Memorial Day 2012

And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.

                                   ~Lee Greenwood

A Summer Bouquet

Funny thing, but when you start to reorganize your sewing room, you discover things  you  forgot  you made.  This Pat Sloan wallhanging with it's basket of summer flowers is something that I unearthed in the quilt closet.

I like making wallhangings, I just don't like them on the walls so this one will probably be draped over a chair or I'll find  a spot in the house that needs a touch of summer.

Enjoy all the pieces of your life,

De-stashing

I took a little break this week from my messy sewing room reorganization to make a few totes and de-stash at the same time..

I had been thinking about what  would be a good project for Christmas Through the Year for May and  had been toying with the idea of making totes to take to the nursing home or women's shelter at Christmas.

I found a simple pattern on the Internet, made just a few changes, and came up with this simple little tote.  The best part, they are all made with fabric anf fusible fleece from my stash.   I'll post more about the totes at the end of the month when we have the Christmas Through the Year parade.

Now, should I go back to reorganizing my sewing room or just have fun making more totes?  That's any easy question.

Enjoy all the pieces of your life,

Tablerunner Revisited

Last week I decided to finally tackle my sewing room and get rid of the dated fabric, books, and scraps.  I have procrastinated about this far too long but with motivation from my blog friend Sio at Scraps and Threadtales I took the plunge.  Going through fabric, not that bad; getting rid of some of my books----painful.  I have tried to  work on the room a little each day but this is going to take a while.  I would show you a picture but it's not a pretty site.

Needless to say, I haven't touched my sewing machine so I decided to post a little table runner that I made  early 2011.  The pattern is in Country Threads Goes to Charm School. but I made mine as part of their monthly mini quilt program.  This pattern uses just one charm pack. It's nice to have a bright and cheery runner for my summer table.

Now back to my reorganizing.

Enjoy all the pieces of your life,

Mother's Day

1943

Miami, Florida

      My Wonderful Mother


'God made a wonderful mother,

A mother who never grew old;

He made her smile of the sunshine,

And He moulded her heart of pure gold;

In her eyes He placed bright shining stars,

In her cheeks fair roses you see;

God made a wonderful mother,

And He gave that dear mother to me.'

                                     by Pat O'Reilley


In memory of my mother
         Grayce
     1908 - 1945