cooking.

cooking.

{yum. yum. yum.}

to all yall...

i just wanted to say thanks.
yall are the sweetest, most kind peeps on the planet.

thanks for all the comments, tweets, emails & phone calls of support.
♥

perspective.

warning: this is not my normal quirky rachel post.

so yesterday the griffith family, meaning all 6 of us, were in a car accident.

shane was driving.
we had just picked up jackson from school.
we were on our way to a doctors appointment.
we were stopped at a read light.
a read light we’ve sat at a million times.
then a driver coming toward us started having a seizure.

suddenly everything was in slow motion right in front of me.
as the car hit us i remember saying “oh jesus.”
all i could think of was our four kids behind me.
MY kids. the kids I’M supposed to be protecting.
my heart just sank in my chest and i was beyond scared.
then the car hit us.

before i give someone a heart attack, we are all fine.
thank god!!!

our truck is completely totaled.
but that’s not important. really.

it’s been about 20 hours since then.
physically…i’m fine.
mentally…i’m a little messy.

i write this with a heavy heart.
but i write this to say that all those things i’ve been stressing about just don’t matter.

i don’t care that i’m not a real pattern designer.
i don’t care that i haven’t touched my machine in forever.
i don’t care about my blog stats, giveaways & tutorials.
i. just. don’t. care.

i care that our accident could’ve been WAY worse.
i care that i could be missing my children &/or my husband.
i care that maybe i haven’t been thankful enough for what i DO have.

today i’m gonna hug my little ones a little longer,
kiss my hubby a few more times,
and thank god for what i have been given.

i hope yall will do the same.

sponsor giveaway: pastimes online

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and it's giveaway time.
woot woot.

today's featured sponsor is val over at pastimes online.
yall need to take a field trip over there. tons o' stuff.
:)



today one lucky p.s. i quilt reader will win two patterns!!!
good times.

here's the deal:
val needs some help picking out a new BOM.
yall need to go vote on which one you would be most interested in.



her BOM's include:
jeval dupioni silks, cottons, silk pins, sewing machine needles,

embroidery needles, weeks dye works wool,

floss {weeks dye works or jeval silk floss, step by step blog postings,

videos, prozes & more.

THEN leave a comment here telling me you voted.
*no vote, no entry*

let the voting & commenting begin.
{winner will be drawn saturday.}

gettin' figgy with it.

gettin' figgy with it.
get it???

fig tree fabrics + old will smith song + my mad dork skills.
gettin' figgy with...oh nevermind.
:P

the yellows in this line are the best yellow fabrics EVER.
just sayin'.

for those inquiring minds:
fabrics = fresh cottons by fig tree quilts for moda
{get your own HERE.}