Three's company

I've made my third house from the Country Homecoming Quilt.

Three's company :-)

I just love these houses. So what have you been working on this week??

Sew & Tell
Show Off Friday
Can I Get a Whoop Whoop?

WIP

I decided to add a button to my Selvage tote bag. It will help to keep things inside, and not falling outside :-)

I also made my second Primitive house for the Country Homecoming Quilt.

No windows or doors yet. I like how Anne used the light color for the windows. So I need to find something that will look like light.

Just coming along with some works in progress :-) And getting to use up some stash!!

Linky Party Tuesday
WIP Wednesday
Stash the Stash

Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a truly patriotic holiday which is celebrated on the last Monday in May. It is a day set apart for remembering and honoring those who died while serving in the American Armed Forces.

In 1971 Congress passed a law making Memorial Day a national holiday. Typical Memorial Day celebrations include parades, special programs and speeches. Americans often attend picnics and baseball games, and almost any other type of outdoor event made possible by the freedom these soldiers died to protect. This holiday is the unofficial beginning of summer.

"I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel that half-masted flags were appropriate on Decoration Day. I have rather felt that the flag should be at the peak, because those whose dying we commemorate rejoiced in seeing it where their valor placed it. We honor them in a joyous, thankful, triumphant commemoration of what they did."
Benjamin Harrison,the 23rd President of the United States.

Thank you.

And the winner is................

The SewMamaSew! Giveaway is over. Did you get to visit all of the blogs?? When I first started blogging, SMS Giveaway Day was the very first giveaway I participated in. What a great way to meet new bloggers, and visit old friends from all over the world.

I always find it fascinating where my visitors come from. During this Giveaway Day I had comments from 46 US States, plus Puerto Rico, 9 Provinces from Canada and 27 countries abroad. WOW!! The internet surely makes it a very small world.

And so now on to who won the TWO jelly rolls??

The winner of the SewMamaSew! Giveaway Day is Carly.

Thanks so much to ALL who visited during the Giveaway Day. I hope that you will come back again and stay a while. It's been wonderful to meet so many new friends. And of course I always look forward to seeing my old friends too.

Have a GREAT Quilting day!

Selvage Tote

Remember when I was working on these??

And so it grew to this -
And finally it became this -

This is a project I've been wanting to make for as long as I have been saving selvages. I based it on a pattern that was in an old copy of McCall's magazine. I made a couple of changes to the pattern, but I'm so happy to finally make my Selvage tote. I'm telling you, those string blocks are so addicting.

Please don't forget this is the last day to sign up for my SewMamaSew Giveaway.

I will close the comments tonight. And if you are visiting or a new follower, I hope you will come back again :-) Giveaway is closed.

Show Off Friday
Sew & Tell
Sew Darn Crafty
Can I Get a Whoop Whoop?
Little Quilt Monday
Fabric Tuesday

A lazy day to shop

Many of you know that I love to take you along with me when I visit a Quilt shop. One of my favorite places to visit is Quilts on Plum Lane. It's such a lovely shop.


Always lots of eye candy and beautiful sample quilts made up.


Don't you just love to browse and take it all in??

I just have to add -Wow! I am amazed and blown away at the amount of comments on my SewMamaSew Giveaway post. Over 600 comments so far!! Thanks so much for stopping by. I usually reply to comments, but there are so many of them this time, that I just will extend my thanks here.

I hope you can enjoy a lazy day to shop. But if not - Happy Quilting!!

SMS Giveaway Day

Well it is here once again. The SewMamaSew Giveaway Day!! And what a fun week we have ahead of us. Be sure to stop by and visit the many blogs that are participating.

So what am I giving away this time?? We all know how much fun it is to work with pre-cuts! So how about a jelly roll??

No?? Not good enough???

Well how about.................

Two Jelly Rolls?

Yay, that's more like it!

What do you have to do to enter?? It's always fun and interesting to find out where my visitors come from, so to enter this giveaway please tell me where you live. What state or country.

And as always, because I ♥ my Followers, Followers (old and new) may leave a SECOND comment. You must have a way to be contacted. If the winner is a no-reply comment, it will not qualify and I will draw another winner.

This giveaway will close on Friday May 25th. Comments are now closed.

Thanks so much for stopping by. If this is your first visit to my blog, welcome! Old friends are always welcome :-)

I hope you will enjoy the Giveaway Day. Have a Happy Quilting day!