Hello! My name is Angie and I love to quilt, read and garden. Come February 28th, 2014, I will have been blogging for 5 years. I can't believe it! You can see my first post
here. I love how blogging has introduced me to so many new friends around the world - Spain, Norway, Netherlands, Australia, Canada, Malaysia, the Philippines, the UK, Germany, of course the US and many more - places I would love to visit but will never get to all of them in one lifetime. And I have learned so much from the fabulously talented quilters that inhabit blog land. I love to go to new sites and see what my fellow quilters are up too, see their eye candy, view their sewing studios. So when I came across Vicki's post -
Grow your Blog - I thought what a way to meet more friends out there and discover more fascinating blogs. Over 500 bloggers signed up for the event. Wow!
So welcome to my blog. I hope you'll stop by now and then to see what I'm up to and comment. Then I can visit your blog/flickr group/email and do the same. Here's one of the projects I'm working on at present.

I post whatever progress I've made on Fridays as Hexie Weekend and have a Linky Party for it too. You're invited to link any eye candy you've made, are working on, or dream of starting (it doesn't have to be hexies) to share with us. There's one going on now - previous post.
Then on Tuesdays, I write an Applique Tuesday post to keep me moving forward with my favorite type of quilting. Here are four blocks that are waiting to become a wall hanging. I also post about the family, the garden (or lack thereof in this drought), and charity quilts. I'm

always looking for simple patterns from which to make 36" quilts for the low income, first time mothers in our
parish who need a little help and love.
As a thank you for stopping by, I'm having a giveaway during Vicki's fabulous event. I'm giving away a
$25 gift certificate to one of my favorite online stores:
The Fat Quarter Shop. This giveaway is open to anyone. In order to win, leave me a comment and tell me where you are from (please be sure you are not no-reply on Blogger). For a second chance to win, you can become a follower and leave a comment telling me you have done so. Winner will be chosen on February 15th. Good Luck!
PS: Come Feb 28th - I'll have another giveaway for my blog anniversary - mark it on your calendars.