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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Day 30 of 31 Days of Giveaways - Susan Brubaker Knapp from Blue Moon River

IHAN's 30 Days of Giveaways
Anniversary Celebration
Day 30



The Tulip Bag Pattern has a large outside pocket, lots of inside pockets and come with a pattern for a cell phone case. What a perfect bag for Spring!!!


Orchid Series Note Cards are photos of Susan's work

 Hi Susan :)

Oh I'm so excited to share with everyone a fun story about meeting Susan Brubaker Knapp.  Last fall I went to Huston for Quilt Market.  I was sitting on the sofa in the lobby of the hotel blogging (only free wi-fi and you know I'm frugal) along with several other folks who were using their laptops.  As usual I struck up a conversation with some of the gals sitting around me and Susan happened to be one of them.  I had absolutely no idea I was meeting such an incredibly talented woman.  We exchanged business cards and I checked out her blog.  Talk about feeling lucky.

When I decided to do this Anniversary Celebration 30 Days of Giveaways I wrote to Susan right away.  I absolutely love her work and I had read about her Orchid Series Note Cards (photos of her work made into note cards) on her blog.  She not only agreed to give a lucky IHAN blog reader a set of her Orchid Series Note Cards but she's giving them The Tulip Bag Pattern too!!!

Think I'm just embellishing the way I talk about people?  Then check this out....who's work is splashed all over the cover of Quilting Arts Magazine


Oh yea baby.....that would belong to none other than Susan Brubaker Knapp!  See I was telling the truth and I was not embellishing the story one bit.....she really is incredibly talented :)

I asked Susan about what it is like to create, where does she begin and this was her reply:
Each piece is an emotional catharsis, and begins when I am filled with a strong emotion: awe at the beauty of nature, joy in nursing a baby, anger at an injustice. Art is my way of celebrating and documenting the deep mysteries of human beings’ relationships with each other, with our innate creativity, and with the natural world. Much of my work explores metamorphosis and transformation.
Creating fiber art is an intense tactile experience. My core materials — cloth and thread — are the result of my background as a traditional quilter. But I also use substances foreign to traditional quilters, such as fabric paints and dyes, Tyvek, Angelina fibers and water-soluble pastels, to transform the cloth.
Susan speaks to Guilds and Teaches as well.  I've not had the good fortune to take a class yet but if I get the opportunity I'm going for sure. 


This is Susan's DVD, Free-motion Stitching and Thread Sketching, it is available at the Interweave Store.  I have found DVD's have been a great resource because I'm a visual learner and I'm not a fast learner so I can take my time and review the material over and over. 

If you would like to have a beautiful set of Orchid Series Note Cards and The Tulip Bag Pattern then you'll need to leave a comment on this post telling us about someone special you have met just by chance. 

There is no requirement to follow Susan's blog, but you may be very glad you did because she shares great information and inspiration.

Thank you Blue Moon River!!!

Susan you continue to inspire me and I am very appreciative...big hugs to you. 

Grateful Smiles,
Kelly

86 comments:

  1. I love Susan Brubaker Knapp! She is so very talented. Great post, with delightful insights.

    SewCalGal
    www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

    PS - I think this is day 30 not day 20,but maybe you will make this 45 days of giveaways via accidental counting backwards. Geez, You must be tired!

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  2. Oh please enter me in the giveaway. I just found this blog!

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  3. Oh, Kelly, I'm blushing! Thanks so much for all your kind words about me. I am so lucky to have met you last fall! :-)

    And I'm very happy to help you celebrate.

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  4. I do believe that over the last two years that Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville.com has been the most influential/inspirational on my personal quilting journey. Her classes are more about a concept that she lives and practices through her quilts. Not all quilts are meant to be judged and I love a more relaxed way of viewing quilting because of her. I would love to win the Tulip bag pattern and the note cards. What a wonderful artist Susan is.

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  5. I once had a chance meeting with a local quilt designer I adored. I loved everything I had seen of hers and one day I ran into her at a quilt shop and we were visiting and soon I realized how she creates her masterpieces. I couldn't believe I had met her or learned how she designed. I felt so fortunate to meet her as she died of a sudden heart attack less than a month later. I will always remember that chance meeting.

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  6. I have been following Susan Brubaker Knapp for a while now and I am absolutely in awe of all the beautiful things she makes! Totally amazing and so talented! Thanks for the giveaway and including me in the draw. I'd love to win the notecards and frame them to hang in my sewing room as inspiration and of course the bag to make. A new challenge!

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  7. Hmmm, well it turns out that a girl at my church is a quilt designer, I didn't know and found out by chance (seeing her daughter on an apron pattern at my local store!) Does that count?

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  8. You're doing a wonderful thing with all these giveaways!
    Amazing who you can run into these days... a while ago I ran into Tricia of the Great Canadian Shop Hop - hmmm, just read that filming has been put on hold for now... darn! But she helped to start up Quilter's Connection Magazine.

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  9. I've been a fan of Susan's for a while. Would love to win :)!

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  10. The orchid note cards are stunning!

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  11. I'm like that, I end up in conversations with strangers everywhere I go and everyone of them is special, how's that for diplomacy? None of my strangers have been as famous as yours, but some have been pretty creative.

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  12. My best 'just by chance' meeting was with a colleage in an elevator on our way to our hotel rooms in the evening after a meeting. We instead went for a lovely walk, began to correspond, and were married about a year later. That was the best 'chance' meeting of my life!! Kathie L in Allentown

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  13. Kathryn's story beats all. It seems where ever I go, I meet people who connect with my tiny town in Utah. It amazes me how many people have heard of my town and surrounding area of 5,000 people.
    But my most favorite is a bus ride in college on a geology field trip to Yellowstone. My roomie started up a conversation with his roomie, so we traded places and I spent the rest of the ride with Keith. We just connected and had the neatest, most magical time together.
    thats it. no one famous, no marriage or anything, just a really special friend.
    I have heard of Susan, I got that magazine in the mail. She is so talented. Thanks Susan and IHAN for this drawing
    ~a

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  14. I met my husband, 'by chance' online! Yup, I picked his profile out of literally hundreds.. We are a happily married blended family of 6.. Best 'by chance' meeting I've ever had!

    shelly.potter@hotmail.com
    shelly potter

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  15. About a year ago I went to get my hair cut, but my hairdresser had a "substitute" that day. After 2 hours and a fantastic new 'do, Terri and I were on our way to becoming inseparable friends! She's an extraordinary artistic woman who continually encourages me to be creative!

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  16. I met my best quilting friend online, we were both members of a non-quilting group. How special it is to have her as a friend.
    I love the colors, and the tulip bag. So Springtime!

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  17. Most important people I have meet (not in person) are the ones I found since I started to blog. Just the creativity and generosity are amazing. I have made the tulip bag and it is the only bag I have really used. I am so glad you turned me on to Susan blog.
    Elaine

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  18. I'm not of the 'noble' variety either. One of my kids shook hands with Dick Chaney and another with the Prime Minister of Canada Jean Cretien when he was in power...so my meetings by chance are through my kids! I live alot through my kids!

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  19. By chance I was able to meet and speak with Nancy Brown whose applique techniques and patterns I have loved for some time. I was so pumped that I finished her pattern that same day!
    Shari
    shariwild@yahoo.com

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  20. I was in Fanueil Hall in Boston, the family taking a vacation and shopping with my sister-in-law when lo and behold, who is shopping with his family. Forrest Whitaker! Nice family...my sister-in-law talked his and his wife's leg off! Chance meetings are such surprises and delights...little bonuses in the game of life!

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  21. The special someone I met is Matt Sparrow from manquilter.com. I think he befriended me on facebook and now I watch him quilt all the time and have learned so much from his live webcam. His wife Bradie is equally as talented and has taught me loads of wonderful tips.

    Thank you for the opportunity to win the beautiful bag pattern and notecards!

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  22. When I started blogging last year I tried to get to know people in my province. I started communicating with a woman and blogging a lot with her. One of the shop owners was telling me about someone I just had to meet and it turned out to be the same woman. On top of that, it turns out she lives 2 minutes from my house. We are now in a bee together and she inspires me greatly.

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  23. So darn cute. Thinking Orientals..silver not gold.
    Shari shariwild@yahoo.com

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  24. What a wonderful, informative blog! I'm so glad to have found you. Susan Brubaker is a stunning artist!

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  25. Hmm ...everyone I meet is special in one way or another :)

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  26. I met someone recently at a large gathering. We had both worked for the same person but at different times. It was fun to tell stories and compare notes!

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  27. I do not believe we meet by chance. There is a purpose behind everyone who gets "thrown" our way. That being said, my BFF and I met through the church nursery. She was one of the workers and I had my lil goose in nursery.(She's 3 now:). But we really got to know one another through a Ladies Ministry class at church called "Apples of Gold" Turns out we are both single mom's with a lot of the same health issues. Amazing how God brings people together!! She's the only person I know who totally gets what I go through 'cause SHE does too! Thanks for the awesome giveaways!!!

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  28. Back 10 years ago when my son was in cub scouts I was at a meeting,instead of my husband, talking with a group of people. One of the ladies mentioned where she just moved to and I was so excited I hugged her and said welcome to the neighborhood I live a few doors down. We became best friends and have been ever since. I signed up to follow Susan's blog - yes she is extremely talented, luv the pattern and cards!! You really must stop introducing any more blogs, I lost count of how many are now in my reader!!

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  29. Happy Anniversary, IHAN!!! I was reading, Susan Brubaker Knapp's Facebook wall and she stated that you were having a 31 day give-a-way! This is my first time visiting your store. I do all of my 'quilty' shopping online & I get so excited when I find a new store!! (Thanks, Susan) I feel like a child on Christmas day, every time I find a new area to shop!! WooHoo! I'm off to browse.... ~Debbie debnmike_2@yahoo.com

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  30. I just love the tulip bag pattern, Someone special who I met by chance. There was a church sale that we went to and when entering the building I was drawn to a table on my right. There was lots of fabric and the man behind the table didn't have a clue as to the prices. His wife showed up, made me a great deal on all the fabric, gave me tons of quilting advice. to her my stopping by was a sign, she was clearing out a sewing room for a foster child she might get, for me, I got lots of fabric for my charity quilts at a very reasonable rate. A win win for both of us, and I never got her name.

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  31. I have met a blogger that i follow at a fabric store. Turns out that she works there and I won a giveaway she had! I won some fabric and turned it into a pretty lapquilt that I got to send my Grandmother to cuddle with after my grandfather died.

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  32. My someone special doesn't relate to quilting at all. I met Dennis while waiting for a bus (I use public transportation a lot). Just one of those spur-of-the-moment chats to pass the time. I can't say we've become close friends, but he does impact my life. He always seems genuinely happy to see me, and stops to ask how I am doing and introduces me to whoever he is with as if I am a very special friend. I watch for him whenever I am out and about because he always brings a ray of sunshine to my day. Thanks, Dennis :)

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  33. i've met all kinds of special people just by bloging about quilting, and joining online quilt bees.

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  34. Hmmm, who have I met accidentally that has come to mean alot to me? The one that comes to mind first is my friend Kindra. I met her while I was setting up a daycare business and she had just moved to town. She took my name and called me later about daycare. To this day she's one of my best friends! She's moved a few times in the 17 years we've known each other but we still email and get together every 3-6 months when she flies in to see her son who is attending the university in my town! Great friend, good times! I'm glad you met Susan. I'm off now to check out her blog!

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  35. I am often shy when it comes to meeting people for the first time. But about 10 years ago (kind of like SewLindAnn) I was helping at a conference and worked side by side with a lady from Ohio. She was such an inspiration to me, as she was very creative and made things happen with little or no preparation. We have become BFF,even though she lives in Ohio and I live in Florida. I have met some famous people before, but you asked for someone special, and she is more special then anyone that is famous :-)

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  36. I love your blog, I have been a follower for a while. My special person was a blind date that turned into 36 years of a great marriage. Yes, he knows how to sew (has 2 machines), knows how to quilt and even knows how to crochet. It doesn't get any better than that. Except to win the Tulip Bag!!

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  37. Ooooo please enter me!! The person that I have met by chance is my husband. If it were not for several situations I would have not met him. Well now we are happily married with two children!!!

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  38. Of course I was wanting the DVD for free! But in lieu of that, I would like the pattern and notecards. I would very definitely put both to good use. Thanks!

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  39. The only incredible people I have met is through blogging....and one ofthem is you. .... (caught me brown nosing again)...HA!!

    Love the bag.

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  40. Great giveaway. Thanks. I have been reading Susans blog for a while. She does so many amazing things.

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  41. I am always amazed at how much talent is out there in the crafting world...keep it up girls/guys...Cheers Michelle

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  42. All my friends are "someone special" that I have met by chance. If we hadn't been thrown together in a random circumstance, we wouldn't now be friends.

    All of my quilting special someones are people that I haven't actually met - they're only people I know online.

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  43. I met a couple at a college fair I was working for my job; they were at the next table. That was about 30 years ago - We have visited back and forth, and are still in touch a couple times a month. Milt and Maryanne - good friends.

    Only a day or two until I need to clear out room for all my winnings here, right? *S*

    Oh, and yes I know of Susan's great work - I'd really love to have those notecards.

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  44. I met a wonderful man and had a great two year relationship. I literally bumped into him when I wasn't looking where I was going. We are each happily married to other people now but I remember him fondly.

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  45. I met another mom at the park while our kids played together. Come to find out we had a common friend and laughed at the fact we have never met. The more we talked the more learned we had a lot in common. We lived just a few blocks from eachother, we both homeschool and we both like to create. We quickly became great friends.

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  46. That Tulip bag is just darn cute!! and the cards are lovely. Hmm? Who have I met by chance? Well, I would have to say that I just happened to stumble into a conversation where a mini group in my guild was looking for a few new members. I was invited to join them and it has really changed my quilting. I have really been inspired by these talented women and I have tried and learned new techniques and especially gained the courage to try anything. Definitely a lucky day for me!

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  47. Once I landed a job through a chance meeting. I was waiting to take a test and struck up a conversation with a woman in the group who was also waiting. She was a principal looking for a teacher and at that time, I was a teacher looking for a position. You never know! Susan's work is really, really fabulous. I've seen the thread sketching postings on the Quilting Arts web site. Thanks Blue Moon River for the giveaway. mlwright29 (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  48. One of my dear friends became a friend by a chance meeting. She was hired as my substitute when I took leave to have a baby. That was 19 years ago and we are still friends. She helped me at my school. The next year, we helped her secure a position at another school. Thanks for reminding me of this great chance meeting!

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  49. I met this great lady through school that is actually a published quilter! She published under her maiden name so I had no idea :)
    She is so sweet!

    SheilaC

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  50. I my my husband online...I had just broken up with my boyfriend, and was taking dancing lessons...I was chatting with my "now" husband online because we had things and places in common but had never crossed paths. I decided I would ask him if he would like to come and be my dance partner so I could continue lessons...I though, it's just dance lessons...who knew by chance we would hit it off! 9 years later, and have 2 beautiful girls that we are fostering to adopt, and a wonderful life together being older parents!

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  51. I once ran into one of my first cousins in an Omaha antique store. I live about 3 hours west of Omaha and she lives another 3 hours west of me. Neither of us knew the other was going to be in Omaha. Was a great chance meeting.

    I am a faithful reader of Susan's blog. Her work is absolutely wonderful. It would be great to win the pattern and cards in the drawing.

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  52. When I go to my husband's home town to visit his family I usually spend some time with a family friend of theirs who is a quilter. She introduces me to any new quilt stores, shows me what she's working on and often shares her knowledge and sometimes some fabric with me. She's inspirational, but not really a chance meeting. Last time I was there, this past January, she took me to a guild meeting. I was impressed as our local guild doesn't do a lot. One of the things that impressed me the most and the "chance encounter" was the two hearing impaired women who attended. They weren't guild members but came to check it out as they are quilters and interested in joining the guild. They brought a machine that the speakers could speak into that transmitted the speech to them in a way they could hear. The speakers kept forgetting to get the machine, or held it close, or left it on the table when they got up to show things, not on purpose but because no one was used to using the machine. These two women were lovely and gracious and didn't make any complaints. after the meeting as they and I, as the guests, were being shown the library, I got to "talk" to them and they said they thought they would join the guild. such courage and grace inspires me.

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  53. While in Atlantic City in 1974 for a Steelworkers Convention my husband and I got on an elevator and started down to the lobby. When the elevator stopped at the next floor Red Skelton stepped onto the elevator. You could have knocked us over with a feather. My husband and I still talk about meeting one of the great comedians of all time.

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  54. I've met some famous people over the years through work, a few actors and muscians. More importantly were the great relationships I've had with run of the mill people who I interact with daily they are sometimes much more interesting. Thanks Sharonj.

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  55. I totally follow Susan's blog. I met a lady by chance from the same province as me, by blog following.

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  56. I met accidentally my best friend, we both attented a class and that day all the college had a meeting with all the teachers, the students were outside the building, then she came and we started to talk, before that day I thought she was a superflous girl and in-fashion, but I was so wrong, she's so humble, and lovely person, it has been about 10 years ago, she's pregnant right now, I'm so happy for her, the baby's coming to their lives after 14 years of marriage :)!

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  57. In AWE and HUMBLE seeing Susan's CREATIONS!

    Does meeting my husband so many years ago by chance count????

    I am so glad I was in the right place at the right time. What a journey. :-)

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  58. One day while shopping in a craft store about 75 miles from my home, I met the owner, who took a special interest in my work and what I was doing. The result was a friendship that's lasted for years, the opportunity to teach classes and sell my work, and being part of an art club that gave me a number of new and very talented friends.

    The note cards are beautiful, and I love that tulip bag!!

    mybusyhands@gmail.com

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  59. I would love to be entered to win. I am always impressed by the talent that people have. I dont think that I have accidentialy meet anyone but I did see Eleanor Burns at the Pullyup Sewing Expo in March. I havent bee lucky enough to go to Houston yet but that is on my list of to dos. Thanks Susan and Kelly for the giveaway.

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  60. I would love to win! kayli-taylor@hotmail.com

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  61. Thank you for the chance to win.
    Chance meetings...hmmm...Colonel Sanders (of KFC fame) was at an airport I was going through when I was a little girl.
    And, when I was a nursing student, a doctor in an elevator said, "Hey, don't I know you" and I didn't recognize him, but found out who he was...the doctor who DELIVED me! I look a bit like my mom and assume he must have thought he was younger than he really was.
    Lucy (in IN)

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  62. My sister sent me this link that she got from a friend of hers who is a fellow quilter. Will add it to my faves list (which takes much memory in my PC).
    To enter McKennas giveaway. I began quilting as therapy and a way to socialize with others (I took a Com Ed class to learn how)after the death of my son and to emerge from my depression. It started with wanting to make quilts from his shirts for my family members (especially the granchildren) as keepsakes and memories. My efforts have grown, I'm addicted to quilting, books, patterns, and fabric, much to the consternation of my husband. I think of Frank with EVERY quilt i do--whether it is planning, cutting, piecing,binding, or giving. This endeavor has helped me tremendously to heal and to remember without falling apart. It has also provided special people with special mementos. I am also working on planning a quilt block for the Organ Donor National Quilt, in memory of my son. He was also an organ donor.

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  63. It sounds far fetched, but I met my husband by chance. We were both in a support group for people going through divorce and I introduced myself to the group by saying I would never get married again. Well, we met for coffee after a few months, and married four years later! We'll be married twenty years in October and every year is even better than the one before!

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  64. I love the Tulip Bags, would so love to win that pattern, and her notecards are xo cute too! Thanks for the opportunity to win these great prizes Kelly! Good luck to everyone!!

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  65. Hmm...someone special that I met just by chance. Well, 21 years ago I met a man who is now the significant other in my life. He was just the friend of my roommate at the time while I was in college. And then we reconnected on Facebook last spring. He's pretty special to me.

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  66. Hi thanks for the giveaway; the bag is lovely. I met a lady at a craft camp and we have become very good friends. She has been most helpful to me in my quilting journey and now she even asks me the odd question. regards
    Sam (Sandra) s.downes@murdoch.edu.au

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  67. I would have to say the most inspirational person I have met, is Khristina of Sew Prim Khris....whilst she might not be as famous as all the other designers etc that have been mentioned, she gives me not only inspiration and help, but a good kick in the behind if I'm slackening off at times! Hugs Naomi

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  68. my "chance" meeting was an Indiana Pacer, Jim Stepanapahdadkahfjkl-can't remember his last name, and he never made it big. Anyway, I was working in the same building where the Pacers offices were and I got on an elevator with this giant, and told him he should be a basketball player! It wasn't until later that night while watching the 11 pm news that I heard Jim Stepanapsdfalk;dsjf; signed with the Pacers that day!!haha! What did I know, I am not a sports fan!

    Kelly...I'm blogging from the hotel lobby-they charge $10 per day for wifi in the rooms!!!! Crazy!!!! Especially when I can come to the lobby in the morning and get FREE donuts and coffee!!!

    I think we are sisters.....

    hugs from Providence!!

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  69. I love the bag! And the notecards! I can't specifically think of any one special I've meet by chance at the moment but I know that these moments can be so life changing! What a great opportunity to learn and grow!

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  70. I met my fiancee by chance :) We were at a crowded concert and started talking and just clicked! Now we're planning our wedding for early 2012. I'm so excited! He's my best chance meeting ever.

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  71. I love Susan's work, so thanks for a wonderful post about her.She is so talented!
    Micki

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  72. Love Susan! Thanks so for sharing!
    Love,Linda

    jldouglas@wispwest.net

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  73. Awesome bag....tulip bag is the name and perfect name!! I lived in The Netherlands for a few years and still have friends there...would love to gift them a bag!

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  74. This post and your prompt for us to write about someone special we have met got me thinking and soon my mind was wandering about all the amazing people that have been in my life. And it saddens me that some have moved on and we just don;t travel the same paths any longer.
    One of the most special women in my life is my mother-in-law. She is creative and humble and very generous. I am blessed to have married her son.

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  75. As a former military wife, I met so many people over the years.... but there was always a special zing when I met another quilter at a stuffy function, like Carol.

    If I win, please contact me at ski1402@verizon.net.

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  76. I met, Nicole through an embroidery sale post that she had listed on Yahoo. Her and I started discussing the different crafts that we enjoy, and it appeared that whatever her 'crafty' strengths were, that was my weakness and vice versa. That was 3 years ago. Her and I converse via email and share our quilts, embroidery, fabric painting or whatever we're doing at the moment and we have become very good friends. We also make it a point to send one another gifts in the mail about every other month. Nicole has certainly brightened my life with her talents, laughter and friendship. What began as a craft sale turned into a lasting friendship which I'm very grateful for. debnmike_2@yahoo.com

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  77. The people I keep meeting by chance never cease to amaze me. Too numerous to mention here. And, those connections lead to more and more exponentially. Kind of like the "six degrees of separation" thing. It is very serendipitous!

    You, Kelly, are near the top of the list!

    Thanks for sharing your abundance!Happy Day 30!

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  78. I already follow Susan's blog and I'm in awe of her work. I met a bunch of great bloggers by chance -- I wanted to make a string quilt, so I googled that, and now my quiltmaking is influenced by Bonnie Hunter and Tonya Ricucci and Gwen Marston and Freddie Moran. I haven't really met these women, but they've changed the way I make quilts. thanks for the chance to win.

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  79. Wow I can't believe all the things I have learned here already..so many new faces and new talents.

    Thanks for a chance to win Susan's great offerings.

    I got to sit next to Morgan Freeman on a plane ride home from Hawaii to New York.....he was dressed head to toe in leather......hat, vest, pants, boots.....he's a BIG man.

    It was really cool it was right after he made "Driving Miss Daisy"!

    Happy Sewing

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  80. Love the note cards and purse patten. Or orchids are my favorite flower. Wish I could grow them but seem to have a brown thumb.

    Rosemary
    cntryways@att.net

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  81. I have met lots of great quilting friends who inspire me all the time through my blog. Just by chance, they wandered over to my blog or I wandered over to theirs and we started corresponding. They as a collective group have had a great impact on my motivation and my work! And, I love Susan's blog. She is an amazing quilter and I love what she shows.

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  82. One day, I was having a particularily bad day, everything going wrong and bad news received, when I stopped into the bank. I was being crabby with the teller, which is something I NEVER do when she reached across the opening and placed her hand on my arm, looked me in the eye and said "everything is going to be all right." I don't know her name, but that day she was a super star. She was so kind to me and it meant the whole world at that moment. Just her act of kindness made me feel like I wasn't alone. I thanked and apologized profusley. It was a wonderful raok and I have been trying to pass it along where ever and when ever I can.

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  83. I had gone to NYC to a funeral and had not been there in years and years. Needless to say I took the wrong subway...got on the wrong bus...and was very lost and in fear of missing the funeral. I looked up on this busy busy street and there was my cousin. He was running down the street trying to get there on time...He knew where he was going....I yelled out and he got me there on time....

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  84. I was lucky enough to meet and talk with Eleanor Burns which was such a thrill.

    Love the tulip bag!!!

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  85. I follow Susan and LOVE her work. If I am not too late please include me in the drawing. Thank you! Jenna Louise

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  86. I met a lovely lady last year at a Christmas gathering. I went by myself and she made me feel so welcomed and loved even though we had just met. I think I will go send her an email right now.

    Wendy

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Thank you for reading the IHAN Blog. I love getting and reading every comment that is left here; however I may not be able to respond to all comments left during giveaways. There are times when I am juggling many tasks at one time and may not reply to all comments. Please e-mail me at quiltnotions@gmail.com if you need a reply quickly. I thank you for your understanding and-
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