Friday, August 18, 2023

14.5 Year Blogging Anniversary Giveaway!


I get a lot of joy from blogging and having an online community with my facebook group and those who read and comment on my blog. 

It has been a long time since I've had a giveaway, so I'm calling this the 14 1/2 year blogaversary giveaway!

There is one pre-requisite: you must leave a comment on the blog.

I know many of you struggle with that but it shouldn't be difficult. 
You can follow my step by step  directions HERE   (please try it)
It is important I have your email address so I can notify you if you are a winner.

I know there are many traveling so I'm going to leave this open until Sunday, August 27th. I'll draw a name then and announce a winner on Monday. 

Good Luck and thanks for being a friend of mine!




 

124 comments:

  1. not interested in giveaway but really the pleasure has been all mine...love following your quilty and travel adventures and oh those pix of the great northwest!

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  2. Wow, 14.5 years? That's a long time to blog! I hope you enjoy the rest of your summer! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  3. Congrats. Your on the way to 15! I enjoy your swaps and watching your expeditions into the “wilds” of your mountains and the quilting world. Keep on keeping on. Dotti in CT

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  4. Happy anniversary - thanks.

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  5. Lori, I have an appreciation for Reproduction prints and quilts, and enjoy reading your blog very much. I'm also a fellow Oregonian (Portland) and like to hear about what is happening in your part of the state. Thank you for sharing your quilting journey!

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  6. I love reading your blog. I found you when I started the Beyond the Cherries Trees quilt with Sentimental Stitches. I finished my top 5 years ago but have not yet quilted it. My 10 year blogging anniversary is coming up next month.

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  7. Been a follower for quite awhile, not much of a commenter. I enjoy your posts. A contact email for me is tasches@yahoo.com.

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  8. Whenever I see a new post from you, it’s always one of the first I read. I enjoy your quilt alongs, beautiful hiking pictures and your trips. Thank you!

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  9. Thank you for adding me to your list. Your quilts are beautiful and I like to listen to people talk about things they’ve done and inspired people along the way.

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  10. You are so generous and what talent you are spreading

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  11. Hello. I enjoy you fb group and blog but don't comment very often. Thank you for the giveaway

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  12. Happy Anniversary! I love reading your blog and seeing all your adventures!

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  13. 14.5 years is a great accomplishment! Congratulations and thank you for the great content

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  14. Congratulations on 14.5 years!!!

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  15. What a lovely bit of goodies. That is so nice of you to think of us!

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  16. I enjoy your blog, seeing your quilts, sewing along with you, and traveling vicariously with you! I also like your 'humble' philosophy! ~Janet C quilterj@msn.com

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  17. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

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  18. Lori your blog has been a go to for me for a very long time. I love your pictures and great information you give on patterns and fabrics and everything! Thank you so much! Love and hugs from Germany, Susanne!

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  19. Nice! Congratulations!

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  20. Nice! Congrats!

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  21. I enjoy your blog posts and your small quilt swaps. I love reproduction fabrics and making small quilts. You're an inspiration to me. Keep it up.

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  22. I have been enjoying your blog for years, maybe 14.5 years? I love seeing your quilts your hikes, and your travels around the world. I have participated in a number of your mystery quilt-a-longs and they were all super fun! Waiting for the next one!

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  23. I really love all your posts! I don't usually comment on them. However, I am here instead of my normal thumbs-up! Happy 14 1/2 year birthday!!! Keep making me drool over your photos and blogs! Your style is simply breath taking!!

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  24. I guess I forgot my email address: mshappygolucky2@gmail.com

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  25. I throughly enjoy, your quilts, travel and hikes! Also, your Etsy store and sew alongside.

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  26. Congratulations on your anniversary! I so enjoy your blog. Always great information on reproduction quilts and fabrics and love all your pictures of your hikes and what you are doing. Marsha

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  27. Congratulations on your blog-aversary! Repro quilts and fabrics are my favorites.

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  28. Happy Anniversary - I’m not much of a commenter but I follow your quilting and hiking adventures - would love to win your giveaway - thank you for the opportunity - Susan McC (sesjtm@yahoo.com)

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  29. I enjoy your pictures from your hikes and the beautiful outdoors. Keep on blogging and quilting..

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  30. Congratulations on your 14.5 years! So nice of you to do a giveaway! 🧵🪡

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  31. Such pretty fabrics just in time for fall. I’m anxious to get back to more quilting now that gardening is winding down.

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  32. Congratulations on 14-1/2 years! Love your work and hope to see you in the Sacramento area someday!

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    1. I'll be at a guild next week- Citrus heights, CA! Flying into Sacramento!

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  33. Congratulations! I have a been a follower for several years. Thank you for keeping on! Lila Foster @ misspittypat51@yahoo.com

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  34. Thanks for the opportunity to win a "happy"... enjoy reading your blog. Have a great weekend. cmberry@lsu.edu

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  35. Congratulations on 14.5 years in blog world! I wonder who your first follower was and if they're still part of the blogging world. Thanks for all the inspiration and sew-alongs!

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  36. Oh my! 14.5 years, how time flies! I have enjoyed sewing along with you on the Uptown quilt. Like you, I'm looking forward to getting to the end of this long project! *hugs*

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  37. Lori! Congrats on your years of sharing!! You are an inspiration to me (and I’m confident many 🤗) —both your quilting AND your hiking lead me in new directions on my journey!! Thank you

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  38. I enjoy reading your blog Lori. I have done almost all of your Sew Alongs and I look forward to more of them soon!

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  39. I always love to see what you’re up to!
    Patterns, fabrics, vintage and especially the story’s. The whole shibang! Thank you for posting!

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  40. Congratulations on your 14.5 Anniversary! Cynthia M-R (kyrotime@hotmail.com)

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  41. Lori, I have had so much fun participating in your doll swaps! You have shared so much with all of us and your sew along have been so enjoyable! Congratulations on your 14.5 years and many more to come!

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  42. Wow, 14 years! That's impressive. I also love following your adventures. Madeline is one of my very favorite Schnibbles. I made one just like the pattern cover-it's a bit wonky but I love it!

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  43. I love your blog. It is so inspiring to me. 14.5 years!! And here is to another 15 years of hearing about your quilts and travel.
    shawm@rogers.com
    Marion

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  44. I don't comment often (read that as practically never!), but I have been following your blog for at least 10 of your 14.5 years. Thank you so much for it! And thank you for continuing to blog when so many have abandoned their blogs for FB.

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  45. I enjoy your quilty posts, and I have participated in 3 doll quilt exchanges! viridian61@yahoo.com

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  46. Great giveaway! Thanks. I share your love of hiking and quilting.

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  47. Congrats! That's a lot of years and I've enjoyed every post in your blogging journey. You stated in 2008? I started blogging in 2009. As you said, lots of joy, kindred spirits, new friends, new ideas. love, lizzy

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  48. I love your blogs and the work you do. Thank you for sharing pictures of your hikes and travels. I recently found your etsy page!

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  49. PS I see your first post was Feb 2009. It will be fun to go back now and reread those early posts, of back in the day. My biggest memories of your blog years are your Jubilee quilt, skydiving, and a tattoo! And so many delightful inspiring sewalongs. Your lovely family, Porter, and wondrous travels, too lizzy [again]

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  50. I always enjoy your blog and especially the sew-along and the annual swap! I hope to see you at NEQM again soon.

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  51. Your blog is inspiring to me. I always thought I couldn't create something as pretty as your quilts and I was wrong! Thank You!

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  52. I love following your quilting, hiking, and traveling adventures!! I, too, love antique and reproduction quilts! Congratulations on 14.5 years, and I look forward to many more!!

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  53. Happy anniversary! Would love to win, always looking for a new, fun project. ❤️

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  54. Happy Anniversary!! Thank you!

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  55. I have enjoyed following you thru the years. Have made many sew a longs.

    suebennett1975@gmail.com

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  56. Nice giveaway! Don't enter me into it though as I have too much fabric now anyway. Please check out my last post. I need some advice on the vintage fabrics. :-)

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  57. I love your blog. I love seeing all the places you go and the work you do. Congratulations! Hope this goes through. Debi Miller

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  58. Love it!!! Congrats on your anniversary!!! Rnelson199@yahoo.com

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  59. Wow congratulations, I've been a follower for a number of years now and have joined in some sewalongs and swaps, hope you continue to have many more years!

    Susan.phillips30@ntlworld.com

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  60. Just to say happy blogaversary and thank you for all the wonderful posts, beautiful quilts and tons of inspiration. (Ady in Israel)

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  61. I enjoy your blog very much and seeing the projects you are working on.

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  62. Your blog is one of my favorites! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  63. Congratulations on 14½ years, Lori! You have a wonderful blog and have done a lot to help create community among bloggers. Thanks so much. I'm wishing you at least another 14½ more years!

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  64. Happy Anniversary and may there be many more

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  65. Congratulations on the 14.5 years!

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  66. Love your blog and quilts. Happy anniversary! Love half birthdays too!

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  67. I've been reading and enjoying your blog for years. My home is decorated with several small quilts I made with your instructions, and I think you have my "autograph" on a gift quilt from years ago. You are an inspiration to a lot of people, Lori. Keep on quilting!
    Vivian -- vivianiowa@outlook.com

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  68. Lori felicidades desde este lado del océano. Saludos
    madrinaban@gmail.com

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  69. Hi Lori..gracious and fun thing for you to do..Cheers......

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  70. I enjoy reading your blog, seeing where you have gone to this time, and what darling quilts you are working on.

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  71. Thank you for all your posts and pictures.
    jvglue@gmail.com

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  72. lindamae1022@gmail.comAugust 18, 2023 at 5:28 PM

    I have enjoyed following your blog. Your "humble" quilting style has been an inspiration.

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  73. I've enjoyed reading about your quilting and hiking adventures over the years! I can't believe it has been 14.5 years! Your small quilt sewalong each year is lots of fun!

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  74. Congratulations on being around for 14.5 years. So many of my favorite bloggers have left. I hope you are around for many, many more to come. Thanks for the chance at your giveaway.

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  75. I always look forward to your sew alongs—thanks for keeping up with the blogging!

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  76. Congrats on your 14.5 anniversary lol. Your giveaway is very generous!!

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  77. Congrats on the blog-a-versary! I think I have been following you for about 13 years. I enjoy seeing where your last adventure has led you! Thanks for all the quilt inspiration too! HUGS... and stitches

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  78. Congratulations on 14.5 yrs of quilty and life sharing. I enjoy reading along.
    Laura Haynes

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  79. Congratulations on 14.5 years! I enjoy your posts. Thank you for sharing your anniversary with us! kwebb_66@yahoo. com

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  80. Congratulations on your 14.5 year anniversary! May there be many more!! Thank you for sharing your quilting knowledge with us! kwebb_66@yahoo.com

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  81. What a great idea Lori! I did a lot of give-away's in the past like many bloggers, but somehow it stopped..... I will do another one too when I will be traveling to the US again. I will write my 1000 blog somewhere in the next months.
    Always fun to share a special moment with the reader's of your blog. And 14,5 year's is a long time. It will be my 14th in november!

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  82. Congratulations with the anniversary, I follow you since a couple of years and love it! Marjan from the Netherlands

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  83. Happy blogging Anniversary! Wishing you many more!

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  84. Congrats on your anniversary churcaeatauburndotedu

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  85. Congratulations on blogging for 14.5 years!!! Your posts are always a treat. Thank you for adding joy.

    Amy in NJ

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  86. Long time no see... Congratulations !:o))

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  87. Congrats on your 14.5 year anniversary. I always look forward to reading your blog.

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  88. Love your blog and like to be in the contest of the give away.greetings Janny Schoneveld

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  89. corenjannyschoneveld@gmail.com

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  90. Happy 14 1/2 year anniversary! I'm grateful that through your blog, you continue to share your quilts and hiking adventures with all of us...friends across the miles! xxoo

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  91. Congrats and thanks for hanging in there with your blogging--I always look forward to your adventures and sew alongs!

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  92. I have enjoyed reading your blog for many years! You’re always so encouraging to everyone.

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  93. Thank you for your blog! I've been a fan for many years. So many great ideas and encouragement.

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  94. Happy Anniversary! I always love seeing what you are making and when go camping. Hugs,

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  95. I don’t remember how long I’ve followed this blog but have really enjoyed it. Civil war fabrics and quilts are my style so was drawn to this blog for that reason. Kahrsc@yahoo.com

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  96. Hi Lori...........congrats on your blog birthday...........I am still amazed something that we started so many years ago we are still doing today..........I too like you love the blog community.......and find the platform different to other types of social media.......having made so many friends over the years........don't always comment but ive followed along for many years.........keep blogging............

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  97. Thanks for the chance to win! I always enjoy reading your blog.

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  98. Thanks for the chance to win! I always enjoy reading your blog.

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  99. Happy blog anniversary Lori! I have enjoyed reading and learning from your blog for many years now. Blogging will always be important to me, and the quilting/sewing bloggers are really an awesome community for sure.

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  100. Congratulations on your 14th and a half! An anniversary worth celebrating ;)

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  101. I enjoy reading your posts, but I don't comment often because I have so many problems. Happy anniversary!

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  102. wow - what a response !!!! Happy Anniversary!

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  103. Congratulations! I love reading your blog and all of the quilts you share!

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  104. I'm not sure why my comment didn't show so I'll try again. I've been enjoying your blog for about 5 years now and like the variety of topics and quilt-related content. My daughter lives in Vancouver WA so I enjoy seeing the areas you hike to get ideas! Thank you for the chance to win. ssnsalo at gmail.com

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  105. jrshep@golfersandquilters.comAugust 20, 2023 at 2:34 PM

    Love reading your blog - happy 14 1/2 anniversary! JoAnne

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  106. Congrats on 14.5 years of blogging. I'm always impressed w/bloggers who put a part of their lives out there, creating an online sisterhood. Thank you, Lori. I always enjoy getting your blog posts.
    nettiesniche@yahoo.com

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  107. Look at all these comments! You have certainly earned yourself a following over these many years. Happy blog anniversary. I have been following along on this journey for about 12.5 of your 14.5 years, and it has been delightful. From your doll quilt SALs, to your swaps, and all of the little videos and teaching moments, I have appreciated and enjoyed it all. And it was fun taking the Zoom class from you, too.
    It is also a treat to see the beautiful vistas from your hikes. Thanks for all you share with us.

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  108. I love the fabrics and congrats! Dani

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  109. Congrats on the 14+ years of blogging. Always marvel at people who are willing to consistently blog, (correspondence is not my strong suit) sharing their lives w/other folks that have similar interests. You say you enjoy doing it, I enjoy reading it. Thank you.
    nettiesniche@yahoo.com

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  110. milycap@gmail.com - love your blog! Great to know you have an Etsy shop.

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  111. Congrats on 14.5 years! Your blog is a favorite!

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  112. I found you and have followed you since Janet O in Utah mentioned your blog on her Blog. Or maybe it was Bonnie K Hunter on a trip to Sisters. So glad to have met you there. Your blog on my Blog Roll. I'm celebrating 15 year Blog-o-versery this month! Gotta love a Giveaway.

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  113. Congratulation I enjoy your blog

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  114. june.seven60@gmail.comAugust 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM

    Wow… almost 15 years! I follow you since 2015… and even though I don’t comment often, your blog is one of my favorites! Keep going the good job 👍🏻!

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  115. Thanks a lot for your blog ! Bon anniversaire , I am reading you, in France !

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  116. Congratulations on 14 1/2 years! I don't comment that often, but I do enjoy your posts. May you have 14 1/2 + more years of blogging!

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  117. Congratulations on 14 1/2 yrs! I enjoy your blog, your quilt alongs and photos of your trips. I especially enjoyed the trip to Peru.

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  118. Congrats on the blogging anniversary! I love reading your posts and have enjoyed knowing you from way back when with IQ! Enjoy all you've got coming up in the next few weeks.

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  119. I don't know if I've been reading you all that time, but I've enjoyed every post that I have read over many years. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  120. 14 1/2 years! That's amazing! I'm glad you're still blogging - I'm still reading :0) Congratulations Lori!

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  121. Love your blog and your annual quilt exchange, so happy I was able to purchase one of your adorable quilts, it looks so great in my sewing studio! Happy sewing Lori!

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