Friends & Followers Giveaway

Welcome to you ... my friends and followers!

My first post in my humble and often

wandering rambling blog was on 

May 28, 2010 ... not so long ago in days, 

but so very many lifetimes ago.

I do not recall when I reached 503 followers,

though I am grateful for each of you!

Nor am I aware of when I surpassed the 300th

post ... certainly I haven't had much wisdom

to share or I'd have remembered right?

What I do know, and think of often ... are 

the wonderful, wonderful quilters, bloggers,

... FRIENDS ... I have met through this blog.

Those of you who visit with me often know

my stance on kindness, my belief in a kind word,

and while I will not rant on that again today,

but I do want to share with all of you my

utmost gratitude for those people who have

made such a difference in my life through this

blog ... Mary of Quilt Hollow was one of the 

very first to make such an indelible impression

on this newbie blogger all those posts ago ...

she may not remember why, 

but I do and thank her for it!

I also know for a fact that my blog would not

be nearly what it is today if not for the grace

and intelligence of a very dear 

Cheerleader Madame Samm.

She chooses to lead Sew We Quilt, 

our online quilting bee of which I am

grateful to belong and participate ...

She shares, inspires, and CHEERS for so many,

I am proud and honored to think of her as friend.

But beyond anything, I would not have reason

to share my ramblings and sometime creative

endeavors were it not for my friends and followers

who chose to visit me from time to time and

are so very kind to leave encouraging words...

There are so many, many for whom I am grateful

that I would be afraid of leaving any out,

so instead, to all, I humbly say ... 

Thank you!

For offering of my gratitude, I share with you

what has been in my head for quite some time

just waiting to be taken out and created ... 

just for one of you ...

Saturday morning I started with a scrap of 

Minkee, drafting paper, and some bits and

pieces from my fabric stash: 

Teddy ~ in the making ...

A close up of the material for color purposes since the
weather did not cooperate for proper picture taking ...

What I ended up with is of my own design and quilting:

Thank You Teddy ~ 20 x 22 inches

Please forgive the pictures ... 

the clouds and rain did not assist in proper 

picture taking, but I did not want to wait 

any longer to post this giveaway ...

I adore teddy bears ... the soft and fuzzy

squeeze-ability of them ... they often become

our best friends as children and become reminders

of childhood friends long into adulthood.

Therefore, once this Teddy entered my

head, asking to be created, I couldn't resist

the idea of adding the thank you ...

In fact, I already have a few more in the works

with different colors and different words

on the banner above ... 

stay tuned for more shares :) 

especially since my daughters haven't seen this one yet {grin}

I did purposefully create this hanging 

in muted colors, hoping it would work in

with more decor by doing so ...

This giveaway is open to the followers of

Why Knot Kwilt and to my Facebook friends

as I know many follow my blog via Facebook.

So please, if you are interested in my giveaway,

either for yourself or as a timely gift for another

at this time of year, leave me a comment,

tell me how you follow Why Knot Kwilt,

and MAKE SURE I CAN CONTACT YOU.

No-Reply bloggers cannot be contacted

and therefore there is no way of letting

you know you won and will have to be passed

up for another.

If you wish for a second chance to win,

well, leave a second comment and let me know

when you first came across my blog and 

if you have a favorite post ... or

what brought you back for another visit 

besides my charming good looks 

and witty humor, of course!

hahahahaha

Warm wishes and happy stitching!

of course ... I will ship internationally!!!!

heck ... details, details ... 

I will draw a winner on 12/13/13...