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Update: This drawing is now closed. Congratulations to Deedles, the winner of this book!
Happy 2010, everyone! Let’s wrap up this week of giveaways, shall we?
Our last prize up for grabs is a copy of Rashida Coleman-Hale’s I Love Patchwork. It’s definitely visually reminiscent of Japanese craft books.
The project set is pretty, in that minimalist-meets-designer-fabric style many crafters like. (You can see more projects over here (scroll down).
Like many modern craft books, a lot of the project instructions here are expressed in text form only, so I Love Patchwork is probably best for people who already have some sewing skills.
If you’d like to enter to win, just leave a comment here and answer this question:
What one thing are you proudest of when you look back on 2009?
I’ll draw a winner at random on Sunday, January 3rd. C’mon in, international readers! And, Good Luck, y’all…
that's an easy one! i'm far and away proudest of all i have accomplished on making my house much MUCH more liveable…it was in terrible shape when i bought it, 11/18/08. 5 rooms down, 6 to go…some yard down, lots to go…maybe i'll head to ikea today. :D the other thing is that i survived a foot injury that lasted for 10 months, and i was severely limited in my activity level for those months. i'm proud i survived that with my sanity intact!
I think my blog is my proudest acheivement in 2009. I mean, I have many more aceivements, but to have been able to keep up the work for more than a year was very important for me. And being able to give readers a different view (positive) of the customs here in Mexico was very good.
Telling my parents and my husband that I got my current job – the “dream job.” That was an amazing moment.
Thanks for the book giveaway! I'm very proud that I overcame my fear of rejection in 2009 and started selling my own crochet patterns and giant fruit soft toys on Etsy and Ravelry. And it's going better than expected! It has given me a lot of self-confidence and the boost to keep on designing. Yay!
I am proud that I have gone back to school to study art and finished a semester as a full time student and I did great!
Building the confidence to start making videos for my blog, even with me speaking in them. (a huge thing for me)
I’m pretty proud of the fact that my 3 year daughter and I have spent a lot of crafty time together this year. She is really so creative, and it’s been a fun way to connect with her. I hope it continues for many, many years!
I am most proud of overcoming my break-up with my ex. It was hard on me, on him, and on all those around us. He was my first in everything (at the age of 26 – I’m a huge late bloomer) and I thought my world was ending. But, I overcame it and am in a new relationship with a wonderful man who is so much better for me, and with whom I want to spend the rest of my life with.
I'm proud that we survived the year as a family…and still like each other lol.
I'm also proud of the number of quilts I've finished. Also, how my skills have improved over the year.
I think it has to be all the hard work I did, turning my craft business into a proper career and being able to support my family doing what I love – culminating in being able to take 3 weeks off over Christmas and New Year to spend with my family. It's a lovely feeling to look back on a year and feel proud, and excited about the year to come x
I think my proudest achievement in 2009 was putting my fears behind me to get things “done”. In 2009 I married the love of my life, I found work, and I immigrated to the United States. I’m proud of myself for not trying to run away from commitment, responsibility, and difficult times.
I taught myself how to make bags/purses. Really great fun and received quite a few compliments on the finished items. Love to win this book!
I’m proudest of the quilt I finished from my brother-in-law’s silk ties. He died several years ago and I made the quilt as a surprise for his wife. She was thrilled. I think it turned out quite elegantly.
My blog, without a doubt. I have found my voice, and I am really pleased that some people want to listen to it!
I'm most proud of not attaching myself to the outcome of things, but enjoying the process. I stopped sewing and all forms of making when I got frustrated as a kid. Because a lot of things come easy to me, once they got hard, I just moved on to something else. In the last couple of years I've gone back to what excited and engaged me when I was younger. This year, I started little by little to work through roadblocks and learned to love figuring out the next step.
My family. My daughter turned one and my son was born on the 7th December. They complete me.
Moving overseas with a 6 week old baby!
Putting myself “out there” by writing seriously online. Once I took the big plunge last January, I realized how much I love doing it…. Now that I look back, I don’t know what took me so long.
I just discovered your podcast (and website) today and listened to your December 13th podcast with your mother, tears in my eyes. My mother is 97, and our days of crafting together are done, due to some mini-strokes and other health problems. She is a fiercely independent woman who ran her own used-car lot in the '50s, her own bookkeeping service in the 60's and 70's, as well as an antique store. Her father began weaving on an old Union loom, and taught his girls as well. I grew up weaving, sewing, embroidering, and any other craft that caught our fancy. We would watch The Frugal Gourmet together and make notes in our matching cookbooks. My children (teens, now) weave, cook, sew, and craft with me, but I miss being able to bounce ideas off my mom, and have a weaving day together, or do all the Christmas baking together. Treasure your mother. The years go by too quickly.
oh what a lovely book! I've eyed that one up but not bought it. Destiny? Maybe. Most proud of? I finally officially registered my company name, published 2 sewing patterns and sold them to local craft stores! I can't believe I finally did it! Hope to keep the momentum going this year.
I would have to say the work that I did as a child care director. Working at a center that helped low income children and their parents. It was a challenge yet everyday I learned something new and exciting, that ultimately changed my career focus from child care to social work.
I think taking the time to teach myself new things. In between all the real life issues that take over at times, it was nice to be able to sit & teach myself something like crochet & take time out to make some toys & things.
Apart of being proud of my two boys, the sweetest kids of all over Barcelona (ole!), I'm proud of going back to work after a mommy stint of almost 5 years, and that I work for a yarn company. Being a knitter this is close to a dream!
I'm most proud of giving birth to my son!
I am proud of getting all four of my children through school. I still have 2 in college but getting everyone through high school was a big deal. My husband and I did some high fives on graduation day!
I'm proud that my husband and I have found a way to deal with a hard layoff. I'm also proud that we were able to get pregnant with our first baby even with the layoff. (Who knows, maybe leverage both of those to have a stay at home dad in 2010?)
Uuuum, one thing? That has to be that I have done a total lifestyle makeover – working out 3 times a week and totally changed my diet. Happy new health to me:-)
I'm most proud of my wonderful children and how well they coped with a lot of changes in their lives in 2009.
Getting married to the man of my dreams.
he is the most kindest and gentlest man ever.
He also has ADHD, so my mother disagrees.
Therefore, I stood up for someone and something I believed in.
Oh wow, this book looks amazing! Okay so what am I most proud of… going to have to be my blog, I really didn't know I could be so productive and it has given me something positive and fun to concentrate on in life.
I'm most proud of leaving a terrible but stable job.
That I went back to school. I've completed my first term and I handed everything in on time!
i'm proud of the new friends i made and the old ones i kept in 2009 — they helped me survive a year with a husband in afghanistan! i'm also proud of learning many new things, including sewing my first real garments, and for running several races (including a personal “race” 15 miles long!).
I'm proud of finally deciding to study art, no matter how impractical it may seem.
I've been taking care of my aging parents full time this last year. It's not easy and I miss doing things and going places (like going to see my grandbabies in other states), but I wouldn't change a thing. I'm proud of myself for making that decision.
I'm definitely most proud of teaching my daughter's daddy how to embroider. He even ended up stitching a portrait of me for Christmas!
I am proud of the fact that I have dug out enough blackberry vines and vinca to make my garden area 4 times bigger! Didn't get nearly the sewing done that I wanted, but you can't have it all.
That is a tough one, I am not a pride kind of person.
I would have to say, being firm with my daughter and making her stand on her own, even though that is hard for a mom to do, sometimes;)
Debbie
That despite the stress in our lives I made the choice to be happy. I found that just doing that I was the happiest I had been in years. Even though on paper I had no reason to be.
I'm proud that I taught myself to sew after receiving a sewing machine for Christmas last year. Sewing has become an extremely rewarding outlet for me!
I'm proud of making it back up from a difficult place I was in after having a premature baby in October 2008. And I'm proud of where I'm at with my blog and excited to grow it and improve it more in 2010!
I love Rashida's blog and I really want to get my hands on this book! My proudest accomplishment of 2009 was getting a prestigious fellowship to support me for a year of dissertation writing and submitting the first two chapters of my diss. I am really looking forward to my proudest moment of 2010 — finishing it!
P.S. I love this question — it's so interesting and inspiring to see what other folks are proud of.
I lost 40 pounds and managed to run my family honorably while dealing with major health problems.
I am the most proud of my daughter for working hard and graduating from college this past spring. She is such a talented, intelligent young woman.
I lost my job and the career I had picked in college…and yet didn't really view it as a huge loss but as a new and exciting beginning.
I launched craft-news.com!
I got back into theatre and ended up starring in 5 shows!!
I'm proud of doing things that I had been putting off because they scared me – I started a blog, an etsy shop and I made time for myself and my creative endeavors. And I am so happy I did!
thanks for sharing
I am very proud of myself for keeping up with my crochet and teaching myself to knit (well at least starting to learn how to knit) ;)
Thank you for the chance.
I'm proud that I've managed to finish quite a few projects last year!