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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Giving Thanks – Quilters’ Blog Hop Party

Welcome to the Giving Thanks Blog Hop with Give-Aways!!!  How fun is this?  I'm so excited to have the the opportunity to meet penitential new friends and fellow bloggers. 


Welcome to the IHAN® blog.  For those of you who are visiting, IHAN® stands for "I Have A Notion®" which is an Internet based market for all of your Sewing, Quilting and Machine Embroidery needs.  Our claim to fame is that we are not interested in "selling" to consumers.... we are only interested in educating our customers so they will be satisfied and use the things they purchase from us.  You might want to check out what people say about their shopping experiences, CLICK HERE.  

Enough about that...lets get on with the Giveaway, shall we?

Our Giveaway is a very fun pair of Rayon Batik Patchwork Pants in your choice of size Medium, Large or Ex Large.

Since my ankle was broken on Oct. 12th I have spent much of my time in lounge clothes.  My absolutely hands down favorite thing to wear are my Patchwork Pants.  They wash well and are extremely comfortable.    The Patchwork Pants have been added to IHAN® for the holidays.   I couldn't think of anything more fun than a free pair of lounge pants that will make you smile and others will ask, hey did you make those?  


Gratitude is a wonderful gift that helps the human spirit look beyond our immediate concerns and experiences.  Gratitude provides a mini vacation from all that troubles us.  Gratitude transforms what we have and what we experience into "enough" and it fills our spirit.  For me, it is more than saying Thank You....it is about living and exuding Thank You.

I am so GRATEFUL to be able to participate in the Giving Thanks Quilters Blog Hop Party and I'd love to know how you experience Gratitude.  Please leave a comment on this post telling me how you experience gratitude and I'll draw a winner using the Random Number Generator after midnight on Nov. 26th (so basically on Nov. 27th :).  If you would like to have an additional chance to win, become a follower on the IHAN® blog and leave an additional comment telling me that you are a follower and you'll be entered twice....it's that easy.

I would be very remiss if I did not THANK Michelle from the Quilting Gallery for organizing this very fun opportunity.  THANK YOU MICHELE!!! :)

You can find a list of all the participants of the Quilters Blog Hop Party by clicking HERE!

THANK YOU for visiting and I wish you an Endless Bounty of Blessings!

Smiles,
Kelly


75 comments:

  1. I am so grateful for the beautiful little baby girl that my son and his wife are adopting. Each time I look into their faces I feel such a blessing.

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  2. I actually keep a gratitude journal where I list 5 things for which I am grateful each day.

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  3. I'm so grateful that my son returned safely from being deployed in Afghanistan with the USMC. I'm also grateful for our healthy family, including my grandson.

    Thank you for a super giveaway and a chance to win.

    usairdoll(at)gmail(dot)com

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  4. Your pants look so comfortable! I'm a follower via BlogLovin.

    Thanks again for a chance to win.

    usairdoll(at)gmail(dot)com

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  5. Our children join us once a month for a family dinner. There are over 30 and with all the young grandchildren, it can be noisy and chaotic. But as I sit and see all the interaction and love, I am so grateful for my life. Thanks.

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  6. I'm grateful for five amazing kiddos, and a husband who so wholeheartedly supports my quilty craziness. Thanks for the fun giveaway opportunity!!

    emily@thecaffeinatedquilter.com

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  7. I am so grateful to have my health and be able to live in the middle of the ocean with all it's beauty. Thank you for this wonderful give away, small would be my size. They would be just perfect to wear on my quilt cruise Sept. 2014!!

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  8. I am grateful for my family and friends, without them life would be barren! Awesome giveaway - love the pants :)

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  9. I am grateful for my family, especially for my new granddaughter.

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  10. I am a follower through google friends.

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  11. Love the pant Kelly. I am grateful for all of my creative friends!!!

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  12. I am thankful that my husband likes to dance with me.

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  13. I wake up every morning thankful for those that I have in my life. Without them, nothing else matters. Love the pants! textilerecycler@yahoo.com

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  14. I work for a hospice so I have reminders every day of how much I have to be grateful for. I am thankful for every breath I take, and even more thankful for every breath of my loved ones. Life is good.

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  15. I am thankful that my daughter is coming home from the hospital. At last!! It's been 5 months!

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  16. Everyday is a blessing, the good the bad and the ugly. I'd rather have a bad day than no day at all.

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  17. I am most grateful for my husband who was with me every step of the way through my recent illnesses.

    syvisser@gmail(dot)com

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  18. Follower via Bloglovin.

    syvisser@gmail(dot)com

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  19. I am very grateful that I am retired and able to do the many activities that I love.

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  20. I am a long time follower of your blog.

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  21. I am grateful for the health of myself and family.

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  22. I have been a follower via email.

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  23. I am grateful for my kids and grandkids.

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  24. I experience gratitude with a voice of victory and a shout of praise!

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  25. Cute pants. They look very comfy. Please don't enter me in your giveaway, but I wanted to let you know I added it to my page where I share insights on giveaways and contests: http://www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com/p/giveaways-and-contests.html

    SewCalGal
    www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

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  26. I am so grateful for the news received yesterday of a soon to be new addition to our family - grand child #7 ! Such blessings raining down we are so thankful!!

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  27. I am grateful for my family. I have 2 beautiful children that are a true blessing. My daughter & her husband are trying to adopt a child. That would put me in heaven to have a grandchild. So I am patiently waiting for the blessing.

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  28. I am already a follower. I love reading your blog. I learn so much & am thankful for that.

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  29. Those pants look fun! Hope you are healing quickly. I experience gratitude, by giving gratitude to God, in prayer. It reminds me of all my blessings.

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  30. I am grateful for my family's health and for their support for this wonderful little hobby of mine... Thanks so much for sharing

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  31. I am experiencing gratitude by watching my three sons blossom into productive, independent adults. Oh, and I'm grateful I have the time/means to sew quilts!

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  32. I am an enthusiastic follower, reading every post! Thanks for the opportunity to win....

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  33. I am grateful my mother is here visiting me for a few months.

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  34. I am grateful for my family and the fact that my Mom introduced me to sewing almost 50 years ago. Those pants look awesome! That's pretty much how I dress every day.

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  35. "Penitential" new friends and fellow bloggers??!!

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  36. I am grateful for the upcoming opportunity to see all five grandchildren in one place at one time to celebrate Christmas. They live in opposite directions (VA and MO) and we don't often see them all together.

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  37. I am grateful for my family and for a husband who supports my quilting hobby.

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  38. I'm a follower via email. The pants are too cute. Thanks!

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  39. I am grateful for medical personal who go outside the box the help those with complex diseases. I'm also grateful for those who share their ideas and talents on the internet so I can find what I need on many subjects. Thanks for the chance at the perfect pair of pants for a quilter!

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  40. I thank God everyday for the health and well being of family and friends. I thank Him also for Service men and women serving our country. The pants are too cool. Thanks

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  41. I am commiserating with you. I had reconstructive foot surgery mid-October and will be very thankful when I can put weight on it again. I have at least another month to go. I am thankful all God's wonderful blessings.

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  42. I am grateful for my husband of 18 years. Thanks for the opportunity to win!

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  43. For the new house we are in the process of buying!

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  44. I have so much to be grateful for... a job that pays the bills and puts food on the table, a house that is totally paid for!!!!, all the animals on our little farm that give me such joy to watch and care for... so much.
    Thank you!

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  45. Follow you on bloglovin.

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  46. I am grateful for my new home and my family who helped us move.

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  47. New blog-hopper and enjoying this armchair game of quilting 'tag', and am grateful for all those across the world who enjoy this too.... I experience my my gratitude like a patchwork comforter, small scraps of unique sewn together by snips of thread and glorious imagination - and hands on work..... coming together to join so much into a lovely quilt.... cheers and soothes and makes me feel warm all over....thanks!
    Barbmo

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  48. I am a cancer survivor and I started quilting just after I was granted new life. I am grateful to my husband, to all his supportive family and to doctors who gave me another chance! Year before cancer we lost our house in fire to the ground and I am also grateful for all those who helped us to recouperate. I am grateful every dayfor being alive and optimistic!

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  49. how cute, but if I were to win my daughter would claim them...

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  50. I am thankful for my sons who drive a hour to my house to get my Christmas decorations out for me because they don't want me to lift the boxes.

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  51. I experience gratitude through prayer for all the blessings I have been given.

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  52. What a great giveaway, I would need an x large, thanks.
    smjohns63 at yahoo dot com

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  53. I follow via email.
    smjohns63 at yahoo dot com

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  54. Now those do look comfortable!

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  55. I love them! I need mes a pair! I am SO greatful for my amazing Honeyman and all the support he gives me!

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  56. Grateful for my family, my friends who are like family, and taking each day as it comes.

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  57. I have many things to be grateful for! I have. A very loving and supportive husband, I have 3 wonderful sons and 3 grandsons, my accounting business that just happened, friends here and online in the quilting community, my church friends and oh my sweet Cassie, my Lhasa Apso! Love to be comfortable while working in my quilting studio! Your giveaway will certainly fit that bill!

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  58. Those pants look like so fun to wear around the house, Kelly. I'm grateful for my growing brood of grandchildren (who would love to see me wearing those pants, LOL!)

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  59. I am so grateful for my family & my health. I survived 2 strokes, I learned how to write, quilt, sew, walk again! I am so thankful I can grip a needle.
    My stitches are not as small as they used to be, but they are pretty equal.
    Since I am now retired, those pants would really come in handy! Thanks for the chance to win!
    wigglypup2(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  60. I experience gratitude by the hugs and love given to me by my grand kids!

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  61. Nice to meet ya! I'm returning the visit. (Smiles) Love your blog and am happy to say I'm now your 1,120 GFC follower and added ya to my blogroll!! And you bet I'd LOVE to win a pair of those patchwork pants!!!!!!!!! THAT would be amazing! Thanks for the chance to win! So glad we found each other's blog! Happy Turkey day!

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  62. I'm totally grateful for my health and the health of my family. Also for my best friend who just happens to be the guy I married and I can't forget about my second graders...their toothless smiles make my day!

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  63. Nice to meet ya! I'm returning the visit. (Smiles) Love your blog and am happy to say I'm now your 1,120 GFC follower and added ya to my blogroll!! And you bet I'd LOVE to win a pair of those patchwork pants!!!!!!!!! THAT would be amazing! Thanks for the chance to win! So glad we found each other's blog! Happy Turkey day!

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  64. I am grateful for my health after being cancer free for 9 years. Thank you for a chance to win these lovely comfortable looking pants.

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  65. I am so thankful for my family and good health. I'd love to lounge about in a wonderful pair of your pants - thanks for your giveaway!

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  66. I'm thankful for family and good friends. I would be thankful to win the pants!

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  67. The pants are awesome. I am filled with gratitude when I reflect on all of the blessings I have in my life. Yes, there are material things, but my biggest blessing is the unconditional love of my Savior and my family.

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  68. I am thankful for the wealth of friendship that I have encountered.

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  69. I'm thankful for the holidays, family and friends getting together. Love those pants, girl.

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  70. what a fun prize XL if I win :o))) enjoyed your site

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  71. I am so grateful for my relationship with God and knowing that I am always safe in His hands. I'm also grateful for my husband who takes care of me and make sure that I live a comfortable life and for loving me.

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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-
More Later-Beth