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A Blog Hop?
No, she better didn’t!
H to the Oh Hell No!
I’ve never been a part of a Blog Hop (neither a follower or a contributor) but once asked by designer/author/teacher/friend Linda Lum DeBono, one loses one’s choice in the matter, doesn’t one?
Here’s how all this shakes down:
I get the call from Linda Lum DeBono asking me to be a part of the mix. I say ‘yes’ (what are friends for?). I get another call a few days later from Linda Lum DeBono. I say ‘yes’ again. A week or so later comes a text from Linda Lum DeBono asking me if I’m going to ‘flake out’ on the blog hop. I say ‘no’. She asks me if I’ll participate. I say ‘yes.’ Multiply this by 15 and you get the picture.
Now, you know (and even if you don’t) that once Linda Lum DeBono gets her mitts on you, she twists your arm, kicks your shins, and wears a human down. I acquiesced. And here I am — my first blog hop.
Who Knew?
In every dark night, a little light must fall and here was my big fat blog hop surprise: Once I got into it, I really got into it and I loved it, in spite of the fact that I suck at deadlines (Linda Lum DeBono was right and I blame that on the Catholic school and Sister Miriam Fideles, but that’s another blog posting for another time)!
A Bit o’History
Here’s what was going on 85 years ago when Jaftex was born . . .
Coca-Cola introduced their Fountain Truck
Miss Pittsburgh (my hometown) stood along side of Miss Romania and Miss Russia to compete for Miss Universe
You can see what a thriving metropolis Pittsburgh was in the 30s! Is it any wonder the city competed in the Miss Universe Pageant? I grew up just a little more than 2 miles from the bridge on the bottom right (but almost 30 years after this photo was taken).
Walt Disney was promoting Mickey Mouse
Rudy Vallee, Bing Crosby and Maurice Chevalier were the Justin Biebers’ of the time
What else?
Jaftex Corp. was founded in the 1930’s when Jacob A. Fortunoff started selling fabric on the streets of New York. At that time, the mainstay of the business was women’s sleepwear and lingerie.
In the 80’s, Jacob’s grandson, Robert, dramatically changed the business of the company.
The business focus was transferred to the over the counter quilt industry when Robert purchased companies like A.E. Nathan, Henry Glass, Stylemaker, Chanteclaire, Fabric Editions/Studioe and more recently The Blank Quilting Corp. Robert is now joined by his two sons, Scott and Greg.
Scott currently is the President of Studioe Fabrics, The Blank Quilting Corp. & A.E. Nathan Co., Inc.
Greg just joined the business in late 2014 and has successfully spearheaded the company’s foray in to precut fabrics among other contributions.
Prizes!
You don’t think any blog hop worth its salt would forget prizes, do you?
CLICK HERE TO WIN SOME FANTASTIC PRIZES: 85th Anniversary Giveaway
Your big surprise from me is that you can win 20 FFQ (Fabulous Fat Quarters) of the very fabrics that I used to design my Jaftex Happy Anniversary Blog Hop project with!
CUE HAPPY DANCE!
I’ll give you the details on how to win the fat quarters later in this post . . .
So, Here Goes My Official Blog Hop Post . . .
How excited am I to have been asked to be a part of the celebration of the 85th anniversary of Jaftex, the company that has brought us the wonderful fabrics and talented designers for Henry Glass, Blank Quilting, and Studioe Fabrics? The answer is, I’m very excited.
Over the years, I have become both personal and professional friends with many of the Jaftex family of designers, and have used Henry Glass, Blank, and Studioe fabrics throughout my quilting journey — yes, for professional in-a-magazine projects, but also for my own fabric projects.
I rarely get a chance to just play with fabrics much anymore, I have too many writing deadlines and lecture and teaching dates. Since I launched The Slow Stitching Movement last year, all of those responsibilities have tripled. Having the blog hop fabrics sent to me to just dream and drool over was a gift.
Now What? And Why I Blame Montana
While I was visiting the amazing Big Sky Quilt Shop in Great Falls, Montana (Hi, Joyce!), one of my students brought in trim that had been made in Southeast Asia that I have seen here and there, and worked up in a few different variations, over the years. Who makes this stuff? How did they make it? Could I figure out how to make the very primitive and most likely indigenous trim that I loved so much?
Do not dare me, sister, I am not in the mood. I became obsessed.
It was also during that trip, flying home from Great Falls actually, that I realized that my organizational skills were lacking and my car rental slips were mixed in with half of my travel itinerary, along with a ticket to the parking lot where my car was, but without the “Paid in Full” receipt that I had been instructed to show upon return. I worried from the time I boarded the plane in the Great Falls, though my Denver layover, and finally landing in Newark, wondering if I’d ever find all of the papers I’d need to get home, not to mention reciepts for the vultures at the IRS. I was a hot mess. I knew that I needed some kind of organizational system.
The Fabric
OK, I get it!
“Hello, I’m Mister Pickle Road Studios, and I’m representing Peppered Cottons from Studioe!”
I was asked to work with Studioe fabric, shot cottons, designed my long-time buddy, Pepper Cory. I couldn’t resist. I’ve wanted to get my hands on her Peppered Cottons for a long time (which, by the way, I need to get my hands on some of that big plaid of hers).
Soon enough, sitting in front of me, were 20 beautiful colors of Peppered Cotton shots, ready for action. I hadn’t worked with Studioe shots before and was surprised at their hand. These fabrics are substantial and don’t fray as I thought they might, and my project uses teeny-tiny squares and rectangles, around 3/4-inch at best. I expected them to fall apart with handling and they didn’t. Whew! The colors are rich and saturated while still maintaining a traditional India-Pakistani ‘boho’ quality.
The Project
I was in dire need of a travel organizer that would keep me on track while on the teaching and lecture circuit. It came to me. What if I merged my burning desire for making my own primitive fabric trim and then designed a pattern for a travel organizer that the trim could be sewn into? A button? A zipper? My muse had spoken. To the drawing board!
What I discovered in my plotting, planning and sewing, is that my trim would not be traditionally pieced but merely folded fabric and manipulated, secured on a foundation. It really was just playtime, and the trial and error (and error and trial and error) of trying to find the perfect widths, creases. and folds of the Peppered Cotton fabrics.
My Finished Piece
O… and Voila!
The Get-Mark-Home Travel Organizer (featuring his 3-D Exotic Fabric Folded trim)
I’m not selling patterns for this sucker yet, but I will teach a class for your guild or local shop in making these (give me a call at 908.876.1208 to schedule something – wait until you see my Exotic Trim Zippered Pouch premiering on this blog sometime next week – I’m teaching that, too and I’m currently booking 2017). I have classes scheduled early next year where you can learn this Exotic Primitive Folded Trim technique yourself, while creating a small zippered pouch. Subscribe to this blog for details (…and while you’re here, why not look around? You might like it.)
You’ve Got to Play to Win!
Now is your chance to win two, yes TWO, fat quarter bundles of Pepper Cory’s Peppered Cottons that I used in my Get-Mark-Home Travel Organizer! That’s 5 full yards of fabric! 20 Peppered Cottons fat quarters!
Shipping will be paid by me for any winner of the drawing who are residents of the USA (sorry, non-resident folks). However, if you’re in Canada, Iceland, Palau or any other country, I’m willing to ship your Peppered Cottons to you, only if you’re willing to pay the extra postage to get them there (we’ll work something out through PayPal). Sound like a deal?
Here’s How to Win The FFQs
All you have to do is leave a comment (leave one daily, the more you’re in the better your chances to win) in the comments section of this blog. For every comment you leave, I will award you a ticket that will be dropped into a big bowl (no more than one ticket per person per day).
At the end of the Jaftex Blog Hop (October 1), I will choose a ticket from all of the entries and announce the winner. So keep coming back and leaving your comments.
WARNING! WARNING!
Even if you leave more than one message per 24-hour period, a person can only win one ticket per day.
What to Write in Your Comment?
That’s up to you! I’d love to hear your thoughts, ideas, and opinions on everything from soup to nuts. In the meantime, why not visit the Studioe, Henry Glass, or Blank Fabric websites. Here are the links:
STUDIOe FABRICS:
http://www.studioefabrics.com
HENRY GLASS:
http://www.henryglassfabrics.com
BLANK FABRICS:
http://www.blankquilting.com
FOLLOW THE BLOG HOP
THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER:
September 1 – Kim guest posting @ American Patchwork & QuiltingSeptember 2 – Pepper @ Pepper at the Quilt StudioSeptember 3 – Anjeanette @ Anjeanette KlinderSeptember 4 – Leanne @ The Whole Country CaboodleSeptember 5 – Mark @ Mark Lipinski’s BlogSeptember 6 – Heather @ Heather Kojan QuiltsSeptember 7 – Heather @ Trends and TraditionsSeptember 7 – Martha @ Wagons West DesignsSeptember 8 – Linda @ Linda Lum DeBonoSeptember 9 – Heidi @ Red Letter QuiltsSeptember 10 – Jill @ Jillily StudiosSeptember 10 – Dana @ My Lazy DaisySeptember 11 – Penny @ Sew Simple DesignsSeptember 12 – Ida @ Cowtown QuiltsSeptember 13 – Liz and Beth @ Lizzie B Cre8iveSeptember 14 – Melissa @ Sew Bitter Sweet DesignsSeptember 15 – Yvonne @ Quilting JetgirlSeptember 16 – Amy @ Kati CupcakeSeptember 16 – Barbara @ QuiltSoup2September 17 – Erica @ Kitchen Table QuiltingSeptember 18 – Leona @ Leona’s Quilting AdventureSeptember 19 – Margot @ The Pattern BasketSeptember 20 – Sylvia @ Flying Parrot QuiltsSeptember 21 – Lorna @ Sew Fresh QuiltsSeptember 22 – Kim @ Aurifil ThreadsSeptember 23 – Rebekah @ Don’t Call Me BeckySeptember 24 – Julie @ The Crafty QuilterSeptember 25 – Mary Ellen @ Little QuiltsSeptember 25 – Mary Jane @ Holly Hill DesignsSeptember 26 – Daisy @ Ants to SugarSeptember 27 – Melissa @ Happy QuiltingSeptember 28 – Janet @ One S1sterSeptember 29 – Jenny @ Martingale& Co.September 30 – Teresa @ Third Floor Quilts
Thanks for dropping by my blog! And Happy Anniversary Jaftex! xooxm
TOMORROW: September 6 – Heather @ Heather Kojan Quilts
Love your organizer and I hope it helped you get your papers in order! Love your blog even more! Thanks for sharing your quilting adventures.
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Mark I love your blog and love the chance to win this fabric. Thank you for taking the time to do the blog and all the great things you put in it. Oh and so glad it comes in the mail too. Happy Anniversary to Jaftex also!
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Beautiful colours in your organizer!! I’m happy Linda “forced” you to do this 😉
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Oh! My, My, My!! I love your organizer. The larger picture of the organizer hooked me on those beautiful colors. You are a perfectionist. Love it!
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Your travel organizer is perfect! Beautiful design, nifty colors. Love it’s orgamni look.
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Love your travel organizer! Such a great, creative use of the fabric!
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I’d love to get my hands on that fabric too!!
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Love your blog… always! Of course I love the ribbon look in your travel organizer! I bet by now you know I’m Native American and would love it!!!! (… and, a bit perturbed, your decolletage is more attractive than mine!) Last but not least, the Peppered Cottons fat quarters would look wonderful in my regalia and in the Hole in the Wall Gang quilts I’m making! Happy 85th Anniversary, Jaftex!
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The organizer is fun, but that picture of you with the tiara really had me laughing! Love your humor and enjoying your blog.
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What a fun colorful organizer!
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Congratulations, Mark! It looks like one of your deadline has been met. 🙂 Your organizer is awesome and these fabrics worked perfectly. I’ve used some of these fabrics in a couple of projects and found them fun, easy and pleasant with which to work. Thanks for the opportunity to win some more. The old pictures are fun. Thanks for sharing them.
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Crazy blog -love it!
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Love your finished project. Thanks for a fab giveaway x
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So I guess I missed the first five days but no matter. I have wanted to try that “shot” cotton but the costs seems to shoot a budget to hell. Hope to win that beautiful fabric.
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Whoooopee!! I want to try those peppered cottons to 🙂 Hope I win and I’ll make something beautiful with it ….for sure !!
Great Blog Mark. I really enjoy it.
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I love you Mark, I wish you would come to the Pacific NW for good. In the meantime, any chance of you teaching out here somewhere?
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Crazy as ever! LOL! I love your post!
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Happy Birthday, Jaftex!!
Mark, I really REALLY need you to come to Columbus or Dublin, OH do I can see your Slow Stitching movement!! Pretty please??
Sandi
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Love your blog and the funny animations as well as your travel pouch! Could sure use one of those!
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Such beautiful colors add my name to the drawing please. There is so much in this one blog I am speechless so I think I will just go sleep on it all.
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Love the design of the bag and the peppered cottons.
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Delicious color, wonderful detail, symetry without being stuck, you hit it out of the park!
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Loved the blog and glad to hear about this blog hop … gives me an excuse to carve out time everyday of the month to read something new about quilting. I will be more than happy to pay for the cost of shipping to Canada!
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Reading your blog makes me smile! I also try many of you recipes and crafts. I recently canned the bread and butter pickles. I hope to meet you soon.
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Reading your blog makes me smile! I also try many of your recipes and crafts. I recently canned the bread and butter pickles. I hope to meet you soon.
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Enjoyed your blog as usual. Lovely colourful organiser.
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Very nice use of the colors! Looks great. bestbelle2010@aol.com
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Love, love, love your blog! Being in MA, there’s no extra postage… Awesome binder!
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Great post! And love your project!
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Enjoyed your blog post with the history and the comedy and the amazing project! Pittsburgh is my hometown too.
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Danger, Will Robinson! Loved that show. Love your little travel organizer, too, such great detail!
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That is one fabulous organizer! Did you find your Paid in Full receipt? Are you planning to design more organizational tools. I hope this doesn’t count as more than one comment!
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Love you colors
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I love the peppered cottons! So much more interesting than a solid fabric. Thanks for a chance to win some great prizes!!
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You are so funny! I was laughing the whole time I was reading your post.
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great organizer and thanks for the fabric company history lesson too.
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Are the fortunoffs the same family who opened the fortunoffs store in Brooklyn.
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Nifty organizer, love that fabric! And the anniversary-dancing gorillas cracked me up! Thanks for the chuckle!!
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I love love love your folded fabric trim! I can’t wait to learn how you do it and will work on my guild to see if we can get you to visit NH!
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I always enjoy seeing something new and different. The folded trims look fabulous and I look forward to seeing more
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Love all of your blogs! Love your creativity!
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great virgin blog hop post mark – I learned a lot and your organizer is a stunner
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Thanks so much for sharing, Mark. I love your sense of humour!
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I see why this trim caught your attention. It’s fabulous!j
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Your post was quite entertaining! I like your travel organizer, and would love to take a class to make one.
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I would love to work with the fabric that you are offering. Great prize!
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This is the best blog hop blog I have read!
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I really like your blog, it is always entertaining too! Your organizer is beautiful and the fabric is gorgeous! I can’t wait till your pattern comes out!
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Mark: Great organizer with the Peppered Cottons. Hope it helps! Although… that’s a lot of pressure for the organizer…. 🙂
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Lovely bundle! Thanks for the great giveaway!
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Gosh….the peppered cotton colors are sublime!
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Love the fact that you added the passport and airline ticket so that you could really get an idea of the size – the organizer alone looked like it might be really small but with the props it looks like something that could really be useful
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Great looking fabrics — I’ve been planning a quilt with very small pieces and solid but not too solid fabrics — this would be a great addition. Always LOVE the humor on your blog – thanks for the giveaway!!
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Fun reading and helpful too. Looking forward to the dailies.
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Just love the use of solids!
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I really enjoyed reading your blog. You are a very busy person!
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Awesome travel case!! Love this history – who knew???
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The pattern!! Ohhhhh, I hope you market it one day since I live pretty much in a quilting wasteland where there are no guest speakers ever!
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“Yinz” are very clever….loved to be able to win the fabric….thanks for the opportunity…
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Terry!
Are you a ‘yinzer?’ Yinz gotta come dahn th’hase. LOL It must have been the nuns who at St. Philips in Crafton, but I never had the ‘yinz’ in my Pittsburghese — although I still run the sweeper, use gumbands, and red up the house. I’ll be doing a trunk show and a lecture there in December! xoxom
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Your travel pouch looks great, but I think I’ll stick to buying these wonderful tiny pieced items at shows.
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Very impressive!!!!!
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I’ve been quilting 15 years, I have tons of everyting, and no “reason” .
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What a great looking “get Mark home” organizer. When I saw the folded strips I thought ho hum, then when I saw the finished project…well my I want that juices started to flow.
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Love the travel organizer! Thanks
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I love the variety of this blog. Good job!
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Gorgeous fabrics! Love your project and the blog.
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Cute organizer…..Love the bright colors!
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Love this story and love you too! You’re going to be sooooo close to my neck of the woods and yet so far in two weeks. Game Night will keep me pinned down to NW Iowa as I don’t get home until real late…travel safe and now in organized style..
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Great work as always, Mark (The Bard of Pickle Road).
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LOL Did you mean “Lard?” LOL xoxom
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The BEST anniversary post evah!! I have been admiring those peppered cottons for a while, and am so glad to see something (wonderful) made with them.
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Thanks for the giveaway Organization is a great thing, I’m going to get some!
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Whew! It’s too early to read all that! All that info! Why no joke? And now I have to find a guild by me that you’re visiting so I can make one of those organizers. I really need one of those to keep in my purse, otherwise known as the black hole. I’m lying, I just really want one, nothing will help my purse. I always open your blog first (after I get rid of the junk) Enjoy your day!
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Oh I am purse/bag/tech keeper etc junkie! Love the little bitty piecing (tried to comment once before but I don’t think it worked)
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This is my first visit to your blog and I enjoyed it very much! You are sooo funny! The organizer looks beautiful with all the fabrics. Thank you for the giveaway.
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Thanks, I hope you had a chance to look around … it’s a fun blog with tons of ideas! xooxm
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You sew beautifully, Mark! Love the organizer-that piecing must be tiny. Oh, and I NEED those fat quarters. Goddess of Lovely Fabrics, look down upon me with generosity!
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Loooove your organizer!
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I love the fabric, the project, and the fun images on the blog. Hope I win!
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Love your travel organizer. Never thought about making those trims I drool over at market.
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This has to be the most fun and bestest blog I’ve ever read! So many laughs – so much information!
And thank you for that li’l peek at that fab strip of Seminole patchwork – stunning work – so many patterns in so small a space!
Thanks so much for taking the time to make your Timeline a really special “read!”
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Except it’s not Seminole Patchwork. It’s not pieced. 🙂 I’m glad you visited, Tristan! xooxm
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That is not pieced?!?!? It looks EXACTLY like Seminole patchwork I’ve done … is it printed?
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Really? Not pieced? Knock me ova with a featha!
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Most of us AmerIndians use ribbon work – and this caught my eye, for that reason, too! Even though this is not ribbon work . (Blackfoot)
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I really like the trim you designed for your organizer and always enjoy reading your blogs!
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I love your quirky blog. So much fun. Still trying to catch up on the Slow Stitching Movement posts. Your sense of humor is a bright spot in every week.
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I’m so glad Linda Lum Debono kicked your butt to do this, Mark! The organizer is a great idea, and it looks great in the shot cottons. What brand zipper did you use?
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Hi, Mark! This sounds like fun! Hope I get a lucky ticket.
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Love those bright colours and organizer….hate that you ‘made’ me enter a comment – hahaha. This makes me think I should take a break from my laceknitting and get back to sewing!
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Hay,,it’s Me,,,lol. Lol,,no wounder your tired,,,great colors,,,it’s you,,talk to you tomorrow,,,xxx Oooo
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I enjoy reading your blog! 🙂
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Love your organizer! Glad to see Linda Lum got you to do this. Love the blog!
Thanks
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Love the fabric, new your blog …. Really enjoying it
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You were truly scary in that crown! Very cool idea for an organizer.
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Gee, I HOPE so! LOL xoxom
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I love a new challenge and the amazing fabric!
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Oh Mark. Can I just say that your get Mark organized pouch is WONDERFUL. (Pattern name suggestion “Get on the Mark”).The colors are as magnificent as your personality. I do hope that this is a class offered in my neck of the woods. Love your blog and “Slow Stitchers Rock”
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Great blog and I love the way your organizer turned out. Now make sure you use it!!! Happy Anniversary to Jaftex!
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Hmmmmmm, now where did I put it, Nancy? LOLOL xooxm
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I found it interesting that the company started with women’s lingerie. We found out when doing family genealogy that my grandmother had been a seamstress in a lingerie factory in Newark NJ. I had always wondered where the sewing gene came from.
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Amazing history lesson. I fell in love with the “Peppers” when I first saw them in a LQS. But really now did you have to put JB’s name in there with the greats. Ten lashings with a wet noodle for you.
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Great organizer! Love the design.
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Such beautiful colors, and solids to boot! I don’t use enough solids, but they are gorgeous!! Thanks for the chance to win!!
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Great read, entertaining and love the organizer, fabulous !
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Love Pepper’s fabrics
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Your blog post made me laugh outloud several times and it is too early in the morning for that. :). I love your travel organizer too.
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Love the method and colors! Save shipping, drive my winnings to my house 🙂
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Oh my goodness! What a delight to find your Blog!! This was such fun to read thru & watch the videos along the way…thank you for just being You! Love your Organizer too…really great use of the fabrics to show all the colors too. Thanksa for chance to win the Bundles! 🙂
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I would love to win the fabric. Great pouch. This is Terri from the First Slow Stiching Movement Getaway. I love seeing that Skyline in the blog. I love mine. I use it most days to do log cabin work as you showed us.
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Love the trim, love your blog!
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What got me to comment on a blog hop? Free fabric, even if it is only a very slim possibility. Love that stuff.
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I am loving this blog hop. Lots of inspiration and prizes. Thanks for the great giveaway.
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You are so funny! Can’t wait to see you in Des Moines!
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I really love ur organizer. I will make it a little bigger because I need more organizing !
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It’s pretty big! 🙂
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I was thinking I needed more organizing, too…by way of a bigger folio. So…how big is it?
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Wow. What can I say but, WOW!
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Totally understand travel overwhelmingly! Luv your travel pouch, look forward to pattern in the future!🚀
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I am glad to have found your blog. Your style is refreshing and there is so much to explore!
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Thank you! Stick around and have a few laughs! xooxm
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Oooooh. Ahhhhhh. Love the colors and the technique is very interesting. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Oh Mark no one tells a story like you do. I loved taking your mystery class in Denver and I hope I can take your new class. You are one of a kind.
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I hope we can connect again, too! xooxm
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Mark, you are certifiably nuts but you’re my cup of soup! I think this is one of my favorite blogs you’ve posted! Love the Seminole project too!
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What would life be like if EVERYONE was appropriate? xoxom
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Except, Paula, it’s not a Seminole project. It’s not pieced. It’s folded and pleated and 3-D-ish. No rhyme or reason, really. xooxm
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I’ll get straight to the point ….. I would love some of those peppery cottons too!!!!! ……and while I have the floor so to speak …..I want to tell you I LOVE your blog …..there’s always some tidbit I need to investigate more, there’s always something to make me smile or laugh outright, there’s always something to set my tastebuds going and there is always something to drool over …. And don’t get me started on the shoes !!!!! Don’t stop what you are doing ….. You bring joy
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Thank you, Ann! I love that you visit! 🙂 xoxom
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Love your blog–as always. Ir eally wanted to go on your Poland trip but I had a new grandson arrive. Will you do it again next year?
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Most likely not. 😦 xoxom
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love your trim, however i have to say it doesn’t look primitive; it looks very intricate and beautiful.
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It really is! There is no rhyme or reason and no piecing, either! Just fun. xooxm
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Wow, I love the colors and the super clever trims! Taking it up another notch for sure! And thanks for the chance to play along!
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Reading your blog always makes my day.
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I love Peppered Cotton! I have been too chicken to cut into it but it’s beckoning me!
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Awesome job on your organizer. Looks nicer than anything you could buy in a store!
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Mark, You said leave any comment. Wow! That Scott is a cutie!!! Where is the photo of brother Greg? Oh wait! You meant a quilting comment…hmm….I agree with you Pepper Cory’s shot cottons are a delight. The hand is fantastic! XOXO Ellen
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Mark, you have such a wonderful gift for making people smile! I loved your post, and your organizer! Thanks!
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Love the organizer and the fabric!
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You’ve inspired me to play with the fabric more!
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Love your bog post – made my morning. Your travel organizer is beautiful.
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Great travel folder!
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Amazing as always…
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Love your blog
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Here’s my comment: I’m so pleased to see all the familiar names from Getaway#1. LOVE YOU GUYS! and PS…I have all the fabric that I need for quite a while, so if I were to win (extremely conditional tense here), I’d ask you to design an organizer for my fabric 🙂
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Pretty organizer, like all the different strips in it.
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The best blog post ever. Love the fabric too.
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Mark, I literally spit out my coffee when I saw the picture of you wearing the crown and the gown! love your organizer with all those tiny pieces!
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So glad Linda twisted your arm, what a fun post! I am looking forward to reading more about your folded trim method!
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Love the organizer! Can’t wait til you have a pattern so I can see how you do it!
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Love your organizer! You are still just as hilarious as you were the time I rode in the elevator with you at the APQS show in Des Moines! HaHaHa! You make me laugh!
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This is the most entertaining blog hop post I have ever read. 🙂 Thanks!
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You definitely have a way with words and fabric! As for my comment, I’m from Pgh, too. I attended a little university on the bluff then moved away thirty something years ago. I enjoy reading about and seeing photographs of it, especially the photos depicting the better air quality. Thanks for the generous giveaway.
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Fantastic organizer! And what a generous give-away. Thanks
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Gorgeous. Love the “trim”.
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Oh my gosh, Mark! That is awesome! I would love to learn how you did it. Is folding fabric and keeping it in place difficult to do? BTW, thank you for having a giveaway!
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I just left a comment and it said I didn’t have the right password for word press so if this is a repeat….I wrote about Hmong textiles in my Master’s thesis and the organizer looks Hmong or Thai. I really like it Those tiny triangles are tough to sew
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Oh!! Thank you so much for the information, Jessica! Now at least I have a starting point. I’ve tried researching EVERYWHERE! Thank you again!!! xoxom
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No, not Hmong. 😦 xoxom
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oh and I really love Peppered Cottons!!..
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This is my first visit to your blog and I must say it has been a very entertaining one! I am hurrying to catch a plane, but I plan to come back and visit soon, meanwhile would love to have some peppered cottons – thanks for a fun trip.
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Love your organizer and can’t wait for your next blog to appear in my in box!!!
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I love the travel organizer. The trim is amazingly small. I am looking forward to getting my hands on the pattern!
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Clever, very clever….thinking mine will be purple, blue, aqua and LIME – sew inspiring!
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Mark, you never cease to amaze me with your inspirational pictures and ideas. Does your brain ever stop working. Great project and love the way you used the fabric. And, we can all use help in getting and staying organized.
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Thank you, Carolyn! xooxm
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Does the organizer come with instructions for organizing life?
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From ME, Stevii?!? LOL NOT A CHANCE IN HELL! 🙂 xoxom
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Win fabric? I’d love too!!! I also love reading your blog!
When are you coming back to CT?
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Have your shop or guild invite me to teach a class? I’m booking 2017. 908/876-1208
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I have some peppered cottons & love them, also your organizer. Hope it helps!
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Love the trim you created. Thanks for the giveaway & happy anniversary to Jaftex.
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Love the fabric and your organizer is a winner!
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Wow, I am so impressed with everything! Your organizer is great😊 I’ve been quilting since I was 19, but never been able to really quilt until about 15 or more years ago. I am learning so much and thanks to this Blog Hop it’s quite an adventure. There are so many wonderful and amazing blogs I get to visit, yours is definitely one i’m trying to figure out how to save it on my iPad. I guess it’s time to clean off my desktop so I can add some new☺️ Thank you for the visit, you now have a new fan, I may be “older” ( hate the word elder) , but I’m not dead and so eager to learn more. 😉
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Gurl, Im no spring chicken myself! 😉 xoxom
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Great travel organizer and I love the fabrics.
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Love this, thanks Mark!
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I love the travel organizer. You used some of my favorite colors.
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Yes! I Love the organizer and fabric and would be a happy winner!
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Well, I am in awe of your energy to put this great blog together……I just got out of bed, but you have a big jump on productivity for the day. I am meeting today with other quilters and I will let them know about this!
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I am inspired every day in a different way by these blogs. Thank you!
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LOVE the fabric
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Mark
Several years ago you taught at CT Piecemakers Quilt Guild. I had you over my house for
supper and we laughed and talked about our Italian Heritage and our moms. Thanks for the chance to win.
JM
jmcstr@msn.com
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Cute travel organizer.
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Need. More. Fabric.
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The travel organizer is pure genius! Love it! The colors of the shot cotton are totally dreamy!
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I like small piecing but yours is beyond amazing. The organizer is a work of art. Of course. Love the fabric, longtime user, stasher of Henry Glass, Studioe and I loved Blank before I knew there was such a thing as designer fabric. Thanks.
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Looking forward to seeing you in Iowa in a couple weeks!
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I LOVE,LOVE, LOVE the travel organizer. You are so very talented Mark.
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You have done it AGAIN~ Managed an informative blog with a twist of humor and nonsense! LOVE the organizer. You have one creative mind there!! Love the blog! Thank you for brightening up the day!
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You did a wonderful job
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Love that organizer. Anxious for the pattern. Your blog is special. Every time I see it in my email, my heart does a flip. I always see something marvelous! Thanks for all you do!
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I love Peppered Cottons and your travel organizer is a perfect project to highlight them. What a wonderful giveaway. Thanks!
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I love the color saturation and texture of this line!! And Mark is hilarious.
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Mark, I’ve missed you since your magazine went away. How did I never find your blog? Thanks for taking part in your very first blog hop, since that is what it took to clue me in!
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We’ll always have Paris, Beth! xooxm
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I’ve seen shot cottons but never worked with them. Love the organizer…great project!
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I love to visit Quilter’s Cove; my local shop in Newport Oregon
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I have been looking for peppered cottons around me and haven’t been able to find them. Would love to win some to play with!
Thanks for the tutorial and the chance to win!
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Mark, you put the “L” in quilting, Laughter and Love!
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Thank you. xoxo
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I love your organizer. The trim is fabulous.
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Wow, I love the organizer! Thinking I might adapt your design to make a cover for my Kindle. Such an ingenious way to use itty bits, which of course must be collected until they reach critical mass. Thank you! 🙂
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Love your organizer! Thanks sew much for this chance to win 😀
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Hi Mark – love your blog entry and the little organizer project!!! Look forward to viewing all the other blogger entries along with yours!!!
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I think you’re the cutest, Jill Edwards! xooxm
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hahahaha
Loved your first entry into a blog hop 🙂
Would love to win me some fabric, too.
Pick me! Pick me!
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I love that organzier and shot cottons do make everything just that much more impressive. The shimmer is always right.
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I like your organizer, I think I will make myself one. Great idea. mtmom57@gmail.com
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Wonder if I can stay organized with the project?
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Love your project Mark! Thank you for sharing 🙂
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Thank you Mark for your candid foray into blog hops! And thank Linda for asking him. Awesome!!
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Love your travel organizer!
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I always enjoy your posts. Your humor always improves my day. Thanks.
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Your seminole patchwork on your oranizer is great! I’d love to try it–something for the future.
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Thank you for a great blog giveaway. One can never have enough solid colors.
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Very nice organizer. I just bought some Henry Glass fabric and it is amazing. The only problem is is that I should have bought more! kthurn@bektel.com
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Good job on your 1st blog shop hot!
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Mark –
I seldom have time to read all stuff I get, but I ALWAYS take the time to read your blog posts! They’re the candy I bribe myself with…if I finish (whatever it is), I get to take a stroll through the latest blog post. They inspire me, and always take me back to my sketchpad, and another new pattern design. Thank you!
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Is your blog always so much fun? I thought the little videos and pic were great. I’ll be checking your blog often now that I found it. Your project was fabulous, organization is such a good thing when it is pretty. Thanks for the chance to win.
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Love your travel organizer. Your blog posts are great!
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Mark, you are the cat’s pajamas! You make me laugh and inspire me. I do have some gorgeous Peppered Cotton, and will make a shirt with it. I’ve wanted to have it in other colors, though (and Ladyfingers Studio in Oley has the plaids, and many of the solids). I LOVE the trim you made. It really makes your organizer rock! Thanks! See you at QTM.
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Thank you for the entertaining post. I enjoyed the history you included.
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Beautiful organizer! You say you want our opinions on everything including soup, and I happened to be eating soup as I read your post, so my opinion is that split pea soup, while satisfying, is ugly.
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Your travel organizer is beautiful. Reminds me of some of the pieces we saw while traveling in Thailand. Thanks for the sharing the giveaway.
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What a fun blog you have!! Your organizer is beautiful!
Carol S.
Sandyzoo45@comcast.net
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Love the organizer! I will be traveling next spring and am planning to make something similar, just not exactly sure what yet! I was so disappointed I missed you in Great Falls! We had our annual fundraiser for work and my participation was required. I hope you will cone back to MT soon!
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Super organizer! Wish I would have had one the last time I traveled. This is my first time on your blog. It’s no wonder you don’t usually do blog hops…you really put a lot into this one and made it extra enjoyable. Glad you did this one!
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you clever bunny!!
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Mark,
I was laughing from the start as your humor is right up my alley. My daughter is taking her first trip out of the country to China in January and I would love to make her one of your fabulous travel organizers for her. Your folding technique is beautiful. I hope I an pull it off!
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I love the peppered cottons and am so glad to hear that they have a lovely hand and little fraying.
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Mark, you always, always make me smile. You present your enthusiasm right out there and it is contagious. Thank you for sharing your passion and inspirations. You are a very good boy. I like you lots! Thanks for the offerings.
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Your Exotic Primitive Folded Trim technique is quite spectacular – all kinds of ideas come to mind!
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Wow! Your travel organizer is spectacular. I love the rich colors. Thanks for joining the Blog Hop so I can follow (stalk) your blog.
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What a gorgeous pocketbook organizer! Never have I ever read a blogpost like yours. So much to see and do😆
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Love the Peppered Cottons, but Pepper even more!!! Thanks Mark!
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Fun, fun, fun!!!
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I’m so glad you agreed to the blog hop–so informative and entertaining. I really like that organizer–great job!
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I do not read most blogs, but I always stop and read yours, for so many different reasons. You are a rare, funny, curious, bird! The organizer looks wonderful too, Thanks!
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I’ve been thinking about getting some Shot fabric since I started to see Kaffe’s fabric
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I love your organizer. The trim is gorgeous!
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You are hilarious! I like your organizer, the fabric choices look great. I would love the peppered cottons. Thank you for the inspiration.
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Very cool project. Glad you posted that close-up at the end of your post, Mark. Wasn’t sure they were really Peppered Cottons. Thought you might have snuck one over on us. Who you?? Nevah!
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I love that your blog hop post is just like your newsletter (also love). Something for everyone and always entertaining. Next year’s guild president wants me to bring in a man-quilter next year (I’m program chair). Have you ever been to Southwest Virginia? We hail from one of the ‘Best small towns in the nation’. Seriously!
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Such small pieces, love it.
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I love the whole idea of the Slow Stitching Movement and just discovered the podcasts from individuals in the quilting industry. Thanks so much for encouraging us to be mindful when we quilt. Sometimes we forget we’re supposed to be having fun!
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I love your travel organizer. Great idea.
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Okay, thats one, pretty impressive blog post. My mind is reeling, though that may just be due to lack of caffeine. Your organiser is much cooler than mine, which I am going to drag out this morning, since I’ve just realised how few days I have before jetting overseas again. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Love you Mark Missing your magazine which gave me not only inspiration but many months of laughs I have every one☺!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You can never have too many of these cute bags to keep you organized.
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Well ty for joining in blog hop you’re one funny quilter crafter…..happyness04431@yahoo.com
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I had to laugh at your travel story as it sounds like me. No matter where I think I have put my itinerary or a receipt I can never find it. I love your organizer and could definitely use one when I travel.
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Your travel organizer is 100% wonderful! Love the amazing tiny trim in those lovely peppered cottons.
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mark, aha, you’ve been out and about. i love your travel organizer. it is beautiful! i would love to win a fat quarter pak of pepper’s shot cottons. the colors are so rich!!! thoughtt about asking how you know how to find all the lovely pictures you share with us, but then remembered you have been in the biz.. great job. patti in florida
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I love shot cottons, though I have never worked with these. Thanks for the chance to win. Your travel organizer is wonderfully unique.
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Thanks for showing your organizer. I’ve been doing slow stitching for quite a few years. Love to see what happens with a piece of fabric as you add stitch. Particularly love adding silk thread.
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I love your pattern and the fabric. I haven’t seen it in shops here, but I will look for it. You have not come near me(Raleigh), so you need to write up a pattern and I will buy it. Also I would love to see a fabric line. It would be so much fun to see(and buy) what crazy designs you could create.
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Love your travel organizer and love blog hops.
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I love the organizer. My hubby says “Everyone has enough blankets”, so I’m always looking for more ways to have fun with my machine!! Thank you!! Love your blog.
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I tend to like busy fabric so I like solids to tame me down. Shot cotton is my favorite.
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I love peppered cottons – just bought 5 yards of it today – can always use more!! 🙂
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Another great blog Mark. Borrowing the Queen photo. first blog without any shoes which I usually lust after—-I’m a flip flop girl with a stiletto mentality.
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Wow, very intricate folding to acheive that design!! Not sure my fingers are that nimble. Absolutely love the striking color.
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Love the peppered cotton. Thanks for the chance to win them.
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Your organizer is fabulous – just love those tiny prairie points!!! So glad to have found you blog again, from a pickle on your kidney quilt!
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Dear Mark,
I had to stop by and say hi. I am sorry I missed you when I was in Philly. Put me on your calendar for early June 2016! Love the travel organizer. My foolproof system did not work for me on my travels this year and I love how you have incorporated ribbon! There are so many lovely ribbons out there these days and I haven’t been able to imagine using them. You have changed all that.
Thanks, also for a mini history of what was going on at the time and the empire that Jaftex is becoming. Love the history bits. Your blog posts make me laugh.
Hope to see you soon.
Jaye
http://www.artquiltmaker.com/blog
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Gorgeous peppered cottons — love the saturated color of these which is saying something because I always go for that loud crazy print that you NEVER can figure out how to use. Some of these might be just “the thing” to show them off, and they are also strong enough to stand on their own!! WOOHOO!!
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Great travel organizer. Thanks for the giveaway
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I love the details of your organizer. I need more solids in my stash.
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Love your post… Very entertaining indeed!!! I think I’d like one of those organizers too… It’s just how I roll😉… I need to be organized!!
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Always enjoy seeing what you are up to. Love the little pieces in your organizer.
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I just might make this for gifts this year, but I need to find my tierra first!
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I love Pepper Cory fabric!
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Ok, I did have to giggle at some of the animated gif’s you had going on there. But I prefer the fabric! Thanks for holding on to your scissors and doing a blog hop!
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It’s amazing what you can do when pushed, isn’t it? I love your organizer. Thanks for the chance to win this great fabric.
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Okay, here’s my post Mark. Here’s a laugh for you my 8 year old is getting a kick out of your humor and the links in your blog. That’s just hilarious. I would love to win some prizes, so I
ll be checking it out.
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I loved your Pittsburgh photos. I’m a former Pittsburger.
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Thank you so much for your blog, Mark. I enjoy your entries so much. Love the FQ giveaway. Keep being you!
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Gotta love those fabulous shot cottons!
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It is great that you are honoring Jaftex! I’ve met Scott a few times–at spring martket and at Checkers in Maumee, Ohio, and he is a wonderful guy! So are you, Mark!
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Wow what a delightful way to present your project. Thanks for sharing
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Love the organizer.Thank you for the chance to win
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Mark, I’ve done one project that required some simplie seminole quilting, but your miniature seminole is fantastic! Keep up the good work.
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It’s not Seminole. It’s all pleated and folded.
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From soup to nuts, eh? My favorite soup is Cheese and Broccoli. My favorite nuts are cashews. What a gorgeous, generous gift you are offering one of your readers, Mr. Lipinski!
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Love the bright organizer. Would love to win any of the beautiful fabrics. It’s nice to see a US company doing well. Happy Anniversary!!!
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New here, nice to meet you
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I’m cracking up here. Bahahahaha! That post was just to funny. Thanks for the much needed laughter and the giveaway!
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LOVE!! LOVE!! LOVE!! YOUR TRIM!!!! i am talking to my shop owner to have you come to indiana to teach us!!!!
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I love how tiny you made the details on that organizer. Very nice.
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Hey, Mark!
I hear you are coming back to Olympia in the next year. Hope I get to take your class again! I’ll even see if the Pomeranians & bobcat is still around! 🙂
Kris
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Mark, love getting your blog in my email. Would love to see what the peppered cottons look like person. I know you are super busy, but I want you to know that I loved your Quilter’s Home magazine. It wasn’t the same without you and then it was gone.
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Love your organizer and your blog. I took a class from you in Minot North Dakota. We still talk about you being the best that ever came to Minot Quiltfest. Please come back there some day.
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Love your sense of humor! Not to mention your great organizer!
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Wow the peppered cottons are fantastic! What beautiful colors, especially orange an lime green.
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I’m a blog hop virgin wow! Thanks for the opportunity hugs from Canada!
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Love the trim. Mark have you ever seen the incredibly beautiful and complex trim used by the Inuit of the western Canadian Arctic, mainly used on Mother Hubbard parkas? If not I am sure you would find it quite beautiful.
Loved your blog, so much fun to read. Thanks.
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Cool blog! I like your style. Put me in a ticket please! Thank you! anitagambrell@yahoo.com
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The organizer looks great and should be a wonderful tool for you! Thanks for you blog. I love reading it!!!
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Beautiful! I will never make one because I have no patience for 3/4 inch squares of anything that might ravel! Funny blog!
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Have a fun time with the blog hop. Great job on the organizer. Ticket for me please:)
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I love Campbell’s Tomato Soup made with milk
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Excited to try these fabrics. I have loved Pepper Cory almost as long as Mark Lipinski ( is that what I was suppose to say Mark?). Obviously you knew when to fold them…. Too much hand stitching today sorry 😀.
Asc
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Love your trim…thanks for the chance to win!
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Oh wow! Love your organizer. I so want to learn how to make that trim! Folding you say?
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That is one crazy blog!!! Thanks for the great giveaway!
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Wow, that is some impressive, time-consuming, tiny work you did there! It’s beautiful.
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Beautiful colors in the organizer!
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Mark, I enjoyed your tidbits about Jaftex history. Only you would get so excited about the Hop! Your organizer is gorgeous, particularly your trim!
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I would love an organizer like that for my future trip and the colors look wonderful. I would love to win the fat quarters!!!
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I love the colors of your organizer. Not sure if my arthritic fingers would let me do that folding easily, but I may have to try it anyway!
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Your pouch is exquisite!
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Totally fab design, Mark! Love all the colors.
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I truly enjoyed your blog. Thanks for a chance to win
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Did you sew tiny little prairie points or is that fabric design? I love it!
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Gorgeous travel organizer and great blog post; love it!
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Like everyone else, I love your organizer! I also am happy to have found your blog! 🙂
craftyccain@gmail.com
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Great peoject and gorgeous fabrics!
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Love your project and organizational skills that were revealed! Like you, I am a worrier on trips…..Boy do I need that project! Love the beautiful fabric…..Great colors!!
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Your blog is always full of so much information! Love it!
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Love that! Thanks for sharing.
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Love your Travel Organizer! So bright & colorful!
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Mark, thank you for the info on peppered cottons! I, too, thought they would ravel away.
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Great travel organizer for your trip to the ‘Burg! Where will your trunk show be in December? Looking forward to it!
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The Pittsburgh American Sewing Guild in the Monroeville area. It should be fun. Here’s your contact: kshimatzki@gmail.com
I’ll also be doing a Slow Stitching Movement lecture at Karen Montgomery’s shop in Allison Park that weekend. To get reservations call: 412-487-9532
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I would love to learn that technique for folding and pleating…. Will you be creating a tutorial for this organizer? Thanks for such a generous giveaway too!
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It’s official, you are a rock star. Congratulations of your first blog hop!
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Once again I read your blog and drop everything to try something you have mentioned! On to the organizer for me this Sunday morning. I think I will make one of your breads from a previous blog so it just doesn’t look like I quilted all day? Love ya!
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Loving this blog hop…Thx for the opportunity to win such a great prize!
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That fabric is fabulous!
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Love reading whatever you write! Even your bad days are peppered with humor and make me appreciate what I have!
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Very neat organizer!
My email is: bestbelle2010@aol.com
thanks!
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Hi Mark, I enjoy your blog and think it is really great that you are promoting the Jaftex group of companies. I really enjoy working with the Studio e fabrics, and have a bundle of Peppered Cottons that I keep drooling over since I can’t decide what to make with them.
Keep up the wonderful and humorous writing such a refreshing change from some blogs.
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Love the design on the organizer! Love the fabrics, too! Chat again tomorrow.
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The tiny tiny pieces in your organizer are amazing! I would love to see your process. I hope one of the guilds near me books a class with you. Thanks for sharing this project, and for all the other fun in this post!
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I love these colors!
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Your post is hilarious! And I love your organizer – my scraps are calling to me to make something that fabulous.
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You made my day and put a big smile on my face. I loved the travel case and every picture and video. I need to come and hang out with you, I’m sure I would never stop laughing
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Now that I can make a travel organizer, I can travel more, I hate rummaging through my purse for important papers. You are an inspiration
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Organizee is ver cool! Reminds me of Seminole patchwork. Do you prewash the shot cotton when using in a quilt that will be washed? Love the look of it.
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I do not. I like the scrunchy look of washed quilts. As for this project, it’s not Seminole pacthwork, believe it or not. It’s all folded and pleated. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, Clare. Come back again! xoxom
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Wonderful pictures into history.
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Mark Lipinski, where have you been all my life? Your organizer is gorgeous–wish I were close enough to take a class. HOWever, if you ever want to come to Maine to do a class,, you are so very welcome to hang out with my wife and me. I think we would have a VERY good time–sort of birds of a feather 😉
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Find or organize me a gig at local guild or shop and I’m there — well, in 2017. 🙂 xooxm
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Most of the time I get distracted by all the lovely printed fabrics that are available but when my creative juices start flowing the array of solid colors is what appeals to me.
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Hi Mark. I have looked at your organizer very closely and I am so impressed with all the tiny prairie points. And the tiny row of folded fabrics. I know that you put so much work and time into this.I wanted you to know what an excellent job you did. Thank you for sharing. (I signed up to follow your blog.)
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You fit so many colors into one project. Bravo!!
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Mark!! I love the fabric and I love what you did with it!!
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Looking at your organizer – like a puzzle to solve. I love peppered cottons and I even love their RIBBON. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com
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My favorite shop – lately is Steelman’s in Chickasha, OK. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com
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You are too funny – really enjoyed your writing – thanks.
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The tiny triangles are so cute and bright!
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Love your blog and Aurofil thread. It’s hard to find in stores here!
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I love the travel organizer. Those colors are all so yummy looking.
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Great piecing on your travel organizer!
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Love your organizer! Thanks for the chance to win!
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Love your blog–it always makes me smile…….Thanks for the giveaway!
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Love your blog. I have a pug, too.
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Beautiful colors
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great day
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We are enjoying a beautiful fall day in Montana. mtmom57@gmail.com
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What a great blog!! Love it, thanks for the giveaway!
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How do you do all you do? Your ideas are clever smart and fun and I hope I win. Keep up the good work!
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I couldn’t live without my friends Bonnie Espenshade and Marie Bostwick who keep me on track! LOL
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But I called you 5547 times. 😝
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Love your organizer! So cute!
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I think you are so talented and so funny ever since I first read a magazine you wrote in .I just wish I was where I could come to your lectures but I 80 years but I will read all about you Bignan in Oklahoma
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I’m coming to Oklahoma! Keep watching the blog! 🙂 xoxom
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Great blog. Thanks for the giveaway
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Such a fun organizer! And the peppered cottons are just yummy! They’d be a fun addition to any quilt, I’m sure 🙂
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Wow great blog! Love it!
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Love the organizer.
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Seriously, Mark, that is a lovely organizer. If I saw someone using that at an airport, I’d want to start a conversation with them because I’d feel sure they’d be interesting.
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Today was a super hot, humid day in Iowa. I spent the better half of the afternoon behind my sewing machine. I made 4 more blocks from Tula Pink’s 100 Modern Quilt Blocks book and I made a cushion for my husband’s Harley. He has a skinny behind and needed some extra padding. It turned out really well! Vrooom vrooooom!
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ohhhh yaaaaaa got to love this guy…….tytyty again for joining blog hop….happyness04431@yahoo.com
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Enjoyed your blog with all the historic pics. And love the organizer hope it will be possible to buy instructions soon.
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Mark – This was the first time I have seen your blog, what a hoot!
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Second entry for me!
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Still heartbroken you no longer have your publication, but love, love, love your blog!! The perfect blend of zany education!!
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Well you mentioned soup, and I thought literally. I made a pot of creamy leek and potato this weekend. The best cure for a cold!
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I love your gorgeous trim on your wallett: you really made it!! I found some of this trim at Road to Calif last year, but the colors weren’t as beautiful as yours!
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YES PLZ!
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Way to go Mark. You met your goal and in such an entertaining style. I love all the Jaftex fabric lines. I would love to work with Pepper’s wonderful cottons.
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I didn’t realize that this was your first blog hop!! I must say that your prize is most generous and thanks for the daily entry too!!!
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Love all your crazy posts! Most of all I love all those very do-able projects you post for us! I could certainly us that yummy fabric to make some of these Christmas presents I **NEED** to get started on!!!
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Love all the memes!
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The pictures you chose were too much fun. Your blog is now on my favs list.
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Your blog is a hoot! I’d could have done without the picture of you in the crown – yikes! I’m in Canada & would gladly pay shipping if I win the gorgeous peppered cottons. Awesome job on you travel organizer wallet!
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The crown photo is the best one! Where’s your taste, girl? LOL Good luck in the drawing! xoxom
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Such a fun post! Gorgeous work!
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Loving the cream and sugar line by studio!
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Fun post! Thanks for the very generous giveaway!
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I love the Peppered Cotton fabrics!
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Another day, another entry cuz you just know we are drooling over that gorgeous fabric!
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I love MaryJo’s Fabrics in Gastonia, NC. I’m able to get there a couple of times a year and love the huge selection.
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Cool looking project with eye-catching colors . Thank you for a shot at winning this impressive line of fabrics.
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I am SO glad I found your blog. I enjoyed reading your work in magazine for. And I love the organizer. It is gorgeous!
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I’m enjoying this hop!
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My daily entry! LOL!
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Here I am for my daily entry. I hope you are enjoying your Labor Day weekend.
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Have a restful Labor Day, Mark. We all deserve it!
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Entry #1 (and sorry I didn’t know about this earlier). Wow Mark, the micro units on that organizer are wonderful and even better that it’s a folded technique and not piecing! Reminds me of Seminole piecing. Looking forward to entering more over the next few weeks!
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Fun hop, like seeing what everybody is making.
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Wow! That is very detailed precise work on your organizer. I used the peppered cottons on a Craftsy quilt class and loved the feel/hand of those fabrics. And the colors! I took a couple of sessions with you last March in Puyallup. Loved your evening show and I buy into the Slow Stitching concept!
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Did you start doing the retreat in upper Michigan again
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No, sadly they aren’t holding retreats any longer but go here to see my next retreat: https://theslowstitchingmovement.wordpress.com
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Love Love Love it
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so hard to find where to leave a comment for Mark Lipinski’s blog in order to enter his fabric drawing. Hope this is it.
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WOW! love Get-Mark-Home Travel Organizer! Very tiny little pieces! better you than me! Loved your post btw! So refreshing to read something to make me laugh! I am recovering from a surgery to reconstruct my thumb, so I am limited to blog-stalking and typing in the “hunt-and-peck” method with one hand! Thanks for making me laugh! Soon…very soon {hopefully} I will be sewing as well! Thank you for joining the blog hop!
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Feel better soon, Margo! xoxom
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May you have a someday recovery!
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Thanks for the dancing Elaine gif!
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Thanks for participating in the BLog Hop. Just to let you know that I get your blog updates in my email as a subscriber, but the email for this blog hop had a warning of malicious identity software attached to it. SO, I closed it and came to your website blog to add a comment. I hope that was only a glitch with one of the attachments you added, as none of the pictures opened in the email as they usually do.
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weird. I haven’t heard this from anyone else and over 4000 people have seen this post. Hmmmmmm I’m so sorry. xoxom
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Mark – sorry to say but it did happen to yours truly, too! (Thought it was just me) ! Xo
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Love it. Thanks for a chance to win. Janita
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GREAT post! You’re a nut! Love the organizer.
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Love the organizer. You should make a matching boho bag.
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What a fun post Mark and great design!
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Hi Mark! This is such a fun project! It would be a blast to learn more from you! Mary and I will keep an eye out for where you will be teaching; maybe we just need to get you up here in Canuckland! Thanks for the lovely note; we look forward to seeing you again!
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I’m coming to Manitoba. Close?
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And here’s my official comment to your official blog hop post; love your travel organizer. Very smart and useful. The fabric is a wonderful gift; thank you.
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Holy crap batman!( or cupcake as the case may be) I laughed out loud while reading the blog post( an sigh I do dance like Elaine on Seinfeld),I adore the organizer and the fabric LOVE IT!
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I love your sense of humour and hope to be able to take one of your classes in the future.
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I know this is not your usual blog, but I still expected see shoes! 🙂
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LOL
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This is a fun contest. mtmom57@gmail.com
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That travel organizer is awesome! Thanks for a chance to win.
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Fun post. I like the organizer.
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Today, Mark, was not a sewing day unfortunately. Yes, it was Labor Day, but it served as a reminder that I have to return to work tomorrow. I am a teacher….a semi-retired one that does testing for my school district. I do enjoy being with the kids, but today I had to get my house cleaned, laundry done, lunch packed and the lawn mowed! No time for sewing. I hope you had a fun day.
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Hi, Mark! I follow you on your blog and I look forward to reading about what you’ve been up to! Love the project! I do admit looking for the “joke du Your”
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Amazing colors! Love how it turned out
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I had no time to quilt today, maybe tomorrow. bestbelle2010@aol.com
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Soup to nuts huh? I prefer good ‘ole tomato soup and cashews. Not together so much. How ’bout you? Love Love Love your blog!!!!!
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This has been a fun blog hop with so many great projects! Thanks again for another daily entry😉
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Thanks for the very generous giveaway!
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Greetings, Earthling! Your organizer surpasses galactical excellence!!
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Hope you had a great weekend.
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Good Morning Mark. Another day, another dollar. Well, maybe not since I have retired. LOL Have a great day!
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Wow, neat project!
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Iwow grrr forgot to visit you yesterday almost got out of bed to leave you a message last night at 11 but didn’t so here i am this morning..lol
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Not sure I would have noticed this fabric, had you not made it so enticing! Thanks for the daily enticement 🙂
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I love your organizer! How innovative you are .
Thank you.
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Enjoyed the music and photos and of course, your travel organizer. Studio E shot cottons are so brilliant even in the tiniest of pieces! Nice job!
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Wow, probably the most unique quilt blog out there! Gotta luv it!
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Hi Mark, coming back for another entry! Wanted to comment on the Peppered Cottons: love the fabrics that have different color in the warp and weft, it makes them shimmer! Oh cool I get to check out Linda’s blog today. Toodles!!
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Love your organizer! Especially the colors!!!
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I love your blog and enjoy reading the variety of topics you present! Thanks for this chance to win 🙂
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Love the blog…you’re so funny and make it so easy to want to do your project and also makes me laugh. Considering I’m currently in the hospital you have done something no one else here has…….made me laugh and feel better
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Bad news, dude! Get well soon! xooxm
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Lovely colors but those little pieces would drive me crazy!
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Love, Love, Love Pepper Cotten and your organizer is fantastic!
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I could go for my very own Diet Coke Fountainmobile!
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Aren’t we all just fabric junkies?
I keep meaning to make little organizers and wallets like your new one here. I’m sure if I made something like this, it would last a lot longer and be cuter than the cheapo ones I buy. Especially using yummy Studio-E fabric!
reillyr2(at)hotmail(dot)com
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WeeHaw!! What fun! I think I’ll drop by the Circus Cafe for a Coca-Cola after I make my travel organizer. I might need it to find my way back to the time machine 😉
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Great post. Thanks for the laughs.
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Love the organizer.
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Hi Mark…just checking in again, to toss my name in the metaphorical hat for those gorgeous fq’s. Wondering how your dog is doing. We are a family of four dogs right now and, as you might imagine, they are running the show. We wouldn’t have it any other way, apparently.
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Good evening, Mark. I’m sure you’re wondering how my first day back at work went today. Well, it actually went very well! The worst part of it was that I was working in an UN-air-conditioned school, set in a back hallway with NO ventilation. With the temps in the high 80’s and humidity that’s high enough to curl wallpaper, it was miserable. I did have a fan that kept me from melting into a puddle. I smiled through it and enjoyed working with every single kid! *Still keeping my eye on those bundles!
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I really love your travel wallet. The fabrics are gorgeous, I would love to win.
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Enjoy checking each day for the next featured blog!
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Here I am again Mark – but this time without my ‘colorful’ comments!! I’ll leave that to the extravagant, rich, color that decorates your blog by Peppered Cottons in your eye catching Get Mark Home Travel Organizer with eye popping 3D trim!!
Ok I’m definitely a kiss up… )Love ya tons but I can’t keep a straight face) because I wanna win!!
Deb ~
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glad to know you are keeping busy, yet still being creative, kathy in colo
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Pick me, please. Love your project and the peppered cottons!
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I know you said that you folded fabric for this organizer… But how could you manage it so perfectly with all those teeny tiny pieces??!! I am amazed!
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It’s not perfect. Look closely. It’s not designed to be perfect. It’s designed for process and not perfection. You can so do this with ease! xoxom
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Really enjoying the blog hop!
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Good Morning, Mark. Thanks for another chance. It is a rainy day in Georgia where I live so maybe I can do some sewing today.
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Well here i am again i always look in fabric garden to see if they have anything new from you …..your fabric is so happy and go lucky ty again for joining this blog hop and B-day party……happyness04431@yahoo.com
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You need a gallery tab so we can check out your work.
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Love your blog and always take time to go through it. You’re a positive influence on my outlook!
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Cool project and I love peppered cottons.
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Love your travel organizer. You’re the bomb! Can’t wait for it to be for sale. I always come to your blog for smiles, giggles and goofaws! You are a riot! Thanks for a chance to win.
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I love Peppered Cottons!!
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Wow that was quite a post!! Those graphics! The GIFs! I NEED to try these fabrics out now!
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I love your organizer…but that looks time consuming. Do you have a short cut? The colors are great!
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You are the best! So upbeat and encouraging 🙂
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Beautiful colors and detail on your organizer. I was also thoroughly entertained by your commentary and graphics on your blog. Thanks for the smiles and for sharing your creative spirit!
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Love your blog…Your a real inspiration… Toni
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What a fun giveaway! Great organizer!
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Okay, Mark, I am taking you at your word that it’s okay to enter every day. You’re not giving me the “polite smile”, are you? I’ll bet you are being as truly welcoming as those ladies at See’s Candies who hand out free samples without ever slapping a hand or saying, “Don’t you think you’ve sampled enough? Buy, already!” They just smile and look as if they hope I am really, truly enjoying my little bite of heaven. I’ll bet that’s how you look as you read our daily comments. Because you know the thought of those fat quarters is a little bit of heaven…
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Thanks for all you do to educate and entertain us, Mark. It is much appreciated!
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Wow…love your blog…Crazee!! Love your Get-Mark-Home Travel Organizer project…I really enjoy making things like that. Will the pattern be available soon?
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A comment every day????? Oh. My. Word!
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Thanks, Mark, for your great sense of humour! Life’s too short not to laugh as much as possible.
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Your blog is entertaining as well as informing.
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Love the not Seminole not Hmong! This is a really great giveaway. You’re going to make all the other blog hoppers look bad .
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lol
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Happy Hump Day, Mark! I hope you enjoyed your day and found something creative to do. The most creative thing I’ve done all day is apply my make-up and I could probably do that in the dark. No time for anything other than work here for a few weeks! I did get 2 walks in with Miss Sophie today. One before work and one after.
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Happy 85 th Jaftex I loved your blog and sense of humor
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It was a typical fall day here in Montana, nothing new. mtmom57@gmail.com
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Those peppered cottons are just gorgeous! What a fantastic project.
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I have been enjoying to check into this blog hop each morning before getting ready for work!! Thanks once again for a daily entry for the chance to win your fabulous giveaway prize!!
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I really wand some Peppered Cottons! Thanks for the giveaway.
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Great blog Hop – sew many nice fabrics.
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Good Morning, Mark. I hope your day is fun and creative.
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Dude – you keep all of us in stitches (so to speak) all the time – how do you ever get any work done? Hahahahaha
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Thank you for the giveaway . I love your art.
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What an awesome looking organizer! I just found your blog today through the hop and am so glad i did! Happy to follow someone with such a fun sense of humor.
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I really need an organizer like that for when I’m traveling or even for shopping. You showed off the fabrics beautifully in it.
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I love shot cotton and it looks great in your organizer, with all the details and colours! I saved pics in my inspiration folder. I haven’t used the plaid yet but it’s on my shopping list.
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See, I think that handwork embroidery or some primitive needlework would be splendid inside that giant plaid. No one sells it around here. So I’m plaid-less.
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Love the Peppered Cottons, and your organizer is wonderful. The folded detail looks sort of like Seminole patchwork. Looking forward to a pattern.
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Many people have mentioned that, but it’s all folded and not pieced. xoxom
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Such tiny pieces! Love your organizer!
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Enjoy checking each day for the next featured blog!
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Put some tabs on your site, so we can see what you think and are up to.
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I have no idea what you’re talking about? If you go to my website there will be links to my blog. If you go to my blog http://www.marklipinskisblog.wordpress.com just scroll through the blog covers and everything is listed. Did I answer your concerns? xoxom
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Having a rainy day here in PA. Time to make pillowcases for kids in the hospital, Have yourself a good one.
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Damn, you weren’t kidding about some of those pieces being tiny! I love how it turned out 🙂
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Well here i am again i just cant let a good thing go……I’m making a few table runners tonite…….happyness04431@yahoo.com
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That organizer is beautiful and so cheerful to look at on a dreary, rainy day here in Ohio!
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Your design on your organizer is beautiful, but such tiny pieces–I would have headaches for days!! Great giveaway.
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Today I started working on some snowmen Christmas ornaments. I’m starting early and hope I can keep going.
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Love your organizer – such bright colors! I really NEED to work with some vibrant solid colors.
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Love your sense of humor!
Thanks,
Peggy
Peggy_verdongibbs@att.net
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So enjoyed your blog post! Most original I have ever seen!
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Hope you are having a great Friday!
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We have a lovely Friday here, almost an extra summer day! The weekend will be spent picking berries, both red- and blackcurrants; yummy!
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Thanks for the trip down memory lane….I learned quite a bit in this one post!!!
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Happy Friday! 🙂
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Still trying – gorgeous fabric. Hope I win.
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I’m getting so many great project ideas!
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Happy Friday!
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Enjoying a beautiful day, hope you are too.
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The sun is out, it’s warm and I’m quilting today!
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Funny post.
Looking for inspiration for something fally to make, maybe with some pumpkins, or turkeys.
I’ll be back tomorrow.
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Watch for my Sunday Blog. I think there are some ‘fally’ things there, Julie! xoxom
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Love your little travel organizer! and LOVE your blog!! I have become a follower and look forward to future postings!
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All of this (well-deserved) attention. I see more blog hops in your future! Or is that wishful thinking on my part?
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Well i find my self here at your door step once again….Ty so much for joining blog hop and really hop to see more of you…..happyness04431@yahoo.com
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I just subscribed to your blog. Can’t wait for more updates. Also, I don’t want to miss opportunities to win. thanks!!
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Oh, I’m so sorry I missed posting last night. Yesterday was incredibly busy after work with making dinner, and attending choir practice. Next to sewing, I adore singing! They are both creative outlets and an art form in their own rights. This weekend….I will sew!
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I need to make this organizer!![digging scraps out of the trash that I thought were too small to do anything with] Can’t wait until you sell this pattern!
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Wow! That’s about all I can say! I love your writing style! Backstory: I just started quilting in July, I started learning via YouTube and you were one of the first people I watched! You are very outgoing, in writing and on camera!
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This is my daily ticket for your fab giveaway!!! Thanks Mark!!
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I would love to win some of those beautiful fabrics!!
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Hi Mark. This is my daily entry. I hope you have a wonderful day today.
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Back again!! Enjoying the bloggers.
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Mark, what a great way to showcase these wonderful shot cottons. They have a great color and hand and mix well. Keep those great posts coming – I miss your podcast! (paulburega (at) gmail (dot) com.
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Thanks for the very interesting post! Love the fabrics too.
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Hi Mark, love the organizer. Looks a little like some of the textile items I brought back from Thailand years ago. I would love to win the peppered cottons. they remind me of the shot silk I saw being handwoven, also in Thailand.
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Well like a good penny i’m back and still loving your fabric and your funny blog…happyness04431@yahoo.com
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I have a new quilting book Cultural Fusion. My stash of solids is very small. Winning the fat quarters to make quilts from the book would be awesome.
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Today was finally a day I could fit in a bit of sewing! Hooray! I am continuing with my drive to complete all 100 blocks in Tula Pink’s 100 Modern Quilt Blocks book. Today I finished #65. I am really enjoying this project and think that when I’m done, I will separate them into 2 or 3 smaller quilts with sashing. All of them together are enough for a king-sized quilt. I hope you’re enjoying your weekend, Mark!
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Hi Mark,
Your organizer is ingenious. Looks like an ethnic craft outside, and so modernly functional inside..Kudos!!! The quality of this fabric is especially noticeable in the meticulous and colorful detail. Your chosen colors really do burst into SONG! I hear it, don’t you!?
And you do your homework: love the photos from back in the day….thank you for that bit of history. I would be delighted to receive this fabric!!!
Be well,
T
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“Looks like an ethnic craft outside, and so modernly functional inside.” THANK YOU!!! That was EXACTLY the point! 🙂 xoxom
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Enjoying your blog again! Such a fun visit!
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To cute… and as soon as I find my sewing machine,scissors,pins needles,threads and table under the pile of 20 or so unfinished projects i’ll make one.
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I have to say that this celebration blog hop has been amazing with so many inspirational projects, but especially today with the pillow that Liz Hawkins made… I want to make an entire quilt like it!!! Thanks again for another daily entry!!
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thanks again for another chance. have a great day!
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Your blog is so funny! I love it! I also love the fabrics and the organizer you made! great job!
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Bathroom is way to huge. What’s next a swimming tub?
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I can only hope! LOL xoxom
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I hope you’re enjoying the weekend and taking lots of time for Mark!
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I have a new magazine on the horizon and I’m chained to my desk! LOL But YOU can have a wonderful time (please) FOR me, Linda! xoxom
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Howdy its sunday leaving my homage to you and happy anniversary to jeftex…..
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What a beautiful day in NE Iowa! I completed 5 more modern blocks for my quilt(s) today and enjoyed the fall-ish breeze coming through my windows. Have you ever seen the Mississippi River, Mark? Once the trees start changing colors, the bluffs along the river are breath-taking!
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Starting to cool off finally out here in Montana. mtmom57@gmail.com
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Hope everyone had a good weekend. bestbelle2010@aol.com
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You’ve influenced me to try out the peppered cottons for sure!
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Loving the rich and vibrant colours of this fabric collection!!! Thanks once again for a daily entry!!
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I’m getting so many great ideas from all the different blogs!
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This is an amazing pattern, such tiny pieces, it’s like you made your own fabric. I also love your blog page, all the graphics are so much fun!!
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Thanks. I hope you’ll subscribe. xoxom
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Just dropping by for my daily visit. Hope your day is a good one.
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Just checking in, hope you have a good day with a few laughs.
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Your design on the organizer is so intricate. Wowsa! If I tried something that detailed I think it would be on a pillow so I could see and bask in it hours on end.
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I can’t wait for your new magazine. I’ll be watching for it!
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Here i am again hope you had a wonderful day i did cutting out hot pats for the craft fair….happyness04431@yahoo.com
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No day would be complete without stopping by to say hello. Now it’s back to making my QAYG log cabin for our big Lab, Teddy, who really needs a quilt of his own, so he’ll stop hogging the covers. xxx Beth T.
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I’m back again to say “hello”. We are getting to be friends now, even if it is only a one-sided conversation. Kinda like talking to ones self. I’ve been known to do that. I find it motivating! Have a good night!
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I am loving those peppered cottons. Beautiful fabrics. Cooler weather today in central Texas!
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So, I just noticed the smaller script under your header…. Lol
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Good morning Mark. It is way cooler here in Georgia. I hope this isn’t a sign of a long, cold Winter. I don’t like the cold. Have a wonderful day!
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loved your blog this morning….feels like fall!
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Great colors in this collection.
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Love your organizer! Great fabric giveaway – your blog is a hoot! : )
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Hello, again! Big day here, as I am actually getting off the farm to go out to dinner and have a nice meal in the big city. Cloth napkins and everything, as we would have said when we were kids. Never too busy to leave a comment, though. Those fat quarters are mighty nice. 🙂
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Well here i am again was just rereading your blog posts funny man…..Ty for all you do and just keep crafting and quilting fun….And again ty for joining the blog hop…….happyness04431@yahoo.com
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Happy Tuesday! Summer has returned to my little corner of the world. We’ve had it cool for about a week, but tomorrow the AC will go back on. No complaining as winter will be here soon enough. Hey, I am now a blog follower on Bloglovin’!
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Love your blog! You can always make me laugh.
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Clever travel organizer. Thanks for the chance to win these great fabrics. I enjoy your fun blog!
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Love the pouch and the trim. Also enjoyed the 85 year flashback. Fun!
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Your blog is a cheerful way to end a difficult day at work. thanks for bringing chuckles to many followers.
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Thank you so much for so many chances to win!
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Good Morning, Mark. Hope your day is a great one. Thanks for another chance.
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Just ducking in to say thank you for another chance to enter. Now I must take a nice long nap because I’m going to Powell’s tonight to hear an author speak. She wrote a book called “Voracious”, in which she cooked and baked her way through recipes from favorite novels. Do you suppose there will be treats?
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Hope your day is as beautiful as the one I had.
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Well daughter came home with 3 pairs of curtains for me to make got to love her fellow workers……..Pretty eagle fabric will look good in her camp…….happyness04431@yahoo.com
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It’s amazing how good a great hair cut can make you feel!
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Thanks again for a daily “ticket”!!
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Good evening, Mark. It’s been a touch couple of days at work. Days like these just make me want to lock myself into my sewing room and create. Now I’m watching the Republican political debate and it reminds me that some people never grow up. I’m so happy to have a hobby like sewing that is fulfilling and healing.
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Hope all of you are having a great day!
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Hey Mark, this is just a suggestion: is it possible to have a button that can jump to make a new comment instead of scrolling and scrolling and scrolling? You are a popular guy with many people commenting so it would be handy. Thanks again for another daily entry.
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Thanks so much for all the extra chances to win!
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Good Morning, Mark. Thank you so much for the extra chances. Can you believe that this month is already halfway gone?
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Just saying Hi!
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Happy Anniversary Jaftex! Why have I never seen your blog before Mark?? I’m giggling for at least 5 minutes here with your adorable images & videos and I love your writing style.. oh and that wallet is nothing to sneeze at either! Great offer.. hand raised.. thanks!
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I’m quilting today and it feels do good!
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Well here it is thursday on the blog hop ty again for joining in on the fun……happyness04431@yahoo.com
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Good afternoon, Mark. I’m seeing a lot of familiar names, down here at the bottom of the queue. Guess we know who took you at your word–and who else is dreaming of those fat quarters.
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I sure am still dreaming of those bundles of lusciousness! That and having tomorrow off is keeping me sane this week. Heading off to choir practice tonight!
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Wow, you really DID get “into” this blog hop….great post! Thanks and God bless! ILuvTheEucharist @ aol.com
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Sure has been a fun contest so far. Thanks. mtmom57@gmail.com
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Happy Friday! Enjoy your weekend.
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That was a fun read
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Have a great day, Mark!
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Great blog hop! Have a great weekend!
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tgif! Have a great weekend, Mark
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Happy Friday, Mark! I hope all is well in your corner of the world. Thanks for another chance to enter this fine giveaway.
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Yay! It’s Friday and the weekend!!! Enjoy😉
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What a rainy, gloomy day here today! Tomorrow will bring sunshine and dry weather and another chance to win that fabric! Enjoy your well-deserved weekend!
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CONGRATULATIONS! YOU’RE OUR WINNER of the PEPPERED COTTONS FAT QUARTER COLLECTION! Please email me at PickleRoadStudios@me.com with your name, mailing address, and a photo of yourself, please! Thanks! xoxom
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Your organizer is beautiful.
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Any thoughts about sleeping in on the weekend is dashed when one has a 12 year old pup who insists on maintaining the schedule… Sigh… At least I can enjoy surfing the net!! Hehehe
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The more I see these the more I gotta have these!
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Just so many great ideas on this hop!
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Great organizer and love the stripes! Thanks for the chance to win and have a great weekend!
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Good Morning, Mark. It is a beautiful Saturday where I am. Hope your day is a good one, too.
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Have fun in Iowa.
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Have a great day, Mark!
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Hope you’re enjoying Indian summer in Iowa. My friend in Berlin tells me they call it “Old Lady’s Summer” there. Either way, I hope the weather is nice for you.
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Lovely project Mark, amazing details. I don’t think I’d have the patience to try and reproduce it. Enjoy it always. Thanks for all the fun details.
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What a lovely day in the neighborhood! This morning I went to a friend’s house who was having a sale. Her SIL died in March and they found out she was a major hoarder of many things. Today’s sale included 4 full rooms of card-making supplies, embroidery thread, needles and projects, Longaberger baskets, and jewelry making supplies. Her husband found boxes and bags hidden all over the house filled with purchases that were never opened or used. Sad, but what a house full of great deals today!
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My favorite quilt shop is fabric garden of madison maine…..love it…..
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Thank you! mtmom57@gmail.com
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Love your organizer! Love the fabric too!
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This is my first time visiting your blog. I LOVE your energy. I can’t wait to check it out more 🙂
ktreve (at) hotmail (dot) com
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Thanks so much for another daily entry!!
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Daily entry.. the more the merrier!
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A fine Sunny Sunday to you!
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Hope your having a blast in Iowa.
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Thank you for the extra entry. Hope you are having a great day.
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Do you have any plans to come to Vancouver, BC in the future? I hope so!
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Thanks for another chance to enter, and another reason to drop by your blog and read these comments. Boy, people have a lot more going on than I do!
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Awesome organizer! I think it needs more pockets tho, when you describe all you have to keep straight!! Thanks for the chance to win the shot cottons, I’ve never worked with them. jacklynnsteven at netzero dot com
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Hope you have had a great weekend – and that you are looking forward to a superb week!
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Mark, I hope you enjoyed your weekend in Des Moines. We had a beautiful weekend here in Iowa. Fall is definitely on its way. In a few more weeks, those trees will be changing colors and the sunny days will be spectacular here!
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Hope everyone had a good weekend.
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Thanks for another daily entry!!
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Happy Monday!
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Hi Mark. i hope you are having a wonderful day. It is damp and dreary here today.
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Thanks so much for another daily entry!
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I hope everyone finds some time to quilt today!
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Working on a quilt back today 🙂 Thank you for the chance to win 🙂
ktreve (at) hotmail (dot) com
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Today’s little bit of trivia about me: I gave up Diet Pepsi (any pop actually) 7 weeks ago today!
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I love your project for the blog hop. It’s truly stunning.
tracinecharest at Gmail dot com
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Happy 85th Anniversary Jaftex!! Wishing many more too!! My favorite quilt shop is Ben Franklin Crafts of Oconomowoc, WI
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Only a few more days before the big draw…. Crossing my fingers!!
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Thank you so much for another chance.
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Wow – September is turning out to be a very long month, isn’t it, Mark? Particularly if you are reading all these comments 😊. Thanks for another chance to enter the competition.
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That is some crazy detail on that little pocket pouch!! Awesome!
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Thank you for the giveaway!
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Wow, what a generous giveaway. Thanks for the chance to win.
The organizer looks great and I am sure it will work well for you.
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Having so much fun hopping!
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Recovering from your trip?
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Today is the last day of summer and it’s a gorgeous sunny day!
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Not only did I give up pop seven weeks ago yesterday, but I also gave up refined sugar and white flour products. I can name only 3 teeny times in those 7 weeks that I succumbed to sugar!
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The blog hop is so fun, I will hate for it to end.
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Checking in again. Today was one of those days. While we were taking the electrician around to inspect the place for repairs, we discovered a big leak in the well house. Nice. Looking on the bright side, imagine how often that could have gone on leaking had we not been poking around with the electrician. I hope your day did not involve any emergency repairs.
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Fun read and I would like to learn how to create the trim….
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Thanks for another daily entry!
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Thank you so much for so many extra chances to win!
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Happy first day of Fall and what a beautiful day it is.
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Well here i am again hope you have a wonderful day mark……..happyness04431@yahoo.com
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Back to 90 degrees here again by Friday….crazy fall weather.
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Would love a chance at the solid fabric. Seems my eye always goes for the prints and then when it comes to designing I don’t have enough solids. thanks
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Nice warm start to fall.
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Thanks,Mark, for the daily chances to win the Peppered Cottons!
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September is traveling so fast! The whole summer went by in a flash. Now that we are into fall, I hope it slows down a bit so we can enjoy the great weather and colors before the snow hits. (Not a huge fan of Midwestern winters.) Thinking of making a wonderful quilt with those bundles make me smile!
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Here I am, humming the Lawrence Welk theme song, “Goodnight, sleep tight, and may your dreams come true…” Why do I remember that, but not so many things I learned in this decade, or century?
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This has been a great celebration blog hop!!! I am enjoying the daily doses of quilting inspiration!
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Thank you, Mark, for another chance.
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Happy Fall! What a beautiful day it is today!
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Great colors in your organizer.
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Hello again! Thanks for another chance to enter. On a day like today, this is a definite bright spot.
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Hello again ty for chance to win again …….yahoooo.lol happyness04431@yahoo.com
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Stopping by a bit late tonight, but stopping by none the less! I hope your day was wonderfully creative, Mark!
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Interesting blog. I’ll have to come back and read more.
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Thanks again for another daily entry!!!
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It is a rainy day in my neck of the woods. Thanks for the extra daily entries.
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Hi! Mark
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Another gorgeous day! Have a great weekend!
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Just reviewing the earlier Jaftex blog posts, yep, this is a winner. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
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I had a great day at the Northwest Quilt Expo here in Portland!
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I had a good day at work and then decided I should take my husband out for dinner (I really just wanted a margarita to celebrate the weekend – sewing time). I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
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Good Morning, Mark!
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Thanks again for another daily “ticket”!!!
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Hello Mark.
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How have I missed your blog up until now. I love the humor to it. The travel holder would be a fun and fabulous thing to make. I love the trim. But I don’t travel (darn it) but it’s a perfect size to hold coupons, receipts for all my returns (it didn’t look like that in the store, or oh look I already have 2 of those bias tape makers). Have you ever noticed that you can’t find what you’re looking for until you buy another one. I’m going to look at your schedule and see if you are coming to the Phoenix metro area for a class, I think you probably would be fun in class as well.
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This was the first time I had the opportunity to see and thoroughly enjoy your blog. I’ve signed up to receive posts in the future.
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Did I read correctly? Another magazine in the works? Yippee skippy!! I’ll count that as a win even if you don’t pull my name from the hat. (But don’t count that as permission not to pull my name…)
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Those .gifs. -_-
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Thanks Mark, for another chance!!!
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Good Sunday morning, Mark!
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Returning after a few long days of having the flu. I’m sure you missed my posts, Mark. I was thinking of you and those bundles, but couldn’t lift my feverish head off the pillow long enough to get your blog to load. Still weak this morning, but am on the mend! Happy Sunday!
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Happy 85th Anniversary, Jaftex!
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Hoping you’re having a great Sunday!
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Sunny day, sweeping the clouds away…and stopping by for another chance to enter. Thanks, Mark!
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What’s not to love about the peppered cottons. They are yummy. Your blog is a knee slapper. LOL This blog hop has given me the chance to visit new blogs, enjoy new eye candy and gain more inspiration.
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Thanks again for another daily entry!!
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Thanks Mark, for so many extra chances to win!
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Here i am just myself and my coffee gl every body and i sure loved this b-day party hop….happyness04431@yahoo.com
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Hi Mark. Wishing you a very happy day!
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Still enjoying the warm weather.
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Of all my daily “chores” (and on the farm there are a few), this is one of my favorites. My thanks for the extra entry.
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I’ve never seen so many memes, especially in a quilting blog. Thanks for the fun project inspiration!
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Hi Mark! I do hope your weekend was better than mine. I am still suffering from this flu virus! I feel like I am missing out on some lovely days of autumn. The weather here has been beautiful. Tomorrow, I’m sure, I will be in tip-top shape because it is supposed to rain all day. Oh well. I need to get better.
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such nostalgia & a bright & cheery carry case … thanks for the inspiration
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It is so sad that the hop is almost over.
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Wow! Hard to believe that there are only two more days for this celebration!! Thanks again for a daily entry!!
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Good Morning, Mark. I don’t know about you but all these rainy days make me cranky.
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Rain is due all week, yard should be happy.
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Your travel organizer is happy, fun, and functional. Great design.
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Its tuesday hope things are great with you…..Love this blog happy b-day hop….happyness04431@yahoo.com
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OMGosh..!!! One of the bad things about not finding this anniversary blog hop until today is there’s only 2days left and that’s a lot of catching up!! The other is, do you have any idea how long it takes to scroll down through all your fans, to get to the comment box??? Phew!! LoL…..especially when I’m trying to read them all?? Great blog, great fabrics and awesome project!! Well done!!
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I hope everyone gets some time to quilt today!
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Love your organizer and the fabrics are truly gorgeous! Your blog is a hoot!
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Getting some much needed rain! Thank you so much for all the extra entry chances!
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Mark, your blog is just as funny as you are! Such a fun person! Luv your organizer, and the colors are terrific. robinsheloratearthlinkdotnet
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Quilted again today. Christmas is looming–should I feel that way? Does Santa feel that way?
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Finally today, I can say that I am feeling better and have kicked this flu bug to the curb! Whew! What a nasty thing. Now I want the last 5 days of my life back. September just seems too early to have the flu. I hope you stay well, Mark!
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Very classy organizer! Sorry to hear the Slow Stitching Movement has had a boomerang effect in giving you more work. It’s always a challenge to carve out time for maintaining our creative energy.
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Hard to believe in hat today is the final one for the hop!! It has been amazing!!!
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Good Morning Mark. Well, today is the last day of the Blog Hop.It has been fun seeing all the wonderful creations out there. I am glad that Linda “pushed” you into doing this one. I sure hope it isn’t the last one. You are very talented and creative. Thank you for all the extra chances. Now, with over 700 comments, I think you should get behind Linda and “push” her into helping you count all those tickets. LOL Have a great day!
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Well last day of the blog gl everybody was fun and so many ideas ………ty mark for being part of it…….happyness04431@yahoo.com
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Well I hope your shins aren’t still sore from the kicking and your arm has recovered from the twisting! You must have mended fine because all the little teeny tiny pieces in your lovely new organizer are very SMALL! I loved hearing about my home state of Montana too! Lots of inspiration out here! I can’t imagine taking a class from you — my stomach would be sore for weeks from laughing. I enjoyed your blog very much. Thanks for participating and the give aways too!
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Hope you enjoy reading all your comments. It was a fun hop
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I love your blog posts, Mark. They’re always so full of fun ideas!
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Day #30 has arrived and the Jaftex blog has been a great ride. Your blog gave me the heads up, I had never followed a blog hop before. I visited every day with amazingly creative folks. Thankyou for taking on LLD’s challenge and sharing the plan.
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Final day, final chance to thank you for the many times your blog post has made me smile.
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And sew it ends. I will miss stopping by daily and posting here, Mark. I am sure YOU are glad it’s ending! Whoever wins will be one happy person. Blessings to you always!
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Hmmm, wondering if this would help me be organized ??? I at least could be busy for a while 🙂 Thanks !
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