilt Festival in Chicago. Flori, as she is lovingly called in our guild brings a special imitable style to our most exclusive guild. She hob-nobs with Alex Anderson, rubs elbows with Pink Flamingos and knows me! Guess that last part wasn't too humble now was it? ;p Flori is our official Officer in Charge of Coffee and she did her job remarkably well at the festival, finding coffee for us when the situation was getting quite desperate. She also found coffee fabric which was quite the feather in her cap. Well, it would be if she was wearing one. Good job new officer!

History of One of the wolds smallest quilt guilds

I once believed I belonged to THE worlds smallest quilt guild, 2 people- my favorite cousin and myself. Then Mary Stori came to my local guild as speaker and she pointed out that she and a fellow quilt friend were the worlds smallest quilt guild. So, I had to revise my thinking. ONE of the worlds smallest quilt guilds consists of myself and my favorite cousin, we don't have regular meetings as the distance is a bit far for either of us to commit to on a regular basis. She lives in gorgeous Colorado, with a spectacular view of Pikes Peak, I live in lovely Wisconsin, within a short drive of beautiful Lake Michigan.
As a guild however, we are working on 2 or more round robbins. I say 2 or more because I forget exactly where we are with them. I have 2 at my house, and if I remember correctly she has 1 at her house. When we get together, usually in CO, we do a lot of quilt retreating as she has a longarm machine. We don't pay dues, and we haven't decided yet which of us is president, but I think I'm going to run for that office this year. I'm pretty sure I will win as she is awfully busy homeschooling 5 kids, taking care of a baby and running her longarm machine daily. She does most of the charity quilts, quilting donations on her longarm, though we have done several prayer quilts together for people we have heard about.
Now for a name for our little group........ I'm thinking, there will be more on this in my ramblings

6 comments:

Chris Daly said...: Your my hero and oh so selfless. with never a thought for your own safety when you rescued that child.; April 7, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Susan Freebery said...: Yeah, Erzebat! Well done! And well done to Trudy, the impartial judge!; April 8, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Kim said...: Yay! I'm glad to hear you're recovering! Now be more careful with those handcuffs from now on, okay?! ROFLOL!; April 10, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Red Geranium Cottage said...: Happy Easter!!!!; April 12, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Kim said...: How's the recovery going?; April 23, 2009 at 7:48 AM
Heidi said...: WHERE ARE YOU?!?!?!; April 25, 2009 at 12:21 PM

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THE WINNER!!!

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