QuiltCon Submission Quilts

I decided to submit two quilts for QuiltCon this year, for the first time. Actually, I had to join the MQG to even be able to submit, lol. I'm not sure why I had never joined before, but now I finally have 😊

The quilts I've submitted are Pinwheel Whirl and Medallion Magic. They're both entered in the piecing category.

While I'm hoping they get in, obviously, I'm also keeping my expectations realistic considering all of the amazing quilts that have been rejected in years past. If nothing else, I'm now a member of the MQG and can take advantage of the webinars and other resources they have available. Are there any MQG webinars you especially recommend?

On another note, have you purchased the Handmade with Love bundle yet? If not, you can read more about it here, or see everything that is included and pick up your copy. The free Craftsy class is still available until the end of Thursday, November 30th and the whole bundle is available until Monday, December 4th.

Have you ever submitted a quilt to QuiltCon?

Handmade With Love Bundle

The people at Ultimate Bundles have created an awesome crafting bundle that I know you're not going to want to miss. There are patterns galore in quilting, sewing, knitting, embroidery and more.

The quilting section includes patterns by Alison Glass, Yvonne Fuchs, of Quilting Jet Girl, and Alyce Blyth, of Blossom Heart Quilts. The sewing section includes a softie pattern by Abby Glassenberg, of While She Naps.

The bundle has over 200 patterns! All of the patterns are digital downloads, so there's no waiting for things to arrive in the mail. You can buy your bundle and be making something new as quickly as you can gather the fabric (or yarn) from your stash. Click here to see everything that is included.

Now, if you're anything like me, you're thinking, "Well, I'll never use all of them, especially since I don't knit." But even if you never use most of the patterns, the ones you do use will more than justify the price of the bundle, which is only $29.97 😊

But there's more.

The bundle also includes a 6 month subscription to Make Modern magazine (and you know I love Make Modern!). That alone is worth the price of the whole bundle.

But there's still more!

The bundle is available until Monday, December 4th, but if you buy yours by Thursday, November 30th, you also get a free Craftsy class (and I love Craftsy too). Again, that by itself is worth the price of the bundle.

I told you it's an awesome bundle! And yes, I realize I've used way too many exclamation points in this post, but sometimes they're justified 😊

Get your bundle now

Remember, the bundle is only available for 1 week, and the free Craftsy class is only available through Thursday, so pick up your copy now.

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Thanks to Who?

Devotion for the Week...

Over the past 15 years, I've spent a lot of time around little kids. Because of that, there are some phrases that I have heard and said more times than I could ever count. One of the most common is: "What do you say?"

Sometimes the children need to add 'please' to a request and, just as often, they need to say 'thank you' after being given something. As parents, we also direct the kids to say 'please' or 'thank you' to the right person, namely the person they were asking or who had given them something.

With that in mind, I found it interesting to read recently in 2 Corinthians 9:11, "You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God."

The part that stood out to me as I read was the idea that any generosity from us is meant to result in thanks to God, not to us.

This makes sense, of course, because it is due to God's generosity to us that we have anything to give in the first place. Whether we are being generous with our time or our money doesn't matter, as it is God who provides us with both.

In fact, according to this verse, we are enriched so that we can be generous, not necessarily for our own benefit. If we can look at our lives and say that we have been enriched in any way, can we also say that we have been generous with what we've been given?

Jesus also spoke about the good we do and the response it should bring. He said, "In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven" (Matthew 5:16). Whatever we do, we are not to be seeking to glorify or bring praise to ourselves. We are to be seeking to glorify and bring praise to Him.

That can be hard sometimes, because we like to be noticed for the good we do and we like to have people think well of us. There's nothing wrong with being thanked, or with being known as good and generous people. But that shouldn't be our goal. Our goal should always be to bring honour and glory to Him.

The best way to do that is probably to remember to thank God ourselves, often and openly. To remember that He is the source of all generosity. So when He uses other people to meet (or exceed!) our needs, we need to remember to give thanks to Him as well as to them.