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Tuesday, 7 July 2015

Jumping the Gun - Blogiversary Giveaway

I honestly think I am going round the bend with the sheer amount of stuff going on right now.  Today, an all-morning course-type-thing at work, followed by a Year 3 recorder concert.  All the regular days for school swimming and forest school are all swapping, swapping back and changing times; I am writing lists, trying to cross things off quicker than the list lengthens, but fear I am losing that battle.

I was convinced that I should be celebrating my 5th Blogiversary this week; a quick check just now tells me I should be waiting until next week, but I sewed my fingers off to get the prize finished, and as it's my blog, I'll do what I want to!

So would you like a chance to win this Cotton & Steel, Jen Kingwell Flutterby block cushion cover?


A little hand-quilting and my new favourite spotty binding, and bob's your uncle.

This little token of thanks will go to one of you lovely people.  I know blogging in general seems to have been hit by the rise of instagram, and I do understand entirely how it seems that everyone's lives have got increasingly hectic and something has to give, but I do still love my little part of the inter web.  I wish I had more time to devote to it, but then I would have no time to sew, so I just thank you for sticking by me.


In order to honour a little bit of tradition, I will leave this giveaway open until next Monday, 13th July, my real blogiversary.  I will mail, (without a cushion form, for obvious reasons), anywhere in the world, the only condition is that you are a blog follower, and not an un-contactable No Reply blogger - sorry but I am all done playing Inspector Clouseau!

So please do have a couple of chances; make one comment telling me how you follow, so should I feel the urge, I can check; and a second, separate comment telling me something you want to achieve in the next 5 years.  You tell me yours, and I'll tell you mine!

I will close down the comments at 7pm next Monday, and let Mr Random pick a winner.  Please don't leave more than 2 two comments or I will delete them.  I am the boss!

Good luck folks xxx

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107 comments:

  1. blocksandmore7 July 2015 at 20:53

    Five year plan ?
    Another 5 years Cancer Free !
    Maybe with five years I well finally become comfortable machine quilting ?
    Ultimately keep finding time to sew.

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  2. blocksandmore7 July 2015 at 20:54

    Oops, I'm following you on bloglovin

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  3. Christine S7 July 2015 at 20:58

    Beautiful cover! I follow with bloglovin :)

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  4. Christine S7 July 2015 at 20:59

    I want to learn free motion but hoping it doesn't take 5 years :)

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  5. barbara woods7 July 2015 at 21:08

    would love a chance, thanks

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  6. Lucy | Charm About You7 July 2015 at 21:35

    That's so beautiful Hadley! Huge congratulations on a fabulous five years! :) I follow on feedly

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  7. Lucy | Charm About You7 July 2015 at 21:38

    I'm struggling to know what day it is never mind a five year plan!! I have pipe dreams of fabric designing but that might take a little longer since my kids are so young... we'll see!

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  8. Benta AtSLIKstitches7 July 2015 at 21:45

    Five years? Good grief! I follow on bloglovin, and I would LOVE the cushion on my bed!!!!

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  9. Benta AtSLIKstitches7 July 2015 at 21:46

    Five years? Can I aim to be retired so I can sew everyday? Or can I wish to be a grandma?

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  10. Sarah7 July 2015 at 21:46

    gorgeous cushion! i follow old school google thingy.

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  11. Sarah7 July 2015 at 21:48

    5 years? my goal would be 1, still be sewing but more bloody often!! 2, still be a brit bee. xxx

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  12. Danette 7 July 2015 at 22:20

    Would love to win this pillow cover. I am following on bloglovin'. Thank you, peterstankovich@comcast.net

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  13. Danette 7 July 2015 at 22:23

    I would like to complete 5 more quilts. Seems like I can only achieve 1 completed quilt in a year. I do complete lots of small projects, though. Thank you, peterstankovich@comcast.net And Congrats on your blogiversary!

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  14. helenjean@midgetgemquilts7 July 2015 at 22:28

    I follow you on gfc

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  15. helenjean@midgetgemquilts7 July 2015 at 22:29

    Omg in 5 years I will have just turned 60, scary scary stuff . To be still alive will be s bonus !

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  16. Lynz7 July 2015 at 23:06

    I follow you with Bloglovin' these days, missus! Happy Blogaversary and "pick me!!!" Gorgeous prize, hope it calms down a bit soon for you!

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  17. Lynz7 July 2015 at 23:08

    In five years I want to win the lottery! Oh, acheivable goals? Er...... I hope to go to Japan. And finish my baby clothes quilt - it's been awaiting quilting for 2 years already!

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  18. Pip7 July 2015 at 23:24

    I follow you with Bloglovin', love the hand quilting on the cushion cover, it really sets it off.

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  19. Pip7 July 2015 at 23:27

    In 5 years time I would like my achievable goal to be that I have been to QuiltCon (which gives me plenty of time to save up)

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  20. Stephanie7 July 2015 at 23:56

    5 years humm. I would love to be debt free and have enough livestock to live off the farm and not have to go to an actually office to work. It just might be doable so fingers crossed!

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  21. Ella8 July 2015 at 00:09

    I follow you on feedly!

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  22. Ella8 July 2015 at 00:15

    I'd like to have finished making the wedding quilt for my bed...and hopefully gotten to Europe with my husband.

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  23. Judith, Belfast8 July 2015 at 00:19

    A dedicated follower my friend!

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  24. Judith, Belfast8 July 2015 at 00:20

    In 5 years time I would like to still be sane (relatively speaking!) Jxo

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  25. cynthia8 July 2015 at 01:17

    I follow via bloglovin!

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  26. cynthia8 July 2015 at 01:19

    Thanks so much for all the time and effort it takes to share your quilting life through this blog!

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  27. kathy8 July 2015 at 02:59

    I follow somehow - can't recall. before bloglovin'.

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  28. kathy8 July 2015 at 03:00

    My next travel destination is england with a side trip to ireland (again). I hope to be there before five years are up.

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  29. Debbie8 July 2015 at 05:44

    oh this is beautiful! Congrats on 5 years! And I agree, Ig is great, but my blog's my homebase and I like it there alot. Btw, I follow on bloglovin and Ig.

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  30. Debbie8 July 2015 at 05:44

    Within 5 years I'd love to travel to Europe again!

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  31. genevievegraves8 July 2015 at 06:06

    I follow you on bloglovin. I gave up on trying to blog myself---not enough time, and it was blog or sew and you know who won... But I really appreciate that you still put in the effort. You just don't get to see enough of people to really connect or care on Instagram.

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  32. genevievegraves8 July 2015 at 06:08

    Five years... Well, I work for a small start up. I'd love for our company to still exist in 5 years, with me as a data science researcher, rather than running the team, so that I don't have to commute to the office as much. :). Less driving, more time for sewing!

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  33. the running hare8 July 2015 at 07:35

    Congrats on reaching 5 years ( and what a fantastic cushion cover!)!. I follow on GFC and IG

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  34. the running hare8 July 2015 at 07:40

    5 years seems such a long time to look ahead! I want to improve my FMQ, learn to speak a little Spanish, visit Houston Quilt Festival, Quiltcon and Tokyo Quilt Festival but not all in the same year!!

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  35. Dianne Neale8 July 2015 at 07:56

    5 years - well I hope me and himself are still fit and healthy - or fitter and healthier than we have been this year! And maybe I may have my own dedicated sewing space. Who knows!

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  36. Dianne Neale8 July 2015 at 07:57

    Congrats on 5 years. I'm full of admiration, having just given up on blogging. I follow you on my blogger page.

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  37. Miggsie8 July 2015 at 08:19

    Gorgeous cushion! I follow you via Feedly.

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  38. Miggsie8 July 2015 at 08:22

    In the next five years, I'd like to find a new job, pay off some debt, start a blog, and continue to improve my sewing and quilting skills. Congratulations on your five year blogiversary!

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  39. Cut&Alter8 July 2015 at 08:57

    In 5 years ...... wow what a thing to think about so early in the morning! I guess it would be to build on my sewing and quilting skills and to learn FMQ so that I am truly happy with my result. Ooh and to enter some quilting competitions. I think that will do!! Many thanks for the lovely giveaway. x

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  40. Cut&Alter8 July 2015 at 08:58

    I follow on bloglovin'

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  41. Suegodfrey8 July 2015 at 09:12

    I follow you on bloglovin I think, either that or email, I am rubbish at the techy stuff!!

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  42. Suegodfrey8 July 2015 at 09:14

    I have just taken early retirement, so in five years I hope to have had more time to quilt and become more proficient at machine quilting, many thanks for the beautiful give away. X

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  43. Anita8 July 2015 at 10:28

    Beautiful cushion! I follow on bloglovin, happy early blogiversaey! I appreciate bloggers who still take the time to blog as I know I am lured by Instagram too but sometimes you just need a little extra.

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  44. Anita8 July 2015 at 10:30

    In five years I hope to have a clean sewing room, stash under control and lots of fabulous quilt tops done :) thanks for the giveaway!

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  45. Patti8 July 2015 at 11:15

    Hmmm, in 5 years I hope to have all of my children moved out and living on their own so that I can retire and sew all day. The only down point of this is that I'll need to build a huge stash because I surely won't be able to afford fabric after I retire!

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  46. Patti8 July 2015 at 11:16

    I've followed you for several years by email and more recently on IG.

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  47. Christine8 July 2015 at 11:30

    That is beautiful! I follow with GFC

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  48. Christine8 July 2015 at 11:31

    Most of the time I have trouble figuring out what I'm doing 5 days ahead. There is no plan :D

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  49. barbaradougherty1268 July 2015 at 12:59

    I follow via email. :)

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  50. barbaradougherty1268 July 2015 at 13:00

    in the next 5 years I want to get my daughters sewing list for me finished, lolol. It gets longer and longer all the time.

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  51. Anonymous8 July 2015 at 13:19

    I am so glad that you like to blog. I look forward to each post as it makes its way to my email inbox. I love the way that you keep things real. :)

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  52. Betsy8 July 2015 at 13:19

    I follow by email. Betsydotsmithatverizondotnet

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  53. Betsy8 July 2015 at 13:20

    Five year plan - play more!

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  54. Anonymous8 July 2015 at 13:23

    My five year plan would include finishing some of my WIP's most of which only need to be quilted and bound. I am good making the tops of quilts, but have not worked up the nerve to FMQ any of them. I am afraid of messing up my hard work. Little projects I can complete, but the big ones scare me. Haha

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  55. DeborahGun8 July 2015 at 13:33

    Many congratulations Hadley - I really enjoy reading your blog. Bring on the summer holidays for you I say - hope you will have a bit of respite from the business then :-) My 5 year plan - honestly, to survive living where I am and hopefully find a way of being useful. I would love to sell a few more quilts too!

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  56. DeborahGun8 July 2015 at 13:33

    I follow on Bloglovin and Instagram

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  57. Camille Mendel8 July 2015 at 14:37

    Incredible piece. Thanks for the chance. Camille at focus20 dot com. I follow you by email subscription.

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  58. Mary Ann8 July 2015 at 15:09

    I follow on feedly! What a wonderful prize. Happy anniversary!

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  59. Mary Ann8 July 2015 at 15:11

    I am just realizing I can't imagine what the next five years will hold. The last five years, I have been a stay at home mom to babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. Now we are entering the school years and I can't picture how my life is going to change. It will be a fun adventure though!

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  60. Claire E Poppins8 July 2015 at 15:30

    I follow your blog via feedly and I also follow you on instagram. Happy blogiversary!

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  61. Claire E Poppins8 July 2015 at 15:33

    The next 5 years, hmm thats tough! But I'll keep it sewing related and say I'd like to have finished my tula pink Elizabeth swoon quilt in that time and also to have made it along to festival of quilts at some point in the next 5 years!

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  62. Kathy Davis8 July 2015 at 15:42

    I follow Flying Blind On A Rocket Cycle on Bloglovin.
    kdavis1@centurytel.net

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  63. Kathy Davis8 July 2015 at 15:49

    The next five years.... since I am 62 I plan to remain healthy and continue to lose the weight that the dr has suggested. Already 20 lbs down. I plan on watching my granddaughter play and grow up. She is three. .I plan to finish 2 quilts that are taking up room in my sewing room, and do lots and lots of new projects.
    kdavis1@centurytel.net

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  64. Tina Short8 July 2015 at 16:29

    I follow you......a bit like a stalker really!

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  65. Tina Short8 July 2015 at 16:31

    In the next five years I hope to keep healthy, improve my quilty output and enjoy my Granddaughters, there may be more than two by then, who knows!!!

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  66. Kathy E.8 July 2015 at 17:47

    I am a brand-spanking new follower of yours on Bloglovin'! ....and Bob really is my uncle!

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  67. Kathy E.8 July 2015 at 17:50

    Why did I have to be commenter #69 in that last post? I hate that number!
    In the next five years, not only do I want to lose this extra weight that's been following me around, but I'd like to have my sewing/craft room perfected. I want the perfect tables and organizers so everything has its own place and doesn't look like a tornado just hit.

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  68. Archie The Wonder Dog8 July 2015 at 18:31

    Five years? Congratulations! I follow through Feedly.

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  69. Joanne8 July 2015 at 20:00

    Happy 5th Blogiversary!!!! I follow through the followers thing at the top and by Bloglovin

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  70. Gill8 July 2015 at 20:32

    GFC follower!

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  71. Gill8 July 2015 at 20:34

    Five years??
    My husband retires soon so I'm looking forward to having time together!
    Congrats on your blogaversary Hadley x

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  72. Iris8 July 2015 at 22:02

    I follow you on bloglovin

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  73. Iris8 July 2015 at 22:04

    In 5 years my twins will be 8, so I definitely hope to have found back into a 'proper' job.

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  74. memmens8 July 2015 at 22:08

    Happy anniversary. I know what you mean about blogging being hit by IG, but I do like that we can say more in a blog post and for me it's a personal record of a project which I do refer back to. I also love to read what others are doing but have got a little slack in commenting.
    I follow you via feedly.

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  75. memmens8 July 2015 at 22:10

    I'd love to find the perfect (for us) gluten free bread recipe! I don't know if it even exists but it would change our lives!

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  76. Lisa C8 July 2015 at 22:42

    I have no idea how I found you but I loved the name. I get your blog entries via email and I enjoy them while I read my lunch. I'm a paralegal for an IP firm in Dallas, TX. In the next five years, I'd like to sew a dress for my mother. I quilt and make a few (very simple bags) but the serging/fit business just scares me to death. But she's 79 and has trouble a) finding a dress with sleeves and b) finding one long enough (just below her knees) that still covers her knees when she sits (ie., not a sheath dress). So I'm working up my courage.... Congrats!

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  77. Unknown8 July 2015 at 23:21

    I follow via bloglovin.





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  78. Unknown9 July 2015 at 01:16

    I follow on bloglovin. Rcoyle at olemiss dot edu.

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  79. Unknown9 July 2015 at 01:17

    In the next 5 years I would like to retire and sew all the time! Rcoyle at olemiss dot edu

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  80. Kirsten9 July 2015 at 01:59

    Congrats on the blogiversary! I still love reading blogs too and I follow your blog on Bloglovin'.

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  81. Kirsten9 July 2015 at 02:31

    In 5 years time all of our children will have finished school so hoping to be able to have more time for sewing and travelling.

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  82. Dody9 July 2015 at 02:55

    My 5 year goal is to continue with a healthy lifestyle. And sew,and sew!!!

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  83. Rose Santuci-Sofranko9 July 2015 at 03:16

    I am following you on Blogloving as Rose Santuci-Sofranko. Thanks and God bless! ILuvTheEucharist @ aol.com

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  84. Rose Santuci-Sofranko9 July 2015 at 03:17

    I would like to achieve getting a DSLR Camera so I can get better photos for my Gallery to sell. Thanks and God bless! ILuvTheEucharist @ aol.com

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  85. OhioLori9 July 2015 at 03:22

    I follow you thru Bloglovin :) Thanks for chance to win your Awesome Pillow Cover! It is Beautiful!

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  86. OhioLori9 July 2015 at 03:24

    In 5 years I pray I will be Totally Cancer Free!!! Amen!!! Also that I will be able to have made quilts for the Kiddo's & Grankiddo's! :)

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  87. Anonymous9 July 2015 at 03:41

    I follow via bloglovin!

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  88. Anonymous9 July 2015 at 03:42

    In five years I hope to be completing my masters in educational counseling!

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  89. tktl9 July 2015 at 05:42

    In five years....... I have no idea really. My sons will be nine then and I can barely imagine the shape of my life. Perhaps they'll wash the dishes. :-)

    alexis at cobcottagecraft dot com

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  90. GranChris9 July 2015 at 06:35

    In 5 years I hope my FMQ is so much better but honestly I will be happy if I am still here on earth.

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  91. GranChris9 July 2015 at 06:35

    I follow you on BL.

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  92. Jeneta9 July 2015 at 07:14

    I would love to have a made a quilt for my own bed within the next 5 years. Not for anyone else's bed!

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  93. Jeneta9 July 2015 at 07:14

    I follow you via Bloglovin'

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  94. Kay9 July 2015 at 07:38

    Happy blogaversary. I am a happy Bloglovin follower. x

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  95. Kay9 July 2015 at 07:40

    My main goal for the next five years is to go back to work. My children are all teenagers now and I recently started job hunting again but it is proving difficult after so long a home. Maybe it will take a whole five years to actually get work again. The cushion looks amazing. x

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  96. Isisjem9 July 2015 at 12:42

    You're on my blog roll so I can obsessively stalk by clicking through. You're probably on my bloglovin too but not sure how to get into it so that's a bit useless really :-)

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  97. Isisjem9 July 2015 at 12:43

    Happy Blogiversary and thanks for the chance. In the next five years I'd like to be able to see more of Chief and not have us living at opposite ends of the country. I'd also like to do some travelling. Which I'm pretty rubbish at.

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  98. Kelly O.9 July 2015 at 16:52

    Happy Blogiversary! I think I have been following you for about 2 years now on bloglovin'

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  99. Kelly O.9 July 2015 at 16:54

    5 year plan? 5 years from now I will officially be in my 40's and hopefully in better shape physically than I am now...I would like to start teaching quilting and zumba... we shall see!

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  100. Leanne10 July 2015 at 04:29

    I follow your blog in my Feedly reader and probably on Bloglovin too. I follow you on instagram too. Happy Blog birthday!

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  101. Leanne10 July 2015 at 04:30

    In 5 years I want to be entering your 10 year blog giveaway. Maybe I will be travelling in my autonomous vehicle and will be fit and doing yoga every day. I am pretty sure I will still be making things with fabric and fibre and having fun too.

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  102. Afton Warrick10 July 2015 at 05:25

    I follow on Bloglovin'.

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  103. Afton Warrick10 July 2015 at 05:27

    I hope my three children are still sweet and aren't running amok.

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  104. Two Wednesdays10 July 2015 at 11:54

    I follow you on Bloglovin' and Instagram :-)

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  105. Two Wednesdays10 July 2015 at 11:59

    In 5 years? I'm hoping that it does not contain the same amount of family trauma of the last 5 years.... Actually I'd like to get a bit further in my career now that the children are a bit more independent, and hopefully finally finish decorating this house! I need to get fitter too, as I'll be over 50 by then (runs off to stick head back in the sand.....) And I' m determined to start making myself some clothes.

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  106. Susan11 July 2015 at 06:06

    I'm a feedly follower Hadley! Congrats on the anniversary! LOVE....LOVE this cushion!

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  107. Susan11 July 2015 at 06:07

    Five years? 2020??? I aim to be retired from teaching, that's for sure! Yes, I am THAT old!

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