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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Day 29 of 30 Days of Giveaways - McKenna Ryan from Pine Needles

IHAN's 30 Days of Giveaways
Anniversary Celebration
Day 29 Giveaway # 2



Hi McKenna :)
McKenna let me introduce you to the IHAN blog readers.  IHAN blog readers this is McKenna Ryan (as if you didn't know...LOL).  I have had the wonderful opportunity to meet and speak with McKenna.  She is one incredibly talented designer.  As a matter of fact you might want to go back and read that post because I took photos of her design boards for Easy Applique the McKenna Ryan Way.

McKenna will be giving one very lucky IHAN blog reader all the patterns for her A Journey To Light multi-block quilt.


 A Journey to Light is only one of McKenna's multi-block quilt patterns.  

 Silent Night (18 x 27)
Midnight Clear (32 1/2 x 19 1/2)
Beneath His Wing (18 x 27)
Guiding Light (26 x 27)
Humor In The Midst (21 1/2 x 19 1/2)

A Journey To Light is one of McKenna's multi-block quilt patterns.  She also has series quilts and to see all them you can check out McKenna's website, Pine Needles

There seems to be a spiritual quality to McKenna's work.  Wouldn't you just love to have this holiday quilt at your house?  I know I would.  If you are not up to an entire quilt, you can make lovely wall hangings too.  McKenna has fabric recommendations posted on her site as well as helpful tips and suggestions

Thank you McKenna for joining IHAN in our First Anniversary Celebration!!!

If you would like an opportunity to own A Journey To Light please leave a comment on this post and share with us a spiritual experience you have had while either looking at your own work or another person's work.

Smiles,
Kelly
PS....guess what?  There will be 31 days of giveaways and not 30....someone does not know how to count....shhhhh don't tell anyone :)
PSS: The word Spiritual can mean anything you want it to mean for you.

98 comments:

  1. I don't know about spiritual, but there is that amazing feeling when a quilt comes together and it's good. When the quilt matches the vision.

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  2. I don't follow patterns EXACTLy, they are sort of a guideline and I love to add my own touches and increase sizes. I've had it come down to using the very crumbs of fabric and matching patterns and it's just amazing to me how it all works out. Just to see a quilt evolve through the process and not knowing where it will end up or who will get it, but it always ends up finding it's home and being just right for them with the fabrics I've chosen. Truly organic way of quilting.

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  3. The creativity put forth in quilts or in paintings or in other arts never fails to move and inspire me.

    The creative force is one to be reckoned with!

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  4. Oh yay, one more day of give-aways! My chances just got better. The most spiritual experience I can think of when looking at a quilt is a quilt that we made and designed for a friend who had cancer. The woman in charge of it was so much better at quilting and piecing than I am. We made it out of some scraps from her families clothing that she had made for them before she got sick so she had her family with her while she was in the hospital and then later on Hospice care. They said that she was still holding onto this quilt when she left this world. When I went to her daughter's wedding reception many years later it was displayed in her trousseau and I truly felt here there once again in the room with us. I've never forgotten that experience or the feeling I got when I looked at that quilt. The veil between this life and the next felt so thin that day.

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  5. I just remembered the most spiritual experience I've ever had with a quilt! It was at the Jacksonville FL QUILTFEST when I saw THE SUPPER, made by a male dentist. I was going up and down the rows of quilts and my son was with me thinking he was never getting out of there.... and I turned the corner and it was like a ray of light and angels began to sing! AMAZING! I made a beeline for it. I looked at it up close, I walked backwards while looking at it. I looked at the postcard of it and then the quilt... AMAZING!It's on my blog here:
    http://www.cumberlandislandquiltchick.com/2010/03/supper.html

    It is made up of 51,816 squares of one half inch fabrics. 183"X67" Don Locke, DDS of Waxahachie, TX made it. It's amazing! The Lords Supper and it looks like a painting! amazing!

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  6. I'd love to win Ryan McKenna's Journey to Light pattern. So very beautiful. Yumm.

    SewCalGal
    www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

    PS - I also love 31 days of giveaways. 45 would work too!

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  7. I don't know if it is spiritual to find great, remarquable, fabulous when you take a piece of fabric and put the scisor and the sewing machine in it and get for the final: a quilt or a dress, something useful and from your hands. I sew, I knit, I crochet and every time it is the same thing... I made it, I can do it. This is fabulous.
    thank you for your giveaway and good luck for your next year...

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  8. Thanks for this giveaway. Her designs/patterns are fabulous. One of my "Awe" moments was at the International Quilt Show in Houston a few years ago, when I saw the "Int'l wall of quilts"...totally took my breath away.

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  9. I guess from reading other comments that universally "Spiritual" is relative to the individual. I haven't ever had a religious spiritual connection, but in finishing my first full size quilt for my son (who picked out his own fabrics) and it being a diamond shape quilt (what was I thinking) and knowing he loves it because I made it and he had a part in it and now it warmly covers him and I can see it. That to me is deeply and richly spiritual.

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  10. Hmmmm--I don't know if I quite remember having a spiratural quilt experience yet. I've had the feeling of awe and wonderment while viewing some gorgeous quilts in life. For my own wee creations sometimes if they work out really well a good feeling of self contentment! Love Mckenna Ryan's quilts--now she inspires some awe! Thanks Sharonj.

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  11. I just love McKenna's quilts! They are all so neat. You just want to keep looking and every time you do you seem to see somthing you missed the time before. She has such a nack for choosing the correct colors.

    Rosemary
    cntryways@att.net

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  12. I would love to win Journey to Light pattern. I had a journey to the light when I was 3yrs old but didn't realize what it was until much later in my life. What I like, which may not be spiritual, is when I look at someone's design I want to see how it came to be in my mind.
    Elaine

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  13. What beautiful patterns. I think in most all of her patterns that you get a spiritual feeling because of the ray of light shining through. To be able to make this and know that I accomplished it would be a spiritual and deeply satisfying feeling

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  14. Hmm..a feeling like something spiritual? It feels that way to me ANY time I quilt. I feel a connection with all the women before me who made quilts. Also, if I am making a quilt for a particular person, I pray for them the whole time I am making it for them!!

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  15. McKenna is such a talented designer. I love her patterns. I think the only experience I can relate is when I made a quilt for my BFF and her hubby for their anniversary. Little did I know that less then a year later, she would be gone from us all. In my heart I knew that I needed to make this quilt for them. We had been BFF for 20 years and that was the only time that I ever made a quilt for her. I know she was delighted with it, and I am so glad that I followed my heart and made this special quilt for her. I miss her terribly.

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  16. I know that feeling...the feeling of accomplishment, the feeling of WOW I can do something really cool and the best feeling of all...when you give your work away:) To make someone's heart feel good is the best feeling of all. Giving something homemade is like giving a part of yourself and that is incredible:) I LOVE McKenna's work and would be so thrilled to own "A Journey To Light" I would dive into this project immediately because it is soooooo awesome! Thanks! Jenna Lousie

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  17. Oh what a generous giveaway! Love, love , love her patterns but haven't actually tried one yet~ a little intimidated. :-o Thanks for the chance! As for spirituality and quilts~ anytime I give away a quilt I feel like I've helped make the world a little happier for someone. There is no feeling to compare. ;-)

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  18. as I have mentioned, I make some quilts for Childrens' hospital, Seattle. with all my quilts I think of the recipiant, and say l;ittle prayers for them as I go. For those quilts to Childrens' I say extra prayers, not only for the child, but their siblings, parents, doctors, nurses, and for my two little girls and their health. Those quilts are usually simpler tan others, but have lots and lots of prayers and reflections in them

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  19. While on Salt Spring Island, B.C. in January I got to see - in person - and touch, because it's a book and there was a sign saying to touch it, "Requiem for a Cedar". This is a beautiful piece (book made with fabric and quilting and embellishing and other techniques) which brings our attention to the loss of old growth cedar in B.C. Very beautiful and touching work. I would have liked to look at it for hours, but the clan was waiting ):

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  20. I spent hours looking at quilts made for wounded veterans, and seeing the love that the quilters put into them was inspiring!

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  21. Kelly just looking at her work is an inspiration. It make me want to me at a serene location , relaxing and enjoying nature. I would love to win this.

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  22. I love McKena work and the way the colours sing make me happy. Whwn a quilt or piece of art calls to me with either colour or design this to me is spiritual.

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  23. I feel inspired every day when I look at other people's quilts. It really makes me feel happy.

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  24. the first time I got to wrap my little granddaughter in the quilt made just for her.......I knew I was going to be a grandma so I planned the quilt just right... to be perfect in every way for her. But when it was a real live baby in my arms and it was MY very own grandchild in this gift just for her....well needless to say there was some tears of joy involved.
    I felt God smiling on me :0).

    Thanks for a chance to win!

    Happy Sewing

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  25. Sometimes, when I am sewing or doing cross-stitch or crocheting or knitting, I think how happy I am to have the talent to be able to learn and do my crafting things. I know what it is like to not be able to do things, and it's frustrating to try to do something and just not be able to get it. But I can sew and crochet, and I know that it's one of the gifts God gave to me. It's personal, and I love it.

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  26. I love Mckenna Ryan quilts and A Journey to Light is my favourite. I love looking at quilts at quilt shows and seeing the amazing work of others.

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  27. For Easter we have a quilt hung up that has 3 crosses on it. That reminds me of something spiritual.

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  28. I love staring at quilts and realizing the immense creativity that has gone into it. This is spiritual to me because I know that creativity comes from my Heavenly Father

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  29. For my Mum and Dad's 35th wedding anniversary, I decided to try my hand at making them a double wedding ring quilt. I started a few weeks before the anniversary and didn't finish in time for it. I then planned to finish it by the following Christmas but a strong "force" inside me was forcing me to finish it before my planned honeymoon. The quilt got finished a week before the planned departure, and also a week before my Dad's death. I gave it to both of them and he sleep underneath for just one night then my Mum wrapped his body in it. To this day the quilt is on my Mum's bed. The honeymoon was cancelled and I was so glad I finished it just in time for my dearest Dad. I understood later why I had this urge of finishing, this would certainly my strongest spiritual experience.

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  30. That pattern would be wonderful to have. I will agree she is a very talented designer and I am going to have to go to her site and see everything she has. A couple of Christmas' ago I did stained glass nativity scences and they turned out just like the pattern and I had a very hard time parting with them because I got so attached. That was one of those times when a creation has a life of its own and touches your heart.

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  31. I don't know if it's so much 'spiritual' as it is a sense of peace. I've been making McKenna's 'At Home in the Woods" quilt and it's just a very peaceful process. The mountains and streams and all the animals are kind of relaxing to look at and I'm looking forward to finishing it. By the way, this is the 2nd quilt of hers I'm making and I love her patterns. And I would love to win 'A Journey to Light'.

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  32. My great grandmother died at the age of 89. She left piles of orphan blocks and unquilted tops. The first set of those blocks, Dresden Plate, I had to applique the plates to blocks. I then sashed them together. The whole time I was quilting it, my mother thought it was for my bed. (I admit it. I lied.) Mother's Day, I took the quilt to her and spread it on her king-size bed. I do not have a bed that large. She looked at it. Looked at me. We both got teary eyed.

    There's nothing more satisfying than to follow along each seam that was pieced two generations back. It brings closure to that little old lady who let that little girl take a sniff out of her snuff box. Wait a minute...my eyes are crossing, nose is burning, stomach is turning...just thinking about it. ;o)

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  33. Whenever I go to a quilt show, I am in awe of all the creative forces the exhibit portrays. I walk around with my mouth open, oooing & aaaahing - that's a spiritual experience for me. I love McKenna Ryan's patterns & would love to win one. Thanks.

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  34. What a wonderful line of patterns,how talented she is.

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  35. Not sure if this is spiritual but I have found sewing simple quilts and giving them away makes whatever is ailing me feel better.

    Thanks for the chance at this lovely prize.

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  36. In our home I have quilts made by my great grandma, grandma, mother, myself, and my daughter...I consider this a spiritual expression that ties us together in a very meaningful way.

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  37. I love McKenna's quilts, they are so beautiful. Her quilts bring back the peaceful feelings and sense of being one with nature that I felt living in the mountians for so many years.

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  38. I had the overwhelming drive to complete a particular quilt top. No reason I knew of at the time but this incredibly strong feeling that I was supposed to finish it and quickly. A few days after I got it done, I learned that the woman leading our quilt group would be moving on. I really feel it was the Holy Spirit that was urging me to complete the top so it could be given to this wonderful woman for all her hard work and dedication.

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  39. Wow a Mckenna Ryan pattern. Please, please enter my name...

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  40. I love this pattern. I made one of her patterns this winter and it turned out so nice. Thanks . I hope I win.

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  41. I feel a spiritual experience every time I go to a quilt show. So much creativity and artistry under one roof inspires me in a way that can not be put into words. Nature is a gift from our creator as is the gift of creating something beautiful and artistic from Fabric.

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  42. Two years ago a young man, friend of the family was hurt in a freak accident and it was feared that he would lose sight in one eye. Actually he was lucky to have lived through the experience. I made a quilt for him which was my first experience in what I would call a prayer quilt. I truly did feel like a every fabric choose and stitch taken was another step in his recovery. Spiritual? Definitely! Sarah

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  43. I love this pattern, it is so beautiful and has such a wonderful feeling to it. I have seen quilts that are beautiful and then there are the ones that a person has put their soul into the piece, those just draw me to them. I think that can truly said about McKenna's piece.

    Debbie

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  44. I can only do one? I went to IQS in Chicago 6(?) years ago. I walked in and saw a huge quilt of a bluebird on a branch. The bird was totally threadpainted! I was so in awe and wonder of the talent that God gives us all to create and this was just one thing out of hundreds that was created! I walked through that whole quilt show with brand new eyes looking for the people of creation in each quilt, knowing I was just a really small part of the world of quilting and fabric arts.

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  45. I love M. Ryan's quilts. Last year I made 'Wish upon a Star', I just have to quilt and bind it. I never thought I could make something like that but her patterns are just awesome. My most spiritual experience related to quilting was when I went on a medical mission to Peru. I took along 80 quilts made by myself and guild friends to give to the children we operated on. They had so little and were so grateful, I was completely humbled. Our emotions on the trip were beyond description.

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  46. Wow! I think this book looks like it would be alot of fun! Thank you so much for the opportunity to win one!

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  47. Patterns are a wonderful starting place and these are beautiful

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  48. My granddaughter, Alexis has just started to learn quilting. While I was looking at her first quilt top, I realized that a part of her great-great-grandmother, her great-grandmother as well as myself and her mother would live on in her work as well as in her. It was an awesome experience and one I will not forget. pamspinks.blogspot.com

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  49. I would love to win one of McKenna's patterns! When I make a quilt and finish the last stitch is when I have my AHHHH moment and such a sense of pride.

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  50. my spiritual is when I finish a quilt, you see I inherited all my mom's quilting things and I am continuing her work of making a donating quilts to good causes. I feel each time I finish that she is looking over my shoulder saying good job.

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  51. Oh My!!! I LOVE McKenna Ryan patterns! They are truly stunning!

    When I make quilts, they are usually for someone special to me. And when I made my first quilt, it was for my first daughter. The warmth that came over me when I was completed that quilt with all the love that went in to it was amazing!

    That was such a great feeling!

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  52. McKennas patterns are beautiful!

    I have seen some beautiful quilts made with images from photographs. These memory quilts are amazing and I can only imagine what they must mean to the families in the photos.

    I find the love in this type of quilt to be truly spiritual.

    SheilaC

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  53. Sometimes when I am spiritual and seeing beauty in the world, I weep. McKenna Ryan's A Journey To Light truly makes me weep. It is beyond beautiful. Can you hear me weeping??

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  54. I feel spiritual in the middle of a thunderstorm. the rain washes all of the yuck away and I get to start over again and grow

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  55. I love the planning, creativity, and love that go into making a quilt. I am able to do this because of abilities which God has placed within me, so that might be the link that gives it spiritual meaning for me.

    Gorgeous quilt--- it would be wonderful and meaningful to work on those blocks!

    mybusyhands@gmail.com

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  56. I had the opportunity to view the Quilt of the Last Supper. It is absolutely gorgeous. The guild heard from the man who put it together and it's quite a story!

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  57. Viewing other quilters' fine work, like at the Houston International Quilt show last fall, makes me feel very fortunate to see the quilts in person. Such beautiful artwork in a world that is not always so beautiful...such a wonderful experience.

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  58. I just love all McKenna's patterns with wonderful nature designs.

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  59. I think the most spiritual quilting moment for me was when, as a group, we presented a quilt to our "matriarch" of our VW camping group. The look on her face when she realized the quilt I was holding was for her said it all.

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  60. In Romania, quilting is very little known. A year ago I discovered quilting on the internet and I was impressed. Since then I try to learn. Unfortunately we not have quilting stores.

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  61. Oooooh... I LOVE all McKenna's work! I have been pouring all over all her quilts and just can't decide which one to try first... Also (to be honest), I've been waiting a little as I am still a beginner and want to have more sewing skils to do her lovely patterns justice.. I really could be persuaded to give it a try now should I win!! Love it! Thanks so much for the chance to win.

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  62. Just love McKenna Ryan's work. I haven't tried her patterns as yet. The men in my family always say they can't understand why I cut fabric up and then sew it back together again. It is such a great experience to see a pattern emerge and to know that I have done it. I amaze myself at times.

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  63. Please enter me....love this pattern.Whenever life gets in the way all I have to do is put a needle in my hand and start sewing and the calm begins.
    Sandy
    cha16946san@epix.net

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  64. LOve her patterns - a spiritual feeling for me sometimes is finding just the right shade of something to include in my quilt. Like that really pure white that is in dogwood petals. I am still looking for "Spring Green" in the exact shade as my trees.

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  65. I love her patterns, oh wow. I hope I am not too late! I think sewing give me peace to create something while the world is in chaos. You know all know those busy days!!

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  66. My "spiritual" experience comes from giving a quilt to a friend that will be going through a mastectomy and chemo from breast cancer. They love this and take the quilt with them since they all seem to be cold all the time and the chemo also makes them cold. Paying it Forward, as I call it from my many blessings. A great give a way- thanks for the opportunity! Teri Dingler - tdingler@bellsouth.net

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  67. When I look at A Journey To Light I realyy like the contrast in the light & dark areas. Also I love animals and birds. It has a great outdoorsy feeling. I would love to win a pattern

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  68. Please enter me, I soooo admire her work and talent. What a winner she is. I too, come from a long line of quilters.

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  69. When I look at old very worn quilts - that is my spiritual moment. I imagine the warmth and love that quilt gave someone and a quiet happy feeling comes over me.

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  70. I am in awe when looking at Sharon Schamber's quilts. Guess that is kind of a spiritual feeling. I am glad I had the opportunity to see her award winners in person at Paducah last spring in the museum. Exquisite work!

    Of course she is one of many quilt artists I admire but the first one that came to mind. If I can hope to give the same feeling to some person looking at my quilts I will count my self lucky.

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  71. Wow! McKenna's work is very beautiful and inspiring. I am always inspired when viewing someone else's work. Sharing of talents is a spiritual thing for me and seeing someone else's creativity is inspiring and spiritual for me.

    Thanks Kelly and McKenna for a wonderful giveaway! Crossing my fingers.

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  72. I saw Paula Naedelstern's exhibit in NYC last summer, and was just awestruck at the kalidescope quilts. They are truly magical. Kathie L in Allentown

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  73. I have always wanted to make one of her quilts, so I am thrilled with this!
    Micki

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  74. Well, I'm easily awed by the talent of many people. Talents given by God and exercised faithfully. I tend to procrastinate and ruminate way too long so can't be listed as a faithful doer, but I am in awe of those that are/do.

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  75. Oh, how I would love to win ANY Mckenna Ryan pattern set! You want spritual? Her patterns, made up into quilts, (as well as her fabrics lately)quite literally take my breath away.
    Shari shariwild@yahoo.com

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  76. Wow, I love all McKenna Ryan patterns and her fabric is also awesome. As for spiritual, of course, nature is of God to me and so many quilts depict nature.

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  77. How can one not be moved in some way when your working with color and fiber to create something wonderful!!

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  78. Spiritual: looking at a quilt that my mother sewn and know that every stitch is made with love for the individual for whom she made it. The last quilt top I pieced was made with Mckenna Ryan "Willow" fabric. It would be fabulous to win her book/pattern. mlwright29 (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  79. I was at a very low point in my life but the love of my sister and brother-in-law showed me God's love through them. I sewed to drown the sorrow and it was one of the brightest times of my quilting years. The colors I used were vibrant and clear and showed me the love God has for me even in the darkest times. He is all I need now and as I look at the butterflies in one of those quilts I made during that time I am reminded of the new birth He gives each morning to those who love Him and follow his leading.

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  80. I find my Mom's log cabin quilts spiritual. Her hands had arithritis so bad and when I look at these quilts - the love I have for this special woman - her spirit - her gifts are what I am thinking and feeling as I post. Simple, plain, and so missed. So blessed I have just a few blocks. I did not get any of the log cabin quilts. Only the treasured memories.

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  81. I love to quilt because it helps me to relax and find my inner voice, and comunication with God also, you know when I'm silent just thinking about the quilt and me, my mind uses to go to other places

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  82. I think I just had a spiritual experience when I looked at the pictures of McKenna's lovely quilts! They are inspirational and beautiful! I would love to try making one of them.

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  83. Oh, Wow! McKenna Ryan is such a talented and creative designer! I had a very spiritual/moving experience when I saw my great grandmother's quilt had won a ribbon in our local quilt show! To know that I played a small part in the history of that amazing quilt (a beautiful cream and blue lonestar) made over 70 years ago made me appreciate it even more!

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  84. I ordered a kit of her Gingerbread house and it's now my favourite Christmas piece to display! I suppose spiritual to me is something that relaxes and calms me, and quilting (normally) does that.

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  85. with quilting I am discovering to just "be in the moment" with my machine and fabric -nothing else going on in my head but how the fabric is becoming a quilt. The best experience for me was making a memory quilt for my Aunt soon after my Uncle passed away, as I stitched it I talked and prayed to him. It was very healing experience.

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  86. as far as spiritual....when i look at some of the quilts i've made or the other types of sewing i've done whether they are good or bad, i'm always in awe of the gift God has given me. he has given me a talent that i will always treasure.

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  87. I have some McKenna's patterns, and I've made the Geese and Daisie's from Storybook Farms, it is my favorite wallhanging, I leave it up all year round! I would love to win A Journey to Light! Thanks for the oppportunity, and Happy 1st Anniversary Kelly!!

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  88. Looking at the quilts donated to Ami Simms' Alzheimer fund raiser always prompts a spiritual survey of myself... what am I doing for someone else?

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

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  89. Started McKenna's "At Home in the Woods" years ago and still on my to do list. No excuse why it's taking me so long. Love her designs and fabrics.

    A most amazing display I saw was what was put together in a couple months for the Houston International Quilt Festival. It was the September 11th commemorative quilt show. Simply breath-taking and very emotional. Major goose bumps, even now!

    We're all looking forward to A Journey to Light! Happy Day 29 two, too!

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  90. My spiritual experience has been while working with UFOs from a good friend who passed away last year and left me her fabric...she seems to visit me from time to time to help me find the perfect thing to finish her projects. I've been a fan of the McKenna Ryan projects since before I knew who she was and would love to have that set of her patterns.

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  91. I have a quilt top that was my pride and joy. It is purple, my favorite color, with a medallion center, which I made, and the rest of it was a round robin project. I hadn't finished it, and it went through Hurricane Katrina, under 11 feet of water. I found it, washed it a bunch of times, and rolled it up in towels. I haven't pulled it out for a couple years, and to be honest, I am afraid too, because I'm afraid with the dirty water it was laying in, it's dry-rotted everywhere. It is/was an absolutely beautiful top, and to me is a spiritual experience - it reminds me of God's grace in my life.

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  92. My most spiritial memory - saying prayers with my mom while lying under Grandma's yellow calico yo yo quilt. Thank you for the opportunity - this is the most beautiful pattern ever!

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  93. I was really touched spiritually by a 9/11 quilt that a friend of mine made. It cinsisted of a flag with words from her jouranl (during those dark days) written on the white stripes. It was part of a traveling 9/11 quilt show that was shown around the world.

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  94. Being that I have only made one quilt, I don't know that I am the best person to ask. But with that said I enjoyed putting my quilt together and thinking about creation and how God created everything to work together perfectly.

    Thank You,
    Wendy

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  95. love all her patterns. Just done one so far.
    Alda

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  96. What a wonderful quilt. Can see and feel the love you put into your work. Much be hard to give them up. I know I'm to late for the drawing but I just wanted you to know I really like your work Thank you. Marsha

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  97. I had a spiritual experience when I looked at another quilter's blog. She referred to her mother's quilts and posted a photo of her. My heart reached out to the quilter as I felt her mother's presence and how she inspired her daughter to continue creating beautiful quilts.

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