Storybook Quilts Rocks!

Many thanks to all of you who took the time to send in such thoughtful and fun suggestions for a name for [Turtle]! Yesterday was spent tabulating the results and winnowing them down to a manageable number for the judges. All the necessary background and information will go out to the panel today.

In the end, we had entries from all over this country and from Canada and England. A wide range of people entered, from moms with toddlers to grandparents, aunties and family friends. Many included suggestions directly from the mouths of the child him/herself, always inventive and always fun to read. I wish we had more than one [Turtle] to name!

While the judges decide, we’ll be preparing for the announcement of the winners, which will happen in mid-September. Of course, we will keep you posted about the exact date.

In the meantime, we’re also planning our next themes — most likely beginning with a penguin, perhaps the penguin who first appears in the Dapper Dan the Snowman Storybook Quilt.

The Judges for the Name the Turtle Contest

Melissa Abbott, artist mom of two toddlers

Dotsie Bregel, founder of National Association of Boomer Women and
BoomerWomenSpeak

Andrew Gilman, CommCore Consulting Group

Marilyn Jackson, The Editing Genius

Mike Logan, Ask Mike the Counselor

Melanie Notkin, founder and CEO of Savvy Auntie

Stephanie Sanzone, creator of StillMadeInUSA.com

Aletha Scarangello, retired teacher, mom and grandmom

Gwenn Schurgin O’Keeffe, MD, founder of Pediatrics Now and Dr. Gwenn Is In

Cora Sparling, naturalist mom of two and grandmom of four

Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, founder and host of All Things Southern

Melissa Abbott is a artist mom with two toddlers at home in northern Delaware; she also keeps a hand in the interior design world

Dotsie Bregel, based in Baltimore, is a widely acclaimed writer, speaker, and expert on the issues concerning her generation of women; she is the founder of the National Association of Baby Boomer Women and www.BoomerWomenSpeak.com, the # 1 sites on major search engines for “baby boomer women”

Andrew Gilman, President and CEO of CommCore Consulting Group in Washington, DC, has been a communications strategist, crisis counselor and keynote speaker for more than twenty-five years. Co-author of the best-selling book Get To The Point (Bantam 1990), Andrew is also a lawyer and award-winning journalist — and a dad.

Marilyn Jackson is The Editing Genius and lives in the Boston area; she’s a journalist, editor and an experienced quilter

Mike Logan is a counselor in Rockford, Illinois and Dad to Shane and Hannah Marie, whose brains are so amazing

Melanie Notkin, a New York City auntie, is the founder and CEO of Savvy Auntie, the first community for cool aunts, great aunts, godmothers and women who love kids. Celebrate Savvy Auntie’s Day on July 26th.

Aletha Scarangello, from northern Delaware, is a retired teacher and world traveler, mother of two and grandmother of three

Gwenn Schurgin O’Keeffe, MD, FAAP, aka “Dr. Gwenn” is a mother and pediatrician whose quest is to get practical health information out to as many local parents as possible; her two important web resources, Pediatrics Now and Dr. Gwenn Is In, reach an international audience from her base in the Boston area

Stephanie Sanzone lives in Northern Virginia; she is an environmental scientist and writer, creator of the buy-American website StillMadeinUSA.com, and mother of three boys

Cora Sparling, from southeastern Pennsylvania, is a docent at the Mt Cuba Center, mother of two and grandmother of four

Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, based in Louisiana, is a Christian mom, wife, author and speaker who founded and hosts All Things Southern on the web, radio, and TV

Please help me find a name!