Thursday, October 29, 2009

Rouenneries ~ Giveaway over

Giveaway update: Congrats to Joanna #53 wilde medley.
Just need to figure out what you won :-). bon nuit.
Rouenneries by french general




Makes me want to sit in sidewalk cafe' and drink it all in.




Just arrived a few hours ago.



It's listed in the eBay store & some on etsy.






"Rouenneries were the cotton prints printed in Rouen, France during the mid-18th century. The designs are based on a collection of old prints and stripes from this era."



Mais oui


Tres Belle


It's stunning. The linens are beautiful as are all of the pieces.


Today's giveaway...not sure yet, I haven't got to work with it.


It'll be my choice -- a charm pack or fat quarters or something good. Trust me.


The french general would never let you down.



Leave an uplifting comment about life in general.


Des & I were at a school meeting last night (she was actually presenting -- ideas for motivating yourself and working with children.) It's so helpful to recharge and remember why you're doing what you're doing.


Random drawing later tonight. Make sure you've got an email we can contact.


120 comments:

  1. Coming home to little people which their parents asked mum to pick up. The first thing the 6yo niece - is Mak Long (me) back. And the 1-half yo niece clambering to hug me and following me all over the place.

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  2. Beautiful Fabric!! Gotta get me some. Life is busy and our temperatures are cooling off. Yeah!!

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  3. This quote has stuck with me since college:
    "Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake."~ Henry David Thoreau

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  4. Hmmmm...that fabric line is beyond gorgeous! Just love it.

    If everyday life doesn't allow you some time to sew you always can piece the quilt of (in!) your dreams ;o)

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  5. Great giveaway! Life is how you make it.

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  6. Uplifting notes for today - #1:it SNOWED on Wednesday! #2:JUST got a cheap flight for college girl to come home for Thanksgiving and friends will get her back to school!!
    That fabric is beautiful!!

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  7. Really really love this fabric... I have seen a quilt pattern that would SO go with it but can't find it back!

    Definitely going to do something with it though!

    And remember, as Mae West once said "too much of a good thing can be wonderful" !!!

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  8. Uplifting? Well, the upside of the spring storm that has just passed was watching the little one (who is 3) sitting on the kitchen bench checking out the hail falling for the first time (that he can remember). It was our 3rd or 4th bout of the day. Snow on the hills even though we are nearly into Summer.

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  9. My uplifting comment: The sun is always shing. Sometimes it just plays hide and seek behind the clouds...

    Gorgeous fabric!

    ramona (hof_brinkmann AT t-online.de)

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  10. This line is just so pretty!
    I love this Abraham Lincoln quote: "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
    Thanks for this great giveaway!
    eli_green22 at yahoo dot com dot br

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  11. Great fabric to give away. Thanks for the opportunity.

    Uplifting comment in the form of scripture: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". Works for me.

    carol_busse at yahoo dot com

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  12. I adore those prints, they are so - um - me!!

    My fav uplifting saying is by Objiwayo Indians ;

    "Sometimes I go about pitying myself
    And all the while
    I am being carried across the sky
    By beautiful clouds."

    And this is always uplifiting in times of sorrow and tension.

    We currently have a seriously ill grandson, he is 6 1/2 months old, and has leukemia; you have to believe in something, don't you?

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  13. knowing that my daughter's surgery that she had tuesday morning went well, and that she is recovering well, she's only 7, so i was worried on how she would do!!

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  14. Giving of yourself and your gifts is a way to be like God. We are created and made in the Creator's image. Thus we are born to create.

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  15. I love this quote “Life is not measured by the number of breathes we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.."
    - ANONYMOUS

    Have a great day and please count me in on your giveaway...those fabrics are..."breathtaking"

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  16. Absolutely lovely!! Life is wonderful; it's so much better than the alternative!

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  17. Oh, such pretty fabric!

    It's autumn here and the sky couldn't be bluer and I swear, I can smell apples in the air! The sun is peeking in windows that haven't seen it lately and you can just feel the changes coming. And they're good changes, too!

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  18. Uplifting comment about life...that every moment is a teachable moment...that people are the most important priorities...baby bunnies are so therapeutic...that I'm loved, and so are you!

    Thanks for the chance to win such beautiful fabric.

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  19. "Je me suis souvent repenti d'avoir parlé, mais jamais de m'être tu.

    I have often regretted having spoken, but never for having not."
    ~De Commynes

    Thought something French was appropriate, ah, the wonders of the internet!

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  20. I love that fabric!!!
    My husband works out of town, but has been out of a job since Feb. In the midst of our financial mess, I was thinking just how much I love the fall and how grateful I am to have him home right now! Just making lemonade...

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  21. well I had a good nights sleep last night and feel really rested. that may be my uplifting message for today. I may get to go home for the day also so that will be good. after five and a half weeks in the hospital with my son hopefully we will be going home soon. I hope to be able to sew a little then. lindagerig@sbcglobal.net

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  22. Spring is just less than 5 months away!

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  23. "To love another person is to see the face of God." I love and am loved.........life is wonderful and would be more so if I won some of that beautiful fabric. :)
    Thanks for the contest...Jane

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  24. A very dear friend of mine has been really down in the dumps lately. She recently wrote to me that she found some inspiration and wants to quilt again. Sometimes just having a listening ear is the biggest help of all. "Friendship is a long, sweet prayer made up of kind acts that reach heavenwards."
    Thanks for such a generous giveaway :-)

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  25. Uplifiting comment...Wow...I think I need uplifting today. Today what is uplifting me is knowing that my children are SAFE, HEALTHY and LOVED.

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  26. What beautiful fabrics. I'd love to have some to play with!

    An uplifting thought? A giggle and a squishy hug from my 2 year old as I get him out of bed this morning!

    ltenhage@gmail.com

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  27. Against the rain-streaked clouds, awash in shadowed grays, the autumn leaves stand out in jewels: crimson, rust, and gold.

    I love fall! :)

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  28. life is not perfect, but moments are. We need to enjoy those moments and love life. Fabric also makes me happy

    red_murray2@yahoo.com

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  29. Simplify
    Believe
    Dream
    Wish
    Hope
    Love
    And Smile...

    Love the fabric!

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  30. Beautiful colors and patterns.

    Uplifting: seeing my two preschoolers be super excited this morning to go onto their first fieldtrip with friends today. Love, how the simplest things make kids happy.

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  31. What a great giveaway! "to have a happy life, love what you have"

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  32. One of my favorite uplifting sayings is: "Life doesn't come tied with a bow, but it's still a gift." I am having the opportunity to have 2 of my grandchildren living with us for awhile and try to enjoy every minute and be a good example to them.

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  33. No one is a failure who has friends - from the angel in Its a Wonderful Life.

    In honour of all the awesome friends I've made through knitting and stitching, who lift me up and up and up...!!

    And doesn't everyone know the feeling when a scrap of lovely fabric makes your day. :}

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  34. It's never too late to be who you might have been. George Eliot

    I love that. I love the Rouenneries fabic too. Thanks for a chance.

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  35. The creases of my shoes smile up at me!
    Most uplifting for me, is just knowing all my blog friends to check up on... beautiful fabric, thank you for the chance!

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  36. "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom" -Marcel Proust

    Thanks for the chance to win:)
    orr20004@msn.com

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  37. So, so pretty!

    My grandmother turned 85 on Sunday!

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  38. My nine year old daughter is gearing up for a few Halloween parties. She herself is making chocolate covered pretzel treats for friends and teachers. It touches me greatly that this little girl has such a big heart for those around her.
    "Cheerfully do all things that lie in your power".

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  39. Such delicious fabrics, would be hard to choose a favorite.

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  40. I can't wait to get my hands on some Rouenneries for my 2009 Christmas Quilt. I like to get my Christmas Quilt made early so that I can enjoy it awhile before I give it to one of my friends/relatives. Thanks so much for the giveaway

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  41. Te fall colors and the fog settling in the hills outside my window. A scene such as this makes one glad to be alive... So beautiful!

    Plus, I'm now officially a quilter. Finished my VERY FIRST QUILT yesterday! YAY!

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  42. Oh my goodness, that line of fabric is incredible. I love it.

    Uplifting comment..... We get to meet our newest granddaughter this weekend. How much better can it get?

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  43. That fabric is beautiful!

    Uplifting comment...it's almost friday!! YAY!!

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  44. Just beautiful fabric!

    "The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places." Ernest Hemingway

    I will be one of those who is stronger after being broken. :)

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  45. Thanks for the opportunity! :)

    I was due to bring a new little bundle of joy into this world this past Monday- but I'm still here and still pregnant! :) Can't wait to see that little boy's face and kiss him! Babies are so precious!

    hmscott@charter.net

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  46. I've heard so much about Rouen however you say it! I really need/want to touch that stuff! I have the day all to myself, unless of course that phone rings, then I'm off to work! Thanks. How was/is the retreat?

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  47. Love the fabrics. The colors are gorgeous.

    Our church had a "yardsale" last Saturday. The cool thing was, we gave everything away! There were lots of God stories and tears I hear ( I was holding babies while some of the members worked the sale). People tried to insist we take their money. There was one family that was going to yardsales trying to replace everything they lost in a tornado. They left with a bed, couch and washer I think. WOW, what a day.

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  48. It is wonderful to have children that let you sleep in on a school day because they said they know you are tired! Children are an amazing gift and I am so lucky to have four!

    Love the fabric!

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  49. The sun came out yesterday...after 2 weeks and 9 1/2 inches of rain...

    The rain is back today so I will sit and sew some Christmas presents...

    Love the fabric...

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  50. One of the greatest things is teaching your kids to say thank you! That way you can hear your 2.5 year old say "tanks mommy" whenever you do something for him. That brightens my day...ALL day!!!

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  51. I'm celebrating life today! My precious baby is 5 years old today! (Don't tell him I called him the baby!) He is, unfortunately, sick on the couch today, but I'm so thankful for his presence in our family!

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  52. Be calm. Be strong. Be grateful.

    I got a lot of work done on two long outstanding UFO's last night. It was an uplifting moment for me to get so much accomplished.

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  53. Here's my favorite for the week:

    Your success as a family, our success as a society, depends not on what happens in the White House, but on what happens inside your house. - Barbara Bush

    quiltingbee (at) scinternet (dot) net

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  54. Life is good! Tonight my daughter dances during the homecoming halftime, my son hits his 21st month (mission) and we are leaving for Disneyland in the morning!! Yipee! Love the fabarics!

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  55. Those reds make me think "the heart has reasons that the reason will never understand"

    Thanks for the giveaway im crossing my fingers

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  56. This morning I was taking a walk at a nearby lake and I was listening to some beautiful music on my ipod and the sky was blue and the trees and leaves were all yellow and red and everything was golden - and there were ducks splashing in the water below, then a heron flew by me and I thought that it's little moments like these that make life so good.

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  57. The joy of the Lord is my strength.
    Can't get much more uplifting than that!

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  58. It has been cool here in the valley of the sun which is uplifting in and of itself, so I am glad. This fabric is very wonderful thank you for the giveaway.
    spackattak7 at hotmail dot com

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  59. It is perfect here in FL now. No need for heat or air conditioning! And life is good.

    The French General is calling y name for a lovely redwork quilt!

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  60. I don't know if it's uplifting, but I know I have to make sure and leave the house when I've had a stressful day with the kids, if momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. I'm a better mom for my kids when I take time for myself.

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  61. D'aquí a 3 setmanes naixerà el meu segon fill. Aquests dies sóc a casa, fent repòs. M'encanten les teles de la col·lecció Rounneries!!!

    Fins aviat!
    Glòria (Catalunya) - SPAIN

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  62. I am learning how to be more positive. Having a baby in the house again gives me the opportunity to do that.

    They thrive on love and patience. No matter how tired you are, or how hard your day was, that toothless grin and the outstretched arms make everything okay.

    And I know life is good.

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  63. Life is amazing- sometimes you just have to look hard to see it! Loving the fabric!!

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  64. Joy. Not just at Christmas, but every day. Even in the midst of sadness (my sister-in-law is being taken off the respirator, that is keeping breath in her, today) there are joys to be grasped and hugged to the heart... Salvation, burnt-orange leaves that sway to the unseen wind's beat, a kiss hello from a husband who's been at work all day, a birthday package that shouts, "Surprise!" you when you open the mailbox door, a fall magazine, a recipe that actually turns out yummy, chocolate cake with ice-cold milk, and more! Life is full of joys. Look for them, grab them like the brass ring on an old-fashioned carousel, and a smile on your heart will be the prize!

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  65. Oh, love it- so purttty!! One of my favorite life sayings is "Don't wait for the storm to pass- DANCE IN THE RAIN!!" It makes me smile :)

    candy at fiber dot net

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  66. Here's a quote I came accross that made me smile:
    “Strength is the ability to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of those pieces”

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  67. beautiful fabric!
    my quote/thought for the day:
    "Love is never afraid of giving too much!"

    loko6@peak.org

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  68. Love the colors/combination of fabrics. Uplifting note for today: I am going to a quilt-in starting this afternoon and going through Saturday!! A wonderful time to just sit and quilt!
    neillna@nwol.net

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  69. I work with kids in a school. I just love helping them to understand a concept and seeing the flash in their eyes when they get it! So exciting.

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  70. Oh so pretty fabric! Having a hard time with uplifting right now...woke up to a very cold house(for arizona) this morning. But so happy to think it won't last for too long!

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  71. I saw this great quote today on a news article, and then a friend emailed me the same quote, so I think I'm meant to pass it on!

    "Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be."
    ~ Karen Ravn

    Tracy

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  72. Keep calm & carry on.
    (Not original, but oh so true!!)

    Contact:librosfera(at)gmail(dot)com

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  73. I was complimenting a group of first graders on their patience today, and it occurred to me to ask them what patience was. They had a hard time defining it, and as I explained it to them and watched their little heads bobbing up and down in understanding, it was good to repeat to MYSELF what patience is and why it is a good thing.

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  74. Great giveaway - thankyou for the chance to win!
    I am swimming in the sea every day all around the year. That is the best thing, I can do for myself, and it gives every day a wonderful kick. Life is a gift as we say in Denmark.

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  75. Nice lots of reds just in time to start christmas quilting. enter me in your giveaway

    sclinequilts@earthlink.net

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  76. If fabrics represent life, Rouenneries are the beautiful, elegant, rich moments that we have in our lives. Some fabrics are chaotic and bright, but Rouenneries are from a gentler time when life included manners and standards of right and wrong. Remember those days?

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  77. I though Id share one of my favorite quotes.
    "A photograph is like the recipe, a memory the finished dish."Carrie Latet
    I love how you can always go back to the pictures and the memories you have become more vivid. It's like recharging the feelings and images in your mind.

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  78. Absolutely beautiful fabrics!
    As for me...I'm livin' a dream. At least that is what I keep telling myself.

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  79. I am working at home and I take a break now and again to rub my dog's belly...if you want to relax and lower your blood pressure geta dog.

    Sue Cahill (sbonetsue at yahoo dot com)

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  80. This is such a pretty line of fabrics...I just love red and white together!

    Give more than is expected of you, and you'll get much more than you expect.

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  81. Perspective is key to happiness. The worst day at work is always forgotten when my son smiles at me and says he missed me during the day and we brainstorm over dinner and eat as a family with my husband. Work is just work. No one every says they wish they'd worked more on their deathbed. Make the most of life. Keep the perspective.

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  82. Oh, the reds are beautiful!

    Just went to two student led conferences at my kids schools and the teachers had rave reviews. Yay! That was a posivite thing going on in my life.

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  83. Good morning. Please do enter me in your give away. As for an uplifting statement. I have been sitting with my 95 year old grandmother evenings in the hospital. It has made me think of the small things in life that matter. Human suffering, human dignity and human kindness. In our daily routine if we think of these things as we go through our routines the world would be a better place. Think of these things with a smile on your face.

    Lizzie

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  84. Oooh-la-la! Glad I didn't miss out on this one! I spent yesterday in Quilt Heaven, at Day one of the AQS show in Des Moines (my home!) I am so motivated to get creating right now, and if I won FQs of this fabric I would make my favorite Joanna Figeroa pattern with it!

    Doris
    auntiedart(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  85. Those fabrics are absoutely beautiful.....

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  86. soo beautiful!! Fall is here in full force in OR and it just makes me think of the upcoming holidays and family. I am so blessed to have such a loving family who is so supportive (both my church family and my actual family).

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  87. As long as we are trying, we're not failing.

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  88. I was lamenting to my friend the other day about the uncleanly state of my house, and how three small children can completely destroy a home. She e-mailed me back and her post said something the effect- The finger prints get higher and higher and then they disappear. It struck home to me. I will be sad when they disappear. So my messy house is not so disheartening anymore. Great give-away!

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  89. My antecesors were french, I just know a little bit about the language, very interesting btw, well if you're having a dark night, remember the other day the sun will shining!

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  90. life life life....
    without french fabric how can i survive?
    what will my kids eat what will my husbend do?
    it all depends on if the french fabric will arrive in our life, tonight!

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  91. this past week two people whom I have known have passed away....a mom in my play group had a new baby....life is good, the circle of life...everyone is born and everyone dies but LIFE IS GOOD.

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  92. Just had a phone from my DD. Life is good :)

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  93. I lived in Rouen for a while, and I love love love this fabric! It brings me back to a wonderful time in my life.

    Please pick me!

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  94. I found this quote on Sunday morning and I love it. Very encouraging.
    "Though imperfect, an improving person can actually know that the course of his life is generally acceptable to the Lord despite there being much distance yet to be covered." --Neal A. Maxwell

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  95. Ooo la la, such lovely fabric! I can't wait to see it in the shop.
    "Life I love you, all is groovy!"
    -Paul Simon
    bethiebeans(at)gmail(dot)com

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  96. Uplighting--"Be a candle in the darkness, for the people always seek the light."

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  97. A day without snow is a day full of sunshine! (that's what my dad used to say on rainy days)

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  98. This time of year it's easy for me to be optimistic--the fall colors are so beautiful, even if it's cloudy. Everything looks happy to me!

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  99. Attitude is a choice. And I choose to be happy!

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  100. love the reds in this line.

    something uplifting? how about less than 2 months until Christmas?? YAY!
    thanx for the chance

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  101. Enjoy the simple things. I know this saying is a bit overused but it is true. I say enjoy your children, the smell of a newborn baby, hangdrying the laundry, flowers in spring, coloured leaves in the fall, playing boardgames with your kids. I'm sure you get what I'm saying... :-)

    gordandalisa at gmail dot com

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  102. My theme for the winter is "Be what you want to see" and I think this applies to all aspects of our lives. If you want there to be love and happiness around you- then BE the love and happiness. It will surely spread. If you want there to be light and sunshine (important for us up yonder in the arctic)- then be the light and sunshine for others. The great thing about this theme is that it allows me to grow and step outside of myself to share myself with others. In so doing, I make myself happier and my outlook on life cheerful and optimistic and just better! So be what you want to see (taken from Ghandi's quote of "be the change you want to see"). ENJOY!

    oh, and my password for leaving a comment was: abledork!! HAHA! I thought it was funny!

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  103. It may be cliche, but I remember that life is a gift from God. Even these crazy days of parenting a 2 1/2 year old and an 11 month old will be sorely missed in the future. So I try to make the most of it!

    Thanks for the chance to enter!

    lalestyleshop(at)gmail(dot)com

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  104. Life is good. I just finished a quilt block and the measurements were "right on".

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  105. life is good! I am due any day with my 3rd baby! couldn't be happier! :)
    annemolino at hotmail dot com

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  106. I am really in love with this new collection--it is right up my alley and I want some sooooo bad!!!
    Hugs, Di

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  107. This fabric is beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win some! mpulley@chatmosscable.com

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  108. uplifting...hmmm. kinda tough, i lost a loved one last week, but here goes...

    Everyday I get to wake up to my 2yr old daughter being crazy and hyper...and it just makes me think of everything I have in this wold to live for! Family is EVERYTHING!!

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  109. A perfect evening - snuggling with kids, petting your puppy & 100 Grand candy bars. Life is good.

    Emily

    emily_jcp (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  110. Beautiful fabric! I am just learning to post a comment to give it a shot. Had a rare day (in 6 years!!!) today, went to meet my husband at the parking lot of his work and then went to eat at noodles before 6:30 and then went to movie.
    orders@babybayrs.com

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  111. Stand Tall and Proud
    Sink your roots deeply into the Earth
    Reflect the light of a greater source
    Think long term
    Go out on a limb
    Remember your place among all living beings
    Embrace with joy the changing seasons
    For each yields its own abundance
    The Energy and Birth of Spring
    The Growth and Contentment of Summer
    The Wisdom to let go of leaves in the Fall
    The Rest and Quiet Renewal of Winter
    With love
    Karen

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  112. Speaking from personal experience... the neat part about a bad day... is that you get another shot at it tomorrow... a do over... so all is not lost....

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  113. Well I love Reds!!! God is Good!

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  114. Yay! That's me!!! Thank you Thank you! Can't wait to see what it is!
    ;-)

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  115. oh and my email is:
    wildemedley{at}gmail{dot}com
    hope that makes it easier for you!

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  116. You know what lifts me up, besides my family, is thinking about life itself. And how amazing it is that we even exist, with all our complexities. We're all so perfect and wonderful... *happy sigh*

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  117. beautiful photos of beautiful fabric.. thanks for sharing!!

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