Last night, I dreamed that I was buried under a huge mountain of tangerine jelly beans!
Thank goodness so many of you also love those Jelly Bellys, it only took an hour for you to eat your way to me! And while you were kind enough not to actually say it, I could tell that you were hoping there might be some orange fabric under that “tangerine pile” and you were just a little bit disappointed to find me instead!
First, let me thank everyone for all the wonderful posts ~ I enjoyed reading every one of them and while I did get to answer quite a few of them, I know that I’m not going to be able to answer all of them. So I hope you’ll forgive me. And a huge thank you to Pat for inviting me to her Sew Along! I got to sew, I got to spend the day in my jammies ~ not the "witchy ones" just yet and I got to hang out with quilters! It was a great day! And since a few of you weren’t quite sure ~ the story about meeting Pat in Pittsburgh is sort of true. It all depends on how you look at “the facts”. As Joe Friday used to say, “just the facts, ma’am”… I did meet Pat in Pittsburgh. I did walk back to my hotel from dinner one night. There are nuns in Pittsburgh. There are biker bars in Pittsburgh. There are tattoo parlors in Pittsburgh. And there is a police department in Pittsburgh and I will assume that they have handcuffs. So all the pertinent details are there… I just re-arranged all the pieces and stitched them together in a way that I thought worked best for me. As befits a quilter, don’t you think? And to those of you who asked, I would gladly ship my basket anywhere in the world! Canada, the Netherlands, Malaysia, Australia, anywhere! Don’t tell anyone but I’m a little that I don’t get to go “international” this time around. Next time… I promise! Now about that basket I was going to give away… Wait… before I get to that, I have to do the oh-so-official recitation regarding the Academy voting process, how the ballots are tabulated and so on. And in the end, my Mom picked two numbers between 1 and 186 ~ the total number of comments on the three posts. After getting everything in order from first to last by the time the comment was posted, the winner is… Oh, yikes! I almost forgot to tell you… The MOST amazing thing happened last night! I left the basket of goodies on the table in my workroom and I turned off the lights when I went to bed. Then when I came in this morning, look what I found! It multiplied! All by itself… What? You mean you’ve never tried to use that line with someone in your life to explain how your “historical collection” (definition ~ your quilting stash) manages to keep growing despite your having sworn off buying any more fabric? So the two winners are…. · # 10 ~ Charlie in Kansas City ~ aka Qubeequilts · #101 ~ Vickie in Cleveland If you’ll e-mail me with your mailing addresses, I’ll see about getting a Priority Mail box off to you this week! If I don’t mail it soon, you might be missing a few jelly beans… To everyone who gets to continue sewing along with Pat and her friends, have a most wonderful "Orange Day!" I get to sew a little bit today on something pink and pastel... then it's off to work. Hi Ho Hi Ho... And that's all I know...
Congrats to the winners.
Posted by: Susan Ramey Cleveland | February 21, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Hmmmm..my posts keep disappearing, ah well, I'll try once more, Congratulations to Charlie and Vickie!!! Enjoy, I know I would.
Posted by: Nancy | February 21, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Even though I didn't win I get excited just seeing all the goodies! Happy Orange Day!
Posted by: Wanda Sotkowy | February 21, 2009 at 02:20 PM
Congrats to the winners!
Posted by: lesthook | February 21, 2009 at 05:48 PM
#rd try .Mine keep disappearing too,LOL!
Posted by: lesthook | February 21, 2009 at 05:50 PM
Is that my scrap bag keeps getting bigger? It is multiplying while I sleep!
Posted by: Dawn | February 21, 2009 at 05:55 PM
Carrie, you are so funny!
And I mean that in a very good way!
I haven't won, but I'm sitting here with a big smile on my face.
Thanks for that!
:o)))))
Congratulations to the winners!
:o)
Posted by: Juul :o) | February 21, 2009 at 06:18 PM
You are so funny. Generous too! My shoes do that. Multiply that is. How else can I explain the excess of footwear in my closet to my husband?
Posted by: Nicole | February 21, 2009 at 06:20 PM
So funny! Thanks for sharing the giggles today! Congrats to Charlie and Vickie!
Posted by: SarahB | February 21, 2009 at 06:57 PM
That's kind of cool how that basket cloned itself overnight. I wish some of my fabrics would do that - you know those ones you just can't bear to cut into, lest you use it all up?
Posted by: Lisa D. | February 23, 2009 at 03:51 PM