I am a newbie. I entered a contest by McCalls quilting, and I won! I thought it would be a little thread or a pair of sissors. It came in a big box Sat: 8 charm packs,1 jelly roll, 11 pk fat qtr, 3pk fat qtr, 2 pk fat qtr, 2pkgs insul brite, 17 x 35 cutting mat, exact lights slotted cutting guide, 12 x 12 shape cut slotted ruler, 12 x 12, 12 x 6, 6 x 12, 4 x 4 olfa fulers, sm pkg warm & natural, 9 spools thread, 4" blunt & applique sissor, 2 other pair sissors, a quilting book, tote bag, and a June Taylor quilters tote with pressing station! I have been feeling a little old and useless since retiring. God is so good! He has sent me all the tools I need, and this board for encouragement! Deecnp661

congrats! have fun putting all that stuff to good use!

Wow! You hit the jackpot for sure! What was the contest?Hope they have it again. And this is the best place. Congrats on your windfalll. :thumbup:

LUCKY YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!God is good!

Wow! You won the jackpot! Enjoy your retirement with all your new toys!

Glad to see you posting again! Have you thought about joining the guild yet?

You hit the Jackpot ! What contest did you enter ?

WOW!! Congratulations!!!

I'm not really sure, it was on McCall.s quilting site. I,ve never won anything before!

Someone was surely looking out for you. What a great bunch of loot. Bet it was fun to keep pulling things out of the box. Now, get to work and show us what you can do. So happy for you!

great guns !

That is great!!! You got lots of goodies :)

Wow! You definitely hit the jackpot. Congratulations.

Congratulations!

Congratulations

Welcome, waving from central Indiana, USA

wow that is great

Congratulations!

Congrats to u, have u been quilting long, sounds great.

So happy 4 u.......u r not useless when retiring, your life is just beginning I say.....

What did u enter and do? Cant wait to hear back from u.

I am debating retiring too, I will b 64 and retirement is 66 but I just love my job and no stress. Only thing is I am out on comp now with a knee operation and hope to b bk soon, 25th. I really miss it.
Shar-Quilted Dogs

Wow you are lucky! Have fun with all your new toys!

SCORE !! Sounds like you will put them to great use, congrats and enjoy.

How wonderful. now go play with your new toys

Now if that doesn't tell you quilting is in your future, nothing will. congrats and happy quilting.

Wow, that great! Congrats!

Now use it and bring someone else some happiness!

What a bunch of great prizes. Congrats!

Useless??? My dear woman you are a winner!!!! You must be very talented to win, can you tell us what you made? Details, we need details... what was your idea, your process, your (sweat) joy in creating? It is so great to find burried treasure just when you think you are washed up on the beach!!!! YOU GO GIRL Your post was so touching I feel like we all won a prize. Bless you, now go make something beautiful with all that new stash!

Congrats...what a wonderful prize!

Fantastic! Did you submit a pattern?

Great prize!!! Do you have a pic of the quilt you entered?

Congratulations and Yes please tell us what you did/made/entered so we can be proud of it with you!!!

wow!!! What contest??? Good for you!!!

WOW You can go go go now. Congradulations.!

Congratulations! :)

I didn't make anything, just entered my name etc.

Have fun during your retirement. You call the shots now. Get to quilting and reading and doing things that you want to do when you want to do them. Talk about freedom! You can be a continually creative butterfly now and get a retirement check as reward. Useless...unheard of. It's time to head in a new direction and do new and fun things. Your best is yet to come.

God is great! Amazing how he takes care of us!!

Congratulations! :thumbup: You hit the jackpot! Also congrats on the retirement, now you can enjoy what you worked for all these years. Seems like those is still not enough hours in the day to get everything done.

Congrats, what a wonderful way to start your retirement. Also a wonderful valentines present. Enjoy and make lots of beautiful things.

Well then Ms Lucky, you just keep on keepin on with that luck! I am still touched by your post and feel like I won something too, thank you for brightening our day with your happines...best wishes for your next endeavor!

Congrats!!!