Happy Birthday to ME!! Happy Giveaway To YOU!!!

My birthday was a couple of weeks ago. In honor of that, I would like to have a giveaway. I have been collecting a few" quilty" things here and there for a while. I may not be finished shopping for the giveaway yet, but I will post a picture of it soon. Leave a comment on this post and tell me who your favorite fabric or pattern designer is or your favorite quilt shop. The shop can be off or on line. If you post about the giveaway and link to my blog I will enter you twice. If the name selected mentions where they heard of the giveaway, that person (who posted it) will win something too. Good luck to everyone! I will chat soon with pictures.

Give away!

Kerry over at My Favorite Things is having a give away. Last week I emailed Kerry to order this pattern Fresh Flowers. After looking at her web site, I ordered Vintage Floral Dishes. It has been on my mind since and I still really like the pattern. This is the next pattern I will order from her. I enjoyed her site and loved her patterns. Take a skip over and take a peek. Leave a comment as to what you did on Mothers Day and tell Kerry I sent you. If you win, you have a choice of two patterns to choose from. Good Luck! I will chat soon.

Pat

Happy Mothers Day!

I hope that all the mothers around the world are having a wonderful day. Happy Mothers Day to each and every one of you. I will chat soon.

Hopped On Over!!

Look what hopped over to New York from Michigan. Isn't she the cutest little bunny post card that you have ever seen? I think so. My mailman Earl thinks so too! She came in the mail without even a scratch or mark on her. That is most unusual for my mail. Melanie sent this to me. Again thanks so much Mel. I love her. This is the first fabric postcard that I have seen. I think that they are so cute that I am going to try and make one.

Mel made it look so professional with a stamp (I think) on the back of the card. I am going to check with her to be sure.
I am off to bed now. Tomorrow I am going to a Craft Fair at our local State College. The Spring show is usually not the best but it will be a day out with friends. I hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend filled with lots of time to stitch. I will chat later.

Pat

Look what hopped over to New York from Michigan!

Where Has She Been?

Where has she been? You may ask!

I love, love, LOVE this magazine!!

A Pleasant Suprise and More!

Last November I signed up on Hanne's blog to join her PIF. Just before Easter I received my gift from her. It was packaged so pretty in a red and tan check bag and tied with red raffia bow. It was a beautiful red work heart with a little bird on it. Also included was a lovely red glass bead heart. I love them both. The heart is hanging on a peg in my bedroom. The glass bead heart I am saving for a special project. Thank you again Hanne. Hanne just finished a beautiful quilt all done in red and white. It is off to be quilted in Canada. I can't wait to see it finished. This is a picture of my gift.

I have also mailed out my PIF gifts. I have heard that one of them has been received. I am not sure of the other. It should have been there by now, but you know the postal service and it had to go to Canada.

I had only two people sign up for my PIF. I made them embroidery stitcheries from Crabapple Hill and finished them into small wall hangings on little antique looking hangers.

I had fun doing this PIF and look forward to doing it again. I met three lovely people that I have really enjoyed. If you get a chance to join one, maybe you should give it a try.

It is getting late and I have to go and watch to see who is going home on Idol tonight. I hope everyone is having a great evening. I will chat later.

Pat

Happy Easter!

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful day! I will chat later.

Pat

And The Winner Is...

I am sorry that this post is so late. I had every intention of posting the winner on Thursday. Sometimes family just gets in the way!

Leanne is the winner of the table runner pattern by Pieces From My Heart. Keep an eye on her blog and maybe she will pass the pattern on when she is finished with it. It is a simple pattern and once you do it I think that you will remember how. I took a couple of notes and the rest is in my head. ( OM Gosh Leanne I may be calling you.) Just kidding!

Leanne if you will send me your address I will get this pattern off to you.Thanks to everyone who left a comment. I will have another pattern give away soon.

I received my PIF today from Hanne in Norway. I will post a picture of it tomorrow. My PIFs are already to go out in the mail on Monday. I will show pictures after they have been received. Have a great evening. I will chat later.

Pat

I Told You I Was Behind!

First let me remind you of the pattern giveaway. Leave a comment on the previous post and I will draw a winner tomorrow.

Next I would like to show you a few of the gifts that I made for Christmas. I know, I know, it is almost Easter and I am just showing Christmas gifts from last year. I told you!!

This is a pattern from Crab- Apple Hill. I enjoyed doing this stitchery. It went fairly fast and I used the floss that it called for. I made this for my friend Colleen. She moved into her new home last year. She is a Fall person and loves the colors of fall. I know she will love the fabrics.

I have not finished it completely as we have not exchanged our gifts yet. (waaay behind!) I was not sure if she would like it made up as a pillow or a wall hanging. This is the fabric I have chosen to finish it however she would like.

I also did another stitchery for her. It is also from Crab-Apple Hill. I did three of these for gifts. I chose to stitch Let It Snow on the ones that I did. Living here in the North Country we can leave it out nine months of the year. There were other choices to chose from. One was Merry Christmas and another ( I think) was The Smiths.

I didn't finish my pillow like the pattern. Although I liked the way they finished theirs . I inserted some ribbon on the front and back and tied them in bows. I was very happy with them when they were finished.

I also made some block protector rolls. I made some for Debbie(applique) D. no blog. I also made some for myself. I love them and they were so easy to make. When you have completed a block, you untie your ribbon and unroll the roll. Place your block inside roll it up, tie it and it is safe from the light and dirty little fingers. You can keep them in one place. Maybe you are more organized that I am. They sure help me!!

This block is a stitchery from Buttermilk Basin. I will show more of these blocks soon. I am off now to fix dinner. Have a great evening. I will chat soon.

Pat

So Far Behind!

I am so far behind that I may never catch up! At Christmas I saw a lovely table runner on Deb's blog. I commented on it and asked for the name of the pattern. Deb was very kind to answer me and offered to send me the pattern. A few days later I received the pattern in the mail. (Thanks again Deb)! I right away ordered the charms to make the runner for Christmas. I also ordered charms for a runner for Valentines Day.

And this is where I am now! But I WILL have both of these runners ready for next year. The pattern is a simple pattern and all I have left to do is sew them together. Deb and I both agreed that the pattern should be passed on. So if anyone would like the pattern leave a comment before Wednesday night and I will draw a name on Thursday and get the pattern off to you. I hope that everyone has a great day. I will chat later.

Pat

Pincushions, Pincushions,Pincushions!

Several of you have been posting pictures of your pincushions. I have a few I would like to show. I can't pick a favorite as I love them all. Some I made, some were made for me and some I purchased.

The Lady Bug was given to me last Christmas as a gift from my friend Debbie( applique) D. no blog. She does beautiful work!!! I love lady bugs. Here is a picture of it opened. She did the cross stitch and made the little pincushion inside. The cross stitch is a needle holder.

Carey, while cleaning found three copies of The Pincushion book by Lynette Anderson. Carey is having a give away of all three of the books. Visit both of them to enter in the giveaway.

Because no one can have too many pincushions ...

I want to make this one In the Spring issue of Quilts and More. It is by designer Anna Maria Horner. I was unable to get her fabric locally, but I was able to get this fun fabric at my LQS. I hope everyone has a great day. Will chat soon.

Pat

I Have Been Tagged and Happy Heart Day!

Julia from http://scraphappyquilter.blogspot.com/ and Kimberly from Kimberly's Quilts http://kcamouquilts.blogspot.com/ have both tagged me with the 7 Random/Weird things about me.
Here are the rules of this tag----1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you. 2. Post THE RULES on your blog. 3. Post 7 weird or random facts about yourself on your blog. 4. Tag 7 people and link to them. 5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.

Now my random/weird things:::

1 I am the oldest of four children. I have two sisters and a brother.

2 I met my husband at work. I worked in the ER of our local hospital. Jim was a fire fighter for the city and brought sick and injured patients to the ER. We have been married for 37 years.

3 I have two children. My daughter is a Speech Therapist and my son is a high school HistoryTeacher.

4 I have two of the greatest grandchildren ever born. A girl and a boy.

5 I could spend hours and hours in a quilt shop, bookstore or an office supply store. I love them!

6 I dislike cats!!!

7 I love chocolate and I love ice cream. But I don't like chocolate ice cream.

There I am in a nutshell!!

So many of you have been tagged already, I am not going to tag anyone. I am going to leave this open to anyone that would like to join in . Have fun. I would also like to wish everyone a very Happy Valentines Day! I will chat soon.
Pat