She forgot her insecurities (8†x 10â€)
The above quilt is a thread embellished print of a scanned painting that was printed onto cotton fabric. When creating the original painting, the words stuck with me and I spent most of 2011 letting go of insecurities and taking risks. It didn’t always work out well; there were tears and frustration. But overall, I’ve had an adventure, learned a lot and I’m thrilled with all that I’ve accomplished this year:
- Creating art quilts in all shapes and sizes like this one, this one, this one and this one
- Finishing my first hand quilted quilt
- Having quilts and articles in Sew Somerset June issue
- Creating and quilting my first queen size quilt and commission
- Opening an Etsy shop
- Teaching/presenting how to make creative girl art quilts
- Having quilts and an article in Art Quilting Studio December issue
I feel like celebrating my successes and the timing of the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day is perfect.
One lucky reader will win the thread embellished print/art quilt above.
A second lucky reader will win a Creative Girl Faces & Dress Patterns mini kit with the dress pattern in 2 sizes, quilt instructions and 8 small and 4 large faces.
To enter the giveaway, leave a comment before 5pm Pacific time on Friday, December 16th telling me about one of your favorite successes of the past year.
I’ll randomly select the 2 winners (one for the quilt and one for the kit) on Saturday.
Be sure to visit Sew Mama Sew to find all giveaways this week.
One of my biggest successes of 2011 has been opening a lil’ Etsy shop. My goal was to be able to have my hobby pay for itself and I’ve succeeded. (yay me!) This has only been made possible because of another great success, finding a fabulous doctor who is helping me make positive steps forward with my neurological pain disorder/disease… RSD/CRPS. Both are achievements I would not have thought possible last year.
My biggest success, is having my second daughter. It took 9 days of labor, and a c-section, so it was quite an undertaking 😉
One of my favourite successes this year has been to take online classes in a variety of media.
Due to the fact that I have enjoyed them so much, I am now out of control and taking many more. It’s a good thing.
Erin
I’m not sure if this is my success, but this year I got my first child (a daughter) through the college selection process, graduate from high school and off to college. I think the success was learning to let go…
Hello… my year was fine!!! 🙂
I have worked very hard this year at decluttering in all aspects of my life. Still have a way to go, but being finished isn’t required for being successful.
Lovely! I can certainly relate to struggling with insecurities.
My favorite success… I work one on one with students with learning differences. My favorite successes are theirs!
My favorite successes this year were starting my blog and building the following on my Facebook fan page!
Thanks for having the giveaway 🙂
This year was a big year as my husband and I worked hard to finally integrate his daughter (from a previous relationship) into our families – despite the fact that she, our families, and we are in three distant states from each other. We had her visit for a month this summer, and visit back to the home state, and meet a lot of family she had never met before. It was a very loving and heartwarming experience… with lots of emotional impact.
It’s beautiful. And my favorite success this year is this: My daughter challenged me to read 50 books in 2011, and I am only three books away (with plenty of time left!)
My biggest success quilting wise this year was finishing a king-size quilt for my bed…it had been mocking me for over a year sitting next to the sewing machine.
Wow! Your work is gorgeous! I don’t know if I could make anything that beautiful.
I completed a few quilts this year…that is an accomplishment for me. I’m fairly new to this whole quilting bit and I am glad to have some experience under my belt! Thanks for a chance to win!
I made a goal to knit one item per month for 12 items this year and I achieved my goal by november
My biggest success this year was getting my oldest kid through college. Woo hoo!! One down, two to go.
I am entering this year with the goal to let go.
I worry about things that are not in my hands to
control and hold on to things that are better
free. And scared of failing, so I dont try things
that I really want to do.
Wow that was hard to just say out loud in
public. Wish me luck i’m going to need it.
Thank you for including me in your give way.
now to go wander around your site.
Have a lovely day
The biggest success of my year (life) has been the birth of my son and being the best mum I can be.
you are such a talent. thank you for sharing
You know, I keep a list of my “accomplishments” on my computer, including what crafts I have done, what books I have read, and things we do around the house. Even with this list I can’t tell you what I feel I have succeeded with. Hm. Something to reflect on. Thank you.
My favourite success this year is my wonderful family. I work, craft and am blessed with a wonderful family. Life is good.
I learned how to make dolls for my daughters and all the other little ones in my life.
My best success this year was birthing a perfectly healthy and adorable baby boy. Love that guy.
What a lovely quilt! I love the threadpainting. I’ve added your blog to my google reader. Thank you for the fun giveaway. My biggest success in the past year was finishing a bunch of UFOs that had been languishing for several years!
I read the book ‘Do Hard Things’ by Alex and Brett Harris, and realized that fear of rejection was holding me back from being a better friend. I’ve been trying to reach out more.
thank you for a chance to win such a beautiful giveaway! This year I moved in with my sister who has cancer..I have learned to live each day and appreciate each of life’s moments…
One of my biggest successes was to finish a bed size quilt and learn how to long arm. I am still a beginner but at least I have started. Congratulations on all your successes this year. Merry Christmas. Your doll quilt is beautiful.
a crafting success I had this year was learning to crochet! I made a blanket and am giving it to my daughter for Christmas 🙂
Desi
weeshareblog@gmail.com
Beautiful. My favorite accomplishment was the home birth of my third son.
Kathi
Going back to school in my 40s after finally deciding what I wanted to do with the rest of my life!
My success this year was not only mine 🙂
I got my second sweet little daughter in may.
One of my favorite successes this year was making it past 1 year of breastfeeding my daughter. That and starting up my etsy shop and my blog.
Oh, I love this piece! I forget about successes, but there have been several this year: opening my Etsy vintage shop (http://www.etsy.com/shop/happycornerstore), quitting chewing my fingernails (after 30+ years) and taking up running again!
Success? I stood up for myself and didn`t let myself to be bullied into venture that wouldn`t have brought any money for me but for the other person yes.
One of my successes was getting the siding re-done on the back of my house. The original siding was falling down. Thanks for the giveaway!
I love this, hope I win!
I would say my biggest success this year was sticking to my New Year’s 2011 resolution to NOT buy any new clothing. I didn’t! Which was really hard considering I came back from living abroad and none of my clothing fit nor was it “fashionable” but I made do!
My of my biggest successes was learning to crochet!!
Our 3rd child was born this year. So my success has been balancing being a mother of three – especially when it comes to preparing dinner meals. I’ve started planning our meals a week at a time – a lot of them use the crock pot, to save time in the afternoon. My parents stayed with us this summer and they were impressed with my dinner making skills, so that made me proud. I also started price matching at Walmart this year, so that has saved us quite a bit in the grocery budget too. We’ve stuck to using cash in envelopes all year. 🙂
Thanks for the giveaway.
So very sweet and lovely!!! Faces are so hard, I think, so this would be a great prize! And how I love the letting go of insecurities. I am very proud of my self for getting better and not staying attached to the catastrophe lane stories I used to jump to when in stressful situations. Yeah me!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!!
I completed my first ragged edge quilt! I used fabric I’ve been dragging around for over a decade (ahem) thinking ‘I’ll get to that someday!’ So, I guess it’s finally ‘someday…’
wow..this is a beautiful quilt!! My great success is that my family is happy, healthy, and well-rounded…raising three kids is HARD!! 🙂 Thanks for the chance, have fun with your giveaway!
Biggest success this year was starting my own business. Woo hoo!
I can’t believe you are giving this beauty away. Thanks so much for the opportunity to win it. My success this year isn’t as lofty of some!…just learning to foundation piece was a big one for me!
Amazing! The kit is so cute too. great idea. I have had a long and hard year but many successes as a result. I now have the chance for safety and happiness! So thankful.
That is beautiful. Thanks for the chance! I helped my daughter learn to read this year. 🙂
My favorite success was starting and maintaining a healthy relationship and creating more time to spend with my daughter.
My greatest success of the year is learning to feel like a competent home cook.
Taking time for my sewing, while keeping my family time!
Your quilt is absolutely beautiful! My success is learning to live in the moment and breath. jinglesells at gmail dot com
My biggest accomplishment this long past year has been going with myself instead against myself, in developing my visual language, and coming up with new uses for my fused paper works. I am really looking forward to seeing what the next year brings. Your blog and work is very inspirational!
My biggest success this year is not listening to people when they say “oh, you have a kid…You’ll just have to give up crafting now”. It’s been challenging, but I’ve been able to feed my creative side without neglecting my little girl. This art piece would be the perfect piece of inspiration to help me when I’m working in my craft cave!