Lucky 11

The number 11 is an important number in my life. So the fact that today is 11/11 portends good fortune and is particularly lucky.

Today is also my husband's and my 13th Wedding Anniversary. It was a tough year for our family with the passing of my Mom and I've never felt more loved and supported than by my husband when my mother was dying. I am so very lucky to have him. My mother loved my husband dearly and never failed to remind me of how blessed I was to have married him.


In Victorian crazy quilts, spiders and spider webs were considered symbols of good luck. I have been preparing two crazy quilt Christmas crackers to send off to two lovely ladies as part of a swap hosted by Crazy Quilt International. Today, I was making up lucky spider kits to place inside their Christmas crackers.


As you know, there are many ways of stitching and beading a spider...but I happen to be very fond of this style which uses a vintage swarovski beadball as the abdomen and a vintage nailhead as the head. I treasure these little beadballs since they are not very easy to find anymore.

In honor of this lucky day, I'd love to send one of these little kits out to one of you as a way of spreading good luck in the world. There are enough supplies in this little kit to make two spiders, a male and a female. Hopefully, they will multiply and the good luck will grow exponentially!


Just leave a comment on this post between now and Friday and I'll have Jack pick a winner and post it on Saturday. Don't forget to include an email address so I can contact you if you're the lucky winner!

Have a lucky lucky day!